Why monks had that haircut

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  • @Vox
    @Vox  6 ปีที่แล้ว +533

    If you haven't heard, we launched a membership program on TH-cam! And of course we made a video explaining it: th-cam.com/video/q0cvGRUbusQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @jamescharles4050
      @jamescharles4050 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vox awesome

    • @jamescharles4050
      @jamescharles4050 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Post More vids

    • @jshdlai3635
      @jshdlai3635 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Luke nobody cares about your reply either

    • @anselmschueler
      @anselmschueler 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you haven't haired.

    • @jamesjross
      @jamesjross 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No thanks. I'll just pay you nothing.

  • @save_bandit
    @save_bandit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9038

    Only 4th century kids will remember this trend

    • @jayshadex
      @jayshadex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Their aaaaall dead now.

    • @griffy6759
      @griffy6759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      😂😂

    • @thinderellaedwards1365
      @thinderellaedwards1365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Help me Father Mayall, I am “like” #666🤭!

    • @1000eau
      @1000eau 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@jayshadex r/whooooooosh

    • @savannaowl6301
      @savannaowl6301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jayshade X *they’re

  • @singergrl1998
    @singergrl1998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +881

    I had a friend in middle school who shaved his head like that for extra credit in our world history class. He got the credit.

    • @chamomilewhite5461
      @chamomilewhite5461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Better have had 100 extra credits

    • @jonathansalvador5037
      @jonathansalvador5037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      He deserved it.

    • @8015908
      @8015908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And the bullying

    • @bigmoniesponge
      @bigmoniesponge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@8015908 worth not failing.

    • @tomasvrabec1845
      @tomasvrabec1845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I just find it mad you can get any credit for that.

  • @selenebrown8380
    @selenebrown8380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5016

    Day 8 of quarantine: learning about monk haircuts

    • @puciukutu
      @puciukutu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      hi5

    • @sahara.bountiful.precious
      @sahara.bountiful.precious 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      elbow bump*

    • @shark180
      @shark180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Lol made it to 9 days before I thought, "what's up with Monk haircuts?"

    • @vikitheviki
      @vikitheviki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😉👍

    • @theL33Tm4ster
      @theL33Tm4ster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have you learned anything new today?

  • @AvenWildsmith
    @AvenWildsmith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1434

    Next time I see a skinhead, I'll be sure to tell him I like his pauline tonsure.

    • @swiggitysk8
      @swiggitysk8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      please do. or next time you see someone touting an inverted cross as “satanic” tell them you like their petrine cross.

    • @thecurtle
      @thecurtle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @ when I worked at Target there was this very tall guy that I saw every couple of weeks, always wore black, studded leather, sometimes a trench coat. He had a shaved head but there was also a very large, distinguishable scar across the entire top of his head. I never ended up talking to him.
      Not really that relevant to your question, but they're probably still around in some parts.

    • @oliverhardman3513
      @oliverhardman3513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@thecurtle dude likely had a tumor.
      This is a classic video on yt of a guy calling someone a shinhead, only for him to reveal he had chemo hahaha

    • @sparkl3s229
      @sparkl3s229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i like ya cut g

    • @davidreed9849
      @davidreed9849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha he might think you’re hitting on him

  • @bentheben
    @bentheben 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4405

    And so, why did monks have that haircut?

    • @Freedom34176
      @Freedom34176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +289

      @Blake Hunt amen

    • @chicawhappa
      @chicawhappa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +468

      Shows membership in a particular club. Other cultures also have special hairstyles and beard styles to set priests of different levels / types apart, and also nobility from the plebiscite.

    • @AlexS-oj8qf
      @AlexS-oj8qf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +277

      It's a symbolism of Crown of Thorns

    • @fairlysleepy
      @fairlysleepy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      bc they followed the jesus

    • @maximinoalejandro8168
      @maximinoalejandro8168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It’s a halo

  • @mohdsaif5539
    @mohdsaif5539 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4386

    Barber: How may I help you?
    Monk: I like Saturn
    Barber: Say no more

    • @antoniogriffin7135
      @antoniogriffin7135 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      😢😂😂😂

    • @vishalpanwar9914
      @vishalpanwar9914 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Lol... Funny 😂😂

    • @acchaladka
      @acchaladka 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Lo, Saturnalia!

    • @tatyanawong
      @tatyanawong 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      underrated comment 💀💀

    • @ninjafruitchilled
      @ninjafruitchilled 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Saying that you like Saturn would have meant something rather different in the 5th century ;). Something possibly dangerous for a Catholic monk to say.

