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[@sorryitsmoops]

Petition for Ben and Any to finally spin off and create the Giraffe As Interesting channel!

[@ErdTirdMans]

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[@railrunners]

Honestly Ben deserves his own channel, what a gem

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@owentheslug]

or a webpage (that is not a social media site i have to have membership on) where they can post a paragraph about this stuff from time to time? amongst info about HAI & anything else they want to pitch that makes money for them

[@DoctorX17]

All animals all the time

[@forgottenfamily]

So, things we didn't want: sports, friendships, going outside Things we did want: bricks, copyright law, funerals

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

I mean, funerals are a way to go outside, copyright laws can be considered an extreme sport, and bricks are friends

[@iwansays]

Also animals

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

We all know that HAI viewers are plagiarism narcs, so of course we love copyright law.

[@TheAubis2]

I love how he's just roasting us for not watching the least viewed videos.

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@dankers12]

We need to try harder.

[@deleted-something]

Fr

[@laz7354]

Brilliant!

[@Bacopa68]

I remember all of them well. Sometimes fondly.

[@Rangeofranges]

This is Sam’s tactic to drive activity to his worst videos, genius idea

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@VidClips858]

It would help if he had included the links.

[@digieon]

@@VidClips858 here ya go: High-five was invented: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y17bfpqJf6mHqqc Why you smell like your friends: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGWypaSXdquJZq8\ Looking at the sun makes 1/4 people sneeze: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqvYaI13ndh7gK8 Boat with its own postal code: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGeVioGopreKh5o Earth's broadcast for aliens: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYLKpYaDaNCcn7M 150 friends limit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6imaaKFrs53ns0 Small Scotland in Netherland: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqvTfX1_pNqbra8 Ringling Spy Agency: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2q3i5Kuj9Sijck

[@whom382]

The sad thing is that those rejected pitches interested me more than the low count videos.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@whom382 Maybe that's all part of the marketing campaign. He'll generate interest in these topics so that, when he does make a video about animals, everyone will be excited.

[@jdl9581]

Ben and Amy should start their own indie animal-based side channel “Animals *are* Interesting” to prove everyone wrong.

[@aromaticsnail]

right?! my pitchfork is ready and sharpened....torch lit...let's do this....we want animals are interesting!

[@TheKlaun9]

Calf as interesting?

[@jaycie5021]

I'm totally subing if they do

[@skyfeelan]

that's just Real Science (and your profile picture coincidentally looks like her channel's profile picture) fun fact: Real Science was run by the friend of Real Engineering Brian (2:26), Stephanie

[@stephenmcfarland2298]

Twice as interesting.

[@memesifoundonline]

I really like how the videos we watched the least are the ones about sports, friendships, and going outside.

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@phantomhaunter4880]

Yet we gobble up jet lagged lol😂

[@averagejoey2000]

animal videos fail because to touch a cheetah you have to go outside and befriend it

[@sothere1]

This this were Reddit I'd give you an award for that =)🤣😍😜

[@verticallychallenged1816]

I guess those videos were half as interesting as the other ones.

[@TheToyTeen]

Quarter as Interesting 💀

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

@@TheToyTeen kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

@@TheToyTeen kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

​@@TheToyTeen, he already has a video on things that are quarter as interesting. It took 4 to fill the video. That would make it eighth as interesting though.

[@hazuuuuuuuu]

Sam is the type of dad who comes home after buying milk.

[@hexa3171]

wrong sam

[@mistercreeper3029]

​@@hexa3171he uses his sponsor!

[@mistercreeper3029]

@@Emp31 HE USES HIS SPONSOR!!

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@mehulpandya4761]

You seem to be forgetting that almost all fathers do so, but the rare exception is a meme.

[@vincentlance]

"A lot of you are Gay Narcs" is the most genuine laugh I've had in a while.

[@SilasWilloughby]

The witty humor in these videos and their seemingly random jokes, are great. The writers really need a raise.

[@jtgd]

lol raise. That’s funny

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

@@jtgd kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@ryanhagey3761]

Which writer are you related to?

[@sothere1]

There are writers??! I just thought Sam was.... ................. special

[@adog3129]

the writers need to be allowed to expense truffles!!!

