Register 2018: hedges and bits

Statements from 2018 that are not plain sincere assertions: sincere claims the speaker hedged or marked as uncertain (with the hedge words quoted), and statements made as a bit. Plain sincere, unhedged statements are on the video pages. Back to the overview.

John

1041 statements · sincere 84% · playful 16% · other bits 1% · hedged or unsure 16%

Sincere but hedged (154)

Split by hedge type (derived from the quoted hedge words with a fixed word list — see the overview): epistemic doubt 49 · wish / hope 2 · opinion marker 58 · other hedge 33 · hedge words not recorded 12.

Epistemic doubt (49)

real uncertainty about whether it is true

2018-01-02 · BRING IT IN 2018 — John would like to do another podcast, about an old book nobody reads anymore; the idea is not yet well formed and may launch late in 2018 or not at all. — hedged: “may not launch till later in 2018, if at all” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:33)
2018-01-02 · BRING IT IN 2018 — The book John has in mind for now is Tom Grogan by Francis Hopkinson Smith. — hedged: “although this may change” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:44)
2018-01-02 · BRING IT IN 2018 — John wants a forgotten book from a deeply polarized time in American history that might be relevant to us now. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:14)
2018-01-02 · BRING IT IN 2018 — John invites viewers to leave a goal of their own in the comments, so they can return in 12 months and say they did it. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:37)
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John says the one thing everybody online seems to agree on right now is that the internet kind of sucks. — hedged: “seems” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:13)
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John says the architecture of the social internet often seems to lift the loudest, most divisive voices over cautious, nuanced ones. — hedged: “often seems” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:38)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — Asked whether he is having a midlife crisis yet, John says maybe a little bit. — hedged: “Maybe a little bit” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:16)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — John's favourite Marvel character is probably the Hulk. — hedged: “Probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:33)
2018-01-23 · On Emergencies — John hopes these outrages, and all outrages, spark empathy and commitment instead of fear and resignation. — hedged: “I guess” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:33)
2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — At Daniel's campaign announcement, John saw his eloquence and intelligence but thought, driving home, that Daniel might eventually return to abstract mathematics. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:23)
2018-02-27 · Ode to a Dog — John says their dog Willy is probably near the end of his life, and he wants to eulogize him before he dies. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:01)
2018-03-06 · The Broccoli Tree: A Parable — Had the photographer never photographed it, the tree might still be there on his commute, shading the real people who live by the lake. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:15)
2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — Auctioning support might still be best, but its downside was that rich countries donated the most, which took some of the fun out of it. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:10)
2018-03-20 · The Russian Reversal — John relays Pollan's point that humans changed habitats, diets and travel patterns to make corn plentiful, so corn kind of becomes the farmer and we the crop. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:31)
2018-03-20 · The Russian Reversal — John allows that some reversals may hold no tension: possibly whatever makes markets more efficient is good for human lives, and vice versa. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:05)
2018-04-03 · On Punctuality — The description calls this a video about punctuality that is also kind of a video about everything else in 2018. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-04-10 · Who Do Tax Breaks Benefit? — Some families may have other deductions, especially medical expenses, and homeownership and charitable giving are good things for governments to encourage. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:18)
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — Asked whether he is writing a new book, John says possibly, but it's hard to know for sure. — hedged: “Possibly” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:34)
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John likes soccer enough to sponsor a third-tier English team, which over the weekend might have avoided relegation by coming back from two-nil down at half-time to win 3-2 on the last kick. — hedged: “might have” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:38)
2018-04-24 · This Video is about Red Eyed Tree Frogs? — The flash may be meant to startle predators, but the red eyes might also teach a predator to look next time for red eyes and blue stripes rather than a well-camouflaged green lump. — hedged: “might also” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:05)
2018-05-01 · How to Win — John says those three points look like they might be absolutely essential at the end of the season. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:32)
2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John says he may feel this more acutely than most because for 13 years he has made a living writing about how it feels to be young. — hedged: “It may be” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:52)
2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — Without a sense of obligation John doesn't think he would be on Twitter, Reddit and the rest, and maybe he shouldn't feel obliged to be in virtual spaces that make his life worse. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:21)
2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John says the urge to make grand pronouncements about what's good for other people is probably a developmentally appropriate symptom of middle age, but one worth fighting against. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:18)
2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — If John is quiet on Twitter or elsewhere, viewers should know he is probably in his garden and quite content. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:30)
2018-05-22 · The Liger Delusion — John says the 'liger delusion' is at the heart of a lot of contemporary discourse, especially around politics. — hedged: “it seems to me” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:12)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Nigeria have the best kits in the tournament and might go far, but they are in the hardest group. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:14)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Spain are kind of the Yankees of soccer. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:17)
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — Months after first reading it, John still thinks about Hank's book all the time and really thinks it might change the world for the better. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:04)
2018-06-26 · How's the Water? — In old and probably recent vlogbrothers videos John tries to assume the wise-fish role, doling out advice and pronouncements about where social media is taking us. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:21)
2018-06-26 · How's the Water? — We will keep asking and stay the young fish, but maybe asking the question is its own kind of answer. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:18)
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — A great Molly Lewis song from about ten years ago, whose chorus hopes you forget your MySpace but that it stays up for the next generation to find, has proved stunningly prophetic. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:19)
2018-07-10 · The General Crisis — The Columbian Exchange also brought devastation: perhaps over 90% of Native Americans were killed in the centuries after Europeans arrived, mostly by new diseases like smallpox and diphtheria, a decline lasting through the General Crisis. — hedged: “perhaps” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:27)
2018-07-10 · The General Crisis — More access to luxury goods may have shown that humanity was getting wealthier, but that doesn't necessarily mean average human life was getting better. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:06)
2018-07-17 · How to Eat 213 Tomatoes — For the croutons: tear good bread into a pan with about four cloves of minced garlic and olive oil, toss it, and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. — hedged: “I don't know, like” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:19)
2018-07-17 · How to Eat 213 Tomatoes — John googled whether eating too many tomatoes can kill you: probably not, but it can turn your skin orange. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:42)
2018-07-24 · Other John Greens — John Green the artist, maybe John's favourite, co-created the graphic novel series Teen Boat, about a teenager who occasionally turns into a yacht, and does art for comics and video games. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:10)
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — A painting (shown on screen) had a big impact on John, opening him to the idea of a direct form of expression for the abstract, hard-to-describe problem inside his brain. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:10)
2018-08-21 · SYSTEMS!!!! — Investments that take a narrow view of health care, as if it were only tetanus shots, may not improve that situation much. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:07)
2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — John is not sure the book is always better: it is different, as it must be, and there is no faithful adaptation when scratches on a page become visible humans speaking. — hedged: “I'm not sure” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:59)
2018-09-04 · The Eisenhower Matrix — John thinks humans broadly are much better at addressing emergencies like disease outbreaks or natural disasters than ongoing problems that don't feel like emergencies. — hedged: “I think this may” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:05)
2018-09-04 · The Eisenhower Matrix — The obvious example is climate change, maybe the biggest problem facing humans, yet constantly deprioritized in favor of breaking news. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:15)
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John doubts the social order should reinforce the idea that one person winning means another losing, because life is not a zero-sum game. — hedged: “I'm not sure” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:24)
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — Asked how to vote in every state, John says to look at Hank's 'amazing project' How to Vote in Every State. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:34)
2018-10-16 · Life's Library — John's favorite part has been watching people read and discuss Hank's book together in the Fans of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Discord channel. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:13)
2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — John loves exploration done for no reason but beauty: we don't know why ancient paintings or a Grecian urn's art were made, but probably partly to make something beautiful, which encourages him. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:26)
2018-11-20 · Cause for Celebration — When John takes time to celebrate, unimpressive things like his hard-won black-eyed peas bring real joy; without it, he feels almost nothing about seemingly big deals. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:27)
2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — John calls it the central hope of human history that we accumulate, share and pass on knowledge so well that yesterday's babies may within decades solve problems that feel unfixable. — hedged: “This seems to me like” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:03)
2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — When the internet first came to John's house in the early 1990s, it seemed to live inside a box; once his dad got it working, it was green letters on a black screen. — hedged: “so far as I could tell” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:03)

Wish / hope (2)

a wish about the future, not a claim about what is true

2018-01-02 · BRING IT IN 2018 — The first episode of The Anthropocene Reviewed should be up by the end of January. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:02:29)
2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — John hopes that with less fractured attention he will be more present in the places that matter most to him. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:02:55)

Opinion marker (58)

marks a view as the speaker's own; not doubt

2018-01-02 · BRING IT IN 2018 — John finds it nerve-wracking to talk about goals not yet accomplished, but thinks it can increase accountability. — hedged: “I also think” [opinion marker] (00:03:27)
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John thinks that is true not only of Twitter but of YouTube, Facebook, Reddit and so on. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:28)
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John thinks much of this isn't new: the internet has always sucked, or at least always felt like it did. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:00)
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John thinks we need to look at the differences between our goals as a species and those of the private companies that host so much of our public discourse. — hedged: “I do think” [opinion marker] (00:01:53)
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John thinks we need to understand what corporations want so we know how best to tell them what we want. — hedged: “I do think” [opinion marker] (00:02:53)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — Nature is very important to John: we are nature just as much as birds and trees are. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:19)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — John, who thinks about it a fair amount, ranks disease as the most likely way for humans to go extinct, then AI or a post-human species, then an extinction-level war. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:57)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — John still thinks microorganisms are most likely to be our undoing, but sees a growing possibility that we will be our own undoing. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:09)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — John doesn't know how to stop worrying but thinks 'living your life to the fullest' is flawed: jumping out of a plane isn't better than reading, nor an Instagram-worthy life more meaningful than a quiet one. — hedged: “I do think” [opinion marker] (00:03:17)
2018-01-23 · On Emergencies — John thinks humans are good at responding to emergencies, rallying, raising money and lobbying governments, but struggle with long-term solutions to long-term problems. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:19)
2018-01-23 · On Emergencies — That view ignores complexity and history: slavery and colonialism, and more recently misguided global loan rules that forced Sierra Leone for decades to spend under $5 per person yearly on health care. — hedged: “I just think” [opinion marker] (00:01:39)
2018-01-23 · On Emergencies — Nerdfighteria has donated more than a million dollars to Partners In Health over several years; John finds it helpful to see how far the money has gone and how far is left. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:16)
2018-02-27 · Ode to a Dog — Wary of anthropomorphizing Willy, John believes after ten years together that Willy knows when he is worried and gravitates to him, lying at his feet or inviting play. — hedged: “I do believe” [opinion marker] (00:03:01)
2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — Sport isn't the only way to feel that togetherness, but achieving it in sport helps us feel it elsewhere. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:17)
2018-03-20 · The Russian Reversal — John says what he loves most about Russian reversals is that they reveal how weak we are before the forces of time, wind, money and everything else. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:28)
2018-03-20 · The Russian Reversal — John says these questions lack easy answers, but looking at them backwards tells us truths we might otherwise miss. — hedged: “I do think” [opinion marker] (00:03:46)
2018-04-03 · On Punctuality — John thinks this matters because ultimately time is all we have, overwhelmingly the most important human resource. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:23)
2018-04-10 · Who Do Tax Breaks Benefit? — The deduction does spur giving by the rich and charities would get much less without it, but 35% of the money behind a donor's name on a museum or research facility would otherwise have gone to the government. — hedged: “i think” [opinion marker] (00:01:48)
2018-04-10 · Who Do Tax Breaks Benefit? — These deductions mostly benefit wealthy people, and by far the greatest benefit, in dollars and share of income, goes to the richest 1% of US households. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:22)
2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John doesn't think the internet used to be amazing (1994 AOL chat rooms make 2018 Twitter look civil and sophisticated); he thinks he has changed. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:13)
2018-05-22 · The Liger Delusion — John thinks being aware of our conspiratorial instincts can help, but he doesn't know how to escape the liger delusion. — hedged: “I do think” [opinion marker] (00:03:40)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Though nobody agrees, John thinks Senegal could reach the semifinals because Sadio Mané is very good, and denies any Liverpool bias. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:05)
2018-06-26 · How's the Water? — John has thought pretending to be the wise fish would make him one; you can fake your way through most of adult life, but not to enlightenment. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:01:41)
2018-06-26 · How's the Water? — John doesn't think anybody else knows either. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:02:13)
2018-06-26 · How's the Water? — Enlightenment or capital-A Awareness are not impossible, just pretty uncommon. — hedged: “I just think” [opinion marker] (00:02:30)
2018-06-26 · How's the Water? — Most of us will keep struggling to apprehend the colorless, odorless, transparent stuff we are swimming in. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:37)
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John doesn't think YouTube is about to go the way of Myspace, but one never sees the future coming. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:01:15)
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John thinks YouTube faces big problems: it relies too much on flawed algorithms, and its monetization system often values advertisers over audience. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:29)
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John also thinks YouTube is amazing, with more good stuff being uploaded than ever. — hedged: “I also think” [opinion marker] (00:01:37)
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — Over time even good shows become less broadly relevant and serve a smaller but deeply engaged audience; John feels that happened to Vlogbrothers and it has been really good news. — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (00:02:33)
2018-07-10 · The General Crisis — John thinks it worth noting that many crops grown with slave labor, like coffee and tobacco, were not necessary to sustain human life: they were basically luxury goods. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:56)
2018-07-24 · Other John Greens — A sticker and coloring book author John Green, whose sticker books John's college bookstore sold, seems to be into horses, with titles such as Horses Tattoo and Favorite Horses Stickers. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:44)
2018-08-07 · How I Made Friends — John says he gets anxious in situations with lots of new people, not primarily because of his mental illness but because many people find social engagements nervous-making, especially alone. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:00:18)
2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — John has just read Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker's beautiful screenplay adaptation of Turtles All the Way Down; he thinks it might actually become a movie and is excited but nervous. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:10)
2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — John thinks casting directors are usually better at casting movies than authors are, which is often good news. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:59)
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John thinks the trophy was an extension of that; he was proud of it for a while, then it became a funny story to tell. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:55)
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John does not think kids should be taught that winning and high achievement are the only praiseworthy outcomes. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:24)
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John thinks we need to raise teammates who know how to collaborate and strive together; in short, we all need to learn how to participate. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:24)
2018-10-09 · How Big a Problem is Mental Illness? — John says everyone should understand that mental illness is common everywhere and serious, one of the world's leading health problems. — hedged: “I also think” [opinion marker] (00:02:55)
2018-10-09 · How Big a Problem is Mental Illness? — John thinks a good, fulfilling life is common for mentally ill people with access to good treatment, but more access is needed in rich and poor countries. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:24)
2018-10-23 · Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris? — John does not believe he can make the Internet better, but he wants to make his Internet better, and he thinks Tetris has a lot to teach him there. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:33)
2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John says the point of writing is not to sell a million copies or last a hundred years, but to write something that matters to those who find it. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:43)
2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John says it is easy to paint Hollywood producers and executives as cartoon villains, and some are, but it is really hard to get any movie made, let alone a good one. — hedged: “I just think” [opinion marker] (00:01:50)
2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John says this time the series is really going to happen, he thinks. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:17)
2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — Against those who call such endeavors huge wastes of time, John says playing in real or virtual worlds in new, strange, beautiful ways is valuable because it makes people think differently about those worlds. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:21)
2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — John doesn't call the platforms bad; his brain is unusually susceptible to being hacked, not least because a mental health disorder predisposes him to repetitive checking and circular thought. — hedged: “I just think” [opinion marker] (00:00:58)
2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — John thinks many people use these platforms productively and fulfillingly, and that they connect people and give more people a voice in public discourse. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:58)
2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — The companies are happy, having monetized many hours of his attention, but John doesn't think the world, or his life, is better for it. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:01:56)
2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — John says he has always felt kind of guilty being paid for Pizza John t-shirts and thinks there are better ways to spend that money, so they will. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:37)
2018-11-13 · HAIRMERGENCY! — John writes that although he has anxiety problems, viewers needn't worry this is part of a larger thing: he is stressed because too much is happening, not falling into 'the tightening gyre' — he thinks. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-11-13 · HAIRMERGENCY! — John thinks this happens to many people: current you imagines future you will be slightly more productive and energetic than you are now. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:45)
2018-11-13 · HAIRMERGENCY! — John thinks it helps to acknowledge feeling overwhelmed, prioritize the most important relationships and remember what matters, which is not whether The Anthropocene Reviewed comes out on time. — hedged: “I do think” [opinion marker] (00:03:08)
2018-11-20 · Cause for Celebration — John thinks it is hard to feel joy without making room for it, which might be why humans created so many celebration rituals, from coming-of-age to rain ceremonies. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:00)
2018-11-20 · Cause for Celebration — John thinks anyone who looks hard at the last several months of their life will find causes for celebration. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:58)
2018-11-27 · On The Melian Dialogue — John thinks that view an oversimplification: humans are not merely power-seeking animals, and the human story cannot be understood as faces turning to power like plants to the sun. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:27)
2018-11-27 · On The Melian Dialogue — John thinks building norms and systems that protect the weak, from the Geneva Conventions to child labor laws, has made the world safer and more just for all of us. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:24)
2018-11-27 · On The Melian Dialogue — John says much is left to do and, in a partly garbled closing line, that we need to stand with the millions of today's world. — hedged: “I think today” [opinion marker] (00:03:53)
2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — John says the problems are not simple but the solution is: the more humanity prioritizes the health of its most vulnerable children, the more likely they are to lead healthy lives. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:13)

