the funniest joke you'll hear today about Einstein's theory of special relativity

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  • @MattColbo
    @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4075

    sick animations bro who did em, your dog? haha yeah whatever here's my twitter follow me if you wanna travel at the speed of light: twitter.com/MattColbo

    • @balisongflips6547
      @balisongflips6547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Epic

    • @gabrielcollin8276
      @gabrielcollin8276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Better tag Tom Scott, the mans got some solid competition

    • @JozeManuLOL
      @JozeManuLOL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is brilliant

    • @chocoblocka
      @chocoblocka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      That was a relatively funny video

    • @electron8262
      @electron8262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Gabriel Collin Red coat vs Red shirt, I like it

  • @CharlesCornellStudios
    @CharlesCornellStudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6794

    Came here to be insulted, left insulted. +1 would recommend.

    • @lukesedillo4766
      @lukesedillo4766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      We need a jazz version of this beautiful yo mama joke

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +428

      What a lovely surprise, I'll insult you any time Charles my friend

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ahhhhh it's our local musical genius, we stan bamfs stanning bamfs

    • @lifeontheledgerlines8394
      @lifeontheledgerlines8394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No idea why you're here, but I support this wholeheartedly

    • @heinrichskies
      @heinrichskies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well hello Charles..

  • @YourFriendDevin
    @YourFriendDevin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7028

    These videos are impressive as hell. This man didn’t even stutter. He even remembered to swat Alabama away. Matt, you’re one talented dude.

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +570

      thanks friend :)

    • @YourFriendDevin
      @YourFriendDevin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@MattColbo

    • @Bezgels
      @Bezgels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      well put, youtube user crusty dog taint

    • @vladirackpubama6785
      @vladirackpubama6785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well he probably has a teleprompter

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +296

      @@vladirackpubama6785 I didn't, but I appreciate you thinking I have that kind of money :)

  • @shinobix4925
    @shinobix4925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    My absolute favourite part of this is that I've seen about 4 or 5 videos made by actual physics professors that try to explain the concept of time dilation this way and this Yo Mama joke right here is UNIRONICALLY the best explained and only one that completely made sense to me. I love this video more than anything

  • @RedlightBlue
    @RedlightBlue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2423

    super helpful visuals. thank you

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

      ripping pages out of your book (but, only the worst pages, and then making them even worse)

    • @tsakeboya
      @tsakeboya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh hi there Redlight.

    • @stupidvideoman3187
      @stupidvideoman3187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      2.4k likes but only 3 replies including mine wtf

    • @tsakeboya
      @tsakeboya 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stupidvideoman3187 ikr

  • @betterideas
    @betterideas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11970

    This was such a charismatic performance you could easily start a cult

    • @canopus5896
      @canopus5896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      Ah would you're cult be interested in some robes?

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1343

      I’ve really been working on my culty vibe thank you

    • @ubercow6611
      @ubercow6611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      I'd better introduce you to my good friend Tyler!

    • @stoffers6419
      @stoffers6419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@canopus5896 Would you be able to make one big enough for my mom?

    • @lunadernlan4681
      @lunadernlan4681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@MattColbo it’s Wednesday tyler, where’smy tip kiss

  • @confusedpacifist9038
    @confusedpacifist9038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    The "here is an equation you are familiar with" bit was honestly way to funny

    • @deeznuts6907
      @deeznuts6907 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had to pause from dying laughing

  • @oo3006
    @oo3006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7858

    This feels like Tom Scott but he’s bullying me. He has the red coat and everything...

    • @joaquinlaroca2886
      @joaquinlaroca2886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      This seagull, right here, in the middle of nowhere in Russia doesn't look that useful.

    • @Crazycrazy13449
      @Crazycrazy13449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      Tom Scott doesn't have a red coat, he has a red shirt and a grey hoodie.

    • @oo3006
      @oo3006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@Crazycrazy13449 yeah but it’s red.

    • @JoveRogers97
      @JoveRogers97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@Crazycrazy13449 His hoodie is orange. We learned this, guys.

    • @scottcantdance804
      @scottcantdance804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      The first video I ever saw of his was the Tom Scott impression video, and now whenever I watch any of his videos, I'm hearing the dialogue in his Tom Scott impression voice.

  • @skwerrul6516
    @skwerrul6516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8825

    Easily the funniest joke I’ve heard about Einstein’s theory of special relativity today. All the other jokes I’ve heard about Einstein’s theory of special relativity today have been lame.