  • @nickeman132
    @nickeman132 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2970

    My heart pounded hard when that skype sound appeared.

    • @TheCowSaidOink
      @TheCowSaidOink 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      LOL same

    • @jumbie4972
      @jumbie4972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Facts I was shook 💀

    • @HanaMaeVA
      @HanaMaeVA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      I haven’t used Skype in years, and it still gave me a heart attack

    • @ajg8600
      @ajg8600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same... i dont even have skype anymore lmao

    • @georgethakur
      @georgethakur 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh, I was thinking it was something different.

  • @partlyironic
    @partlyironic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2442

    FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY WANTED THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION “WHY DO MONKS HAVE THAT HAIRCUT?”:
    (This is a very quick answer to sum up a lot of historical discussion)
    - Hair = riches, power, vanity and sexuality etc. In cutting off their hair, monks were showing their willingness to forgo worldly concerns, principally wealth and sexual relationships - for the same reason, Christian nuns cover their hair.
    - alongside this, short hair mimicked those who had become slaves, showing them to be servants to christ
    - it is thought that the original disciples of jesus similarly cut their hair
    - there was also a strong element of group identity; those of a religious order were instantly recognisable
    - it showed discipline; keeping hair in this style required maintenance and not doing so was often seen as abandoning the religious way of life
    PS most believe, I think, that the Celtic tonsure was shaved in front of a line running from ear to ear. The Roman = crown of thorns, The Celtic = indicative of slavery

    • @DarkKnightTrinity
      @DarkKnightTrinity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @Chad MacDonald I can't believe he titled his video with "why" and never said why ...

    • @lumossk3657
      @lumossk3657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The real question remains tho, why leaving out the side part

    • @tobiasreiersen7397
      @tobiasreiersen7397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Helen. Thank you, people like you deserve an exclusive sky in heaven

    • @maryfaqih9403
      @maryfaqih9403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you🙏🏻

    • @paulmbuthia8689
      @paulmbuthia8689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks.

  • @gvillxtine2773
    @gvillxtine2773 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2613

    okay but like am i going crazy or was the title question was never answered

    • @partlyironic
      @partlyironic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Tbh the best thing to do is google it

    • @SaintJenny929
      @SaintJenny929 5 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      Sub groups of Catholicism people (Celtic catholic vs Roman catholic) used them as gang signs lol

    • @fangofsilver5537
      @fangofsilver5537 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Nope. You´re not alone on that one.

    • @gvillxtine2773
      @gvillxtine2773 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@partlyironic yeah I ended up reading some articles instead

    • @Vampirefreak2282
      @Vampirefreak2282 5 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      They said it very fast and briefly in the beginning of the video. A shaved head normally means englightment and Buddhist munks often shave their heads for that purpose. The tonture loosely resembles Jesus's crown of thorns around this head. Which is why it looks like that.

  • @danielnator
    @danielnator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +697

    3:52 Those 7th century computer graphics

    • @lolha4544
      @lolha4544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Danielnator HAHA.

    • @samayah7949
      @samayah7949 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣🤣🤣👍🏼

    • @BlueblueN
      @BlueblueN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I like how this Celtic monk looks chinese

    • @j_respect5948
      @j_respect5948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That helped them build the pyramid

    • @sandomingue
      @sandomingue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bro got the iFig 😭😭😂

  • @davidfabella1
    @davidfabella1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2216

    the "reverse bowlcut" basically

    • @poluki
      @poluki 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      The opposite of the undercut?

    • @piadylan1207
      @piadylan1207 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @OctieBoopTurtle an overcut ?

    • @poluki
      @poluki 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@piadylan1207 perhaps

    • @kshitijmahajan1058
      @kshitijmahajan1058 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh nice 😂😂😂😂 I was thinking the same thing

    • @user-yz8wn3of7o
      @user-yz8wn3of7o 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When your parents forgot to use the bowl ._.

  • @univ1776
    @univ1776 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2579

    They had that haircut to ensure a celibate life.

    • @zacdrake
      @zacdrake 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      LMFAO!!! So true!!!

    • @thepianoman6958
      @thepianoman6958 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Well it did reflect that vow

    • @valeale2812
      @valeale2812 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LMAOOO

    • @hautevoltage
      @hautevoltage 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💀😂

    • @zodammit
      @zodammit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Chicks dig the tonsure.

  • @jamescharles4050
    @jamescharles4050 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2436

    *Barber:* What you want fam?
    *Monk:* that 4th century tonsure cut.
    *Barber:* ...
    *Monk:* ...You ever watch the three stooges?
    *Barber:* I got you fam.

