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2014-09-05 · Q&A · Hank, John · 3:57 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria, Books & writing) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: guest or collab, recurring series, on location, self promotion, community lore

Together at the DFTBA warehouse in Missoula, John and Hank answer viewers' Twitter questions: first cars, finding nerdfighters at college, a joke about Hank playing Margo, signed posters, sibling advice and stories about Henry.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Greetings at the DFTBA.com warehouse; John fumbles the Question Tuesday intro; it's Friday; questions from Twitter

• This part replays Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! (2007-12-18); what is said here is covered on that page: 1 statement.

00:00:31 — First cars (the same Volvo, Arlo); how they haven't tired of each other

• ★★ John's first car was a 1991 Volvo 240 named Arlo. — 00:00:35
• ★★ Hank says Arlo was his first car too, and afterwards he got the same car again, white and smelling more like vomit. (playful) — 00:00:40

00:00:59 — Finding nerdfighters at university: nerdfighter clothing and clubs

• ★★ John suggests finding nerdfighters at university by wearing nerdfighter clothing, and notes many colleges now have nerdfighter clubs. — 00:01:02 · Nerdfighteria · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
• ★★ Hank urges viewers whose university has no nerdfighter club to start one; John adds 'You can start one.' — 00:01:10 · Nerdfighteria

00:01:16 — Who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie: Hank, the Nick Cage of John Green movies

• ★★ Asked who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie, Hank jokingly claims the role, purely for the money, as 'the Nick Cage of John Green movies'. (joke) — 00:01:16 · Paper Towns (film)

00:01:51 — The posters John signed all day are for sale at dftba.com

• ★★ Hank explains they are at the warehouse because John has been signing posters all day; the signed posters can be bought at dftba.com. — 00:01:53 · DFTBA Records
• ★★ John points viewers to dftba.com, with a link in the doobly-doo, to buy the signed posters. — 00:02:02 · DFTBA Records

00:02:08 — Sibling advice: shared projects; Henry stories (Lego villains, learning to turn on the TV, a message for Uncle Hank)

• ★★ John's advice to siblings is to make a video blog together; he thinks shared projects work for most relationships. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:12
• ★★★ John: Asked for sibling advice, John says he believes in shared projects: he and Hank are a lot closer because they do things together. — 00:02:13 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
• ★★ John: Building Legos, Henry called a figure the bad guy; John suggested villains are complicated and should be imagined complexly; Henry insisted he was really bad. (playful) — 00:02:22 · Henry Green, imagine others complexly
• ★★ John: Henry told Sarah a good kind of learning is learning how to turn on the TV. (playful) — 00:02:50 · Henry Green, Sarah Urist Green
• ★★ John: Asked how Henry feels about Hank, John says Henry's last words before he left were a message for Uncle Hank and Auntie Katherine, in gibberish. (playful) — 00:03:01 · Henry Green, Katherine Green

00:03:29 — Sign-off; hope is not crazy; unironic enthusiasm noises

• ★★ John says the world may be broken but hope is not crazy, and that he loves unironic enthusiasm, which he expresses with a stuttering noise. — 00:03:36 · hope

  “The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy.”

Humor (significant)

• Asked who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie, Hank claims the role, purely for money. — 00:01:30

  “I'm the Nick Cage of John Green movies.”

• John tells his young son that Lego villains are complicated and must be imagined complexly. — 00:02:41

  “Henry would say "He's REALLY bad."”

• While John and Sarah stress that knowledge is power, Henry names a good kind of learning. — 00:02:56

  “Henry said "Learning how to turn on the TV."”

• Henry's message for Uncle Hank came out as gibberish. — 00:03:25

  “He probably watched my videos and he knows that that's how I talk.”

Threads in this video

• asked · Hank asks Nerdfighters at universities without a nerdfighter club to start one (2014) — Hank tells viewers whose university has no nerdfighter club to start one. (00:01:10)
• asked · John points viewers to buy the posters he signed at DFTBA.com (2014) — John points viewers to dftba.com to buy the posters he signed. (00:02:02)
• restate · What makes a good romantic relationship or friendship? — John says shared projects strengthen relationships: he and Hank are closer because they do things together. (00:02:13)
• told · Henry's sayings: Lego villains, learning to turn on the TV, a message for Uncle Hank (2014) — John tells stories of his son Henry: Lego villains are 'REALLY bad', learning to turn on the TV, and a gibberish message for Uncle Hank and Auntie Katherine. (00:02:22)
• restate · Is it reasonable to be hopeful about the future? — John says the world may be broken, but hope is not crazy. (00:03:36)
• restate · Is unironic enthusiasm better than being cool? — John says he loves unironic enthusiasm. (00:03:39)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John points viewers to buy the posters he signed at DFTBA.com (2014) — promotion (not a request); last: reminder, 2014-11-28

Mentioned

Central: Henry Green

Also: People: Christopher Walken · Jack Nicholson · Katherine Green · Nicolas Cage · Sarah Urist Green

Projects: DFTBA Records

Works: Moonstruck · Paper Towns (film)

Organizations: Twitter

Rituals: Question Tuesday

Terms: imagine others complexly

Concepts: hope · nerd

Characters: Margo Roth Spiegelman

Products: Lego · Volvo 240

Only in the description or credits: Missoula, Montana · Reunion video

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