Other hedge (33)

a hedge that matches none of the word lists

2018-02-06 · Sawdust Bread — John says the changes we seek almost always prove harder than we first think, but looking at history in lifetimes shows change can and does happen anyway. — hedged: “In my experience anyway” [other hedge] (00:03:03)
2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John says Daniel has a very good chance of winning the March 20th Democratic primary, though his opponents are a billionaire who spent tens of millions on ads and a literal Kennedy. — hedged: “has a very good chance” [other hedge] (00:02:09)
2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John says we need neither Lex Luthor nor Superman running governments, but capable people who can govern, build consensus, listen well and hold competing ideas in mind. — hedged: “I also don't think” [other hedge] (00:03:00)
2018-02-27 · Ode to a Dog — His obsessive fears and worries seem wildly irrational to other people, because objectively they are, which makes them hard to share. — hedged: “I suppose” [other hedge] (00:02:13)
2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — The US lost qualifiers to Costa Rica twice, to Mexico, and to Trinidad and Tobago. — hedged: “Basically” [other hedge] (00:01:03)
2018-03-20 · The Russian Reversal — John says Russian reversal jokes were low-level xenophobic Cold War weapons, getting Americans to believe their country was perfect in contrast to life in the Soviet Union. — hedged: “basically” [other hedge] (00:00:40)
2018-03-20 · The Russian Reversal — John says Michael Pollan's famous observation about corn is in a way a Russian reversal joke. — hedged: “in a way” [other hedge] (00:01:27)
2018-03-20 · The Russian Reversal — John says that in his experience that kind of ideological rigidity rarely holds up to careful scrutiny. — hedged: “in my experience anyway” [other hedge] (00:03:14)
2018-04-03 · On Punctuality — John still values punctuality, but lately he has been thinking that, as with so many things, extreme punctuality can become a vice. — hedged: “I've been thinking” [other hedge] (00:02:53)
2018-04-03 · On Punctuality — John must pack for the family's spring break trip, flying out in the morning; he won't miss the flight but will try to be less early. — hedged: “I am going to try” [other hedge] (00:03:04)
2018-04-24 · This Video is about Red Eyed Tree Frogs? — That frogs use their eyes to eat shows how cobbled together life is: we all muddle through within our physiology, whether blinding ourselves to digest or using exposure therapy to retrain an overactive fight-or-flight response. — hedged: “Basically” [other hedge] (00:01:12)
2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John feels at times that this now happens across the social order, as if the internet has hacked healthy brains into obsessive checking machines. — hedged: “it feels to me at times” [other hedge] (00:03:00)
2018-05-15 · Seven Maps to Better Understand the World — John apologizes in advance for the awesome things he won't be able to sponsor, but will try to sponsor at least a few. — hedged: “gonna try” [other hedge] (00:03:53)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Argentina have Lionel Messi, arguably the best player never to win the World Cup. — hedged: “arguably” [other hedge] (00:00:17)
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — On about half the sheets John draws spirals, as close as he can get to the Raymond Pettibon painting he wrote about in Turtles All the Way Down; spirals sort of are his signature move even if he doesn't want them to be. — hedged: “I figure” [other hedge] (00:02:18)
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — These days viewers want to be here, not pushed by the trending page: they are here because they are nerdfighters, which is what makes it fun for John. — hedged: “it feels like” [other hedge] (00:02:45)
2018-07-17 · How to Eat 213 Tomatoes — John says tomatoes are one of very few foods whose good version is essentially a different thing from the bad version, like real versus knockoff Lucky Charms. — hedged: “essentially like” [other hedge] (00:01:55)
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John asks viewers to mark their calendars and block out the P4A weekend if they can. — hedged: “if you can” [other hedge] (00:01:59)
2018-08-21 · SYSTEMS!!!! — John argues that healthy systems are the key to healthy and productive human lives. — hedged: “I would argue” [other hedge] (00:00:58)
2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — Against the misconception that studios don't care about fans, John says in his experience they care a lot, they just can't care exclusively about them. — hedged: “In my experience, anyway” [other hedge] (00:01:51)
2018-09-04 · The Eisenhower Matrix — Productivity talk lacks joy: life is not about becoming the most efficient value-creation machine but also fulfillment and enjoyment, so unimportant things you love aren't unimportant. — hedged: “I would argue” [other hedge] (00:02:30)
2018-09-04 · The Eisenhower Matrix — John wrote his first novel with self-set deadlines and scheduled nights and weekends, and will write his next that way, if there is a next one. — hedged: “if there is a next one” [other hedge] (00:03:08)
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — John imagines it is also stressful for Hank: what he worked on for more than five years is now read by many people, exciting but scary. — hedged: “I would imagine” [other hedge] (00:00:29)
2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — John expects to live to see the first person set foot on Mars, an astonishing feat but the obvious continuation of what humans have always done. — hedged: “I expect” [other hedge] (00:00:29)
2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — John spends something like 20 hours a week on Facebook, Reddit, Instagram and Twitter, mostly scrolling and skimming, and his attention has become extremely fractured. — hedged: “something like” [other hedge] (00:00:00)
2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — John says the Foundation has about $50,000 in the bank going into this year's (2018) P4A. — hedged: “about” [other hedge] (00:00:30)
2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — John's second reason: revenue generated by Nerdfighteria should be spent in ways in keeping with Nerdfighteria's values. — hedged: “we feel like” [other hedge] (00:01:30)
2018-11-20 · Cause for Celebration — In John's experience, accomplishments and developments one is grateful for bring little joy unless one pauses to celebrate them. — hedged: “in my experience at least” [other hedge] (00:01:27)
2018-11-27 · On The Melian Dialogue — John says those children did not really die of malaria, usually treatable with more robust health systems, but because the weak suffer what they must. — hedged: “on some level” [other hedge] (00:02:26)
2018-11-27 · On The Melian Dialogue — John worries we are forgetting these lessons and embracing the Athenian worldview, which proved disastrous for the Melians and for the Athenians themselves. — hedged: “I worry sometimes” [other hedge] (00:03:24)
2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — John says about 353,000 babies were born yesterday, like the population of Honolulu, Hawaii. — hedged: “about” [other hedge] (00:00:13)
2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — John says humans have been around for about 250,000 years, and it took 249,500 of them to figure out that the Earth was not the center of the universe. — hedged: “ish” [other hedge] (00:00:47)
2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — John argues we have not prioritized children nearly enough. — hedged: “I would argue” [other hedge] (00:01:40)

Hedge words not recorded (12)

marked as unsure, but the hedge words were not quoted

2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John doesn't know how viewers should live what Mary Oliver called 'your one wild and precious life', or even how to live his own, but he knows he likes his garden. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:03:26)
2018-05-22 · The Liger Delusion — John says this is where he would find reasons for hope and make a call to action, but he doesn't know how. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:03:34)
2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — Of a picture he owns, John first thought it was about Hollywood coming for YouTube, then about YouTube coming for Hollywood, and now doesn't know what he thinks. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:47)
2018-06-26 · How's the Water? — Especially about 21st-century life, John has no idea what we are swimming in: he doesn't know if the social internet is good or bad. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:01:59)
2018-06-26 · How's the Water? — John doesn't know whether outrage eventually leads to better human lives. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:01)
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John asks whether that is how things end online, still present but relevant only as nostalgia, and whether it will happen to Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:00:52)
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John doesn't know whether he wants to be making YouTube videos at 80 — or maybe he does. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:01:57)
2018-07-31 · On Prepositions — John lacks the words for phone life and doesn't know whether understanding leads to language or the reverse; for life in his phone he has neither adequate understanding nor language. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:03:08)
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John does not know how the experience affected him, though he thinks he turned out mostly okay. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:26)
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — John guesses the meter of 'Roses are red' calms some reptilian part of his brain, though the poem itself is terrible. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:00:58)
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — John doesn't know why he finds the joke construction completely irresistible. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:00:58)
2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — Unsure whether it is his age or the internet now travelling with him everywhere, John increasingly finds himself reading Wordsworth's 'The world is too much with us'. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:41)

Satire (1)

a mock position (e.g. a fake moral panic) — the opposite of what is meant

2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — The World Cup is played in whichever country has most successfully bribed FIFA officials. (00:00:06)

Joke (3)

a gag; not a claim

2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Belgium have argyle on their uniforms, so they'll probably win the tournament. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:25)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Switzerland specializes in neutrality, perhaps why they play so many excruciatingly boring nil-nil draws. — hedged: “perhaps” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:25)
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — Asked his third favorite type of rock, John punningly starts with Dwayne Johnson and settles on the Rock of Gibraltar. (00:00:22)

Hypothetical (3)

a thought experiment or "what if"

2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John imagines a zookeeper paid a thousand dollars per roar, who first rewards the lion with food, then notices it roars at anything weird and shows it lots of surprising information. (00:02:03)
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — Since lions roar when threatened but learn threats are empty, the keeper would need a million ways to make them feel their lives, families or territory were in danger. (00:02:16)
2018-08-21 · SYSTEMS!!!! — With weaker systems, the same tetanus shot means bad roads, an understaffed clinic, and perhaps an ineffective vaccine left unrefrigerated for lack of electricity. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:41)

