actually never thought of the fact that string was that important in the history. fantastic video!
@Emerald_the_Umbreon
5 ай бұрын
Amazing realisation
@zoobeiden
5 ай бұрын
Yeah I also didn't thought of that I'm stupid
@thebulldozer7509
5 ай бұрын
I guess you could say that it holds everything together.
@goranpersson7726
5 ай бұрын
Pretty sure bows used animal parts for the string at some early points, a book I read set in the stone age if i remember correctly mentions that and the author does research on the times she writes about (I have checked her sources on other things and while some has been simplified a bit by her she hasn't really been wrong)
@samc.319
5 ай бұрын
We did learn that people used animal sinew to sew clothes, so the question of strings kinda was left aside.
@MrLlama999
5 ай бұрын
Bushcrafters and survivalists specifically train on making/ finding string to connect stuff.
@prakharmishra3000
5 ай бұрын
Paracord and a good knife is the holy grail of survival
@czed7515
5 ай бұрын
Bank line @@prakharmishra3000
@roqeyt3566
5 ай бұрын
That's what I was thinking too The main thing from keeping me from getting into bushcrafting was that I suck at making rope or string
@goodluck5642
5 ай бұрын
@@roqeyt3566eat a lot of grass and wait
@kellyshaw9410
5 ай бұрын
@@goodluck5642😅😂
@vintagesteel
5 ай бұрын
String's also very useful in construction. You can make perfectly straight lines and perfect circles using just a nail and some string
@filiaaut
5 ай бұрын
Add a second nail and you can even draw ellipses !
@ajoshdoingthings541
5 ай бұрын
Often not even needing a nail but just a stick
@vintagesteel
5 ай бұрын
@@ajoshdoingthings541very true
@patrick3176
5 ай бұрын
As well as using it and a "plumb Bob" for perfectly straight lines vertically. I'm off topic, but another incredibly simple and ancient way to ensure you have the same height at two different points, like the tops of two posts you intend to put a beam across, is with a "water-level". It's a lot cheaper than a lazer-level and does just as good a job.
@johnnyrodriguez5938
3 ай бұрын
You can level out walls, and ceilings with it. Also a plumb Bob uses a string.
@caomouse8829
5 ай бұрын
People in 2024: STRING Theory People in 120.000 BC: STRING Theory
@dabdoc3885
5 ай бұрын
underrated comment
@wien1563
5 ай бұрын
Evolution is a big lie of human and demonic intellect. Humans were created by God and are about 8000 years old
@davidnnacheta
5 ай бұрын
👍🏼
@Lemon_Sage9999
5 ай бұрын
Winner comment 🏆🗿
@dorbenyamin-bar8660
5 ай бұрын
Ohhh yeah
@jenschristiantvilum
5 ай бұрын
String really ties everything together.
@mikmop
5 ай бұрын
That's an interesting theory. You could say it's a "string theory".
@manwithnoplan89
Ай бұрын
Ba duum tisss
@keinlieb3818
4 күн бұрын
I saw how you strung that together.
@kokilabendamor7615
3 күн бұрын
@@manwithnoplan89tf is that profile picture 💀💀🤨
@PhoebeFayRuthLouise
2 күн бұрын
@@kokilabendamor7615What makes you think your opinion about someone’s profile picture matters?
@samueltheweber
5 ай бұрын
The string made the bow drill, which in turn made the wheel.
@-_pi_-
5 ай бұрын
Which we in turn used to spin more string😂
@Mofoshow
5 ай бұрын
Yall are cool
@JoeMama-rd2dr
5 ай бұрын
@-_pi_- it's incredible how early humans can be so smart and inventive and now we have people who think the earth is flat while using internet from a satellite
@orbatos
5 ай бұрын
Not really, but it did make the process of making small round things much more accurate and repeatable. All you need to make a round object is to turn that object in something and have the ability to shave it down as you do and at medium scales this process can be done entirely manually.
@TheDandiBean
5 ай бұрын
@@JoeMama-rd2dr I heard that flat earthers are just so far against authority that they choose to believe anything but what authority says
@tomboy2980
3 ай бұрын
I read a post once from someone that was learning how to spin string and yarn, and what they said really stuck with me. It's such a quintessential invention that it (and the people who constructed it, spinners) had a lot of cultural ubiquity, that's now completely gone, and when you return to the craft it's kind of mindblowing that most people don't even think about it anymore. The phrase "spin a yarn" came from this, and now most people couldn't tell you how yarn is made or identify a spinning wheel in isolation (unless you know from Sleeping Beauty, and even then most people probably couldn't tell you what it was used for.) They compared it to a future where ready-to-eat food was so readily available that nobody knows how to cook anymore, or even that cooking is an activity to be done, and that it's actually necessary for everyday life. We have so many phrases centered around cooking in some way because it's a commonly understood thing, can you imagine still having those phrases but not knowing what cooking is or what it's for?
@furrycircuitry2378
2 ай бұрын
Or the internet! Broadcast actually comes from farming terminology so wonderful we are still connected to our past with usage of such words
@Reilly0611
Ай бұрын
Honestly screw all the struggling we had to learn in the past we’re in advanced world why think about what we had to struggle on, we got new world issues never mind people forgetting how string was spun
@furrycircuitry2378
Ай бұрын
@Reilly0611 it's like sweeping you forget to do that and then you can't mop or you can brute force the mopping but have more work to do, this is why it's important to remember the trials we went through without the arrow we wouldn't have the gun
@Gecko17k
Ай бұрын
Why wouldn't we cook in future? What technologies are you envisaging?
