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QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday)

2008-02-08 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · conversation qa

On a Friday Question Tuesday, John answers viewer questions left on Hank's last video: a Chicago event, the Depew school board meeting on Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns' October 16 release date, and many joke questions, plus a brief sincere answer on questions of faith.

What is said

00:00:00 — Friday Question Tuesday intro; Chicago Hideout event; Depew school board update; Paper Towns release date

  • ★ John notes that among the many vitriolic, poorly spelled, obscene and un-nerdfighterly comments on Hank's last video there were also many excellent questions. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John says he will perform that night (21 and over) at the Hideout in Chicago with his friend Mark Baser (name as heard). — 00:00:00 · Chicago
  • ★★★ John reports many people attended Tuesday's Depew school board meeting on his book, which he appreciates, but procedure let none of them speak. — 00:00:00 · Looking for Alaska
  • ★★ John says the five people who did speak all opposed the book, and several of them had not read it. — 00:00:36 · Looking for Alaska
  • ★★★ John quotes one objector's claim that he needn't read the book to judge it, and says the analogy shows why good English literature education is needed. — 00:00:36 · Looking for Alaska > «you don't have to have cancer to diagnose cancer»
  • ★★ John says there is another Depew board meeting on March 4th, with more information to come. — 00:00:36
  • ★★★ John gives Paper Towns' official release date as October 16th, joking that he had been lying when he said September. — 00:00:36 · Paper Towns

00:01:05 — Joke answers: Who the F is Hank, Queen Ranavalona vs Elizabeth Bathory, nerdfighting cows

  • ★★ Asked 'Who the F is Hank?', John answers with a mock spy dossier: CIA veteran, Navy SEAL, operative of a clandestine NSA division. (joke) — 00:01:05 · Who the Eff Is Hank
  • ★ After struggling to pronounce her full name, John judges Queen Ranavalona more of an evil lady than Elizabeth Bathory. (playful) — 00:01:35

00:02:06 — Brownies, Looking for Alaska, Lost or Heroes, puppy-sized animals, Alaska's origin, 'Ness', anagrams, the God-burrito question

  • ★★ John says Looking for Alaska is neither a great book nor the greatest book, but hopes it is good. (playful) (hedged) — 00:02:06 · Looking for Alaska
  • ★★ John says the character Alaska is not simply based on a real person: in some ways she is based on him, in other ways on other people. — 00:02:36 · Looking for Alaska
  • ★★★ John calls the God-burrito omnipotence question 'a question wrongly put'; omnipotence questions interest him, but he thinks the question for believers is how and whether God works in the world and we can join that work. (hedged) — 00:02:36

00:03:12 — Faith answer ends; Daniel Biss on nerdfighter babies; DFTBA tattoo; Black Santa; four-minute rule

  • ★★ John introduces Daniel Biss as Brotherhood 2.0's resident mathematician and future state congressperson, asks whether his new baby looked awesome on the ultrasound, and concludes babies are born awesome. (playful) — 00:03:12 · Daniel Biss, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ If forced to get a tattoo, John would probably get DFTBA on his hand, to remind himself he is supposed to be awesome. (playful) (hedged) — 00:03:36 · DFTBA
  • ★ John says the figure on his bookshelf is his Black Santa, which will make sense when viewers read Paper Towns. — 00:03:36 · Paper Towns
  • ★★ John confirms he is still sticking to the four-minute time limit. — 00:03:36 · Four-minute rule

Humor (significant)

  • Asked 'Who the F is Hank?', John recites a special-forces spy biography for his brother. — 00:01:05 > «When in the field, Hank prefers to work alone.»
  • John admits he earlier said Paper Towns would come out in September. — 00:01:05 > «September, but I was lying. God, I love lying.»
  • John repeatedly fails to pronounce the full name of Queen Ranavalona before getting it out. — 00:01:35 > «Yes, I did it! I finally did it!»
  • Asked for animals better than puppy-sized elephants. — 00:02:06 > «it's no secret that I'm awfully fond of puppy-sized humans.»
  • After wishing English had a word meaning both yes and no, 'Ness', John is asked his favorite video game console. — 00:02:36 > «Strangely, the answer to that question is also Ness.»

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