Playful (163)

a real point made in a joking way; the paraphrase records the meant core

2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John says it's hard to get people online to agree on anything, from how to pay for health care to whether to say gif or jif. (00:00:00)
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — In 1995 the very first joke on John's very first website was that the internet was made of narcissism, cat pictures and pornography. (00:01:06)
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John recalls the running joke online that the only place worse than Yahoo Answers was YouTube comments. (00:01:26)
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John admits it sometimes feels as if YouTube comments never got better so much as the rest of the internet got worse. — hedged: “it sometimes feels like” [other hedge] (00:01:32)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — Having heard This Isn't Hogwarts countless times in two weeks, John has to say it is pretty darn good. (00:00:31)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — Asked about Brexit and pears, John likens it to buying a ton of pears for future you, then regretting it and finding you cannot return them. (00:00:48)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — Answering a hostile question, John says Daisy in Turtles All the Way Down is wrong about a lot but right that Attack of the Clones is the most underrated Star Wars movie. (00:01:16)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — John ranks the films: Empire best and A New Hope excellent (correctly rated), Jedi slightly overrated, Rogue One and Force Awakens right, Phantom Menace worst, Sith best prequel, so Attack of the Clones is most underrated. (00:01:20)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — So far John has solved an unreachable back itch and a taste too expensive for someone's budget; over many episodes he hopes to solve all of the problems. — hedged: “I'm hoping” [wish / hope] (00:01:51)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — Asked his favourite DC character, John names Paul Manafort: he cannot look away from the Manafort storyline. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:37)
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — John once won an MTV Movie Award. (00:02:49)
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John greets Hank from the floor of a hotel room in New York City. (00:00:01)
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John expected to play big brother advising Hank on writing but can offer only congratulations, partly because their styles differ: Hank's book has a proper plot. (00:00:13)
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John says Hank must improve his self-promotion: his video about the book never mentioned its title. (00:00:29)
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John advises that whenever you talk about your new book, even to your spouse or cat, you include the title, the pub date and 'available for pre-order now'. (00:00:51)
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John asks whether Hank is going on tour, whether he can come, and whether they can have a bus again. (00:02:09)
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — Answering Hank's 'not all pre-orders will be signed', John grants that only someone with arguably pathological joy in repetition signs 200,000 times, but Hank shouldn't sign zero; they'll figure something out. — hedged: “arguably” [other hedge] (00:02:13)
2018-02-06 · Sawdust Bread — John falls down research rabbit holes, ending up looking up 5,000-year-old grain-paste recipes until his kids ask him to make breakfast. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:01:06)
2018-02-06 · Sawdust Bread — John says feeling that progress is inevitable also makes him complacent, as if he could sit back while grain yields feed the world, Elon Musk fixes climate change and disease cures itself. (00:02:36)
2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John says he had long avoided professional mathematicians, even choosing his college partly because it didn't require math to graduate. (00:00:13)
2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John says Daniel once called with the worst idea he had ever heard: leaving his good University of Chicago job to run for the Illinois State House. (00:01:01)
2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John thought it a bad idea because Daniel is nerdy, while in his mind politicians were slick and wore tailored suits. (00:01:13)
2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John says he doesn't think of politicians as people but as superheroes and supervillains battling while the rest of us get our houses stomped by their giant robot suits. (00:02:27)
2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John tells viewers to vote if they live in Illinois, and also if they don't. (00:03:50)
2018-02-27 · Ode to a Dog — When John's children ran around with treats, Willy would chase them a while, then wait on his bed to be fed and dash away, restoring the normal order of people running after him. (00:00:40)
2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — The description concedes the title should technically be 'For Whom Should We Root', but says language is alive and in the clarity business, not the rules business. (video description)
2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — To stay in the third tier AFC Wimbledon must finish 20th or above; the win lifted them to 18th. (00:00:09)
2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — His 27 hours in England reminded John that Americans get news from such divergent sources that they don't hear the same stories, let alone agree on them. (00:00:25)
2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — John breaks the news, from October, that the US men's national team did not qualify for the World Cup. (00:00:48)
2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — John proposes that the non-qualifying nations band together as one bad-at-football world, pick one or a few countries and root all-in, perhaps selling their support for charity. (00:01:45)
2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — Those without a rooting interest in the World Cup need one, or face the yawning abyss of meaninglessness; John is not totally kidding. (00:02:37)
2018-03-20 · The Russian Reversal — John notes the 'television watches you' joke was funny before televisions began gathering data on viewing habits: be careful who you laugh at. (00:00:30)
2018-03-20 · The Russian Reversal — John cites 'the Oscar-nominated feature film Boss Baby', whose title character says either you run the day or the day runs you. (00:02:04)
2018-03-27 · A Weird and Beautiful Story — John says there are times to do things exactly as you prepared and practised, and times to listen to Jamie Carragher. (00:03:18)
2018-03-27 · A Weird and Beautiful Story — John thinks about this moment a lot partly because he is a Liverpool fan, and Liverpool fans are notoriously mired in their own history. (00:03:43)
2018-04-03 · On Punctuality — John cites Nick's Gatsby line that everyone suspects himself of a cardinal virtue (Nick's is honesty), and asks if Nick arrives at Gatsby's party exactly on time, as John would. (00:00:39)
2018-04-03 · On Punctuality — John likes it when others value punctuality: Rosianna once called it the most important commandment on the tablets, perhaps not kidding, and is always two minutes early. — hedged: “I'm not sure” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:04)
2018-04-10 · Who Do Tax Breaks Benefit? — John wryly doubts that the forgone tax would have built roads, paid soldiers and reduced the deficit: probably not. (00:02:00)
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John learned that the first video result for his name on Google is Hank's 2011 video 'John Green is an Idiot'; he will try to replace it by answering questions people ask Google about him. (00:00:00)
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — Asked whether he is dead, John says no, though it depends on when you're watching, but not currently. (00:00:24)
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John says DFTBA is an initialism for several phrases, including Don't Forget To Be Awesome, Darling, Fetch The Battle Axe, and Dave: Forgotten Through Brotherly Adventures. (00:01:20)
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John's cameo was cut from the TFIOS movie because, he says, he is a terrible actor; the scene is available as a DVD extra and on YouTube. (00:01:54)
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — Admitting bias, John thinks you should read all his books. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:29)
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John listens to the Mountain Goats, early and recent. (00:03:01)
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John's books have won a Printz Award, an Edgar Award and, 'most prestigiously', an MTV Movie Award. (00:03:22)
2018-04-24 · This Video is about Red Eyed Tree Frogs? — It does help to be interested in Harry Potter. — hedged: “I guess” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:16)
2018-05-01 · How to Win — John is wearing temporary glasses and tells viewers not to freak out. (00:00:00)
2018-05-01 · How to Win — John wants to talk about how to win in life and sports because he is very nervous and wants to send winning, or at least tying, energy into the world. (00:00:02)
2018-05-01 · How to Win — John says the community sponsors the third-tier English team AFC Wimbledon, its logo sitting between the left thigh and buttock on their uniform. (00:00:14)
2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John says parents hear 'developmentally appropriate' a lot: pediatricians apply it to tantrums, refusing all but processed carbs, and nightly negotiations over eating two strawberries. (00:00:14)
2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John wishes the phrase carried into adulthood, so not understanding Snapchat, enjoying gardening or yearning for an idealized past that never existed could count as developmentally appropriate. (00:00:37)
2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — Despite wonderful mentors in middle age, John still yells at clouds, including literal ones, because they affect the garden he has gotten really into. (00:01:39)
2018-05-15 · Seven Maps to Better Understand the World — John adds that Peru is big, as is Somalia: bonus maps, not among the seven. (00:00:49)
2018-05-15 · Seven Maps to Better Understand the World — John says that is good because it means more potential innovators to solve all the problems we are leaving those kids with. (00:01:21)
2018-05-15 · Seven Maps to Better Understand the World — Calling it, tongue in cheek, a controversial position, John says he believes human lives should be long and healthy. (00:02:58)
2018-05-15 · Seven Maps to Better Understand the World — John says sponsorship means getting marketing value in exchange, like our logo on your uniform, not a donation, and admits he says so to make sure he is cool with the IRS. (00:03:38)
2018-05-22 · The Liger Delusion — In the dream John reasoned it out: his yard often has wildlife, the ligers were probably siblings escaped from captivity, and his wooded yard offers food, mostly four million chipmunks. (00:00:10)
2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — After enjoying kale and collard greens this year (2018), John harvests his first peas: nine in all, his pea crop for the year; he tells one runaway pea it is 10% of the crop. (00:00:11)
2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — Counting water, compost and seeds, John reckons his peas cost about 25 cents each, though another way to see it is that they are very valuable. (00:00:56)
2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — John announces he will teach Hank to make the most luxurious and delicious nine-pea snack in the history of the world. (00:01:09)
2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — While 'educating' the peas, John notes that the team playing in Milton Keynes was relegated out of the third tier, so AFC Wimbledon won't have to play them. (00:01:37)
2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — John says that, unlike asparagus or kale, peas are quite starchy and must be boiled a little longer; an undercooked pea is not good. (00:02:09)
2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — Eaten one at a time, the eight cooked peas taste a lot like grocery-store peas. (00:03:17)
2018-06-05 · WHERE IS MY NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY — John calls the third edition a deeply flawed book: published 35 years ago, it contains almost no poems from the last 40 years; but it is his, or at least Chip's. (00:00:16)
2018-06-05 · WHERE IS MY NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY — One of the central facts of John's life: however often he reorganizes his home library, he can never find the book he desperately needs at that moment. (00:00:29)
2018-06-05 · WHERE IS MY NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY — He can always find the New York Public Library's guide to organizing a home library except when reorganizing, and his ninth-grade 100 Poems by E.E. Cummings except in March when he wants the 'perhaps hand' spring poem. (00:00:38)
2018-06-05 · WHERE IS MY NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY — Right now John has no trouble finding Everything You Need to Know About the Goth Scene, or copies of the Swedish edition of Turtles All the Way Down with its amazing cover. (00:00:54)
2018-06-05 · WHERE IS MY NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY — John says the anthology is a 3.2-pound book, not something one would take on vacation and leave there. (00:01:44)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Australia's team is called the Socceroos, which makes them hard to dislike. (00:00:21)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Colombia's jerseys look like they have an armpit sweat pattern, but John praises star James Rodríguez's extraordinary good looks. (00:00:34)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Denmark invented Lego, which makes them fun to root for. (00:00:49)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Egypt are led by Mohamed Salah, whom John calls a noted hero and dreamboat. (00:00:56)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Egypt's goalkeeper is 45, which John calls an inspiration to old people like himself. (00:00:59)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Every World Cup England's fans expect an early exit; the team reaches the quarterfinals, loses there, and fans are shocked it did exactly what it always does. (00:01:08)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Germany are very good, and their manager always looks like an aging Beatle trying to hail a cab. (00:01:31)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Iceland would be a great adopted team for John if not for his undying love for Mohamed Salah. (00:01:44)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Panama qualified for their first World Cup ever; John is 'totally over' them beating the US in qualifying, and asks how the US lost to Trinidad. (00:02:20)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Portugal have Cristiano Ronaldo 'if you're into that kind of thing'; John is working through his issues around Real Madrid. (00:02:47)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Russia is hosting the tournament, and John won't say more because he is genuinely scared of Vladimir Putin. (00:02:54)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Serbia's defense has tons of experience, or, put another way, they're old. (00:03:00)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — South Korea's coach is only four years older than Egypt's goalkeeper. (00:03:14)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Sweden no longer has Zlatan Ibrahimović, football's biggest personality, 'so why bother?' (00:03:20)
