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JOHN'S PUNISHMENT! Eating Carl's Jr John's Way

2009-06-05 · challenge / punishment · Hank · 1:55 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Internet & YouTube) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore, civic or action cta

Confused by comments thanking him that his song wasn't another Carl's Jr. ad, Hank finds the YouTuber ad campaign and sets John's punishment for missing Sunday: eat a Carl's Jr. burger's constituent parts, with viewers voting on the recipe at nerdfighters.com.

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; comments on the protons song thanking god it wasn't another Carl's Jr. ad; Hank never heard of Carl's Jr. (Hardee's in Florida)

  • ★★ Hank says his protons-and-neutrons song went over well, but he kept getting comments thanking god it was not another Carl's Jr. ad, which confused him. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Hank says he didn't know Carl's Jr.; in Florida, where the brothers grew up, it was called Hardee's, though he has never been to one. — 00:00:00 · Florida

00:00:29 — The Carl's Jr. YouTuber ad campaign; Hank sets John's punishment for missing Sunday

  • ★★ Hank reports finding many Carl's Jr. ads on YouTube, some by his favorite YouTubers, all on the theme of how you eat the chain's portobello mushroom burger. (playful) — 00:00:29 · YouTube
  • ★★★ Hank sets John's punishment for not making a video on Sunday: eat the Carl's Jr. burger 'the way only John Green can' - not blenderized, but as its constituent parts. (playful) — 00:00:29 · Punishment, John Green

00:00:58 — Not blenderized but constituent parts: four recipes at nerdfighters.com, their nutrition, vote; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank says four recipes at nerdfighters.com are nutritionally and chemically very similar to the burger, each with 50 g protein, 1,000 mg sodium, 9 g sugar, 47 g carbohydrates and 54 g fat. — 00:00:58 · nerdfighters.com
  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to go to nerdfighters.com and vote for the most punishing recipe, deciding how John eats the constituent parts. — 00:01:30 · nerdfighters.com, Nerdfighteria

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Mentioned

Projects: nerdfighters.com

Works: Protons and Neutrons

Organizations: Carl's Jr. · Hardee's · YouTube

Rituals: Punishment

Concepts: sponsorship

Places: Florida

Products: Carl's Jr. portobello mushroom burger

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