Why the World’s Best Mathematicians Are Hoarding Chalk

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  • Once upon a time, not long ago, the math world fell in love ... with a chalk. But not just any chalk! This was Hagoromo: a Japanese brand so smooth, so perfect that some wondered if it was made from the tears of angels. Pencils down, please, as we tell the tale of a writing implement so irreplaceable, professors stockpiled it.
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  • @liammcdonagh4242
    @liammcdonagh4242 Pƙed 2 lety +13205

    No wonder maths books talk about people owning 500 watermelons. This shit happens all the time with them

  • @hatakearashi5637
    @hatakearashi5637 Pƙed 3 lety +14963

    Imagine the teachers in the hallways with another teacher saying:
    “Got the good stuff?”

  • @mjay4700
    @mjay4700 Pƙed rokem +1683

    For those curious - a 72pc box of the original Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk sells for about $125-150 on the secondary market.

    • @pjw1016
      @pjw1016 Pƙed rokem +282

      And I just found out my kids have been using this chalk on our sidewalk.

    • @Sylveighty
      @Sylveighty Pƙed rokem +43

      Damn those chalk scalpers!!

    • @x_.mizuki._x3231
      @x_.mizuki._x3231 Pƙed rokem +10

      ​@@misanonymous The original made by the Japanese company or the new Korean version?

    • @LobsterMobsterBob
      @LobsterMobsterBob Pƙed rokem +6

      @@x_.mizuki._x3231 the original was Japanese

    • @brandonsalas3811
      @brandonsalas3811 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +2

      I see one on Amazon for 11 dollars

  • @sammy0347
    @sammy0347 Pƙed rokem +1525

    "The value is in using it up. Not hoarding it."
    This has to be one of the most beautiful quotes I've heard in my entire life.

    • @chrisdawson1776
      @chrisdawson1776 Pƙed rokem +6

      Wrong

    • @rajan8516
      @rajan8516 Pƙed rokem +3

      @@chrisdawson1776 yea tbh not always applicable for everything

    • @emilal
      @emilal Pƙed rokem

      That guy ruined the whole video for me. Fuck that guy and his moral lesson, I'm here to learn about the best chalk in the world.

    • @upisntdownsilly
      @upisntdownsilly Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +6

      and its so casually about chalk lmao

    • @c.j.8263
      @c.j.8263 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +42

      @@chrisdawson1776 If you buy something valuable, and it's never used at all, it's not valuable.
      A car being stored in a garage forever, a bottle of vintage soda never being consumed, or a set of Hagoromo chalk never being written with.
      all of these things are only valuable if someone uses them, otherwise they might as well not exist.

  • @bruhmis
    @bruhmis Pƙed 3 lety +5055

    “Best kept secret in math”
    17 million people: oh really

  • @gabs451
    @gabs451 Pƙed 4 lety +5740

    Imagine they rob each others house just to steal these chalks

  • @dragoness777
    @dragoness777 Pƙed rokem +2544

    This amazes me to no end. My high school which I attended more than 5 years ago banned the use of chalk boards in the classrooms that still had them because apparently chalk dust can be irritating to some people. My university only has white boards and screen projectors. I didn't even know chalk was still cherished in some parts of the academic world. It makes me wonder just how amazing this chalk must feel to write with. It sounds like the equivalent to a smooth art tablet but physically drawing on it.

    • @cbalan777
      @cbalan777 Pƙed rokem +168

      You can see the quality of it in the video. The one guy says "It's the densest" which translates to a more opaque line, and yet he also says "It erases the cleanest" meaning it doesn't have the disadvantage of smearing all over the place, at least not as badly as others might. The formula for the chalk is probably a higher ratio of gypsum to binder, and the binder is probably not the standard type used in chalk.

    • @tydshiin5783
      @tydshiin5783 Pƙed rokem +48

      Honestly, if you have decent chalk, it's very nice, kinda like working with harder pastels, but then you got ones that are so hard it's like a rock

    • @GrassCannibals
      @GrassCannibals Pƙed rokem +38

      @@tydshiin5783 the sound absolutely kills me
 some people talk about “nails on a chalkboard”, but “chalk on a chalkboard” is just as bad to me haha

    • @edgarallanpoe209
      @edgarallanpoe209 Pƙed rokem +16

      In russian schools and the countries surrounding it, we still use chalk boards. Obviously we dont use any japanese angel years chalks lmao

    • @MaxstallfishDenton
      @MaxstallfishDenton Pƙed rokem +4

      I like chalk...this is tool of art for me. I like draw with it.

  • @trevorkeogh983
    @trevorkeogh983 Pƙed rokem +842

    I’m no mathematician, but seeing that chalk and recalling all my school memories of a chalk board, that chalk and those lines are definitely NIOOOCE compared to the general ones you see

    • @6speedtib
      @6speedtib Pƙed rokem +30

      Seriously, its weird how you can tell its good stuff just from how it looks in the video.

    • @Mikael2492
      @Mikael2492 Pƙed rokem +5

      The way how you push the chalk through the board makes you more remember the formula. Why? Because you can't write fast with chalk and need to remember longer what you gonna write next.
      Think it as memory training to your brain. Same method when people do a fast reading but they can't capture every detail which is important to math formula.

  • @codybitme
    @codybitme Pƙed 3 lety +9869

    "I assume the special ingredients were angels tears."
    More likely student's tears

  • @tactics9432
    @tactics9432 Pƙed 4 lety +6207

    Mathematician: Does impossible equation
    Me: what kind of chalk is that?

