Skip to content

Twitter

org · in 77 videos (2008–2013)

Mentions by year: 2008: 3 · 2009: 11 · 2010: 22 · 2011: 19 · 2012: 8 · 2013: 14

Threads

What the videos say

2008

  • 2008-03-22 · Twitter After School Time — Hank wants to talk about Twitter because he is confused by it. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-03-22 · Twitter After School Time — Hank describes Twitter as writing down what you are doing at every moment, but selectively only the coolest things, like hanging out with someone famous. (00:00:36)
  • 2008-03-22 · Twitter After School Time — Hank jokes that his doctor suggested he tweet his poops, explaining he has a dysfunctional colon, and then posts that on Twitter. (00:01:02)
  • 2008-03-22 · Twitter After School Time — Hank argues Twitter is not for telling anyone how you are but for defining yourself through the self the internet lets you create across many platforms. (00:01:39)
  • 2008-03-22 · Twitter After School Time — Hank says Twitter followers are a new, undefined kind of relationship, probably like his with Nerdfighters: not fans, not friends, but in between; some Nerdfighters are now his friends. (00:02:12)
  • 2008-03-22 · Twitter After School Time — Hank has kind of decided to try Twitter, going in knowing more about what it is for, and says viewers can follow him there. (00:03:10)
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — Hank says a Tour de Nerdfighting Twitter stream will constantly broadcast updates from the road, using a device that gets him online in the minivan. (00:03:14)
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — Hank says he and John will broadcast all the Nerdfighter gatherings on BlogTV, with links in the sidebar for Twitter and BlogTV. (00:03:41)

2009

  • 2009-04-20 · Weekend of Surreality — John says he told Nerdfighters following him on Twitter, as a joke, that if they got Ashton Kutcher to follow him he would give $1,000 against malaria, thinking it a safe bet. (00:00:00)
  • 2009-04-20 · Weekend of Surreality — John recounts that Ashton Kutcher and CNN raced to be the first Twitter account with one million followers; Ashton pledged $100,000 of malaria bed nets if he won, won, and gave it. (00:00:00)
  • 2009-06-15 · Iran Election Fraud: 5 Reasons to Doubt the Results — John links to the Twitter feeds of young Iranians tweeting through the crisis, saying they show 140 characters can say something interesting, e.g. 'If Iran sleeps tonight, it will sleep forever.' (00:03:41)
  • 2009-08-05 · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail — Hank says he has been reluctant to adopt Twitter (the EcoGeek Twitter mostly carries EcoGeek stories) but has now started a personal Hank Green Twitter. (00:00:23)
  • 2009-08-05 · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail — Hank will use the account for normal Twitter things, such as announcing BlogTV shows and tweeting uninteresting things, which he will try to say in interesting ways. (00:00:53)
  • 2009-08-05 · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail — Hank asks viewers to pause the video and follow him on Twitter. (00:00:53)
  • 2009-08-06 · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John and other Nerdfighters, in a BlogTV room, invented DJ Paige Railstone's identity, history and career; Alan made a website, Karen Kavett photos, plus Twitter and Facebook pages. (00:01:49)
  • 2009-09-02 · I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! — Hank asks viewers to vote in the comments for their one favorite photo, since the photographer is unsure which to use and he may use it on Twitter. (00:02:04)
  • 2009-09-03 · WTF IS GOING ON!!! — Hank reveals that the weird lines throughout the video are sentences he asked people on Twitter to give him to say in a video. (00:01:47)
  • 2009-11-26 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — Hank says John has 1 million Twitter followers and he has 10,000; he is really happy with his 10,000, which seems ridiculous to him. (00:02:17)
  • 2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank says, as he said on Twitter, the team may have found only nine of the ten balloons in the real world. (00:01:36)
  • 2009-12-17 · THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! — John explains the P4A is organised through Livestream this year because, though imperfect, it puts everyone in the same room; chatting only needs a Twitter account. (00:00:00)

2010

  • 2010-01-22 · ThisIsNotJohn — Maureen asks viewers to send comments on her performance to her on Twitter rather than by mail, and says she will read them. (00:01:05)
  • 2010-02-01 · Writing as a profession — Maureen asks viewers to leave questions about writing or publishing in the comments or on Twitter, which she may answer in her Friday video. (00:03:16)
  • 2010-02-16 · Hello Baby!! — John says Amanda Bynes tweeted that she hates being misquoted, then less than 24 hours later tweeted a line attributed to Albert Einstein, which he calls a misquotation. (00:00:46)
  • 2010-02-17 · WRONG WRONG WRONG — John, phoning in, says Amanda Bynes did write the tweets and apparently deleted them afterwards. (00:02:44)
  • 2010-03-29 · Quotations (And Holden Hats) — Googling himself, John found that a line he wrote years ago in An Abundance of Katherines has gone viral on Twitter, tweeted more than 10,000 times. (00:01:03)
  • 2010-05-31 · Farmville!!!!! A Song — Hank thanks people who submitted 'photomatronifications' for the video: Photomatron is software he is working on, still in beta, and it does not yet work in Firefox. (00:02:11)
  • 2010-06-02 · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — To test Hank's theory, John asked on Twitter for miniature dachshund owners to measure the dogs' anus height; several dozen nerdfighters did. (00:00:50)
  • 2010-06-19 · You just lost THE GAME! — Hank, with Nerdfighteria, stages a mock intervention: John must cut back on soccer, since making a second Twitter account to tweet about the World Cup is too much. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-06-24 · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — Reading in bed with his wife in hot Missoula, windows open, Hank heard simultaneous screams across his neighborhood and checked Twitter on his Droid: every tweet said goal. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-07-24 · Grammar School with Snooki — After Hank's video on Wednesday about meeting Snooki, a reality TV star John only half knew, John checked her Twitter, and what he found troubled him. (00:00:19)
  • 2010-08-12 · College Advice From an Expert — John says he tweeted Nerdfighters the day before asking for questions; they answered en masse, mostly about college. (00:00:04)
  • 2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, a private person — John links a private person's Twitter and YouTube accounts; she vlogged through much of the last month and her vlogs are hilarious, charming and very touching. (00:02:14)
  • …and 7 more statements in 2010 (most important shown)

