Reply threads in 2015

Every pointer from a 2015 video to an earlier video, by month. Bold words are the relation the annotator recorded; a thread event in parentheses means the pointer sits on that thread. All years · Exchanges · Pushback

30 of 115 videos point back to an earlier one (34 pointers): John answers Hank 13×, Hank answers John 8×, self-continuations 13.

January

• 2015-01-02 · Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things (Hank) continues Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (John, 2014-12-30) — “John, thank you for your amazing video on racism this week.” (00:03:46)
• 2015-01-09 · 14 Fart Facts for my Flatulent Friends (Hank) corrects Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things (Hank, 2015-01-02) (self-continuation) — “In my last video, I said that the order of the alphabet is older that any word in our” (00:00:01)

February

• 2015-02-17 · Places I've Never Been (John) refers back (tell on John trims his beard after a Tom Hanks in Cast Away comparison (2015)) Understanding Boko Haram (John, 2015-02-10) (self-continuation) — “So after my video last week,” (00:00:13)

March

• 2015-03-03 · What's in the Box in the Box in the Box? (John) imitates (callback on Hank declared winner of the 'International Competition for Nerdiest Nerd' (2015)) In Which Hank is the Nerdiest Nerd (Hank, 2015-02-27) — “you're the brother who deconstructed an adding machine” (00:00:18)
• 2015-03-24 · Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later (John) answers A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets (Hank, 2015-03-20) — “thanks for reminding me last week about the many pleasures of being in a crowd” (00:07:23)
• 2015-03-30 · BONUS: We Are All Bat People (Songified Batman Argument) (John) imitates I Kind of Hate Batman (John, 2014-10-07) (self-continuation) — “that epic Batman argument you had” (00:00:01)
• 2015-03-30 · BONUS: We Are All Bat People (Songified Batman Argument) (John) imitates (variant on Hank's 'we are all bat-people' line, songified by the Gregory Brothers (2015)) I Kinda AM Batman (Hank, 2014-10-10) — “that epic Batman argument you had” (00:00:01)
• 2015-03-31 · Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises (John) continues (tell on Hank's new haircut, which reminds John of FIFA left-back Kennedy's (2015)) Announcing NerdCon: Stories (Hank, 2015-03-27) — “the one before that where you talked about” (00:00:04)

April

• 2015-04-10 · This Video Makes No Sense (Hank) answers (update on Hank's new haircut, which reminds John of FIFA left-back Kennedy's (2015)) Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises (John, 2015-03-31) — “You were recently making fun of my new hairstyle.” (00:00:01)
• 2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events (John) refers back (callback on Hank's crush on Helen Hunt (2007)) Helen Hunt (Hank, 2007-04-25) — “back in 2007 when you released your love song for Helen Hunt” (00:00:24)
• 2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events (John) continues 7 Weirdest Marriages (or Lack Thereof) From an Airport (Hank, 2015-04-17) — “your airport video about strange marriages” (00:01:59)

May

• 2015-05-08 · QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN! (Hank) continues (result on John asks viewers to judge who has the best Blue Steel, first event of Quadragocon 2015 (2015)) Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank (John, 2015-05-05) — “as we said in John's video” (00:02:16)
• 2015-05-22 · 15 Rants in Four Minutes (Hank) refers back (variant on Hank's 'Rants in Four Minutes' videos (2013)) 17 Rants in 4 Minutes (Hank, 2013-05-03) (self-continuation) (derived — resolved by title match: first video of Hank with "rant" in the title) — “You can watch my first rant video over there” (00:03:52)
• 2015-05-22 · 15 Rants in Four Minutes (Hank) answers Pain Destroys Language: John after the Dentist (John, 2015-05-19) — “I'm sorry about your face” (00:00:00)
• 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts (John) imitates 15 Rants in Four Minutes (Hank, 2015-05-22) — “I like the 16-ness of your Friday video so much, I thought I'd do a 16-part video of my own today.” (00:00:02)
• 2015-05-29 · 15 of My Favorite Feelings (Hank) continues (callback on Hank's 'Rants in Four Minutes' videos (2013)) 15 Rants in Four Minutes (Hank, 2015-05-22) (self-continuation) — “In my last video I complained.” (00:00:01)

June

• 2015-06-02 · Let's Go Outside (John) continues (variant on The brothers' alternating 15-part and 16-part list videos ('this whole 15/16 thing', 2015)) 15 of My Favorite Feelings (Hank, 2015-05-29) — “And then you made another fifteen part video.” (00:00:01)
• 2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! (John) continues Just for Nerdfighters (Hank, 2015-06-05) — “So Hank, in your last video you were like:” (00:01:42)