@gemmeldrakes2758
12 күн бұрын
@@Gecko17kReplicators like they had on Star Trek.
@haileybalmer9722
5 ай бұрын
I was absolutely obsessed with trying to figure out how string was made when I was a kid. This was before the internet, when you could just look that up, and adults seemed to always think my questions were weird and stupid, so I never bothered asking anyone. Turns out, that's not something most seven year olds are going to be able to figure out on their own.
@forest_green
5 ай бұрын
I'm sorry people treated you like your questions were bad. Wondering how string is made is actually a really cool question. I bet your other questions were also great too.
@felathar1985
5 ай бұрын
You must be a really intelligent and interesting person to be around.
@applesnow1038
5 ай бұрын
I totally getcha. I was obsessed with figuring out how computers worked before I even had a computer lol. Nobody around me would tell me either but I think that's because they had no idea 😂 Keep that curiosity! It makes like so much more interesting. kzitem.info/news/bejne/1JyXsomfZqOloXYsi=Xiqxv3jRmHzIpqNi Here's a video of an old rope making technique (it's in Spanish but it's super cool!) kzitem.info/news/bejne/uJicl42oapxijYIsi=SbNnWryEJ-5m2K0I A primitive technique to make cord out of tree bark. Super fascinating!
@dusk823
5 ай бұрын
Only thanks to your comment did I remember how fascinated I was by this as a child. Once I found a really cool piece of wood, soaked from lying in a river, with a stringy part right underneath its bark. I tried making little strings out of it in my grandparents‘ garden and they turned out quite well. I still remember the weird smell of the wood. Thank you for bringing back good memories!
@caligusto
5 ай бұрын
Stay curious friends
@ajmalroshan6782
5 ай бұрын
That's another level intro 🗿
@travcollier
5 ай бұрын
Somebody does crossstitch, and is probably annoyed with him ;)
@Soken50
5 ай бұрын
@@travcollier Unless it's him. As a dude who does cross-stitch and can barely afford the materials to fuel his passion, I'm very jealous of his pile of string.
@travcollier
5 ай бұрын
@@Soken50 Is certainly possible, though not super likely. Guys who crossstitch, quilt, knit, ect. get my respect though. And yeah, that is a lot of $ in threads.
@SurfingdaWind
5 ай бұрын
"A world without string is chaos"
@thard9989
5 ай бұрын
This comment should have the most likes in the comment section
@CFICare
5 ай бұрын
Came here looking for this. God-tier reference, my guy.
@SurfingdaWind
5 ай бұрын
@@CFICare do you know where??
@thard9989
5 ай бұрын
@@SurfingdaWind "Mouse Hunt" movie.
@Betta66
5 ай бұрын
Damn, beat me to it
@lafayettethebaguette9675
4 ай бұрын
As someone who crochets I agree on the value of string. string is love. String is life.
@EagleBeagle4886
3 күн бұрын
I love crochets too! Talkin' about women right?
@lafayettethebaguette9675
3 күн бұрын
@@EagleBeagle4886 pardon?
@lafayettethebaguette9675
2 күн бұрын
@@EagleBeagle4886please tell me where you got the woman thing from it’s been on my mind for the past 16 hours
@EagleBeagle4886
2 күн бұрын
@@lafayettethebaguette9675 I was a bad pun 'dad joke'. "crotch". "Crochets"
@lafayettethebaguette9675
2 күн бұрын
@@EagleBeagle4886 ohhh ok that makes sense I guess I should have gotten that sooner😭.
@TestUser-cf4wj
4 ай бұрын
Making cordage is one of the first things you learn in bushcrafting because it unlocks so many other abilities
@Lycaon1765
3 ай бұрын
so what you're telling me is that crafting games have been getting it wrong? :0
@BOBHLDRMN
2 ай бұрын
@Lycaon1765 : a bowinarrow uses a string...... !!!!!!!!!!!
@TestUser-cf4wj
2 ай бұрын
@@Lycaon1765 What can you expect from devs that never leave their air conditioned design studios?
@yamicats
2 ай бұрын
bondage 🤑
@badmoose01
Ай бұрын
Like the skill tree of a rpg
@BaalFridge
5 ай бұрын
Wheel + string = Pulley. The final boss of ancient technology.
@donkylefernandez4680
5 ай бұрын
Archimedes sipping mimosas in his grave
@TaLeng2023
5 ай бұрын
We making it out of the Neolithic with this one!
@berkeliumk
5 ай бұрын
Ahhh.... the CVTs of the ancient world
@TheThingoftheSky
4 ай бұрын
@@TaLeng2023actual amusing take on a an overdone meme
@thedigitalcreator7345
4 ай бұрын
@@TheThingoftheSkyyes troll
@Theycallmeyoshi1
5 ай бұрын
I should also mention the Sling, a weapon made entirely of string that uses rocks you just found on the ground or specially crafted lead bullets for both warfare and hunting game for millennia. whilst the sling has always been more niche than the bow, the sling feels like it deserves a mention.
@salemsaberhagan
5 ай бұрын
Goliath would concur
@coolgreenbug7551
5 ай бұрын
@@salemsaberhagan If he didn't have a rock in his head
@SetuwoKecik
5 ай бұрын
Well, sling was made out of string.
