Do You Need Friends? (Dunbar's Number)

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  • @EHyde-ir9gb
    @EHyde-ir9gb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1479

    The only man in the world who can be taken seriously sitting in a ball pit.

    • @bones1123
      @bones1123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Steelhunter777 lmfao

    • @brokenbeakers621
      @brokenbeakers621 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I'm pretty sure you wouldn't just stop listening to someone like Elon Musk if he sat in a ball pit.

    • @swoluigi3828
      @swoluigi3828 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Broken Beakers i’d laugh, hard.
      i’ll pass out

    • @cgamin6921
      @cgamin6921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What about Chuck Norris

    • @summer-wb2ps
      @summer-wb2ps 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      what about zucc

  • @CMunkMunk
    @CMunkMunk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    Those four people must be really tired of receiving 80 % of all phone calls...

    • @SirKaji
      @SirKaji 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      By logic, those 4 people make up 20% of ones friend

    • @remytherat6603
      @remytherat6603 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      yes except the people calling them are likely in THEIR own main 4 people as well so it mostly works out

    • @user-ox7id9he5v
      @user-ox7id9he5v 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@SirKaji then it fulfills the 80/20 rule or whatever, cool

    • @warhammer8230
      @warhammer8230 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ashton Minden you mean zipf's law?

    • @hardanson
      @hardanson 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey, look how many likes.

  • @mynameismud8596
    @mynameismud8596 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2327

    *imagines having 150 friends*
    too... much..... social........ interaction...........

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I don't think they mean friend in the same way most of us think of as friends. They say '50 meaningful relationships' which would be my estimation of a real friend. And, to me, that seams reasonable; 10-15 family (maybe a lot more), 10 coworkers you actually know, 10 people that are into the same hobbies as you, that's already 30+.
      The other 100 people are more like the other coworkers you know see in their cubicle each day, or that uncle that never comes to thanksgiving. Your old friends from high school or your last job. And then you have all of their extended families, some of which you may know better than others.

    • @mynameismud8596
      @mynameismud8596 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      kindlin still too much
      still too, tooooo *much*

    • @megamcee
      @megamcee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr

    • @Devilyaki
      @Devilyaki 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      can't even image having one...

    • @ericsaul9306
      @ericsaul9306 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So... Do you want to expand your social interaction? Hahahaha

  • @Zopdoz
    @Zopdoz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Weirdly enough, about 2 years ago after a short defriend spree on FB, i managed to end up with 152 friends in total out of the 600+ i once had lol

  • @rawb
    @rawb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1279

    How many Pokemon in Red and Blue? 150 baaammmm ibf4mew

    • @SmashyPlays
      @SmashyPlays 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BruceWillakers wtf

    • @OriginalPiMan
      @OriginalPiMan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      There are 151 Pokemon in Red/Blue/Yellow, but you can't hold that many in the PC. It is the amount you can hold in the PC that would be Red/Blue/Ash/Gary's personal Dunbar number.

    • @lance4842
      @lance4842 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      SmashyPlays b-but it's 151

    • @RussellSubedi
      @RussellSubedi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      actually, you can have 20x12+6=246 Pokémons with you. Try getting them all to level 100.

    • @okovermekeamglight4563
      @okovermekeamglight4563 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ym 151

  • @whitherwhence
    @whitherwhence 7 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    Do people really maintain friendships with three digit numbers of people? I hardly manage to routinely care about 6 family members and 4 or 5 friends
    Edit: eyyyyy I graduated highschool and went down to 3 friends

    • @singulocity
      @singulocity 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      No, he was just saying that Dunbar's number is the maximum. It would be difficult to maintain any more than 150 meaningful relationships.

    • @thiagojesus962
      @thiagojesus962 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ujowcooq o OE plqjclxjbd

    • @godbearxd
      @godbearxd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Doctor. simply The Doctor.
      I thought about all the people I talk to at least once a week outside of work and school and it's only 2 people. : (

    • @whitherwhence
      @whitherwhence 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      God Bear I think I'm south of 10 if you DO count school :/

    • @daisyviluck7932
      @daisyviluck7932 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meaningful relationships, with meaningful purpose, not just people you hangout with for fun. Think - all your relatives and classmates and club members and coworkers and church members and teammates and neighbors…

  • @MrBusrunner
    @MrBusrunner 7 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    My grandma and college friends have a lot in common, they all rely heavily on drugs.