    • @MASTERERAZER
      @MASTERERAZER Pƙed 4 lety +31

      i will be there next to you clapping...and saying to the teacher :
      This amazing man needs an amazing answer for his amazing sight of this valuable....chalk :)))

    • @gemini8722
      @gemini8722 Pƙed 4 lety +12

      If it is not from Japan then don't buy it

    • @innocentguy9639
      @innocentguy9639 Pƙed 4 lety

      Your name fits your comment

    • @honkhale9413
      @honkhale9413 Pƙed 4 lety

      This is great xD

  • @edwinthomas8264
    @edwinthomas8264 Pƙed rokem +114

    When I was in university, I came across a peculiar room. It was somewhere in the old building, they still use a particular brand of chalks there and after my instructor asked me to solve a problem with the green board, I was amazed. No chalk dust flying around while writing, no white strains on the fingers and thumb, smooth, little pressure high precision trace. It felt like, I was painting the canvas with a brush. I realised that day, while other classes have projectors and whiteboards why this class stuck to the conventional ways!

  • @GreatBigStory
    @GreatBigStory  Pƙed rokem +649

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  • @pettank2397
    @pettank2397 Pƙed 3 lety +23480

    Are you _sure_ there's nothing I could do to raise my grade?
    *pulls out box*

    • @tomato48
      @tomato48 Pƙed 3 lety +407

      Underrated comment

    • @Myerko1
      @Myerko1 Pƙed 3 lety +921

      "B- take it or leave it"

    • @mr.ditkovich6379
      @mr.ditkovich6379 Pƙed 3 lety +1005

      @@Myerko1 *Pulls out 10 boxes*
      "Are you sure about that?"

    • @1ozye1
      @1ozye1 Pƙed 3 lety +407

      Ahaha, two more and I’ll give you a A+

    • @deviousnefariousvillainous2370
      @deviousnefariousvillainous2370 Pƙed 3 lety +44

      I know this is out of context but rup 2 rocks together they can't be smooth if you see white stuff then bam, rocc chalk

  • @pizzazpaz822
    @pizzazpaz822 Pƙed 4 lety +14884

    “The legend around this chalk is that it is impossible to write a false theorem”
    Just hand the chalk to me and I’ll prove you wrong.

    • @SlipperyTeeth
      @SlipperyTeeth Pƙed 4 lety +1291

      But in the process, you'll be completing a proof that he's wrong.

    • @dragonashattack3
      @dragonashattack3 Pƙed 4 lety +440

      @@SlipperyTeeth yea but that's a paradox then

    • @bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963
      @bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963 Pƙed 4 lety +88

      Phoenix Fire
      Oof

    • @freeshavaacadooo1095
      @freeshavaacadooo1095 Pƙed 4 lety +548

      If you prove him wrong you are proving him right on the fact you are writing a false theorem, something you set out to accomplish, therefore making a proper theorem. So he's both right and wrong. Dear god it's way too late to be thinking about this...

    • @hansejung197
      @hansejung197 Pƙed 4 lety +170

      *slowly writes "your mom is not gay."

  • @tsarfox3462
    @tsarfox3462 Pƙed rokem +187

    There's something to be said for having the perfect tool for a job you love.

    • @Dawne4727
      @Dawne4727 Pƙed měsĂ­cem +1

      Truly there is nothing like having the perfect tool for the job. Underrated comment btw. Similar situation for me but with pens. Now I’m not a a pen collector, but I am picky about how my pens write.

  • @turner.n
    @turner.n Pƙed rokem +21

    çŸœèĄŁă§è‰
    This video reminded me of old memory that lots of my middle school teachers loved hagoromo. It’s really fun to know that teachers all around the globe love it😂

  • @arturoatoyan895
    @arturoatoyan895 Pƙed 5 lety +4561

    *Drug addict:* "You got some of that crack"
    *Math teacher:* "You got some of that chalk"

  • @jacksonmangum8620
    @jacksonmangum8620 Pƙed 4 lety +94064

    Bro imagine just being a Japanese kid just drawing on the sidewalk with this chalk and you just get jumped by a bunch of 50 year old math teachers for your chalk

    • @nikoolay
      @nikoolay Pƙed 4 lety +2256

      hahahahahaha

    • @Om-vu3js
      @Om-vu3js Pƙed 4 lety +1329

      I’m dying

    • @animo9050
      @animo9050 Pƙed 4 lety +271

      👌

    • @TheVoiceofKizzy
      @TheVoiceofKizzy Pƙed 4 lety +544

      That's a good one bruhđŸ€ŁđŸ˜‚đŸ˜‚đŸ‘ŒđŸ‘đŸ‘ŒđŸ‘

    • @maartenooo
      @maartenooo Pƙed 4 lety +112

      đŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

  • @cooperised
    @cooperised Pƙed rokem +46

    I teach at a university in the UK and we still have some chalk boards, mostly because the maths and physics faculties screamed so loud when the university was replacing everything with whiteboards. Got to say, even with crappy chalk, they're so much nicer to use than whiteboards. You have more control, your writing implement doesn't run out on you without warning, and no idiot ruins the board by using a flip chart marker by mistake...
    Really want to try this chalk!

  • @Rattus375
    @Rattus375 Pƙed rokem +43

    This is actually a real thing. I was a math student and had 2 of my professors specifically talk about this brand of chalk

  • @afolabiayomide5765
    @afolabiayomide5765 Pƙed 2 lety +17550

    "I didn't want to be a chalk dealer".
    Spoken like a true hustler

    • @fqwgads
      @fqwgads Pƙed 2 lety +508

      I didn't choose the chalk life, the chalk life chose me

    • @bananagaming2321
      @bananagaming2321 Pƙed 2 lety +30

      I love that guy

    • @tantrika.exotica
      @tantrika.exotica Pƙed 2 lety +123

      "But I did like the idea that I could be 'The first stick is free' chalk dealer." 💯

    • @caiozavelino
      @caiozavelino Pƙed 2 lety +19

      guy teaches math at the school of hard knocks

    • @pissiole5654
      @pissiole5654 Pƙed 2 lety +18

      If they don't get it from him they'll just go down the road and get it off someone else

  • @xendurr8180
    @xendurr8180 Pƙed 3 lety +20153

    They've finally become the people in those math problems.