@Simpson17866
5 ай бұрын
Indeed, while the bow can shoot many many flimsy projectiles, the sling can shoot a few armor-piercing projectiles, and wasn't truly rendered obsolete until the invention of the crossbow :D
@Dang3rMouSe
5 ай бұрын
I wouldn't even call slings niche. From my understanding slings were more common than bows on the battlefield from ancient times till the middle ages. They were also very commonly used around the world including in the New World. The only times bows really outperformed slings was when certain units could close the gap fast (horseback archers, chariot archers) or when technology gave an advantage (longbows, crossbows) otherwise slings held an advantage.
@caiocamargo2761
3 ай бұрын
Death Stranding uses this concept in an anthropological way, with Sam Bridges being a living string between people, reconnecting them and rebuilding society
@Brienanderson34
3 ай бұрын
Went out of my way to look for a Death Stranding reference in the comments
@the_marverak
Ай бұрын
@Brienanderson34 Me too 😎
@Clcc96-
Ай бұрын
“The Rope” and “The Stick,” together, are one of humankind’s oldest “tools.” “The Stick” is for keeping evil away; “The Rope” is for pulling good toward us; these are the first friends the human race invented. Wherever you find humans, “The Rope” and “The Stick” also exist.
@JG_Wentworth
Ай бұрын
Death Stringing.
@YOURteacher_100
Ай бұрын
That’s the plot behind every main character in every game
@bywindandsun
5 ай бұрын
Cups are pretty important too, under appreciated. every nature documentary ever says "the hardest part of their day is the watering hole" so who ever figured out taking water somewhere safe to drink is the realest hero. We also have reflexes for keeping cups upright. Even when falling. Even when drunk. Also important in mastering fire. Definitely my #1 fav. invention; Cup/bowl/water container.
@SteveMacSticky
5 ай бұрын
Yes, you are correct. Our reflexes in keeping a glass upright and level even while inebriated is kind impressive. To quote The Dude from The Big Lebowski, "Hey, I have a beverage here."
@shaggybaggums
5 ай бұрын
I'd never looked at it like that, despite the amount of times I've seen drunk people (myself included) fall off a chair and not spill a drop. It's become a matter of pride in fact.
@Jacksonmoonstar1714
5 ай бұрын
I’m imagining a bunch of cavemen taking their water back to their cave in individual cups and just sitting with them. One dude spills them and the rest remark on the very first “party foul” in mankind 😂😂😂 they never let poor grog live that down 😂
@paul_warner
5 ай бұрын
It's crazy that we've been using cups so long we've evolved a whole sixth sense for never letting them spill. Toss someone a ball and they might swat it to the ground but let a cup fall off the side of the table and their hands will shoot out like five-headed vipers to keep it upright.
@spiritbond8
5 ай бұрын
Diogenes needs no weak ass cup/bowl/containter, Diogenes has his god-given hands for eat, drink, and masturbate with. On a serious note, the inventions you are talking about are baskets and ceramics. I'm not sure baskets could ever be woven tight enough to keep water and ceramics come with the neolithic revolution, so they don't qualify for thos discussion.
@mr.pumpkin3266
5 ай бұрын
Thats a vsauce level intro
@radicalpaddyo
5 ай бұрын
String is the ultra-hand of our reality
@giorgospapoutsakis5271
5 ай бұрын
@@radicalpaddyoor is it? **Vsauce music plays**
@herrtulpeskanal1980
5 ай бұрын
one of the best short format channels. a beacon of light among all the low effort AI voiced channels.
@zedmelon
5 ай бұрын
SECONDED!
@jamesadamgleason9471
5 ай бұрын
It's getting bad out here
@KalebPeters99
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely, well put! If anyone can recommend similar quality educational shorts channels, please do!!
@vendingdudes
5 ай бұрын
Astute observation
@le9038
3 ай бұрын
The reason why String was so important in the history of humanity was because it strung everyone together
@maciejgrenda216
12 күн бұрын
whoa
@WhitfieldGroves
5 ай бұрын
String theory will be the next civilization changer 😂
@DBT1007
5 ай бұрын
Not string cheese?
@justamatchstick7535
5 ай бұрын
@@DBT1007that too, but it was more of a present civilization changer, after internet.
@bhornannawindeedeigh5007
5 ай бұрын
@@justamatchstick7535 😁
@BohumirZamecnik
5 ай бұрын
It's more likely a dead end to spin brillinant minds soy that they prpgress nowhere while keeping the right direction hidden.
@martinxy1291
5 ай бұрын
"What did you create/discovered?" "MORE STRINGS" "...wtf?"
@JonathanToolonie
5 ай бұрын
"A world without string, is chaos." -Mousehunt
@Vongreimbf109
3 ай бұрын
Quote from original house owner The Stringmaker
@kaipography
3 ай бұрын
Nostalgic movie for me from childhood. Great quote
@ReneeB-mz9cx
3 ай бұрын
OG string theory
@eleethtahgra7802
3 ай бұрын
And if it's made of cheese, it's even better.
@ligma445
2 ай бұрын
i see im not the only one who saw that movie
@indigobunting2431
5 ай бұрын
First "computer" cards were for loom patterns, too.
@marcdc6809
5 ай бұрын
I'm also thinking about these automatic piano's, but there's strings again
@Terigena
5 ай бұрын
The internet is just strings of metal and glass. Which is why there are some many cats on it.