    • @FPSUNO
      @FPSUNO 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MrBusrunner that's one thing

    • @bradhuff5131
      @bradhuff5131 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Different kinds but potato potato

    • @shinji5217
      @shinji5217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@bradhuff5131 potato potato

    • @SilverVolo
      @SilverVolo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tmi

    • @themuxican
      @themuxican 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did not click this video to listen to YOU. i clicked it to learn about dunbars number. Although i do enjoy vsauce i wasnt aware this video was vsauce till you said vsauce.

  • @skullcrushers1000
    @skullcrushers1000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    Buckets? You mean circles? Google Plus was correct?

    • @johnsjohnson
      @johnsjohnson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rhett Having a Vietnam Flashback illumination comforting

    • @Broken_robot1986
      @Broken_robot1986 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      G+ wasn't very good, but I liked that feature.

    • @JoyJulianGomes
      @JoyJulianGomes 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      similar to g+, facebook also has a feature to create friend lists. But facebook does not show that option as prominently as g+ which is sad.

    • @FedJimSmith
      @FedJimSmith 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah, google is more forward thinking and realistic in terms of social interaction.. too bad it didn''t succeed as they hoped it to be

    • @dread69420
      @dread69420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Guys, you're still using G+ when commenting over here.

  • @incendere244
    @incendere244 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1284

    ahahahahah 150
    lol I have like 2 on a good day

    • @williamjames4031
      @williamjames4031 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Incendere Nope, 150 people also includes your Parents, immediate family members like siblings,extended relatives such as your cousins, acquintances, classmates as well as acquintances you have not seen in a long time.

    • @melstar926
      @melstar926 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      It doesn't have to though. Personally I don't include extended family and acquaintances as friends because I have no real interest in most of them.

    • @williamjames4031
      @williamjames4031 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Penguin 101 Wrong, do you hangout with more than 1000 people annually. Stop lying, humans are only able to expreince relationship with 150-250 people. Good luck with your lies

    • @catnium
      @catnium 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      2 ? teach me senpai!!!!!

    • @SkyLordPanglot
      @SkyLordPanglot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Its the max not the min. :D

  • @ThreeLetters3
    @ThreeLetters3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +504

    3:00 A Leaf just committed suicide behind you :(

  • @vladolkhovetsky1070
    @vladolkhovetsky1070 7 ปีที่แล้ว +605

    151 original Pokémon , just saying

    • @Chartreugz
      @Chartreugz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      152 Missingno #foreveralone

    • @dorf7219
      @dorf7219 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maxim Kruglov but thats not an official pokemon

    • @mohamedmahmoud4045
      @mohamedmahmoud4045 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nerdy Gamer it exists as a Pokemon in official games, therefore it is an official pokemon

    • @MaryJMajesty
      @MaryJMajesty 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There are myriads of glitch Pokemon. You can't count all of them as actual Pokemon.

    • @dorf7219
      @dorf7219 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Project Legend is it in the pokedex? no? then its not official, its just a glitch

  • @tdain21
    @tdain21 7 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    New excuse to get rid of bad friends in my life: "sorry I reached my 150 friend limit, we can never talk again"

  • @ghostlyninja125
    @ghostlyninja125 7 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    i can hardly maintain one friend :/

  • @rodrigoteresa7944
    @rodrigoteresa7944 7 ปีที่แล้ว +432

    Can I get girls if I routinely groom them for ticks?

    • @Gam3B0y23r0
      @Gam3B0y23r0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      No, I tried it already...

    • @supernerb6938
      @supernerb6938 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Worked for me

    • @absalomdraconis
      @absalomdraconis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      No, but if they let you groom them for ticks you can probably get with them.

