Hank: Orin will eventually sing J and K in the right order (2021)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2021-02-26) · owner: Hank
In February 2021 Hank said he was not worried that Orin sang J and K in the wrong order in the alphabet song, predicting he would get them right eventually.
About: Orin Green, English alphabet
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-26 | predicted | Hank is not worried: Orin will get J and K right eventually. | Arbitrary but Useful 00:01:20 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2021-02-26 · Arbitrary but Useful — Hank's son Orin, bouncing on the couch singing the alphabet song, as usual swapped K and J, as he has since learning it almost two years ago. — 00:00:00
- 2021-02-26 · Arbitrary but Useful — Hank argues that people mix up arbitrariness and usefulness: whether something has a reason for being the way it is has no bearing on whether it is useful. — 00:01:35
- 2021-02-26 · Arbitrary but Useful — Hank says the keyboard is laid out as it is so mechanical typewriters didn't jam, a reason that no longer holds. — 00:01:44
- 2021-02-26 · Arbitrary but Useful — Hank: Once the layout existed it became permanent, and it keeps its utility because anyone can sit at a different computer and still type. — 00:02:00
- 2021-02-26 · Arbitrary but Useful — Hank: Language is the biggest example: no word needs to be the word it is (an ear needn't be called ear), but everyone calling it the same thing has tremendous utility, as seen where people speak other languages. — 00:02:15
- 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. (playful) — 00:02:45