Pushback: corrections and disagreements

Videos where a brother corrects an earlier video (a "corrects" reply), and stance disagreements (a "tension" event) that point at the video they disagree with. Self-corrections are listed separately.

Overview

The other brother corrects (26)

2007

2007-01-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 8, 2007 (John) corrects (dispute on Hank: drink a glass of Strawberry Hill wine without hurling (2007)) Brotherhood 2.0: January 5th (Hank, 2007-01-05) — “I would like to congratulate you on successfully completing the Strawberry Hill Challenge. Except that you didn't complete it.” (00:00:10)
2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th (Hank) corrects (launch on Happy Dance Project: compilation of the brothers' and Nerdfighters' happy dances (2007)) Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 (John, 2007-01-12) — “Daniel Biss commented within like three seconds of you posting the video” (00:01:05)
2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th (Hank) corrects Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd (John, 2007-01-02) — “You said that you believed that Mom and Dad's house was the last residence in the United States of America with dial-up internet. You were wrong.” (00:01:05)
2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th (Hank) corrects (remind on Hank asks John to answer his annual friends-and-family survey (2007)) Brotherhood 2.0: January 24, 2007 (John, 2007-01-24) — “Yesterday, you said it was Thursday.” (00:00:09)
2007-02-09 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 9, 2007 (John) corrects Brotherhood 2.0: February 8th (Hank, 2007-02-08) — “there's a huge gaping flaw in your mathematical theorem about old people and dying and banjo concerts” (00:00:33)
2007-05-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 16: Beating the EBO into the ground (John) corrects May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia (Hank, 2007-05-15) — “in your last video, you correctly pointed out that I was born in the city of Indianapolis” (00:02:08)
2007-09-04 · September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome (John) corrects (retell on John's high-school band name 'Moe and the Lawns' (2007)) August 31: Copyright and Airports (Hank, 2007-08-31) — “in your video of last Friday when you were sitting right here in my house” (00:00:00)
2007-09-06 · September 6th: The Book Club Returns (John) corrects continues September 5th: I'm Gonna Kill You (Hank, 2007-09-05) — “I do, however, have one small criticism of your song, Hank.” (00:00:00)
2007-12-07 · December 7th: Fight Night with the Green Bros. (Hank) corrects (retell on John teaches two-year-old Hank not to take out 'the equipment' before the bathroom (2007)) Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto (John, 2007-12-06) — “I'm going to do something a little bit different right now. I don't blame him, Hank. Being able to tinkle on your own is exciting.” (00:00:10)
2007-12-10 · Dec. 10: MY BOOK IS GONNA BE A MOVIE!!! (someday) (John) corrects December 7th: Fight Night with the Green Bros. (Hank, 2007-12-07) — “I forgive you for saying in your last video that I lie about my height when you and I both know that I'm really genuinely six feet one inches tall.” (00:03:09)

2008

2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) (John) corrects (retire on 'Tobian': Hank's made-up evil word (2008)) Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts (Hank, 2008-06-16) — “Hank, in your last video, you proposed that the opposite of Nerdfighterly was Tobian.” (00:00:00)
2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! (Hank) corrects (rule-change on Hank's album So Jokes: release (2008)) Hank and John from the Road (John, 2008-11-03) — “Yesterday in Jon's video, he said that my CD would only be available on the Tour de Nerdfighting, and that is not entirely true.” (00:01:15)

2010

2010-01-13 · Froghoppin' with Gatsby (John) answers corrects (result on Hank asks John to teach him something for the teaching theme week (2010)) Ecosystem Services 101 with Hank (Hank, 2010-01-11) — “I really liked your ecosystem services video on Monday” (00:00:00)
2010-02-17 · WRONG WRONG WRONG (Hank) corrects Hello Baby!! (John, 2010-02-15) — “your video is great” (00:00:00)
2010-07-24 · Grammar School with Snooki (John) continues corrects I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally (Hank, 2010-07-21) — “So Hank, in your video on Wednesday” (00:00:19)
2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love (John) corrects (rule-change on P4A 2010 edition) Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC (Hank, 2010-12-10) — “I have to correct something about your video from Friday” (00:00:00)