    • @toanquoc3932
      @toanquoc3932 Pƙed 3 lety +72

      Indeed

    • @captaink_
      @captaink_ Pƙed 3 lety +41

      LMAOOOOOOOO

    • @sushantrauthan5704
      @sushantrauthan5704 Pƙed 3 lety +11

      Lolol

    • @keishuun3971
      @keishuun3971 Pƙed 3 lety +224

      Professor has 80 box of chalks, there are 20 chalks in one box, how many chalks are there in all? Jk my friend thought of this who is... 10...
      Lmfao I forgot I commented this...

    • @prism289
      @prism289 Pƙed 3 lety +24

      The very thing they swore to destroy

  • @christophermccutcheon2143
    @christophermccutcheon2143 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +13

    Japanese stationary in general is amazing. It might not even be made with high quality materials sometimes but the product is always well made. I study in my free time and i like to write with a mechanical pencil and coloured inks to coordinate. All my pens, pencils and paper are japanese. The paper feels so nice to write on.

  • @dendikurniawan8577
    @dendikurniawan8577 Pƙed rokem +30

    imagine *spent whole of life* to studied math then became math professor, published hundreds of research paper to journal and international conference, just to become a sales marketing of a chalk company

  • @khanhdinh5650
    @khanhdinh5650 Pƙed 4 lety +5229

    Imagine how confused the TSA would be every time those professors come back from Japan with 9 pounds of solid white chalks in their baggages

  • @bc3893
    @bc3893 Pƙed 5 lety +19836

    CZcams: “ You look bored. Three and a half minute video about chalk? “
    Me : *Tap*

    • @bloubear2557
      @bloubear2557 Pƙed 5 lety +44

      This is true, I am bored, and when I read the title I check the time duration and tapped it hahaha

    • @chewie__
      @chewie__ Pƙed 5 lety +30

      This is proof the algorithm is somewhat working

    • @rumfordc
      @rumfordc Pƙed 5 lety +20

      You:
      CZcams: *Looks like you need a disguised ad!*

    • @natehaas1346
      @natehaas1346 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Lmfaoo

    • @woomydayz
      @woomydayz Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Lol same

  • @_previously
    @_previously Pƙed rokem +21

    Knowing that math teachers were dealing Japanese chalk to each other at one point makes me giddy.

  • @lightningwingdragon973
    @lightningwingdragon973 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +4

    This story had to have been one of the wildest ive ever heard. Not to mention it was my introduction to GBS. So glad you guys came back!

  • @obamagaming3654
    @obamagaming3654 Pƙed 4 lety +2207

    everybody gangsta untill the chalk breaks in half

  • @hellopaija1520
    @hellopaija1520 Pƙed 3 lety +2285

    Imagine your professors seat in one round table talking about how good this chalk is

  • @vsptheteacher7516
    @vsptheteacher7516 Pƙed rokem +14

    I am writing with chalk almost eight hours everyday since last 25 years....cannot live without writing and writing with chalk !!!!Really loved this video and felt good to know that there still are people like me in the world!!! who love writing with chalks !!!!

  • @yoonpark8311
    @yoonpark8311 Pƙed rokem +5

    The fortunate thing is that Hagoromo Chalks are selling in Korea.
    Which is verybincredible that a person asked the company to make the Chalk in Korea to make it and keep it steady and continuing the product.

  • @bepper9474
    @bepper9474 Pƙed 3 lety +18668

    Imagine hoarding ALL that chalk, and getting transferred to a university with whiteboards.

    • @prettyingloss257
      @prettyingloss257 Pƙed 3 lety +288

      das sad

    • @marlenarteaga2154
      @marlenarteaga2154 Pƙed 3 lety +1512

      Better yet, having to teach online😳

    • @KiidDivine3
      @KiidDivine3 Pƙed 3 lety +697

      Break the whiteboard blame it on a student and get back to using chalk

    • @johnbezos8644
      @johnbezos8644 Pƙed 3 lety +19

      F lol

    • @AriesSupertramp
      @AriesSupertramp Pƙed 3 lety +34

      "imagine hoarding ALL that chalk and getting transferred to a university with whiteboards." czcams.com/video/hbWeSHbL-rM/video.html

  • @red_wine9773
    @red_wine9773 Pƙed 4 lety +21563

    Teacher: buys 10-15 years worth of chalk.
    School: gets white boards

    • @user-bc1fs1ji1g
      @user-bc1fs1ji1g Pƙed 4 lety +449

      anonymous Anonymous There trying to make a joke by saying the teacher bought a lot of chalk and can’t use it because the school has white boards. :3

    • @Yaiko
      @Yaiko Pƙed 4 lety +9

      Red_ wine XDD

    • @scarasluts
      @scarasluts Pƙed 4 lety +25

      Lol Xd id like to see you try to draw on a white board first :I

    • @amiablebat
      @amiablebat Pƙed 4 lety +339

      Teacher: buys 10-15 years worth of dry erase markers
      School: buys smart boards

    • @Anonymous-eo2er
      @Anonymous-eo2er Pƙed 4 lety +71

      chiru G but for school purposes a white board is way better. You can see it from further away and it generally erases better

  • @blerst7066
    @blerst7066 Pƙed rokem +126

    It's interesting that Watanabe decided to sell the whole company to a foreigner. I guess he recognized that only a true fan would faithfully and passionately recreate his chalks, regardless of nationality.

