New Math - Bo Burnham

[@noellebarnhart1301]

bo really likes singing this song, you can hear it in his voice.

[@nomakeup]

+Noelle Matthews understandably so, it's really fucking clever!

[@jeremyspotter28]

The half of the jokes that I actually do understand, make me wish I were smart enough to truly appreciate the rest. Damn your combination of intelligence, wit, and word play!

[@dekai1029]

you could say which ones you don't understand so people could explain

[@Piggercast]

honestly, i understood very few of these myself, only got like the last 5 or something :/

[@irinore]

Ok, the opposite of ln(x) thing?

[@dekai1029]

Irinore ln(x) is the natural logarithm of a number which takes the place of x, it is often simply called the natural log so it's saying the natural log is the opposite of a duraflame firelog, an artificial log used for fireplaces

[@irinore]

Allons-y Alonso Ah! I figured it had something to do with logs, but I didn't know what duraflame was. Thanks for the surprizingly quick reply!

[@fufulocomoco9832]

Sex is like math, you just add a bed, subtract the clothes, divide the legs, and hope you don't multiply.

[@jordantanner8803]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@aghostwithtwobrokelegs9995]

Lolzer

[@sunnyoinkz]

IF THEY'RE UNDER 13, JUST DO THEM IN YOUR HEAD I DIED

[@parkergamesiscool3282]

Ikr

[@stevelong8589]

true

[@TristinBailey]

I lost my shit at "Do it in your head".

[@marklegend2566]

+Tristin Bailey i think that that's illegal

[@eclipsemarauder5394]

Less evidence

[@Rhin_Tarcidon]

+Tristin Bailey Who didn't?

[@Rhin_Tarcidon]

"under thirteen do them in your head" square root of two is four, square root of 9 is three, sqaure root of 1 is 1. under thirteen in numbers and in age.

[@TheJodake]

+casey woestemeyer No, he said squaring numbers. Which means 1^2 through 12^2, because that is what is usually memorized in schools. Though I've memorized to 16^2.

[@slimehaver]

The last one was the best

[@Bedogg25]

Ikr

[@deankruse8751]

people got quiet and offended when he made a joke about michael j fox, but laughed at not one but 2 jokes about statutory rape

[@srgfkct3544]

+Dean Kruse no one found it offensive, you dummy, thats a normal reaction to a hardcore burn.

[@conorrocks7]

+Dean Kruse THey were just going like OOOH cause as the previous guy said thats a reaction to a burn

[@barkbark8139]

+Mikey Mikey I guess you can say he *burnham* good!

[@zionmerkac9730]

+Dean Kruse The Michael J. Fox joke went right over my head, I'm still trying to figure it out...

[@TheJodake]

+Zion Merkac It has 3 meanings. One: The mathematical definition of a scatter plot is a graph that has a bunch of points, but no 1 straight line can be drawn through all. So, you "Can't trace it." Two: Michael J. Fox has something called "Parkinson's Syndrome" which causes uncontrollable, jerking movements. Hence, a line that isn't straight, effectively tracing a scatter plot. Three: Some of Michael J. Fox's movies had "Scattered Plots" as in "Something happens over here, then here, and, OH! Let's go back here. Yeah. Now to this new location. . .

[@NotTheBestPvP]

I love being able to understand the terminology, just makes the song so much better.

[@annearocho6707]

Bo and Lin Manuel Miranda need to work together on a comedy hip hop musical

[@triiisten]

Lovely Maria. Or Lin Singing any one of how songs "would that be enough?"

[@judymustdie8913]

"If they're under thirteen, just do them in your head" HOLY SHET I'M DED 😂😂😂😂

[@BarrellAssassin]

"It gets worse" At least he was modest XD

[@kolbypham7318]

Appreciated the close captions. No I didn't fall for it.

[@TheFamilyLedger]

That last one is golden.

[@Layla_bc]

(2:45) Kim = x/2 (7) Bobby= 12 +2 (14) Tori= 12 Assuming that there are 5 months with 30 days: 18 - 7 = 11 5 x 11 = 55 Answer: 55 months

[@monstersociety3360]

I want to see Bo Burnham do a duet with Weird Al Yankovic.

[@jossebrodeur6033]

Would this be appropriate to sing for a highschool talent show?

[@kassidys.2925]

YES!

[@kassidys.2925]

WAIT NO!

[@jossebrodeur6033]

First answer is always correct XD

[@kassidys.2925]

NO!! DON'T DO IT!

[@jossebrodeur6033]

I shall do it muahahahahahahahaah

[@thebutterytoster5721]

Someone sang this in my bath class playing his guitar and got in BIG trouble, it was funny though!

