Sharpie Face Question Tuesday

2012-03-20 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · conversation qa

With Sharpie on his face, John answers rapid-fire Nerdfighter questions: Fox 2000 has optioned The Fault in Our Stars, the book is number 2 on the bestseller list, he's off to Amsterdam, the Kiva group hit $500,000, and Crash Course lets him live his teacher dream.

What is said

00:00:03 — Sharpie Face; John's involvement in the TFIOS movie; Fox 2000 has optioned the film rights

• ★★ Asked whether he will do Sharpie Face, John agrees, but only for the answers. (playful) — 00:00:03
• ★★ John says he will be involved in the TFIOS movie in any way he can be helpful, but he is not a movie person. — 00:00:10 · The Fault in Our Stars (film)
• ★★★ John says Fox 2000 optioned the movie rights to The Fault in Our Stars; hopefully they will make it, but it is too soon to get excited. (hedged) — 00:00:16 · The Fault in Our Stars, The Fault in Our Stars (film)

00:00:24 — Netherlands trip and Amsterdam gathering; ever been drunk (Mardi Gras); champagne poppers retired, then popped for the Kiva group's $500,000

• ★★ John says he is going to the Netherlands this week; there will be a Nerdfighter gathering in Amsterdam on Friday night, with info in the description. — 00:00:26 · Netherlands, Amsterdam, Nerdfighteria
• ★★ John says he stopped doing champagne poppers because, as a grown man making video blogs meant to be taken seriously, they aren't part of his brand. (playful) — 00:00:40
• ★★★ John announces that the Nerdfighter Kiva group has hit $500,000, and celebrates with a champagne popper. (playful) — 00:00:44 · Bank of Nerdfighteria, Kiva

00:00:53 — Drugs (antibiotics); grammar corrections and humiliation in YouTube comments; feeling old

• ★★★ John says he only gets annoyed when people use grammar to humiliate others in YouTube comments, rather than for its purpose: making language as clear and intelligible as possible. — 00:01:06 · YouTube

00:01:25 — Who should play Hazel and Augustus; TFIOS at number 2 on the New York Times list behind Hugo Cabret

• ★★ Asked who should play Hazel and Augustus, John says he knows nothing of contemporary actors (Drew Barrymore is still 17 in his mind) and asks who viewers would want. (playful) — 00:01:28 · Hazel Grace Lancaster, The Fault in Our Stars (film)
• ★★★ John says The Fault in Our Stars is currently number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list, behind only Hugo Cabret, a book he really liked. — 00:01:41 · The Fault in Our Stars, The New York Times

00:01:52 — Rapid fire: Toronto librarians' strike, writing, Hamlet, fishing boat proceeds, next book vs zombie story, Zeno, Batman, drawing, Swedish hip-hop, Who the eff is Hank, the pending punishment

• ★★ Told 2,300 librarians are on strike in Toronto, John says he stands with the librarians, or will quietly support them from a distance if they don't want a guy with Sharpie face. (playful) — 00:01:55
• ★★ John says he is not working on a new book yet: he has to finish his 'stupid bad zombie story' first. — 00:02:11
• ★ John names Zeno as his all-time favorite Greek philosopher, maybe obvious to readers of The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:02:15 · The Fault in Our Stars
• ★★ John recommends the Swedish hip-hop of Afasi och Filthy, best enjoyed if you don't speak Swedish, and Snook. — 00:02:29
• ★ Asked 'Who the eff is Hank?', John answers that Hank is a cat running for the US Senate from Virginia. (joke) — 00:02:33 · Who the Eff Is Hank
• ★★ John says that on tour Hank told him his punishment would strike when he least expects it; it still hasn't happened, so maybe Hank has forgotten. (playful) (hedged) — 00:02:39 · Hank Green, Punishment

00:02:47 — Why Hazel is called Hazel; geeks vs nerds; living his teacher dream through Crash Course