    • @stevenbartel5008
      @stevenbartel5008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I have actually seen some good jokes about einsteins theorie of relativity, but that one is the best joke about einsteins theorie of relativity ever

    • @didrikbeukelman9193
      @didrikbeukelman9193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      "Theory of special relativity"
      Oh shut up, she's still your cousin!

    • @matthewlebo1841
      @matthewlebo1841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Relative to me, this was a close second.

    • @nunyobidniz
      @nunyobidniz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      But were they objectively lame, or just lame relative to this one? 🤔

    • @deepspacejockey
      @deepspacejockey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's about time

  • @The_Powerhouse_Of_The_Cell
    @The_Powerhouse_Of_The_Cell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    Hey Matt, quantum physics grad student here (to be more specific, I do solid state, quantum optics, and quantum electrodynamics). Your explanation was damn near flawless, and very succinct. Excellent job! Do you have a physics background, or was that just an obscene amount of memorization?

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +306

      Thanks Mito! I do not have a background in physics no, just a lot of study and memorizing the script word for word lol, thanks again mate!

    • @maxattack3853
      @maxattack3853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      If your a quantum physicist, shouldn't you disagree?

    • @armokil
      @armokil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@maxattack3853 not if matt is right
      Edit: that joke flew right over my head.

    • @maxattack3853
      @maxattack3853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@armokil it's a joke about quantum physics and gravitational physics being contradictory

    • @albertskoften1452
      @albertskoften1452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@maxattack3853 They're not contradictory. They're just two different models that happen to work best when applied to two different factors of distance.

  • @BryceEdwardBrown
    @BryceEdwardBrown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7185

    Okay, it's official, this channel is next level.

    • @thisisntsergio1352
      @thisisntsergio1352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      Always has been

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +362

      hahahah thank you very much Bryce, my friend

    • @seanA416
      @seanA416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@MattColbo I hope you go far man. You're hella smart and entertaining

    • @thisisntsergio1352
      @thisisntsergio1352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@seanA416 same bro he's the next big thing

    • @hermes4541
      @hermes4541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bryce, You're now on graenolf and Matt's videos, and I am scared

  • @TheGreyfoo
    @TheGreyfoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6232

    The hardest part of landing a relativity joke is the timing.

    • @yeuogu4840
      @yeuogu4840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      A

    • @arycogito
      @arycogito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      yeah you can't take it lightly

    • @orage8802
      @orage8802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      and if it doesn't land right, from your perspective everyone's reactions would play out in slow motion

    • @swifter46ter
      @swifter46ter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      It's relatively difficult.

    • @TonyDaniel-c4d
      @TonyDaniel-c4d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Let’s be honest. It’s all relative

  • @scorpi1253
    @scorpi1253 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I was genuinely so interested by the physics lesson that by the time it got to the end I forgot the joke was coming and it was great

  • @Nathanos-gogurt
    @Nathanos-gogurt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1908

    Pov: your bully has graduated from med school and is now studying to become a scientist

    • @gloriaramos4468
      @gloriaramos4468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Ah yes the sequel

    • @jackreid2664
      @jackreid2664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@gloriaramos4468 the sequel to your childhood?

    • @Nathanos-gogurt
      @Nathanos-gogurt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Human Just yeah if your gonna get bullied you might as well learn something

  • @Julian1T1
    @Julian1T1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +644

    I forgot this was even supposed to be a joke until the last sentence, I was so surprised to hear that lmao

    • @SweeteaDove
      @SweeteaDove 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I forgot that this was supposed to be a joke until I read this comment-

  • @kayrathekebab6852
    @kayrathekebab6852 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I like how this video helped me understand special relativity than any other content I've ever seen

  • @ManOfTheWeek596
    @ManOfTheWeek596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +780

    So Einsteins marriage was relative too?

    • @RetiredRobot
      @RetiredRobot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      His first one wasn’t but he left his first wife for his cousin

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +289

      there’s a joke here somewhere and it’s really good

    • @aysenur6761
      @aysenur6761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@RetiredRobot strong family bonds right there

    • @darahayes970
      @darahayes970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Daaaamn you right

    • @mmyees1167
      @mmyees1167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      relative to yo mama

  • @integza
    @integza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2372

    If you morph into an educational channel I'm doomed
    KEEP YOURSELF ON YOUR SIDE OF THE FENCE MISTER!

