Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th

2007-01-11 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:10 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria, Projects) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, punishment or challenge, recurring series

Hank, sick after Detroit, blames 'tiny chickens' hatching in his head, proposes new punishment options because 500 Miles would not be a punishment for him, and asks John and viewers what to do with misprinted EcoGeek business cards.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Paying the price for Detroit: a tiny chicken laid tiny eggs in Hank's head; the chicks eat his brain and poop out his nose

• ★★★ Hank says he is paying the price for not living by his values in Detroit: he is sick, which he blames on a tiny chicken whose hatchlings eat his brain. (playful) — 00:00:00 · tiny chickens · also in: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel

00:01:11 — Checking for nose junk; proposing more punishments to choose from, and letting people suggest them; the 500 miles punishment

• ★★★ Hank proposes suggesting more punishments so the brothers can choose between them, and letting people suggest punishments too. (hedged) — 00:01:11 · Punishment
• ★★ Hank says the only punishment so far is the 500 miles punishment, which he would be totally okay doing and thinks would be fun. (hedged) — 00:01:11 · Punishment

00:01:43 — Hank's punishment suggestions (facial hair and chin wax, the needle-in-my-eye provision, a mohawk); misprinted 'eco geek' business cards and a request for help

• ★★ Hank suggests three punishments: grow facial hair for a week then wax the chin, the 'stick-a-needle-in-my-eye provision', and giving yourself a mohawk, which he has always wanted. (playful) — 00:01:43 · Punishment
• ★★★ Hank asks John or viewers what to do with business cards he had printed online for Detroit, which did not come out like his Kinko's sample. (hedged) — 00:01:43 · EcoGeek

00:02:54 — Taping the cards to his face; singing 500 Miles, which is not a punishment to him; better punishments needed

• ★★ Hank sings a line of 500 Miles and says it is not a punishment to him; they need to come up with better punishments. (hedged) — 00:02:54 · Punishment · also in: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel

Humor (significant)

• Hank says he met a tiny chicken in Detroit that he doesn't remember, but they must have had an encounter. — 00:00:00

  “this tiny chicken has laid tiny eggs in my head”

• The tiny eggs hatch and the chicks do everything baby chickens do. — 00:00:38

  “They're eating my brain and their poop is coming out my nose.”

• Asking what to do with the useless misprinted business cards, Hank offers his only idea so far. — 00:02:54

  “So far my only idea is to tape them all over my face.”

Threads in this video

• first use · Hank's 'tiny chickens' illness bit (2007) — Hank blames his illness on a tiny chicken from Detroit whose tiny eggs hatched in his head, the chicks eating his brain and pooping out his nose. (00:00:00)
• update · Hank visits the Detroit auto show at General Motors' invitation (2007) — After watching his January 9 video, Hank says he is paying the price for the Detroit trip: he came back ill. (00:00:00) → refers to Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th
• proposed · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Hank proposes adding punishment options to choose from, letting people suggest punishments, and suggests three of his own besides the existing 500 miles punishment. (00:01:11)
• asked · Hank asks John and viewers what to do with his misprinted EcoGeek business cards (2007) — Hank asks John and viewers what to do with misprinted business cards that say 'eco geek'. (00:02:33)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Hank asks John and viewers what to do with his misprinted EcoGeek business cards (2007) — reported back; last: reminder, 2012-11-13
• Hank's 'tiny chickens' illness bit (2007) — running joke (last seen 2026); last: callback, 2026-07-10
• Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — completed; last: looked back, 2026-09-30
• Hank visits the Detroit auto show at General Motors' invitation (2007) — told 2×, last update 2012; last: retold, 2012-11-08

Mentioned

Central: Punishment

Also: Detroit · EcoGeek · I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) · tiny chickens

Replies to

• continues · Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th — “i was just watching my video from january 9th”

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