[@MrTurbo_]

Can actually say i have watched all of those "flopped" videos, because when i discovered the channel i just binged all videos on the channel because how could i not, only thing that bothered me is the lack of bricks

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@donnaandrobertrobinson-don4177]

Same here, found the channel and enjoyed it... binged all the videos even the topics that didn't intrest me.

[@Eddyspeeder]

I'm disappointed that bricks were not even mentioned in this video. Boo!

[@Cheerybelle]

@@Eddyspeeder 3:09

[@TheEccentricMage]

I would totally watch all of those animal videos tbh. Ben and Amy are on to something

[@quavious2940]

Bruh. Bring us the fuzzy animals

[@Coconutsales]

I'd love to hear more about the animal videos! And this is definitely not Ben and/or Amy.

[@ErdTirdMans]

I too am neither Ben nor Amy and we support this message

[@kaitlyn__L]

Hell yeah, thirding

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

@@ErdTirdMans kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

I would watch them, and I ain't one of the two writers in question as well.

[@A._Person]

As a fellow non Ben &/ Amy person, I approve of this message

[@mapper7310]

You guys never fail to disappoint us.

[@JokeswithMitochondria]

unlike my dad

[@sterlingarcher8041]

@@JokeswithMitochondria i was curious about ur userrname so cIicked on ur profiIe. Wasn't disappointed lmao

[@acasccseea4434]

well.... isnt this video precisely about how it failed us some times?

[@masterimbecile]

@@acasccseea4434 even in failing to disappoint us, he fails sometimes.

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@eskewroberts7663]

The CIA-trained Circus Spy ring one was a gem

[@nerd26373]

400 is already pretty impressive. Glad you guys made it somehow,

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@currykingwurst6393]

I can proudly say that I have watched every single one of those 400 videos. Even the least viewed ones. Thanks for all the great edutainment. And onto the next 400 videos!

[@monitor1939]

as someone who has actually seen every HAI video ever, that circus video is INCREDIBLE and the fact that it didn't get good views is a TRAVESTY

[@joewell6435]

The Ringling Brothers video really does deserve more views. As for the queen death protocol, I'm guessing it got a large percentage of it's views following the queen's death.

[@frankfable62]

My favorite video was when he said "It's Half as Interesting time" and Half as Interesting'd all over the place.

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@ninjasuperman9538]

As an ACHOO sufferer I appreciate you looking into the topic

[@Bacopa68]

I sometimes intentionally stimulate the response. If I have a cold and feel like I need to sneeze, but can't, looking at a window or even a light fixture can help.

[@TheTobeyGaming]

Is the topic the sun?

[@ThorMccammon]

We need a playlist of the flopped video so we can watch them over and over!

[@digieon]

Not a playlist, but I made a comment with all the links.

[@potatogaming7044]

@@digieon thanks you (Btw clicking on a channel can give there comment history.)

[@saulgallagher5668]

Welp, now I'm watching the circus spy one. Good to know there's still great HAI content i haven't seen yet

[@THEGREATAPPLEFIRE]

Glad to see my video idea submission hasn't made this particular list 🙏 Sam may even have made enough money from it to cover the shipping costs for the t-shirt ayy lmao

[@Frameton.]

Sam is the kind of guy to see a semi interesting fact and ask "Is anyone gonna eat that?" and not wait for an answer but seriously thanks for several years of partially interesting toilet entertainment

[@FluffyMons]

How can you not make a video about Hvaldimir? Everything about him is amazing. He's wild but loves humans, he immigrated to Norway because Russia sucks, he fetches things like a dog and his name is an excellent pun(if you speak Norwegian)

[@zachuza]

ive watched every single hai video dozens of times, i put on "half as interesting mix" playlist almost every night and thats ehat i fall asleep to, good backround noise. ive been EAGERLY awaiting this 400th episode i LOVE half as interesting.

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@SophieScrolls]

its hard to believe its been over 400 videos at this point, i remember when you first started this channel and it feels like it was just yesterday

[@Nooticus]

same!