    • @epsilonep2068
      @epsilonep2068 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes

    • @matthighlifeful
      @matthighlifeful 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Rodrigo Teresa may not be the kind of girl you would want to spend time with

  • @KefkaJr
    @KefkaJr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is wild. The biggest realization I had about social media's effect on social circles this wasn't just about making friends, but ending friendships, or being unable to.
    When I was in high school, I was in a group of friends who had a huge hangout session every week. It was basically a given. Toward the end of high school, some of us, including me, just started opting out. And then eventually, I stopped seeing them altogether. There we no hard feelings about it - we were the right friends at the right time, then our needs changed. We stopped seeing each other, we stopped thinking about each other.
    Facebook has made that gradual fadeout basically impossible. People who I don't really need to be friends with anymore, people who keep me stuck on an old phase of my life, emotionally, are still present. We keep feigning interest in each other's activities, we keep saying "we should hang out", and it never happens, but since now we can stay in touch potentially forever, the expectation is always there. An endless drain with no gain on either side.

    • @adrianafamilymember6427
      @adrianafamilymember6427 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Touché or that might be the wrong word but it’s still better left to be understood.

  • @Lightnings
    @Lightnings 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1569

    8:13 "You can have 2 and that's totally fine", well that calmed me
    Edit: Don't watch my latest video please

    • @Toastmaster_5000
      @Toastmaster_5000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      Yup you've just got 2 more to go. Shouldn't be too hard, right?

    • @jeefpeef5983
      @jeefpeef5983 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Peter, was that necessary?

    • @kingkasper4950
      @kingkasper4950 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ditto

    • @joshbray5036
      @joshbray5036 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Lol, Peter's comment is so relatable

    • @itsOZone
      @itsOZone 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mee too thanks

  • @Stillcage
    @Stillcage 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1542

    This is an awesome video. I can't get over the way you phrase sentences and the pauses it's really dramatic and it really cool ways to do your video.

    • @NochSoEinKaddiFan
      @NochSoEinKaddiFan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I agree, the pacing feels very ununsal to me, almost intentionally off. I could listen to that for a really long time :)

    • @tungstendioxide5845
      @tungstendioxide5845 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It's like this in the other Vsauce channels too.

    • @WizzKidxKOx
      @WizzKidxKOx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Its good until its formulaic and used unnecessarily. It's a sign that I've been on the internet for too long.

    • @tungstendioxide5845
      @tungstendioxide5845 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +SbaerO I do sorta agree with this.

    • @amaanvzer6923
      @amaanvzer6923 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wholesome.

  • @RaZ0r898
    @RaZ0r898 7 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    2 is the minimum? damn

    • @discordant8543
      @discordant8543 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      K J Aravind I'm here for you buddy

    • @AstroRoxy
      @AstroRoxy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yea me too (:

    • @xXRealXx
      @xXRealXx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's nice to have 2 friends at the minimum. If 1 dies, you can go and cry to the other one.

    • @y__h
      @y__h 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Death 😂

    • @thejurassicwarewolf3300
      @thejurassicwarewolf3300 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      memememememememememememememememes

  • @MATTW3R
    @MATTW3R 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I checked my facebook to see how many friends I have, and it's exactly "150"... wow that's amazing.

  • @MelindaGreen
    @MelindaGreen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    The most fascinating consequence to me is what happens when a company grows beyond 150. Until that point everyone really can know everyone else. After that point they simply can not. A lot of subtle things change at that point and it's always difficult. Many or even most companies do not survive it.

  • @demonbot6617
    @demonbot6617 7 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    Did you just toss a banana at my face? Rude...

    • @theswagger3231
      @theswagger3231 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Dj Slimdick Hey Kevin, you wont be hitting your 150 if you behave like that. >:(

    • @luongmaihunggia
      @luongmaihunggia 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shade X yeah! Please be nice to everyone

    • @lelcat8414
      @lelcat8414 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bananas are radioactive. U trying to give me cancer?

    • @RessG
      @RessG 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dj Slimdick lol, I expect you prefer slimmer banana

    • @alvin_row
      @alvin_row 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rude! This is a nice comment section.

  • @ProLaytonxPhoenix
    @ProLaytonxPhoenix 7 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Kevin, we're not friends but I appreciate your work and would shed tears if anything bad to you or Micheal or Jake. The knowledge you three give to us for free is priceless. Oh and, as always, thanks for the video!

    • @squishykotetsu
      @squishykotetsu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *trying not to cry* Yes, yes Kevin, I'd really like a banana
      I really should stop watching these so late, I just get way to emotional everytime ^^

    • @sebastianstan9655
      @sebastianstan9655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      _"_ knowledge you three give to us *FOR FREE* _"_
      Is Vsauce a joke to you?