    • @Antwonio9
      @Antwonio9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      He's turning into Tom Scott for real

    • @maxonmendel5757
      @maxonmendel5757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Antwonio9 he really is

    • @Splinter-ge9pf
      @Splinter-ge9pf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@Antwonio9 Tom Scott but more insults

    • @n0us.
      @n0us. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Splinter-ge9pf And no excessive hair-touching and no red t-shirt, but yeah lol

    • @mrbig1022
      @mrbig1022 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow first time ever liking a comment giving it the point hundred jump yay

  • @josepablo911
    @josepablo911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "You're hardly 5'8", bro that was personal

  • @someperson9052
    @someperson9052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +447

    It is the last hour of the day here where I live and earlier today I heard a pretty good joke about Einstein. You topped it at the last minute. Congratulations

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      hahahaha had a good chuckle at this

    • @someperson9052
      @someperson9052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@MattColbo it is a serious honour to have made the person on the internet who makes chuckle the most, chuckle. I'm gonna remember this for a while

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Don't leave us hanging; what was the joke?

  • @Mythis1
    @Mythis1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5074

    This was some of the most effort I’ve ever seen put into a “your mom” joke.

    • @sopapopp
      @sopapopp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Welcome to Matt Colbo

    • @doublemosasaur5091
      @doublemosasaur5091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Stop spoiling the video man im on the first minute,put a spoiler warning or something like that

    • @k-techpl7222
      @k-techpl7222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@doublemosasaur5091 don't read the comments when watching a video if you don't want it spoiled.

    • @walterh2113
      @walterh2113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't spoil it;

    • @walterh2113
      @walterh2113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@k-techpl7222 could've been the top comment at that time.

  • @Itsdoodlemaster
    @Itsdoodlemaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The build 4 minute build up, consisting of the smartest things I’ve heard today, all for a your mom joke
    Perfection.

  • @grishhung2828
    @grishhung2828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +979

    “Hey what if Tom Scott hurt my feelings”
    “Brilliant idea! Give him a show!”

    • @HuffGLaDTem
      @HuffGLaDTem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      tom scott + vsause + insults = this guy

    • @danielmartin9057
      @danielmartin9057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @TheDecimater1000
      @TheDecimater1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait how did Tom Scott hurt his feelings

  • @Obrodo
    @Obrodo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    The dedication to a 4 and a half minute script just to call my mom fat. Brilliant

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      she'll be devastated from this one

  • @KHolt22
    @KHolt22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I never knew how we came to the conclusion that time slowed down as an object speeds up. You explained to me absolutely perfectly and still roasted the hell out of me. Excellent performance.

  • @NeonVoxel
    @NeonVoxel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2109

    Bruh, you’re like a passive-aggressive Tom Scott.

    • @jacobhoward8689
      @jacobhoward8689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      @Tara Tom Scott is just passive

    • @lizzie-4011
      @lizzie-4011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      amen lmao

    • @nuclearlemon5264
      @nuclearlemon5264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Nothing passive about that... that was just aggressive

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Never forget the field.

    • @jubnx2781
      @jubnx2781 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tom Scott abs Vsauce

  • @itscristianodasilva
    @itscristianodasilva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1228

    I was actually Isaac Newton's barber. True story!

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +354

      shoulda gave him a tight fade

    • @chlov
      @chlov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      my violin teacher used to play violin w/ einstein (he was really bad apparently)

    • @OrdinaryCritic
      @OrdinaryCritic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      So, is yo mama still fat?

    • @krashd
      @krashd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@MattColbo And then a haircut.

    • @MrHublibubs
      @MrHublibubs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Can confirm that, I was the scissor

  • @misspenelopediamond1856
    @misspenelopediamond1856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    after watching the bloopers I realised how much fkn work you put in!! love this shit

  • @Coolmark123
    @Coolmark123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    Hey I’m not 5’8”

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      close enough ;)

    • @Coolmark123
      @Coolmark123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@MattColbo Feelsbadman you’re too accurate

    • @taneemalam1135
      @taneemalam1135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Coolmark123 lol yeah

    • @zekiz774
      @zekiz774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I don't even know how tall this is. The metric system is just better.

    • @taneemalam1135
      @taneemalam1135 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zekiz774 LMAO

  • @codysigouin5033
    @codysigouin5033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    Why even go to college when you can just subscribe to Matt Colbo for constant learning and abuse for free.

    • @DoctorGalactor
      @DoctorGalactor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Well college sounds like the exact same, just with worse learning and more abuse

  • @Astinel
    @Astinel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was waiting for the joke part but then I realized. He's constantly using me as an example.

  • @AleksWorkshop
    @AleksWorkshop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2804

    Now this is quality content

    • @aaronacuna5073
      @aaronacuna5073 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1st ig

    • @fatbgmanbg975
      @fatbgmanbg975 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@aaronacuna5073 precisely!

