Register 2021: hedges and bits

Statements from 2021 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

1027 statements · sincere 87% · playful 12% · other bits 1% · hedged or unsure 5%

Sincere but hedged (41)

Split by hedge type (derived from the quoted hedge words with a fixed word list — see the overview): epistemic doubt 18 · wish / hope 6 · opinion marker 3 · other hedge 7 · hedge words not recorded 7.

Epistemic doubt (18)

real uncertainty about whether it is true

2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — So perhaps the superior fish beings have already emerged, John says, and we just need to learn to listen to them. — hedged: “it could be” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:24)
2021-01-26 · The Sycamore Tree: The Anthropocene Reviewed — At the end of the Why chain John says that, in spite of it all, he believes the human enterprise has value. — hedged: “I don't know, I guess” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:39)
2021-03-02 · What's Not in the Frame — In a channel comment John says our brains are not sophisticated enough to understand that unreliable images are unreliable; we may develop this ability over time, but it is a huge problem. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (creator comment)
2021-03-02 · What's Not in the Frame — Perhaps the best strategy, John says, is to call attention to the frame at least some of the time and acknowledge that most of what happens is outside it. — hedged: “I don't know, maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:21)
2021-03-30 · I did it! — John signed every night for some 40 or 50 nights; each time Sarah asked whether this was the last time, and he said yes. — hedged: “I don't know, like” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:29)
2021-05-11 · I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. — Asked what the book is about, John says he still doesn't know; perhaps awe, connectedness, or how weird it is that temporary beings can conceive of permanence. — hedged: “I guess” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:25)
2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — Telling Hank he loves him feels like looking at the sun or confessing a secret; the vulnerability may be what makes it hard, and John dislikes it though it is essential to loving and being loved. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:29)
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — The final episode, maybe, of John's podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed comes out on Thursday. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — Working on The Anthropocene Reviewed has been incredible, but John thinks he is ready to go back to writing fiction, maybe, after a long pause. — hedged: “Maybe?” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:58)
2021-08-31 · The Woman Who Invented Stuffed Animals — In those alternate histories stuffed animals would probably still have been invented around then, just as light bulbs would exist without Edison and Tesla. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:04:52)
2021-09-21 · how we spend our days — John's probably favorite book about writing is Annie Dillard's The Writing Life, with its observation that how we spend our days is how we spend our lives. — hedged: “Probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2021-09-28 · 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read — John tells Hank he loves a book about brotherhood, and Miracle's Boys might be his favorite. — hedged: “might be” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:58)
2021-10-08 · On February 3rd, 2020, I Wrote a Video I Didn't Make. Here It Is. — The 2020 script predicted that in two months we would very likely think we had overreacted to the threat of coronavirus. — hedged: “very likely” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:45)
2021-10-08 · On February 3rd, 2020, I Wrote a Video I Didn't Make. Here It Is. — Current John says this part does not hold up: he is not sure it was ever very likely. — hedged: “I'm not sure” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:50)
2021-10-12 · Fine, I'll take the bait. — If cosmic inflation theory is correct, the universe expanded faster than light just after the Big Bang, so the fastest thing may have been the beginning of the universe. — hedged: “it may be” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — Asked whether people say his head looks bigger in person, John says not that he recalls; most people don't comment on his appearance, which is probably the way to go. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:58)
2021-10-26 · Why Avocados Still Exist — John says humans were probably the biggest factor: there is evidence of humans eating avocados 9 or 10,000 years ago, and they may have traded and cultivated them earlier. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:08)
2021-11-16 · Orbital Sunrise: The First Art Made in Space — It is hard to think about what we cannot imagine, John says, but perhaps art is one way to bridge that divide. — hedged: “perhaps” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:56)

Wish / hope (6)

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

2021-03-02 · What's Not in the Frame — Now that everyone seems okay and the crisis has hopefully passed, it is easier for John to talk about. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:02:50)
2021-04-27 · What is my new book about? — That makes it sound serious, but hopefully it is often funny. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:02:55)
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — John hopes that 15 years from now he will be different again, and toasts that hope and life, just not a million years of it. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:03:35)
2021-09-07 · My Two Favorite Jokes — Only by understanding that his default is to fly toward those lights can John hopefully occasionally make slightly more conscious decisions. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:01:25)
2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says he was wrong about the sock club, or hopefully soon will be, and wishes being wrong were always this lovely. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:02:45)
2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John hopes this is the year Hank proves him fully wrong and the club becomes a literal million-dollar idea, because it does a lot of good. — hedged: “I hope” [wish / hope] (00:03:21)

Opinion marker (3)

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

2021-03-30 · I did it! — John doesn't think he will ever sign his name 250,000 times again. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:02:25)
2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — If someone abroad manages to order the US edition, John thinks it will be signed but can't promise, given international copyright and shipping. — hedged: “I think it will be signed, but I can't promise” [opinion marker] (00:02:44)
2021-12-14 · MAKE. BELIEVE. — In a comment John says the drug-lord draft of The Fault in Our Stars is probably among his papers at the University of Southern Mississippi. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (creator comment)

Other hedge (7)

a hedge that matches none of the word lists

2021-04-06 · How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? — On his vision board John is thankful for safe and effective vaccines and hopeful for shared immunity soon. — hedged: “hopeful” [other hedge] (00:03:49)
2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John says the MCOE should dramatically accelerate this progress. — hedged: “should” [other hedge] (00:01:16)
2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John read so much at Booklist that he can't remember when he first met the word Anthropocene, probably around 2002. — hedged: “must have been around” [other hedge] (00:07:52)
2021-08-10 · My Physicalmental Illness — Labyrinthitis is not a psychological illness, or so John is told; he went home from hospital with two medications, the central nervous depressant meclizine and the anti-anxiety drug diazepam, which also lessens vertigo. — hedged: “or at least I'm told it's not” [other hedge] (00:01:47)
2021-10-08 · On February 3rd, 2020, I Wrote a Video I Didn't Make. Here It Is. — The script's worst case: in two months we might remember coronavirus as having been catastrophic. — hedged: “It's also possible” [other hedge] (00:02:35)
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John is not positive The Anthropocene Reviewed is a science book, though it does contain some science alongside literary analysis and history. — hedged: “I'm not positive” [other hedge] (00:00:29)
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John hopes the progress at Koidu will be accelerated by the Maternal Center of Excellence opening in 2023. — hedged: “we hope” [other hedge] (00:02:26)

Hedge words not recorded (7)

marked as unsure, but the hedge words were not quoted

2021-02-16 · A Lovely Winter Walk — Living in this strange and extremely difficult time, John doesn't know what it means, how we will look back on it, or when. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:01:35)
2021-03-02 · What's Not in the Frame — Not going into detail feels like teasing a mystery; John doesn't know how to tell viewers a time is difficult without violating anyone's privacy. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:57)
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John doesn't really know how to navigate having pieces of his past, from books to tweets, floating around in other people's present. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:55)
2021-04-27 · What is my new book about? — John doesn't know what the book is about; perhaps whether E. E. Cummings was right about snow's indifference, and Mary Oliver's one shared world where everything becomes part of everything else. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:26)
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John calls this a diagnosis, not a treatment, because he doesn't know the treatment for thinking of the line every time he sneezes. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:44)
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John asks, not rhetorically, whether he made the world worse in a minor way by sharing Sarah's story on the podcast and again in a YouTube video. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:55)
2021-10-08 · On February 3rd, 2020, I Wrote a Video I Didn't Make. Here It Is. — John has no idea what the world will look like 20 months from now, and rather than saying he can't wait, says he can wait. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:03:33)