@mirjanbouma
5 ай бұрын
Is this what string theory is about?!
@visisius9339
5 ай бұрын
It's all connected
@Eyes0penNoFear
5 ай бұрын
@@visisius9339you might even say it's all tied together
@Advance493
4 ай бұрын
I personally think that shovels were the most groundbreaking invention of their time
@zimtastic1171
3 ай бұрын
You're so punny lol
@thetenth1921
3 ай бұрын
Well the digging stick predates a lot of stuff. Throwing stick for hunting, digging stick for gathering...
@peetsnort
Ай бұрын
They still use the digging stick in the outback and the kalahari ..@@thetenth1921
@nullpoint3346
Ай бұрын
Trowels came before shovels, chisels before that, and really bad chisels came first. You ever scratch the dirt with a rock?
@QuackyMC
Ай бұрын
Me personally i think weapons, and i mean really really really ancient weapons were the most important inventions for their time. Makes hunting a lot easiers
@julienotsmith7068
5 ай бұрын
As a spinner I absolutely love this. Read an article once arguing string was as big a deal as fire. I’m not sure of that, but I’m glad someone sees it as important.
@imbio6930
5 ай бұрын
Dont you get dizzy spinning?
@julienotsmith7068
5 ай бұрын
@@imbio6930 Only if you REALLY stare at the flyer. 😁
@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug
5 ай бұрын
Most people seem to think that "the wheel" refers to cart wheels; but we had "the wheel" for thousands of years before it became useful for large wagons. Since wagons needs roads to be useful. But we had small wheels used for things like spinning threads (string) and for making pottery etc. long before it was used for driving. In fact wheels was probably used more as a children's toy than for transportation before roads were invented.
@oscarlove4394
5 ай бұрын
iirc the inca's basically had toy cars lol. they didn't have actual cars or even anything even resembling a wagon, but they had toy cars for kids.
@jackorlove4055
5 ай бұрын
Wagon's didn't necessarily require man made roads. Relatively flat, dry terrain was ideal, but not a necessity. With enough pull, a well crafted wheel will transfer load through a variety of terrain. Wheels before transport were most likely employed in pottery wheels, mills, and wheel barrow styled devices.
@FatalShotGG
5 ай бұрын
Wheels were initially used as pulleys and water wheels. They weren't used for transportation until we started to create actual means of transportation such as wagons and wheelbarrows.
@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug
5 ай бұрын
@@jackorlove4055 Yes, but anything much heavier than a wheelbarrow/handcart would require something resembling a road; and while you can find natural surfaces that are solid enough like salt flats (when it's completely dry), rocks scoured flat by glaciers, some rocky desert environments etc. most of these areas are separated from each other by areas that are too steep, too wet or too loose to traverse with a heavy cart. So until people started to build roads; heavy wheeled carts were less useful than you'd think. It's also quite hard to make low friction bearings for wheels that work for heavier loads than one man can pull; and with a bad or locked bearing the wheeled cart is harder to move than a sled; so in fact sleds were used not only in snow but also everywhere else before we had created good low friction bearings. And wherever you have snow, it was usually preferred to do all moving of heavy loads (like logging or moving construction materials over land) in winter when the sleds were more effective than in summer.
@cavanleichtman6170
5 ай бұрын
Wheels were popularized on steppe terrain after pastoralization of horses and cows. Roads came after the wheel, along common routes, and cut and maintained in forests with a lot of trade activity. A road in a forest requires near daily maintenance of clearing thickets and deadwood, and a leveled flattened ground with enough girth to fit a horse. That means a lot of bridges and ramps, and a dedicated crew of bushwhackers. Otherwise, sleds, pulley systems, and riverine crafts can accomplish everything a road can, almost as well, without nearly as much maintenance and construction, and with no prerequisite of pastoralization (which itself requires large flat terrain with plenty of grass to herd ruminants and horses.) Boats and rafts have been used for tens of thousands of years before the wheel, and you can pull a sled along foot trails with a couple of men, which will naturally overtime make the trail even better for sleds. Roads are only an efficient investment, if you already have wheels to begin with in order to navigate large flat terrains.
@aeolia80
5 ай бұрын
the child of a crafter/seamstress in me nearly had a heart attack when you tossed all those skeins of floss!!! hahahahaah
@jenniferneve2723
5 ай бұрын
I'm having a minor panic attack because they're unraveling! 😱
@MereMeerkat
5 ай бұрын
Right?! Put those back in order!
@courtneyperry7659
5 ай бұрын
Exactly. 😅
@penneyk7536
5 ай бұрын
Ngl, I had some floss envy. All that thread! Then I wondered how fast the thread owner ran to rescue that stash.
@nilawarriorprincess
5 ай бұрын
I was searching for this comment! 😂 Hello kindred spirits.
@Sigmatic850
Ай бұрын
Good point. I love how your head comes out of the string randomly.
@mateusgradyharsono5135
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for roping together these jumbled threads into useful information! Sometimes, piecing together information is like undoing a big knot, and these ties of history is not an exception. Many thanks!
@whyisyoutubeshowinghandles
5 ай бұрын
What a nice string of puns
@tinayang3845
5 ай бұрын
Same as spinning a yarn
@geeksdo1tbetter
5 ай бұрын
excellent!