    • @jerryfarmer5737
      @jerryfarmer5737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Confusing concept explained in a timely manner.

    • @SoapNSuds_
      @SoapNSuds_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s also relatively funny.

  • @brandonking1737
    @brandonking1737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +476

    I hope this is a set up to a Your Mom joke
    EDIT: I was pleasantly unsurprised

  • @yandhiincoming919
    @yandhiincoming919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “You’re smart, which is good because you’re hardly 5’8”
    Bro don’t attack me like that 😭

  • @janecenufer9097
    @janecenufer9097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +432

    I forgot there was a joke coming and was just enjoying the science lesson ...

    • @milim3dia965
      @milim3dia965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      True, he explained it so well!

    • @dogchaser520
      @dogchaser520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That's what gives the punchline its comedic timing. This was basically a shaggy dog story which goes on so long that you get wrapped up in the story, only to be told the dumbest possible punchline. The surprise makes you laugh -- the joke is so corny and you forgot you were even waiting for a joke that you are shocked. They say that a surprise like that is at the heart of any joke, and it's also why our sense of humor changes and develops: different things surprise us at different ages. We go from peek-a-boo to fart jokes to sarcasm to meta-humor and wind up here with a guy explaining us one of the most important scientific concepts in the modern age as a yo mama joke.

    • @thanalincoln
      @thanalincoln 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dogchaser520 you shouldve found a way to tie in a real yo mama joke at the end there

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      she's so fat, escape velocity from her surface would be higher than light speed.

  • @phiberoptick
    @phiberoptick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1407

    this is the single best explanation of time dilation coupled with a your mom joke humanity has ever seen.

    • @YuriyNasretdinov
      @YuriyNasretdinov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It doesn't explain one thing though, and I think that thing is really crucial. From the perspective of the person on that train, the same time dilation applies to Matt, so from the person-on-the-train's perspective the time will tick more slowly for Matt standing still. Which means that this is a paradox and this video was a just a very good joke.

    • @flakboy1157
      @flakboy1157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@YuriyNasretdinov its been a while ago, and it was explained to me by my high school teacher and not an uni prof, so take it with a grain of salt, but: What you said is true. For both observers the other one is experiencing time slower, just as movement with constant speed is relative. But in order to return to the earth, you have left on that train, you would have to change direction. And a change of direction at constant speed counts as change in velocity, thus acceleration. You can't tell who is moving and who is stationary but if acceleration comes into play, you can. I don't know of any formulas or whatever that goes more into detail on that though

    • @juzoli
      @juzoli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@YuriyNasretdinov This is well explained already, and not a paradox. The key is not speed, but ACCELERATION. You need to accelerate to depart the train, and again to turn around and come back. Meanwhile your stationary friend doesn’t feel acceleration at all.
      THAT decides who will age more.
      The youtube is full of explanations of this, which are better than my single sentence above.

    • @dseray9494
      @dseray9494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bar's really high on that one

    • @dogchaser520
      @dogchaser520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Coincidentally, it's also the ONLY one.

  • @zredcon6436
    @zredcon6436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I don’t know why, but this video made me laugh harder than I’ve laughed for the past year. Jolly good job.

  • @vikas_room
    @vikas_room 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    i can't believe i got baited into hearing another yo mama joke by the same person for the fifth time but what i also can't believe is that it made me laugh

    • @louisho2522
      @louisho2522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait what are the other ones

    • @louisho2522
      @louisho2522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      my b I found the playlist for anyone else interested th-cam.com/play/PLW1hp8R0Li9sVoYJRCBof8jYt77lv3JNY.html

  • @taitcitarella7062
    @taitcitarella7062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1152

    “You’re smart, which is good, cause you’re hardly 5’ 8”” had me in tears. 49.9 percentile gang rise up

    • @jabrilmahamud7222
      @jabrilmahamud7222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      I mean, it's not gonna be that up is it?

    • @DaanSnqn
      @DaanSnqn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      You wish you could rise up, but we all know that's not gonna happen. You're only gonna fall down as you get older.

    • @michaelhedrick589
      @michaelhedrick589 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      85% percentile gang

    • @mickmockedmack
      @mickmockedmack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      At least we fit better in tunnels?

    • @michaelhedrick589
      @michaelhedrick589 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Joseph Ruffing aame

  • @andywhata
    @andywhata 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have earned my Subscription 👏🏽 Congrats

  • @georg8523
    @georg8523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    Man just explained the theory of relativity to make a “your mom” joke, now that’s what I call dedication, great job!