Joke (9)

a gag; not a claim

2021-01-12 · My 2021 Vision Board — Answering viewers who said not to manifest a Cats sequel, John jokes that the world's mess began with the 2020 Cats movie and only another Cats movie can end it. (00:00:00)
2021-01-12 · My 2021 Vision Board — Another board item: manifest birds with arms, the one thing birds are missing. (00:01:46)
2021-01-19 · let's go on a parts adventure — John says today's video is like the last season of Game of Thrones: seven parts, partly filmed in absolute darkness. (00:00:00)
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Replying to a viewer who wants an Anthropocene Reviewed of Beanie Sanfurbs, John's comment gives it two stars. (video description)
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John adds that Hank plus corndogs remains a great love story, as noted on his 2021 vision board. (00:03:24)
2021-09-07 · My Two Favorite Jokes — John tells the joke of a moth who brings Hamlet-like troubles to a podiatrist and, asked why he came, answers that the light was on. (00:00:13)
2021-09-07 · My Two Favorite Jokes — John tells the joke of a farmer whose heroic pig Bessie, who fought off a wolf and raised the alarm in a barn fire, has a wooden leg because so special a pig isn't eaten all at once. (00:01:40)
2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — Asked why he stopped making videos about 'unerotic giraffe sex', John first notes there is no other kind of giraffe sex. (00:01:27)
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John admits he only said the video had four parts to make the Gulliver's Travels joke at the start, with no regrets. (00:03:24)

Hypothetical (2)

a thought experiment or "what if"

2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — John grants the fish beings could crush or conquer us, or humanity could foolishly fight and lose, but he imagines them answering our questions with loving guidance, not orders. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:26)
2021-10-26 · Why Avocados Still Exist — John says if this succeeds, seeds could become small enough for a raccoon to poop out, so the avocado might survive the age of humans as it survived the Pleistocene, because of us. — hedged: “it's possible” [other hedge] (00:02:55)

Playful (125)