@mauradove
5 ай бұрын
people forget that in order to invent anything, we have to have the time to do that. So something like string, that can allow things to be done faster or even done passively, is key! this is so cool!
@James-sk4db
4 ай бұрын
The dudes wrong, sinew, gut and vines act as string for most things. Actual string as we know it came after.
@scottydog6713
4 ай бұрын
@@James-sk4db iirc the oldest dated base for string is sinew for bows, the second silk for fabric, and the third gut for instruments? its hard to say when it comes to plant matter because folks have been weaving with plants for a similarly unimaginably long time. the point of the video is less about plants being the basis of string, and more about the utility of string in comparison to its emphasis in mundane discussions about human engineering, though, so those corrections arent relevant.
@elscruffomcscruffy8371
4 ай бұрын
Except the Indigenous Peoples of Australia: they were happy doing the same thing for 60,000yrs
@dawnmrodgers
5 ай бұрын
Textile have always been important.
@justwhistlinpixie
5 ай бұрын
Right, but textiles are "women's work" so we all know how the story goes.
@user-mu5sl4vh7m
5 ай бұрын
@@justwhistlinpixieWhat?
@axolotl3883
5 ай бұрын
@@justwhistlinpixieman you really need to go to school
@kapser2210
5 ай бұрын
@@axolotl3883I'm pretty sure they mean its importance has been downplayed a lot in history because working with it was considered the work of women, and historically, women has had a lot less credit given to them than men.
@jr2904
5 ай бұрын
@@kapser2210 and why would anyone do that? When was the last time you considered textiles and their history? Unless it's something you're interested in, no one else really thinks about it. Not all imagined slights are real.
@SpokeSeadog
Ай бұрын
I like how it all comes back to string theory. It truly explains everything!
@SayaAensland
5 ай бұрын
It's crazy how much technology was originally adapted from fiber arts and textile manufacture. Punch cards - an early form of storing data on mechanical computers - were originally created for automated weaving looms.
@menezes3388
5 ай бұрын
Even the word 'technology' comes from the same root as 'textile'.
@sirtaugs
5 ай бұрын
Silicon chips are basically electrical string. If you took one to a microscope, you'll see "string" stacked in a organized way.
@coolwatyr
5 ай бұрын
As a fiber crafter… watching you throw the embroidery thread made my chest hurt…. First - learn to make string. Second - learn to untangle string. 😁 Blessings!
@LeftoverPuppies
5 ай бұрын
Me too! I was cringing!
@zilchdelerion4076
5 ай бұрын
Thankfully they are all still connected to their tags, otherwise that would have been a whole week affair to organize...
@QuiltedKittenFosters
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, I was cringing, too, about all that precious embroidery floss being tossed about.
@nightfall3605
5 ай бұрын
@@QuiltedKittenFostersyou just know they picked up loads of cat hair while on the floor
@aonion2915
5 ай бұрын
i'm wondering whos collection it is 😅
@austinhernandez2716
5 ай бұрын
My gramda in Mexico made a living making string out of the local plant called maguey, and then making cloths and selling it in town. I watched her so it, it amazed me
@DayMan..
5 ай бұрын
Sew* just trying to help
@MineraftxD
8 күн бұрын
*grandma gotta be conquering the world with this one 💀*
@lennartweber1502
5 ай бұрын
I can really recommend the toyota museum in nagoya, japan. They show the entire progression of the industrialization on an example of making strings and eventually weaving them together into textiles. (Toyota produced looms before building cars) Its a really good presentation of human ingenuity and shows that progression takes part in really tiny steps and innovations, rather than inventing something comoeltely new. Best museum i have ever been to. Very inspiring!
@Pepesmall
Ай бұрын
Weird bait and switch (pun intended)
@Easy-Death_Oven4056
5 ай бұрын
a world without string.... is CHAOS!
@kevindoran9389
5 ай бұрын
I came to say this too🤣
@TheMindRobber42
5 ай бұрын
Is that Mouse Hunt?
@Easy-Death_Oven4056
5 ай бұрын
@@TheMindRobber42 im so glad a few other people remember Mouse Hunt lol
@FinalFront
5 ай бұрын
spoons, spoons! So many spoons so little time
@heartstar8005
5 ай бұрын
- Rudolf Smuntz
@rproctor83
5 ай бұрын
Strings also make beautiful music. The physics of how it works is rather interesting and gives a deeper insight into the external and internal universe.
@ReneeB-mz9cx
3 ай бұрын
Care to elaborate
@codereditz
3 ай бұрын
@@ReneeB-mz9cx chordophones
@furrycircuitry2378
2 ай бұрын
@ReneeB-mz9cx guitar, piano, violin, harp all require string to play all are beautiful instruments that couldn't be possible without string
@ReneeB-mz9cx
2 ай бұрын
@@furrycircuitry2378 what's the gives deeper insight part
@nicknotsogood6796
Ай бұрын
@@ReneeB-mz9cx maybe the fact a tiny piece of nylon can make over 100B combinations in sounds is crazy. There are things in this universe we will never see, and those things will remain the coolest.
@JamesBoxxy
28 күн бұрын
Absolutely, string and then glue at two things that massively moved civilization forward! Been enjoying getting your YT shorts in my recommended in recent weeks! 🙌👍
@dave2.077
5 ай бұрын
shoutout to sheep for just growing it on their skin
@vollderchriss
5 ай бұрын
It also grows out of your head naturally.
