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I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes

2016-08-26 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:55 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: calendar ritual, punishment or challenge, self promotion, community lore

On John's birthday, with Vlogbrothers nearing its tenth anniversary, Hank answers Grace Helbig's put-stuff-on-your-head tag with old keepsakes, says the channel has made him like people and himself more, credits John with the brothers' best ideas, and announces he is having a child with Katherine in October.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — John's birthday: the old John bobblehead present and why the brothers stopped giving birthday presents

  • ★★ Hank wishes John a happy birthday and apologizes for not doing anything for it. — 00:00:00 · John Green
  • ★★ Hank says that early in Vlogbrothers the brothers did a lot of birthday stuff, one-upping each other until it was a lot of work; the John bobblehead was one such present, made in quantity. — 00:00:03 · Vlogbrothers, John Green bobblehead
  • ★ Hank notes John was long the only brother with a bobblehead, but now Hank has one too and viewers can get a set of both. — 00:00:17 · John Green bobblehead
  • ★★ Hank says that to escape the pressure of topping the previous year's present, the brothers stopped giving birthday presents; John already has a family, a home and a Chevy Volt. (playful) — 00:00:30

00:00:46 — Ten years of Vlogbrothers and Grace Helbig's tag: Hank puts old things (concept Chevy Volt, a Yeti) on his head

  • ★★★ Hank says the brothers are nearing their 10th anniversary on YouTube, which is exciting and perplexing: he doesn't remember a lot of what they have done. — 00:00:46 · Vlogbrothers, YouTube
  • ★★ Grace Helbig tagged the Vlogbrothers in her put-stuff-on-your-head video; Hank replies he has already put stuff on his head across their 1,427 videos and Grace is nine years behind. (playful) — 00:01:00 · Grace Helbig, Vlogbrothers
  • ★ Hank shows a diecast concept Chevy Volt he bought because he was so excited about the car while writing for EcoGeek. — 00:01:25 · EcoGeek
  • ★★ Hank says he is no longer excited about things like Assassin's Creed, and it's okay to change your mind about what you're into, but he is still into this. — 00:01:30

00:01:44 — What ten years have meant: learning, liking people more, launching new ideas, and John's best ideas

  • ★★★ Hank says ten years on, Vlogbrothers remains exciting and weird, he keeps learning about the world and himself, and it has made him like people and himself more. — 00:01:44 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★★ Hank values the community's support for launching new things, and says he doesn't feel he betrays what they built as long as new projects are good for the world, fun, interesting and good for the community. — 00:01:56 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank says many ideas for new things were his, but the best were John's, above all Vlogbrothers itself: John was convinced online video was glorious and Hank followed his lead. — 00:02:18 · John Green, Vlogbrothers
  • ★ Hank jokingly counts the brothers' 'upcoming sports network', still unnamed, among John's best ideas. (joke) — 00:02:43 · John Green

00:02:46 — A Snatoms molecule on his head for Grace's tag

  • ★★ For Grace's tag Hank puts on his head a molecule from Derek of Veritasium's new magnetic Snatoms molecule-building kits. — 00:02:50

00:03:01 — Tenth anniversary at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston; NerdCon: Stories in Minneapolis with John

  • ★★ Hank tells John to get ready to celebrate their 10th anniversary in the real world at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston. — 00:03:01 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ Hank suggests people near Minneapolis who can't go to Boston attend NerdCon: Stories, where John will be but Hank will not. (hedged) — 00:03:08 · John Green

00:03:14 — Hank is having a child with Katherine in October, so he is on a travel moratorium

  • ★★★ Hank says that, having only alluded to it on this channel, he is having a child with Katherine in October, so he is on a travel moratorium. — 00:03:14 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank says he helps with NerdCon: Stories' content and is jealous at every meeting; he does it for other people and also for himself. — 00:03:25

00:03:40 — Over 50 lifetimes spent watching Vlogbrothers; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank says he did the math: people have spent over 50 lifetimes watching Vlogbrothers videos; he jokes the brothers are eating up lifetimes and hopes it is worth it. (playful) — 00:03:40 · Vlogbrothers

In the description and comments

  • ★★ In the description Hank adds that a third great idea, all John's and probably better than any of Hank's, was Crash Course. — video description · Crash Course, John Green
  • ★★ Hank notes that tickets for NerdCon: Stories and NerdCon: Nerdfighteria are available now at nerdcon.com. — video description

Humor (significant)

  • Grace Helbig tags the Vlogbrothers in her put-stuff-on-your-head video — 00:01:08

    “Grace, you are nine years behind us.”

  • Showing off old things he's still into, Hank stuffs a Yeti into his mouth — 00:01:39

    “I got Yeti in my mouth.”

  • After balancing a magnetic Snatoms molecule on his head — 00:02:56

    “I may be a bit of a dork.”

  • Viewers have spent over 50 lifetimes watching Vlogbrothers videos — 00:03:44

    “We're just killing folks.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

People: Derek Muller · Grace Helbig · Katherine Green

Projects: EcoGeek · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria · NerdCon: Stories

Works: Assassin's Creed · Hank Green bobblehead · John Green bobblehead

Organizations: YouTube

Places: Boston · Minneapolis

Characters: Yoshi

Products: Chevrolet Volt · Snatoms

Myths: Yeti

Only in the description or credits: Crash Course

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