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In Which A Secret Is Revealed

2009-12-16 · John · watch on YouTube · Global development · conversation qa

On Question Tuesday John explains how to take part in the 2009 Project for Awesome (videos, upload time, the live show of commenting and rating, the thumbnail, his glasses auction) and gives relationship advice, then 'discovers' a crib and reveals that the Yeti is pregnant.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; new camcorder; Question Tuesday

  • ★★ John opens by welcoming Hank to his new camcorder. — 00:00:00

00:00:05 — P4A's third year; Jacob Black joke; what the P4A is and how to make a video

  • ★★ Asked how long the Project for Awesome has been going on, John says this will be its third year. — 00:00:05 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ John defines the P4A: an annual tradition where many make videos for charities and many more rate, favorite and comment on them, so for one day YouTube's most popular videos are about decreasing world suck. — 00:00:25 · Project for Awesome, YouTube, world suck > «the most popular videos on youtube aren't about boobs or hamsters on piano, but about decreasing world suck»
  • ★★★ John tells viewers to make a video advocating for their favorite charity, upload it on Thursday, ideally with the shared thumbnail linked in the doobly-doo, then rate and comment for 48 hours. — 00:00:39 · Project for Awesome

00:00:52 — Dating advice (the 'advice on another girl' strategy, the mustache); P4A upload time

  • ★★ To a viewer whose crush asks her advice on asking out another girl, John suspects he actually likes her: boys commonly use this 'colossally stupid' strategy. (hedged) — 00:00:52
  • ★★ John says P4A videos should be uploaded as close to noon Eastern time (5 p.m. GMT) as possible. — 00:01:17 · Project for Awesome

00:01:36 — P4A without a video: commenting, rating, the live show; ex-girlfriend and Buddhist non-attachment; the thumbnail

  • ★★ Asked what to do without making a video, John says 90% of the Project for Awesome is commenting on and rating videos, not making them. — 00:01:36 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ John announces a live show from Thursday noon to Saturday morning, linked on Thursday morning, to organise going from video to video leaving comments, ratings and favorites. — 00:01:44 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ John says it only works with many people and asks viewers to spend as much of Thursday and Friday as possible with Hank and him, promising it will be fun. — 00:01:58 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Asked how to get an ex-girlfriend back, John recommends reading up on Buddhist non-attachment, linked in the description. (playful) — 00:02:09
  • ★★ John says making the shared thumbnail your video's thumbnail is hard; they think they've cracked YouTube's algorithm, but a P4A video can be great without it. (hedged) — 00:02:16 · Project for Awesome, YouTube

00:02:28 — Same advice for gay people; making a good P4A video; John's nerd-glasses auction

  • ★★ Asked about advice for gay people, John says it is the same advice with different pronouns. — 00:02:28
  • ★★ John advises that a good P4A video advocates for a charity rather than just talking about it, should be creative and awesome, and can find creative ways to encourage fundraising. — 00:02:33 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ John says he will auction off his one and only pair of nerd glasses, which he wore in most 2008 Vlogbrothers videos. — 00:02:44 · Vlogbrothers, Project for Awesome

00:02:50 — Message to a friend in nerdfighter-like; the right age for sex

  • ★★ In a message for a friend a viewer is in nerdfighter-like with, John says: don't freak out, think it through; it is an 'I like you if you like me' thing that needn't jeopardise the friendship. (playful) — 00:02:50 · Nerdfighteria

00:03:33 — New bookcase and filming spot; the crib: the Yeti is pregnant; Willy is concerned

  • ★ Asked about his different bookcase and why he changed where he films, John starts to explain a bunch of reasons. — 00:03:33
  • ★★★ John 'discovers' a crib in his new filming spot and reveals that the Yeti, his wife, is going to have a baby. (playful) — 00:03:36 · Sarah Urist Green

Humor (significant)

  • Asked how to be loved more than Twilight's Jacob Black, John gives werewolf-style tips. — 00:00:14 > «Then, become really hairy. But only sometimes.»
  • A viewer asks the right age to start having sex. — 00:03:29 > «Mmmmm... forty-two.»
  • Explaining his new filming spot, John 'notices' a crib behind him. — 00:03:43 > «the Yeti's gonna have a little Yeti!!»
  • John asks the dog Willy what he thinks about the baby business; an off-screen voice answers for him. — 00:03:49 > «I'm concerned.»

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