[@Rrextangle]

wish I had bath class

[@RowanHeartwood]

I man yeah he'd get in trouble. He's in the girls bath with a guitar.

[@thebutterytoster5721]

GeeezuS XD XD XD MATH CLASS I MEAN, lol dumb tiny keypad on phone XD

[@thebutterytoster5721]

+Byron Lutes lol, math I mean XD

[@BossVelociraptor6]

Turn on captions from the beginning, it is hilarious.

[@perigrot7565]

The only thing it picks up that's right is statutory rape

[@bigboobs6305]

Lol.

[@gillian6651]

I just found that and I was dying xD

[@marsbarscassidy6428]

yup XD

[@shadowskyz]

KIM IS ONLY 7 BOBBY IS 14 TORI IS 12 WHYYYY

[@lucinatrash3063]

Why not?

[@lucinatrash3063]

:)

[@Plamler]

If she's 7 I'm 7

[@lindsayhorst6437]

so, 120 months?

[@JKennyPro]

since they're all under 18 there's no law being broken for them to have sex.

[@ranglefandangles]

Question: If Kim is half as old as Bobby, who is two years older than 12 year old Tori, for how many 30 day months would their threesomes be considered statutory rape? (show your working) (( * - substitute division sign)) 12+2=14 Tori= 12 Statutory rape=Sexual intercourse wiht a minor. 14*2=7 Bobby=14 Kim=7 Kim needs to be at least 16 for it to not be statutory rape. (Depending on where you live.) 16-7=9 Ans= It will be 108 30 day months before their threesomes will not 9x12=108 be considered statutory rape.

[@boot2470]

MissAlyss27 damn girl

[@ranglefandangles]

What? I was doing my maths homework, and I listening to this song, so I thought I'd figure it out. :)

[@ranglefandangles]

Jack Jeroe I dont know about you, But The legal Age is 16 where I live. Unless you are talking bout my working..?

[@ranglefandangles]

I was using * as a Division sign, but thanks!

[@LaytonMathieson]

Incorrect. There are 4 30 day months in a year

[@Lockz1111]

I can't believe the none of the audience got the ln(x) one...

[@TubbierWombat]

I didn't get it.

[@TubbierWombat]

***** Thank kind stranger.

[@Lockz1111]

Tubbier Wombat DOLPHIN :D

[@HehrerT]

Yeah that was pretty funny duraflame hehe. Cuz it's not natural... nvm I doubt anyone else would get it.

[@HehrerT]

Tubbier Wombat you don't get it cuz ln(x) isn't something most ppl would know. But Clayton gave a good explanation I didn't read all the posts after the first

[@jamesbrennan5666]

You can tell the audience doesn't get half of these jokes XD

[@seakhajiit]

Those captions XD

[@ChristianCTaken]

Lorna M Oh hi Katia

[@seakhajiit]

"The guard looks at you with a troubled, uncomfortable glare, like that of a man who must explain to his paraplegic daughter that her dreams of becoming a ballerina will never come true."

[@lazulilapis7491]

omg the captions...youtube!!!

[@jasonfirecloud1490]

+Lorna M FREAKING AMAZING. AMMAAAZING I thought the song was funny enough..

[@gamerpog2243]

i was laughing so hard

[@adhdgamer8349]

some more obscure math jokes 1) lnx is the log function base e, otherwise known as the natural log. Take the opposite literally and you get the UN-natural log 2)i refers to the imaginery coeffecient (sqrt of -1). Hence, if you take an imaginary number and multiply it by i, it becames real as (the sqrt-1) cancel out to become just -1. Thus saying that santa claus is not real.

[@atricks6418]

What's Domain Domain Range?

[@lhorn5288]

"If she is under 13, then do her in your head." I AM CRYING

[@ZapperBrain]

The Michael J Fox joke never gets any less funny XD

[@bootswithfur2106]

The log joke wasn't appreciated enough

[@zombreighapocalypse]

for reeeeaaaall

[@joshbayers8008]

BootsWithFur it went over my head, care to elaborate?

[@bootswithfur2106]

Josh Bayers honestly I forget why I got it. Ln(x) isn't lo(g)?

[@zombreighapocalypse]

Josh Bayers ln(x) is the natural LOGarithim, and duraflame is the UNnatural log.

[@arcanemage2001]

The subtitles/cc are the best.

[@TheBubblerGaming]

Turn on the subtitles and read them ! its a hidden message

[@babyb6328]

Omg

[@tank9192]

Common core logic: Timmy has 2 apples he loses 1 calculate the mass of the sun

[@OllyFromAlaska]

TURN ON THE CAPTIONS, PLEASE?! I was confused at first, but that was great.

