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DFTBA

2009-04-23 · Hank, Michael Aranda · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · comedy performance

Hank and Michael Aranda perform a rap song stringing together Nerdfighter-suggested alternative meanings of DFTBA; Hank then credits the Nerdfighters who suggested and illustrated acronyms and Michael Aranda, who turned his lyrics into a song.

What is said

00:00:26 — DFTBA rap: verses of alternative DFTBA expansions, 'please explain: what is DFTBA?' refrain, sampled 'Oh, and Hank' sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank raps a song, performed with Michael Aranda, made of Nerdfighter-suggested alternative expansions of DFTBA, framed by the refrain asking what DFTBA means. (playful) — 00:00:26 · DFTBA, Michael Aranda

00:04:13 — Credits: thanks to Nerdfighters for acronyms and illustrations and to Michael Aranda; subscribe plug; sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank says the song was not all his work and thanks the Nerdfighters who suggested DFTBA acronyms and those who illustrated them. — 00:04:13 · Nerdfighteria, DFTBA
  • ★★ Hank credits Michael Aranda as the most important person: Hank wrote rap lyrics but didn't know how to make them a song, so he instant-messaged Michael. — 00:04:13 · Michael Aranda
  • ★★ Hank calls Michael Aranda so cool and tells viewers to go subscribe to him right now. — 00:04:37 · Michael Aranda

Humor (dominant)

  • One of the first DFTBA expansions in the rap. — 00:00:32 > «Do fish take baths a lot?»
  • Another DFTBA expansion after 'Doctor Freud's topic became afflicting'. — 00:00:46 > «Damn Facebook, too bloody addicting!»
  • A DFTBA backronym verse starts 'It's so damn fine to be alive,' then turns on John. — 00:01:28 > «Until your dorky, farting, turdface brother arrives.»
  • 'Dastardly farmers took Bessie away' as a DFTBA line. — 00:01:52 > «But she was destined for the burger anyway.»

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