  • @samjasek1755
    @samjasek1755 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

    Can’t believe I put off watching this for so long. Beautiful content and story

  • @thedarwix8283
    @thedarwix8283 Pƙed 4 lety +6041

    Mathematician: You got the good white powder?
    Drug Dealer: Coke?
    Mathematician: *NO THE CHALK*

    • @wildin1170
      @wildin1170 Pƙed 4 lety +95

      Dope nyan Cat Ah yes,
      It doesn’t make _since_

    • @DogeSargeant
      @DogeSargeant Pƙed 4 lety +21

      @@wildin1170 LMAO

    • @ytpancho
      @ytpancho Pƙed 4 lety +28

      @Dope nyan Cat dont try so hard looking into it. U seem like no fun ngl

    • @reginald8947
      @reginald8947 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      😂

    • @TackyFlamingo
      @TackyFlamingo Pƙed 4 lety +6

      Dope nyan Cat not all of us are in university of Washington though so to us it makes _sense_

  • @Aroxgamechannel
    @Aroxgamechannel Pƙed 4 lety +13062

    Just imagine these people getting together for drinks and discussing the different brands of chalk.

    • @SuperKimxD
      @SuperKimxD Pƙed 4 lety +579

      My calculus professor mentioned going to 'math parties.' They're a thing.

    • @ourladypeace3
      @ourladypeace3 Pƙed 4 lety +60

      Eating chalk like Susie Deltarune

    • @LS1056
      @LS1056 Pƙed 4 lety +83

      I can see it, ever seen film professors? They hang out at bars and talk about movies, but like distribution styles and the nuances.

    • @Aroxgamechannel
      @Aroxgamechannel Pƙed 4 lety +13

      LS1056 That's way more interesting

    • @LS1056
      @LS1056 Pƙed 4 lety +22

      @@Aroxgamechannel It is, till you hear about how one little kicker light was having a problem for the production, or what 80s camera is better like what Arris camera cause of one little feature. My favorite was the discussion on film traits themselves, same iso, just slight difference in the green dye.

  • @joshacollins84
    @joshacollins84 Pƙed rokem +3

    That last line! "The value is in using it. Not hoarding it up". That is a very important thing to know in life. Enjoy what you like, while you can.

  • @adamrobinson3123
    @adamrobinson3123 Pƙed rokem +6

    I have heard about this chalk, and I had a shop teacher that used to use it while teaching machining techniques. I am an engineering student now and I always try to listen out for something similar to this chalk in the engineering world. I have yet to here of any cult followings such as this, but there are some ones the are close. Favorite calculators, favorite brand of pens, pencils, or white board markers. Here in Canada maybe the closest is the fascination with the iron rings, but I don't even know if that would be comparable. Has anyone else heard anything from the engineering world?

  • @1krayton
    @1krayton Pƙed 5 lety +5598

    1. Why is this in my recommended
    2. Why am I watching this whole thing

    • @dsmith3614
      @dsmith3614 Pƙed 5 lety +38

      Vanijj J you’re never gonna get those 3.32 seconds of your life back...but now you know about chalk and mathematicians

    • @frighteningspoon
      @frighteningspoon Pƙed 5 lety +36

      D Smith I think you’ve failed maths by a large margin...

    • @x9810
      @x9810 Pƙed 5 lety +5

      I too, need answers to these questions

    • @brandoncantu1991
      @brandoncantu1991 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      Probably because there chalk is satisfying

    • @BoyBoy-wh8be
      @BoyBoy-wh8be Pƙed 5 lety

      Vanijj J yes 666

  • @hotsaucehog1070
    @hotsaucehog1070 Pƙed 5 lety +2918

    Imagine going to school just to be a chalk dealer

    • @professionalcyberbully1497
      @professionalcyberbully1497 Pƙed 5 lety +12

      In 2 seconds I got 20 likes dam

    • @k.r.t5350
      @k.r.t5350 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      give this man a medal

    • @Wisegoatface
      @Wisegoatface Pƙed 5 lety +2

      it feels good head ass

    • @Rygoat
      @Rygoat Pƙed 5 lety +33

      I'm imagining a scene where some shady looking guy comes into class 5 minutes before it ends, slowly shuffling into the peripheral vision of his client. The students all look in amazement as their teacher walks over, starts yelling at him about being early and palms him a $20. The shady dude reaches into the pocket of his hoody and pulls out a box of chalk, calmly hands it over to the clearly anxious teacher and pauses "Don't fucking speak to me like that again or I'm cutting you off"
      The teachers eyes widen in fear as he looks from the dealers eyes to the box of 72 pristine pieces of white chalk in his hand, he quickly stammers out an apology and rushes back over to his desk to hide his precious behind lock and key. The shady dude calmly walks out and the teacher only has the time to say "You saw nothing" to his students before the bell rings and they all file out, chattering to each other about what just went down.

    • @PBobs-Lvall
      @PBobs-Lvall Pƙed 5 lety +4

      You could SELL it in school, and the teachers would not miNd at all 😅

  • @navanshusinghal7181
    @navanshusinghal7181 Pƙed dnem +1

    Theres something about that TAK TAK TAK tapping noise of the chalk on board that instantly makes you focus more. I genuinly love it even during physics class!!!!