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

2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — John says Hank's video last week (week of 28 December 2020) almost skipped his childhood prediction that 2012 would bring the emergence of superior fish beings. (00:00:00)
2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — John asks whether young Hank expected fish-like aliens, a hyper-intelligent fish species rapidly evolving as in the cartoon The Snorks, or fish beings long hidden on Earth. (00:00:30)
2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — Avoiding spoilers, John says adult Hank has arguably written the two greatest superior fish being novels of the century, with few actual fish beings. — hedged: “arguably” [other hedge] (00:00:58)
2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — John says he would be nervous if superior fish beings arrived tomorrow, but also relieved that someone actually knows more than we do. (00:01:27)
2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — John imagines the fish beings telling us to weigh the long-term consequences of our actions, especially large-scale changes to rivers and lakes. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:01:56)
2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — They might also explain dark matter and how to better account for the value of natural resources in economic systems. — speculative (hedge words not recorded) (00:01:56)
2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — John says that at night he sometimes cannot stop wondering where the air for the Snorks' nervous head-snorkel bubbles came from. (00:01:56)
2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — John notes he has turned a video about superior fish beings earnest; unironic enthusiasm about them is on his 2021 vision board. (00:03:24)
2021-01-12 · My 2021 Vision Board — John stands by his goal of finishing his book, which he calls extremely in-depth Yelp reviews, coming out later this year (2021). (00:00:00)
2021-01-12 · My 2021 Vision Board — John intends to keep AFC Wimbledon in the third tier of English football by sheer force of will. (00:00:29)
2021-01-12 · My 2021 Vision Board — John wants to spend less time staring into the abyss. (00:00:29)
2021-01-19 · let's go on a parts adventure — John is going to the hand doctor because his finger isn't working, hopefully not because he has signed his name over 500,000 times in ten years and must sign 100,000 more in three months. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:00:00)
2021-01-22 · I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope — In a comment John calls the video distressing. (video description)
2021-01-26 · The Sycamore Tree: The Anthropocene Reviewed — John's children play the Why game with him, answering each reason he gives for finishing breakfast with another 'why', down to the species wanting to go on. (00:00:00)
2021-01-26 · The Sycamore Tree: The Anthropocene Reviewed — In a comment John says his line that nothing done in Milwaukee matters is equally true, if not more so, of Indianapolis. (creator comment)
2021-02-02 · I Predicted the Pandemic (over and over and over again) — John jokes he predicted the pandemic so often that, were he more famous, conspiracy theorists would think he had inside knowledge, which he did, in that he reads a lot of history. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2021-02-02 · I Predicted the Pandemic (over and over and over again) — The description announces an exceptionally boring semi-secret livestream that day. (video description)
2021-02-16 · A Lovely Winter Walk — John sends greetings from his basement, where the confetti is vast and the exhaustion profound, then goes for a walk. (00:00:10)
2021-02-16 · A Lovely Winter Walk — Volunteers run the P4A, but it also relies on everyone watching, from hydration reminders to perk ideas about Hank's bean Furby, now apparently known as Beanie Sandfurbs. (00:00:38)
2021-02-23 · A Little Joy and Color in an Otherwise Unbearably Bland Life — John jokes that Hughes thinking repetition is modern implies he never attempted agriculture: try thinning row after row of carrot seedlings. (00:02:26)
2021-02-23 · A Little Joy and Color in an Otherwise Unbearably Bland Life — John recalls when not scheduling haircuts was his biggest problem and he thought hairmergencies were emergencies, and wants to go back in time and pinch that little boy's cheeks. (00:03:43)
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John notes that his puff levels remain near record levels. (00:00:00)
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John sees two approaches to rebranding; one is the Planters path: a commercialized funeral for the animated spokesnut, then a hip baby spokesnut. (00:00:58)
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — Walking in the woods, John sometimes finds a seemingly ancient beer can that turns out to be from 1994, when he was alive and sometimes drinking beer. (00:01:27)
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — As proof of Hank's rebrand, John recalls the Corndog Hank t-shirt made to go with the Pizza John t-shirt: Pizza John is still here, Corndog Hank forgotten to history. (00:02:26)
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — For that John looks to Hank: they never let Hank being the younger brother stop him from being the wise older brother. (00:03:24)
2021-03-16 · How a Book Cover Gets Designed — After teasing a second major development at the end of the video, John says in the description he got a haircut, ending the 'puff nightmare' of 2021. (video description)
2021-03-16 · How a Book Cover Gets Designed — Some of John's covers are wondrous in their strangeness, like the Swedish cover of Turtles All the Way Down. (00:00:00)
2021-03-30 · I did it! — The 250,000 sheets weigh over 2,200 pounds, so John has literally signed a ton of sheets. (00:00:00)
2021-03-30 · I did it! — If he never signs in bulk again, John may never use his beloved LectroJog again, which he calls the greatest piece of machinery in human history. (00:01:56)
2021-03-30 · I did it! — Wanting more work for the LectroJog, John hopes The Anthropocene Reviewed will not be his last book. — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:02:25)
2021-03-30 · I did it! — John's vision board reads 'don't sign name' as a helpful reminder. (00:03:23)
2021-04-13 · My Truly Mortifying Self-Talk — John has never spoken to his watch, but it often believes he is speaking to it, which is annoying, and he doesn't know how to make it stop. (00:00:29)
2021-04-13 · My Truly Mortifying Self-Talk — Craig texted that he knew exactly what this was and was proud of John; while uploading, John realized his watch had texted Craig a transcript of his positive self-talk. (00:02:29)
2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — Asked whether the audiobook will have music, John says not much: mostly his voice playing its only note. (00:02:15)
2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — The audiobook will not be signed: John has not yet figured out how to autograph sound waves. (00:02:15)
2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John reads a line on his 2021 vision board about the long, strange trip so far and toasts to much, much more. (00:03:42)
2021-04-27 · What is my new book about? — In a comment John says he wrote a whole essay on how underrated Penguins of Madagascar is and thinks it is like the best movie of the 21st century. (creator comment)
2021-04-27 · What is my new book about? — Opposite the signature page is a review of autographs; even John's copy is signed, since there are no unsigned copies, and he rates his signature three and a half stars. (00:00:00)
2021-05-04 · What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) — The Anthropocene Reviewed book comes out two weeks from tomorrow, and John says he is a vast collection of exposed nerve endings. (00:00:00)
2021-05-11 · I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. — Asked his opinion on frogs, John says it is largely positive. (00:00:22)
2021-05-11 · I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. — In an airport store with his best friend Chris Waters, a clerk asked John how he knows Vince Vaughn, so he was once recognized for being Vince Vaughn's best friend. (00:00:47)
2021-05-11 · I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. — Parts of the book that wouldn't have worked on the podcast: most notably the picture parts, and also the wintry mix parts. (00:02:28)
2021-05-11 · I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. — Asked to pronounce foreign titles of the book, John attempts the Dutch and German titles, raising his voice for the German question mark. (00:02:45)
2021-05-18 · Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While — Getting his makeup done before the TV appearance is John's favorite thing: it feels like a nice person putting a protective shield on him. (00:00:58)
2021-05-18 · Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While — The review calls Green a ravenous and tender polymath, which John finds kind, though proper polymaths can say the word and he has never been sure how to pronounce it. (00:01:28)
2021-06-01 · My Two Favorite Books of the Year — John asks viewers to say in comments what they thought of the books or what else they are reading, since he wants recommendations: his 2021 vision board says read more books. (00:03:36)
2021-06-08 · Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford — The day after upload, viewers can see Ashley C. Ford in conversation with Oprah Winfrey, live on Zoom. (00:00:52)
2021-06-15 · VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! — Asked what they would say if they could tell their selves of 10 years ago everything, John thinks his past self would find it cool, awesome and a little scary. (00:01:16)
2021-06-15 · VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! — John prefers mint gum, saying fruit-flavored gum does not taste like any fruit. (00:01:45)
2021-06-15 · VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! — Asked about inconsequential brotherly arguments, John admits he stole the money Hank rolled up inside his trophies and bought all kinds of things with it. (00:02:27)
2021-06-15 · VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! — John says he used most of that money to buy baseball cards, which Hank sold without his permission when they were in college. (00:02:57)
2021-06-18 · QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!! — John says his strategy is to put as many endurance events as close together as possible, because he knows he has more endurance than Hank. (00:00:29)
2021-06-18 · QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!! — John says he had a rough day because Hank introduced events he has no expertise in, and he needs cup stacking to get the draw. (00:02:20)
2021-06-22 · Mindblowers with Hank and John — John jokingly points to Hank's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which Hank wants viewers to know is available at bookstores, as it has been since 2018. (00:00:00)
2021-06-22 · Mindblowers with Hank and John — John says the pi fact is really a fact about humans: we're amazing. (00:00:39)
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John wonders how the doctor explains their own sneezes: a fluke, a sneeze-adjacent phenomenon, or a moral weakness to hide from the public. (00:01:07)
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John says people saying outrageous things online, like Stalin was underrated, lower legs needn't be washed or Grease 2 is the canonical Grease, lodge in many minds, though not positively. (00:02:14)
2021-07-13 · The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make — John says the brothers' few public disagreements have been about exceptionally silly things like whether Batman is a good superhero and whether butt is legs. (00:03:02)
2021-07-20 · Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews — John is grateful and surprised by the book's wide readership: his assumption that every reader would watch these videos was wrong, as an email from Katherine from Minnesota, titled GRANDMOTHER LOVES YOUR BOOK, showed. (00:00:00)
2021-07-20 · Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews — Having read some reviews of his book of reviews, John decides to go deeper and review the reviews, giving each one stars. (00:00:58)
2021-07-20 · Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews — A two-star review says Hank Green knows his science but nothing about people; John gives the review two stars because it unjustly maligns his brother. (00:01:27)
