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GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN!

2013-05-17 · Q&A · Hank, Henry Reich · 3:59 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Pop culture, Internet & YouTube) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: recurring series, guest or collab, song or performance, community lore

Hank does a Question Tuesday on a Friday with whip-panned extra Hanks (a question-asker and a useless-trivia Hank): Nerdfighteria's size versus countries, YouTube paid subscriptions (no paywall for vlogbrothers), Batman, plus the best viewer answers to John's Question Tuesday.

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; Question Tuesday on Friday; 'Question Hank' appears; banter about the last videos and GIF vs JIF

  • ★★ On GIF pronunciation, Hank says they say 'jif' though neither is incorrect; his question-asking double considers switching because the president said 'gif', but Hank won't. (playful) — 00:00:24 · GIF pronunciation, Barack Obama

00:00:39 — How many countries Nerdfighteria is bigger than; Djibouti and Lake Assal

  • ★★★ Hank's research: counting regular watchers Nerdfighteria is bigger than 61 countries (incl. Barbados); counting subscribers, 85 countries (incl. Djibouti, Africa's least populous). — 00:00:44 · Nerdfighteria
    • check: the smallest population of all countries in Africa — doubtful
  • ★ Hank's 'useless trivia' double says Djibouti contains Africa's lowest point: the shores of Lake Assal, more than 500 feet below sea level. (playful) — 00:01:02

00:01:09 — 'Useless Trivia' Hank (volleyball); YouTube paid subscriptions and no paywall; first picture on the internet

  • ★ Trivia Hank says volleyball was invented in the 1890s as a safer alternative to basketball. (playful) — 00:01:15
  • ★★ On YouTube paid subscriptions, Hank says he doesn't know how people will use them, hopes in innovative ways, and favours people making money from what they produce. (hedged) — 00:01:22 · YouTube

  • ★★★ Hank says he and John will never put their content behind a paywall. — 00:01:33 · John Green, Vlogbrothers

    “John and I will never put our content behind a paywall.”

  • ★ Trivia Hank says the first picture uploaded to the internet showed an all-female comedy group based at CERN in Switzerland. (playful) — 00:01:38

00:01:45 — Batman as superhero; Man-Bat trivia; the Dougie; Henry Reich on light and black holes; Marvel or DC; Stan Lee; the extra Hanks

  • ★★ Asked whether Batman is a superhero or just a rich guy, Hank ventures he is more of a superhero than others, having no powers, just money. (hedged) — 00:01:45
  • ★★ Henry Reich explains that light is affected by black holes because gravity is an interaction between objects with energy and momentum, which light has. — 00:02:18

00:02:57 — Two Question Tuesdays in one week; best viewer answers to John's questions; credits; asks John not to do a Question Tuesday next Tuesday

  • ★★ Hank notes that with his, there were two Question Tuesdays in one week, and says his was a bit more ambitious. (playful) — 00:02:55 · Question Tuesday
  • ★★ Hank says the best answers to this week's (week of 13 May 2013) Question Tuesday came from Nerdfighteria, citing viewer answers on invisibility, the Great Gatsby film and ferrets. — 00:02:57 · Nerdfighteria, Question Tuesday
  • ★★ Hank tells viewers to feel free to answer the questions he answered in this video. (playful) — 00:03:35 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank thanks Henry from MinutePhysics, Stefan, Emily and Michael, who were in the room helping with the whip pans. — 00:03:42
  • ★★ Hank tells John not to do a Question Tuesday next Tuesday (21 May 2013), as that would be overkill. (playful) — 00:03:48 · John Green, Question Tuesday

00:03:53 — Closing music: Teach Me How to Dougie

Humor (significant)

  • Question Hank considers switching to 'gif' because the president used it — 00:00:31

    “Well, I'm not thinking about changing, and you're me!”

  • Asked to teach the Dougie, Hank refuses but Trivia Hank volunteers — 00:02:13

    “I can teach you how to do the Dougie!”

  • Useless Trivia Hank offers another fact after 'Marvel or DC? Dark Horse.' — 00:02:48

    “Stan Lee's birth name is Stanley.”

  • Hank relays viewer Rachel's take on the Great Gatsby film, quoting the novel's line about others not having had your advantages — 00:03:23

    “must not have had the same advantages she had in having read the book.”

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Mentioned

Central: Batman · Question Tuesday · YouTube paid subscriptions

Also: People: Barack Obama · George Clooney · Henry Reich · Stan Lee

Works: Batman & Robin · Perfect Strangers · Teach Me How to Dougie · The Great Gatsby · The Great Gatsby (2013 film)

Organizations: CERN · Dark Horse Comics · DC Comics · Marvel Entertainment · YouTube

Groups: Les Horribles Cernettes

Concepts: basketball · black hole · Gravity (concept) · paywall · volleyball

Places: Africa · Barbados · Djibouti · Lake Assal · Switzerland

Characters: Larry Appleton · Man-Bat

Memes: GIF pronunciation

Only in the description or credits: Emily Graslie · Michael Aranda · Stefan Chin

Also centred on Batman: Is Hank Green Batman? · I Kind of Hate Batman · I Kinda AM Batman · A Minor Crisis · 7 Weirdest Marriages (or Lack Thereof) From an Airport

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