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

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

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

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

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

'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!!"

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

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

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

The fake ad was the biggest troll humanity has ever seen

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

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

Sam: We'll play their ad KZfaq: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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...

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

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.

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.

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

A brickfilm.

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!

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

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

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

Ben should get credits in subtitles. Hilarious 😂

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

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 KZfaq video- I wasn't expecting that.

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

You’ve finally decided to speak out about me

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

We finally bullied him into making this, yes.

"So we figured we'd just play their ad." KZfaq: *Plays ad*

The production quality in this video is highly underrated

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

This was the most informative shitpost video ever.

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

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

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

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.

"This advertisement was paid for by money."

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

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.

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

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

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

"We just play their ad" KZfaq: "me first"

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

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

0:46 I absolutely love that there’s a goofy voice and Sam has this “trying to be serious” voice.

This feels like an Internet Historian ad.

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

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.

Lmao the rage about not answering the call at the end tho, I wonder how do they react when they watch this video lol

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

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

Nobody's gonna mention the Sam and Max reference at 0:45? That was just awesome 😂

WoW. Thats so fascinating how differently my grandma made made concrete. Oh those classic slavic recipes! Im gonna make both versions and compare

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

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

Me in 0:23 - Hey, why is Sam Talking so dull? Me in 0:29 - Sam, you gave me a heart attack.

Plot twist: This is the only video the feds actually sat through.

This sounds like a dihydrogen monoxide awareness campaign.

"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

This guys makes the most educational advertisements ever.

"In my experience there is no such thing as a silver bullet. But there is Silver buckshot." Angus King

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

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

"so we will just play there ad". And an unrelated ad pops up at that exact moment. And then we go back to the in story ad. 🤪🤪🤪

Google be like: did you mean: *BRICS*

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

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.

3:10 Woah, I wonder if we are related! My family heirloom is also the precious recipe for ACI Code 301-84 Compliant Normal Strength Concrete.

“Ok there’s no way the feds would actually sit through all that” I about lost it.

I waited for 13:11 minutes for him to say "There's no way the feds would stay for so long"

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

I've been waiting 3 years for this

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

BioMASON exists, but Capturecrete doesn't, just to let you guys know. edit: i didn't notice the fictional company disclaimer

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

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

Bravo Samire na videu! Jako smiješno si prenio ozbiljnu i zastrašujuću temu. Samo tako nastavi!

*solid* video 👀

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

If I understand the lime cycle properly, then the same amount of carbon dioxide driven off during the heating of the limestone is then reabsorbed during the curing phase of the concrete. Of course the fuel used to heat the limestone in the rotary kiln may also emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. I haven't been to a concrete plant much, but I often go to many asphalt plants that use rotary Kilns and they use either used engine oil, diesel fuel, or natural gas.

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