2021-07-20 · Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews — John is not disappointed that a three-star Goodreads review calls the book a little Ted Lasso-like and gives that review five stars. (00:02:30)
2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — Feeling Esther would want a joke, John shares something that just happened to him between takes: 'Sneezing is never normal. I never sneeze.' (00:03:25)
2021-08-10 · My Physicalmental Illness — Asked whether his illness is mental or physical, John answers: yes, it is. (00:03:01)
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — John likens the video to Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights: it comes in three semi-connected parts. (00:00:00)
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — Mortality is always on John's mind, especially on his birthdays. (00:00:58)
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — After Hank's video in which the AI based on the brothers answered viewers, which John found only moderately dystopian, John tried the chatbot himself. (00:00:58)
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — John first took the chatbot's million-year life expectancy as good news, then fell into a new quandary: does he really want to live a million years? (00:01:38)
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — Living through all of human history so far would be extremely exhausting, John feels, and would bring him only a quarter of the way through such a lifespan. (00:01:38)
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — On his 44th birthday John announces that his preferred lifespan is officially 97: a nice solid prime number, since rooting for triple digits would be gauche. (00:02:08)
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — Adults seemed to John to devote their lives to boring things like lawn maintenance, life insurance and whether the Chrysler Pacifica beats the Honda Odyssey, and he was horrified. (00:02:37)
2021-09-07 · My Two Favorite Jokes — In an outtake John says the farmer who eats special pigs slowly is a bad farmer, then wonders if the system is to blame and settles on both system and individual choice, like his stuffed-animals video. (00:03:33)
2021-09-14 · I do this every. single. tuesday. — In a comment John says this shirt gets more views than his other shirts, so he will keep wearing it until proven wrong. (creator comment)
2021-09-21 · how we spend our days — John cannot go to space tomorrow, having an inner ear disorder and not being a billionaire, nor care for the sick in hospitals, lacking a nurse's training; he can't do almost everything. (00:00:29)
2021-09-21 · how we spend our days — Adapting Raft's joke, John says he spends most of his hours idly daydreaming or driving his children to and from school, and the rest of his time he squanders. (00:02:10)
2021-10-04 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John, wearing his Pizzamas mustache, says it is hard to say anything serious with it. (00:00:28)
2021-10-04 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — After ten Pizzamases, John says, the inside jokes may be very hard for new viewers to parse; he adds that he has the face Pizza John is based on and doesn't get it either. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:44)
2021-10-06 · Searching for Betsy in Brazil — Not sure he can show up on a stranger's doorstep with his mustache, John shaves it off. — hedged: “I'm not sure” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2021-10-06 · Searching for Betsy in Brazil — Brazil, Indiana is just over an hour from John's home in Indianapolis; the buyer lives 15 minutes outside town, down a dirt road through corn, and he doubts Google Maps. (00:00:29)
2021-10-06 · Searching for Betsy in Brazil — After four and a half hours and two visits to Brazil, which he didn't actually need, John reaches the buyer's workplace and meets Betsy. (00:02:28)
2021-10-08 · On February 3rd, 2020, I Wrote a Video I Didn't Make. Here It Is. — As October 2021 John he wears a shirt available only during Pizzamas at pizzamas.com; as February 2020 John, a hoodie. (00:00:22)
2021-10-08 · On February 3rd, 2020, I Wrote a Video I Didn't Make. Here It Is. — John says his February 2020 feeling of impending doom was warranted. (00:01:05)
2021-10-08 · On February 3rd, 2020, I Wrote a Video I Didn't Make. Here It Is. — Current John asks how his past self, who studies and is obsessed with infectious diseases, imagined a worst case only 60 days long. (00:02:46)
2021-10-08 · On February 3rd, 2020, I Wrote a Video I Didn't Make. Here It Is. — John says pizzamas.com remains the number one source for pizza-related meme apparel. (00:03:44)
2021-10-12 · Fine, I'll take the bait. — John takes up Hank's remark that many people could make very different videos with the same title: challenge accepted. (00:00:00)
2021-10-12 · Fine, I'll take the bait. — In 2007 their tiny low-quality YouTube uploads took over an hour; this video, hundreds of times bigger, takes under 10% of the time. (00:01:56)
2021-10-12 · Fine, I'll take the bait. — When he fell in love with Sarah, John had no cell phone, thinking phones a fad like beepers; he jokes he has always been a genius at predicting the future. (00:02:55)
2021-10-12 · Fine, I'll take the bait. — John admits Craig was pacing him more than he was pacing Craig. (00:02:55)
2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — John marvels at Pizzamas's longevity: how is a 10-year-old joke getting funnier? (00:00:29)
2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — Weighing one John-sized pizza against 100 pizza-sized Johns (stressful tiny neurotic people who might do his work), John decides the Johns are more trouble than they're worth and picks the pizza. (00:00:29)
2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — Dave is doing Dave stuff: John used to feel bad that Dave had no Twitter or YouTube, but now thinks Dave maybe just achieved enlightenment. (00:01:27)
2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — Is there more to love than chemicals? Probably not, John says, but really good chemicals. — hedged: “Probably not” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:27)
2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — Asked why one remembers trivia like Justin Bieber's rented Lamborghini but not the names of one's children's classmates' parents, John admits he always thinks one parent is Jim, and it's never Jim. (00:02:29)
2021-10-19 · Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide — John says Hank's kid's suggestions Kirker, Cacker and Giburker are excellent cat names: unique, and capturing the cuteness of both cat and namer. (00:00:00)
2021-10-19 · Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide — John says any pet name must first pass the test of imagining saying it to the veterinary clinic. (00:00:29)
2021-10-19 · Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide — John is nervous because Hank once told someone on their podcast to name their kitten something like manhole cover, which is not a good cat name. (00:00:58)
2021-10-19 · Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide — John thinks a common human name is risky, but if used it should be as regal and fancy as possible. (00:00:58)
2021-10-19 · Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide — John recommends apparel-based names like Pants, Socks or Cardigan, though this can be taken too far, as with Ballgown. (00:01:27)
2021-10-19 · Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide — In an aside, John notes that Ralph Lauren's first name is Ralph, which gets little emphasis: what a great name. (00:01:27)
2021-10-19 · Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide — John can't recommend naming a cat after your work: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a good name for a book, but not for a cat. (00:02:33)
2021-10-19 · Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide — John says Mark Twain, never great at titles, called his cats names like Satan, Beelzebub and Pestilence; Hank should not call his cat Pestilence. (00:02:33)
2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says he has about one idea every five years: Vlogbrothers in 2006, Crash Course five years later, The Anthropocene Reviewed five years after, and he awaits his fourth. (00:00:00)
2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says Hank has an idea every 20 seconds and has called some 7,000 times saying he has a million-dollar idea; a million dollars per idea would give John about $7 billion, nearly 3% of Jeff Bezos’ wealth. (00:00:00)
2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says Hank has also had terrible ideas, such as Surprisingly Edible, a store selling only things that don't look edible, and Pelifans, an Only Fans for pelicans. (00:00:29)
2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says that, for reasons he won't go into, he is currently wearing a boot, but the socks keep him fashionable. (00:02:45)
2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says the video is not sponsored: nobody paid for it. (00:03:21)
2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — In a P.S., John says being wrong about the socks doesn't make him wrong about Surprisingly Edible, which is still not a good idea. (00:03:45)
2021-11-16 · Orbital Sunrise: The First Art Made in Space — John sides with Eudora Welty, who said a sheltered life can be a daring life since serious daring starts from within; his daring, he adds, also generally ends within. (00:07:26)
2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — Asked what he dislikes most about the other, John says both he and Hank are 'a little much'. (00:00:43)
2021-12-01 · Loving the Loves of Your Loves — John calls this a special surprise bonus video on a Wednesday that he might delete later. (00:00:00)
2021-12-03 · John and Hank at the Cemetery — John calls Crown Hill America's greatest cemetery, with the most vice presidents per square mile anywhere in the US. (00:00:00)
2021-12-03 · John and Hank at the Cemetery — John says he always walked past the plain neoclassical Bane mausoleum, but Hank, ever curious, walked up to its edge and found its inside truly astonishing. (00:02:57)
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John and Hank planned to look at their 2011 tweets, but John deleted all his 2011 tweets long ago, so they read Hank's ten-year-old tweets instead. (00:00:00)
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — The description says John will stop covering Hank's face with covers of his books 'when never', using a 2011 joke construction; the full 22-minute session is mostly laughing. (video description)
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John notes that he and Hank are still together in person. (00:00:00)
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John reads Hank's 2011 tweet thanking Portland for an amazing night and saying he may never wear shoes again. (00:00:00)
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John reads Hank's 2011 tweet tallying the keep-it-or-shave-it vote, $993 to keep it and $879 to shave it, with Keep It making a comeback. (00:00:28)
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John says the lasting aftereffect of keeping it is that the first episodes of SciShow and Crash Course were both filmed with Hank's goatee. (00:01:16)
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John reads Hank's tweet asking whether anyone nearby could get him in touch with Skrillex; Hank no longer knows why he wanted to. (00:02:22)
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Asked when he realized this would be his job, John says it is still not his job: he doesn't get paid to do this. (00:00:27)
2021-12-14 · MAKE. BELIEVE. — Most of John's wandering thoughts are terrible: the first draft of The Fault in Our Stars had a girl and her favorite author team up to take down a drug lord, and he never thought it stupid. (00:02:26)
2021-12-14 · MAKE. BELIEVE. — John filled out the semi-annual Nerdfighteria Census and tells Hank it was unusually wonderful, and not only because it included a playful question about Waluigi. (00:02:55)
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — So now John is the science one too: there are two science ones and two writer ones. (00:00:29)
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John won't say good riddance to 2021, as that would imply confidence in 2022; he gives 2021 two stars, like a Cats sequel: probably not as bad, but still a Cats movie. (00:03:24)

