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Supernote and Charlie's Birthday

2010-10-01 · announcement · Hank · 3:24 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Science & nature) · mode: Announcements · tags: civic or action cta, song or performance, timely hook

Hank announces a Vlogbrothers team in Rhett and Link's SuperNote contest and asks Nerdfighters to post SuperNote video responses, sings a short birthday song for Charlie McDonnell, gives breathing tips for a long SuperNote, and notes the discovery of a possibly habitable planet.

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; the Vlogbrothers join Rhett and Link's SuperNote contest: how to join the team, prize of introducing a vlogbrothers video

  • ★★★ Hank announces that the Vlogbrothers are taking part in SuperNote; viewers join the Vlogbrothers team via Rhett and Link's SuperNote site. — 00:00:00 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to join the Vlogbrothers SuperNote team and upload a video of their SuperNote as a video response to this video. — 00:00:25
  • ★★★ Hank says the male and female team members with the longest SuperNote win the right to introduce a vlogbrothers video by saying 'Good morning Hank' or 'Good morning John'. — 00:00:25 · Vlogbrothers

00:00:54 — Team prize for cumulative SuperNote effort; Charlie McDonnell's birthday and Hank's ukulele birthday song

  • ★★ Hank says there is also a prize for the cumulative team effort, so if all of Nerdfighteria posts SuperNotes the team could become SuperNote champions of the world. (playful) — 00:00:54 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ For Charlie McDonnell's birthday, Hank jokes he won't believe anyone who hasn't subscribed to him and, because Alex Day said they should write him ukulele songs, sings a short birthday song. (playful) — 00:00:54

00:01:39 — The science of SuperNote: lung capacity, slowing the airflow, holding your breath (no growling allowed)

  • ★★ Hank explains that a SuperNote's length depends on lung capacity and on the ability to hold your breath, since you cannot inhale while exhaling and the body wants to keep inhaling. (playful) — 00:01:39
  • ★★ Hank's three goals for a long SuperNote: expand lung capacity (stand, take deep breaths), slow the air leaving your lungs without growling, which is banned this year (2010), and hold your breath longer. — 00:01:39
  • ★★ Hank advises ignoring the body's urge to breathe and, physiologically, filling and emptying the lungs rapidly to 'super oxygenate' the blood until the gums tingle, then starting the SuperNote. (playful) — 00:02:08

00:02:54 — Last breathing tip; a planet that may have liquid water found 20 light years away; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank reports that a planet that may have liquid water and could easily support life has been found 20 light years away, which he finds very exciting. (hedged) — 00:02:54

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Mentioned

Central: Charlie McDonnell · lung volumes · SuperNote

Also: Alex Day · Gliese 581g · Good morning greeting · Rhett and Link

Also centred on Charlie McDonnell: 8 Things I Love · Hank Talks to Charlie McDonnell · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands · Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth

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