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August 28th: Starring Mom

2007-08-28 · John, Hank, a parent of the brothers · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · conversation qa

With Hank visiting, John wakes him in the actual morning, thanks Hank and the Nerdfighters again for his birthday while racing to finish Paper Towns, asks for help on the difference between a nerd and a geek, and features their mom, who learns the Nerdfighter sign.

What is said

00:00:00 — John wakes Hank at 11:40 on Tuesday: good morning in the actual morning

  • ★★ With Hank visiting, John wakes him and says good morning in person at 11:40 on Tuesday morning. (playful) — 00:00:03 · Hank Green

00:00:27 — Hank on Scott Westerfeld's Peeps and his 'wisdom'; John thanks Hank and Nerdfighters for his birthday while racing on Paper Towns

  • ★★ Hank, woken up, says he has been reading Scott Westerfeld's Peeps and finds it very engrossing and very good. — 00:00:27
  • ★ Asked for wisdom for the Nerdfighters, Hank offers 'The only problems worth solving are solutions'. (joke) — 00:00:27
  • ★ John says the line sounds profound until broken down and means nothing, and inverts it: the only solutions worth having are problems. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:27
  • ★★ John thanks Hank and the Nerdfighters again for his birthday: the videos, pictures and songs rejuvenated his awesome. — 00:00:27 · Hank Green, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John is working like mad on Paper Towns and has only a couple of weeks left before he turns it in. — 00:00:27 · Paper Towns

00:01:13 — Paper Towns deadline; Hank the raccoon and eco-geeking; nerd vs geek question for Nerdfighters; Mom wants to be in a video

  • ★ John teases Hank for not getting up until 2 p.m., 'like a raccoon', then allows that Hank is probably awake and eco-geeking. (playful) — 00:01:13 · Hank Green, EcoGeek
  • ★★★ Relaying a forum question on the difference between a nerd and a geek, John admits he doesn't know and hopes he and the Nerdfighters can work one out. (hedged) — 00:01:13 · nerd, Brotherhood 2.0 forum, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Because Mom was upset that Dad got to be in yesterday's video, John puts her in this one. (playful) — 00:01:13

00:01:42 — John interviews Mom on Brotherhood 2.0: fame, asking strangers about Nerdfighters, learning the sign; sign-off variant

Humor (significant)

  • Hank's sleepy wisdom 'The only problems worth solving are solutions' is judged meaningless, so John offers his own. — 00:00:27 > «I think the only solutions worth having are problems.»
  • John grumbles that Hank doesn't get up until 2 in the afternoon. — 00:01:13 > «Hank, you're like a raccoon.»
  • Mom finally performs the Nerdfighter sign for the camera; John celebrates, then dismisses her. — 00:02:16 > «That was awesome! Okay, go away now.»

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