[@sengulsak6739]

I didn't imagine that this would be the day where Amazon runs with *GPT66X* which has been hugely improved ever since the first rumors. Nothing can't be close to that and if I help one person here by showcasing this then I think my day was well spent. Good luck to all of you and stay happy even when times are rough

[@dillonmucha]

This is fake. Don’t buy it. Please.

[@dillonmucha]

This comment got 554 likes in 20 minutes, there are lots of articles about how this is a scam and only a few about how it’s real. THIS IS NOT REAL. DO NOT BUY IT.

[@mdbizzarri]

You've earned enough goodwill for me to watch and updoot every time. If nothing else, the quality of the editing, graphics, and jokes are worth a far longer video.

[@somebodyspecial5663]

I love that I actually can recall most of these videos, and actively either not clicking them or clicking off of them

[@mitchelnext1]

i cant believe there are already 400! i havent missed one since i subbed a few years ago, and remember going back to click the interesting sounding previous ones

[@Syunnnnnnn]

we just want more brick videos, that is why we are all here

[@jpoteet2]

I'm stunned the one about the history of high fives isn't popular. That's one of my favorites. Also about why you smell like your friends. But you really should make the video about bird safe glass. It's not about animals but engineering and I'd click on that in a heartbeat.

[@Anstieguber]

Agreed on bird safe glass being more engineering than animals. Sounds fascinating; would watch.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I also quite liked that episode, though I suppose it wasn't quite as unique of a topic as some of the others.

[@777jaris]

I think it’s hilarious that the video that says it shows your face is the 7th worst of all time!! 😂😂😢

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for all the awesome content and great videos!!

[@jemrawc]

Congratulations to Half as Interesting on your 400 episode! 🏆to you, Ben and Amy for keeping me Fully Interested while watching your channel. As am somewhat new subscriber I must admit to having not watched any of the videos mentioned but would now love to! Just wish that you had included links to each because it is challenging work or complete pain in the 🫏 to have to go back through this video to find out the title, then search for it on KZbin and to then finally get to watch the video about the first high five only to realize it’s actually a video from a different channel about erection difficulties😉🙃 ❤ from Shannon in Canada 🇨🇦 PS don’t think it’s necessary for me to say this BUT everything written after just wish…is complete sarcasm. Was trying to impersonate the writing/narration from Half as Interesting videos.

[@6023barath]

I'm surprised that the CIA Circus Agency got so few views. It's a really interesting snd disturbing topic that deserves more!

[@CTSimp260]

Probably for most Americans and Non-Americans alike, an American spy agency gone rogue is getting a bit cliched and unsurprising anymore. Especially after Edward Snowden. Either that or CIA has hacked into the video’s metrics for PR reasons.

[@claire2088]

Hey Sam, good job on this!! Even if a few details were a bit off, you clearly put in a lot of effort to understand a complicated topic, and I appreciate you. ❤

[@kronik907]

This comment creates so many questions. Is it auto generated and posted? Who set that up?

[@JeffDvrx]

@@kronik907 there is *no way* this wasn't a bot

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@kronik907 Reference to HAI #223, "How Pakistan Broke KZbin Globally for Two Hours"

[@JoePug249]

1) Petition for Ben and Amy to spin off and make Quarter as Interesting 2) I watch every video posted to HAI: they're ALL gems and are ALL appreciated! You guys do amazing work!

[@zenokada2278]

Honestly I really enjoyed watching all the videos you mentioned at the start and a lot of the other ones you mentioned I remember watching distinctly

[@Michaelonyoutub]

All of those videos that you guys consider the "worst" were awesome videos, especially the spy circus, it is a wild ride of a story

[@andreicecold4379]

I'd love to hear more about the Tongan jester and the spy whale, those sound super interesting!

[@EPMTUNES]

Nice video. I would like to hear more behind the scenes for this production.

[@katephillips1342]

This is actually kinda helpful from a marketing angle- these are good things to consider when publishing videos. Thanks for sharing this info!