July

• 2015-07-07 · Understanding the Financial Crisis in Greece (John) continues The Greek Debt Crisis Explained in Four Minutes (John, 2010-04-30) (self-continuation) — “a younger and more promising version of myself discussed it in a Vlogbrothers video” (00:03:01)
• 2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY (John) answers Is YouTube Good for Humanity? (Hank, 2015-07-17) — “Hank, I'm so sorry about your VidCon stress” (00:03:27)

August

• 2015-08-04 · Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza (John) answers (result on John asks Nerdfighters for brief questions in comments for his Question Tuesday (August 2015)) I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 (John, 2015-08-03) (self-continuation) — “I asked for brief questions and of course I got them” (00:00:03)
• 2015-08-21 · Book Towers for Miles (Hank) answers (callback on John and Hank's hair contest in the 2015 Nerdfighteria Census ('The Cold War of Nerdfighteria', 2015)) The Cold War of Nerdfighteria (John, 2015-08-18) — “until you made your video” (00:00:07)
• 2015-08-25 · Question Tuesday: The Goat Edition (John) refers back (mention on John's walk in the woods near his parents' North Carolina home: their goats mate and he gets lost (December 2011)) Goats Mating (John, 2011-12-28) (self-continuation) — “I made the Internet's number one video about goat mating” (00:01:48)

September

• 2015-09-24 · Continents are Dumb (Hank) corrects Muslims Aren't Dangerous (Hank, 2015-09-18) (self-continuation) — “in response to my last video, because I said something that didn't make any sense” (00:00:01)
• 2015-09-25 · Pissed Off for a Better World (Hank) answers (result on John asks Hank to look forward to the new Global Goals in his Friday video (2015)) Is Poverty Necessary? Looking back at the Millennium Development Goals (John, 2015-09-22) — “Thank you for your video Monday where you explained all the ways in which the world has actually gotten a lot better in the last 15 years” (00:00:01)

October

• 2015-10-30 · Feeling Thankful in Portland (Hank) continues Benghazi: Explained (Hank, 2015-10-23) (self-continuation) — “Remarkable how well-received my Benghazi video was.” (00:01:14)
• 2015-10-30 · Feeling Thankful in Portland (Hank) continues (thanks on John asks Nerdfighters whether they'd welcome subscriber-only YouTube Red shows by their favourite creators, and to discuss YouTube Red in comments (2015)) Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video (John, 2015-10-27) — “comments on John's YouTube Red video” (00:02:52)

November

• 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) (Hank) continues The History of Pizza John! (Hank, 2014-11-12) (self-continuation) — “I did a video last year on the history of Pizza John, which is this shirt.” (00:01:04)
• 2015-11-10 · It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) (John) corrects (rule-change on P4A 2015 edition; remind on Hank invites viewers to make P4A 2015 videos for their favorite charities (2015)) Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) (Hank, 2015-11-09) — “Hank, yesterday you said that the Project for Awesome begins at midnight on December 11th.” (00:00:38)
• 2015-11-12 · Cheez Doodles Guy, Ringo Silver, and Dad Jokes (Pizzamas Day 4) (John) continues (origin on Cheez Doodles Guy, the screaming man of Pizzamas 2015 (2015)) Watch This If You Want To Smile (Pizzamas Day 3) (Hank, 2015-11-11) — “Thank you for including this in your video, Hank,” (00:00:10)
• 2015-11-20 · On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) (John) continues Is Success a Bad Idea? (Pizzamas Day 9 of 10) (Hank, 2015-11-19) — “you talked about kind of personal stuff in your video yesterday, Hank.” (00:00:57)
• 2015-11-24 · Crime and Outrage (John) refers back (restate on Should the penny (and other low-value money) be abolished?) I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) (John, 2010-09-06) (self-continuation) — “Like in 2010, I made a video about how outrageous it is that we continue to mint pennies” (00:01:29)
• 2015-11-27 · Never Satisfied: The Story of Humans ¦-/ (Hank) continues (restate on Is human life getting better; is now the best time to be alive?) Crime and Outrage (John, 2015-11-24) — “you made a video about how we are apparently incapable of understanding how good the world is, comparatively.” (00:00:30)

December

• 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars (John) refers back (open on John asks Nerdfighteria whether they will really punish him for his over-four-minute video on refugee camps in Ethiopia (2015)) The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 (John, 2015-12-11) (self-continuation) — “my video about refugee camps in Ethiopia” (00:02:22)