  • @Wyattporter
    @Wyattporter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    1:43 that’s why the only thing Google+ has over any other social media is the Circles system.

    • @NETkoholik
      @NETkoholik 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      doesn't facebook have the friends listing option?

    • @Wyattporter
      @Wyattporter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, but they’re all just Friends. By default, Google+ comes with Friends, Family, Following, Acquaintances, and Other, and you can add more.

    • @interycreeper1152
      @interycreeper1152 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wyatt f

  • @chrisrus1965
    @chrisrus1965 7 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Recently, Vsauce2 has been the best VSauce.

    • @Eefit
      @Eefit 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yush

    • @somerandomguy___
      @somerandomguy___ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      chrisrus1965 that’s only because he’s actually making content

    • @thelonespeaker
      @thelonespeaker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@somerandomguy___ Yeah but now it's just board game stuff :( production value has declined

    • @abailumlerrad1037
      @abailumlerrad1037 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vsauce 2: 3:08

  • @ezra6094
    @ezra6094 7 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    150 friends? That's 150 too many.

    • @cworkman8142
      @cworkman8142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Im fine then because i have 0 :(

  • @p.boscardin
    @p.boscardin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    By the way, the term "friendzone" was popularized by a 1994 episode of the American sitcom Friends entitled "The One with the Blackout", where the character Ross Geller, who was lovesick for Rachel Green, was described by character Joey Tribbiani as being the "mayor of the friend zone".

    • @IkkezzUsedEmber
      @IkkezzUsedEmber 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pedro Boscardin smartass

    • @shershahdrimighdelih
      @shershahdrimighdelih 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Vsauce made a video about that too. Just saying.

    • @treylanclos351
      @treylanclos351 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I get it, nobody else does but I gotchu

    • @simdude1001
      @simdude1001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, we understand what friends is
      We understand what American is
      You can say called instead of entitled
      We all know when that episode was
      We understand
      So go back to Wikipedia where you got that

  • @nikhilalbert3084
    @nikhilalbert3084 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    100-230 is the range that has been seen while 150 is the average. Some might have 10-50, while others can have 200-300. It peaks at 150 while the maximum bell falls at 100-230.

  • @josiahklein70
    @josiahklein70 7 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    What's up?
    ...
    What is "up?"
    Gash darnit, Vsauce!

  • @Zormac
    @Zormac 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've been trimming my Facebook friends down little by little, but after watching this video I noticed I hadn't done it in a while. I went check how many I had... you guessed it. Exactly 150.

  • @kellyhofer
    @kellyhofer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    I was going to suggest Hutterites, (having grown up in a hutterite colony) but you actually did your research and listed them! I am impressed.

    • @fmlAllthetime
      @fmlAllthetime 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What do you miss and what do you not miss?

    • @egg9709
      @egg9709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Egg

  • @poeticjystice
    @poeticjystice 7 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    *Loneliness intensifies *

  • @Mizerka_
    @Mizerka_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    and here i am with 2 friends, one of which is co worker i sit next to

  • @troyramsier9248
    @troyramsier9248 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I'm a old man and come to realize that if you have 1 true friend on this trek of life you have been truly blessed ! Use caution on who you surrounded yourself with LIFE is short, make the right choice. Troy in Ohio !!!

    • @spinakker14
      @spinakker14 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Troy Ramsier I'm not old yet, but I already agree with that

    • @soinelle85
      @soinelle85 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here. Trust has to be built and being true to yourself and them and that person to reciprocate a bonding friendship that takes time.

  • @abibnoor
    @abibnoor 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Michael in V1 has changed to some weird math like Napkins and octagon Hexagon. This is good stuff

  • @igt3928
    @igt3928 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Read "This Book Is Full of Spiders" by David Wong. A lot of Dunbar's number there

    • @peterdvornik
      @peterdvornik 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aleatorio A fantastic book!

    • @stinkiestman398
      @stinkiestman398 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      EWWW NO! I'm not gunna read something that as soon as I flip open, a bunch of creepy crawlies come out! They're so spooky!

    • @celinak5062
      @celinak5062 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aleatorio oh cracked right?