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — Uruguay's striker Luis Suárez has bitten opponents on three occasions, yet in more than 99% of his competitive games he hasn't bitten anyone. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:35)
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — In middle school, craving status, John followed a cool-guide's advice to nod upward rather than downward and tried to make the up-nod his signature move; it went as well as you would expect. (00:00:02)
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — A later, much worse signature move, a snapping 'Hello there' greeting, also failed, so John went through life without a signature move. (00:00:31)
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — Even John's eight-year-old son has a signature move, the Pokéball, which he has drawn on several of the sheets. (00:01:48)
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — John's failed attempts: a microscopic organism that looks like a sun or a bacterium, five stars he can't draw, and a stick figure with a speech bubble that looks made by a five-year-old. (00:01:53)
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — Pre-ordering a signed copy gives a 5% chance of one of John's doodles and a 1 in 40,000 chance of the one sheet Hank forgot to sign, where John wrote a note and imitated Hank's signature. (00:02:47)
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — In 2007 John would have been incredulous and horrified that 40-year-old him still made videos; yet he is grateful for 11 and a half years of conversation, hopes it long continues, and hopes it ends well. (00:02:00)
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — Having worked for 'this company' for 12 years, John requests three weeks of unpunished vacation per year, not to be used now or all at once; that, he says, is why he made the video. (00:03:21)
2018-07-10 · The General Crisis — John jokes that 'the General Crisis' shows historians are terrible at naming things, except that it really was a rather general crisis. — hedged: “I would say” [opinion marker] (00:00:48)
2018-07-10 · The General Crisis — John starts to reassure that the period's climate change is not like today's, then admits that it is. (00:03:29)
2018-07-17 · How to Eat 213 Tomatoes — Besides black and red cherry tomatoes, John grows a huge number of golden currants, tiny tomatoes not much larger than a pea. (00:00:14)
2018-07-17 · How to Eat 213 Tomatoes — John says he planted so many tiny-tomato plants because he wants to eat 211 tomatoes in a single sitting. (00:00:23)
2018-07-17 · How to Eat 213 Tomatoes — John tells cooks to consider the time, energy and sweat that went into the roughly 900 calories of harvest, and then to give thanks to actual farm workers. (00:00:52)
2018-07-17 · How to Eat 213 Tomatoes — John now has to figure out what to do with his zucchini. (00:02:41)
2018-07-24 · Other John Greens — Calling himself an expert on people named John Green after 40 years, John introduces six of his favourite John Greens who aren't him. (00:00:15)
2018-07-31 · On Prepositions — John changes from the shirt into his standard two-button polo, enjoying the comfort of familiarity. (00:00:04)
2018-07-31 · On Prepositions — John lists exceptions: you live in a house but at home; you can be at or in the airport but not on it unless you're Godzilla; in or on a plane, never at it. (00:00:36)
2018-07-31 · On Prepositions — John notes that although in is for large places, you can be in your airplane seat, one of the smallest places in the known universe. (00:01:00)
2018-08-07 · How I Made Friends — John says he didn't want to go partly because everyone on his street was kind of old, like 40, with kids and stuff. (00:01:58)
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John introduces Question Tuesday as the day he answers a prime number of real questions from real Nerdfighters. (00:00:02)
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John adds that, just as he doesn't cast movies, he does not cast Hulu shows. (00:00:38)
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John's best prime number: he has always been partial to 37. (00:01:08)
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — Asked whether he is writing a new book, John says: sometimes, but not usually. (00:01:51)
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — Asked by his four-year-old kid whether you can eat light, John says in a roundabout way you literally can't eat anything else. (00:02:02)
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John is very excited for AFC Wimbledon's new season; all 'our' stadium advertisements now advertise An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, reaching third-tier English football supporters. (00:02:52)
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John plays Fortnite as a pacifist on HankGames, refusing to let Epic make him violent, and will continue until he wins or people get bored of Fortnite, probably the latter. — hedged: “Probably that one” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:05)
2018-08-21 · SYSTEMS!!!! — A few weeks ago John needed a tetanus shot after, trying to harvest green beans, he accidentally "harvested part of his abdomen". (00:00:03)
2018-08-21 · SYSTEMS!!!! — Most people rarely think about systems because they are boring: medical breakthroughs fascinate, while supply chains that keep them refrigerated do not. (00:00:44)
2018-08-21 · SYSTEMS!!!! — John paid $75 just for his tetanus shot, which he admits is extortion. (00:02:20)
2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — After John sold The Fault in Our Stars film rights to Fox 2000, they could have set the movie on Mars. (00:00:40)
2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — Writing a burning-robot car chase costs no more than any scene, yet John has never managed one; he mocks himself that he can't write plot, only people talking in a room. (00:02:41)
2018-09-04 · The Eisenhower Matrix — John's many urgent problems include getting his kids to school, Crash Course script deadlines, emails marked urgent and an urgent desire to eat several times a day. (00:00:07)
2018-09-04 · The Eisenhower Matrix — Things both urgent and important you do now, like a kitchen fire or, John jokes, an AFC Wimbledon match to be watched live with complete focus. (00:01:44)
2018-09-04 · The Eisenhower Matrix — Unimportant, unurgent things should be skipped, for John every minute on Twitter; but Twitter makes many people happy and we must leave room for happiness. (00:02:15)
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — Asking what to get a 38-year-old man with no interest in worldly luxuries, John says he got Hank several billboards near their childhood home in Orlando, Florida. (00:00:00)
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — One billboard is at their childhood 7-Eleven, where they biked for Slurpees, and another at Wally's. (00:00:00)
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — John reveals that his call months ago, saying sponsoring AFC Wimbledon made him want to sponsor other things, was a trick: he was buying sponsorships for An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. (00:00:29)
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — On his middle school soccer team, John's coach told the team at halftime he had put Green on because at least he cares. (00:00:58)
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — The family was due to visit John's grandparents during the all-star game, which John argued should be rescheduled because the team was counting on him. (00:01:27)
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John calls it the ultimate participation trophy: he did not earn it, and his parents paid for it so he would feel like a winner. (00:02:26)
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — When John feels that way he finds comfort and joy in the Boot Too Big subreddit, which he shares with Hank. (00:00:29)
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — John is not much for puns but offers one because Hank loves a dad joke. (00:01:56)
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — John says his Wikipedia page wrongly calls him an actor; it should call him an actor cut from the only film he appeared in. (00:01:20)
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — John would pay $200 to get Don't Stop Me Now out of his head and pitches an Uber for getting songs out of your head. (00:02:37)
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — John names Son-in-Law as his favorite movie answer. (00:03:06)
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — John has glitter on his face from the poster and from snuggling Alice, who is always covered in glitter: it is part of being Alice's dad. (00:01:29)
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — The video ends on 'Quadragocon 2018', which is just about core strength. (00:02:26)
2018-10-09 · How Big a Problem is Mental Illness? — John says the disability-adjusted life year is very important despite its boring name, like Bradley Cooper but perhaps even more important. (00:00:00)
2018-10-16 · Life's Library — John says the whole experience has been joyful: it is much better to have your brother publish a book than to publish one yourself. (00:00:08)
2018-10-16 · Life's Library — When John and Sarah first met they started a two-person book club and kept it up for about three months before they started dating, failing to notice they were in love. (00:00:27)
2018-10-16 · Life's Library — Lately much of John's time online feels like shouting his despair into an infinite void. (00:00:49)
2018-10-16 · Life's Library — John adds that Life's Library would make a great gift for family and friends. (00:02:57)
2018-10-23 · Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris? — John is a huge Tetris fan and calls it the most perfect video game ever made: don't @ him. (video description)
2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John opens Pizzamas: once a year for two weeks the brothers trade videos every weekday as in 2007; it is Nerdfighteria's third most important holiday, celebrating love, pizza and e-commerce. (00:00:00)
2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John's mustache is back for Pizzamas; he claims to be one of the people who can pull a mustache off. (00:00:59)
2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — The Pizza John satin jacket lets you look like John's 1985 Little League coach, who made him an alternate on the All-Star team. (00:02:07)
2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John still feels terrible: Pizzamas can't cure disease, but it can clothe you, clean you and give you coffee mugs. (00:03:02)
2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John says it was unclear how they could afford two years in New York: the book was selling okay, but not quit-your-job okay. (00:00:33)
2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — John says a mug, sleep mask, t-shirt, button and many other Pizzamas items are available to order now at DFTBA.com. (00:01:53)
2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — John says linear television has eight minutes of ads for every 22 minutes of content, so Vlogbrothers on TV would have three 30-second commercials per video. (00:02:05)
2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — John says Hank sent him an article about a panda person who has spent thousands of hours picking flowers in World of Warcraft, refusing battles or sides: the best thing he has ever heard of. (00:02:43)
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — John says he recently discovered that all Vlogbrothers comments can be searched, so they will find out what commenters say the brothers look like. (00:00:00)
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — John says Jimmy Neutron looks like a Disneyland caricature artist's drawing of him. (00:00:29)
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — John says he looks far more like Bernard from Megamind than like Megamind. (00:02:03)
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — Prompted by a comment that Hank looks like 'the guy from the Welch's grape commercials and other Food Network shows', identified as Alton Brown, John says you should never do a commercial, because forever after you're 'the Welch's grape guy'. (00:02:03)
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — John calls 'the guy you glance at at Walmart' perhaps the greatest burn he has ever received. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:35)
2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — During the year John will get his news from newspapers and won't have anyone post on his behalf; he wants to see how it feels not to be in those places. — hedged: “perhaps” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:55)
2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — John's first reason: he and Hank don't need money, having well-paid jobs: his is having written a book seven years ago that became popular, Hank's is having 40 jobs. (00:01:19)
2018-11-13 · HAIRMERGENCY! — John says he has a 'level 1 hairmergency', though four days earlier, at his last Vlogbrothers video, his hair was at most a level 8 or 10 situation. (00:00:00)
2018-11-13 · HAIRMERGENCY! — John says this happens every time: great right after a haircut, good enough for a long time, then one morning a critical situation that cannot wait. (00:00:20)
2018-11-13 · HAIRMERGENCY! — John says that optimism has fueled the human story, like people sailing an ocean with no visible end in tiny wooden boats, trusting future selves to solve the problems. (00:02:55)
2018-11-20 · Cause for Celebration — John says he didn't get a haircut because he's too busy, and would rather not talk about it. (00:00:00)
2018-11-20 · Cause for Celebration — John is pleased that this year's (2018) black-eyed pea crop almost filled a container, and he learned to dry oregano, which 'only looks illegal in 27 states'. (00:00:58)
2018-11-20 · Cause for Celebration — After celebrating, John says, they go back to complaining about everything, since it's a dumpster fire, but he still believes there is cause for celebration. (00:02:55)
2018-11-20 · Cause for Celebration — Lacking champagne, John toasts with a Cherry Coke Zero, stressing it is not sponsored, and says it's pretty good. (00:02:55)
2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — John says newborns have no skills, not even having discovered their own hands, yet many born yesterday are eight or nine years from understanding that Earth is part of a solar system orbiting the Sun. (00:00:29)
2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — John offers pressed pennies, horrible worthless pennies turned into souvenirs, including one honoring the late great Fireball Wilson Roberts. (00:03:21)
2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — John can't believe this is the 12th Project for Awesome and quotes Prufrock: 'I grow old, I grow old.' (00:03:50)
2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John grants it is cool the Apology of Socrates is free to anyone online, but to 13-year-old him all of that was just stupid. (00:00:38)
2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — CompuServe hired John, always in its student forum, as a moderator, meaning he got free internet; it taught him a little about online community building. (00:01:40)
2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John calls his first summer online the summer of CompuServe, joking that if anything happened to him outdoors that summer he does not recall it; lacking the physical vigor for exploration, he felt the magic of discovery uncovering every wonder and terror on the internet. (00:01:58)

