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Why Does My Dog Eat Poop?

2011-03-23 · list · John · 2:59 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Internet & YouTube · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, fundraising ask, recurring series

After thanking Hank for his Haiti video and its way to help, John answers, mostly comically, the ten most common Google autocomplete questions beginning 'Why does my…', from cats licking to dogs eating poop, and closes by thanking Hank for a reminder that the hardest problems most need solving.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Thanks to Hank for his thoughtful Haiti video and the real way to help, linked below

  • ★★★ John thanks Hank for his extraordinarily thoughtful and nuanced video about Haiti, which gave viewers a real way to really help, linked in the description. — 00:00:00 · Hank Green

00:00:14 — 'Google Auto-Fill once again proves that people are weird': ten 'Why does my…' questions about eyes, cats, urine, dogs, stomach and computers, answered

  • ★★ John announces 'Google Auto-Fill once again proves that people are weird': he answers the top ten questions people ask Google beginning 'Why does my…'. (playful) — 00:00:14 · Google

    “Google Auto-Fill once again proves that people are weird”

  • ★★ John jokes that cats believe all other organisms are cats, so a cat licking you thinks it is grooming you. (joke) — 00:00:26

  • ★★ John says smelly urine is probably dehydration, though it could be maple syrup urine disease, a real, rare disease whose first symptom is urine that smells like maple syrup. (hedged) — 00:00:44
  • ★ John jokes that maple syrup urine disease's other three main symptoms are coma, brain damage and death, but hopefully you just need to drink some water. (joke) — 00:00:54
  • ★★ John says that a couple of years ago his doctor told him he had a parasite called campylobacter, which you get from eating feces; told most people get it from being licked by their dogs, he blames Willy. — 00:01:01 · Willy
  • ★★ John says dogs eat poop mostly because they are bored or stressed out, so owners of poop-eating dogs should give them other things to do. — 00:01:27
  • ★ John says eyelid twitching is probably caused by staring at screens all day, and googling the problem isn't helping. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:42
  • ★ John says a dog licks everything for the same reason it eats poop: its owner spends all their time on the internet, so the dog is bored. (playful) — 00:02:26

00:02:44 — John's own question for Hank about his little blue guy falling down; thanks for the reminder that the hardest problems most need solving; sign-off

  • ★★ Closing, John thanks Hank again for reminding viewers that the hardest problems are the ones that most need solving. — 00:02:53 · Hank Green

Humor (dominant)

  • Cats believe all organisms are cats, John explains, so when your cat licks you he's thinking: — 00:00:37

    “I love you gigantic hairless cat, and to show you, I will lick you.”

  • Maple syrup urine disease has four main symptoms; the first is urine that smells like maple syrup. — 00:00:54

    “The other three are coma, brain damage, and death.”

  • 'Why does my cat bite me?' is a question wrongly put, John says, the real question being when the cat became a vampire. — 00:02:05

    “Make your peace with your friends and with your enemies, because your time is short, owner of vampire cat.”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

Central: coprophagia · Google · Google Autocomplete

Also: Campylobacter · doobly-doo · Haiti · maple syrup urine disease · Willy

Only in the description or credits: Water.org

Also centred on Google Autocomplete: Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? · Why are Barns Red and Kardashians Famous · What's the Difference Between A and Z · Why is There an Egg Shortage (And More)

Replies to

  • answers · Helping Haiti — “thanking you for your extraordinarily thoughtful and nuanced video about Haiti”

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