2011

  • 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John notes much conversation on Tumblr, the Ning, YouTube and Twitter about Nerdfighteria changing as it grows and how to keep the community strong, and offers his two cents. (00:00:56)
  • 2011-02-12 · 200 People in Your Pants — Hank asked on Twitter for Your Pants logos and got many; the consensus and his heart go to one submitter's logo, which invites people to make the YP sign together. (00:02:27)
  • 2011-03-07 · This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP — Hank says the songs can be streamed free all day and night by anyone with a YouTube connection, and shared on Tumblr, Twitter or a weblog. (00:00:12)
  • 2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — Helen Hunt has not yet heard Hank's Helen Hunt song, John says, pointing out that Helen Hunt has a Twitter. (00:02:01)
  • 2011-05-02 · Osama Bin Laden is Dead — While Katherine was in the bathroom during a Mario Kart Wii game, Hank checked Twitter and ended up watching Obama's address with the Mario Kart music playing. (00:00:31)
  • 2011-05-02 · Osama Bin Laden is Dead — Despite Jack Bauer trending on Twitter, Hank says bin Laden's death involved no rogue agents, weird intelligence activities, broken international treaties or torture. (00:01:18)
  • 2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — Hank reports that on his birthday Helen Hunt tweeted at him that she had seen his videos. (00:00:09)
  • 2011-08-26 · Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. — John tells a young Twitter user whose boyfriend hasn't kissed her in five months that kissing happens with you, not to you, so she should talk honestly with him. (00:00:27)
  • 2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography — John says the great thing is that the brothers are not the only Nerdfighters: thousands work together through YouTube comments, Twitter, Tumblr, the Ning and Your Pants to improve the maps, making better maps than anyone could alone. (00:01:50)
  • 2011-10-04 · The LHC and Alex's Survey — Hank says he talked with Joe about the neutrino that supposedly went faster than light; he hasn't discussed it, though asked on Twitter, because he is reserving judgment and finds faster-than-light matter hard to accept. (00:03:05)
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — Answering FAQs gathered on Twitter, Hank says VidCon is in Anaheim, across the street from Disneyland at the Anaheim Convention Center, with lots of cheap hotels. (00:01:31)
  • 2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — As word spread, more and more Nerdfighters on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook pledged not to read the book before January 10, or not to spoil it for the majority who receive it then. (00:01:52)
  • …and 5 more statements in 2011 (most important shown)

2012

  • 2012-01-13 · TFiOS PARTY! — Hank says that during the tour the brothers do 'Nerdcash': leaving bags of buttons in places, which viewers can only find out about by following them on Twitter. (00:01:07)
  • 2012-02-24 · CUTE-OCALYPSE! — Hank proposes a mock cute tax on over-quota viewers, Emergency Puppy followers, Reddit subscribers and Pinterest otter searchers, to balance the national psyche and budget. (00:02:13)
  • 2012-04-14 · This is How You Load a Dishwasher - A Song — Hank notes that only twenty of Twitter's one hundred million active users turned out not to know about the Titanic. (00:03:16)
  • 2012-04-20 · Thoughts on Growing up — Hank thanks John for his well-received video answering questions on sex and relationships; out of sibling rivalry he answers Facebook and Twitter questions on adulthood and growing up. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-05-22 · You ARE The Product — John says this dependence means companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter and Tumblr have to listen to their users, which is good. (00:00:59)
  • 2012-05-22 · You ARE The Product — John says everyone using Facebook, Twitter, Google or Angry Birds has agreed to be commodified: not necessarily a bad decision, but one to make thoughtfully and consciously. (00:02:15)
  • 2012-08-04 · EXTRA! Thoughts from Tour — Hank invites viewers to join him on Sunday night, when he will live-tweet the landing from the SciShow Twitter. (00:03:14)
  • 2012-08-13 · John and Rainn Wilson Talk Romance — John says that, like Ze Frank and Wheezy Waiter, he recently got to talk to Rainn Wilson, and he asked Twitter for romantic problems they could solve together. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-09-18 · Existential Airport Anxiety — Recalling Montag's line about walls yelling at him, John says we literally live in a world of shouty walls, and his phone holds billions of voices on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. (00:01:01)

2013