Hanko de Mayo 2010 edition: Hank's 30th birthday (Hank trees, 30 presents)
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2010-05-05) · last mentioned: 2010-05-12
For Hank's 30th birthday on 5 May 2010 John asked Nerdfighters to plant 'Hank trees' and buy Hank 30 presents; on the day he showed that Nerdfighteria had planted more than 10,000 plants and trees on six continents.
Parts: John asks Nerdfighters to plant 'Hank trees' and email photos or videos for Hank's 30th birthday (2010) · John encourages viewers to upload birthday videos for Hank's 30th birthday on May 5 (2010) · John asks viewers to suggest inexpensive presents for Hank's 30th birthday (2010) · Corndog shirt: one-week pre-order funding tree planting and Hank's 30 presents (2010)
Later, under the same rule: John asks Nerdfighters to get or make Hank something for his birthday (May 2009) · John asks Nerdfighters to plan Hank's birthday in a Your Pants thread (Hanko de Mayo 2011) · John asks Nerdfighters to mail belated birthday cards for Hank to the P.O. box (Hanko de Mayo 2011) · John asks Nerdfighters to do fun nerdfightastic things for Hanko de Mayo (2012)
About: Hanko de Mayo
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-04-21 | launched | John launches Hanko de Mayo 2010 for Hank's 30th birthday on May 5: Nerdfighters will plant 'Hank trees' and send photos and videos, and Nerdfighteria will buy Hank 30 presents. | The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges 00:00:29 |
| 2010-05-05 | outcome | John presents Nerdfighteria's 30th-birthday present for Hank: more than 10,000 plants and trees planted on six continents, shown in a montage. (playful) | HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! 00:00:36 |
| 2010-05-07 | looked back | Hank presents the tree planting for his 30th birthday, organised by John, as his tenth path to immortality: trees planted because of him that outlive him. | How to Live Forever 00:03:25 |
| 2010-05-12 | looked back | Hank recalls that just days earlier the world was planting trees for him, part of an unusually lucky week. (playful) | Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real 00:01:53 |
What is said about it
11 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters that in two weeks, on May 5, it will be Hank's 30th birthday, Hanko de Mayo, and they need to get ready. — 00:00:29
- 2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — John says that when he asked Nerdfighters at a recent live show what to get Hank, they were flummoxed because Hank doesn't really like anything but ideas; then they realized he likes oxygen. (playful) — 00:00:29
- 2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to plant seeds, saplings or plants on Hank's behalf ('Hank trees and Hank plants'), photograph or film it and email it to him for a big vlogbrothers Hank tree planting video. — 00:01:05
- 2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — announcement: John: Half of John's proceeds from the corndog shirt go to planting trees where trees used to be; the other half to an account for Nerdfighteria to buy Hank 30 presents for his 30 years. — 00:02:03
- 2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — ask: John says that is their first present, asks viewers to suggest inexpensive presents for Hank in the comments, and says he will pick 29 of them. — 00:02:03
- 2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John wishes Hank a happy 30th birthday on Hanko de Mayo, which he calls the most wonderful day of the year. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John says Hank is hard to shop for; Nerdfighteria got him the corndog shirt but felt it was not enough. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John says that, because Hank likes oxygen, Nerdfighteria planted more than 10,000 plants and trees for him on six continents to raise the world's oxygenation. (playful) — 00:00:36
- 2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Hank says he just turned 30, realizes he is no longer young, and despite receiving the best birthday present ever feels a little bitter about it. — 00:00:00
- 2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Hank: Path ten: when you turn 30, have an awesome enough brother to get people to plant trees, so that after you die the trees planted because of you live on. — 00:03:25
- 2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Hank thanks John and everyone who helped with his amazing birthday. — 00:03:48