Hank

1080 statements · sincere 89% · playful 11% · other bits 1% · hedged or unsure 22%

Sincere but hedged (209)

Split by hedge type (derived from the quoted hedge words with a fixed word list — see the overview): epistemic doubt 93 · wish / hope 4 · opinion marker 72 · other hedge 23 · hedge words not recorded 17.

Epistemic doubt (93)

real uncertainty about whether it is true

2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank says revolting against a government means taking it down, which usually goes badly: those in power won't give it up, people kill each other, and often the worst people win. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:29)
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — Hank is there basically to get booksellers to like his book, which they cannot read yet but which now has a release date: September 25th. — hedged: “I guess” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:12)
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — Hank has written a lot, mostly nonfiction: hundreds of thousands of words of essays turned into video blogs and probably over 100,000 words of tweets. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:16)
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Asked how book editing is going, Hank says not great: a busy week, a deadline he may miss, and a lot of stress. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:01)
2018-02-09 · This is Going to Seem Dumb, but Stick with Me — The child who left the footprints presumably grew up, lived a life and is gone too; Hank says this is not sad to him but something he likes. — hedged: “presumably” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:37)
2018-02-23 · Dear Young People, You Terrify Me — Hank says evolution seems to select for a certain amount of mutagenesis: there is a balance, with external and apparently internal, intentional mutagenesis. — hedged: “seems” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:07)
2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank says something about the older-sibling relationship creates absolute confidence in the older child's taste-making, a remarkable responsibility he doesn't expect children to live up to. — hedged: “I don't know if this is always the case” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:38)
2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank is in Portland, Oregon with his wife and child to see probably his 12th They Might Be Giants show. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:05)
2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — The band's lack of pretension and lean into enthusiasm and effort has maybe infected Hank's entire life, an infection that started with something John brought home. — hedged: “kind of maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:12)
2018-03-16 · The Most Popular Word in the World — Hank grants that a word like 'taxi' may be adopted into more languages, but says OK is adopted for everyday conversation while 'taxi' serves only specific situations. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-03-16 · The Most Popular Word in the World — Hank says how those technologies revolutionized communication is hard to grasp now, but worth considering as new communication technologies remake our world; their effects will be long-ranging and maybe invisible, as OK's have been for 175 years. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-03-16 · The Most Popular Word in the World — Hank says OK is possibly the most spoken word on the planet, not only because Americans say it a lot but because people say it everywhere. — hedged: “possibly” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:13)
2018-03-16 · The Most Popular Word in the World — Hank says that 'K' may come from a common West African phrase, 'o ke' or 'waw-kay' depending on the language, that is an affirmative or backchannel. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:36)
2018-03-16 · The Most Popular Word in the World — Hank gives the second theory, the Choctaw word 'okeh', hard to translate but probably meaning 'it is so', and apparently also sometimes a backchannel. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:01)
2018-03-16 · The Most Popular Word in the World — Hank says OK probably would not have stuck had people not sought to save characters on telegrams, paid by the letter. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:09)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Hank relays Bullock's parting point: winning by writing off everyone who disagrees may win elections but lose the ability to govern, which we might be seeing now. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:10:32)
2018-03-30 · The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam — In the description Hank says the video makes sense to him but may not to everyone; he may have made some leaps too quickly. — hedged: “I may have” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-03-30 · The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam — Hank doesn't know how norms get established, but imagines they are what fits the people who make a place, making them feel valued, healthy and satisfied. — speculative: “I imagine” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:39)
2018-03-30 · The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam — After discussing with Katherine on Delete This how messy stories make 100% love hard, Hank suggests full love isn't right: joy mixed with care, concern and thought. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:01)
2018-04-06 · How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) — The description says lateness for Hank is often a kind of weird procrastination: he leaves at the last possible moment, often later. — hedged: “often a kind of” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-04-13 · Who is in Control? — Hank doubts whether Congress will be savvy enough to regulate this, or Mark Zuckerberg good or powerful enough to control it. — hedged: “I don't know” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-04-13 · Who is in Control? — As artificial intelligence improves, even small amounts of data will likely be enough: smaller and smaller signals are becoming clearer. — hedged: “likely” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:02)
2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana — Reason 4: because it sometimes helps chronic pain, marijuana can help people dependent on opioids, which seems a reason not to class it with heroin. — hedged: “seems like” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:18)
2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana — Reason 5: cigarettes are perhaps the most successful story in human history of decreasing use of an addictive substance; use can fall without criminalization. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:26)
2018-04-27 · Finding Respite in 2018 — Hank says the last year has felt like a constant barrage of upsetting or confusing news, with a new scandal, fear or tragedy every week. — hedged: “sort of” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:11)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank says he doesn't actually know whether caring what others think keeps you from being really bad, but thinks it is maybe the only thing that gives society and culture enough cohesion to operate productively. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank says that for a prehistoric human, ostracism from the tribe could be a death sentence: survival without a tribe would probably be short and brutal. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:51)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank suggests this is maybe why we spend so much time worrying what other people think about us. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:05)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank says caring what others think is not bad: on average, despite negative consequences, it is probably good because it prevents you from being really bad. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:10)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank concludes there is probably an evolutionary reason we worry more about negative things than we are happy about positive ones. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:36)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank says we work hard to build our identities, a robust story of self (what we've done, how we see the world, our roles, what we're good at), which is maybe what makes us sentient. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:52)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank says we have to force the new data into our old identity and tell a more nuanced, less simple, less shiny story of self, in which we aren't everything we thought. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:54)
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — A Hulu series is very cool and happens to basically no one, but Hank tells John nothing they have done beats finding joy in making stuff, a great community to make it in, and maybe some faith in humanity. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:31)
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — In the analytics he can see, fewer impressions and views come from the subscription feed; it seems people are using it less. — hedged: “It seems like” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:03)
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Not denying the problems, Hank suggests other solutions, such as an algorithmically generated 'what you missed' section above the feed. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:52)
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Because the problem is so hard, maybe it needs no computer code: maybe it is a behavioral problem. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:03)
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank suggests YouTube give people more options to customize the feed: if you want a personalized experience, maybe the person personalizing it should be a person. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:23)
2018-06-08 · Intentionally Ignorant: Does Free Will Exist? — Hank has come to rationally accept determinism, which philosophy defines as everything being part of an inevitable chain of cause and effect. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:36)
2018-06-08 · Intentionally Ignorant: Does Free Will Exist? — Hank does the same about the inevitable situation in which one human being is left and then that last human dies. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:47)
2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — Caring about stuff is good, and sharing passions with people otherwise dissimilar from you is maybe even better. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:22)
2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — Unlike the World Series, the World Cup is truly global: soccer is a world sport the way nations cooperate on the space station, maybe loftier than its science. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:30)
2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — Maybe nothing is less dumb: sport turns our tribal instincts toward something not violent but beautiful, a celebration of skill, intellect, hard work and perseverance. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:58)
2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — The World Cup matters so much without mattering too much; maybe sports are dumb, and maybe that is why they aren't. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:27)
2018-06-29 · Why is the Disney "D" So Weird? — In the description Hank wishes the video were 15 minutes long: the Disney brand reaches beyond words into a deep cultural idea, maybe the most powerful brand outside nation states. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-06-29 · Why is the Disney "D" So Weird? — Hank concludes that the iconic D was likely not created by Walt Disney himself but by someone working at the company after his death. — hedged: “likely” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-06-29 · Why is the Disney "D" So Weird? — Walt Disney's obsession with the 'Disney' image, his own and his creations', was certainly unhealthy and probably had seriously negative consequences for him and those around him, Hank writes, but it also helped create something wonderful. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-06-29 · Why is the Disney "D" So Weird? — Because Disney is all about magic, which can be lost when you learn how it's done, we will probably never find out how the D happened or who made it; maybe that is for the best. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:46)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — In the description Hank says we are lucky it is so hard to separate uranium isotopes: if it were easier, we would probably have destroyed ourselves by now. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — Hank relays the commonly held argument that the threat of nuclear weapons has kept major powers from fighting each other; it has maybe increased proxy wars, bad for the Middle East, some of Africa and a particular Asian peninsula, but, they say, that beats World War III. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — That so few countries have nukes seems a tremendous success that should be celebrated, studied, talked about and fretted over maintaining. — hedged: “seems” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:29)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — Israel definitely has secret nukes and may have had them as early as the 1960s, but has never tested one or admitted to having them. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:27)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — South Africa built, but probably never tested, fission bombs in the 1980s before dismantling them. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:36)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — The 1960s spurt ending with China was rightly seen as scary, possibly especially because Europeans saw China as a non-European, non-white country, and because Mao Zedong was a pretty scary dude. — hedged: “Possibly” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:33)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — Looking at who has created weapons programs in recent years, it is indeed kind of a mucky place. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:05:37)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — That is how countries like North Korea, and, it's feared, maybe someday Iran, slip through the cracks. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:06:41)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — The path forward may be to keep creating a world with few benefits to having nuclear weapons, so few countries want them not from fear of penalties but for lack of advantage. — hedged: “Maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:07:52)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — Hank worries that after a fairly good 73 years we may be getting complacent, forgetting how hard we worked, how bad it could have gone and how much work remains. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (00:09:06)
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Hank says they are going on tour: all the new tour information is up at HankGreen.com, and tickets are apparently already selling fast. — hedged: “apparently” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:54)
2018-07-27 · Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet — Hank says it might look to some like rich people in buildings of mined minerals, powered by fossil fuels, painting those who supply their luxuries as evil; Ted Turner owns private jets. — hedged: “It might, to some, look like” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:09)
2018-07-27 · Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet — Hank says children's television is not the place for political nuance, so maybe children's shows should not be about politics; respect or love for the environment alone would be fine. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:15)
2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Hank says we sometimes lack the time and energy to value the individuals in our lives, which is a little bit of a disaster. — hedged: “kind of sometimes” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:30)
2018-08-10 · My Giant Robot Suit — Hank says if your suit is big but you pretend it isn't real, a shout feels in your face, a stone feels like a rock, and answering with a rock may hurl a boulder. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:32)
2018-08-10 · My Giant Robot Suit — Hank says you may then do more harm than intended or realized, signal bad behavior to many, become a destructive force and hurt yourself. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:07)
2018-08-10 · My Giant Robot Suit — Hank says people may see you as so powerful that nothing they say can hurt you, and may feel powerful just having any impact on you. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:44)
2018-08-17 · My Worst Job Search Fail — Hank suggests we may not talk enough about why people don't get jobs and should talk about it more. — hedged: “Maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:08)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Number 4, the sarcastic party popper: Hank finds it a shame the internet picked John's one sarcastic party-popping moment over many enthusiastic ones. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:27)
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — Hank can't listen to anything but maybe white noise while writing, but a number of songs inspired the book, as reading it will show. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:18)
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — Hank added one thing to the book after it went to press; it will be in the second edition and maybe the digital editions. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:47)
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — On Tuesday a Wall Street Journal reporter seemed to ask him this question begrudgingly, as if she knew the answer. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:31)
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — That differs from measuring the value of their contributions to the universe against each other, which is what this artificial, somewhat gross concept of success means. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:53)
2018-10-05 · We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… — A weakness of state-run elections is that some things might be done poorly or even in bad faith to manipulate outcomes. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2018-10-19 · This is the scariest graph I've ever seen — Hank wonders whether we all just assume that, in the 500-plus years warming would take to cause a full melt, we will fix the problem some other way; fingers crossed, he guesses. — hedged: “I guess” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-10-26 · The Rigged Election — It seems to Hank that Trump's supporters love a strongman who looks powerful, even one breaking the fundamental institution of government by calling on followers not to accept an election he doesn't win. — hedged: “it seems like” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-10-30 · Watch My Dumb Dancing — That is one reason Hank loves Pizzamas: he must make many videos, so viewers will probably be more understanding if not all are very good. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:44)
2018-11-01 · Should I Feel Guilty? — Hank says 'I didn't do it on purpose' is not the same as 'you didn't do it': having done it, you can act so it won't happen again, as when accidentally knocking over an old lady. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:27)
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank thanks John for yesterday's video but says it didn't stop him from constantly refreshing his feed last night, and he is still doing it. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank feels the pendulum may have swung too far, and he is now much more interested in innovating in physical experiences. — hedged: “I feel like a little bit maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:29)
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank says the question is too big for one video, maybe one he wrote a whole book about, and imagines there are elements of both. — hedged: “I imagine” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:11)
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank says that if he doesn't know exactly where the line between life and work is, maybe that is because work is part of life. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:13)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank says Census responses gave him many ideas for his upcoming punishment; he is pretty sure he knows what he will do, and it will be unpleasant. — hedged: “I'm pretty sure” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Though they still make silly videos, Hank thinks the 'too serious' feedback may be less about video topics than about the brothers looking stressed out. — hedged: “I think that it might” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:19)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank doubts viewers want them back in their 20s; he thinks the wish is that they chill out and enjoy the thing, which rings true to him. — hedged: “I think the thought might be” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:41)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank says their stress will come through whatever its cause, which could be the obligations taken on over ten years: family and life, work and projects. — hedged: “it could just be” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:41)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank adds that the 2018 internet has a less carefree vibe than the 2008 internet. — hedged: “sort of” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:10)
2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — Hank says the brightness change might instead come from one side being much darker, like Saturn's moon Iapetus, so the shape may not be so weird. — hedged: “It could be” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:32)
2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — Hank says the Spitzer Space Telescope detected no infrared from it, so it probably reflected most of the sun's heat: it must be shinier than solar-system asteroids or comets. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:31)
2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — Hank says the Pan-STARRS whole-sky survey caught it, past peak brightness, in its first 10 years, implying such objects are probably common, though models of solar-system formation say they should not be. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:56)
2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — Hank says one argument against an alien-made light sail is the tumbling: a probe meant to study a planet would be kept stable to point instruments. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:04:56)
2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — Hank says if the new telescope sees such objects often, we may identify a new class of object to study and even visit; if they are rare, we saw something special. — hedged: “may be able” [epistemic doubt] (00:08:31)
2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — Hank says maybe the best argument against the alien hypothesis is that the universe is weird: unexplained sights were often taken for 'the others' until science caught up. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:08:58)
2018-12-04 · When it All Seems Like Too Much — Hank's second cause: some people, which he understands, might hype it up a little; after doing this for so long with no one paying attention, they start to pitch the scariest version of the story, which is not a lie. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:50)
2018-12-04 · When it All Seems Like Too Much — Hank says the world is going to be worse: there will be climate refugees, and the global situation will probably destabilize somewhat as we deal with the problem. — hedged: “Probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:04)
2018-12-21 · The Psychology of Package Thieves — Hank doesn't know what he expected thieves to look like, perhaps because he had dehumanized what a thief was in his head. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:29)

Wish / hope (4)

a wish about the future, not a claim about what is true

2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Seeing many pitfalls on that path, Hank wants to do anything he personally can to make it easier for others and hopes that becomes a bigger part of his professional life. — hedged: “I honestly hope” [wish / hope] (00:02:51)
2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — Hank acknowledges that the title, and the thumbnail that disagrees with it, are confusing and meant to draw attention, but hopes their message makes sense by the end of the video. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (video description)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — Hank wants to tell people about his book because he is proud of it and thinks they will like it, hoping it is useful and enjoyable, which is what he aims for in life. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:00:25)
2018-11-01 · Should I Feel Guilty? — Hank says he understands feeling bad for doing something wrong even unintentionally, since that negative emotion can make him behave better in future. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:00:53)

