This is a Video About Bricks 

I'm not a fan of the strong anti-brick sentiment in this video.

"This video is about bricks" Me: "I still don't believe it"

Y'all can imagine how I felt discovering this channel with this video then having to spend a week binging this guy just to understand the joke

For those who don’t know: The term brick refers to small units of building material, often made from fired clay and secured with mortar, a bonding agent comprising of cement, sand, and water. Long a popular material, brick retains heat, with-stands corrosion, and resists fire. Because each unit is small-usually four inches wide and twice as long, brick is an ideal material for structures in confined spaces, as well as for curved designs. Moreover, with minimal upkeep, brick buildings generally last a long time. For the above-cited practical reasons and because it is also an aesthetically pleasing medium, brick has been used as a building material for at least 5,000 years. The first brick was probably made in the Middle East, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq. Lacking the stone their contemporaries in other regions used for permanent structures, early builders here relied on the abundant natural materials to make their sun-baked bricks. These, however, were of limited use because they lacked durability and could not be used outdoors; exposure to the elements caused them to disintegrate. The Babylonians, who later dominated Mesopotamia, were the first to fire bricks, from which many of their tower-temples were constructed. From the Middle East the art of brickmaking spread west to what is now Egypt and east to Persia and India. Although the Greeks, having a plentiful supply of stone, did not use much brick, evidence of brick kilns and structures remains throughout the Roman Empire. However, with the decline and fall of Rome, brickmaking in Europe soon diminished. It did not resume until the 1200s, when the Dutch made bricks that they seem to have exported to England. In the Americas, people began to use brick during the sixteenth century. It was the Dutch, however, who were considered expert craftsmen. Prior to the mid-1800s, people made bricks in small batches, relying on relatively inefficient firing methods. One of the most widely used was an open clamp, in which bricks were placed on a fire beneath a layer of dirt and used bricks. As the fire died down over the course of several weeks, the bricks fired. Such methods gradually became obsolete after 1865, when the Hoffmann kiln was invented in Germany. Better suited to the manufacture of large numbers of bricks, this kiln contained a series of compartments through which stacked bricks were transferred for pre-heating, burning, and cooling. Brickmaking improvements have continued into the twentieth century. Improvements include rendering brick shape absolutely uniform, lessening weight, and speeding up the firing process. For example, modern bricks are seldom solid. Some are pressed into shape, which leaves a frog, or depression, on their top surface. Others are extruded with holes that will later expedite the firing process by exposing a larger amount of surface area to heat. Both techniques lessen weight without reducing strength. However, while the production process has definitely improved, the market for brick has not. Brick does have the largest share of the opaque materials market for commercial building, and it continues to be used as a siding material in the housing industry. However, other siding materials such wood, stucco, aluminum, plaster, and vinyl are strong competitors because they cost up to 50 percent less, and some (notably stucco and plaster) offer built-in insulation. Yet these systems can cost up to 1.75 times that of brick, which also requires less maintenance. Other materials that compete with brick despite their usually higher cost include precast concrete panels, glass, stone, artificial stone, concrete masonry, and combinations of these materials, because advances in manufacturing and design have made such materials more attractive to the builder. According to the U.S. Industrial Outlook, the use of brick as a siding material for single-family homes dropped from 26 percent in 1984 to 17 percent in 1989. Natural clay minerals, including kaolin and shale, make up the main body of brick. Small amounts of manganese, barium, and other additives are blended with the clay to produce different shades, and barium carbonate is used to improve brick's chemical resistance to the elements. Many other additives have been used in brick, including byproducts from papermaking, ammonium compounds, wetting agents, flocculents (which cause particles to form loose clusters) and deflocculents (which disperse such clusters). Some clays require the addition of sand or grog (pre-ground, pre-fired material such as scrap brick). A wide variety of coating materials and methods are used to produce brick of a certain color or surface texture. To create a typical coating, sand (the main component) is mechanically mixed with some type of colorant. Sometimes a flux or frit (a glass containing colorants) is added to produce surface textures. The flux lowers the melting temperature of the sand so it can bond to the brick surface. To conclude, brick is bad

The FBI: He ain’t fooling us this time fellas, let’s watch the entire thing.

