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VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls

2010-07-16 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:52 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life, Projects, Science & nature) · mode: Personal update · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore, civic or action cta

After VidCon Hank is relieved that nobody seems to hate the Vlogbrothers, notes BP's capping of the Gulf well, and declares that both brothers must be punished for missing last week's videos, with punishments suggested and voted by viewers.

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; Hank slept four days after a sleepless VidCon; apology for possibly spreading disease through hugs and handshakes

  • ★ Hank jokes that he has slept for four days to recover from VidCon, where he says he did not sleep at all. (playful) — 00:00:00 · VidCon

00:00:33 — Hank feared all of YouTube would hate the Vlogbrothers after VidCon

  • ★★ Hank says he feared all of YouTube would hate the brothers after VidCon, from people sick of hearing about it or over some epic failure. (hedged) — 00:00:33 · YouTube, VidCon, Vlogbrothers

00:01:01 — Nobody seems to hate them; 300,000 subscribers and top 100; playpen balls signed by Shane Dawson; 'Kitty Accordion' with his cat

  • ★★ Hank says that after VidCon nobody seems to hate them; in fact many people seem to like them more. (hedged) — 00:01:01 · Vlogbrothers, VidCon
  • ★★ Hank says the Vlogbrothers are in the 300,000-subscriber club and in the top 100 most-subscribed YouTube channels of all time. — 00:01:01 · Vlogbrothers, YouTube
  • ★★ Hank shows two playpen balls signed by Shane Dawson, so technically Shane Dawson signed his balls. (joke) — 00:01:01
  • ★ Hank plays 'Kitty Accordion' with his cat, insisting it is not torture because she would run away if she didn't like it. (playful) — 00:01:01

00:01:49 — Thanks for VidCon recap videos (links in description); BP caps the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico

  • ★★ Hank thanks everyone making VidCon recap videos and links a few favourites in the description. — 00:01:49 · VidCon, doobly-doo
  • ★★ Hank reports that BP has capped the broken well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, ending the outpouring of millions of gallons of oil. — 00:01:49
  • ★ Hank adds that the end of the spill lasts only until it happens again. (playful) — 00:02:13

00:02:13 — Both brothers missed a video last week and must be punished; YouTube Moderator module for suggesting and voting on punishments

  • ★★★ Hank says he and John both failed to make a video last week (week of 5 July 2010); viewers' forgiveness over VidCon doesn't count, since they agreed to keep the schedule, so both must be punished. — 00:02:13 · John Green, Hank Green, Punishment, VidCon
  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to suggest punishments or vote on suggested ones in the YouTube Moderator module below the video on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:02:42 · Vlogbrothers, Punishment, YouTube
  • ★★ Hank says they can't guarantee taking the most-voted punishment, but it will be something unpleasant. — 00:02:42 · Punishment

00:03:11 — Rule for good punishments; thanks to everyone who supported VidCon: low expectations and amazing people made it important; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank restates the rule that the best punishments are embarrassing but not illegal, and painful but not dangerous. — 00:03:11 · Punishment

    “the best punishments are embarrassing, but not illegal, and painful, but not dangerous.”

  • ★★★ Hank thanks everyone who supported VidCon and says its success came from low expectations and a really amazing community, making it a really important thing. (hedged) — 00:03:11 · VidCon, Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • Hank recommends his method of recovering from VidCon. — 00:00:00

    “You lay down. And you don't get up for four days.”

  • Hank says he probably caused a global epidemic by hugging and shaking hands at VidCon and makes a big apology. — 00:00:33

    “I hope you don't die.”

  • Hank shows two playpen balls signed by Shane Dawson. — 00:01:01

    “I can technically say that Shane Dawson inscribed his name upon my balls.”

  • Hank squeezes his cat in and out. — 00:01:01

    “It's called Kitty Accordion. She's an accordion.”

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Central: Punishment · VidCon

Also: BP · Deepwater Horizon oil spill · doobly-doo · Google Moderator · Gulf of Mexico · Shane Dawson · YouTube

Only in the description or credits: DeStorm Power · Elmify · LizzieRadio · Meekakitty · Secret Brother Tom

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