  • @Destro7000
    @Destro7000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I think a lot of people already know this stuff, deep down. The more 'friends' you have, the less time in the day, week, or your life you have available to divide between spending time with them. Small friend circles are best because you can devote time to people and still have free time to yourself. Large friend circles get more shallow the more people there are, and you lose any sense of closeness and cannot fully give of yourself to any person you know. Whatever this amount is changes from person to person....for me 40 people is around the maximum number of faces & personalities I can memorise and if the number rises harder than that I start not being able to recall things about them, or put names/facts to faces unless they are exceptionally distinctive/characterful personalities. I try to keep my close friends below 5. My numbers are lower as an introvert, but I imagine super social people can manage higher numbers before they forget who people are, or develop behavioural rules for shallow engagements without remembering people.

  • @thebigbluenerd
    @thebigbluenerd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    wow, my neocortex must be super small.

    • @y__h
      @y__h 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brennan The Nerd Or occupied with a lot of things, some of which you only know.

    • @jackquillen9120
      @jackquillen9120 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I must not have one :,)

  • @d_wang9836
    @d_wang9836 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2379

    So we are just gonna ignore the fact he recorded the whole video in a Kids Ball Pit in his backyard?

    • @advice-13
      @advice-13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Yes, I'm sure you're the only one who noticed such an odd place to do a video. You must be a detective.

    • @Garblegox
      @Garblegox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes, but did you ignore him while he was in your backyard?

    • @LiefTheBeef
      @LiefTheBeef 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've been seeing you a lot everywhere

    • @MrFlyingdonut
      @MrFlyingdonut 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      we ignored your username

    • @Galaxia53
      @Galaxia53 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What does it matter

  • @chaitanyagupta7786
    @chaitanyagupta7786 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    That PhillyD cameo though.

    • @TheDefault42069
      @TheDefault42069 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chaitanya Gupta looking for this comment because its the only reason im in the comments. #hination

  • @albevanhanoy
    @albevanhanoy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "While there might be such a thing as unconditional love, there is no such thing as unconditional friendship." - Tomodachi Game

  • @nosteinnogate7305
    @nosteinnogate7305 7 ปีที่แล้ว +511

    150..haha..yeah....

    • @aikslf
      @aikslf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      more like the minimum number of people you'd get friendzoned by

    • @emilsgosko5217
      @emilsgosko5217 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I've not even spoken to 150 people in my life.

    • @_neep
      @_neep 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Florian Klein IBM 5100

    • @noa_1104
      @noa_1104 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Emīls Goško You definitely did.

    • @nosteinnogate7305
      @nosteinnogate7305 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I like your response.

  • @Pinekiwi
    @Pinekiwi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    150 Friends ?! Wish I had just one ;(

    • @Jamie-tx7pn
      @Jamie-tx7pn 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is your profile pic from?

    • @SkylordDuck
      @SkylordDuck 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Let's be friends (=

    • @nicklaurindo1916
      @nicklaurindo1916 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wanna be my buddy ?

    • @quartzy412
      @quartzy412 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here

    • @Jamie-tx7pn
      @Jamie-tx7pn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We have 5 people here. Let's all be best buds. It's a start, lol.

  • @misadventurousguy3859
    @misadventurousguy3859 7 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    I love a good cup of Existential Crisis in the morning, so delicious and full of life disappointments.

    • @josephvictory9536
      @josephvictory9536 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Life is great, thats why its dissapointing. If you believed it was suffering, you'd only feel the joy of pleasant surprise

    • @misadventurousguy3859
      @misadventurousguy3859 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Potato is a TV

    • @melissayes3161
      @melissayes3161 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Travel Guy the future is here: Potatoes
      no more smart tvs; the patato is all the smarts u need!

    • @misadventurousguy3859
      @misadventurousguy3859 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Our brain is just....thinkable tofu.

    • @misadventurousguy3859
      @misadventurousguy3859 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      strontiumXnitrate , Ai em sowee !

  • @jozzerful2
    @jozzerful2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i do not think it is the quantity of the people, it is the quality of the friendship you have ..

  • @ErikRoberts1981
    @ErikRoberts1981 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Dude! I'd totally pick you up from the airport!

  • @Freakybugeyedweirdo
    @Freakybugeyedweirdo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Well then, I guess I don't have a neocortex...