“They made a bricks video.” No, you made a concrete video, bricks are fired from clay, not limestone.

'We care about the environment but NOT about Sam's feelings.' Best quote in the whole video I swear.

The Capture-Crete ad had me dying with laughter 🤣 Especially when the lady started screaming: "FREE PUBLICITY?? NO THANKS!!"

So then, about that brick tax? That sounded half interesting.

HE DID IT. FINALLY. THIS IS THE PEAK. NOTHING WILL EVER SURPASS THIS

I must say... You dealt with the rejection by CaptureCrete like an adult. Big props

The fact this is one of his most popular videos recently means everything is right in the world

You missed a fact Sam, 33% of pigs build houses out bricks.

Nah, this isn't about bricks, it's about concrete. Can't fool us like that, we still demand a brick video!

I fully expected you to say your Grandmother was a Brick.

Sam: We'll play their ad RU-vid: Plays ad Legend.

So basically Sam just wanted to roast random company who didn't answer the phone, so he made 13-minute video about bricks. And even got that Wendover guy to bore the feds! Absolute legend.

The fake ad was the biggest troll humanity has ever seen

Dear Sam, You know what is better than a video about bricks? Two videos about bricks! And I appreciate you!

This is the most chaotic yet informative video I’ve ever seen

Meanwhile, at Wendover production: 'How planes transport bricks around the world.'

I like how this unironically looks like it took the most effort to make than any other video in this channel

"Guys literally only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting" HAI: understood!

I just witnessed Half as Interesting history unfold in front of my eyes...

I get the feeling that Sam took it personally that the concrete people didn't call him back

Finally bricks actually bricks 0:35 never mind 1:19 never mind the never mind When you’re the first person to actually watch a HAI video about bricks

*Nobody:* *Sam every time “U.S. Government” is in the title:* haha brick go brrrrr 🧱

I was looking forward to finding out the reprucussions of making bricks larger to avoid taxation

A brickfilm.

The interns wrote calcium as "CA" instead of "Ca". Time to throw a bio brick on them.

This is the craziest but most interesting video you've ever made. You kept my attention on bricks for way longer than I thought possible.

You’ve finally decided to speak out about me

We finally bullied him into making this, yes.

Marvel: Avengers Endgame is the biggest cinematic event ever. HAI: Hold my brick

The way you’re making the marketing team and really all the white collar employees feel at the “ACME” brick company is just priceless. Pure fukin genius man! That by itself earned my SUB!

Ben should get credits in subtitles. Hilarious 😂

I dont want to be that guy, but I do kind of want to hear the rest of the story in the beginning about the brick taxes...

"This is a Video About Bricks" I don't think I've ever clicked on a video faster in my life.

The production quality in this video is highly underrated

This was like a mix of The Internet Historian and Mojangs snarky animated videos about Minecraft updates

I hate to be that guy, but so far it seems like this video is about concrete masonry units (or CMUs), not bricks. Bricks are made from clay. It seems pedantic, but as a civil engineer, there's actually a difference. Edited to add: Finished the video. Yeah, that had almost nothing to with bricks, or even CMUs for that matter. This was mostly about concrete as a material. Still waiting on an actual video about bricks Still, it was fun seeing ACI 301 referenced in a RU-vid video- I wasn't expecting that.

Next video on Wendover Productions: The logistics of flying concrete bricks

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

Auntie Emina's recipe is an absolute life saver in the kitchen

*solid* video 👀

I think he's pissed that they didn't return his calls

"You probably have a brick in your own home!!!!" Actually 2 thirds of pigs would disagree

That ad had me laughing out loud. That was absolute gold!

This was the most informative shitpost video ever.

Yes finally a video I can watch without a VPN. Nothing suspicious here

I punder on how my retirement experience would generally feel like because I've not yet been able to save enough money and according to my spreadsheet I'm 9 years closer to my retirement schedule.

