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October 23rd: Some Explaining to Do…

2007-10-23 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Everyday life, Personal life) · mode: Personal essay · tags: on location, community lore, guest or collab

From a friends' wedding in Georgia, Hank explains his blue lips and the drive to Seattle, apologises to viewers offended by his tattoo remark while explaining he would rather be judged by his words than his looks, sides with John and 'Team Science' against young-earth creationism, and argues that nerdfighterness is about joining up, not fighting.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Explaining: blue-lollipop 'lipstick'; why he drove eight hours to Seattle (Missoula airfares) and flew to Georgia for friends' wedding

  • ★ Hank explains that his apparent lipstick is from a blue lollipop that won't wash off. (playful) — 00:00:10
  • ★★★ Answering viewers confused by last week's (week of 15 October 2007) driving, Hank says he and Katherine drove about eight hours to Seattle to see friends and then fly to Georgia, where they now are. — 00:00:10 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank says that from Missoula it is impossible to fly to some places without paying thousands of dollars, so driving to a bigger airport is sometimes necessary. — 00:00:10 · Missoula, Montana, Montana
  • ★★ Hank is in Georgia for the wedding of the two friends who helped with 'Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants'; one of them, Brian, won't turn to the camera. — 00:00:10 · Brian, Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?, in your pants

00:00:58 — Friend Brian won't turn around; apology for the tattoo remark; tattoos as a club people judge; wanting to be judged by what he says and does, not looks

  • ★★★ Hank apologises to people offended by his remark that people sometimes come to resent their tattoos, and acknowledges that a tattoo is a personal choice he has not made. — 00:00:58
  • ★★ Hank says he might someday get a tattoo to mark part of his life, but has never had the urge because he doesn't favour paying for things that hurt. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:58
  • ★★★ Hank says a tattoo puts you in a club that people make judgments about, and he hopes to minimise the visual cues by which people can judge him, though his t-shirts and glasses fall short. (hedged) — 00:01:35
  • ★★★ Hank would rather people judge him by what he says and how he acts than by his looks or tattoos. (hedged) — 00:01:35

00:02:04 — Sometimes not worth joining the team; Team Unicorn vs Team Science; science vs creationism; agreeing with John; the danger of teams getting angry; two nerdfighters at one high school

  • ★★ Hank says judging tattooed people isn't their fault, but sometimes it's not worth joining the team. — 00:02:04
  • ★★ Hank says he isn't especially proud of heading Team Unicorn, but is quite proud of being on Team Science. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:04
  • ★★★ Hank says science starts from the factors and works toward a solution, while creationism starts from a solution someone came up with centuries ago and makes everything explain it. (hedged) — 00:02:04
  • ★★ Hank assumes this is what John meant by calling young-earth creationism anti-intellectual in the comments, and says that, unlike on zombies and unicorns, he agrees with John. (hedged) — 00:02:40
  • ★★★ Hank says the danger is joining teams and then getting angry at each other, as in high-school rivalries and hallway wars, which he dislikes. — 00:02:40
  • ★★ Hank tells of two nerdfighters at one high school who each thought they were the only one, found each other, and are stronger together. — 00:02:40 · Nerdfighteria

00:03:19 — Nerdfighterness is joining up; sign-off; closing clips: the married couple, a new kitten named Robin

  • ★★★ Hank says nerdfighterness is about joining up rather than fighting, and he doesn't want people angry about his beliefs, since it is just him talking to John. — 00:03:19 · nerdfighter

    “It is joining up. And that's what nerdfighterness is about”

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Mentioned

Central: Georgia (U.S. state) · nerdfighter · young Earth creationism

Also: People: Brian · Jessalyn · Katherine Green

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0

Works: Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? (“Will You Miss Me When”)

Terms: in your pants

Concepts: anti-intellectualism

Places: Missoula, Montana · Montana · Seattle

Myths: unicorn · zombie

Also centred on Georgia (U.S. state): Nine Die in Georgia Floods - Kanye is a Jackass

Also centred on young Earth creationism: October 22nd: The Anniversary of Young Earth Creationism

Replies to

  • continues · October 19th: Missoula to Seattle — “I'm very sorry to the people who were offended by my statements that sometimes people begin to resent their tattoos later in life.”

Later videos replying to this one

Part of an exchange of 3 videos, 2007-10-19 – 2007-10-24.