    • @aikslf
      @aikslf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @jonyturbo1 no, you gotta share your bananas with him first

    • @jonyturbo1
      @jonyturbo1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      want a nanner?

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      lol, for real xD I must have melted mine when I went through a substance abuse phase..

    • @EMMIGREYART
      @EMMIGREYART 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      for some reason 'nanner' just cracked me up

    • @davidbasil1535
      @davidbasil1535 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      150 likes

  • @HeviErkka
    @HeviErkka 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    This made me want to share my banana with a stranger.

    • @TheRiquelmeONE
      @TheRiquelmeONE 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that came out wrong

    • @felivanz
      @felivanz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      or right, it depends really.( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @CimmerianBlue
    @CimmerianBlue 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Another fantastic work by Vsauce2. Thanks for making the world a more knowing place.

  • @samickill9730
    @samickill9730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i felt that when he said "the time needed to keep a relationship going is what can tell a best friend into someone that you used to know. couple months less than half a decade turned my best friend into an acquaintance.💀

  • @AuGrrr
    @AuGrrr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "80% of phone calls are to the same four people"
    Those four people: Jesus Christ why are so many people calling us!

  • @jonaschristensen1082
    @jonaschristensen1082 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Over time you have become my favorite Vsauce channel Kevin, thanks for all your inspiring videos!

  • @okay2439
    @okay2439 7 ปีที่แล้ว +816

    In Soviet Union everyone friend

  • @Gocast2
    @Gocast2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I've got a more serious question, why do all my friends look like those little wooden people from IKEA?!? 1:30

  • @321blastoff6
    @321blastoff6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:20 Five closest friends huh? Well, there’s my Mom, Dad, brother, dog, and cat. *Two seconds later* oh, hmm, this is a hard one... well, I get five for free from the previous group, uhhh, my pet rabbit might notice if I died. Maybe my teachers? Except Mrs- you know what, I give up.

  • @glenallan6279
    @glenallan6279 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Slightly disappointed that you didn't get into how within Dunbar's number, you actually eliminate the need for policing, government, and external authority in general. It's a social structure that doesn't require governance, especially if those 150 people ae all interdependently connected.

    • @dead_kennedys7870
      @dead_kennedys7870 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It also seems like it would drastically diminish innovativeness and quality of life (at least from a purely superficial standpoint)

  • @paradoxplains9704
    @paradoxplains9704 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    lol i dont even know 150 people

    • @learvinguy5632
      @learvinguy5632 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      just do what i do and make them up using *Imagination*

    • @liamsweeney4754
      @liamsweeney4754 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      you likely do

  • @Scotian280
    @Scotian280 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Excellent presentation. Loved every minute of it. you are in danger of becoming my favourite VSauce guy.

  • @whmozart
    @whmozart 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have 3 friends and that's enough. I don't see them for years at a time but when I do it's as if not 2 days had passed. Then there are other people I hang out with everyday and they have never ceased to be acquaintances.
    Bonding becomes more difficult with age. It's not whether you got a banana from someone or not. I know damn well who I can count on in prosperity and adversity alike.

  • @MrRT1010
    @MrRT1010 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    'bout one fiddy

  • @camdenmccombs3947
    @camdenmccombs3947 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    After I left the Mormon church I lost most of my friends, so now I have about 3 that I talk to regularly out of about 15 that I had.

  • @carton_of_eggs
    @carton_of_eggs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I cried watching this because i have no friends

    • @y__h
      @y__h 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Here have a like and a comment. May we meet in another comment sections, whether we'll remind each other or not.

    • @dorian6667
      @dorian6667 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      give a banana to a stranger and make a friend

    • @haico1992
      @haico1992 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Want a banana?

    • @javierescontrias
      @javierescontrias 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Carson Simmons you got me budy.

    • @RandomGuy-hh4dk
      @RandomGuy-hh4dk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      first share things with someone and then thoughts that you both find interest in. And then you will be able to make connection that is known as friendship.

  • @JingleJoe
    @JingleJoe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    who else had the impulse to catch the banana?

  • @DramaticFlora
    @DramaticFlora 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    congrats on the rewind :D

  • @the_kraken6549
    @the_kraken6549 7 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    I love how all the top comments are made by fellow introverts! Uh hi. 👋

  • @eltigre4419
    @eltigre4419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hmmm... I only have about 7 people I really know and already forgot to hold contact with them...

