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Demon Four Year Old

2010-07-30 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:23 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Internet & YouTube, Science & nature) · mode: Comedy & performance

Hank describes visits from Katherine's offline parents and her family's exhausting four-year-old son, concluding that children's slow development is the price of humans relying on cultural rather than genetic evolution.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Hank forgets most Americans don't live online: dial-up, never streaming, thinking LOL means 'lots of love'

  • ★★ Hank says he sometimes forgets that not everyone in America is like him and most people don't live their lives online; many Americans still have dial-up, have never streamed a video, or think LOL means 'lots of love'. (playful) — 00:00:01 · United States, LOL

00:00:31 — Katherine's parents, who have never had high-speed internet, visit and are kind about Hank's job

  • ★★ Katherine's parents, who have never had high-speed internet, are visiting; they are interested and supportive but don't really understand what Hank does. — 00:00:32 · Katherine Green
  • ★ Hank thanks Katherine's parents for being nice about his job even though they don't get it. — 00:01:00 · Katherine Green

00:01:05 — Katherine's brother's family visits; their four-year-old son: 'brain damage', demon threats over Go Fish, 6 a.m. wake-ups, perseverance and relaxation, poop

  • ★★ Katherine's brother, sister-in-law and their four-year-old son, Hank's nephew, are also in town, making a big group. — 00:01:05 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank jokingly warns John to prepare before Henry turns four, citing Bill Cosby's 'brain damage' routine about young children. (playful) — 00:01:16 · Henry Green
  • ★★ Joking aside, Hank says his nephew is fun, funny and cute; the boy wakes at 6 a.m. every day, so Hank has been going to sleep much earlier than usual. — 00:01:51
  • ★★ Hank tries to teach his nephew the meaning of perseverance and relaxation, but the boy grasps neither idea. (playful) — 00:02:12
  • ★ Hank says his nephew is obsessed with the size of his poops and assumes everyone else is interested too. (playful) — 00:02:47

00:02:59 — Slow child development as the cost of relying on cultural rather than genetic evolution; asking viewers about their poop; sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank says the slow development of human children is a side effect of relying on cultural rather than genetic evolution, which is what makes people amazing, so complaining would be foolish. (hedged) — 00:02:59
  • ★ On behalf of his curious nephew, Hank asks everybody how their poop has been lately. (joke) — 00:03:13

Humor (significant)

  • Hank imagines a condolence email about a dead golden retriever from someone who thinks LOL means 'lots of love'. — 00:00:20

    “Lol, Margaret.”

  • Hank imagines his own daughter marrying a man who skips lunch because he has to talk to a camera and flail his arms, and says he would not be friendly to that guy — 00:00:53

    “and I have a 10 megabit per second download.”

  • After happily agreeing to play Go Fish, five minutes later the nephew turns on Uncle Hank in a demon voice. — 00:01:36

    “I will torture your soul for an eternity of hellfire.”

  • Hank closes by passing on his nephew's fixation to the audience. — 00:03:13

    “how has your poop been lately?”

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Bill Cosby · cumulative culture · Henry Green · Jesse · Katherine Green · LOL · United States

Only in the description or credits: Bill Cosby: Himself

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