• ★★★ John explains Hazel's name: hazel is an in-between color and she has an in-between life, between health and sickness, adolescence and adulthood, swimming and drowning. — 00:02:49 · Hazel Grace Lancaster, The Fault in Our Stars
• ★★ On geeks vs nerds, John says the fact that both are so fascinated with the question suggests they have a lot in common. (hedged) — 00:02:59 · nerd
• ★★ John says he always wanted to be a teacher, and thanks to Crash Course he kind of can be: he is living his teacher dream. (hedged) — 00:03:08 · Crash Course

00:03:17 — Sharpie headache; Crash Course theme plays out; check out the show; friend-zone thanks to Hank; sign-off

• ★★ John lets the Crash Course theme play the video out and asks Nerdfighters who haven't checked out the show to do so. — 00:03:20 · Crash Course, Nerdfighteria
• ★ John thanks Hank for helping him out of the friend zone, 'as if' he was ever friend-zoned. (playful) — 00:03:24 · Hank Green

Humor (significant)

• John explains champagne poppers no longer fit his serious grown-man brand, then learns the Kiva group's total. — 00:00:44 > «What, the nerdfighter Kiva group hit $500,000? Shibam! Ow.»
• Asked if he has had any experience with drugs, John says yes, quite a lot. — 00:00:55 > «this class of drugs called Antibiotics did an amazing job of helping me to not be dead.»
• Asked what Batman and sixteen sodiums have in common. — 00:02:21 > «Na na na na na na na na na na»
• Asked the old question 'Who the eff is Hank?', John gives another joke answer. — 00:02:34 > «Hank is a cat running for the United States Senate from the great state of Virginia.»

Threads in this video

• milestone · John's Nerdfighter gathering in Amsterdam (March 2012) — John's description says the tickets for his Friday-evening Amsterdam event are sold out. (00:00:00)
• variant · John's Sharpie Face: answering questions with Sharpie drawn on his face (title bit, 2012) — Asked to do Sharpie Face, John answers this Question Tuesday with Sharpie drawn on his face, complaining that it burns, smells toxic and makes his head hurt. (00:00:03)
• milestone · The Fault in Our Stars film adaptation (2012) — John reports that Fox 2000 has optioned the movie rights to The Fault in Our Stars; hopefully the film will be made. (00:00:16)
• launch · John's Nerdfighter gathering in Amsterdam (March 2012) — John announces a Nerdfighter gathering in Amsterdam on Friday night during his trip to the Netherlands this week, with details in the description. (00:00:26)
• callback · John's champagne-popper celebrations (2012) — Asked why he no longer does champagne poppers, John says they don't fit his serious brand, then pops one at the Kiva news ('Shibam! Ow.'). (00:00:38)
• milestone · Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team — John announces the Nerdfighter Kiva group has hit $500,000. (00:00:44)
• new · Should language follow fixed rules of correct usage? — John says grammar's purpose is to make language as clear and intelligible as possible; using it to humiliate people in YouTube comments annoys him. (00:01:06)
• milestone · The Fault in Our Stars: writing, title and publication (2011) — John says The Fault in Our Stars is currently number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list, behind only Hugo Cabret. (00:01:41)
• callback · 'Who the F is Hank?': John's joke answers (2008) — Answering 'Who the eff is Hank?', John says Hank is a cat running for the United States Senate from Virginia. (00:02:33)
• set · John: surprise punishment from Hank that will 'strike when he least expects it' (2012) — John recalls that on tour Hank told him his punishment would strike at the moment he least expects; it has not happened yet, and maybe Hank forgot. (00:02:39)
• open · John asks viewers to subscribe to Crash Course and SciShow (2011) — John asks Nerdfighters who haven't checked out Crash Course to do so. (00:03:20)

Replies to

• Exiting the FRIENDZONE — «Thanks for helping me get out of the friendzone as if I was ever friend-zoned.»

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