  • @taiyocho4302
    @taiyocho4302 Pƙed rokem

    Something about this video makes me smile idk what it is but its so wholesome and weird it comes up into my recommended once in a blue moon and i always click

  • @cjpeejay7706
    @cjpeejay7706 Pƙed 5 lety +4774

    Therapist: So, what's your addiction?
    Mathematician: I don't want to chalk about it.

  • @takashimasuda6724
    @takashimasuda6724 Pƙed 3 lety +5297

    "I have calculated how many chalks needed for the rest of my life"
    Most mathematician thing ever

    • @senseigotee
      @senseigotee Pƙed 3 lety +13

      Underrated comment

    • @BeaverChainsaw
      @BeaverChainsaw Pƙed 2 lety +61

      "And they say math has no real world applications!" -professor farnsworth from futurama

    • @x-j3245
      @x-j3245 Pƙed 2 lety +14

      @@BeaverChainsaw basic to intermediate level math absolutely does have real world applications, it's the higher level stuff that is basically useless unless you plan on becoming an engineer or an accountant

    • @SeaSerpentLevi
      @SeaSerpentLevi Pƙed 2 lety

      Best part its that it probably took him a few seconds, but its such a weird thing to say hahahah yet its exactly what you would expect of him at the same time

    • @megg2826
      @megg2826 Pƙed 2 lety

      They are the reasons why we have those insane x math questions

  • @ffc1a28c7
    @ffc1a28c7 Pƙed rokem +4

    Our uni's pure math club has boxes of hagoromo chalk. Really fun to write with:)

  • @lommy.
    @lommy. Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +2

    My junior high maths teacher also cared about his chalks a lot. He didn't use the chalks provided by the school board, instead he brought his own chalks and instruct a student to keep them safe for him. I was that student that year. He would come to me whenever he needed chalks and take one or two. I had a little box dedicated to the chalks. 😂😂

  • @333panda
    @333panda Pƙed 5 lety +9671

    * Walks in *
    *Sees math teacher snorting a line of chalk*
    * Walks out *

    • @billybobjocrabb7095
      @billybobjocrabb7095 Pƙed 5 lety +22

      Dr.BananaSoup 😂

    • @pluto8404
      @pluto8404 Pƙed 5 lety +101

      You cant let that last little bit to small to write with go to waste.
      It is basically just tumbs.

    • @trishanksaharia
      @trishanksaharia Pƙed 5 lety +5

      😂😂😂😂😂 Hagoromo implies cocaine and the converse is true only for the mathematicians

    • @ivannovotny4552
      @ivannovotny4552 Pƙed 5 lety

      Dr.BananaSoup:
      DEEP....

    • @elguinolo7358
      @elguinolo7358 Pƙed 5 lety

      @@trishanksaharia No, Converse is for gym teachers.

  • @171relic
    @171relic Pƙed 5 lety +14920

    I just watched a 3 minute video on chalk and wasn’t disappointed.

    • @Darcy_Winterthorn
      @Darcy_Winterthorn Pƙed 5 lety +66

      lol really. i didn't realise chalk could be different. XD may end up getting a box for myself.

    • @soager-tz1qg
      @soager-tz1qg Pƙed 5 lety +24

      Thats exactly how i felt!

    • @zuestoots5176
      @zuestoots5176 Pƙed 5 lety +22

      Here as well. My wife walked out and said "Why are you watching something about chalk?". NO CLUE

    • @AryanKumar-in3pk
      @AryanKumar-in3pk Pƙed 5 lety +10

      I have seen school kids eating chalk
      idk why I commented this I suddenly remembered it

    • @louisbell9041
      @louisbell9041 Pƙed 5 lety +6

      on the contrary, i just watched a 3 minute video on chalk and was GREATLY disappointed. Aside from saying its dense and smooth and the company is going out of business... it told me nothing about the chalk or why the company is going out of business.... terrible video

  • @TileReseller
    @TileReseller Pƙed rokem +9

    My mind went straight into thinking about walking into math class with my own small chalkboard and clicking away at my desk on it

  • @Meghnaaad
    @Meghnaaad Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +5

    You know its a good advertisement when you don't know its an advertisement.

  • @CryzVoid
    @CryzVoid Pƙed 4 lety +6923

    High School Teachers : pfft chalk? its so untidy and markers are WAY better.
    Mathematicians : Hold my chalk
    Also Mathermaticians : wait i need it back

  • @Mason_000
    @Mason_000 Pƙed 3 lety +2606

    Normal people: dude, that girl
    Mathematicians: dude, that chalk

  • @willl5659
    @willl5659 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +2

    every math professor at my college is math department always carries a box of full touch with them. I even consider getting some for myself.

  • @sulpherbratigh7936
    @sulpherbratigh7936 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +6

    "Thing."
    People: 😐
    "Thing, japan"
    People: đŸ˜±đŸ˜đŸ˜đŸ€©đŸ„łđŸ„°đŸ€Ż

    • @user-zz3sn8ky7z
      @user-zz3sn8ky7z Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

      It's not a case of yellow fever, the chalk does actually write better than most other brands. It's not a massive difference, but i can imagine that when you're using it for several hours each day it starts to matter

  • @sandeshpatil3785
    @sandeshpatil3785 Pƙed 4 lety +76600

    "I calculated how many box I will need for next 10 years" of course u did

  • @flukentws
    @flukentws Pƙed 4 lety +12531

    everyone gangsta til your math teacher pull out the chalk

  • @rabsaque
    @rabsaque Pƙed rokem

    Just by looking at the video you understand why they like it so much, the lines are perfect the color is perfect that takes the effort that it takes to write with bad chalk making them more calm and effective on their work

  • @LobsterMobsterBob
    @LobsterMobsterBob Pƙed rokem +1

    My high school math teacher actually used these. We got use them throughout the school year and I can confirm they are incredibly smooth to use.