  • @t1mor29
    @t1mor29 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Just V-Sauce-2, no ketchup

  • @badsuperhero6943
    @badsuperhero6943 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I wonder how many takes it took for him to hit the camera with the banana

    • @makinghey
      @makinghey 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      BadSuperhero too many

  • @thesacredchurro9058
    @thesacredchurro9058 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    *insert unoriginal joke about how I don’t have any friends here*

    • @MuadDib1402
      @MuadDib1402 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      But what if... it's not a joke.

    • @jay_hot
      @jay_hot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Catch 22 because the “insert joke” joke itself is unoriginal

    • @thesacredchurro9058
      @thesacredchurro9058 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Goopsta precisely

    • @joshuahales7551
      @joshuahales7551 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you did have any real friends, one of them would have told you this joke wasn't a good idea.

  • @Void-rj3sq
    @Void-rj3sq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can maintain 3 active friendship. I can't have more. I tried, but I can't

  • @rickking464
    @rickking464 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    3:05 ...mean of clan groups 153, maximum of christmas cards 153.5 (how is a decimal the maximum of cards we send?), average wedding guest total of 148, maniple of 130-140, modern military companies top out at 150. Neolithic villages "usually" topped out at 120-150. 11th century 150 residents, 18th century 160 residents....... estimated. Hutterites (btw, look into their beliefs, it's... wow..) and the Amish "split if their community exceeds 150". I love me some Vsauce, and I think we may be on to something here.... but.... keep in mind that this is some cherry-picked data (mean, then max, then average, then other historical examples).
    To be clear, I think Dunbar's Number is a thing which exists in all of us, but it's different for everyone and constantly changes for everyone. I'm merely voicing my objection of the choice of data points this video uses. I agree with its conclusion, I disagree with its methods... but I forgive it because that was a stylistic choice they made to make the video entertaining. So why am I commenting? To warn you critical thinkers to question other critical thinkers like Vsauce producers. It's okay to doubt Vsauce, it's okay to doubt me. Now, go out and find your own proof.

    • @askpat13
      @askpat13 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mean and average are the same thing. Most of those data points are avg values for a population or grouping of humans, but yes cherry picking for what fit

  • @6Twisted
    @6Twisted 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I have Aspergers so my limit's probably more like 15.

    • @Anklejbiter
      @Anklejbiter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same. Aspergers, Autism... I seem to KNOW a lot of people, but now that I think about it I'm probably only "friends" with about 10 or 15 of them. Interesting.

    • @shmekeldorf7523
      @shmekeldorf7523 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have like 167 but only 13 consider me a freind

    • @dolecrash5802
      @dolecrash5802 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have 8 friends but literally none of them would say that I was one of there friends.

    • @dak9592
      @dak9592 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am also on the autistic spectrum. I have 0 friends and like it just fine that way.

  • @Carpatouille
    @Carpatouille 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Jokes on you, I have no friends.

    • @yinyang1217
      @yinyang1217 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      or do you?

    • @xavierc12343
      @xavierc12343 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@yinyang1217 I don't think this is necessary since this is the comments thread in a v sauce video but-
      V-sauce music plays

    • @ProfessorArt1
      @ProfessorArt1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yinyang1217 go on....

  • @alevel100onix5
    @alevel100onix5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Until you realise how awesome it is, to share your banana with a stranger...'' I dont really know if i wanna share my banana with a stranger.......

  • @masterhawk88
    @masterhawk88 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2. My social circle is 2. 150?!?!?!?!? I don't even know the names of that many people.

  • @trainwreck1285
    @trainwreck1285 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is by far one of your most interesting videos yet! awesome job and can't wait for the next! Awesome Defranco plug too!

  • @Number16BusShelter
    @Number16BusShelter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    i would give my banana to a stranger...

    • @Moonkiller25
      @Moonkiller25 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      pliz don't

    • @mwperk02
      @mwperk02 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      its just a fruit don't worry.

    • @Moonkiller25
      @Moonkiller25 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mathew Perkins thats what, she said.

    • @warwickthekingmaker7281
      @warwickthekingmaker7281 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please don´t. I don´t think people appreciate if you go and randomly put your banana in their mouths.

