John: punishment for his over-four-minute health-insurance video, ruled not educational by Our Pants (2013)
punishment · status: performed · last event: performed (2013-12-10) · owner: John
In October 2013 Nerdfighters on Our Pants ruled John's over-four-minute health-insurance video not educational, so he owed a punishment. Hank decided Henry would make John's dinner, and in December 2013 John cooked and ate Henry's menu of slobber carrots and gross barbecue.
Parts: John asks Nerdfighters for punishment suggestions in comments (2013)
Told alongside: Hank: his punishment owed under the 2012 Kiva deal, performed as the science of pain (2012)
About: Punishment, Henry Green, Our Pants, Four-minute rule, Valu Time Luncheon Loaf
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-08 | proposed | John acknowledges the video runs over four minutes, says he thinks it counts as an educational video, and leaves viewers to discuss it in Our Pants. (hedged) | Applying for Health Insurance: Then and Now video description |
| 2013-10-15 | set | John reports Nerdfighters in Our Pants ruled his last, over-four-minute video not educational, so he owes a punishment. → refers to Applying for Health Insurance: Then and Now | Thoughts for Nerdfighteria 00:02:44 |
| 2013-10-15 | accepted | John accepts that he is punished. | Thoughts for Nerdfighteria 00:02:47 |
| 2013-11-08 | set | Hank sets John's punishment: Henry decides what goes into John's dinner and how it is cooked, as long as it won't poison him, and John has to eat it. | VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins 00:02:12 |
| 2013-11-12 | set | Within Hank's terms (Henry makes the dinner, no poisoning), Henry's worm-pizza idea is ruled out as possibly poisonous and he fixes the menu: slobber carrots with his drool, really gross barbecue with drool, and hats. | But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? 00:03:49 |
| 2013-11-12 | accepted | John takes the punishment with Henry's menu and thanks Hank for it. (playful) | But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? 00:03:57 |
| 2013-12-10 | performed | John cooks and eats the punishment meal Henry designed: slobber carrots with drool, gross barbecue with drool, and a cabbage hat. | Cooking with a 3-Year-Old: Slobber Carrots and Gross Barbecue 00:03:51 |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John says his last video ran over four minutes and Nerdfighters in Our Pants ruled it not educational, so he is punished. — 00:02:39
- 2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — announcement: Hank sets John's punishment, a mix of suggestions: Henry decides and cooks John's dinner, short of poisoning him, and John has to eat it. (playful) — 00:02:12
- 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — John tells Henry he cannot eat worm pizza, Henry's first suggestion, because eating worms can be really bad for you, even kind of poisonous, as they carry bacteria. (hedged) — 00:02:15
- 2013-12-10 · Cooking with a 3-Year-Old: Slobber Carrots and Gross Barbecue — John: On 'punishment Tuesday' John reminds Henry he came up with the gross meal: slobber carrots with drool, gross barbecue with drool, and hat. — 00:00:00
- 2013-12-10 · Cooking with a 3-Year-Old: Slobber Carrots and Gross Barbecue — In the description John is glad to have the punishment behind him and thanks Henry and Nerdfighteria for the horror. — video description
- 2013-12-10 · Cooking with a 3-Year-Old: Slobber Carrots and Gross Barbecue — John: Tasting: the slobber carrots with drool are actually quite good, the gross barbecue is so bad, much worse than a blenderized Happy Meal, and the hat is not very good. (playful) — 00:03:08
- 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: In October 2013 John's over-four-minute video was ruled not educational enough, and as punishment he ate slobber carrots made by his son. — 00:02:57