Hank

1036 statements · sincere 89% · playful 10% · other bits 1% · hedged or unsure 10%

Sincere but hedged (91)

Split by hedge type (derived from the quoted hedge words with a fixed word list — see the overview): epistemic doubt 50 · wish / hope 2 · opinion marker 12 · other hedge 15 · hedge words not recorded 12.

Epistemic doubt (50)

real uncertainty about whether it is true

2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — Hank says we have actually, kind of, figured out a little bit of de-extinction work. — hedged: “kind of” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:58)
2021-01-29 · The Gamestop Short Squeeze in 4 Minutes — People pushed the stock price up, probably closer to what a company that is not going bankrupt should be worth. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:27)
2021-02-26 · Arbitrary but Useful — Hank may be too stressed, is not sleeping well and is thinking about things that need fixing, so he has nothing deeper and gave up on tying the idea to society. — hedged: “Maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:05)
2021-03-05 · How Much Hope is OK? — Disastrous as the year has been for education, Hank says it feels a bit like a wake-up call that its cost need not rise dramatically every year; there might be other ways. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:35)
2021-03-05 · How Much Hope is OK? — Hank thinks his mood may come from Montana's winter: everyone he knew expected it to be very bad, and then they went through it heads down without mentioning it. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:04)
2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Does Hank manufacture his quirk for the internet? He doesn't know, finds it terrifying, and doesn't think so: he has always been a goofy, silly guy. — hedged: “I don't know” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:59)
2021-03-19 · How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change? — Zoom calls with old friends, begun because of the pandemic, are something Hank would like to keep but is not sure they will keep up. — hedged: “I'm not sure” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:28)
2021-03-19 · How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change? — Hank wants to feel safe around strangers as he used to but may not be able to; right now he would be uncomfortable in a big crowded room. — hedged: “may not be able to” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:28)
2021-03-19 · How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change? — Hank wants to keep doing more telemedicine and thinks he will, though he is not sure his doctor will offer it; it has been great. — hedged: “I'm not sure if I'll be able to” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:57)
2021-03-26 · Why I'm Worried about 2021 — COVID isn't going away, maybe ever, but Hank says it will be much less of a problem where lots of people get vaccinated. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:27)
2021-03-26 · Why I'm Worried about 2021 — Hank doesn't want to play that game but is not sure he can stop himself. — hedged: “I'm not sure” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:24)
2021-04-02 · John's World Record — The description allows that someone may have written their name more times, but says it seems unlikely. — hedged: “I dunno, maybe” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2021-04-02 · John's World Record — Whoever gets the last page, John's handwritten review of signing 250,000 times, will have a nice day; it is probably worth more than the rest. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:02)
2021-04-09 · A Thought is Not an Idea — Keeping the club alive takes many people; Hank happened to know a woman in the sock business in Missoula, Montana, without whom they might not have managed it. — hedged: “I don't know if” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:56)
2021-05-07 · Are We The Same Person? — Hank argues that being confused for one person isn't all bad, and that they might actually be a little bit the same person. — hedged: “it might be” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2021-05-14 · This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind — Hank expects more people to appear on the site soon. — hedged: “I imagine” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:18)
2021-05-21 · The 19 Best Facts — If the Earth-Moon system survives the Sun's expansion into a red giant, which it might not, then some 60 billion years later the Moon will crash into Earth; space is dangerous on long timescales. — hedged: “which, like, it might not” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:10)
2021-05-21 · The 19 Best Facts — Our bodies intentionally make our fingers wrinkly, probably so that we don't slip in water. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:30)
2021-05-28 · Aliens — The description says it is probably not aliens: we don't know almost everything, and we are extremely biased toward thinking our current knowledge is complete. — hedged: “Probably not” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2021-06-04 · Is Twitter Redeemable? — Twitter's norms have changed and will keep changing; maybe they will change in ways that make us better at this. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:30)
2021-06-04 · Is Twitter Redeemable? — Maybe such manufactured discourse will work less as we become more aware of it, which happens as we spend more time on the platforms. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:18)
2021-06-11 · My Greatest Tool Against Vaccine Misinformation — Hank says gratitude makes him feel better about the world and maybe might make someone think twice about their fear and anger. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:13)
2021-06-22 · Mindblowers with Hank and John — Hank read a few years ago that there are probably fragments of dinosaur bone on the Moon, since the dinosaur-killing asteroid probably shed debris as far as Jupiter. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:45)
2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — Hank says the $500 coins are probably sold out by the time the video goes up, but maybe not. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:09)
2021-07-02 · So...Orange Juice isn't What it Seems… — Asking whether we will ever move beyond this, the description answers: maybe not. — hedged: “Maybe not” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2021-07-09 · Wrong on the Internet — Hank says it is easy not to know what to think, maybe partly from internet sociology: someone calls something a good idea, soon a movement calls it bad, and everyone gives up. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:03)
2021-07-16 · Should You Abandon Social Media? — The description says Hank thinks about Twitter a lot, probably too much. — hedged: “Probably” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2021-07-16 · Should You Abandon Social Media? — Hank says loneliness, isolation and mental health problems seem a little correlated with social media, if not caused by it. — hedged: “it does seem a little bit correlated, if not causative” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2021-07-16 · Should You Abandon Social Media? — Hank says the radical decentralization of information sharing and gathering seems to have played a part in the erosion of shared truth and discourse. — hedged: “it does seem like” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)
2021-07-16 · Should You Abandon Social Media? — Since around January this year (2021) Hank has used Twitter in a way he enjoys: making jokes, talking about things he loves and his life, and joining productive discussion of less heated topics. — hedged: “I don't know, like around January” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:19)
2021-07-16 · Should You Abandon Social Media? — Hank says that is hard because either Twitter's culture or its structure seems to want to draw users into the hottest thing of the day. — hedged: “it seems like” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:19)
2021-08-27 · Is it Better Not to Know? — Hank cites the claim that a cotton tote bag might have a larger environmental impact than 50,000 plastic bags, information he thinks he should have access to. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:22)
2021-08-27 · Is it Better Not to Know? — Hank is unsure the figure is entirely accurate: he thinks the study used a big, heavy, thick cotton tote; a tote with less cotton has less impact, though maybe a shorter lifespan. — hedged: “Maybe, because I think” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:22)
2021-08-27 · Is it Better Not to Know? — Or buy bags at a secondhand or thrift store, which probably has bags otherwise destined for a landfill. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:49)
2021-08-27 · Is it Better Not to Know? — People upset by the article probably own cotton totes, the visceral reason for defensiveness; Hank has a bunch, got from caring or as conference swag. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:49)
2021-09-03 · What the Heck am I doing? — Hank may be trying to write a space mystery novel, but that doesn't mean it will happen. — hedged: “Sure. Maybe.” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:39)
2021-09-10 · The Most Important 10 Words a Stranger Ever Said to Me — Hank says if you go bigger and try harder, some people will probably think it is cringe, but some might wish they could dance like you too. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:33)
2021-09-17 · The Top 10 Micro-Photos of 2021 — The description notes the competition also had a video portion, which Hank may talk about sometime. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank says that thinking hard about it, Mark Zuckerberg might be the most powerful person ever to exist, not a comforting thought. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:43)
2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank says Zuckerberg has many incentives to believe Facebook does more good than harm, so he will probably believe it whether or not it is true, which Hank does not know. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:06:37)
2021-10-11 · The Fastest Things in the Universe (Entirely According to Me) — The description says the fastest thing in the universe might actually be the viewer, depending on frame of reference. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (video description)
2021-10-11 · The Fastest Things in the Universe (Entirely According to Me) — Hank says that speed was not exceeded until the 1900s, probably in the 1910s or 1920s by cars, though early car speeds were poorly measured; people definitely exceeded it by the 1920s. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:00)
2021-10-11 · The Fastest Things in the Universe (Entirely According to Me) — Hank says humans are not on the way to beating that record and probably won't until we head to Mars. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:52)
2021-10-11 · The Fastest Things in the Universe (Entirely According to Me) — Hank says, as in his earlier Wheezy Waiter paternity-leave video, the fastest human-made object might be a manhole cover capping an underground nuclear test whose shock vented improperly. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:30)
2021-10-11 · The Fastest Things in the Universe (Entirely According to Me) — The manhole cover may have been blasted into space or vaporized in the atmosphere; either way it did not fall back to Earth. — hedged: “may” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:00)
2021-10-13 · The Web of Care — Hank says his friend probably would have caught COVID as often without precautions, though she is vaccinated so it will be milder, and she might otherwise have caught it more than once. — hedged: “it is probably true” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:38)
2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank says that may be part of why they started donating all Pizzamas profit: not making money helps it not feel like work. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:56)
2021-10-22 · A Tool with No Blood on It — Hank thinks the term 'artificial selection' may eventually be moved past: humans aren't fake, and some evolution through human selection is unintentional. — hedged: “I think that might be” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:29)
2021-11-12 · Everything a Normal Person Needs to Know About Helium — Hank concludes with good news: we can all probably be a little less concerned about at least this one thing. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:24)
2021-12-17 · What State of Matter is Fire — Hank says the matter in a flame mid-reaction is not really any state of matter, and maybe we will understand it better someday; it is a place where the usual hard lines between things break down. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:20)

Wish / hope (2)

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

2021-01-15 · Influencers and Insurrectionists — Creators like them produce value for themselves (affirmation, status, income, creative joy) and hopefully for others (education, insight, connection, entertainment). — hedged: “hopefully” [wish / hope] (00:00:00)
2021-03-26 · Why I'm Worried about 2021 — Hank hopes we will transition to COVID being less of a big deal, deciding for ourselves what is OK, and asks how far we will decide for others too. — hedged: “I think, I hope” [wish / hope] (00:01:27)

Opinion marker (12)

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

2021-01-08 · In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes — Hank thinks Joe Biden is going to be president in two weeks (by 22 January 2021). — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:26)
2021-01-08 · In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes — Hank does not think there will be a coup. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:00:26)
2021-01-08 · In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes — Hank does not think the US is headed into a civil war: things are very bad, just nowhere close to that bad. — hedged: “I don't think” [opinion marker] (00:00:26)
2021-04-16 · Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad — Hank has seen much recent conversation, probably prompted by the book Code Breaker about CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna, about whether and how we should edit the genomes of people and of people not yet born. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:00)
2021-07-02 · So...Orange Juice isn't What it Seems… — Hank finds bottled juice slightly more complex and less tangy, but not because it isn't from concentrate: he thinks makers make it taste better because they earn more on it. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:18)
2021-09-17 · The Top 10 Micro-Photos of 2021 — Number 9, which Hank fought for, is a daphnia, a tiny restless crustacean; the sharp, colorful image shows it covered in what he thinks are vorticella, single-celled filter feeders, with baby daphnia inside. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:00:50)
2021-09-17 · The Top 10 Micro-Photos of 2021 — The number 1 image is a leaf, Hank believes the underside of a southern live oak leaf: a stack of over 200 images focused on different planes, showing stomata in purple, trichomes in white and veins in blue. — hedged: “I believe” [opinion marker] (00:03:04)
2021-09-17 · The Top 10 Micro-Photos of 2021 — Hank points viewers to nikonsmallworld.com for the many other images, saying something like a hundred images received some distinction. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:33)
2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank thinks the only other Vlogbrothers thing before the end of the year is the relaunch of the Awesome Socks Club. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:53)
2021-11-12 · Everything a Normal Person Needs to Know About Helium — Hank says that as the reserve's supply was sold off, which he thinks is now finished, and as applications grew, more helium is being captured. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:02:26)
2021-11-12 · Everything a Normal Person Needs to Know About Helium — Asked (in his own voice) why he didn't mention the Awesome Socks Club, Hank says it is going very well and he thinks it will sell out within two days, before sales stop Sunday (14 November 2021) at midnight. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:03:24)
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Neither brother knows who has the Vlogbrothers play button; Hank thinks it is on the wall at Complexly in Missoula. — hedged: “I think” [opinion marker] (00:01:55)