    • @Jesse__H
      @Jesse__H 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      *Barber:* Tonsure?! You're gonna have to be more specific, bro!

    • @hahaha7834
      @hahaha7834 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      stoogies

    • @Kolslov
      @Kolslov 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This needs to be top comment

    • @saharajason3731
      @saharajason3731 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chris Jays 😂😂🤣😂😂😂👌🏾

    • @sharonhicks-jones5471
      @sharonhicks-jones5471 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Say no mo

  • @mechanicalfruit9659
    @mechanicalfruit9659 6 ปีที่แล้ว +805

    Pick your fighter
    *MONK HAIRCUT*
    or
    *BOWL CUT*
    or
    *MULLET*

    • @alamooji3716
      @alamooji3716 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thats a great n tough question

    • @EddieOdora
      @EddieOdora 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Mullet is king

    • @canojr3632
      @canojr3632 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Mullet all day

    • @gradprutsers7467
      @gradprutsers7467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Mullet all the way

    • @sumeshsingh2032
      @sumeshsingh2032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bowl cut is the school shooter

  • @wilfredomartinez575
    @wilfredomartinez575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    Barber:what do you want today
    Monks:you've seen a halo
    Barber:say nomore

    • @MondoMan
      @MondoMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      give up the fight

    • @npc6817
      @npc6817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      gives hairdo in the shape of master chief's helmet

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 6 ปีที่แล้ว +545

    It’s circumcision for the head.

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Napoleon I Bonaparte 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The other head 😅😅

    • @oltedders
      @oltedders 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      At least one thing grows back.

    • @Xuepreme69
      @Xuepreme69 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      oltedders trust me, skin can grow back.

    • @oltedders
      @oltedders 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Xuepreme69
      Not where it counts. A foreskin isn't anymore replaceable than a missing ear.

  • @Ycyjames
    @Ycyjames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1428

    1:45 I thought someone was calling me on skype loll

    • @monarass
      @monarass 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I also got trolled

    • @nojamguy7561
      @nojamguy7561 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same here 😔✊🏼

    • @annoorange123
      @annoorange123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I don't even have skype, but it trolled me

    • @helicopter_traffic
      @helicopter_traffic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It’s impressive sound design for sure
      I knew it was Skype and not a traditional on-site interview by the sound/video quality, sure, but immediately by the ringtone

    • @sanchirkh6019
      @sanchirkh6019 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      bruh i actually spotted the vid for sec

  • @blitzwaffe
    @blitzwaffe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +893

    Monk's haircut: What I studied for on the exam
    Bald spot: What's on the exam

    • @anthonysmith1228
      @anthonysmith1228 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Have my internet points!

    • @thewalkingmic5
      @thewalkingmic5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I like this meme format

    • @metuks7324
      @metuks7324 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thats too real for me

    • @bimmer3997
      @bimmer3997 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Copy..
      Paste...

    • @wutaeworld
      @wutaeworld 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      blitzwaffe th-cam.com/video/iodydVP6aqM/w-d-xo.html this video was completely amazing tho

  • @cameronrudolph5919
    @cameronrudolph5919 5 ปีที่แล้ว +505

    The very reason that this was ever used as a haircut is because that's exactly how guys lose their hair when they age...
    the haircut is kind of like a "well there's already a spot there let's make it uniform and say we did it on purpose"

    • @Meofalulu
      @Meofalulu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      This is my hypothesis as to why the samurai haircut has the top of the head shaved

    • @redginger4224
      @redginger4224 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hahahahahahaahah i thought of it too

    • @nonprogrediestregredi1711
      @nonprogrediestregredi1711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And monks couldn't afford Rogaine.

    • @benvoliothefirst
      @benvoliothefirst 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same reason balding guys shave their head these days: "Bald is a choice, balding is not."

    • @lfidarraga
      @lfidarraga 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      More than uniform. Id say it conveys wisdom.

  • @ChaseWulff
    @ChaseWulff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    “Damn. I’m losing my hair. How can I keep people from knowing? I guess I could shave it just a little more and say it’s a religious thing.”

  • @TheDrummingWarrior
    @TheDrummingWarrior 6 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    Vox, answering all the questions you never asked

    • @andyisdead
      @andyisdead 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      lmao

    • @KipVaughan
      @KipVaughan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I have wondered this question.

    • @docholliday4672
      @docholliday4672 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rotfl

    • @Carltoncurtis1
      @Carltoncurtis1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Vox, masters of getting utterly useless information nobody was thinking about on trending.

