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November 23rd: BLACK FRIDAY!

2007-11-24 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Everyday life · reflection essay

On Black Friday Hank and Katherine go to the mall to watch people buy things; Hank says he is over Christmas stress and argues that the people who love us want our time, not our stuff, so he will give his time instead.

What is said

00:00:00 — At the mall on Black Friday to try not to buy things; buying a MiniDV tape at RadioShack

  • ★★ On Black Friday Hank and Katherine go to the mall to try not to buy things and to watch what people buy and why. — 00:00:00 · Katherine Green
  • ★ Hank came without a tape and had to buy a MiniDV tape at RadioShack, which he says is the only thing he will buy. (playful) — 00:00:00

00:00:40 — Katherine finds $28; people looking at Hank; Abercrombie & Fitch and 'gay' as an insult

  • ★ Katherine comes out money positive after finding $28 on the floor of a bathroom stall; they keep it. (playful) — 00:00:40 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Visiting Abercrombie & Fitch for the first time, Hank is baffled that the 'popular people' store has near-naked men all over its walls and calls it a gay store. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • ★★ Hank says he means 'gay' as homosexual, not in the derogatory sense of 'lame' that people sometimes use, which he says is not cool. — 00:00:40

00:01:21 — Abercrombie punchline; Hank is over Christmas: time off spent stressing about spending

  • ★★★ Hank went to the mall to sort out his feelings about Christmas: he is 'kinda over it', finds it hard to care, and doesn't think he's alone. (hedged) — 00:01:21 · Christmas
  • ★★★ Hank says the holidays give people time off work only to stress out about spending the money they made. — 00:01:21 · Christmas

00:02:07 — People who love us want our time, not our stuff; Hank will give his time this year

  • ★★ Hank likes having money and hates spending it, so Christmas runs contrary to how he behaves. — 00:02:07
  • ★★★ Hank says family, friends and fun have nothing to do with stuff: the people who love us want our time and to know we care, not our money, and buying things no longer works. — 00:02:07
  • ★★ Hank thinks that in America now people want less stuff, not more. (hedged) — 00:02:37 · United States
  • ★★★ Instead of working harder to buy people more stuff, Hank says he will give people his time this year: to John, Nerdfighters and everyone he loves, if they ask. — 00:02:37 · John Green, Nerdfighteria

00:03:06 — Pretzel and moose head; no scavenger hunt clue; sign-off

Humor (significant)

  • Hank and Katherine went to the mall to not buy things; the first accomplishment is reported. — 00:00:40 > «Catherine is actually coming out money positive as she just found $28 on the floor of the bathroom stall.»
  • Hank admits people at the mall are looking at him strangely as he films. — 00:00:40 > «but I'm looking at them weird, too. So I'm calling it a wash.»
  • Hank, baffled by the near-naked men on the walls of Abercrombie & Fitch, ranks the store. — 00:01:21 > «Abercrombie & Fitch is gayer than both Claire's and the beef stick stand.»
  • After his speech about giving time instead of buying stuff, Hank confesses his mall lapses. — 00:03:06 > «I did have trouble not buying a pretzel, though. And also I wanted this moose head.»

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