  • @LiterallyRyan_Gosling
    @LiterallyRyan_Gosling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +853

    "Because you're hardly 5'8"
    *looks around scared for hidden cameras*

    • @MrEt894
      @MrEt894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Wait I’m 5’7 but I tell people I’m 5’8 how the fuck does he know?

    • @gible2330
      @gible2330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      *Looks up what 5’8 is in cm*

    • @LiterallyRyan_Gosling
      @LiterallyRyan_Gosling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@gible2330 accurate

    • @LiterallyRyan_Gosling
      @LiterallyRyan_Gosling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@gible2330 accurate

    • @applejuices
      @applejuices 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@gible2330 Same, and then I found out that I am about 5.9 - 6 feet or something, because you can't get the exact measurement. The feet/inches system is chaotic as hell

  • @wintrll3778
    @wintrll3778 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    jokes on you, I haven't reached 5'8 yet

  • @pom8238
    @pom8238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +500

    Newton: has sick hair
    Einstein: married his cousin
    feels bad

    • @guimblon
      @guimblon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Also Newton: died a virgin

    • @kolleghessig
      @kolleghessig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      if i do both, will i become a great physicist?

    • @captainnemo9736
      @captainnemo9736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kolleghessig sure

  • @FirstLast-zo9xg
    @FirstLast-zo9xg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2708

    This is a 4 minute yo mama joke I bet

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1038

      dammit

    • @ThePickler47
      @ThePickler47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +261

      It always is, thats what makes it the greatest joke

    • @Ole_Rasmussen
      @Ole_Rasmussen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      MattColbo would never do such a thing!

    • @Hi_Brien
      @Hi_Brien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We've been waiting lol

    • @ChadWorthman
      @ChadWorthman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@MattColbo the ultimate goal is to see you on an American late night show telling one of these jokes.

  • @patrickkiggins4150
    @patrickkiggins4150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would have loved to had this guy teach physics to me at the university I attended, would have kept my concentration at overdrive the entire time he lectured. Extremely entertaining and yet clearly conveys ideas and concepts most of us have a hard time understanding.

  • @vonkpronker
    @vonkpronker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    These jokes are really just a way to teach us about physics aren't they?

    • @gloriaramos4468
      @gloriaramos4468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes

    • @krashd
      @krashd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the matriarch's hatred of exercise.

    • @micahwright5901
      @micahwright5901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nah, they’re to whittle away at your insecurities about your marriage and mother’s body mass.

  • @cadengardner607
    @cadengardner607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    Why can’t teachers be like this, adding jokes into science lessons.

    • @explorerssss
      @explorerssss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      About your mom?

    • @nochianand
      @nochianand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      well, they would probably get fired if they called a students mother overweight

    • @qualia765
      @qualia765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      one of my science teachers does that

    • @Alex-wk2xf
      @Alex-wk2xf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@qualia765 thats not your science teacher, thats the homeless dude outside McDonald’s

    • @cadengardner607
      @cadengardner607 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@explorerssss no lol

  • @alexboi9454
    @alexboi9454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are a mix of Vsauce and Tom Scott... very good combo

  • @madse6193
    @madse6193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Learn from school: No
    Learn from Matt: Yes

  • @cedarfall
    @cedarfall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +550

    "But you're smart, which is good, cause you're hardly 5'8""
    **cries in 5'3"**
    edit: im like 5'7 now so this quote hits harder

    • @applejuices
      @applejuices 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Trying to laugh confidently in 5.9, but then realizing that it's only one inch bigger.

    • @lifeontheledgerlines8394
      @lifeontheledgerlines8394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dw, I'm 5'0

    • @PopeGoliath
      @PopeGoliath 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Chuckles in 6'5", pretending he knows of the sadness.

    • @cedarfall
      @cedarfall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@PopeGoliath *GIVE ME YOUR HEIGHT*

    • @icannotcomeupwithanything4609
      @icannotcomeupwithanything4609 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am thirteen and 5'7.

  • @beaurichards6146
    @beaurichards6146 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was the first video of yours I watched, a year later after watching many more. I'm studying special relativity and this is the perfect revision

  • @jetwaffle1116
    @jetwaffle1116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    Oh so you learned the script eventually lol

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      through fire and flames i've carried on

    • @smog1926
      @smog1926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MattColbo Dragonforce?