Opinion marker (72)

marks a view as the speaker's own; not doubt

2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — In the description Hank says much of YouTube's problem is arguably a cultural problem rather than YouTube's, and points to a Verge article he only partly agrees with. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank says there is no way, at least right now, to create a YouTube alternative that would work for creators: many people have tried and some are trying now, but he doesn't think it's possible. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank thinks there is space to make YouTube better, but only if good ideas get pushed and implemented. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank says this comes down to a central question for any situation you're upset with, whether government, relationship or online platform: do you revolt or reform? — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (00:00:08)
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank cares a lot and is willing to fight for a better YouTube, as are many others he knows; that, not starting from scratch, is how you make it better. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:09)
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — In the description Hank says the video is less about how to write a book than about finding motivation, which for him mattered more. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — Hank thinks this is because books have an outsized impact on him: other media do too, but most creations that deeply changed how he sees the world were books. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:30)
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — The book comes out at the same time in Canada, the US and the UK, he thinks also Australia; translations may have other dates. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:26)
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Asked how to stay informed about current events without stress, Hank says everyone would like to know the answer if the asker figures it out. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:27)
2018-02-23 · Dear Young People, You Terrify Me — Hank says young people, for physiological, practical, cultural and psychological reasons, are built to create change, take risks, avoid stability, mutate culture and imagine a very different world. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:30)
2018-02-23 · Dear Young People, You Terrify Me — Hank says that, unlike genetic evolution, cultural evolution can be done with intent, carefully and thoughtfully. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:08)
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Hank says young adult fiction long had a trend of cutting off people's heads on covers, he thinks to give viewers something to relate to, but not too much. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:08)
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Admitting bias, Hank calls Rodrigo Corral's cover for The Fault in Our Stars one of the best of the decade: a departure that leveled up young adult literature. — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (00:02:24)
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Hank says the TFIOS cover feels almost branded and started, or was part of, a really important and necessary trend in cover design. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:36)
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — The ostentatious colours fit the main character, April, a graphic designer very into colour choice, who would like that the cover stands on its own as an identity for the book. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:30)
2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — The description adds that certainty about what is valuable, awesome and cool is great: knowing his time loving the band was worth it meant not fretting about wasting time. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank misses believing that whatever John thought was cool was cool; he thinks our habit of making up our own minds about everything is the weird way, bringing stress, anxiety and maybe depression, and that a little more faith in other people's tastes would be more relaxing. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank thinks the band's self-awareness and honesty give it longevity: it never tried to be anything but itself, yet always tried to be interesting and good. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:23)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Hank thinks the US has a problem with division that is getting much worse, and hopes Bullock can give him some hope. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:43)
2018-03-30 · The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam — Having the community present makes that exploration even better, Hank thinks. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:23)
2018-03-30 · The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam — Hank is excited for VidCon in Anaheim and Australia later this year (2018), preparing speeches on defining success and making content that gets attention without harming viewers. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:27)
2018-04-06 · How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) — Tip 6: Hank likes not to waste time and feels arriving early wastes it, but has shifted to seeing that something interesting and useful will happen there, just as at his desk. — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (00:02:49)
2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana — Hank thinks it ridiculous and unjustifiable that marijuana is criminalized while more addictive and dangerous substances like alcohol and tobacco are sold at every gas station. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:12)
2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana — Growers and sellers should be regulated so the businesses aren't just giant conglomerates. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:41)
2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana — Reason 7: making something less dangerous than a legal thing very illegal weakens the rule of law; people conclude the legal system is out to harm them, and the more who feel so, the worse society is. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:06)
2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana — Complication 2: some will take legalization as the government saying weed isn't bad for you, but it is. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:44)
2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana — The status quo is a law that harms more than the drug, and Hank thinks we are finally waking up to that. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:23)
2018-04-27 · Finding Respite in 2018 — Hank recommends Space Opera by Catherynne Valente: finally someone with the chops and guts to understand Douglas Adams's genius and maybe move beyond it; a book about glam rock in space. — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (00:02:01)
2018-04-27 · Finding Respite in 2018 — Hank recommends Janelle Monáe: he feels late to the party, but every time he listens to her music he feels better. — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (00:03:21)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — The description says the video could easily have been a medium-length non-fiction book: once Hank talks about identity and story, he can keep going forever. — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank feels the evolutionary answer is a bit of a cheat and wants to step back from biological causes to understand the mechanism. — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (00:01:44)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank thinks our brains are built to create a story of ourselves, and negative feedback is more useful in that process: it hits harder and sticks longer. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:43)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank says a threat to that story is normally felt as a threat to ourselves, because the story we tell ourselves is us, and messing with it is scary. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:06)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank thinks how we respond to these threats, with aggression, defense, fear, avoidance or acceptance, informs a huge part of who we become and how we interact with the world. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:22)
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — The description says that when we want something too much we end up doing it even when we don't actually like it, or doing it in an unhealthy way. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — After a crazy run on the platform and in the public eye, Hank thinks he came out with a stable identity and a healthy attitude, and hopes to help others deal with both getting big and not getting big. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank thinks a growing percentage of people will be able to be professional creators because of the fracturing of fame and the rise of new patronage models. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:41)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — Asked about the word 'moist', which he used earlier, Hank says it is a useful word that should be thought of in its usefulness, and he really likes it. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:48)
2018-06-08 · Intentionally Ignorant: Does Free Will Exist? — Hank says he now simply chooses not to accept something he knows is true, does the same with universal meaning and his inevitable demise, and ignores a trillion other truths every day, so he thinks it's OK. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-06-08 · Intentionally Ignorant: Does Free Will Exist? — Yet there is a very short list of things Hank thinks it's better to ignore, because his ultimate goal is not a perfect understanding of the universe. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:06)
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — In the description Hank says 'this ends in death' means everything eventually, not so much Vlogbrothers. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank plans to schedule his vacation days far in advance so he can't skip a week for lack of good ideas: he needs the pressure. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:55)
2018-07-27 · Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet — The description says content for any age that accurately portrays humanity's difficulties is fine and completely apolitical. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-07-27 · Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet — Hank concludes Captain Planet helped win some good policies but deepened a rift; 'we did that', and it is worth thinking about. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:48)
2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Hank writes that seeing so many seemingly exceptional people on social media makes us forget that people are big deals simply because they are people; remembering that would make adult friendships easier to make and keep. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Hank says asking why adult friendship is harder really asks why valuing and being valued is harder, but he doesn't think it is harder: we forgot how hard we used to work for it. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:47)
2018-08-10 · My Giant Robot Suit — The description says having an internet following doesn't mean never engaging or defending yourself, but you must behave differently than without one. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-08-10 · My Giant Robot Suit — Hank writes that we all wear robot suits now and are more powerful than we think, so it is easy to go too hard, whether you have built your suit for a decade or just have a Twitter account. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-08-10 · My Giant Robot Suit — Hank says that as fame has fractured and more people get their own robot suits, this is important to discuss; the metaphor may help people understand this very new world. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:48)
2018-08-17 · My Worst Job Search Fail — Hank finds these threads really helpful for anyone who is or might be looking for work. — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (00:03:17)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Hank thinks they can make up the difference. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:12)
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — Writing a book changed how Hank experiences books: he compares himself to good writers and sees more of the process, a deeper understanding but less immersive, different not better or worse, as with video and music. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:45)
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank has been thinking about success because there is a lot of frustration and burnout in the YouTube community. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:01)
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — When Hank has changed how he imagines the world, his shape of success changed too; those moments were sometimes hard but always good. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:01)
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank says such comparison happens with siblings, for obvious reasons. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:31)
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank thinks the videos got better because the brothers tried to outdo each other, wanting to make a better joke, not to be more successful. — hedged: “I think to some extent” [opinion marker] (00:01:53)
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank feels that every time something good happens to John, it is a good thing happening to him. — hedged: “I honestly feel like” [opinion marker] (00:02:23)
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank calls this a valuable gift, given to him at least in part by this community and this project, and is very thankful. — hedged: “I think at least in part” [opinion marker] (00:02:23)
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — In the end Hank had what he, and mostly other people too, think is a pretty good pot. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:00)
2018-10-05 · We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… — Hank says registering and voting have got easier over the years, though in some places people are trying to push that back and have had some success. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:10)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — The description says this is probably the longest Vlogbrothers video and certainly the one with the most curse words, as the tradition demands. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — Hank says the responses and works people have made from his book are the most interesting part of creation. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:19:26)
2018-10-19 · This is the scariest graph I've ever seen — Hank points to a long video on Hank's channel on his somewhat different, more nuanced and a little optimistic take on climate change. — hedged: “I feel like I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:22)
2018-10-26 · The Rigged Election — Hank does not believe any leader is greater than democracy, thinks very few Americans do, and so such rhetoric should be unacceptable to everyone. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:31)
2018-11-01 · Should I Feel Guilty? — In the description Hank says that everyone watching, just by having high-speed internet, also has many advantages that might not be obvious. — hedged: “I also think” [opinion marker] (video description)
2018-11-01 · Should I Feel Guilty? — Hank says guilt is still unpleasant, so one asks whether it makes sense to feel guilty about being born with money; his answer is yes. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:58)
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank thinks bars aren't the only place for this: besides a weekly pub subscription there is a school package bought a semester at a time. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:56)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Like Nerdfighters who want him less stressed, Hank wants that too; some things he can't or won't change, but he thinks there are ways to be a little more free. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:06)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank, who doesn't understand people who see achievement as the point of life, thinks the point of life is joy and, beyond that, helping other people find joy. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:35)
2018-12-04 · When it All Seems Like Too Much — People regularly ask Hank, who knows a fair bit about the situation we are putting ourselves into, whether he has any hope left; he finds the loss of hope terrible because he does not think you can do anything without it. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:00:29)
2018-12-04 · When it All Seems Like Too Much — Hank thinks the hopelessness has several causes, the first being that news will focus on bad news, which the channel has discussed plenty. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:40)
2018-12-04 · When it All Seems Like Too Much — Hank thinks almost all of humanity's great work has been done not out of despair but out of hope. — hedged: “I actually think” [opinion marker] (00:03:30)

Other hedge (23)

a hedge that matches none of the word lists

2018-02-23 · Dear Young People, You Terrify Me — Hank tells 12-to-24-year-olds that they may feel powerless but are in some ways the most powerful they will ever be, because they can imagine the world in a way he no longer can. — hedged: “in some ways” [other hedge] (00:03:29)
2018-04-27 · Finding Respite in 2018 — Hank reports a new study in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, which he expects John to be excited about, that tested young people's bedtime cortisol levels. — hedged: “Basically” [other hedge] (00:00:00)
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — The description says Hank gets really scared hearing that something like 90% of kids want to be YouTubers: a good job, but one not everyone can or should have. — hedged: “like” [other hedge] (video description)
2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — That shared denominator unifies us, so Hank is going to try to watch some World Cup this year (2018). — hedged: “I'm going to try” [other hedge] (video description)
2018-06-29 · Why is the Disney "D" So Weird? — Hank reads Walt's constant reinvention of his signature either as another sign of his well-known perfectionism or of a man obsessed with his own name. — hedged: “I can imagine” [other hedge] (00:00:40)
2018-06-29 · Why is the Disney "D" So Weird? — Hank's inner graphic-design nerd thinks the signature title cards were deliberate, unlike other studios: as if Walt and the company wanted a person, not a corporation, to seem to present the films. — hedged: “almost as if” [other hedge] (00:01:25)
2018-07-27 · Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet — Hank says the show looks like an intentional formation of a rift, teaching children that the problem is bad humans rather than hard problems, and that people who disagree are monsters. — hedged: “It looks to me like” [other hedge] (00:03:32)
2018-07-27 · Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet — Hank says this looks a little like a microcosm of all politics these days. — hedged: “It looks a little like” [other hedge] (00:03:45)
2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Hank says common answers on making adult friends (volunteer, take a class, go to a protest, bring neighbors cookies, go to kid things) are fine advice but miss the root of the problem. — hedged: “I just don't think” [other hedge] (00:01:45)
2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Hank defines friendship: two people who agree on each other's intrinsic importance and work together to maintain a relationship of respect and appreciation. — hedged: “At least as far as I can tell” [other hedge] (00:02:15)
2018-08-17 · My Worst Job Search Fail — Hank writes that job hunting is a huge power imbalance, efficient hirers versus unpaid applicants who must work to convince, but sees no other way for it to work. — hedged: “as far as I can tell, anyway” [other hedge] (video description)
2018-09-07 · Frightened Leech Science with Tessa Violet — Hank says the enclaves made it hard to provide services to residents, so the countries swapped them until there were none, in 2015. — hedged: “basically” [other hedge] (00:01:22)
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — This is more or less Hank's philosophy for the last 11 years, and it worked well: make a pot, present it for judgment, use the feedback to make another. — hedged: “more or less” [other hedge] (00:00:58)
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — Hank says his book is in a way a nonfiction book written by a fictional character. — hedged: “in a way” [other hedge] (00:02:09)
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — Hank felt he had to work that way, as the only way to tell the story and say what he wanted; he did it and is happy. — hedged: “I felt like” [other hedge] (00:03:00)
2018-10-19 · This is the scariest graph I've ever seen — RCP 8.5 is basically the scenario in which we do nothing, and we are closer to it than to RCP 2.6. — hedged: “basically” [other hedge] (00:01:17)
2018-10-19 · This is the scariest graph I've ever seen — Admitting this is long-term thinking and no model is perfect, Hank says that if CO2 releases paused now, the full rise would take hundreds of years, but it would come. — hedged: “no model is perfect” [other hedge] (00:02:24)
2018-10-26 · The Rigged Election — A main goal of government should be proving its own legitimacy; when a leader does the opposite, the likeliest reason is wanting to keep power after losing an election. — hedged: “it's hard to imagine” [other hedge] (00:03:20)
2018-10-30 · Watch My Dumb Dancing — Moles on the bottom of the foot are often really dangerous, because people rarely look at their soles and assume such a mole can't be bad; it is one of the more dangerous kinds of cancer. — hedged: “oftentimes” [other hedge] (00:02:30)
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank says he turned reading novels into work, just as VidCon made watching YouTube work, SciShow his science obsession, Vlogbrothers his interest in online communities, and Dear Hank and John being dumb with his brother. — hedged: “Basically” [other hedge] (00:00:29)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Whatever its source, Hank says, if viewers feel the stress it's because it's there, and the brothers won't hide it. — hedged: “I would imagine” [other hedge] (00:02:36)
2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — Hank says there are only two explanations: a comet that off-gassed 10% of its mass, or a 50-meter square of shiny foil under a millimeter thick, a solar sail. — hedged: “as far as we can tell” [other hedge] (00:01:32)
2018-12-04 · When it All Seems Like Too Much — Hank, though himself desperate for people to pay attention, doesn't think scary pitching ultimately works: it might get attention without action. — hedged: “I just don't think” [other hedge] (00:01:15)