@unseen9287
5 ай бұрын
My sister and I had this exact conversation! The wheel helped to transport things, making the world smaller and ideas more easily exchangeable. String? String was the precursor to basically every idea that didn’t involve bashing two sticks together.
@bcase5328
4 ай бұрын
including tying furs to each other, or a belt to hold furs onto a person, so pockets/bags
@Trials_By_Errors
5 ай бұрын
String Are also Important to lift Things. If you combined Strings With Wheel you get Pulley.
@voiky752
5 ай бұрын
And if you combine string with a specifically-cutted-wood you get yoyos
@DaddyM7MD
5 ай бұрын
@@voiky752 "cutted" _💀_
@janthran
5 ай бұрын
and if you make string out of metal it can transfer huge amounts of power very quickly
@StrawberryAqua
5 ай бұрын
And you can use wheels to make string.
@glenecollins
5 ай бұрын
I think you would need to invent rope for it to have any strength which is a heck of a lot easier to make with a wheel and pulleys. I have tried to make rope by hand and even with fibres from modern plants which have been artificially selected for a long time to produce long and strong fibres…. it really takes a really really long time and lots of blisters.
@emilybarclay8831
4 ай бұрын
This is why I love the fibre arts so much. Knotting, braiding and weaving yarn truly is one of the oldest human instincts
@Shiruvi
5 ай бұрын
string is also the start to clothing, particularly shoes. with that, you have the ability to travel in adverse weather conditions, incentive to maintain a living animal population in one place for supplies like skin and wool (farming and domestication) and develop social status with style, fabric type and colour choices.
@JownYRabbit
5 ай бұрын
Nah, we had shoes before strings
@CatholicSamurai
5 ай бұрын
String (which strings together to make rope!) was as revolutionary to early human technology as the machine lathe was to the Industrial Revolution. Both were the fundamental tool that every other technology relied on to be developed.
@jeptoungrit9000
5 ай бұрын
The modern human doesn't even realize how difficult string is.
@tonyblairs1888
5 ай бұрын
Well yeah you need to dry some Wood bark or some good fiber leaves to make one😂😂
@rickcoona
5 ай бұрын
@@tonyblairs1888 you can make some fantastic cordage from twisted blackberry brambles the ones in early spring work best cut them de-thorn them, and separate the outer bark, and twist it into strong cordage. it makes a very serviceable bowstring, snare lines anything you may need this is one of the things you do around camp after the day's tasks are completed. knapping arrowheads, making cordage, fletching arrow shafts, it helps to make the time pass more efficiently
@urmomisaho6871
Ай бұрын
That smile when he pokes his head out of the pile is awesome haha.❤
@penneyk7536
5 ай бұрын
Fabulous video as usual. Every crafter is silently correcting those skeins to floss or thread, but still 5 stars. And that stash of "string" inspired me to start my day with embroidery.
@Annie_Annie__
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, I’m itching to reach through the screen and organize all that floss, lol.
@Nol.
5 ай бұрын
I am moreso wondering if he bought those just for the video because that’s, like, a LOT of money’s worth.
@SS_S.
5 ай бұрын
Spinner and knitter here. I feel so seen
@rabbit0664
5 ай бұрын
Cosplayer here and I feel that.
@h0ly208
5 ай бұрын
I am none of these things listed, but I definitely feel big "Math is math" energy in myself lmao.
@AnonymousK4753-dl3hw
5 ай бұрын
You can say that humanity’s future was dangled on a string
@MK-lh3xd
5 ай бұрын
Get out of here
@hadli93
5 ай бұрын
Badum tss...
@angeltakami517
5 ай бұрын
Noose 🙃
@Mewhaid
5 ай бұрын
Beep Beep I'm a sheep
@AnonymousK4753-dl3hw
5 ай бұрын
@@Mewhaid beep beep beep beep I am a sheep
@DamnDaimen
5 ай бұрын
And the real reason humans stopped being hunter gatherers: beer. We wanted a consistent source of beer.
@AugustVonpetersborg
Ай бұрын
No, people stopped being hunter gatherers because they were enslaved and their ancestral lands were devastated so they'd have no where to run back to from the farming settlements they were made to labor in. Beer helped keep them from docile.
@DamnDaimen
Ай бұрын
@@AugustVonpetersborg Holy social justice warrior, batman. Cool it down, my lad, you might slice yourself with your edge.
@teebob21
Ай бұрын
@@AugustVonpetersborgBah hahahahaha no
@ashadowintime7305
Ай бұрын
@@AugustVonpetersborg that's it you're done, get out!
@strasztherealone
Ай бұрын
@@AugustVonpetersborgumm.. if thats how people stopped being hunter-gatherers, then how were they enslaved on farms, which shouldn’t have existed if they had still been hunter-gatherers? Graduating elementary school is more important than commenting on KZitem, why don’t you focus on that first.
@ΩΕΔΓ
17 күн бұрын
I love how in the middle of the video he was playing a string game called Cat's cradle
@sirGuy1995
5 ай бұрын
There’s a reason why Hempen Rope is one the most commonly used items in D&D. There’s an insane amount of ways it can be used outside of combat!