  • @liammcdonagh4242
    @liammcdonagh4242 Pƙed 2 lety +9720

    Don’t even have a chalk board and I’m getting weirdly interested in buying the chalk

    • @KennyVo120
      @KennyVo120 Pƙed 2 lety +236

      Me too. The magic of word of mouth advertising between professors and teachers... That and their passion is very inspiring to everyone, especially their students :)

    • @Neal7891
      @Neal7891 Pƙed 2 lety +141

      I actually bought some for my wife (teacher) because of this video some time ago. She fucking loves this chalk

    • @HeWhoIsWhoHeIs
      @HeWhoIsWhoHeIs Pƙed 2 lety +50

      You just learned the amazing power of marketing.

    • @noobmaster-ow5jz
      @noobmaster-ow5jz Pƙed 2 lety +99

      @@HeWhoIsWhoHeIs Here in asia, The idea of marketing is how you can sell a bald man a comb.

    • @HeWhoIsWhoHeIs
      @HeWhoIsWhoHeIs Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @@noobmaster-ow5jz LOL

  • @alldaterday33
    @alldaterday33 Pƙed 5 lety +3332

    Me: *walks into university bathroom
    math professor: *opens trenchcoat... "I got that good shit for the low"

  • @rajap8320
    @rajap8320 Pƙed rokem +2

    Simple things matter more. Nice to see this video.

  • @traktortarik8224
    @traktortarik8224 Pƙed rokem +5

    I’ve had the pleasure of using some of this chalk at school. It’s a great experience, but some people press really hard with it and waste the chalk, and it annoys me to no end

  • @terencew3840
    @terencew3840 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +1

    they all have such beautiful handwriting. hows its possible?!?

  • @SEHatz
    @SEHatz Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci +2

    Its crazy how easy it is to notice when you're using this chalk vs traditional chalk. It just feels really nice using.

    • @Lilly-Lilac
      @Lilly-Lilac Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci

      Honestly it really does feel so different. A Hagoromo blackboard-bold letter is so much crisper. Writing is so much more legible. It’s just beautiful

  • @tprime2702
    @tprime2702 Pƙed 3 lety +4025

    *Buys 10 years worth of chalk*
    School Board: Okay guys, we're implementing white boards next week.

    • @thecatpersonuk9962
      @thecatpersonuk9962 Pƙed 3 lety +67

      They never saw the school board again after that

    • @oliverdelica2289
      @oliverdelica2289 Pƙed 3 lety +10

      @@thecatpersonuk9962 rip school board ☠☠

    • @crisisre_name_7639
      @crisisre_name_7639 Pƙed 3 lety +56

      God, in Brazil, 90% of schools use that stupid whiteboard, and GOD, HOW HARD IT IS TO SEE WHEN THE SUNLIGHT REFLECTS ON THE THAT STUPID WHITEBOARD.

    • @aditisk99
      @aditisk99 Pƙed 3 lety +6

      @@crisisre_name_7639 That happens with black boards too.

    • @mihikapuri5661
      @mihikapuri5661 Pƙed 3 lety +29

      @@aditisk99 It's just worse with whiteboards. On Blackboards it's the whole board the sunlight reflects on, but on whiteboards it's just the marker written stuff that gets reflected on. The whole idea of it is stupid.

  • @sumtingwong8768
    @sumtingwong8768 Pƙed 4 lety +5412

    Plot twist: The calk is actually cocaine in shaped like sticks.

    • @deborahmartin3629
      @deborahmartin3629 Pƙed 4 lety +360

      *c a l k*

    • @misstwinpeaks400
      @misstwinpeaks400 Pƙed 4 lety +80

      jokes aside, I’m not sure how actually healthy it is to inhale that much chalk every time

    • @10_Bit
      @10_Bit Pƙed 4 lety +61

      @@misstwinpeaks400 all that calcium carbonate sniffing made my bones stronger, you should try it too!

    • @himasekharrajulapati8279
      @himasekharrajulapati8279 Pƙed 4 lety +13

      @@misstwinpeaks400 it depends on quality of chalk.

    • @glipk
      @glipk Pƙed 4 lety +1

      No

  • @alex.vlascu
    @alex.vlascu Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

    Thank you for this video

  • @Very_Questionable
    @Very_Questionable Pƙed rokem

    This is on my bucket list, just to try writing using this chalk.

  • @Nobody-ie6pn
    @Nobody-ie6pn Pƙed 3 lety +5079

    Principal: oh so you're going to Japan for vacation?
    Math Teacher: c h a l k . .

    • @thebravegallade731
      @thebravegallade731 Pƙed 3 lety +88

      factory is in korea now.
      the owner of the company couldn't trust any other japanese company to keep the quality, so he was going to close it down. thats when he discoverd a korean that appealed to him that the chalk shouldn't disappear from the world.

    • @danielharpermagic9279
      @danielharpermagic9279 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Whiiiiip - laaaaaaaash

    • @thineevee7345
      @thineevee7345 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      Yummy chalk

    • @hasanmuhammad6651
      @hasanmuhammad6651 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@thineevee7345 n o m

    • @thineevee7345
      @thineevee7345 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@hasanmuhammad6651 crunchy

  • @wretch9514
    @wretch9514 Pƙed 5 lety +5125

    Absolutely no one:
    CZcams: Listen to mathematicians talk about their favorite chalk.
    Me: ...why not...