2011

2011-01-05 · Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job (Hank) corrects (callback on The brothers' headdesk bit (2011)) Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? (John, 2011-01-03) — “John, your head desk, shown here, was lame” (00:01:39)
2011-06-15 · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) (John) corrects (tension on What is life, and what kinds of systems count as alive?) Google Is Alive! (Hank, 2011-06-13) — “can't believe you got your Star Trek facts wrong!” (00:00:02)
2011-07-08 · Kill the Dollar Bill! (John) corrects continues John Green is an IDIOT! And so are you. (Hank, 2011-07-06) — “in re:your last video,” (00:00:00)

2014

2014-10-10 · I Kinda AM Batman (Hank) corrects (restate on Do people achieve more together than as individuals?) I Kind of Hate Batman (John, 2014-10-07) — “your video on Tuesday wasn't really about Batman” (00:00:27)
2014-11-14 · A Surprise Relationship Between John and Hank! (Hank) corrects continues The History of Pizza and the History of John: Pizzamas Day 4 (John, 2014-11-13) — “The star that you saw in your last video was in fact not a star, it was Jupiter.” (00:00:01)

2015

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)

2021

2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous (Hank) corrects enough (John, 2021-11-02) — “You don't like throw that in a couple of sentences into the video and expect to not hear about it.” (00:00:00)

2025

2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge (Hank) corrects The Real Question (John, 2025-11-04) — “So in your video this week, you said that I got cutting edge curative cancer therapy, and hopefully that's only half wrong.” (00:00:00)

2026

2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool (John) corrects Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit (Hank, 2026-05-22) — “So last week you made a video with a very clickbaity title, Why I Left Crash Course.” (00:00:00)
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views (Hank) corrects YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 (John, 2026-09-15) — “you got a couple of things wrong in your video this week” (00:00:00)

Self-corrections (24)

2007

2007-01-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007 (John) corrects Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 (John, 2007-01-12) (self-continuation) — “I would like to briefly explain the 70-42 mishap.” (00:00:12)
2007-02-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 2nd (Hank) corrects Brotherhood 2.0: January 31st (Hank, 2007-01-31) (self-continuation) — “As an apology to all Orlandans who were upset by my comments that Orlando sucks.” (00:01:45)
2007-06-05 · Jun 5th: S-S-S-Somethin From the Forum (Hank) corrects (shift on Which candidate is best in a given presidential race?) June 1: Barack Saabama (Hank, 2007-06-01) (self-continuation) — “lamented my saying what I said” (00:02:35)
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting (John) corrects (refine on Is microfinance an effective way to fight poverty?) June 28: How to Be a Microfinancier (John, 2007-06-28) (self-continuation) — “do you remember my video on Thursday when I said that we couldn't personally open a microfinance bank” (00:00:29)
2007-09-10 · September 10th: Airports and Whitman (John) corrects September 6th: The Book Club Returns (John, 2007-09-06) (self-continuation) — “a lot of people concluded from one of my videos last week that I was finished with Paper Towns” (00:00:11)
2007-10-16 · October 16th: John's Library Pwns (John) corrects (update on John catalogues his home library (2007)) July 27: How Nerdfighters Drop Insults (John, 2007-07-27) (self-continuation) — “then I said I was giving you a tour of my cataloged home library?” (00:00:42)

2008

2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton (John) corrects November 7: Discussing the Political Situation in Pakistan (John, 2007-11-07) (self-continuation) (derived — resolved by title match: >= 2 title words (one rare), any earlier video) — “in which I ate a lot of peeps while discussing the political situation in Pakistan” (00:02:33)
2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills (Hank) corrects (update on Hank's full-body allergic reaction to sulfasalazine (2008)) ITCHY MUSIC! (Hank, 2008-04-16) (self-continuation) — “Last week I said Barack Obama gave me a disease But it was actually an allergy to sulfasalazine” (00:00:00)

2009

2009-03-05 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) (Hank) corrects (rule-change on Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009)) Truth or Fail! START HERE (Hank, 2009-03-04) (self-continuation) — “for some reason this video didn't show up in a lot of people's subscription boxes” (00:00:45)
2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For (Hank) continues corrects (refine on Is patriotism a virtue?) 50 THINGS!! That I'm Thankful For (Hank, 2009-11-24) (self-continuation) — “So I told you 50 things that I was thankful for yesterday” (00:00:00)