[@cat-co7wf]

this is a lyrics video, though??????

[@OllyFromAlaska]

❤pastelchick❤ it's funny though.

[@mothwithapen8910]

+❤pastelchick❤ no seriously do it

[@joyrollins8107]

I love all the work you spent on the Closed Captions alone.

[@BunnieSlays]

The captions are fantastic X'D

[@abe10alpha]

i like how all the hard work in math class finally led to useful... understanding this video

[@crazypanda158]

What'sss a screw driver minus the screw? It is just a driver and that makes you a tool

[@ChefLASaint]

No

[@dolosstudios8518]

the CC is well done m8 good job

[@alexteserb7579]

Well, the real question is, when he says "squaring numbers are just like women if they are under 13, do them in your head", Which head is he referring to?

[@Steel5W]

There is only one way to interpret that...lol

[@D-Vinko]

steel5w Yeah xD

[@oceanxsilence]

the last line killed me omfg i love this man

[@WeightyLemur]

can somebody explain the "tour de France" joke??

[@amandaleake3904]

There was a famous cyclist named Lance Armstrong who won a lot of races in a competition called "the Tour de France" the ball joke was that he had one of his testicles removed due to testicular cancer

[@WeightyLemur]

Amanda Leake Well, i guess that makes sense, Thanks :3

[@leotrejo9817]

loved those closed captions

[@matthewmccafferty8745]

turn on cc's. thank me later.

[@uwuchildofdoom4208]

thank you so much

[@matthewmccafferty8745]

You are welcome

[@DevanshiRuparel]

OH WOW THANKS YO

[@lizzielolz2837]

thanks for that

[@livjahn7734]

Yus, you are the best. thank you for the informing :DD

[@KatrinaMess]

Bo studies comedy. In 1961 Tom Lehrer did a song "New Math" that was this for it's time. Look him up. His songs are still completely relevant and funny as hell.

[@xXRemyLeBeauXx]

Turn on the captions on this video and enjoy. If you have an apple device it's easy (bottom right corner in the video). It's better than the actual song.

[@tyriquecoleman3794]

If they're under thirteen, just do them in your head. - Bo Burnham. I died.

[@Garuda361]

SPOILER ALERT - IT'S AFRICA IN A BOX

[@TheGregoryGUY]

i love sitting in math class and the teacher is explaining something, then i have a little nerdgasm because he just made me understand part of this song more than the subject itself.

[@FenixLites]

so 365x11=4010 add two leap years 4012/30=133.73 roughly which means 133, 30 day months.

[@randallintx]

thanks for having me on your list!

[@bubbanator3340]

***** my Hit list........

[@jonathank4200]

Math has always offended me

[@Numbah1Namek]

bo is on a whole other comedic level. very very very underrated talent

[@POKEMANZZ3]

72 mounths for tori and 48 for boby and 24 for kim

[@destroyerkitty9434]

This must be integrated into my school system!

[@tylertimmons5085]

Can somebody explain the domain range one

[@solaureusYT]

XXY, or the sex chromosomes that can sometimes produce both genitalia in a human.

[@xaderalert]

Thank you! That is the only one I'd never caught, and it was driving me crazy!

[@tylertimmons5085]

+LuCane I was thinking that but I wasn't sure

[@knjizz]

Sorry first explanation is a common misconception, xxy is the chromosomal make up of a male with klinefelters syndrome, characterized by things like low t, hypogonadism, gynecomastia, and small testes, plus sterility, I think he kinda got the joke wrong. An alternative explanation is that pants could mean jeans, like genes, so it could me a kid with too much in his genes. Excuse any spelling/ grammatical errors

[@k3allieee]

Everyday during math my friend and i always say a line from this song. Once my math teacher had a sign that said fractions speak louder then words. needless to say he's my new favorite teacher.

[@keyarahgarcia8860]

PUT ON THE FUCKING CAPTIONS OMF

[@Tobi-ts4yh]

That was so fucking genius as much as it's hard to tell that's a pretty good talent

[@רוןוקסמן-נ2ס]

if their under 13 just do them in your head XD

[@brogccoli]

+‫רון וקסמן‬‎ *they're ;)

[@Seventhus]

+MiaAteYourCookie nazi replying to a 2 month old comment lmfao

[@brogccoli]

ah yes

[@EmpressAndrina]

I've listened to this song a dozen times and never before realized Bo's talking about Klinfelter's Syndrome

[@jusa297]

SPOILER ALERT - IS AFRICA IN A BOX

[@elizabethjohnson9815]

the captions scare me

[@jusa297]

***** Poor you.

[@oxMJellyxo]

I try to learn in every thing I do. Like this video taught me that I probably wouldn't get along with you very well.