    • @thisisntsergio1352
      @thisisntsergio1352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@smog1926 Darude sandstorm

  • @tonyplaysgames2730
    @tonyplaysgames2730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    Astrophysicist here: math checks out

    • @thismaker
      @thismaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Aye, I was skeptical at first but after applying the right coefficients to the formula, she still remains densely overweight.

    • @Anankin12
      @Anankin12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Even applying general relativity the correction due to her gravitational field checks out.

    • @Sam41245
      @Sam41245 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean it doesn't tho..

  • @d5kenn
    @d5kenn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was such a crazy accumulation of burn after burn, I was reeling so much I didn't even notice I learned something until I stopped weeping.

  • @aaron9828
    @aaron9828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    This feels like a mix between Tom Scott and Casually Explained

    • @coloripple
      @coloripple 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Perfect comparison!

    • @sungvin
      @sungvin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It does!

    • @zweiundvierzig
      @zweiundvierzig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I get a veritasium at 1.5 speed vibe

  • @doublel2364
    @doublel2364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    The video was so long that the your mum joke actually got me

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      But, from the perspective of a traveler at the speed of light, the video took no time at all.

  • @gerardstephens58
    @gerardstephens58 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Relatable science served up with healthy sides of banter and sarcasm, and a dash of condescension. A fun find. Subscribed.

  • @yungchoqquit
    @yungchoqquit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I got destroyed at “you’re barely 5’8,” but by the end no trace of me was left.

  • @thisisntsergio1352
    @thisisntsergio1352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Maybe the real jokes we made was the friendship we made along the way.

    • @nippleripple1287
      @nippleripple1287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      friendship is a joke? then i guess that makes me a very serious person because im never laughing

    • @adamcalcagno3605
      @adamcalcagno3605 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The real friends are the jokes we made along the way

  • @v1nzaro
    @v1nzaro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Your wife's car, 'cause you can't afford one-" 💀

  • @adamherzenberg9162
    @adamherzenberg9162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    “Your wife's car, cause you can't afford one" - daaamnnnn

    • @andreimoga7813
      @andreimoga7813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      shots fired
      bro, that's just the first one. there's *more*

    • @adamherzenberg9162
      @adamherzenberg9162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andreimoga7813 are you KIDDING ME

    • @SoVidushi
      @SoVidushi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ur profile pic is such a flex. I have been teying to beat that game for ages.

    • @adamherzenberg9162
      @adamherzenberg9162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SoVidushi Save yourself while you still ccan

    • @SoVidushi
      @SoVidushi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamherzenberg9162 sed

  • @itsdomtoo
    @itsdomtoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    i learned so much in this small amount of time i didn’t even process the joke at the end, i was still rolling at “you’re smart but you’re barely 5’8”

  • @mechax1
    @mechax1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This man be Vsauce and Tom Scott at the same time impressive

  • @riddhimanpaul6955
    @riddhimanpaul6955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    bruh no joke, that's the best explanation of theory of relativity I have ever read so far

  • @dylanfitzgerald6960
    @dylanfitzgerald6960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +446

    Honest question Matt, how much time do you put into memorizing your lines so you can deliver them so smoothly, and how many takes does a video like this typically take? Love your videos, and keep it up.

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +593

      Thank you Dylan! This vid in particular I probably memorized for a cumulative 8 hours over 2 days (not including indirect memorization from writing it), and then filmed for 3 days straight, getting only one usable take at sunset on the last day 😂 got a total of 8 and a half hours of footage. Only reason it took so long was because I wanted to make no mistakes in those 4 and a half minutes, which was tough, but fun :)

    • @sightorvision
      @sightorvision 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Great question and great response

    • @Based-Anti-Theist
      @Based-Anti-Theist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@sightorvision Great reply

    • @zac9913
      @zac9913 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Based-Anti-Theist Great secondary reply to the great reply about the great question and great answer

    • @tommasopellegrino5095
      @tommasopellegrino5095 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@MattColbo still less then what my mom takes to get from the bed to the kitchen

  • @kofiboateng9865
    @kofiboateng9865 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting. The lecture was actually good, bar the silly jokes. 😄 Fine explanation there.

  • @markel4745
    @markel4745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    The “because you’re hardly 5’8”” line hurt

  • @atomsofstardust
    @atomsofstardust 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I mean, I’ve Matt before, I knew the joke was coming, but then I was like: “Wait, the setup is so long and elaborate that maybe Matt has actually turned into Tom Scott and will from now on simply explain to us complicated things in a more humorous way.”
    Not gonna lie, he’s got me in the first half, lol

  • @NomiNexus
    @NomiNexus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Even if you time travel decades into the future, you Dad still won't be home with the milk

  • @JohnMushitu
    @JohnMushitu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    A physics lesson and a joke all in one video? Please give this man 10 million subscribers

  • @mrarthur9183
    @mrarthur9183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I started watching this video at 6' 1", I left embarrassed about my mother and feeling barley 5' 8"! Well done sir!

