John: outstanding 2012 Kiva-deal punishment, ultimately an inkless tattoo (2012–2015)
punishment · status: performed · last event: performed (2015-09-15) · owner: John
John owed a punishment under his 2012 Kiva deal and said he was looking for a llama, but it went undone until Hank dug it up in 2014 and set an inkless tattoo instead. John got the tattoo at Firefly Tattoo in September 2015.
Parts: John: do his punishment next week (2012) · Hank asks viewers to suggest John's punishment in the comments (2014) · John asks Hank to name the punishment John owes (2014) · John asks viewers for tattoo ideas for his inkless tattoo punishment, in comments (2015)
Told alongside: Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team · Hank: his punishment owed under the 2012 Kiva deal, performed as the science of pain (2012)
About: Punishment
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-28 | set | John's deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the brothers reach 1,000 videos, Nerdfighteria can challenge both; they will do the challenges and the slate is cleared. | In Which the Candle Dies 00:01:56 |
| 2012-09-25 | accepted | John says he will do his punishment next week (week of 1 October 2012) and is trying to find a llama for it. | Do Businesses Need to Suck? 00:01:27 |
| 2014-07-18 | set | Hank concludes John is left with one outstanding punishment from the 2012 Kiva bet, and tells him it was his own doing. | EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:03:46 |
| 2014-07-22 | accepted | John says he still believes he does not owe a punishment but will do one because of the data in Hank's punishment rant. → refers to EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! | Ambiguous Victories and Real Progress: Behind the Beautiful Forevers 00:00:04 |
| 2014-09-16 | accepted | Asked whether the brothers are supposed to do a punishment, John acknowledges he owes one. | It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains 00:02:47 |
| 2014-09-19 | set | Hank sets John's punishment: a tattoo done with no ink in the gun, so it hurts and leaves nothing to show. | The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out 00:03:09 |
| 2015-08-04 | accepted | Asked when he will do his inkless tattoo punishment, John answers 'Soon. Ish.' and says he needs a tattoo idea. (hedged) | Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza 00:01:33 |
| 2015-09-15 | performed | John gets his inkless tattoo punishment, DFTBA on his upper arm made with water instead of ink by tattoo artist Laura, and calls it the least punishing Vlogbrothers punishment ever. | John Gets a Tattoo 00:01:29 |
What is said about it
11 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — announcement: John: If the goal is missed before 1,000 videos, the punishment slate is wiped clean; the brothers might make videos more often to avoid punishment; John makes the rules as older brother. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:26
- 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank says that on October 28, 2012, with both brothers owing punishments for reasons he can't find, John bet Nerdfighteria: reach 1,000 videos before $1 million in Kiva loans and the punishments are wiped, otherwise doubled. — 00:03:17
- 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: Nerdfighteria loaned the million dollars, so each brother had two punishments; they cleared one by making six videos in a week, three each, leaving one punishment each. — 00:03:34
- 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — ask: Hank says he got a really good idea for his own punishment from comments on John's video, and asks everyone to comment what John's punishment should be. — 00:03:48
- 2014-07-22 · Ambiguous Victories and Real Progress: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John: Answering Hank's rant about punishments, John says that although he still believes he does not owe a punishment, he will do one because data does not lie. — 00:00:04
- 2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — John: Asked about a punishment, John says he owes one and asks Hank what it is. — 00:02:47
- 2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — announcement: Hank sets John's punishment: since John doesn't want a tattoo, he will get a tattoo with no ink in the gun, painful with nothing to show. — 00:03:09
- 2015-09-15 · John Gets a Tattoo — John, outside Firefly Tattoo with Rosianna, is getting an inkless tattoo as a punishment for something punishable he apparently did in 2012, which Hank and Nerdfighteria dredged up. (playful) — 00:00:03
- 2015-09-15 · John Gets a Tattoo — John chooses to have the tattoo say DFTBA on his upper arm. (hedged) — 00:00:34
- 2015-09-15 · John Gets a Tattoo — John: Laura made John's DFTBA tattoo with water instead of ink, so it will go away in about a month. — 00:01:26
- 2015-11-12 · Cheez Doodles Guy, Ringo Silver, and Dad Jokes (Pizzamas Day 4) — John says his tattoo is not fake, just made with water instead of ink, so not visible but real; he would consider more invisible tattoos. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:04