[@kavigosai8552]

lool, no one laughed at (i x santa claus) = real xD

[@damianavalos4906]

only one I didn't get can explain it

[@kavigosai8552]

Damian Avalos i is a number. it's the square root of -1. that makes it an imaginary number. if you multiply i by another imaginary number it becomes real. and since santa isn't real... if you don't know enough math it's going to be kinda hard to explain.

[@damianavalos4906]

+Kavi Gosai thanks man

[@damianavalos4906]

+Kavi Gosai I.haven't got that far in math

[@dysonsphere75]

Nice job with the subtitles m8

[@mikebud420]

LOLOLOL OMFG! Bo is perhaps the most original friggin comedian out there! I swear!!!!

[@Emily-cw8hv]

This actually helped me remember stuff.

[@Taite111]

The person who uploaded this obviously has a good sense of humor you can tell by the subtitles.

[@bman10981]

Dude made his own custom subtitles in the vid. turn them on lmao

[@DeathBatBabe97]

I have to say, this did help me with Algebraic word problems

[@ratrat.rat.rat.rat.rat.ratrat]

This song helped me get better at math

[@alkeemist007]

I LOVED the natural logarithm joke. AND I THOUGHT THOSE WOULD NEVER COME IN HANDY.

[@darthharbison]

ln(x) is the formula for the Natural Logarithm (abbreviated to Natural Log). Duraflame is a log that you burn for a fire, but it's been manipulated to burn longer than regular wood-therefore it is an unnatural log.

[@scrublawd6781]

that damn whistle killed me

[@ninjacupcake23]

I aced my test on percents, my quiz on time... and my pop quiz on volume. Thank you Bo. It may be offencive, but its funny, and makes children smarter.

[@hiro120]

It's epic that you did that math!

[@steveneastesmusic]

Offensive jokes, comedy, and music. That's what I like.

[@leviathiane]

lmaooo the subtitles..... i forgot they were on. it was worth it.

[@SteampunkTigerlily18]

I've just realised "New Math" is a tribute to Tom Lehrer's "New Math," another absolutely genius piece of satirical musical comedy.

[@Sokatre]

i like how after the michael j fox line everyone in the audience is like "ha! awwwwwwwwwww"

[@Viccipls]

I'm in Algebra 2, and my teacher said something about Natural Log and I was SO excited because NOW I GET DURAFLAME THE UNNATURAL LOG!

[@thechemistscholar]

Hooo-ooh rah for neeew math! This is awesome! He's like a modern day Tom Lehrer!

[@music16anime]

i love how bo burnham can turn something like math into this!

[@oceanman6351]

I'm in love with bo's voice when he was younger

[@matthewanderson2750]

I really appreciate that he wrote this at 19.

[@smilejackal529]

I hope more songs are made for the other school subjects Science Literature ect

[@FurryTailedFox]

I ACTUALLY DID FALL FOR IT XD

[@14NarutoKyuubi]

I totally agree! I hate it when you're joking and suddenly the other person gets all serious and self righteous. It's just annoying.

[@nitro365365]

Look at that! Math that you use no matter your full-time job!

[@Breathingmachine]

''And squaring numbers are just like wimen, if there under thirteen just do 'em in your head'' Laughed harder than i ever did

[@chrisweller8605]

Listening to this while doing math homework, lol.

[@nevadawoodring4506]

He has a condition that make him shake a lot and spaz out and a scatter plot is dots on a graph that are scattered out

[@MajorFreakout]

his "whatever" sounded sort of like a "fuck it, i'm going to hell anyway"...lol

[@14NarutoKyuubi]

I find that literature melts the brains functioning power. So to counteract my school's teachings I spend 5-6 hours out the day responding to comments on KZbin. I've found this conversation most stimulating XD

[@Dazzie27]

not every day has 30 days in it. wow. you learn something everyday :)

[@x9xsnakemanx9x]

when he says scatter plot the writing goes everywhere and michael j fx has parkinsons so he shakes like a scatter plot

[@Fireblast523]

It's like he played Cards Against Humanity while doing math homework and then wrote a song.

[@TheSkeletonVA]

Listened to this doing my homework.

[@Vivian-ty3nx]

dear God..... i have no words for this song

[@writergahl12]

This song is stuck in my head... And i want it to stay there forever!! XD

[@zacari.zarpado]

C - A - L - c(see) - u(you) - LATOR (later) I JUST DISCOVERED

[@blaisetheginger]

See, the thing is the question is posed like one on a math test or the SAT or ACT. These tests call for assumptions such as every month being 30 days or a person will randomly buy 40 apples then give away 2/3 of half of 30% of them.

[@nathanking7048]

The last line got me. HAH