Hank's 'Dude, no edge!': his obsession with the universe having no edge (2012)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2013) · last event: callback (2013-10-25)
On the 2012 tour Hank became obsessed with the universe having no edge and kept saying 'Dude, no edge!'. The outburst returned in his explainers, a No Edge shirt and a song through 2013.
Parts: John asks Hank to explain how the universe can have no edge (2012) · Hank's 'No Edge' shirt: pre-order at DFTBA.com (2012)
Told alongside: John's son Henry and the homemade stuffed honey badger from a Nerdfighter (2012)
About: Tour de Nerdfighting, universe, No Edge Shirt, Henry Green, honey badger
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-07 | first use | John says that in the last week of the tour Hank became obsessed with the universe having no edge and kept saying 'Dude, no edge!', even mid-sandwich. (playful) | 10 Misconceptions Debunked! 00:01:14 |
| 2012-02-10 | callback | Hank's explainer is repeatedly interrupted by 'No edge!' outbursts, ending 'no edge' in his sign-off and end screen. (joke) | How Big is the Universe? 00:00:00 |
| 2012-02-17 | callback | Hank asks whether John said he wanted a No Edge shirt and says he made a No Edge design. (playful) | World's Smallest Animals 00:03:13 |
| 2012-02-28 | callback | John cites comprehending the edgelessness of the universe as hard learning he avoided as a student. (playful) | On Cuties and Cooties 00:02:26 |
| 2012-03-13 | callback | Henry's answer to why the universe has no edge: 'Honey Badger ate the edge'. (joke) | Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report 00:03:21 |
| 2012-05-05 | callback | John nods to Hank's 'no edge' obsession: Webb sees out to where the edge of the universe would be, 'but no edge'. (playful) | It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! 00:00:00 |
| 2012-07-06 (said on 2012-07-07, implied) | callback | Hank ends his Higgs explainer with the field permeating the universe 'from one no edge to the other no edge'. (playful) | The Higgs Boson 00:03:21 |
| 2012-07-20 | callback | Hank's song recalls telling John in the van 'dude, no edge': the universe has no center and no edge. (playful) | The Universe is Weird: A Song 00:01:19 |
| 2013-10-25 | callback | After saying the universe may be infinite, Hank exclaims 'NO EDGE!'. (playful) | When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? 00:02:24 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2012-02-07 · 10 Misconceptions Debunked! — announcement: John links CGP Grey's original video and Michael Aranda's video of Hank saying 'no edge' over and over. — 00:03:03
- 2012-02-10 · How Big is the Universe? — Hank tells John that even though John doesn't seem to find the universe appropriately interesting, he still likes him a lot. (playful) — 00:03:10
- 2012-02-17 · World's Smallest Animals — announcement: Hank says he made a No Edge shirt design, 'like my face', now available for pre-order at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:13
- 2012-02-28 · On Cuties and Cooties — John asks why as a student he worked far too hard to be liked but not to read great novels or grasp the universe's edgelessness, and has no answer. (unsure) — 00:02:26
- 2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John: Asked why the universe has no edge, Henry answers as John expected: Honey Badger ate the edge. (playful) — 00:03:21
- 2012-07-06 (said on 2012-07-07, implied) · The Higgs Boson — Hank says the field makes everything we love possible, from fireworks to dolphins to the ocean to your boyfriend, across a universe with no edge. (playful) — 00:03:21
- 2012-07-20 · The Universe is Weird: A Song — Hank sings that the mundane mass and energy we know and understand is only 4% of what the universe has. — 00:00:46
- 2012-07-20 · The Universe is Weird: A Song — Hank sings that driving in a van he told John 'dude, no edge': the universe has no center and no edge and doesn't exist in any way we can conceive. (playful) — 00:01:19