Hedge words not recorded (17)

marked as unsure, but the hedge words were not quoted

2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank says he doesn't actually know how to solve those problems. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:22)
2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank senses the band aims to create something simple to enjoy with a lot of complexity within it. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:48)
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank doesn't know why and won't say it is YouTube's fault: subscriptions seem fairly front and center on desktop and mobile. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:00:17)
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank speculates that this may be because the home page is getting better or the subscription feed worse. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:13)
2018-06-08 · Intentionally Ignorant: Does Free Will Exist? — Hank says he doesn't know whether he or anyone can do anything that wasn't predetermined from the moment of the Big Bang. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:00:08)
2018-06-08 · Intentionally Ignorant: Does Free Will Exist? — Hank doesn't know whether this video served that purpose, but he tried. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:03:24)
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank is very uncomfortable with the idea that the Vlogbrothers channel will end in the death of one of the brothers and doesn't know how to feel about it, which he guesses is a pretty big part of the human experience. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (video description)
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank doesn't know how he will take vacation: flexible space may not be good for him, since he needs to know exactly what he has to do. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:00:44)
2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — Hank is not saying sanctions should be done a different way; he doesn't know. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:06:18)
2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Hank guesses that as we age, meeting more people not worth befriending and valuing romance, money, power or Instagram likes, we less readily value others or are valued by them. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:29)
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — Asked if he would let An Absolutely Remarkable Thing become a movie, Hank doesn't know: he hasn't said yes yet; it would be cool but, he has seen, a lot of work. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:01:47)
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank says the comparison has not happened between him and John, and he can't say why. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:01:53)
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank says there is a chance no one wants this; if not enough people sign up, they won't be able to do it. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:03:24)
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank asks whether turning what he loves into work is a good habit that supports his family and makes great things, or something gross: needing monetization to justify his joy. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:00:58)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank is more worried about the future of humanity than ten years ago, and doesn't know whether that is age or other changes. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:10)
2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — Hank doesn't know what Cards Against Humanity is doing for Black Friday, having recorded the video the night before, but expects something weird. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:39)
2018-12-14 · Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity — Asked when he and John were first in a Vlogbrothers video together, Hank guesses it was in the Dominican Republic. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:55)

Satire (1)

a mock position (e.g. a fake moral panic) — the opposite of what is meant

2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — Hank sarcastically remarks that the deal for Russian border assurances seems to have turned out just fine. (00:01:57)

Fiction (2)

a story or novel read aloud; the words belong to characters

2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — In the allegory, a pottery teacher splits her class for a semester: one group must make one perfect pot for a competition, the other as many unique pots as possible. (00:00:00)
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — At the end, the group that just made lots of pots made better pots than the group that worked hard on one perfect pot. (00:00:58)

Joke (4)

a gag; not a claim

2018-02-09 · This is Going to Seem Dumb, but Stick with Me — In the replayed 2013 clip, the interviewed sidewalk has no complaints except tree roots. (00:00:24)
2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank jokes that he can't lie in bed all night replaying the time a girl said he was cute. (00:00:07)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — Asked by Scott Manley for the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, Hank answers with the Monty Python counter-question: African or European? (00:01:02)
2018-10-30 · Watch My Dumb Dancing — Music interrupts Hank for a 'fashion shoot' dance break to a song whose refrain is 'I can't dance but I still dance'. (00:01:08)

Hypothetical (2)

a thought experiment or "what if"

2018-05-04 · When to Attack a Moose — Hank gives the evolutionary answer: attack a moose and win and you get meat but must eventually hunt again, yet it only takes one loss for the moose to kill you forever. (00:00:26)
2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — Hank offers his own conjecture: maybe it tumbles slowly because its senders wanted it seen and chased, an interstellar greeting card going unreceived. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:05:55)

Playful (115)

a real point made in a joking way; the paraphrase records the meant core

2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank notes that the video is also about America. (00:03:20)
2018-01-12 · 5 Songs You've Never Heard That You've Heard 1000 Times — Hank badly wants to know how the Eminem track happened and invites Eminem to email him. (00:01:59)
2018-01-19 · Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. — When Bitcoin hit $10,000 and John emailed again, Hank said he was wrong and that if anything someone had sent them a Dogecoin, which isn't worth much. (00:00:14)
2018-01-19 · Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. — Hank thanks John for finding their Bitcoin and still cannot believe John was right. (00:03:10)
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — That, plus knowing agents and publishers would read the book because he is John Green's brother (thanks, John), is how he wrote it over and over until it was done. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:56)
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — Not all pre-orders will be signed: John set unrealistic expectations and Hank is bringing them back to reality. (00:03:35)
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Hank holds Question Tuesday on a Friday, complaining that John always gets to do question videos just because he posts on Tuesdays. (00:00:04)
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Hank's first question from Twitter is whether numbers are real or made up; he balks that they started out hard when question videos should be easier. — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (00:00:14)
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Singing his last text message, from Marianne, Hank learns it is Julie's birthday and confirms he can record DadCast on Monday; he thanks Marianne for keeping his life in order. (00:02:38)
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — After googling Elton John outfits, Hank picks the one he calls Sparkly Banana Beetlejuice. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:27)
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — For the book's emoji sequence, Hank reports Katherine has one with spoilers and April May suggests robot, dark-haired white girl, Statue of Liberty, burrito. (00:03:33)
2018-02-16 · Thoughts from VERY Dead Animals — Hank marvels that everything in the collection was once living and breathing, with cells and blood; saber-toothed kittens must have been stupid cute. (00:02:00)
2018-02-23 · Dear Young People, You Terrify Me — Hank often wishes people would get used to the revolution in human communication before revolutionizing global finance with cryptocurrency and just slow down, then notes this makes him Jimmy Buffett. (00:02:03)
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Hank says you can't not judge a book by its cover: that is what the cover is for. (00:00:02)
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Genre covers look alike: fantasy has chiseled words over high-contrast illustrations with serif fonts, while a sans-serif font signals sci-fi. (00:00:13)
2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — In a movie-trailer voice, Hank says he has to make a video blog though he was up late and his baby was up early. (00:00:03)
2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Sometimes the older sibling is into weird or dumb stuff, like smoking cigarettes and reading Ulysses for fun. (00:01:03)
2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Had it been a Chumbawamba CD, Hank would have learned every song, but probably couldn't have sustained a decades-long love affair with the band; he apologizes to Chumbawamba fans. — hedged: “my sense is that I probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:37)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Hank says the FCC was 'poo-pooing' on net neutrality, which is a big deal in his line of work. (00:00:44)
2018-03-30 · The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam — The description says Delete This is available wherever you get podcasts, except Spotify, which Hank calls annoying. (video description)
2018-04-06 · How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) — Hank gets to the airport about half an hour before takeoff (it's Missoula, he checks in beforehand and never checks a bag) and in 10 years has never missed a flight. (00:00:00)
2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana — Rich people who spent decades sending people to prison for selling marijuana should not suddenly get even richer selling it. (00:00:47)
2018-04-27 · Finding Respite in 2018 — Hank ends the list with a three-second video of his baby's butt. (00:03:43)
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank says it's not a movie but better than a movie, because there's more of it; he knows John has waited a very long time, is really excited and just wants to watch it. (00:00:27)
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank attended the YouTube Creator Summit last week (week of 30 April 2018), where YouTube flies YouTubers to a fancy hotel and they, basically, yell at YouTube. — hedged: “basically” [other hedge] (00:00:50)
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank half-expected to be seen as what he is, old, useless and yesterday's news, but says he's not down about it. — hedged: “a little bit” [other hedge] (00:00:56)
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank notes rising YouTubers often make feature films seven days a week, while he sits before the same bookshelf as back when shawty first pulled on her apple-bottom jeans and furry boots; how is this still working? (00:01:13)
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank says the last time he created a YouTube channel from scratch, smartphones didn't exist. (00:01:45)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — Hank says he is in Florida, where it is raining, and loves the wetness because Montana is so dry his skin breaks out and his nose gets crackly. (00:00:00)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — The description's pro tip: rain in Florida is fun until bolts of electricity start flying, so don't vlog in a thunderstorm. (video description)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — Asked by Amanda whether he has watched the Orin butt wiggle video today, Hank says he watched it yesterday, but he also has the real thing. (00:00:57)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — To Grace Helbig's 'Dance', Hank objects that it is not a question and that it is stressful because so many people are watching. (00:01:09)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — Asked what is under his feet, Hank shows that there is nothing but air: this is how he sits, being very flexible in one way. (00:01:22)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — Asked what he should embroider on his jacket, Hank picks the suggestion 'fancy dingo'. (00:01:43)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — Asked whether he likes the smell of gasoline, Hank says yes. (00:01:48)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — Asked whether eating a carnivorous plant would be vegan, Hank first says of course, then concedes the questioner is right, and asks whether we need rules for everything. (00:03:06)
2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — After many requests to dance, Hank says his baby has a bunch of dance moves and performs his current favorite, which he calls finger guns. (00:03:19)
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank almost made this video on Hank's channel, where he has been goofing off for weeks, but John gave him permission on Twitter to goof off here. (00:00:00)
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Saying he won't go into it, Hank complains that the news was released in a way that let YouTubers speculate wildly, miscommunicate and send notes to Twitch, then admits he just did go into it. (00:01:10)
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — The description thanks Google for making really great Wi-Fi routers but demands the discounted two-pack. (video description)
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — Hank thanks John for his pea video: his main problem with it is that it is very difficult to live up to, a beautiful thing. (00:00:02)
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — Hank names images to search for (a cat on a horse, an owl with a hat, a dog on a bunny, a Christmas ferret) without looking first, adding the first result after filming. (00:00:21)
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — In a head-banging song Hank concludes he should sell the router on Craigslist because somebody wants it; hitting it with a hammer would make it garbage. (00:01:25)
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — Hank admits he wants to see inside the router, of which there were no pictures online, and feels he made a pact with viewers: he bought a hammer for five dollars and set up dramatic lighting. (00:01:45)
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — Instead Hank smashes the old 2012 router his Google system replaces, a 'P.O.S.' whose cords keep pulling it over; he filmed the intro before smashing it. (00:02:08)
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — At that price it isn't worth listing on Craigslist and having somebody weird come to his house; nobody can compete with Amazon's convenience. (00:02:30)
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — In an outtake Hank says he won't eat the whole rusty-hammer donut: he is a 38-year-old man. (00:03:01)
2018-06-08 · Intentionally Ignorant: Does Free Will Exist? — Hank suggests the video maybe should have been called "I don't want to know!" rather than "Intentionally Ignorant". — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2018-06-08 · Intentionally Ignorant: Does Free Will Exist? — It doesn't seem possible to Hank that his song, the seagulls Yoda song, Emily Dickinson and Shakespeare were all inevitable results of particles seeking lower energy states. (00:00:58)
2018-06-08 · Intentionally Ignorant: Does Free Will Exist? — Hank announces he now calls planets 'space balls', which is itself an inevitable consequence of the universe's starting conditions. (00:02:07)
2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — The games Hank attends aren't easy to take seriously: the Missoula Bruins out-skate him but are mostly teenagers, nothing like the NFL. (00:00:43)
2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — John's video made Hank laugh so hard he peed a little; it may have got fewer views because nerdfighters are more like Hank than John about sports. — hedged: “I think maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:03)
2018-06-22 · Stumping EDU Creators - Trivia at VidCon — Hank can't believe we forget such amazing things about history as a professional farter. (00:03:01)
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank asks whoever finds the hammer he hid in the bushes to let him know, preferably on Twitter, so people know it has been found. (video description)
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Reenacting how he read John's title 'How does this end?', Hank goes from calm to growling and answers: it ends in death, a word for which John once gave him. (00:00:19)
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — While John asked for vacation, Hank spent three weeks feeling he should upload more, such as a donut video on hankschannel or a take on the FDA's new nutrition labels. (00:01:05)
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank has left a hammer he hit a router with on the floor for a long time; he has a tidying problem and will hide it in the bushes by the Big Dipper ice cream shop for anyone who wants it. (00:01:41)
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Hank says he ate the sugar bread to excuse spending the entire video promoting things. (00:02:49)
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Hank admits that, though he made fun of his dad, the sugar bread isn't bad. (00:03:33)
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Hank agrees, calling it the whole thesis of Vlogbrothers. (00:03:50)
2018-07-27 · Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet — Hank marvels that Jeff Goldblum voiced a greedy, big-nosed, rat-looking villain poisoning the water supply. (00:00:56)
2018-07-27 · Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet — Hank asks why one villain being a garbage collector is supposed to be bad. (00:01:48)
2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Asked the weirdest thing he has caught John doing, Hank says nothing, besides sponsoring a third-tier English soccer team. (00:00:34)
2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Asked when to have a baby, Hank notes he made a whole video on it but answers because the asker's mom replied 'ask your mom if she's ready to be a grandma': no, bad mom. (00:00:55)
2018-08-17 · My Worst Job Search Fail — Hank thinks he came out a little on top, especially after Katherine told him the man was a jerk she disliked so much she secretly squeezed his pears. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:50)
2018-08-17 · My Worst Job Search Fail — Hank mocks rejecting candidates for bad handwriting: it is 2018, and that is what computers are for. (00:02:58)
2018-08-17 · My Worst Job Search Fail — Hank objects to a hirer who rejected someone for naming Bridge to Terabithia as a favorite movie: it is okay to like a movie you don't. (00:03:08)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Hank calls John a stunning 41-year-old man, which he guesses is middle age, but who cares. — hedged: “I guess” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:08)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Number 10 is John doing the giant squid of anger, probably posted by many people who have no idea who he is. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:31)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Number 9, a captioned GIF from the same video, is probably used by people who are angry on the internet. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:45)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Number 8 is John doing his happy dance, which Hank says we don't see enough of these days. (00:00:52)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Number 7 shows John angry again, which Hank guesses has to do with the internet rather than John. — hedged: “I'm guessing” [other hedge] (00:01:00)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Number 5 ('no... a little bit') suggests people may be adding a little nuance to internet discourse, using John to do it. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:17)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Hank loves number 2, wants a database of every use of it, and says its ranking restores a little of his faith in the internet. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:42)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Number 1 is John sniffing his own book, which once again destroys Hank's faith in the internet, though he concedes it is pretty good. (00:02:00)
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Honorable mentions: a Congress GIF, 'surprise Putin' (which has audio), and John scared of squirrels, which Hank loves. (00:02:19)
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — Asked for the robot car chase scene John will never write, Hank says he is looking for ideas and inspiration can come from anywhere, so maybe. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:17)
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — It is not because they aren't competitive: put Hank and John on a mini golf course and hope no one comes out bleeding. (00:01:53)
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Asked what song they have had on repeat, the brothers name Don't Stop Me Now and Despacito, which they have heard a lot in the last 48 hours. (00:00:00)
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Asked for the best cheese, after 'American' is called floppy, Hank says you can't pick a favorite cheese: different cheeses suit different moods, and he likes goat. (00:00:42)
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — After one brother is called a mountain goat fan, not a billy goat fan, Hank says he doesn't think mountain goats are actually goats; the reply is 'Shut your mouth'. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:00:42)
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Asked what he would name a robot found in New York City at 3 a.m., Hank says Carl, an extremely metaphorically resonant name (John offers Benjamin). (00:02:05)
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — The movie Hank watches most is Penguins of Madagascar, which he calls the single most underrated movie in human history. (00:03:06)
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — Asked whether the building drawings in the book's endpapers hide a secret code, the answer is that the viewer is overthinking it: there are no Easter eggs in the endpapers. (00:00:00)
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — Now that both are authors, Hank says he is the science one and John is the old one. (00:01:58)
2018-10-05 · We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… — Hank says a historical preservation society has declared the whole of Vermont an endangered place. (00:00:44)
2018-10-05 · We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… — Hank notes that all three vote-by-mail states have legalized marijuana, maybe coincidentally. — hedged: “maybe coincidentally” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:43)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — Hank says a reading is an easy video and feels a bit of a cop-out, but writing the book was labor-intensive. — hedged: “I've always felt like” [other hedge] (00:00:25)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — Hank jokes that being useful and enjoyable is what he tells his son every morning, in actions, and that he may have found the meaning of life. — hedged: “basically” [other hedge] (00:00:25)
2018-10-26 · The Rigged Election — Hank doubts the plot: rigging would be an odd thing to do if you ran the voting machine company. (00:00:54)
2018-10-30 · Watch My Dumb Dancing — Long ago the brothers cut to one video a week each to free time for other things, which Hank says 100% happened. (00:00:00)
2018-10-30 · Watch My Dumb Dancing — At the farmer's market someone asked if he was the author Hank Green; as usual he said no, that's John, but they had just read his book and liked it; Hank says being an author hadn't really sunk in that way yet. (00:00:22)
2018-10-30 · Watch My Dumb Dancing — Plants are made of air, which doesn't seem right but is true, so Hank's shirt, made of plants, is made of air. (00:03:14)
2018-11-01 · Should I Feel Guilty? — Hank, with a few dozen little candy bars, asks John to sit for four minutes while he works some things out. (00:00:02)
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — A separate category of comments describes John with his mustache: the guy you glance at at Walmart, an 80s substitute teacher, a Ned Flanders double, the protagonist of Her. (00:03:06)
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank says Montana is very slow at counting votes. (00:00:00)
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank says an idea being bad doesn't mean you shouldn't obsess over it for eight months and then do a slightly different version. (00:00:29)
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank expects viewers to say he just invented pub trivia, which already exists, but thinks the idea changes when looked at from different angles. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:58)
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — A semester of trivia costs about a tenth of bringing a medium-popular 2000s band to campus for one 90-minute set. — hedged: “basically” [other hedge] (00:02:26)
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank replied asking whether it had to be a university, which is what they then called Crash Course. (00:02:26)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank thanks John for a video that reminded him to schedule a haircut; he can tell it's time when his hair invades his ear canal. (00:00:00)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — One respondent wanted Pizzamas merch without John's weird face on it; Hank understands and agrees it is a weird face. (00:00:33)
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank closes by calling for more joy in 2019. (00:03:35)
2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — Orin has told only four jokes, and Hank shares every one of them in order. (00:00:00)
2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — Of Orin's first joke, 'Mama. Dada.', Hank says he finds it funny too, and for the same reason Orin does. — hedged: “I feel like” [opinion marker] (00:00:44)
2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — Joke three: pointing at his corduroy pants, Orin said 'Papa pants', Papa being their dad, who wears lots of corduroy; as far as Hank can tell, Orin is making fun of Dad's fashion advice, which Hank considers top notch. — hedged: “as far as I can tell” [other hedge] (00:01:32)
2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — Hank describes Black Friday as the day Americans realize no holidays remain before Christmas and take on the stressful collective burden of buying gifts for loved ones. (00:02:01)
2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — Hank says that as a science-show host with a master's degree who looks like this, he is credible, and wants to keep and use that credibility wisely. (00:06:35)
2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — Hank notes that educational videos are exempt from the four-minute rule, and thanks the exemption for letting him ramble. (00:09:24)
2018-12-14 · Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity — Hank needs the moisturizer: the town is so dry, and it was seven degrees when he woke up. (00:00:29)
2018-12-14 · Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity — Hank urges viewers to donate so that he gets shocked more. (00:02:55)
2018-12-21 · The Psychology of Package Thieves — Hank mocks thieves who got offended that their theft ended in a prank. (00:00:29)
2018-12-28 · The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) — Hank says it is the space between Christmas and New Year's when no one knows what's going on, and he almost forgot to make a video. (00:00:00)
2018-12-28 · The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) — Asked whether a fart in space could be heard, Hank says both people would have to be out of spacesuits and dying, ear close to the butt, but he bets you could. — hedged: “I bet” [other hedge] (00:00:34)
2018-12-28 · The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) — Asked for their favourite inside couple joke, they decline: that one is theirs. (00:02:36)

