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GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN!

2013-05-17 · Hank, Henry Reich · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · conversation qa

Hank does a Question Tuesday on a Friday with whip-panned extra Hanks (a question-asker and a useless-trivia Hank): Nerdfighteria's size versus countries, YouTube paid subscriptions (no paywall for vlogbrothers), Batman, plus the best viewer answers to John's Question Tuesday.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; Question Tuesday on Friday; 'Question Hank' appears; banter about the last videos and GIF vs JIF

  • ★★ On GIF pronunciation, Hank says they say 'jif' though neither is incorrect; his question-asking double considers switching because the president said 'gif', but Hank won't. (playful) — 00:00:24 · Barack Obama

00:00:39 — How many countries Nerdfighteria is bigger than; Djibouti and Lake Assal

  • ★★★ Hank's research: counting regular watchers Nerdfighteria is bigger than 61 countries (incl. Barbados); counting subscribers, 85 countries (incl. Djibouti, Africa's least populous). — 00:00:44 · Nerdfighteria
    • number check: the smallest population of all countries in Africa — doubtful
  • ★ Hank's 'useless trivia' double says Djibouti contains Africa's lowest point: the shores of Lake Assal, more than 500 feet below sea level. (playful) — 00:01:02

00:01:09 — 'Useless Trivia' Hank (volleyball); YouTube paid subscriptions and no paywall; first picture on the internet

  • ★ Trivia Hank says volleyball was invented in the 1890s as a safer alternative to basketball. (playful) — 00:01:15
  • ★★ On YouTube paid subscriptions, Hank says he doesn't know how people will use them, hopes in innovative ways, and favours people making money from what they produce. (hedged) — 00:01:22 · YouTube
  • ★★★ Hank says he and John will never put their content behind a paywall. — 00:01:33 · John Green, Vlogbrothers > «John and I will never put our content behind a paywall.»
  • ★ Trivia Hank says the first picture uploaded to the internet showed an all-female comedy group based at CERN in Switzerland. (playful) — 00:01:38

00:01:45 — Batman as superhero; Man-Bat trivia; the Dougie; Henry Reich on light and black holes; Marvel or DC; Stan Lee; the extra Hanks

  • ★★ Asked whether Batman is a superhero or just a rich guy, Hank ventures he is more of a superhero than others, having no powers, just money. (hedged) — 00:01:45
  • ★★ Henry Reich explains that light is affected by black holes because gravity is an interaction between objects with energy and momentum, which light has. — 00:02:18

00:02:57 — Two Question Tuesdays in one week; best viewer answers to John's questions; credits; asks John not to do a Question Tuesday next Tuesday

  • ★★ Hank notes that with his, there were two Question Tuesdays in one week, and says his was a bit more ambitious. (playful) — 00:02:55 · Question Tuesday
  • ★★ Hank says the best answers to this week's Question Tuesday came from Nerdfighteria, citing viewer answers on invisibility, the Great Gatsby film and ferrets. — 00:02:57 · Nerdfighteria, The Great Gatsby
  • ★★ Hank tells viewers to feel free to answer the questions he answered in this video. (playful) — 00:03:35 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank thanks a child of the brothers from MinutePhysics, Stefan, Emily and Michael, who were in the room helping with the whip pans. — 00:03:42 · Michael Aranda
  • ★★ Hank tells John not to do a Question Tuesday next Tuesday, as that would be overkill. (playful) — 00:03:48 · John Green, Question Tuesday

Humor (significant)

  • Question Hank considers switching to 'gif' because the president used it — 00:00:31 > «Well, I'm not thinking about changing, and you're me!»
  • Asked to teach the Dougie, Hank refuses but Trivia Hank volunteers — 00:02:13 > «I can teach you how to do the Dougie!»
  • Useless Trivia Hank offers another fact after 'Marvel or DC? Dark Horse.' — 00:02:48 > «Stan Lee's birth name is Stanley.»
  • Hank relays viewer Rachel's take on the Great Gatsby film, quoting the novel's line about others not having had your advantages — 00:03:23 > «must not have had the same advantages she had in having read the book.»

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