John's 'hairmergency': hair that suddenly needs an emergency haircut, his analogy for burnout (2018)

running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2021) · last event: callback (2021-02-23)

In November 2018 John declared a 'level 1 hairmergency', which reminded Hank to book a haircut; in 2021 John looked back fondly on the time when hairmergencies seemed like emergencies.

Parts: John: say yes when the salon receptionist offers to schedule his next hair appointment (2018)

date	event	what	video
2018-11-13	first use	John says he has a 'level 1 hairmergency', though four days earlier, at his last Vlogbrothers video, his hair was at most a level 8 or 10 situation. (playful)	HAIRMERGENCY! 00:00:00
2018-11-16	callback	Hank thanks John for a video that reminded him to schedule a haircut; he can tell it's time when his hair invades his ear canal. (playful)	Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? 00:00:00
2021-02-23	callback	John recalls when not scheduling haircuts was his biggest problem and he thought hairmergencies were emergencies, and wants to go back in time and pinch that little boy's cheeks. (playful)	A Little Joy and Color in an Otherwise Unbearably Bland Life 00:03:43