Other hedge (15)

a hedge that matches none of the word lists

2021-01-08 · In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes — Hank now has a microscope, set up in a rarely used office corner he built as a Games with Hank set around 2015, and is very excited about it. — hedged: “like 2015?” [other hedge] (00:00:00)
2021-01-22 · I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope — The description says glasses get harder to see through because globs of sebaceous oil reach the lenses from the skin and block light, creating streaks. — hedged: “from what I can tell” [other hedge] (video description)
2021-01-22 · I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope — Hank guesses the debris is mostly skin cells or flakes of skin, plus hairs. — hedged: “I'd guess” [other hedge] (00:00:58)
2021-01-22 · I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope — Hank guesses some rectangular objects, too regular to be organic, are salt crystals, perhaps from a dried drop of sweat. — hedged: “I'm just guessing” [other hedge] (00:02:09)
2021-03-05 · How Much Hope is OK? — Hank says mRNA therapies are proving potentially useful beyond this vaccine, for many things that will improve human health and life. — hedged: “potentially” [other hedge] (00:00:35)
2021-03-05 · How Much Hope is OK? — Hank allows that we may not learn anything from any of this. — hedged: “It's possible” [other hedge] (00:00:35)
2021-03-26 · Why I'm Worried about 2021 — A society has an acceptable disease burden: in the US something like 30,000 people die of flu each year, some of them infants and children, yet beyond vaccines and hygiene advice life went on as before. — hedged: “something like” [other hedge] (00:01:56)
2021-03-26 · Why I'm Worried about 2021 — People will understand risk, citizenship and societal impact differently, and behavior change will matter less as vaccines matter more, as long as nothing goes terribly wrong. — hedged: “As long as nothing goes terribly wrong” [other hedge] (00:02:26)
2021-04-02 · John's World Record — Though no Guinness representative can confirm it, Hank is fairly certain John has signed his name more than anyone else on Earth, maybe more than anyone who ever existed. — hedged: “I'm fairly certain” [other hedge] (00:00:00)
2021-05-07 · Are We The Same Person? — Some may find this weird, but Hank bets that historically the opposite is weird: counting only one's own success as one's success. — hedged: “I bet you” [other hedge] (00:01:18)
2021-05-21 · The 19 Best Facts — Hank's history fact: Charlemagne may have been killed by his beloved asbestos tablecloth, which he cleaned by throwing it into a fire. — hedged: “there is a chance” [other hedge] (00:02:28)
2021-07-09 · Wrong on the Internet — Hank describes a circulating claim that individual action doesn't matter because 90% of emissions come from 50 companies, or something like that. — hedged: “or something like that” [other hedge] (00:01:30)
2021-10-11 · The Fastest Things in the Universe (Entirely According to Me) — Hank guesses Apollo 10 went faster home than any other Apollo mission because of orbital mechanics, not because the crew was in a hurry. — hedged: “I'm guessing” [other hedge] (00:01:47)
2021-11-12 · Everything a Normal Person Needs to Know About Helium — Hank says that with pandemic-induced drops in consumption and new production coming online, the helium shortage appears to be over. — hedged: “appears” [other hedge] (00:02:55)
2021-12-24 · 29 Days of Astronomical Terror — Hank says everything in the sunshield deployment has to go right; it has been tested and it all should. — hedged: “should” [other hedge] (00:02:26)

Hedge words not recorded (12)

marked as unsure, but the hedge words were not quoted

2021-01-08 · In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes — Hank gets a live shrimpy creature with little arms under the cover slip but still cannot tell what it is. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:22)
2021-01-29 · The Gamestop Short Squeeze in 4 Minutes — In a comment Hank says he has heard shorting helps the market value companies; he does not feel it is true but does not know. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (creator comment)
2021-03-26 · Why I'm Worried about 2021 — Whether carrying on as before with flu was right, Hank doesn't know, but we acted as if it was. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:01:56)
2021-05-28 · Aliens — Hank does not know whether they are aircraft: they might be, they might not be. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:03:16)
2021-06-04 · Is Twitter Redeemable? — The description says Hank has no good answer: everyone's experience of Twitter differs, and there are reasons to be pretty angry right now. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (video description)
2021-06-04 · Is Twitter Redeemable? — Hank doesn't know that heightened emotions are helping right now; maybe they are, it's not clear. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:00:45)
2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — Hank admits it is really challenging: some days he thinks the cost barrier may be necessary, and he doesn't know. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:00)
2021-07-09 · Wrong on the Internet — Hank says we don't know exactly what to do about climate change: he doesn't know what he or anyone else should do, or what any of us would do with sole power to act. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:00:58)
2021-07-23 · The Last 25 Questions I Asked Google — Of his search 'what is college', Hank says he doesn't know, but thinks we should be asking the question. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:01:35)
2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank doesn't know if the world would be better without the many-to-many communication system, but knows his life would be very different without it. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:20:50)
2021-10-22 · A Tool with No Blood on It — Hank shares that hunger but doesn't know that such a tool exists or can exist. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:26)
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — Of his 2011 tweet praising a hit dance song, Hank doesn't know whether he was being a little ironic because it was already big or was catching the wave. — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:02:22)

Joke (5)

a gag; not a claim

2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — Hank tries to dab but can't, blaming an invisible force, probably age. (00:03:11)
2021-07-30 · Can You Trust Science Too Much? — Hank says alternatives being wrong is shrugged off like AFC Wimbledon losing: that happens. (00:00:58)
2021-09-10 · The Most Important 10 Words a Stranger Ever Said to Me — Hank jokes that from then on he was always his true authentic self and everyone loved him for it, then says none of that happened. (00:01:45)
2021-10-11 · The Fastest Things in the Universe (Entirely According to Me) — After signing off, Hank declares himself the fastest thing in the world. (00:03:55)
2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank says the coupon was John's idea if you don't like it, and also John's idea if you do; he only clicked the buttons. (00:02:26)

Hypothetical (3)

a thought experiment or "what if"

2021-04-16 · Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad — Hank imagines a precocious, overconfident young man with ADHD, sensory processing issues and a lifelong eighth-grade reading speed, all genetic: born at the right moment with the right support, these traits might combine into acquiring intelligence. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:27)
2021-04-16 · Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad — With slightly different traits or environment, less support or less indulged overconfidence, the same traits might hinder rather than help a student. — hedged: “might” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:56)
2021-10-01 · A Lie I Heard this Week — Hank argues the news is not necessarily what is important: 2,000 Americans dying of a disease in one day would be news, but 2,000 dying every day is not, because it is not new. (00:01:24)

Playful (103)

