Europe

place · in 14 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 1 · 2008: 3 · 2009: 1 · 2010: 2 · 2011: 5 · 2013: 2

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2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — John says the drug Hank was given is almost never prescribed in any European country with socialized medicine. (00:03:14)
2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) — On the future course of history, John warns 14th-century people outside Europe that they are about to be in big trouble, and jokes they should kill any dude who looks like him. (00:03:17)
2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank says John won't see this for a while because he is on a boat in the ocean in Europe without internet; Hank never really knows what John is doing anymore. (00:00:00)
2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank says John started a new, European scavenger hunt; the first clue, in Sweden, has been found and deciphered, giving the letter B, whose meaning is unknown. (00:03:32)

2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — John says that 15 years ago the US, the UN and Europe got almost all of 'our people' out of Rwanda unharmed, leaving the hundreds of thousands killed to conclude they were 'a them'. (00:00:54)

2010-11-11 · REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III — John says the former First and Second Estates became enemies of the new secular state, which led to a lasting decline in the relevance of religion and class to European governments and economies. (00:01:38)
2010-11-16 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — After joking that Europe has it all figured out, John says the deficit projections for most developed economies look much like America's. (00:02:56)
2010-11-16 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — John says he leaves tomorrow for a week in Europe, doing events in Amsterdam and Vienna, with details in the description. (00:02:56)

2011-03-18 · TERRIBLE — John says that on taking the throne at 16 Ivan tried to make the world better: he modernized the legal code, opened trade with Europe, annexed land, and married Anastasia. (00:01:21)
2011-07-04 · How to Turn Your Dumb Summer Job Into $162,000 — John tells young viewers to go to a bank and set up an IRA, an individual retirement account; non-US countries from Brazil to Europe have equivalents. (00:01:26)
2011-07-08 · Kill the Dollar Bill! — No new coins need minting, since a billion $1 coins already exist; just remove the bills. People might be slightly inconvenienced for a while, but Canada and Europe got used to it. (00:01:56)
2011-12-31 · How to Tip Properly — Hank says in Europe service charges on the check, higher wages and inexpensive or free medical care mean waitstaff don't need tips to stay above the poverty line. (00:03:02)

2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says overutilization is not the problem: Americans go to the doctor less than Europeans and spend much less time in hospitals, though seven nights in a Dutch hospital cost what one American night does. (00:02:13)
2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — A trillion seconds ago was 31,000 years ago, when, Hank says, humans were first arriving in Europe. (00:01:18)