    • @thewalkingmic5
      @thewalkingmic5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ... but always makes you want to know the answer

  • @Trxpamvs
    @Trxpamvs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    Barber : what u want?
    Me: let me get that 35 before Christ fade
    Barber: amen my guy say no more.

    • @achingwoody4306
      @achingwoody4306 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sewa Kevin Lassey you need more likes

    • @wutaeworld
      @wutaeworld 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sewa Kevin Lassey 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣th-cam.com/video/iodydVP6aqM/w-d-xo.html my reaction to it

    • @matthewschwend2643
      @matthewschwend2643 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      35 BCE?????

    • @sikid4000
      @sikid4000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *AD
      Obviously

    • @matthewschwend2643
      @matthewschwend2643 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      sikid4000 even 35 AD is way off

  • @rea8585
    @rea8585 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3503

    Being a good person and believing in God is not enough. You have to have the perfect haircut too 😜 Early fashionistas! 😂

    • @LeethLee1
      @LeethLee1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      "Fabulous for god!" :D

    • @kashkirby
      @kashkirby 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      omfg

    • @MyiaLaShaun
      @MyiaLaShaun 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      None of this is in the Bible.

    • @mofuker199
      @mofuker199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@anunayasingh3621 no one said they're the same thing

    • @hangarud
      @hangarud 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MyiaLaShaun even laws are non in the bible.

  • @bcubed72
    @bcubed72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Pious up front,
    Party in the back.

    • @supersucks
      @supersucks 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Underrated comment

  • @ArtemKotenev-m2t
    @ArtemKotenev-m2t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    i love how the question "why" they had their haircuts and for what reason is not answered

    • @gordonlekfors2708
      @gordonlekfors2708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they did mention it at least: "possibly modelled after Jesus' crown of thorns"

  • @phototristan
    @phototristan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1832

    I have a nice fade, does that mean I'm super holy?

  • @arvaborelius7269
    @arvaborelius7269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Fun fact: in Sweden doughnuts are called monks because they look like their hair.

    • @funkymonkey7202
      @funkymonkey7202 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      where did u learn this?

    • @arvaborelius7269
      @arvaborelius7269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@funkymonkey7202 Jag lärde mig det från att bo i Sverige hela mitt liv.

    • @funkymonkey7202
      @funkymonkey7202 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arvaborelius7269
      Jag trodde du såg den på en artikel eller något. Men det är coolt.

  • @KepticYT
    @KepticYT 6 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    *_Because god liked it so he put a ring on it_*

  • @thijsdeboer389
    @thijsdeboer389 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Me: has a test tomorrow
    TH-cam: HEY WANNA WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT MONK HAIRCUTS?

  • @jasondaniel918
    @jasondaniel918 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    As I approach 70-years of age, nature and nature's God are solving the tonsure issue for me. It is called pattern baldness. It does in fact resemble a tonsure, so now I can B.S. my way around my baldness. Thanks, Vox.

    • @MosesMatsepane
      @MosesMatsepane 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, a 70 year old grandpa on TH-cam writing like a Millennial, anything is possible I guess. You need to spare your knuckles grandpa. :)

  • @vandanacasm
    @vandanacasm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1138

    How DO you come up with these ridiculously curious topic? Great video.

    • @HelgaCavoli
      @HelgaCavoli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Religion, dec 25th... It's on topic somehow ..

    • @thanhavictus
      @thanhavictus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Stay curious

    • @zweij
      @zweij 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It isnt extremely ridiculous. Or maybe I am just a typical European

    • @brigranger2119
      @brigranger2119 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@zweij they didn't say ridiculous they said "ridiculously curious" as in unique or uncommon I assume. not trying to start something I just feel like the OP wasnt trying to be rude

    • @arjuhama
      @arjuhama 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      (sitting in the office, staring at the ceiling)
      Vox content creator: Gee, why did priests have those weird hairstyles back then? (taps pen to the lips)

  • @dantoxism8538
    @dantoxism8538 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1455

    That ain't hair mate, that's a ring! A head-ring

    • @cheesepuffgod
      @cheesepuffgod 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They marry their head

    • @stephaniesummer2663
      @stephaniesummer2663 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Your own halo

    • @dantoxism8538
      @dantoxism8538 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@k.s.4010 Lmao, nukes are nothing. I eat them for breakfast.

    • @LzysGraphics
      @LzysGraphics 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only one that thinks it looks pretty good on some?

    • @serdarhalithan7437
      @serdarhalithan7437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One ring to rule them all

  • @pogi09282805724
    @pogi09282805724 6 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Im naturally inclined to have a tonsure! Thanks dad!

    • @rparl
      @rparl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Tends to skip a generation, so thank your grandfathers.