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

2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — Hank says he has waited a long time for this moment, reason enough to have become a video blogger. (00:00:29)
2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — The essay predicts cures for almost every illness and 200-year-old people; Hank notes the math fails, since the oldest person in 1990 could only be 140 in 2020. (00:00:29)
2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — The essay also predicts aliens bringing new technology to Earth and ways to revive the dead, which turns out to mean no more extinct animals. (00:00:58)
2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — The timeline actually starts in 1980 with ten years of real events, such as Steve McQueen dying of cancer, a name Hank no longer recognises. (00:01:20)
2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — The timeline predicted peace in the Middle East for 1993. (00:01:20)
2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — The timeline predicted electric cars for 1995; the GM EV1 came out in 1996, which Hank brags about. (00:01:51)
2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — The timeline cured cancer in 2000; Hank apologises to little Hank that there turn out to be many cancers. (00:01:51)
2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — The timeline gave a first woman president in 2002, three years after the first black president, and a true ghost discovered in 2004, which did not happen. (00:02:21)
2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — The timeline predicted the rainforest lost forever in 2009; Hank notes he expected a cool 2020 without rainforests, so their survival is a win. (00:02:21)
2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — For 2012 the timeline predicts superior fish beings; Hank does not know what they do, but they exist. (00:02:50)
2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — The timeline's 2016 entry, thousands of aliens coming in peace, has not happened, but Hank says we are still holding out hope. (00:03:13)
2021-01-08 · In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes — Trying to pick up one of the little white moving dots, Hank gets a shrimpy thing on the slide but thinks he killed it on the first try. (00:01:53)
2021-01-22 · I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope — Noticing his glasses were filthy, Hank wondered what exactly was on them and, since he has a microscope, kept not washing them for seven full days. (00:00:00)
2021-01-22 · I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope — Hank says humans are factories that make so much stuff with their bodies, which is upsetting. (00:02:35)
2021-01-22 · I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope — Hank gives the moral of the story: remember to clean your glasses. (00:03:04)
2021-01-29 · The Gamestop Short Squeeze in 4 Minutes — The description admits Hank is not qualified to make the video, but neither are those who manipulate markets to harm the economy for their own gain. (video description)
2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — Less than a week to make a video is fine: every vlogbrothers video is made in less than a week. (00:02:26)
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Hank tells Beanie Sanfurbs it is famous and loved, though he concedes not everybody loves it. (00:00:29)
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Hank concedes it is harder to make sound financial decisions during the P4A. (00:02:26)
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Hank's first name is William, so a meme dubbed him Billy Hank. (00:03:15)
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Memes show Hank turning his back on Dave the Fish, a previous P4A mascot, for Beanie Sanfurbs; Hank notes he didn't even have Dave the Fish this year (2021). (00:04:25)
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Recalling his Barack Obama interview, Hank says he didn't cut his hair, was told to dress as usual, and on arrival was told they would take him to a store. (00:07:52)
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — A shiny bean pelican makes Hank like and dislike it at the same high intensity, an emotion he says is new to him at 40. (00:10:50)
2021-02-26 · Arbitrary but Useful — Hank says this is usually where a Vlogbrothers video ties the little thought to viewers' lives or the world, imagining a viewer amazed that his silly noises led to Robinhood and GameStop stocks. (00:02:45)
2021-03-05 · How Much Hope is OK? — Hank notes that the Perseverance rover, which 'persevered' through it all, landed safely and spectacularly on Mars. (00:00:00)
2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Answering John's claim that he rebranded away from loving corndogs while John is stuck with pizza, Hank admits to a ludicrous little crisis about it. (00:00:00)
2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Much lore has faded: a couple of years ago Hank couldn't shut up about Metamucil, which he still uses and stands by. (00:00:00)
2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Hank has forgotten much lore: was he into My Little Pony for a while, or did people tell him to back off? — explicitly uncertain (hedge words not recorded) (00:00:29)
2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Hank didn't start out a professional performer: his 2007 videos are not professional caliber, yet none of those people aren't him. (00:02:04)
2021-03-19 · How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change? — Going to the same store has benefits: Hank knows when it is busy and where the ketchup and peanut butter are, though no store agrees where peanut butter goes. (00:00:30)
2021-03-19 · How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change? — With possibly an overabundance of hope, Hank has made a personal post-COVID behavior change alignment chart. (00:01:00)
2021-03-19 · How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change? — Hank kind of wants to see a movie, but not that badly; he will go to movies again, though a four-year-old complicates it. (00:01:57)
2021-03-19 · How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change? — Hank tells future Hank that if he isn't having friends over as often as possible he should get his act together; this Hank misses it so much. (00:03:13)
2021-04-02 · John's World Record — Shakespeare's signatures all look different and bad, but Hank is sure some rich person would pay millions for one at auction. (00:00:29)
2021-04-02 · John's World Record — Hank jokes that, unlike authors whose signatures are worth a fortune, John has the least valuable signature of any author in the world. (00:00:58)
2021-04-09 · A Thought is Not an Idea — Hank mentions a website, born of a running joke among some people on Twitter, that counts the days since he last started a new thing; it stands at seven days, since the launch of the Life's Little Lies TikTok. (00:00:00)
2021-04-09 · A Thought is Not an Idea — Hank is simultaneously proud and terrified of his habit of starting new things. (00:00:00)
2021-04-09 · A Thought is Not an Idea — Hank keeps a list of thoughts that might go somewhere, which viewers can't see: it is a silly place. (00:00:58)
2021-04-23 · Young People and the COVID Vaccine — Hank introduces himself as a maker of science videos who has made free educational videos online for over 10 years. (00:03:28)
2021-05-07 · Are We The Same Person? — Hank says Ciara put it well with 'wow he is so versatile', something he would love both to be and to have people think of him. (00:00:00)
2021-05-07 · Are We The Same Person? — Hank says it would be awesome if someday people think he wrote the book and that John made science videos. (00:02:52)
2021-05-14 · This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind — In a comment reply Hank says John's videos tend to get more views, but the most viewed videos tend to be Hank's, because he makes more meant to go viral. (creator comment)
2021-05-21 · The 19 Best Facts — Unless the person is pregnant: then most of the bones in the body are in the uterus, because babies have more bones than adults. (00:01:38)
2021-06-04 · Is Twitter Redeemable? — Hank notes John, not very active on Twitter, is a little more active than he used to be, and welcomes him back. (00:00:00)
2021-06-04 · Is Twitter Redeemable? — Twitter offers a followable 'John Green actor' topic for John, an inaccurate one; Hank doesn't follow it, since following his brother as a topic is too much. (00:00:09)
2021-06-04 · Is Twitter Redeemable? — Everyone had the same reaction: maybe the ultimate forgotten ones are the people who exist but are forgotten. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:31)
2021-06-15 · VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! — Hank believes it, since he would have convinced himself selling the cards was okay, and says selling the collection on eBay taught him a lot about business and commerce. — hedged: “it does seem like” [epistemic doubt] (00:02:57)
2021-06-15 · VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! — Asked by John what they will do on Friday for Hank's video, Hank says he has no plans, then that he does have a plan. (00:03:54)
2021-06-18 · QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!! — Hank says that through their own laziness and a global pandemic they are about two years late with the second quadrennial Quadragocon. (00:00:00)
2021-06-18 · QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!! — In a reality-TV-style aside Hank says he doesn't feel good about it and doesn't think he has it in him, which is okay, but it is his brother, so he would like to win. (00:00:29)
2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — In a comment Hank says the terrible idea he had in that chat was a platform for adding commentary to videos, like reaction videos. (creator comment)
2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — Hank admits he left something out: John wanted that video to be their entire pitch to [redacted] and other venture capitalists. (00:00:51)
2021-07-02 · So...Orange Juice isn't What it Seems… — The description says Hank's favorite thing about all orange juices being flavored is how much the orange juice industry freaks out when people talk about it; he may get a letter. (video description)
2021-07-02 · So...Orange Juice isn't What it Seems… — In a taste test with a Dorito as palate cleanser, Hank finds Simply Orange and concentrate both good; fresh squeezed is delicious, and compared with it the other two taste exactly the same. (00:00:54)
2021-07-02 · So...Orange Juice isn't What it Seems… — The one way fresh squeezed juice is healthier, Hank says, is that being more work and more expensive you consume less of it, the only healthy kind of orange juice. (00:01:50)