    • @dbohnenberger
      @dbohnenberger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am barely 5'6" so jokes on you

    • @imwelshjesus
      @imwelshjesus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You can go blind feeling barley.

    • @goolgepl2112
      @goolgepl2112 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It amaizes you how this vid reduces your self esteem to a grain of what it used to be

  • @xEroxSennin
    @xEroxSennin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Its kinda funny and all, but the thing about train and speed of light is way off. Einstein and new particle accelerators proved that Newtons law of velocity (adding velocity of the object inside the speeding object to the speeding objects velocity) doesnt work with speeds of light, since time itself is distorted at that situation. So if we go near the speed of light at 299k km/s (lets say its 300k km/s) and something goes 2k km/s inside it the total speed aint 301k km/s. That second inside the speeding object doesnt equal the second we all know and love. Basically time slows down = speed slows down:)

    • @eliteteamkiller319
      @eliteteamkiller319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The train with the light clock is fine, because you can use it to directly get the Lorentz factor. It’s super easy. Just use Pythagoras:
      Perpendicular part of the triangle is ct.
      Horizontal part is vt’.
      Hypotenuse is ct’.
      (ct)^2 + (vt’)^2 = (ct’)^2
      t^2 + (vt’/c)^2 = t’^2
      t^2 = t’^2 - (vt’/c)^2
      (t/t’)^2 = 1 - (v/c)^2
      (t/t’) = sqrt[1 - (v/c)^2]
      t’/t = 1/sqrt{[1 - (v/c)^2]}
      So that’s the Lorentz factor, and here’s the time dilation equation:
      t’ = t/{sqrt[1 - (v/c)^2]}
      So I say it’s useful.

    • @eliteteamkiller319
      @eliteteamkiller319 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      To add: you’ll note that in Newton, t = t’, but that is not the case here. Obviously it is not the entire Lorentz transformation equations, but it IS the time transformation equation when the observer in moving frame is co-local with the moving frame S’ at its origin.

  • @butcanudothis
    @butcanudothis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Bo burnham would love this guy. The writing and flow is on another level.

  • @Ermude10
    @Ermude10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The coolest thing about this is that special relativity can be extended into the theory of general relativity, which takes into account space time and gravitational forces. You can imagine celestial bodies resting on a space time fabric, making a dent in it and pushing the fabric down, which will pull all things towards it. The three major bodies that affect the earth with such a pull is the sun, our moon, and...

    • @Ermude10
      @Ermude10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your mom.

    • @synonymouswithjello2359
      @synonymouswithjello2359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yo momma.

    • @eliteteamkiller319
      @eliteteamkiller319 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t like the sheet of fabric description. If I recall correctly it gets some exponents in Kepler’s laws completely backwards. Been a while since I looked but the point is it’s only useful for a really surface level understanding.

  • @mbstp
    @mbstp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay. A funny joke about space. And it is about time.

  • @Lucky-bn2ks
    @Lucky-bn2ks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The "you are hardly 5'8" part. I felt that.
    - a 5'4 guy

  • @TheSkyFeds
    @TheSkyFeds 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    I would like to see you literally just explain scientific topics. No joke, just the science. You're like Vsauce

    • @RGC_animation
      @RGC_animation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But with bunch of funny insults and your mom jokes mixed in between.

    • @Peaceful_Gojira
      @Peaceful_Gojira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      only, less creepy and more vibin' like a jock (for some reason)

    • @et6910
      @et6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But it's missing out some key details xD

  • @aidenbagshaw5573
    @aidenbagshaw5573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Let’s pretend you are not in a loveless marriage.”
    Joke’s on you, I’m not even in a relationship to begin with.

  • @snivyinrainbows5160
    @snivyinrainbows5160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Matt is a poet, an educated comedian, and an icon. I hope his channel takes off.

  • @cayuganative
    @cayuganative 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I'm almost 5'7", so I'm offended

  • @tjf2939
    @tjf2939 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Somehow that's one of the best explanaitons I've seen of relativity and the insults fit in perfectly

  • @EllaGP22
    @EllaGP22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    This was the best joke about Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, I was *relatively slow* to get other jokes about it.