    • @swedishfeeish
      @swedishfeeish 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      actually the gene for hair loss comes from the chromosome you got from your mother

    • @travis_redfern6771
      @travis_redfern6771 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You were born to be a monk

  • @ultimatedumbass3779
    @ultimatedumbass3779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Back then, they thought it was trendy, so imagine in 100 years that our now trendy hairstyles will be considered weird in the future

    • @tacomeme429
      @tacomeme429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Trendy hairstyles of 10 years ago are already considered weird

    • @stephenguivara8388
      @stephenguivara8388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr

  • @joes.949
    @joes.949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Ok, now explain Trump's.....

    • @futileclips1012
      @futileclips1012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      trump:french fries please
      Barber:I gotchu

  • @mohammedsufyan4011
    @mohammedsufyan4011 6 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    Always thought they were just bald...

    • @riflemanm16a2
      @riflemanm16a2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Did you think they went bald because they were monks or they were monks because they'd gone bald?

    • @lessemo
      @lessemo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@riflemanm16a2 omg is the chicken and egg question

    • @brendanjohnson4931
      @brendanjohnson4931 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I always thought they were young men trying to look like old men with male pattern baldness.

    • @FilosSofo
      @FilosSofo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brendan Johnson that is Japan you thinking of.

    • @mattbobst1977
      @mattbobst1977 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cartoon for kids

  • @ryat3856
    @ryat3856 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Time for bed..
    *WHY DO MUNKS HAVE THAT HAIRCUT*
    well damn

  • @3p1cand3rs0n
    @3p1cand3rs0n 6 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    In my religion, we mostly had our tonsures removed as children or teens, to represent the removal of the evils of strep throat. We usually celebrated with ice cream.

    • @mahteef
      @mahteef 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I want join. How I join?

    • @emc9487
      @emc9487 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mathuín Ó mhuire wooosh

    • @dedewx9550
      @dedewx9550 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Mathuín Ó mhuire r/wooosh

    • @FirstnameLastname-kn5sw
      @FirstnameLastname-kn5sw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I guess much like a razor would on a monk...
      That one went over his head

    • @lawrencetchen
      @lawrencetchen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Church of Otolaryngology 🙏🏽

  • @xyhmo
    @xyhmo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Real reason: bunch of old dudes wanting to level the playing field by sabotaging hair of young dudes.

  • @SSchithFoo
    @SSchithFoo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Buddhist monks shaved their heads as a sign of letting go of attachment because back in the day, in the region having long hair was a sign of manliness and men were pretty attached to it.

  • @toad1694
    @toad1694 6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    I always thought they were just balding, so they would cut it that way.

    • @lauracordero9944
      @lauracordero9944 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@russiaprivjet iim

    • @lauracordero9944
      @lauracordero9944 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@russiaprivjet lll

    • @homebodytiger
      @homebodytiger 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Could be true. Maybe they were just hiding that fact. Like how back then, those men used to wear powdered wigs because of some disease or illness (can't remember).

  • @toastiie4595
    @toastiie4595 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    *Monk: I like onion rings*
    *Barber: Ah, I gotchu*

  • @MovieHypeSA
    @MovieHypeSA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    A triangle? Illuminati confirmed

    • @hunterrosier4426
      @hunterrosier4426 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *BECOME ONE OF US FOLLOW THE LIGHT AND YOULL SEE THE PATH*

    • @NeoJiNeTiK
      @NeoJiNeTiK 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Annunaki confirmed...
      It’s a Ziggurat, They are followers of Enki’s son Thoth, Hermes Trismegistus and his Ancient School of Mysteries. To the Sumerians he was Ningizzida; he may have been Enoch to the Jews, Odin to the Scandinavians, Wotan to the Teutons, and some even suggest Buddha. We might know him now as Mr. Wednesday.
      “Do you have faith, Shadow? Do you know me? Do you know what I am? Do you want to know my name? This is what I am called. I am called Glad-O-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-eyed. I am also called Highest, and True-Guesser. I am Grimnir, and the Hooded One. I am All-Father, Gondlir, Wand-bearer. I have as many names as there are winds. As many titles as there are ways to die. My ravens are Huginn and Muninn. Thought and Memory. My wolves are Freki and Geri. My horse is the gallowed. I am Odin!”

    • @ameliagordon6945
      @ameliagordon6945 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your profile pic fit that perfectly

  • @peempit4406
    @peempit4406 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    TH-cam is scary. This video is recommended right exact on the same day I learned about European monks at school

    • @lolha4544
      @lolha4544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Joe Ligmama I played a roblox game today and i watched flamingo and in the roblox game i was building a boat and added a ladder and i climbed it and then i fell from the ladder and the youtuber said ”no im falling!!!” something like that

    • @antoniasalinas513
      @antoniasalinas513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Every breath you take,
      Every step you make,
      Every vow you break
      Every move you take
      They'll be watching you.

