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TINY BALLS! Nerds Do Vegas.

2012-10-30 · John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

From a Las Vegas hotel John recalls Hank's one winning bet at his bachelor party, jokes about his own three-hour, ten-dollar roulette win and love of tiny balls, and concludes gambling teaches perspective and Hank is the wiser brother.

What is said

00:00:00 — Travel-day greeting (really Monday); John wakes 'in Paris' with Italy across the street and realises he is in Las Vegas

  • ★★ The description asks viewers to donate to assist those affected by Hurricane Sandy, linking the Red Cross. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ On a day he calls Tuesday but is really Monday, John wakes in a hotel 'in Paris', with Italy across the street, and realises he is in Las Vegas. (playful) — 00:00:00

00:00:20 — John's earlier Vegas trip, his 'Nerds Do Vegas' bachelor party, the opposite of The Hangover; Hank's single Casino War bet; John buys a razor

  • ★★ John has been to Las Vegas once before, for his bachelor party, which they called 'Nerds Do Vegas'; it was the exact opposite of The Hangover. (playful) — 00:00:20 > «Nerds Do Vegas»
  • ★★ John recalls that on that trip Hank gambled once: he played Casino War, placed the minimum bet, won, walked away and retired from gambling a winner. (playful) — 00:00:31 · Hank Green
  • ★★ Calling himself the naughty, more aggressive brother, John sat at the roulette table at about 11 pm with $100 and left three hours later with $110. (playful) — 00:00:46

00:00:51 — John's roulette night: $100 in, $110 out after three hours; he loves tiny balls (golf, Rube Goldberg machines, Jezzball)

  • ★★ John jokes he is an extremely good roulette player because he loves tiny balls, which is also why he loves golf, Rube Goldberg machines and Jezzball. (joke) — 00:01:01

00:01:21 — Roulette strategy: you always lose over time, so bet little and rarely and take the free Sprites

  • ★★ John's 'key' to roulette: over time you will always lose all your money, so bet as little and as rarely as possible and accept every free drink. (playful) — 00:01:23

00:01:51 — Gambling as a reminder of perspective, not probability: a successful night versus the morning after and under $4 an hour; Hank is the wiser brother

  • ★★★ For John, gambling is less a reminder of probability than a reminder of perspective. — 00:01:51
  • ★★ Walking home John felt successful (Canadian chaps, three hours of the ball, free drinks, $10 won); next morning the drinks are a headache and calories, and he earned under $4 an hour. (playful) — 00:01:56
  • ★★ John concludes that, though he is the older brother, Hank is the wiser one when it comes to gambling and much else. (playful) — 00:02:22 · Hank Green

00:02:26 — John leaves to speak to people who work at colleges; joke to high-school Nerdfighters; sign-off

  • ★ John has to go give a speech to people who work at colleges, and jokes he will tell them to accept all high-school Nerdfighters to all colleges. (playful) — 00:02:26 · Nerdfighteria

00:02:41 — P.S. from the airport: the video predates Hurricane Sandy; stay safe; bitterballen and Dippin' Dots

  • ★★ In a P.S. John says the video was recorded before Hurricane Sandy came ashore and tells Nerdfighters without power to stay safe. — 00:02:41 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★ The P.S. ends by adding bitterballen ('tiny delicious balls') and Dippin' Dots to John's tiny balls. (joke) — 00:02:52

Humor (significant)

  • John, 'the naughty brother' and a much more aggressive gambler than Hank, sits down at the roulette table at 11 pm with $100. — 00:00:56 > «Three hours later, I left the casino with: one hundred TEN dollars.»
  • John explains that he is an extremely good roulette player because he has a passion for the game. — 00:01:08 > «because I love tiny balls.»
  • John's roulette strategy: bet as little as possible and say yes every time the cocktail waitress offers a free Sprite. — 00:01:41 > «even if you lose, you still got four Sprites for your $100.»

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