    • @mwperk02
      @mwperk02 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      no one said they would force the banana in their mouth in this conversation just that they would give one to them.

  • @Kindrick
    @Kindrick 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    So, dude, would you pick me up from the airport?

    •  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sure thing, bro.

    • @TheoneandonlyEETFUK
      @TheoneandonlyEETFUK 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you still there?

  • @reidfeldmonkey5078
    @reidfeldmonkey5078 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So if I have 150 kids can I not like all of them

  • @tipsofsmyth
    @tipsofsmyth 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i'm gonna share my banana, but there is where the friendship ends ...

  • @erisbob
    @erisbob 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another great video. I remember socialization is one 1 of Maslow's higher needs. However, I, like others, am a reclusive introvert & have apparently self-isolated from 99% of my family and friends. Perhaps my socializing is my online teaching? With modern tech, could someone remain mentally/psychologically healthy with only online connections?

  • @Cpt.PickHard
    @Cpt.PickHard 7 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    that's why there are 151 pokemons in the first generation so you will never be able to relate to them all

    • @macksii
      @macksii 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Achmed Tangiev we don't need ditto

    • @joshuahales7551
      @joshuahales7551 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Macks we don't need you

    • @leoaguilar8684
      @leoaguilar8684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Even though you only use like 6

    • @yonigolombek3335
      @yonigolombek3335 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Leo Aguilar personally I try to use 0 of my friends.

    • @hotpotato1898
      @hotpotato1898 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      151 likes ;D

  • @svenwillett1750
    @svenwillett1750 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:03 I accidentally clicked forward to this... what

  • @Number16BusShelter
    @Number16BusShelter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    there are snakes lions and...DINGOS!

  • @astrellxvoide
    @astrellxvoide 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So basically I have only have wasted 0.3% of my friendship space.

  • @sciblastofficial9833
    @sciblastofficial9833 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:36 The music is from “Travelling Light” by Vsauce3 and the visuals 80s style is from “What if the World Ended?” by Vsauce3

  • @chrisgunstone77
    @chrisgunstone77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Quality over quantity bruh.

  • @leonardoalfonso7080
    @leonardoalfonso7080 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is actually good and not pretentious. Keep up the good work.

    • @joseloera5849
      @joseloera5849 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Penguin 101 Maybe it's too late but i do want a banana

  • @EMMIGREYART
    @EMMIGREYART 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    INTROVERTS UNITE WITH OUR WHOPPING 1-20 ACTIVE FRIENDSHIPS!

    • @Oxcarthor26
      @Oxcarthor26 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Emma Rey
      Reppin’ that one friend minimum 👌

  • @Nillowo
    @Nillowo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is inspiring, and almost tear jerking towards the end :) beautiful

  • @mst4309
    @mst4309 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Invention of something I desperately want to get but am relentlessly afraid of getting.

  • @foolonthe_hill
    @foolonthe_hill 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What are these “ *friends* ” you speak of?

  • @frozty9643
    @frozty9643 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don’t need to be worried about my brain being full at least... :(

  • @ObjectsInMotion
    @ObjectsInMotion 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Friendship is Magic

  • @TheHackysack
    @TheHackysack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Besides the guild I'm in for a game, immediate family, and drug dealers, I have 0.
    Counting them, 13. Which is my favorite number. Cool.

  • @jackgooodman
    @jackgooodman 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    He came and spoke at my school the other day, lovely old chap ngl

  • @silkrswift2488
    @silkrswift2488 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wtf how did I get jumpscared at the start!!???? 😂😂

  • @imarkhorpk4139
    @imarkhorpk4139 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love this guy

  • @ex-muslimlibertarianatheis9008
    @ex-muslimlibertarianatheis9008 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    150 active friendships?! I have a hard time keeping one friend. Jeez

  • @Kowjja
    @Kowjja ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think i have about 10 real friends total even if i include my close family, I'd have space for Kevin Lieber 🤗

  • @kronicali24
    @kronicali24 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pausing in between phrases and sentences really helps me momentarily contemplate how true this is while still being engaged. I agree the number maybe linked to one major factor being time. I have 200 friends on facebook I only ever talk to maximum 10 per month, juggling hobbies and side jobs and a full time leaves me little time to maintain a higher interaction. Great video.