[@digieon]

Here's links to the videos: High-five was invented: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y17bfpqJf6mHqqc Why you smell like your friends: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGWypaSXdquJZq8\ Looking at the sun makes 1/4 people sneeze: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqvYaI13ndh7gK8 Boat with its own postal code: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGeVioGopreKh5o Earth's broadcast for aliens: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYLKpYaDaNCcn7M 150 friends limit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6imaaKFrs53ns0 Small Scotland in Netherlands: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqvTfX1_pNqbra8 Ringling Spy Agency: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2q3i5Kuj9Sijck

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

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[@AwesomeIan135]

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[@Sonic_The_Weredog]

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[@Emzo123]

Congratulations on 400 episodes!

[@TheBigGiantGaySecurityThatSuck]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nJd6B8oK2mkJo

[@schmourt]

I watched the high five and sneeze videos. honestly love it when you cover the most random things

[@bobafettjr85]

That sneezing while looking at the sun video is what made me subscribe. Because it finally gave me the answer to why I do it.

[@DarkViperEU]

I’m actually very surprised that the “Why Some People Sneeze When Looking At The Sun” video did so bad. As someone with ACHOO, I really wanted to know how many people have it, as my friends think I’m weird when I tell them I sneeze when looking at the sun. Guess it’s not that interesting to people who don’t have it?

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

The power of the sun is nothing to sneeze at

[@togamid]

i'd have guessed a lot of people already knew the reason (at least I did). While I still clicked on the video, I'd guess a lot of people who already know about the topic don't

[@docbob1984]

I would sign up for a Giraffe As Interesting channel in a heartbeat! Bring on the animal videos even if it's a new channel!

[@ikillcommiesable]

Thank you for your service. I’ve seen them all!

[@TroutBoneless]

hey i remember that circus spy video! that WAS a good one tbh i only click on this channel's content when the topic is especially weird, because the algorithm knows i love your content and gives me like 10 of your videos at a time on my home page. its interesting that it suggests your content to me so much that i will look past a video because i know another HAI video will be on the next line of my homepage with another topic

[@chrisbeynon8700]

Happy 400th episode!

[@mr.breadsllama]

Time Stamps and Links: 0:47 The High Five Was Invented in 1977 (Yes, Really): kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y17bfpqJf6mHqqc 1:15 The Science Behind Why Friends Smell Like Each Other: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGWypaSXdquJZq8 1:16 Why Looking at the Sun Makes 1/4th of People Sneeze: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqvYaI13ndh7gK8 1:50 The Tiny Boat With Its Own Postal Code: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGeVioGopreKh5o 1:58 What Was in the Message Earth Broadcast for Aliens?: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYLKpYaDaNCcn7M 2:14 Why You Can Only Have 150 Friends (According to Science): kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6imaaKFrs53ns0 2:21 Why This Piece of the Netherlands Was Technically Scotland: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqvTfX1_pNqbra8 2:45 Why The Ringling Bros. Operated A Secret Spy Agency: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2q3i5Kuj9Sijck

[@Eddyspeeder]

FWIW, the Ringling Bros. video is one of my personal favorites. Its many surprise twists do make it quite complex.

[@Abhi-wn7sw]

You just made me want to watch all these videos. Well played.

[@dxtrum]

This is just Sam trying to give new life to these videos lmao

[@jeremywp123]

I remember those videos because they were forgettable.

[@ErdTirdMans]

I... uh... Hrmmm

[@kaitlyn__L]

I’m surprised about the circus spy one, I loved it. As to the ones you mentioned before that, yeah I was vaguely interested but it didn’t seem important enough to find out.

[@golgarisoul]

I love that circus spy vid! I remember when it first dropped and went "holycats! This has to be insane!"

[@DannerBanks]

Man I love the First High Five video. And I totally sneeze when I look at the sun, that video was great too!

[@yoman21a]

I actually loved the high five one and used it as a story time for warmups in my marching band last year. To be fair though, I've watched every video. Keep it up.

[@MultiSaintsfan123]

This is wild because the "Sneezing when you look at the Sun" video is my favorite HAI video ever

[@quantaluxvision]

To be fair, a lot of these videos I didn't watch, because I didn't know they existed. Especially that video on Netherlands being Scotland. That sounds really interesting!

