Reply threads in 2023

Every pointer from a 2023 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

23 of 107 videos point back to an earlier one (30 pointers): John answers Hank 6×, Hank answers John 12×, self-continuations 12.

January

2023-01-13 · Why is There an Egg Shortage (And More) (Hank) continues Introducing: The Format (John, 2023-01-10) — “Thanks for joining me in our brand new format” (00:00:00)
2023-01-20 · Behind the Scenes in the Deep Sea (Hank) answers (milestone on The Format: the brothers' loose, chaotic vlog style, begun by Hank and named as a playlist (2023)) Introducing: The Format (John, 2023-01-10) — “You did low-budget Bo Burnham.” (00:00:03)
2023-01-20 · Behind the Scenes in the Deep Sea (Hank) answers (callback on Answering Google autocomplete questions (2010)) John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions (John, 2023-01-17) — “You did a Google autofill thing.” (00:00:03)
2023-01-24 · Behind the Scenes of my TUMBLR MEME LORD ERA (John) imitates Behind the Scenes in the Deep Sea (Hank, 2023-01-20) — “So you didn't think I could take you behind the scenes of a deep, dark place populated by strange creatures?” (00:00:00)
2023-01-31 · I'm Going Back to College? (John) continues An Announcement 3 Years in the Making (Hank, 2023-01-27) — “So Hank, you've just announced Study Hall” (00:02:35)

February

2023-02-10 · If it ain't broke don't fix it. (Hank) continues Mid-Morning Existential Crisis: The Format Returns (John, 2023-02-07) — “your video from this week” (00:00:00)
2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet (Hank) continues (milestone on P4A 2023 edition) The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! (Hank, 2022-03-04) (self-continuation) — “I have two years in a row gotten permission to make extra long videos” (00:00:00)

March

2023-03-24 · The Two Reasons Why Humans Have Such Bad Backs (Hank) continues (update on John's back pain (2023)) The Seduction of Despair (John, 2023-03-14) — “I was so sorry to hear about your back.” (00:00:00)

April

2023-04-04 · April 4, 2023 (Hank) continues The Coming AI Invasion (Hank, 2023-03-31) (self-continuation) — “I watched the video again and I didn't make the point well” (00:00:00)

May

2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List (Hank) continues (result on Hank asks viewers for light, non-heavy movie, TV and game recommendations during his cancer treatment (2023)) So, I've got cancer (Hank, 2023-05-19) (self-continuation) — “they also picked out the saddest-looking frame from my video” (00:00:29)

June

2023-06-13 · touched by a king (John) continues So, I've got cancer (Hank, 2023-05-19) — “Hank, you pointed out in your video” (00:00:00)

July

2023-07-14 · The Good News Video (Hank) continues (result on John asks viewers to pressure Johnson & Johnson to drop its secondary bedaquiline patent (2023)) Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Johnson & Johnson (John, 2023-07-11) — “So I guess this week, you made a video about how there's a drug for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis” (00:00:00)

August

2023-08-04 · The Biggest Science Story of the Week (Hank) answers I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. (John, 2023-08-03) — “I just want to say thank you for your lovely” (00:00:29)
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH (John) continues (update on John's yearly January letters to himself: a look back and goals for the new year; variant on John's 'take it down a notch' and 'take it up a notch' (2023)) TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH (John, 2023-01-03) (self-continuation) — “Let's play the tape.” (00:00:00)

September

2023-09-08 · Giraffes are Way More Complicated Than We Thought (Hank) continues People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes (The Song) (Hank, 2008-02-27) (self-continuation) — “That was followed up by a song in 2008.” (00:00:00)
2023-09-08 · Giraffes are Way More Complicated Than We Thought (Hank) continues Giraffe Love and Other Questions ANSWERED (John, 2009-01-03) — “giraffe love questions in 2009” (00:00:29)
2023-09-08 · Giraffes are Way More Complicated Than We Thought (Hank) continues Giraffe Sex: A Terrifying Introduction to Nature at Work (and Play) (John, 2010-10-19) — “a complete introduction to giraffe sex in 2010” (00:00:29)
2023-09-08 · Giraffes are Way More Complicated Than We Thought (Hank) continues How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters (John, 2016-12-20) — “in 2016, more discussion of how giraffes mate” (00:00:29)
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! (John) refers back (retro on Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007)) March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! (Hank, 2007-03-26) — “when I was in this hospital bed watching that video” (00:04:54)
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! (John) continues (result on John asks viewers to press Danaher and Cepheid to cut GeneXpert TB test cartridges to $5 (2023)) Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Danaher and Cepheid (John, 2023-09-12) (self-continuation) — “So last week I made a video about the company Cepheid and their parent company Danaher's amazing but expensive tuberculosis tests.” (00:00:00)
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! (John) continues Talking Tuberculosis, GeneXpert, J&J, and more with MY HEROES (John, 2023-09-14) (self-continuation) — “Like last week on Vlogbrothers, we hosted a livestream that included one of my heroes, the TB survivor and activist Fumeza Tisile” (00:01:31)
2023-09-28 · What the Heck is the UN? (Hank) continues John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? (John, 2023-09-27) — “It's really amazing to me that you were on that stage and that you took your chance to say the thing that needed to be said” (00:06:44)
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen (John) continues John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? (John, 2023-09-27) (self-continuation) — “here's a video of me at the UN” (00:00:29)
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen (John) continues What the Heck is the UN? (Hank, 2023-09-28) — “here's what the UN is” (00:00:29)

October

2023-10-04 · A Messy and Unhinged Introduction to Geoengineering (Hank) continues The Biggest Science Story of the Week (Hank, 2023-08-04) (self-continuation) — “then a Vlogbrothers video about the temperature of the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean” (00:00:00)
2023-10-20 · Do I make things Simple?? (Hank) corrects My 'Injury' (Hank, 2023-10-20) (self-continuation) — “little update to my video” (00:00:00)
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers (John) continues (restate on Do human categories such as planet, fish or pizza mark real divisions in nature?) My 'Injury' (Hank, 2023-10-20) — “So your video last week about your life with Hodgkin lymphoma reminded me of when you were first diagnosed.” (00:00:00)

November

2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret (Hank) continues A Tale of Two Cancers (John, 2023-10-24) — “John, a couple of weeks ago, you made a video about a kid in Sierra Leone” (00:02:24)
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING (Hank) continues (launch on Hank's Cancer Socks: socks Hank designed during chemo, sold at good.store to fund cancer-treatment access (2023)) My Final Chemo Secret (Hank, 2023-11-10) (self-continuation) — “Like last week, I announced that during chemo I had very meticulously designed eight pairs of socks” (00:00:44)

December

2023-12-12 · POTATO! (John) refers back (mention on John chews and destroys his camera memory card, mistaking it for a pretzel chip (2017)) Tour Bus Bus Tour (John, 2017-10-24) (self-continuation) — “I will remind you that like six years ago” (00:01:34)