    • @CrazyAsianDude
      @CrazyAsianDude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This was recommended to me after I shaved my head........weird.

    • @da_yanti.f.6363
      @da_yanti.f.6363 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Holy grail
      But
      You probably search for it on Google earlier that day

    • @thirstiestvillager9233
      @thirstiestvillager9233 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not scary at all

  • @steves4945
    @steves4945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The triangle would make sense as a symbol of the "Holy Trinity "

  • @HerbalAssailant
    @HerbalAssailant 6 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I want to see someone pull this look off though.
    I bet there is SOMEONE out there rocking this haircut.

    • @fionaslittlecorner
      @fionaslittlecorner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Middle aged men?

    • @HerbalAssailant
      @HerbalAssailant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@fionaslittlecorner I mean someone who cut their hair like that on purpose. 😂

    • @HerbalAssailant
      @HerbalAssailant 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Marion Delgado Well... I guess I wouldn't.

    • @caremyu
      @caremyu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Faith usually new born babies and toddler can rock this style😂 I’ve seen it before on a few babies

    • @sjuvanet
      @sjuvanet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i am here, well being.

  • @oliverkeely4767
    @oliverkeely4767 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    They just balding innit

  • @paradox...
    @paradox... 6 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Those computer graphics are from the 7th century lol

  • @mordredoforkney6185
    @mordredoforkney6185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As a stylist and a history nerd, this gives me a braingasm.

  • @trek2k409
    @trek2k409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    To make sure they won’t get laid

  • @angelashahbaz
    @angelashahbaz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    1:51
    C O N T R O V E R S I E S

  • @Spiegelgeist
    @Spiegelgeist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    I always appreciate it in character creators when they let me give my character a tonsure for a hairstyle.

    • @charlesbannon6909
      @charlesbannon6909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We got to get them to adopt the triangular tonsure now.

    • @virionspiral
      @virionspiral 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I plan to add that alternative for a character in my game. Though, this video was weird. The guy didn't give (at least in the video) any evidence of this triangular tonsure. He just said, so I assumed it had to be simple, and some modelers I knew did this design, so this is how it was.

    • @legendofman12
      @legendofman12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mount and blade anybody?

  • @rw7371
    @rw7371 6 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    Me: I know a pretty good amount of information, I am content.
    Me: *sees this video*
    Nevermind, I definitely need to know this. I didn’t know I needed to know this until just now.

    • @zaybo1930
      @zaybo1930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same! Now I’m just biding my time until someone says anything about a monk!! I’m pulling this bad boy right out

    • @rolak5053
      @rolak5053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No one ever has ENOUGH knowledge, you did good my dude. You did good.

  • @consumemilk8005
    @consumemilk8005 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard." Leviticus 19:27

    • @huydo1930
      @huydo1930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's in the old testament, those ceremonial laws have been fulfilled in Christ, now we are under the new covenant

    • @Angelo-rj5er
      @Angelo-rj5er 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Consume Milk that law only applied to Jews from the nation of Israel not new covenant Jews and gentile Christians

    • @MasterSkySparklez
      @MasterSkySparklez 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@huydo1930 uh huh okay

    • @harddamn
      @harddamn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@huydo1930 u can't nit pick your testament. either follow the bible or not...or only the parts that suit u ?

  • @MINTBERRYCRRUNCH
    @MINTBERRYCRRUNCH 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    3:45 omg i laughed so hard at that "computer graphic" from 20 years ago, i can see all 12 polygons that make up the human face lol

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey, don't be mean, back then they had to use basicpy calculators to make that image.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 6 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    I was sure for a second that he said 'The Ramen Church' at 2:02, and I was like 'Dude.. THAT'S my kinda religion!"
    * slurps in reverence *
    🍜

    • @NewMessage
      @NewMessage 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Beatrice Jane * tips his colander hat *

    • @RespectTheHood
      @RespectTheHood 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ra-amen brothers

    • @ultearmilkovich3825
      @ultearmilkovich3825 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your pfp triggers me. Like I don’t comment extremely often but it bothers me soooooo much.

    • @jnngaming731
      @jnngaming731 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      New Message R-amen

    • @mammontustado9680
      @mammontustado9680 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      R'amen.

