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Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies

2007-12-17 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Global development · advocacy activism

On secret project day Hank launches the 2007 Nerdfighter Power Project for Awesome, explaining the name and the plan to take over YouTube thumbnails with charity videos; his own cause is pet population control, arguing that because humans bred cats we are responsible for them, so viewers should give to local humane societies and spay and neuter.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; secret project day: the 2007 Nerdfighter Power Project for Awesome explained word by word; taking over YouTube thumbnails; each video promotes a charity

  • ★★★ Hank declares December 17 secret project day and welcomes viewers to the 2007 Nerdfighter Power Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank explains 'Nerdfighter' as, in John's phrase, a person made of awesome inside, and 'Power' as the Nerdfighters' strength in being many and working together. — 00:00:00 · nerdfighter, made of awesome, Nerdfighteria, collective action > «instead of bones and organs and stuff, actually made of awesome»
  • ★★★ The project is to take over YouTube by making the P4A image the thumbnail of hundreds of videos, from channels with 50,000 subscribers to channels with 5. — 00:00:40 · Project for Awesome, YouTube
  • ★★★ Every Project for Awesome video promotes a charity of its maker's choice that they believe reduces the amount of suck in the world. — 00:00:40 · Project for Awesome, world suck

00:01:09 — Hank's day-job green technologies (and terraforming Mars) are not today's cause

  • ★★ Hank says people might expect him to advocate green technology, his day job (cellulosic ethanol, e-readers, CFLs, solar, less junk mail); he strongly believes in them but picks another cause. — 00:01:09

00:01:39 — Cats: humans bred companion animals, so we are responsible for them; 30 million US cats born a year; give to your local humane society

  • ★★★ Hank argues that humans created companion animals, breeding cats to be companions and to catch mice in grain, so they are an extension of us and we are responsible for every member of their species. — 00:01:39
  • ★ Hank's cat catches mice in their house but doesn't eat them; she carries them around in her mouth, puts them down and lies on them. (playful) — 00:01:39
  • ★★ Hank says about 30 million cats are born in the United States every year, seven cats for every person born there. — 00:02:08 · United States
  • ★★★ Hank's P4A cause is pet population control: give money to your local humane society so it can care for animals and get them adopted rather than put to sleep. — 00:02:08 · Project for Awesome

00:02:38 — Spay and neuter; ask to comment on P4A videos and to make one

  • ★★ Hank urges spaying and neutering as cheap and our responsibility; cutting parts off male pets is unpleasant, but one neutered cat beats dozens of unloved offspring in the cold. (playful) — 00:02:38
  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to comment a lot, rate and favorite this and every video with the P4A thumbnail; if commenting is blocked, refresh and enter the captcha. — 00:02:38 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank invites viewers who want to make their own Project for Awesome video to follow the link. — 00:02:38 · Project for Awesome

00:03:18 — How to participate by commenting (seeded questions, captcha); thanks; sign-off

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