Hank's 'Rants in Four Minutes' videos (2013)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2021) · last event: callback (2021-08-06)
In May 2013 Hank used his once-a-year day to be furious for 17 rants in four minutes, and in May 2015 he made a second video of 15 rants, followed a week later by 15 of his favourite feelings. In 2021 he called the rants video one of his most successful but said he never made another.
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-03 | first use | Hank announces his first rants-in-four-minutes video: on his once-a-year day to get furious, 17 rants in four minutes. (playful) | 17 Rants in 4 Minutes 00:00:09 |
| 2015-05-22 | variation | Hank does a second rants-in-four-minutes video, pointing viewers to his first rant video. | 15 Rants in Four Minutes 00:03:52 |
| 2015-05-29 | callback | Hank refers back to his rant video, whose first rant was about ranting, and counters it with favorite feelings. → refers to 15 Rants in Four Minutes | 15 of My Favorite Feelings 00:00:01 |
| 2021-08-06 | callback | One of Hank's most successful videos was his 26 rants video, where he yells about stuff, but he never made another, not because nothing annoys him. (slip of the tongue: 26) | Remembering What's Special 00:02:26 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2013-05-03 · 17 Rants in 4 Minutes — Hank says that once a year he likes to get furious, for not very good reasons, and today he will deliver 17 rants in four minutes. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2015-05-22 · 15 Rants in Four Minutes — Hank, wanting to make John feel better, asked Twitter whether to make a rant video or a joke video; the answer was overwhelmingly rants. — 00:00:01
- 2015-05-29 · 15 of My Favorite Feelings — Hank says his last video complained, its first rant asking why people enjoy rants when the world is full of cool stuff; to counteract it he shares 15 favorite feelings, aiming for honest rather than funny. — 00:00:01