  • @Witchy-Wonderland
    @Witchy-Wonderland 6 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    It’s 4:30 in the morning... what am I doing with my life? 🤨

    • @danielgorzelniak3209
      @danielgorzelniak3209 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wasting it while You could be riding me

    • @MkMasterMike
      @MkMasterMike 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      mojor struś Well that escalated quickly

    • @danielgorzelniak3209
      @danielgorzelniak3209 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MkMasterMike yes

    • @SkyeGalaxy
      @SkyeGalaxy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sydney Mancuso same

    • @abvvi3319
      @abvvi3319 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sydney Mancuso the link answers it all...

  • @Jesse__H
    @Jesse__H 6 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Tonsure? I hardly knew her!
    sorry. very interesting vid, btw!

    • @wutaeworld
      @wutaeworld 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jesse H. Very interesting!!! th-cam.com/video/iodydVP6aqM/w-d-xo.html

    • @DibIrken
      @DibIrken 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You sly dog!

  • @lilelly16
    @lilelly16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the parallel that was drawn between the monks' tonsure and today's style of shaving the sides of the head!

    • @ademes889
      @ademes889 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Elena Lenkova got to hide the greyiez

  • @shardhanamorgan
    @shardhanamorgan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm shocked. They had to cut their hair like that?? I thought it was just early onset male pattern baldness!

  • @dmdgama6079
    @dmdgama6079 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Monks: can I get a onion ring
    Barber: I got you fam

  • @Phlegethon
    @Phlegethon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Another hypothesis: it’s actually a bald head monk who didn’t want people laughing at him and so told everyone that it’s to be closer to god

  • @nayibm1773
    @nayibm1773 6 ปีที่แล้ว +410

    Haha my haircut is better

  • @Sunset-Sam
    @Sunset-Sam 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how the music in their videos always suits the time period of the topic and the pictures are even synced with it as well. Such attention to detail.

  • @AnimMusicTM
    @AnimMusicTM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:45 that skype pranked me even i know i dont have skype

  • @mrdabss
    @mrdabss 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Answer: They copied the villagers from Minecraft.

    • @DxvinderSingh1699
      @DxvinderSingh1699 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can we get 1000 subs for Kermit to survive oh yes, minecraft the oldest of religions with servers so high in class that the words “heck” and “frick” are taboo best religion 👌👏

  • @ZeEzZuEn
    @ZeEzZuEn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    FaZe Banks has this haircut

    • @Joji_Joestar
      @Joji_Joestar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Brother Banks*

    • @brotherbanks1345
      @brotherbanks1345 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Joji_Joestar Bless you🙏

    • @sirploom
      @sirploom 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Joji_Joestar lmao

  • @gasIighter
    @gasIighter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Barber: How may I help you?
    Monk: gimmi dat inverse bowlcut
    Barber: Say no more

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Imagine being so fragile you're enraged by a haircut.

    • @annmarie1365
      @annmarie1365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wobbles and Bean As a hairdresser, I reserve the right to be enraged by haircuts.

    • @bromptondevice7685
      @bromptondevice7685 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why not? Plenty of people in TH-cam comments sections are enraged about far less.

  • @allninelivez7631
    @allninelivez7631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4th Century monks really saw this cut and said “YOOOOOO!!!!!”

  • @robertoguevara1400
    @robertoguevara1400 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    So is this going to become trendy? Tonsure Challenge? Monking? Triangle Hair Style?
    At this point it wouldn't surprise me.

  • @trayvu
    @trayvu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Earlier in McDonald's I was high af. A worker comes up to me and asked me "Do you want a tray sir". I stand there and look at him for about 5 seconds and say"...I'm already Tracer"

    • @midwayhhs
      @midwayhhs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      r/thathappened

  • @SatorGrin
    @SatorGrin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Barber: Whatchu gettin'?
    Monk: The Humble Rim👌
    Barber: Say no more. Infinite roast on the way my guy.

  • @heatherracho666
    @heatherracho666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've always wanted to know..... I feel like a five-year-old child asking my mother stupid questions and getting answers !!!🤭

  • @morris7626
    @morris7626 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Funny thing is I could see all of these haircuts as completely normal

  • @RatherA
    @RatherA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Ah now I know why Faze Banks have this hairstyle. God bless father faze banks.

  • @charlesnoonan5543
    @charlesnoonan5543 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Who else got bored half way through and started to read the comments like me? 🧐

    • @Slekejkwls-1819
      @Slekejkwls-1819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not sure but I think just you and 4 people

    • @da_yanti.f.6363
      @da_yanti.f.6363 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't even watch the video, just sliding trough the comments

  • @BaBlisstic
    @BaBlisstic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Music is way too loud.