  • @remis.4565
    @remis.4565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    as someone who is pursuing a physics degree this is the funniest joke i've heard period

  • @davidtallent9382
    @davidtallent9382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude, you are SO funny, great video! I laughed till I cried when you swatted Alabama away. Give us more!

  • @YourPhysicsSimulator
    @YourPhysicsSimulator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    As a physics student I thought this was gonna be about how my mom gets fatter and fatter because she's going at high speed or something, however im not dissappointed.

    • @kostaspatsatzakis9264
      @kostaspatsatzakis9264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wouldn't she be getting slimmer because she going at a high speed?

    • @MattColbo
      @MattColbo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Was gonna go for the supermassive object that a spaceship is travelling around is forcing it to experience time dilation and then reveal that the object was indeed your mother, but opted against, in honestly though all routes really would have been sufficient lol

    • @nunyobidniz
      @nunyobidniz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      "…but how would you attain such a velocity? Well, you would need to be orbiting very close to the event horizon of a supermassive black hole 🕳️. Or possibly, your mom."

    • @kostaspatsatzakis9264
      @kostaspatsatzakis9264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nunyobidniz that's a good one

    • @YourPhysicsSimulator
      @YourPhysicsSimulator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kostaspatsatzakis9264 Einsteins theory of relativity predicts that the apparent mass of an object which is Travelling at high speed will increase by a factor of 1/sqrt(1-B^2), where B=v/c (v being the velocity of the object and C the speed of light). However this is more complex than that, but the most simple explanation is that mass "increases"

  • @MadPianoLife
    @MadPianoLife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I already know what's coming but that's not stopping me from coming.

  • @andrewhorton95
    @andrewhorton95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Thanks for the help Mallory and Colin

  • @skjllissue
    @skjllissue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    he's talking to me like I'm smart, but he gets me at the dumbest jokes

  • @harryjoslyn2429
    @harryjoslyn2429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    My god... they are getting longer. He’s getting too powerful

  • @le9038
    @le9038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is very characteristic to what Tom Scott would do on that chair you are sitting on...

  • @MrDrProfPatrick12
    @MrDrProfPatrick12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "which is good, cause you're hardly 5'8"" the smile wiped off my face cause damn it you're right

  • @theguy993
    @theguy993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Whoa this is like the funniest joke I’ll hear all day about Einstein’s theory of special relativity

  • @ryanfisch7047
    @ryanfisch7047 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this almost a year ago and I still don't understand why this doesn't have more views.

  • @Foffyy
    @Foffyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've been waiting for this joke my whole life

  • @nerdywarrior
    @nerdywarrior 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Actually when you arrive back, you would not necessarily be older because special relativity only holds for inertial reference frames, and when you change directions and stop, you are experiencing an acceleration and are no longer in an inertial reference frame.

  • @davissmith459
    @davissmith459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    When he said “cause you’re smart, which is good, because you’re hardly 5’8”” that one hit me

  • @Choinkus
    @Choinkus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why? Why would you note that there was a seagull on the pole? How could you do this to me? I spent the entire video staring at the seagull, wondering with each graphic blocking it out whether it would be gone afterwards, so you could point it out at the end. Or I thought at least you had enough faith in me to hope I'd be looking at the seagull and then make fun of me for it. But no. You only said it to torture me. You monster.

  • @crisp.wedges7238
    @crisp.wedges7238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    you’re style of humor is unlike anything i have seen, this deserves a like.

  • @brandonklein1
    @brandonklein1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Something I would like to point out is that to you on the train, everyone on Earth would *also* appear to be in slow motion, that is, both reference frames think the other is slower. This is because it's equally correct to say the train is still and the earth is rotating backwards at near the speed of light.

    • @finnsears4
      @finnsears4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, he is saying from the train perspective, the people on earth are going slower and your faster. Not opposite because you would look even faster than normal because they would see not just your movement, but the train movement added like if you throw a ball out of a moving car forward, it would be faster that the car. So it would look like you are going faster than the train or slightly slower depending on which direction your moving.

    • @brandonklein1
      @brandonklein1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@finnsears4 This is unfortunately all incorrect. The only reason that when the train returns to the earth frame less time will have passed for the passenger, is because the train has to decelerate with respect to the earth. Before the train decelerates, the earth sees the train in slow motion and the train sees the earth in slow motion. This is known as the equivalence principle. As for your point about movement on the train, velocity addition in a relativistic system is *not* the same thing as a Gallilean transformation. You *cannot* just add two velocities together, if you could, you could easily create speeds measurable far greater than the speed of light.