[@zoe547]

1:02 the categories 😂

[@R-Penguin]

Board gamer boys ftw

[@Kierkergaarder]

I feel like I have been watching your stuff for the last few years, first comment on this channel ever? You have made me smile many times, thank you

[@jamiewah]

never thought i'd live to see the day where sam from half as interesting casually namedrops 100 gecs

[@theanitmeme]

Two of those least-popular videos are some of my favorites. It’s just the one about having friends that I wasn’t into.

[@justins8802]

I remember that circus spy video. It was interesting, but I remember it being kind of hard to stay focused on and I had to rewatch large parts of it.

[@cadenshoemake4152]

the humor this channel produces it top notch

[@davidthompson5589]

i feel like i have watched most of these. thank you for the videos!

[@oldmanspidey]

unironically the ringling bros one is really good idk why more people didnt watch it

[@eguy8387]

I love that zip code boat video! Shocked it doesn’t have more views!

[@Neptunia120]

i remember seeing the brian from real engineering bit from the netherlands/scotland video and it's stuck with me for a while, but i couldn't remember where it was until now

[@kineticdeath]

this video varied between 2/5ths as interesting to 9/16ths as interesting.Good variance, looking forward to the 500th upload special

[@Jeffra_010]

happy 400th! love ur videos

[@levimissentzis7614]

I love this Chanel I’ve watched every episode I can’t get enough

[@QuFox]

that reference to not having friends and not going outside, really hit home :( Love the vids tho :)

[@User31129]

Wow. Imagine not watching every single HAI video all the way through, at least to the beginning of the sponsor, without even thinking about it!

[@krtr]

I have very seriously watched every single HAI (minus the sponsors of course) and I love this recap videos, thank you! PS: The clown intelligence agency one was like my favorite ever!

[@programmer437]

Weirdly, despite being subscribed, most of the videos you mentioned I never got notified of. Maybe alot of other channels I follow published videos those days?

[@evandonovan9239]

I love how you used stock footage instead of actual footage of Ben or Amy, even from behind.

[@blobofdespair]

Love this channel! And yay, bird-proof glass!!

[@toddhouchin3252]

Sun sneeze and high five were two of my faves.

[@articleanteater]

As someone who is afflicted by the sun -> sneeze phenomenon, i was happy that video was made

[@michaeluplandcausa7878]

I can't believe the number of times I zoned out during this episode. What happened? I think you can add this to your worst list. Although it worked to your advertiser's advantage. I clinked back on a couple more times to watch the ending and saw your sponsor😅😂

[@NickoVillaneMusic]

I don't comment often, but I've watched every HAI video, mostly because of the lockdowns. So I have to mention that the Ringling Bros. video is top notch really does deserve more views!

[@chrislanejones]

Every one of Half of Interesting's videos are one and a half times better than any episode of Days of Our Lives and General Hospital.

[@gfwagnitz]

The ring bros video is awesome. Keep up Sam!

[@jakubekch.3621]

Many of those just never showed up in my recomanded tab

[@thnannn5766]

At the sponser part I thought you would also do an intospective of some sort about your sponser bit

[@sundhaug92]

I mean, Hvaldimir is among the top 3 most famous animals of Norway (possibly 4th), after Keiko (the orca from Free Willy who moved to Norway after his release), Sir Nils Olav (a penguin in Edinburgh who's a part of the norwegian royal guard), and maybe Freyja (a walrus that took up residence in the Oslo fjord and ended up killed because people didn't stay the F away from a big and wild animal)

[@bigbigx2250]

The ACHOO video helped me learn what ACHOO was as it's something that's been mercilessly plaguing me my entire life

[@JBBrickman]

I’m really intrigued by the court gesture one, and some of the animal ones

[@andrewmyers2920]

Love that the episode celebrating the 400th episode was actually just a roast of the audience disguised as a roast of the channel.

[@mrstudent9125]

Quarter is interesting is back! Thanks, Sam!

[@Themrfuzzypants]

I have watched all 400 videos from start to finish. Feels like a badge of honour now.

[@NI5M0]

The Ringling Circus episode was one of the first HAI videos that I ever watched

[@forthosewholiketrains3460]

Nice 76 trombones reference. I played that piece, as trombone. Loved it.

[@zachhoff9876]

Thanks for all the videos! I hope you'll be back to KZbin at some point