@davidbryden7904
5 ай бұрын
Y'all smoking rope in D&D? 😂
@_Bobbin
5 ай бұрын
just casually sticking your face in $100 of dmc embroidery floss. 😂
@paigeh1670
5 ай бұрын
Only 100? Hahaha
@aliveslice
5 ай бұрын
@@paigeh1670 oh definitely more
@itspice8737
5 ай бұрын
The Rope, and The Stick. One to keep everything we want together, and one to keep everything we don’t away
@davidc756
5 ай бұрын
The Stick?
@marthabenner6528
24 күн бұрын
"Without string, the world is chaos."
@jorgecalero6325
5 ай бұрын
Sinew deserves a mention. Also, you can't have textiles without some sort of suitable spun fibre/string
@downrighthorizontal9931
5 ай бұрын
hi i’m a huge textile nerd & you’re right, string, fibers, & textiles are literally intertwined with human history! a large reason they get less recognition is because it is traditionally “womens work” and thus seen as less valuable 🙃
@santiagoFvl
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely, textiles are so important!!! Happens in the art world too, textile art is so underrated. There's a big sexism element to it for sure, and also just the fact that they aren't preserved as well as other materials so we have less examples to point to & learn from. Can i ask your recommendations for YT channels about textiles? It's such a cool topic and I want to learn more :)
@BaileyL018
5 ай бұрын
I'm not well versed enough in math to remember all the details but learning how the first mathematical calculations were from women who developed the different patterns and formulas is mind blowing
@ThirdLawPair
5 ай бұрын
So, was cordage made from animal sinew invented before cordage made from plant fibers?
@Marynicole830
5 ай бұрын
Honestly, and I’m the first to point out patriarchy bs, I think string doesn’t get attention because we take it for granted. I never thought about how amazing it really is to be able to connect things together. Without it humans wouldn’t have ever gotten out of the Stone Age. We could have gotten by without the wheel, Native Americans did fine, but string? Can’t make anything without it.
@jr2904
5 ай бұрын
I don't think it has anything to do with sexism... This is so tedious and tiresome these days.
@tirtharajpramanik6756
5 ай бұрын
bro made his own version of string theory 🤯
@jrey2508
5 ай бұрын
The comment I'm looking for
@iahelcathartesaura3887
Күн бұрын
THIS! This is the best video I've seen in months! And I've watched at least a hundred today! Thank you, this short was more entertaining and fulfilling, satisfying and informative and mind provoking than anything else I've watched in ages. I've already been subscribed to you for a long time so good to see you again. Be well!
@GldnClaw
5 ай бұрын
" a world without string is chaos" - Mousetrap movie
@nomusicrc
5 ай бұрын
I like how you STRUNG all of these scenes together
@cooliosntsprtc
5 ай бұрын
When I was really young I imagined everything worked through an advanced system of strings and pulleys. I still vividly remember trying to figure out the pulley system for a doorbell.
@R41ph3a7b6
26 күн бұрын
I never knew how important string was and still is.
@stacie1595
5 ай бұрын
Not to mention the way we can use string to craft clothing which gives us even more of an adaptive edge when moving across different environments
@vendingdudes
5 ай бұрын
That was my first thought. Perhaps since animal hair precedes plant string ...
@grantm6514
5 ай бұрын
But there were already skins and hides for that, so woven fabrics were a refinement rather than a game changer.
@eddieguzelis56
5 ай бұрын
String theory confirmed
@Phoxx.
5 ай бұрын
"But that's just a theory... A String Theory! Aaaaaaaand CUT!"
@ApequH
5 ай бұрын
You need more likes
@diversezebra6754
5 ай бұрын
Way to make me smile and sad at the same time.....
@Phoxx.
5 ай бұрын
@@diversezebra6754 ❤️
@Alexander-lv7lf
5 ай бұрын
:(
@simpleone9181
5 ай бұрын
This has 3 layers…a reference to Theorist Channels, String Theory, and literal Strings. 4 if you count Young Sheldon.
@TheNuttyStrongman
Ай бұрын
This is why I am on youtube. Incredible. Something worth learning and knowing about.
@ENthelazyDRAGON
5 ай бұрын
Cavemen: oh fire! Others: STRING
@thegreatestnameever1415
5 ай бұрын
String was a very important component for making one of the most important weapons in human history, the sling. Nowadays people call guns the great equalizer, but there used to be a saying, "God made Man, then man got some string, some leather and a couple of rocks, and stood on equal footing with God." Just as, if not more prevalent in human history than the bow.
@NovaPax
5 ай бұрын
Also the computers that got us to the moon were woven cable crafted by some god tier seamstresses, along with the space suits they used. We also now use strings of optical fibre to run the backbone of the internet.
@jamesgoldring1052
5 ай бұрын
You can throw rocks by hand So, yeah u r dumb
@merelha5930
5 ай бұрын
@@NovaPaxthe 0 1 code is also based on knitting machine patterns I think (they at the very least used them with the old computers), not necessarily directly related to string, but it is connected
@auriccarnage7388
5 ай бұрын
Next up, micro-molecular machines and tritium powered devices. Do anything. Go anywhere.
@garfnob4832
5 ай бұрын
guns are the great equalizer. it takes great skill to use a sling. it takes almost no skill to use a gun.
@vikingshark2634
5 ай бұрын
Never thought much about string. My unsung hero was always the humble container (pottery and bags) for the ability to have possessions, and carry them with you. With the container you can store more food than you can eat on the spot, you can carry more water than you can drink so you don't have to live on the banks. You can carry everything you have with you when you move and you don't have to start all over every time you arrive at the new food place. Without containers, all you can have is whatever you can carry in two hands. The wheel gets all the credit but nobody talks about the simple container. Or the string that made containers portable.
