Reply threads in 2019
Every pointer from a 2019 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
19 of 110 videos point back to an earlier one (21 pointers): John answers Hank 3×, Hank answers John 10×, self-continuations 8.
January
- 2019-01-01 · How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions (John) refers back (update on John: take a year off Facebook, Reddit, Instagram and Twitter, starting when P4A 2018 ends (2018)) Taking a Year Off (John, 2018-11-06) (self-continuation) — “as I talked about in a previous video” (00:02:17)
- 2019-01-15 · On Burning Resentment (John) continues What is Burnout? (Hank, 2019-01-11) — “I really liked your video on Friday about burnout and motivation and the various fuels we use to keep our engines running.” (00:00:00)
- 2019-01-18 · Should You Burn Dirty Fuel? (Hank) continues What is Burnout? (Hank, 2019-01-11) (self-continuation) — “For the people who watched my most recent video” (00:00:29)
- 2019-01-18 · Should You Burn Dirty Fuel? (Hank) continues (tension on Why make things?) On Burning Resentment (John, 2019-01-15) — “continue the discussion that we've been having for the last two videos.” (00:00:00)
March
- 2019-03-01 · I Get a Robocall While Making a Video About Robocalls (Hank) continues The Necessity to Struggle / The Futility of Effort (John, 2019-02-26) — “Speaking of abject nihilistic despair, as you did in your last video” (00:00:00)
- 2019-03-05 · Way, Way Down the Rabbit Hole (John) continues On Our Way to the Dance (Pizzamas Day 6) (John, 2015-11-16) (self-continuation) — “I made a Vlogbrothers video about it” (00:00:00)
- 2019-03-15 · Why We Stopped Making Explainers: EXPLAINED (Hank) refers back (retro on Vlogbrothers' explainer videos on news and politics (2007)) OCT. 26: DISCUSSING NEPAL WHILE EATING TOILET PAPER (John, 2007-10-26) — “It was October 26th, 2007, and you were explaining the political situation in Nepal while eating toilet paper.” (00:00:00)
- 2019-03-15 · Why We Stopped Making Explainers: EXPLAINED (Hank) refers back (lapse on Vlogbrothers' explainer videos on news and politics (2007)) Are Textbooks Obsolete? (John, 2019-02-12) — “your recent video about textbooks” (00:00:29)
April
- 2019-04-19 · Making your Nothings into Somethings (Hank) answers Doing Somethings (John, 2019-04-16) — “I did watch your video, and it did make me think a bunch of things” (00:00:00)
May
- 2019-05-03 · What Game of Thrones is Really About (Hank) continues The Thing with Feathers (John, 2019-04-30) — “John, in your last video, you talked about how a goalie in soccer has to scramble every time, even though 95% of the time it won't make a difference because the 5% matters.” (00:04:11)
- 2019-05-21 · Keanu Reeves: A Love Letter (John) continues Keanu. (Hank, 2019-05-17) — “Hank, as you pointed out in your video, what makes Keanu so brilliant at interviewing is that he really listens.” (00:01:56)
August
- 2019-08-02 · The Cutest Octopus (Hank) continues (rule-change on Bizarre Beasts: Hank's weird-animal videos for John (2019)) You Need to Know About This Ridiculous Fish (Hank, 2019-07-05) (self-continuation) — “Do you remember my previous mola mola based promise to bring you weird animals more often?” (00:00:00)
- 2019-08-03 · I Love John: Esther Day 2019 (Hank) refers back (milestone on Esther Day: the brothers' annual videos on Esther Earl's birthday about what she chooses (2010)) I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 (John, 2010-08-02) — “John, this is what you looked like when you were announcing the very first Esther Day.” (00:00:20)
- 2019-08-16 · ...Not My Proudest Moment (Hank) continues How I (barely) Passed 11th Grade English (John, 2019-08-13) — “Your video about the time when you almost failed a class and then your teacher made you not do that” (00:00:00)
- 2019-08-30 · The Earth Shouldn't Have Oxygen (Hank) corrects The Amazon isn't "Burning" - It's Being Burned (Hank, 2019-08-23) (self-continuation) — “Last week I joined an extremely unexclusive club of people who said that the Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen. I've since deleted it from the video because it's a fake fact.” (00:00:00)
October
- 2019-10-04 · In Defense of Bad Flags (Hank) answers Why Are Poor Countries Poor? (John, 2019-10-01) — “First, yes, your last video.” (00:00:00)
- 2019-10-31 · Book News! (Hank) continues (result on Hank invites viewers' questions about A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, to answer on Thursday (2019)) The Truth about None Pizza with Left Beef (Hank, 2019-10-29) (self-continuation) — “as I mentioned very briefly in my last video” (00:00:00)
November
- 2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother (John) continues Book News! (Hank, 2019-10-31) — “I really loved your video about writing yesterday” (00:00:00)
- 2019-11-08 · Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? (Hank) continues I took a year off social media. Here's what happened. (John, 2019-11-07) — “And your video yesterday was, uh, helpful for me? But a thing you said in your video gave me an idea.” (00:00:00)
- 2019-11-19 · Kylie Jenner Shows Me What's Wrong with Reddit (John) continues Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks (John, 2013-12-03) (self-continuation) — “This is why, as explained elsewhere, Hank and I have never trademarked” (00:03:15)
- 2019-11-22 · I'm Just Really Mad About Heteronyms… (Hank) refers back (remind on Hank asks viewers to tell the brothers where to tour next, first by map pin, then by form (2019)) Unscripted and Unhinged (Hank, 2019-10-25) (self-continuation) — “we recently did a thing where there was a map” (00:03:38)