2010

2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. (John) corrects (result on John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to tell him when he gets fat (2010)) Henry's Pee and My Gut (John, 2010-02-19) (self-continuation) — “you may remember in my last video I said” (00:00:29)
2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! (John) corrects (update on John's diet and weight loss after Henry's birth (2010)) JOHN GREEN IS FAT. (John, 2010-02-24) (self-continuation) — “The whole idea of the John Green is Fat video was to talk about why it's so enjoyable to have fun at other people's expense, but then it just got muddled and confusing.” (00:01:07)

2011

2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies (Hank) corrects continues A Letter to the Aliens (Hank, 2011-08-29) (self-continuation) — “I messed up something in the description of my last video.” (00:00:26)

2013

2013-05-31 · Optimism is Not Insane (Hank) corrects (revise on Are human interests and nature in conflict, or are humans part of nature?) Some Mind-Bending Earth GIFs (Hank, 2013-05-10) (self-continuation) — “a few weeks ago I made a video that” (00:00:25)

2014

2014-09-02 · MORTIFICATION (John) corrects (tell on John says 'hectacre' for hectare throughout his Ethiopia agriculture video, seen by Bill Gates (2014)) Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World (John, 2014-08-26) (self-continuation) — “in my video about agriculture in Ethiopia” (00:00:07)
2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis (John) corrects I Kind of Hate Batman (John, 2014-10-07) (self-continuation) — “everything I said about Batman in my last video, Hank, was either wrong or dramatically oversimplified” (00:00:22)
2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again (Hank) corrects (tell on Hank says 'dipthong' for diphthong in his Friday video, a decade-old mistake (2014)) A Surprise Relationship Between John and Hank! (Hank, 2014-11-14) (self-continuation) — “the almost incalculably distant Friday video” (00:00:07)

2015

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)
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)

2016

2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? (John) corrects Is the American Dream Real? (John, 2014-03-18) (self-continuation) — “So a while back I said in a video, in the United States, women make 77 cents for every dollar that men make in the workforce.” (00:00:02)

2019

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)

2022

2022-03-15 · Ukraine and Russia: What Caused the War? (John) continues corrects Understanding Ukraine: The Problems Today and Some Historical Context (John, 2014-03-04) (self-continuation) — “as I explored in my previous video about Ukraine” (00:03:53)

2023

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)

2024

2024-08-19 · The Olympics Mystery Explained!!! (Hank) corrects (result on Hank asks for an explanation of continental Europe's excess of Olympic bronze over gold medals (2024)) I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… (Hank, 2024-08-16) (self-continuation) — “You make a video about it, people are more engaged.” (00:00:00)

Stance disagreements pointing at a video (7)

2007

2007-06-01 · June 1: Barack Saabama (Hank) answers (tension on Which candidate is best in a given presidential race?; accept on Hank: make a forum for Brotherhood 2.0 (2007 challenge from John)) Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating (John, 2007-05-31) — “Your response to my derision of Barack Obama was maybe a little bit unconvincing.” (00:00:09)
2007-08-08 · August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury (John) answers (result on Hank asks John what he meant by 'all of that stuff' about his ex-girlfriends (2007); tension on Who should be allowed to take part in a country's political process (minors, non-citizens)?) August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt (Hank, 2007-08-07) — “But since you called me on it, I'll explain it.” (00:01:16)
2007-10-09 · October 9th: The Feud Continues (Hank) answers (tension on Which candidate is best in a given presidential race?) October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns (John, 2007-10-08) — “John, yesterday you said that John Edwards was, uh, I think you used the word schmuck.” (00:00:10)

2013

2013-01-25 · How to Make Friends (Hank) answers (tension on What makes a good romantic relationship or friendship?) How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday (John, 2013-01-22) — “In your last video, John, I will take exception to some of the things you said.” (00:00:58)
2013-01-29 · Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters (John) answers (tension on Should ideas be ownable, and is copyright law working?) On the Ownership of Ideas (Hank, 2013-01-11) — “I really liked your video a couple weeks ago about the ownership of ideas” (00:00:00)
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition (John) answers (tension on What is the greatest or most distinctive human quality?) Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality (Hank, 2013-10-18) — “today's video will be a response to your video from Friday” (00:00:00)

2019

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)