@stickypickle1656
3 ай бұрын
That bow design looks beautiful
@borisdevilboon8064
5 ай бұрын
A world without string, is chaos! - Mouse Hunt
@jasperzanovich2504
5 ай бұрын
I think for once I like ther german quote better. "Ohne Fäden gerät die Welt aus den Fugen." Sounds a lot more poetic even though it of course says the same.
@artypyrec4186
5 ай бұрын
The moment you mentioned string I immediately started running through my head of why that couldn't be, then realized that almost every primitive invention or discovery have a step dealing with string or rope.
@d4dreki935
5 ай бұрын
As someone who enjoys slinging, it's nice to see the comments mentioning it. Truly an underrated weapon in modern times and perfect for throwing balls for a dog!
@EpicRandomness555
Ай бұрын
String, rope, thread, yarn, chains, lassos, whips, chords, wires. Ever since I was little I’ve loved the stuff. I don’t know how to describe them. Long, flexible objects for various uses. My dad told me that when I was little I had a bucket of strings, and tied them all to different things in the room. If you have a slinky or jewelry chain that’s tangled, I can usually eventually undo it.
@TFVids
5 ай бұрын
Very true! String is an amazingly useful invention. One of the other most important invention was pottery and clay work. Our ancestors used clay and pottery to be able to carry water from one place to another, safely store things, or be able to build strong structures that stay up and don't degrade or rot in the rain. It's a reason that so much of Primitive Technology's channel is a lot of working with clay.
@unapatton1978
5 ай бұрын
I had a great professor who was both a physicist and a textile engineer. She runs a very successful textile lab. As there are mostly men in engineering courses, it seemed weird at first. Men would look into it as a last option. But the stuff she came up with! I think one group patented a textile battery.
@Starfloofle
5 ай бұрын
H-How does THAT work?!
@nanano8815
5 ай бұрын
hands down, this is the best yt channel
@paradhoax
20 күн бұрын
Finally someone who explained well the strings theory.
@MoonPatch
5 ай бұрын
Also shoutout to the atlatl, a tool for throwing spears farther and with more force and accuracy. Because while theoretically any animal could make use of wheels and string given enough intelligence and opposable thumbs - humans are unmatched in all the world in the art of chucking stuff, and the atlatl makes FULL use of this talent of ours.
@michaelm8529
5 ай бұрын
When you have to give a string theory presentation at school but didn't do the homework
@Digitalhunny
5 ай бұрын
THAT PILE WAS _NOT_ STRING! Nope, THAT pile was in fact... _embroidery floss._ *Phew. Now, _I_ feel sooo much better. Don't you? Thanks for reading my lil rant post. _Please_ go out & have yourself a really great day. 🤞🍀😂😂
@brodiec473
Ай бұрын
String with tension also makes a straight line. If you spin the string around a center point, it forms a perfect circle.
@RegisMichelLeclerc
5 ай бұрын
To invent the process, you only need to go from the thing that has the usage of a string, such as intertwined vines. Then, you "backtrack" to "what can give that?". You don't necessarily go back up to fibrous plants, there are many other ways to end up with different types of "strings" or "ropes". One of them is to use hevea sap to get elastic bands...
@Tiklu
5 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: The first ships were built by tying wood with ropes. The ropes were placed and fastened to hold the woods together. Currently, some researchers in India are trying to make one. Also, the practice is still available in some locations who make fishing boats (not rafts) which are fastened by Ropes
@Gryphonzwing
5 ай бұрын
Rope is basically thick string.
@impo55iblegirl96
5 ай бұрын
"A world without string is chaos" -Mouse Trap
@thard9989
5 ай бұрын
The best comment for this video 👍
@vendingdudes
5 ай бұрын
Mouse Hunt, not Mouse Trap
@TheGelatinousSnake
Ай бұрын
Really helps string all your ideas together.
@luckytrinh333
5 ай бұрын
Strings also are used in computer science! It's crazy how humans back than were able to develop such an advanced concept ☺️
@bluyu
4 ай бұрын
I am going to existence.delete(you) for that joke.
@Bluefalconspiracies
4 ай бұрын
I wonder which came first: string making or string theory?
@OdinOfficialEmcee
5 ай бұрын
Finally, a string theory I can really understand 😅
@sunnyisfictional
5 ай бұрын
homie bought the worlds supply of embroidery floss to make this vid
@Mary-Ann_B_Mabaet
Күн бұрын
I really love this take! The Wheel IS over-popularized. Honestly, my personal take is: Pots. The Shaping, Collecting, Storing of Food and Medicine etc which enable the understanding of Resource Management and Allocation.
@whiteknight1479
5 ай бұрын
That's intere(string) :D Especially since string can be made from some material it also used to made clothes now that I think about it. 🤔
@Ducaso
5 ай бұрын
Cordage is King!
@driverdave1298
5 ай бұрын
Be cordageous !!! 😊😃🤠
@mahermagdy4604
5 ай бұрын
STRING theory may be the key to understanding modern physics .
@KarahKat
2 ай бұрын
as an artist that specializes in fiber arts, this video made me very happy
@sampizer4927
5 ай бұрын
String theory
@MimifBones
5 ай бұрын
And the lowly twine, the real hero, cries in a corner.
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