Other voices

93 statements · sincere 84% · playful 8% · other bits 9% · hedged or unsure 16%

Sincere but hedged (15)

Split by hedge type (derived from the quoted hedge words with a fixed word list — see the overview): epistemic doubt 5 · opinion marker 6 · other hedge 4.

Epistemic doubt (5)

real uncertainty about whether it is true

2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock urges people to be willing to take the step and risk failing; he has learned more from his setbacks than his successes. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:07:35)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock says universal background checks could make a meaningful difference. — hedged: “could” [epistemic doubt] (00:08:37)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock says Parkland, Florida students may fundamentally change things, Montana students walked out in protest, and maybe grown-ups will finally listen to kids. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:09:02)
2018-09-07 · Frightened Leech Science with Tessa Violet — Tessa Violet: Tessa says leeches crawl upward and out of the water when they sense a storm coming. — hedged: “I guess” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:51)
2018-12-21 · The Psychology of Package Thieves — a guest: One thief's group was just having fun until they realised a package was almost certainly a toy for a child to open on Christmas morning; then it stopped being fun. — hedged: “almost certainly” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:18)

Opinion marker (6)

marks a view as the speaker's own; not doubt

2018-02-16 · Thoughts from VERY Dead Animals — Kallie Moore: Kallie says the collection has fossil poop, though probably no Triassic poop, and some amazing soft-body preservation. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:02:38)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock says nationally we need to listen and persuade: winning is not micro-targeting people who agree with everything, but engaging the public and saying why you'll fight for them. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:47)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock says in a highly polarized system too many people ask what's wrong with those voters instead of what's wrong with themselves or candidates who don't speak to them. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:04:16)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock says his Trump-voting supporters, like his wife and children, don't agree with him on everything but believe he'd fight for them and listen to them. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:04:27)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock says many candidates run against government as horrible; it has inefficiencies and can be improved, but candidates should run to be part of the solution. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:04:47)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock says gun owners and those wanting restrictions both want to keep their families and communities safe and distrust government's ability to, so there is more commonality than we think. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:08:13)

Other hedge (4)

a hedge that matches none of the word lists

2018-02-16 · Thoughts from VERY Dead Animals — Kallie Moore: Kallie shows a favorite specimen, a fossil with a striking internal pattern that is either a sponge or a hydrozoan. — hedged: “It's either” [other hedge] (00:02:28)
2018-02-16 · Thoughts from VERY Dead Animals — Kallie Moore: Kallie says the collection's oldest specimen is a bacterial mat from Australia, about 2.75 billion years old: this is what life was. — hedged: “it's like” [other hedge] (00:03:13)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock says New York, New Jersey, Hawaii and Vermont governors did the same, basically taking Montana's executive order; Montana even offered a fill-in template. — hedged: “basically” [other hedge] (00:01:25)
2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock fears the US, long a beacon of hope and opportunity, is giving up ('advocating') its international leadership role, from climate to peacekeeping coalitions. — hedged: “In some respects” [other hedge] (00:09:23)

Fiction (8)

a story or novel read aloud; the words belong to characters

2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — April May (character): April May introduces herself as one of the most important things ever to happen to humanity and also a woman in her twenties who has made mistakes. (00:01:24)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — April May (character): With art-school loans, April settled on a design BFA and took the first job that kept her in New York, at a doomed startup, rather than move home to Northern California. (00:02:40)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — April May (character): April lives with Maya, her girlfriend of over a year, but insists they are roommates who are dating, so her bed stays in the living room. (00:04:07)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — April May (character): Walking back to the office at night after her metro card is rejected, April finds a ten-foot transformer in samurai armor standing on the sidewalk. (00:06:30)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — April May (character): April recalls meeting Andy when a professor put him in her and Maya's group project, the Bubble Bum brand; they became a trio. (00:08:28)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — April May (character): April calls Andy at 3 a.m. and tells him to bring his camera and his roommate Jason's lights to film the sculpture. (00:11:30)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — April May (character): Andy argues it would be better for the artist if April, not he, were on camera, and she agrees to do it. (00:16:54)
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — April May (character): April distinguishes fine art, which exists for its own sake, from design, art that does something else, like visual engineering. (00:17:24)

Playful (7)

a real point made in a joking way; the paraphrase records the meant core

2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Steve Bullock: Bullock jokes that Hank can thank Caroline for saving the internet. (00:02:19)
2018-06-22 · Stumping EDU Creators - Trivia at VidCon — a guest: Another creator once made a song called 'Boogers in My Nose' in the style of Three 6 Mafia. (00:01:43)
2018-09-07 · Frightened Leech Science with Tessa Violet — Tessa Violet: In an outtake, Tessa recalls Hank asking her to host a trivia show and telling her mom that Hank Green had emailed her. (00:03:30)
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — both: Asked which characters in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing they are most like, the brothers name April and Andy. (00:01:00)
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — both: Commenters say Hank looks like Minkus from Boy Meets World, handsome Squidward, one of the Proclaimers, a YA urban fantasy hero, Alton Brown and Scott Pilgrim. (00:00:29)
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — both: Commenters say John looks like Jimmy Neutron, a Lamborghini-touting scammer, a Weeble, middle-aged James Potter, Megamind with hair, a young Santa Claus and Tom Hanks. (00:00:29)
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — both: Discussing a comment, the brothers note that James Potter died at 21 and was never middle-aged in the Harry Potter books. (00:01:34)