October 9th: The Feud Continues
2007-10-09 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:08 · watch on YouTube
Topic: US politics & society (also: Pop culture) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: community lore
Hank objects to John calling Edwards a schmuck: choosing a president is not poker, and only the policies on the cards matter; since he believes the environmental crisis is humanity's biggest problem, he backs Edwards, and he prefers unicorns because zombies exist to kill the living.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Greeting and iMovie-plugin gag; Hank objects to John calling Edwards a schmuck and judging candidates by gut feeling
- ★★ Hank is upset that John called John Edwards a schmuck: John favors honest discussion yet treats a gut feeling about a candidate as more important than what the candidate plans to do. — 00:00:10 · Barack Obama
00:00:48 — Poker metaphor: the election should not be a game of chance; only what's on the cards (the policies) matters
- ★★★ Hank does not want the presidential election to be a game of chance like poker, judging who looks confident or bluffing; all he cares about is what is on the cards. — 00:00:48 · United States presidential election
00:01:17 — The environmental crisis as humanity's biggest problem makes Hank an Edwards man
- ★ Hank says Brotherhood 2.0 cannot cover all the issues in the deck of presidential politics. (playful) — 00:01:17 · Brotherhood 2.0
- ★★★ Hank tends to believe the environmental crisis is the biggest problem humanity has ever faced, so he favors the candidate with strong environmental policies, John Edwards; he is 'an Edwards man'. (hedged) — 00:01:17 · climate change
- ★ Hank acknowledges that nerdfighters and everyone else can and will disagree with him on this. — 00:01:17 · Nerdfighteria
00:01:47 — If Edwards loses, the next strongest environmental record; Obama's weaker global warming policy; mock screaming feud; unicorn over zombie in an enchanted forest
- ★★★ If Edwards loses the primary, Hank will back the next candidate with the strongest environmental record; Obama is up there with good plans but lacks nearly as strong a global warming policy. — 00:01:47 · Barack Obama, climate change
- ★★ Remembering they are feuding, Hank repeats his point in a shout, then says feuding is not healthy. (playful) — 00:01:47
- ★★ Hank would rather meet a unicorn than a zombie in an enchanted forest: zombies can only make more undead by killing the living, and he prefers something whose mission is not to kill him. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:47
00:02:29 — Why unicorns: zombies must kill the living to make more undead; narwhals; feud settled; Edwards-as-zombie joke; sign-off
- ★ Hank adds that unicorns are a mix of horses and narwhals, and he is a big fan of narwhals. (playful) — 00:02:29
Humor (significant)
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Holding up playing cards as the issues of presidential politics. — 00:01:17
“apparently many of them are eights. That's weird.”
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Mid-argument about Obama's climate policy, Hank remembers the brothers are supposed to be feuding. — 00:01:47
“Feuding! I forgot. I should be screaming.”
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Hank explains his fondness for unicorns. — 00:02:29
“unicorns are a mix between, like, horses and, like, narwhals, and I'm a pretty big fan of narwhals.”
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Declaring the feud settled, Hank imagines John Edwards as a zombie. — 00:02:58
“I would probably still vote for him.”
Threads in this video
- tension · Which candidate is best in a given presidential race? — Hank objects to John calling Edwards a schmuck and to judging candidates by gut feeling rather than their plans. (00:00:10) → refers to October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns
- restate · Which candidate is best in a given presidential race? — Hank says he is an Edwards man for his strong environmental policies, and would back the next strongest environmental record if Edwards loses the primary; Obama's global warming policy is weaker. (00:01:17)
- restate · How serious is climate change? — Hank tends to believe the environmental crisis is the biggest problem humanity has ever faced. (00:01:17)
Mentioned
Central: Barack Obama · climate change · John Edwards · unicorn
Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · iMovie · United States presidential election · zombie
Also centred on John Edwards: October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns · October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns
Also centred on unicorn: October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns · October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns
Replies to
- answers · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — “John, yesterday you said that John Edwards was, uh, I think you used the word schmuck.”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-10-10 · October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns (John) — answers (milestone on The brothers' feud, to be judged by Nerdfighters (2007)) — John concedes Hank has won the presidential-politics part of the feud, but says Hank will never win zombies versus unicorns. (00:00:39)