TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!!

2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded -1 days later) · letter vlog · Hank · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update

On his way to the doctor with a neck he can't move, Hank marks 200,000 subscribers, proposes childhood stories as the week's theme, tells how he cut his hand open on terracotta as a fifth grader, and asks viewers about their injuries.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Going to the doctor for a neck he can't move; painkiller joke; 200,000 subscribers

★★ Hank is going to the doctor because he can't move his neck; the pain reaches his arm and shoulder and he is worried about it. — 00:00:00
★★★ Hank says the vlogbrothers just hit 200,000 subscribers, and he had planned a whole dance for it that his neck now prevents. — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — The planned 200k dance he can't do; thinking about childhood injuries; the waiting-room clock; proposes childhood stories as this week's theme

★★ Thinking about childhood injuries, Hank suggests to John that stories from their childhood could be this week's (week of 22 February 2010) theme. (hedged) — 00:00:29 · John Green

00:01:03 — Childhood story: breaking the Joneses' pot, garbage-duty punishment, cutting his hand on a terracotta shard

★★★ Hank tells how, as a fifth grader punished for breaking a neighbor's pot, he took out their garbage and cut his hand on a sharp terracotta shard sticking out of a bag. — 00:01:03

00:02:14 — Story climax under the faucet and the ambulance; a low-movement dance to All Caps' 'Don't Unplug Me'

★★ When the neighbor held Hank's bleeding hand under the faucet, Hank saw the skin open to the bones; an ambulance was called and he was fine. — 00:02:14
★★ Hank does a low-movement dance to 'Don't Unplug Me', a song by Kristina Horner's new band All Caps. (playful) — 00:02:14

00:02:54 — Comment prompt by viewing tenure (broken bones, scars, surgeries); Hank's own surgeries; thanks to John and Nerdfighters; sign-off

★★ To see how long viewers have been around, Hank asks in the comments: since-2009 viewers about broken bones, since-2008 about scars, since-2007 about surgeries. — 00:02:54
★ Hank says he has had several surgeries: wisdom teeth out, a tendon reattached and a hernia repaired. — 00:02:54
★★ Hank thanks John and all the Nerdfighters for helping to grow the community and do the things they do. — 00:03:31 · John Green, Nerdfighteria

In the description and comments

★ In the description Hank says his neck is already feeling better, so there is no need to worry. — video description
★★ Hank says ALL CAPS' second album is available for pre-order and thanks the band's Luke and Kristina for letting him use their song. — video description

Threads in this video

told · Hank's stiff neck and doctor's visit (February 2010) — Hank tells he is going to the doctor because he can't move his neck, with pain in his arm and shoulder. (00:00:00)
update · Hank's stiff neck and doctor's visit (February 2010) — In the description Hank reports his neck is already feeling better. (video description)
proposed · Childhood stories: Hank's proposed vlogbrothers theme week (February 2010) — Hank suggests stories from their childhood as the brothers' theme this week (week of 22 February 2010). (00:00:29)
told · Hank's childhood hand injury, whose lasting pain taught him right from left — Hank tells how, doing garbage duty as punishment for a broken pot, he cut his hand on a terracotta shard and saw the bones when it was put under a faucet. (00:01:34)
asked · Hank asks viewers to comment on their broken bones, scars or surgeries by how long they have watched (200,000 subscribers, 2010) — Hank asks viewers to comment about broken bones, scars or surgeries depending on whether they have watched since 2009, 2008 or 2007. (00:02:54)

Where the stories that moved here went next

Childhood stories: Hank's proposed vlogbrothers theme week (February 2010) — last documented in 2010; last: launched, 2010-02-24
Hank's childhood hand injury, whose lasting pain taught him right from left — told 2×

Mentioned

ALL CAPS · Don't Unplug Me · Gregory House · Rush Limbaugh

Only in the description or credits: DFTBA Records · Geddan · Kristina Horner · Luke Conard

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