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WTF IS GOING ON!!!

2009-09-03 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Philosophy & meaning · reflection essay

Wearing clown hands, duct tape and a toucan nose, Hank argues that the best things (lolcats, 4chan, Nerdfighters) are made for awesome rather than money or fame, and that the only real reason to make things is excitement, while saying viewers' tweeted #HankVideo sentences throughout.

What is said

00:00:00 — Hank agrees with John: the best things (lolcats, 4chan, Nerdfighters, the Gary Busey family portrait) are made for awesome, not money, fame or power; the only real reason to do something is excitement

  • ★★★ Hank says some of the best things in the world, like lolcats, 4chan and Nerdfighters, were created not for money, fame or power but with the goal of awesome. — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank adds the Gary Busey family portrait and a picture of Mount Rushmore from behind as examples, saying the world is better because people like awesome. — 00:00:29
  • ★★★ Hank says you can do things to become famous, for a belief or for money, but the only real reason is that it excites you and you love it, as he loves making videos. — 00:00:29

00:00:58 — Sight gags (clown hands, duct tape, toucan nose) to make viewers' lives better; reveal that the odd lines are tweeted sentences Hank asked for

  • ★ Hank says he paid nine dollars at a party store for a set of clown hands, and puts duct tape on his face for viewers because he likes it. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • ★★ Hank says he wants to make viewers' lives better, joking that his toucan nose already has, because viewers are making his life better. (playful) — 00:01:47 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ Hank reveals that the weird lines throughout the video are sentences he asked people on Twitter to give him to say in a video. — 00:01:47 · Twitter

00:02:16 — More random sentences; creating things you think are awesome is good for your future; keep doing things because they're awesome; gag ending with wet fake teeth

  • ★ Hank jokes he is now the instigator of one of the world's largest databases of random sentences, conceding it may not be true. (playful) (hedged) — 00:02:16
  • ★★★ Hank argues creating things you think are awesome is always good for your future, since others will likely agree, though most people will think this video is dumb. — 00:02:16
  • ★★★ Hank concludes there is everything right with doing stuff just because it's awesome, and urges everyone to keep it up because it is working. — 00:03:06

Humor (significant)

  • Hank opens by telling John he completely agrees with him, then states what he agrees with (a tweeted sentence). — 00:00:00 > «We require more vespene gas.»
  • Hank, wearing a toucan nose, claims to be improving viewers' lives. — 00:01:47 > «right now your life is a little bit better than it was before I put the toucan nose on.»
  • A tweeted sentence cut in after Hank says he wants to make lives better. — 00:01:47 > «that squirrel did not enjoy my presence in his dance club.»
  • Another tweeted sentence, delivered as a boast. — 00:01:47 > «I am the best crab fisherman that ever lived.»

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