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Hank's Question Tuesday DEBUT!

2011-08-17 · Q&A · Hank, John · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Philosophy & meaning, Pop culture) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: recurring series, guest or collab, community lore, self promotion

In Hank's first Question Tuesday (held on a Wednesday), Hank and John trade quick answers to Nerdfighter questions and end on why they make things: there is no cosmic mandate, but making awesome stuff with awesome people is fulfilling.

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; chair wars; 'Question Wednesday' with real questions from real Nerdfighters

00:00:07 — Quick questions: childhood arguments, Ireland, unicorn or pegasus, giant squid of anger and the sarlacc, bacon, favourite thing about each other, Kermit and Padre Pio

  • ★★ Asked about their biggest childhood argument, Hank thinks the problem was John lying: Hank got blamed because John was the better liar, and still is. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:10
  • ★ both: Asked why they never come to Ireland or mention it, the brothers mention it and declare the matter done. (joke) — 00:00:21
  • ★ Hank would rather have a pegasus than a unicorn: it has wings, while a unicorn is just a horse; John disagrees. (playful) — 00:00:28
  • ★ Hank says the giant squid of anger and the Star Wars sarlacc cannot share an evolutionary link, since genetic material cannot travel between galaxies. (playful) — 00:00:44 · giant squid of anger
  • ★★ both: Hank keeps Kermit on his ceiling as his 'household god'; John says that is where he keeps Padre Pio, a Roman Catholic saint. (playful) — 00:01:33

00:01:46 — Modern Sherlock Holmes: the Cumberbatch one versus the Downey Jr. one; arm-wrestling match

  • ★★ John: Asked about the modernised Sherlock Holmes, John gives the Cumberbatch version two thumbs up and the Downey Jr. version one thumb; Hank, who has seen both, agrees. — 00:01:48

00:02:17 — Do they watch their old videos?

  • ★★ John: Asked whether they rewatch old videos, John says he really enjoys watching the old videos, especially Hank's, but is pretty hard on himself when he watches his own. — 00:02:19
  • ★ Hank jokes that they have never watched an old video and that he has never seen 'the show' Brotherhood 2.0, then says he likes his own old videos because that guy is so funny. (joke) — 00:02:19 · Brotherhood 2.0

00:02:34 — What is the point of doing things? No cosmic mandate; human nature; making stuff is fulfilling; making awesome stuff with awesome people; Songify joke

  • ★★ Restating a viewer's question, Hank says there is no reason to do things, no cosmic mandate to do stuff. — 00:02:41 · meaning of life
  • ★★★ John says he feels for the questioner because he has struggled with that question a lot, and wrote The Fault in Our Stars about it. — 00:02:47 · The Fault in Our Stars, meaning of life
  • ★★ Hank adds that The Fault in Our Stars is available at a link below and all copies will be signed. — 00:02:54 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★★ John agrees there is no cosmic mandate to make stuff, and the world probably won't be any different as a result of what you make or do. (hedged) — 00:02:56 · meaning of life
  • ★★★ Hank thinks it is human nature to like doing stuff, interacting with people and making the world better for each other. — 00:03:07 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
  • ★★ John says making stuff is fulfilling in itself in a way playing video games isn't, and games can become insular. — 00:03:14
  • ★★ Hank says video games are set up to satisfy the need to make things, but in a very shallow way. — 00:03:20

  • ★★★ John says the brothers love making awesome stuff with awesome people, always have, and feel very lucky to be part of a community where that happens. — 00:03:30 · Nerdfighteria

    “We love making awesome stuff with awesome people.”

00:03:50 — Hank thanks John for his first Question Tuesday; 'stop looking at me' sign-off

In the description and comments

  • ★★ Hank's description says they got through few questions but it was so fun that they will have to do an out-takes video at some point. — video description

Humor (significant)

  • Hank says John was the better liar as a child and still is. — 00:00:18

    “I'm a novelist.”

  • John riffs on anti-piracy ads saying 'You wouldn't download bacon'. — 00:01:07

    “Does it come out of my printer?”

  • John says he keeps an image of Padre Pio, a Roman Catholic saint, where Hank keeps Kermit. — 00:01:41

    “I figured Padre Pio was a soccer player.”

  • After saying they never rewatch old videos, Hank admits he likes his own. — 00:02:30

    “I'm like that guy is so funny oh my god!”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: meaning of life

Also: People: Benedict Cumberbatch · Padre Pio · Robert Downey Jr.

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0

Works: Sherlock · Sherlock Holmes (2009) · Star Wars · The Fault in Our Stars

Rituals: Question Tuesday

Terms: giant squid of anger

Places: Ireland

Characters: Kermit the Frog · Sarlacc · Sherlock Holmes (fictional detective)

Products: Songify

Myths: Pegasus · unicorn

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