  • @Foodies
    @Foodies Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci +1

    idk why this was recommended to me but im soooo glad i clicked it

  • @Cheers_Mcgee
    @Cheers_Mcgee Pƙed rokem +2

    Just that sound of chalk as they write across the board, immaculate.

  • @whatsup4003
    @whatsup4003 Pƙed 4 lety +195064

    Imagine mastering math your whole life just to get interviewed about chalk

    • @SourDZN
      @SourDZN Pƙed 4 lety +3181

      lol

    • @Hobyosultana
      @Hobyosultana Pƙed 4 lety +9461

      It’s chalk they are very passionate about tho.

    • @Teurab
      @Teurab Pƙed 4 lety +520

      XD

    • @exii-bit7349
      @exii-bit7349 Pƙed 4 lety +4270

      Ok let’s not chalk about that

    • @NEOSGROUPS
      @NEOSGROUPS Pƙed 4 lety +320

      @@exii-bit7349 đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

  • @gfbday5007
    @gfbday5007 Pƙed 4 lety +6679

    “One of best kept secrets in math world”
    11m views

    • @theoh2282
      @theoh2282 Pƙed 4 lety +10

      Gfb2303 stupid. It was secret but I don’t matter cuz they went out of business

    • @ertutu
      @ertutu Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@theoh2282 what

    • @renz5878
      @renz5878 Pƙed 4 lety

      Theo H why dont you steal videos from instagram anymore

    • @lapsedilationdrive3943
      @lapsedilationdrive3943 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@theoh2282 the shit are you talking about

    • @SC-bx5wq
      @SC-bx5wq Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Theo H what did u just say

  • @insert_good_name7798
    @insert_good_name7798 Pƙed rokem +1

    "the value is using it up, not hoarding it"
    words to live by my friends

  • @mehmetgurdal
    @mehmetgurdal Pƙed rokem +2

    Dude, we need an asmr chalk channel.
    I'm sure it would ignite the love for math for a new generation.
    Someone should do this.

    • @rosaria8384
      @rosaria8384 Pƙed rokem

      Seconded. The young generation could care less about math unfortunately, and combining ASMR and a solid lecturing technique that isn't boring is a good way

    • @mehmetgurdal
      @mehmetgurdal Pƙed rokem

      @@rosaria8384 learning is the ultimate fun; we tend to look for some excitement in our lives (we are evolved to he curious)
      But fun stuff is more easy to follow and today's trends could be a perfect catalyst for learning something new.

    • @IAmTheRealUsopperGoddamnit
      @IAmTheRealUsopperGoddamnit Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

      @@rosaria8384 That's not true at all. I know plenty of people in my circle who are obssessed with math. I am GenZ by the way

  • @keitatsutsumi
    @keitatsutsumi Pƙed 5 lety +18990

    *throws chalk at student*
    Shit can i have that back its really important to me

  • @AHMNZ
    @AHMNZ Pƙed 2 lety +11924

    Hagoromo runs at 240 fps while every other chalk is stuck at 30

    • @xdwr9439
      @xdwr9439 Pƙed 2 lety +52

      Ay, that’s CAP

    • @beluwuga
      @beluwuga Pƙed 2 lety +72

      It do the like that tho..

    • @siddharthabhusal3108
      @siddharthabhusal3108 Pƙed 2 lety +87

      Well its from japan😆

    • @juice8431
      @juice8431 Pƙed 2 lety +245

      I am doing a major in math and I’ve had the opportunity to use one of these chalks and what you just said is exactly how it feels. It feels like a writing on a white board with a marker but while still having the distinct chalk feel. It’s hard to explain, you just feel like a God when you use them.

    • @rosaria8384
      @rosaria8384 Pƙed 2 lety +20

      Good analogy. Yep, now I feel tempted to buy Hagoromo

  • @bflash8330
    @bflash8330 Pƙed rokem +1

    These guys are so smart, and love the chalk so much, cause they're crushing it up and snorting it...

  • @cyycher
    @cyycher Pƙed rokem

    This video on chalk is so beautifully made.

  • @Guest13579
    @Guest13579 Pƙed 5 lety +1889

    Your chalk < The chalk she tells you not to worry about

    • @lexirandle2497
      @lexirandle2497 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      LMAOOOO

    • @marilynepolyne
      @marilynepolyne Pƙed 5 lety

      😂😂😂😂

    • @AA-sn9lz
      @AA-sn9lz Pƙed 5 lety

      Perhaps I am stupid, but I don't quite get the joke. Please if someone could..

    • @sovankundu1419
      @sovankundu1419 Pƙed 5 lety

      Lol

    • @mikeol510
      @mikeol510 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      @@AA-sn9lz the whole 'the *blank* she tells you not to worry about' is a running joke about how girls tell their bf's not to worry about someone else who is superior in many, if not all, aspects. There you go , joke explained.

  • @honestcrab
    @honestcrab Pƙed 4 lety +2724

    "hey professor, if you give me A this semester I'll give you your fix, you know you want it."

    • @finaljuly8217
      @finaljuly8217 Pƙed 4 lety +46

      This sounded so wrong but yet so funny. XD

    • @danksubstance3246
      @danksubstance3246 Pƙed 4 lety +58

      Is that a sexualized anime child in your profile picture, degenerate?