2021-07-23 · The Last 25 Questions I Asked Google — Hank goes back through the most recent questions he asked Google, sorted by question word, starting with the wheres. (00:00:00)
2021-07-23 · The Last 25 Questions I Asked Google — Hank wondered where World War II soldiers pooped in cities but found only pictures of soldiers pooping in trenches. (00:00:00)
2021-07-23 · The Last 25 Questions I Asked Google — Hank has been trying to figure out why why, when, where and what can be answered with then, there and that, which can't be a coincidence. (00:00:58)
2021-07-30 · Can You Trust Science Too Much? — Anyone can go on cable news and claim the FDA is holding ivermectin back, free of science's constraints; being wrong on cable news isn't illegal and seems encouraged. (00:02:33)
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Few Nerdfighters disagree with Hank about vaccines; he jokes that Nerdfighteria is the most vaccinated state in America. (00:00:29)
2021-08-13 · How We Fix the Climate — Hank says watching this one video will make viewers more informed on how this works than 99% of people in their country. (00:03:24)
2021-08-13 · How We Fix the Climate — Hank thinks the lack of fairness will probably cause some tension, adding 'just guessing'. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:07:40)
2021-08-13 · How We Fix the Climate — Hank closes with a reminder that education videos are allowed to be over four minutes. (00:16:14)
2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — Hank says the dread answer was definitely him and sounds like good advice, but probably isn't: most things that sound like good advice aren't. — hedged: “Probably not.” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:58)
2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — Hank calls the AI's answer that 12 socks are too many its most inaccurate: he runs a sock subscription for charity, and there is no such thing as too many socks. (00:00:58)
2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — The AI recommends watching Crash Course at twice speed after wisdom teeth removal; Hank doubts it, just after anesthesia, and suggests it meant half speed. (00:01:27)
2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — The AI says fries dipped in something beat applesauce, which Hank says, with a tiny exception, sounds exactly like what he would say. (00:01:55)
2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — Asked why humans get attached to stuffed animals, the AI credits natural selection and social evolution, then drifts into filmmaking, music and storytelling; Hank calls the lost ending a Vlogbrothers vibe. (00:01:55)
2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — The AI names the train song as Nerdfighteria's cursed meme; Hank guesses which song it means and sings it, saying he didn't discover it but kind of rediscovered it, likes it, and it is cursed. (00:02:24)
2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — The AI says it likes Twitter because it goes there first thing in the morning and it blurs news and not news, which made Hank feel a little too seen. (00:03:00)
2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — The AI wistfully recalls pepperoncini and mushroom pizzas eaten while living in Ohio, which Hank calls hardcore John Green vibes. (00:03:00)
2021-08-27 · Is it Better Not to Know? — The description ends by demanding that no one put his shoebox in a cotton bag. (video description)
2021-09-03 · What the Heck am I doing? — Hank noticed the website counting days since he last started a new thing hasn't updated in 81 days, but he hasn't been doing nothing, so he lists what he is doing. (00:00:00)
2021-09-03 · What the Heck am I doing? — Hank makes about 20 science and 60 non-science TikToks a month, why being a bit of a mystery to him. (00:00:47)
2021-09-03 · What the Heck am I doing? — Hank is prepping for an important meeting with a potential Crash Course partner that could be very good; impressing them should be easy, because they are amazing. — hedged: “Could be” [epistemic doubt] (00:01:16)
2021-09-03 · What the Heck am I doing? — Shipping costs have gone up a lot; Hank asks their UPS Mail Innovations rep, if watching, to budge a little on that one thing. (00:01:45)
2021-09-03 · What the Heck am I doing? — Not liking to focus, Hank's one daily task is checking whether Apple will put SD card slots back into its laptops: please! (00:03:18)
2021-09-17 · The Top 10 Micro-Photos of 2021 — Number 3 is the leg claw of a louse: its tracheae, the holes it breathes through, look like the wormholes Bill and Ted fly through, and the whole image looks like a galaxy. (00:02:11)
2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? — Hank wishes John a happy Pizzamas and shows his shirt with little slices of pizza, John's face and the word pizza: a little warm, but perfect. (00:00:00)
2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? — Hank asks whether it is strategy, chasing dopamine, or courting Gen Z so he will be their preferred Jeopardy host in 2040, and answers: all of those things. (00:00:00)
2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? — Mid-sentence about Vlogbrothers, Hank is interrupted by music: 'why is there music playing?', the Pizzamas joke that leads into his dance break. (00:03:01)
2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank says righteous superiority is not new, it mattered to Martin Luther, and people are often right in it, as vegans are. (00:09:20)
2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank says running that loop for about ten years may leave everyone spun up like Beyblades thrown into a fishbowl of fragile institutions. — hedged: “maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:10:18)
2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank says it is easier for legislators to yell that Facebook sucks than to write legislation that improves it, and shouting makes them and constituents feel righteously superior. (00:15:11)
2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank notes he has been recording for 50 minutes. (00:16:05)
2021-10-13 · The Web of Care — Hank says he is going 'Pizza John Classic' today. (00:00:00)
2021-10-13 · The Web of Care — Since speed is relative, Hank tells John that to him and probably many viewers any speed after 16 miles of running is effectively infinite, so John's 17 miles were not slow. (00:00:00)
2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — As a middle road, Hank presents the coupon code Nickelback, worth five cents off any order at pizzamas.com. (00:02:26)
2021-10-22 · A Tool with No Blood on It — In a P.S., Hank says his cat is named Gummy Bear, Orin's decision, cute for a cute bouncy cat; secretly he likes it because Geberker remains a good nickname he still uses. (00:03:18)
2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — Hank reminds John that 'Good morning, John' is how the videos start: John can't throw it in a couple of sentences into a video and not hear about it. (00:00:00)
2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — Hank claims to have invented a stretchy cotton 'foot sleeve' worn between foot and shoe that cushions the foot, absorbs sweat and keeps feet warm at home. (00:00:00)
2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — Hank says a community project can't be done the normal way: e.g. a monthly subscription with artist-designed items, open only in short windows to avoid waste, with all profit donated to health systems in poor communities. (00:00:58)
2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — Hank says the community didn't invent socks but, with its values and excitement, a new way to do socks: expert-picked monthly surprises, compostable packaging and all profit for a better world, instead of an awkward Target aisle. (00:02:55)
2021-11-19 · How do We Get Anything Done At All? — Hank is irked by the argument that GIF stands for graphics, not giraffics: that is not how acronyms work; he doesn't care how you say GIF, but cares if your argument is garbage. (00:00:29)
2021-11-19 · How do We Get Anything Done At All? — Hank can't watch English-dubbed Cowboy Bebop, though he knows it is very good and many call it objectively better; it is like fingernails on a chalkboard, and he knows it is irrational, not hipsterism. (00:01:56)
2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — Hank says coffee would be a different challenge, but he bets he could do it. (00:02:03)
2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — Hank's book sales idea: when The Anthropocene Reviewed is remaindered, sign two-dollar bills instead of the books and call it a two-dollar discount. (00:02:26)
2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — Asked what he wants to be when he grows up, Hank says an author, but can't guarantee it: he only knows he can write the books he has already written, and writing one doesn't teach you how. (00:03:24)
2021-12-03 · John and Hank at the Cemetery — Hank thanks John for showing him around and says John is becoming a legitimate Crown Hill tour guide. (00:03:26)
2021-12-03 · John and Hank at the Cemetery — Hank says maybe being a Crown Hill tour guide will eventually be John's job. — hedged: “Maybe” [epistemic doubt] (00:03:26)
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — Hank remembers the tweet about being stuck inside about 20 t-shirts: it was for a Vlogbrothers video, an attempt at something like a world record that was not even close, so just a challenge, and he could not get out of them alone. (00:00:28)
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — Hank says the mistake was his tweet saying that Shave It was winning. (00:01:16)
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank says his 2006 favourite was probably lonelygirl15. — hedged: “probably” [epistemic doubt] (00:00:00)

Other voices

25 statements · sincere 84% · playful 16% · other bits 0% · hedged or unsure 0%

Playful (4)

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

2021-04-13 · My Truly Mortifying Self-Talk — Sarah Urist Green: Asked how she feels about getting vaccinated, Sarah says fantastic: very excited, though the excited parts of her brain are, figuratively at least, very close to the nervous parts. (00:00:00)
2021-06-08 · Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford — Ashley C. Ford: Ashley is not a fan of seagulls (nor is John): one chased her husband down a beach. (00:00:15)
2021-06-08 · Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford — Ashley C. Ford: Asked when the worry about releasing a book ends and relief sets in, Ashley turns it back on John. (00:01:30)
2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — John Green (quoted): John's chat calls the deal made in an indoor tennis court the most interesting moment in world history, except for when the prince of Nepal became a serial killer. (00:00:29)