  • @thomasmackelly7685
    @thomasmackelly7685 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The degree to which I would roast an ancient monk is unfathomable

  • @UmmYeahOk
    @UmmYeahOk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How cold does it get in Rome? How cold does it get in Ireland? So Rome basically banned a haircut that was a little bit warmer for a colder climate.

    • @ademes889
      @ademes889 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      UmmYeahOk I need help with the person that gave me the cut

  • @faysus
    @faysus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    They just had a drunk barber. You didn't need to research much on this. Just drunk barbers

  • @6williamson
    @6williamson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The monks did amazing things, developing social support networks, living for the most part a life of simplicity and service way beyond weird haircuts. Perhaps if we could learn something substantial from such servants of God rather than from the celebrity de jour today, we would be a happier place with more peace and serenity.

  • @Koel_Hellion
    @Koel_Hellion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I dunno why but I always enjoy watching stuff like this like just some random facts that explain little things I didn't cared about until now lol

  • @b.c4440
    @b.c4440 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The idea that the fade is just reverse monk style at the end just tickles me to death. 💀

  • @yorusuyasoul69420
    @yorusuyasoul69420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Back in the day it was a big trend among the monks

  • @bobdonda
    @bobdonda 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There's no way that you can convince me that this wasn't started by some guys who were embarrassed about their bald spots, and decided to make the bald spot a fashion trend that everyone else had to follow.
    It's "I'm part of a cool trend, I'm not going bald!" and it ended up lasting for centuries because other balding men like the idea too.

    • @thepatrusnostor5794
      @thepatrusnostor5794 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tambien penso es, pero tambien en que querian representar a los santos con el circulo en su cabeza, pero la verdad sigo sin saberlo

  • @nerissaalmeida4473
    @nerissaalmeida4473 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing video as always. I love all the research and effort put into every one of your videos

  • @swayamsahu8078
    @swayamsahu8078 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Will this trend in 2019?

    • @Robert-yf1kn
      @Robert-yf1kn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Will school kids still be picking their nose all the time?

    • @swayamsahu8078
      @swayamsahu8078 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Robert-yf1kn teacher says being hygienic is good. So yes they will.

    • @Robert-yf1kn
      @Robert-yf1kn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@swayamsahu8078 Kids pick there nose with their fingers and thats not good hygienic and they eat the boogers.

    • @swayamsahu8078
      @swayamsahu8078 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Robert-yf1kn omg, so whenever you saw anyone who do, please stop them.

  • @AlanWattResistance
    @AlanWattResistance 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe the reason the celtic form was different was because British Christianity became distant from Rome after the legions left Britain in the 5th century, leaving Britian isolated and invaded by varying tribes. The celtic monks then converted the northern pagan Anglo-saxons while the Papacy converted the southern Anglo-saxons, hence the clash. And i believe the triangular tonsure was a symbol of the trinity.

  • @AChill-hd4ff
    @AChill-hd4ff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Like a receptor or a antenna hair holds and conducts energy. The crown chakra in this instance of a friar cut realized intuitively. It is also called the Sahasrara or thousand peddled Lotus located beneath the fontanelle of the skull. This is why youth is usually more intuitive because the fontanelle is still open with the soft spot and it’s eventual closure.

  • @urnotjustin
    @urnotjustin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Brother Banks

  • @hongpingmike
    @hongpingmike 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'll head to my barber tonight and ask for the tonsure

  • @styxthistle497
    @styxthistle497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And I worked all this out just from looking at pictures of Thomas Aquinas

  • @VpKing
    @VpKing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    People are just hating they had fresh trims

  • @darwinqpenaflorida3797
    @darwinqpenaflorida3797 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    During Spanish colonization in the Philippines, friars have a coronal tonsure in different missions such as Agustinians, Franciscans and Dominicans and one of the famous friars used in the tonsure was Padre Damaso in a novel “Noli Me Tangere”

  • @Xxmeca421xX
    @Xxmeca421xX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Brother banks

    • @whome779
      @whome779 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cx

    • @slothman9731
      @slothman9731 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can I get Hank's WiFi password?

  • @xyltrix5550
    @xyltrix5550 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    All the comments are just early people trying to make funny comments, typical.

    • @OF01975
      @OF01975 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Phant0m Knight ur comments count in that aswell tho cuz ur black

  • @taod01
    @taod01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I thought it was a Halo

  • @fionaslittlecorner
    @fionaslittlecorner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always understood that the monastic tonsure wasn’t just a symbol of separation from the world but a means to avoid vanity. It resembles a man losing his hair, something that all men, even back then, would worry about.