This guys makes the most educational advertisements ever.

isn’t it weird how all our decisions in life have lead us to this moment and we’re.... excited about a video about bricks. huh.

I love that there was a disclaimer for “Putting CO2 in the atmosphere is fine” being wrong but not for “eating concrete is fun.”

4:04 that (if I did the calculations correctly) is around 2642 degrees fahrenheit

Lmfao the dead voice has me dying

"This advertisement was paid for by money."

"So we figured we'd just play their ad." RU-vid: *Plays ad*

I thought It was an April fools video until I checked the release date.

Every time you go into a room you are surrounded by bricks....

The story starts out with sam answering a call. Demonstrating that even sam has the common courtesy to answer the phone to someone.

"We just play their ad" RU-vid: "me first"

Okay, but I actually wanted to hear the rest of that opening bit about the results of the brick tax.

Lesson learned - I am definitely answering Sam's call no matter what I am busy with if he calls.

The fact that they didn’t answer the phone made this video half as interesting.

THE GODS HAVE SPOKEN OF THIS DAY FOR YEARS, AND THIS DAY HAS ACTUALLY ARIVED WOOOOO

I've been waiting 3 years for this

I do know about the brick tax of 1784. Thank you “The Great Ace Attorney”!

This feels like an Internet Historian ad.

When there are no jokes and no sponsor at the start you know this isn’t a normal HAI video ;)

I got this book for free at work because a customer didn't want it

Video: *DRAMATIC MUSIC* HALF AS INTERESTING PRESENTS Advert: I kissed the world's most famous rockstar Me: 😲😂

When I clicked on this video I was only 80% sure it was about bricks.

Weird how such a little change in voice makes me want to fall asleep instantly.

The chemical explanation at 4:30 sounds like BMO from adventure time!

With the recent discovery of the Roman Concrete formula, I celebrate with our Brick Overlords. Before, our only saving grace is that their concrete lifespan was slightly shorter than ours. But now that they've figured out the "One secret Bricklayers don't want you to know!" we are screwed.

Yes, every Grandma be like: “kind of sus but actually really slaps”

Absolutely lost it at "The content of this advertisement was paid for by money"

We need Brick Video 2: Fellowship of Brick

"As an act of goodwill, we decided to play their ad" *RU-vid plays a random ad*

"I dont know what that is in farenheight, Im in frikin Yugoslavia", is the most depictive description of me and my friends watching youtube videos with only fahrenheight

When a Half as Interesting video is twice as long, does that mean that it is actually interesting?

Fun fact: there is an union called BRICS

So that’s why my neighborhood has bricks in cages. No, literally.

I have a Sneaking Suspicion that this video is actually about Bricks

This sounds like a dihydrogen monoxide awareness campaign.

I like to think this is the only video on his channel, and if he quits he deletes everything but this video

Okay, so at the start I could legit not reconcile the OG Sam monotone with the more fecent date of this video. 😀

April Fools Day is still 3 weeks away. This feels a bit early.

can't believe it took the former richest man on earth to get sam to make a goddamn brick video. we are forever in his debt.

may seem kind of sus but actually really slaps when it slides down your gullet

3,500 people have never seen the beauty of bricks

I was like "is he okay?, he sounds kinda sad" and then the video actually started lmao

I’m not sure how I ended up here but yeah

Your perspective and smart-assery is genius. I laugh my ass off every time. You and your writers deserve a raise. Rock in!!

Jet Lag tells us that the employee, in the beginning, is clearly Adam!

This is the day we’ve all been waiting for.

"So we figured we would just play their ad" RU-vid:plays a local ad about bricks Me: they didn't mention this was a new Zealand company, oh its an actual ad.

Wow... who knew a GLOBALIST, billionaire, software developer could be so knowledgeable about virology AND climate science? That's some 100% legit and trustworthy advice right there.

Google be like: did you mean: *BRICS*