Animal Mating and Librarian Talking
2011-10-10 · explainer · John · 2:22 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Science & nature (also: Books & writing) · mode: Curiosity & trivia · tags: recurring series, community lore
On the last day he can make meaningful changes to The Fault in Our Stars, John briefly vlogs a talk to Indiana medical librarians, then gives Hank a pre-filmed Truth or Fail on animal mating: all-female clone whiptail lizards versus incestuous garter snakes.
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; last day to change The Fault in Our Stars; John goes to talk to the medical librarians of Indiana and jokes about being on steroids to sign all the books
- ★★ John says today is the last day he can make meaningful changes to The Fault in Our Stars, so he'd rather spend it with the book(s) than with Hank. — 00:00:00 · The Fault in Our Stars
- ★★ John goes to talk to the medical librarians of Indiana, filming only a few things, and afterwards says medical librarians are so nice. — 00:00:00 · Indiana
00:00:29 — 'Performance enhanced signing'; medical librarians are nice; hand-off to a pre-filmed Truth or Fail on animal mating: rules, signed-book prize, whiptail lizard clones vs red-sided garter snakes, iPod annotations, the suit, countdown
- ★★ Having to get back to The Fault in Our Stars, John gives Hank instead a Truth or Fail on animal mating that he filmed in the past. — 00:00:29 · The Fault in Our Stars
- ★★ Truth or Fail rules: two purported facts, click the true one or fail; one randomly chosen person who finishes the game will receive a signed copy of one of John's books. — 00:01:05
- ★★ First purported fact (one of two in the game): the desert grassland whiptail lizard is an all-female species that self-fertilizes its eggs, so each offspring is a clone. (playful, unsure) — 00:01:05
- ★★ Second purported fact (one of two in the game): male red-sided garter snakes are so rare that females must mate with any male they meet, usually a father or brother. (playful, unsure) — 00:01:05
- ★ Viewers on an iPod can't play because annotations don't work there; John finds it weird that the mobile internet is taking everything over and tells them to go to a computer. (playful) — 00:01:52
Humor (significant)
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At the medical librarians' meeting John joked he is on steroids to sign all the books and might not get into the Guinness Book of World Records. — 00:00:29
“because it's like technically like performance enhanced signing.”
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Opening an animal-mating Truth or Fail, John announces 'Fact one, giraffes.' — 00:00:29
“Just kidding, there will be no giraffes.”
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Waiting for viewers to click, John asks whether they like his suit. — 00:01:52
“I dressed up because it's about animal sex.”
Threads in this video
- milestone · Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009) — John airs a pre-filmed animal-mating edition of Truth or Fail in his vlog, with a signed copy of one of his books for one random finisher. (00:00:29)
- callback · John's giraffe-love bit ('people love giraffes who love giraffes') — Opening the animal-mating Truth or Fail, John fakes a giraffe fact: 'Just kidding, there will be no giraffes.' (00:00:29)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009) — last documented in 2011 (looked back on in 2018)
Mentioned
Central: Truth or Fail
Also: desert grassland whiptail lizard · giraffe · Guinness World Records · Indiana · iPod · red-sided garter snake · Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (“attack of the clone's”) · The Fault in Our Stars
Also centred on Truth or Fail: Truth or Fail! START HERE · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) · Truth or Fail with John! Famous Authors Edition · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail · Truth or Fail: John Green Books
Later videos replying to this one
- 2011-10-12 · Coming Out and Sperm Spikes (Hank) — continues — “thank you, ever so much, for your truth or fail on animal sex” (00:00:00)