    • @honestcrab
      @honestcrab Pƙed 4 lety +72

      @@danksubstance3246 no sir, she's just stretching out after a whole day of work hahaha

    • @unkn0wn3ntity86
      @unkn0wn3ntity86 Pƙed 4 lety +13

      Honest Crab I’m still not bloody convinced mate

    • @daweller
      @daweller Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Chris Hansen is watching

  • @bcaya2837
    @bcaya2837 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +1

    Wonderful ending quote 👍

  • @cestlaguy
    @cestlaguy Pƙed rokem +1

    The intro gave me chills

  • @toocringey2948
    @toocringey2948 Pƙed 5 lety +3382

    Mathematicians were using dark theme before it was cool

  • @simarbir
    @simarbir Pƙed 5 lety +2888

    1999: sneaking out to drink alcohol
    2009: sneaking out to smoke weed
    2019: sneaking out to buy Hagoromo

    • @ferociousmaliciousghost
      @ferociousmaliciousghost Pƙed 5 lety +12

      I am the chalk of my board
      Chalk is my body and determination is in my blood.
      I have created thousands of marks,
      Unknown to people,
      Nor to objects.
      Withstood time with my marks
      Yet, these will by my last marks
      So, I pray
      *UNLIMITED CHALK WORKS*

    • @MattGarcyaDC
      @MattGarcyaDC Pƙed 5 lety +4

      you can’t buy the god of shinobi

    • @Elmo4lakerss
      @Elmo4lakerss Pƙed 5 lety +2

      amanita333 whut

    • @user-yh8ql5ep6q
      @user-yh8ql5ep6q Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Simarbir Gill
      Well I am proud

    • @samuelpyke5933
      @samuelpyke5933 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Sneek 100

  • @xonikkiecal
    @xonikkiecal Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

    Yup first week of physics PhD my friend comes into the office with a large yellow box of Fulltouch chalk. I don’t know why but that just made everything so much better, we were excited to get work done on the board. Nothings worse than writing with that skinny Crayola chalk.

  • @arhanamrith5497
    @arhanamrith5497 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +1

    i watch this a lot its so satsifying

  • @thewatcher509
    @thewatcher509 Pƙed 5 lety +2821

    *hoards literally more than 100 chalk pieces*
    these mathematicians are the people your math problems warned you about

    • @BibtheChib
      @BibtheChib Pƙed 5 lety +14

      I wanna like this comment more than once

    • @faye8400
      @faye8400 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      such a good comment

    • @Sunnyplayspiano
      @Sunnyplayspiano Pƙed 5 lety +18

      bob had 5 chalk, he gave 3 to Joe. Calculate the mass of the sun using the pythagorean theorem.

    • @flyinace54
      @flyinace54 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      of course they are, how do you think they come up with those problems?

    • @niix.2732
      @niix.2732 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      @@Sunnyplayspiano hurrm but the sun isnt a triangle you bafoon, I'm so smarter than you hurr durr

  • @phlegmfiend
    @phlegmfiend Pƙed 5 lety +3751

    Why am I suddenly so interested in a piece of damn chalk.

  • @ImDaRealBoi
    @ImDaRealBoi Pƙed rokem +1

    It's comforting to know that even brilliant minds like these make lapses in judgement like we would. I mean, that's a lot of chalk for one person to use, but at least it'll last.

  • @Jasper-cap
    @Jasper-cap Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +3

    This the type of shit I would watch instead of studying for finals

  • @bredmaekr
    @bredmaekr Pƙed 3 lety +16560

    "I've calculated the amount of chalk I needed for 10 years."
    Coming from the math teacher its not a surprise that you did this.

    • @baqirafif2216
      @baqirafif2216 Pƙed 3 lety +141

      If the math teacher wants chalk for 10 years, how many would it be

    • @bredmaekr
      @bredmaekr Pƙed 3 lety +319

      @@baqirafif2216 first he would start with how many he uses a week or month. If he uses 6 a month he would do 6x12=72. He would also do 72x9=648. He also could buy extra for the amount he sells so he could of bought 700 pieces of chalk.

    • @baqirafif2216
      @baqirafif2216 Pƙed 3 lety +16

      Goodness me

    • @animepotato1028
      @animepotato1028 Pƙed 3 lety +172

      @@baqirafif2216 It’s not that hard of math bruv it’s only Multiplication

    • @cakeman7364
      @cakeman7364 Pƙed 3 lety +25

      @@animepotato1028 I think he's saying abt the amount of chalk

  • @w1u4
    @w1u4 Pƙed 4 lety +6030

    We were tricked into watching a 3-minute ad

    • @flysociety7116
      @flysociety7116 Pƙed 4 lety +16

      😂

    • @user-fm4dd6sx3i
      @user-fm4dd6sx3i Pƙed 4 lety +97

      The company went out of business

    • @Jefrejtor
      @Jefrejtor Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@user-fm4dd6sx3i no they didnt, where tf did you read that

    • @user-fm4dd6sx3i
      @user-fm4dd6sx3i Pƙed 4 lety +75

      @@Jefrejtor I heard it. From the video.

    • @mzanniksan8655
      @mzanniksan8655 Pƙed 4 lety +81

      They’re gone. My teacher said the company closed cuz the president of the company just got tired of making chalk all day. (I live in Japan)

  • @WillDaBeast1
    @WillDaBeast1 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +2

    My physics professor at Stanford exclusively used this stuff

  • @mehmetgurdal
    @mehmetgurdal Pƙed rokem +3

    There are audiophile gear channels
    There are channels that solely focuses on mechanical keyboards.
    There is a channel that is obsessed with Overengineered pens.
    There are channels that reviews hentai.
    We need a channel that teaches math with chalk ASMR.

  • @ramirangeles2906
    @ramirangeles2906 Pƙed 5 lety +5387

    I never thought hearing mathematicians talk about their chalk supply would be so enjoyable

  • @ferretyluv
    @ferretyluv Pƙed rokem

    David Eisenbud! I remember him explaining the Collatz conjecture on Numberphile. Love that guy. If he says this is the best chalk, I believe him.