March 28th: Taxes
2007-03-28 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:57 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Personal life (also: Economics, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore
On his personal tax day Hank jokes about his twelve 1099 forms and their odd categories, is relieved that John is recovering from orbital cellulitis, tours the dorm-room posters in his office, and answers a commenter that Brotherhood 2.0 wants guys to watch too.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Tax day: W-2 vs 1099 forms; twelve 1099s; fishing boat proceeds and excess golden parachute payments
- ★★ Hank says today is not a good day because it is his tax day. — 00:00:10
- ★ Hank explains that on a wage form the taxes are already taken out, so you send it in and get money back, while the other form covers income not yet taxed. — 00:00:10
- ★★ Hank says he used to get a W-2 and maybe a couple of 1099s; things have changed, and this year (2007) he has about twelve 1099s. — 00:00:10
- ★★ Hank finds the 1099 categories funny: everything goes into 'other' except fishing boat proceeds, which get their own box, and excess golden parachute payments. (playful) — 00:00:40 · fishing boat proceeds
00:01:13 — Last video more awesome; stuff on Hank's head; relief that John is better; orbital cellulitis
- ★★ Hank says taxes are not fun and his last video, with all the people putting stuff on their heads, was definitely more awesome. (playful) — 00:01:13 · Stuff on Heads
- ★ Hank, apparently wearing something on his own head, remarks that it is a pretty snug fit and gives him something like a ponytail. (playful) — 00:01:13
- ★★ Hank is excited to hear John is feeling better and says it seems John is doing a lot better; he admits that after looking up John's disease online he was at times really worried. (hedged) — 00:01:13 · John Green
- ★★ Hank says people don't generally die from orbital cellulitis any more: they used to, but now there is penicillin. — 00:01:13
00:01:39 — Penicillin; Hank's dorm-room office and the posters on its walls
- ★★ Agreeing with viewers that he has good posters, Hank says he decided in college always to keep one room decorated like a dorm room: now the office where he makes the videos and works. — 00:01:39
- ★★ Hank shows his wall: two Cowboy Bebop posters, a Stuff on My Cat poster, the pirate kitty, a world map, a map of Narnia, calendar pictures, a They Might Be Giants Flood poster, an Inuyasha poster and giant baby pictures of him and Katherine. — 00:01:39 · Katherine Green
- ★★ Hank shows keepsakes he wishes were on the wall: a Rancid poster, something a friend made him, the placemat from his first meal with Katherine's family, a collage from his past, Spice Girls and Babylon 5 items, and Valentine's gifts from Katherine. — 00:02:10 · Katherine Green
00:02:59 — More keepsakes; commenter Chuck's 'girly place' remark: guys welcome, pizza and beer; sign-off
- ★★ Answering a commenter who said the channel has become 'kind of a girly place', Hank says they are not marketing specifically towards women: they are guys and would like guys to watch Brotherhood 2.0. (playful) — 00:02:59 · Brotherhood 2.0
- ★ Hank says pizza and beer sounds great, suggests John might help with that in the next show, and hopes John will be home tomorrow eating pizza and beer. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:59 · John Green
Humor (significant)
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The 1099 categories: rents, royalties and 'other', where everything else goes. — 00:00:40
“Except fishing boat proceeds.”
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Hank says he is a big fan of the 'excess golden parachute payments' category. — 00:00:40
“This year I didn't have any excess golden parachute payments.”
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Right after showing baby pictures and an adorable Valentine's card from Katherine, Hank answers a commenter who says the channel has become girly. — 00:02:59
“We're guys. And we'd like guys to watch Brotherhood 2.0.”
Threads in this video
- update · John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) — Hank hears John is feeling better; he had been really worried after looking up the disease, orbital cellulitis, which penicillin now makes rarely fatal. (00:01:13)
- looked back · Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007) — Hank says his last video, with all the people putting stuff on their heads, was more awesome than tax day. (00:01:13) → refers to March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads!
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) — told 10×, last update 2026; last: mentioned, 2026-02-14
Mentioned
People: Katherine Green
Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · Stuff on Heads
Works: Babylon 5 · Cowboy Bebop · Flood · Inuyasha · Stuff on My Cat
Groups: Rancid · Spice Girls · They Might Be Giants
Concepts: orbital cellulitis · penicillin
Characters: Narnia
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-03-29 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 29th: JUDGMENT FOR HANK (John) — continues (origin on John's 'fishing boat proceeds' joke: the income he never has (2007)) — Inspired by Hank's video, John proposes that by April 2008 he and Hank find a way to put some fishing boat proceeds into their tax return. (00:01:08)