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Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census

2016-09-09 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria, Projects) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore, recurring series, civic or action cta

Hank tells John about a sleep-paralysis episode after dreaming Katherine got 'double pregnant' (superfetation turns out to be real), explains the brothers' repeated outfits, lists their current projects, and launches the 2016 Nerdfighteria Census.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Sleep paralysis after a 'double pregnancy' dream; superfetation is real; his arm stuck down his pants

  • ★★ Hank says sleep paralysis is very common: you wake up and can't move. — 00:00:03
  • ★★ Hank says he has sleep paralysis, usually after a particularly intense dream, and it lasts only a couple of seconds for him. — 00:00:07
  • ★★ Hank says he woke last night after dreaming Katherine got 'double pregnant': a woman already pregnant gets pregnant again and carries the younger baby longer. (playful) — 00:00:12 · Katherine Green
  • ★ Hank assumes the double-pregnancy dream was an anxiety dream. (hedged) — 00:00:31
  • ★★ Hank finds that double pregnancy exists: in superfetation the body releases another egg that is fertilized, and early in pregnancy both can be born together at different gestational ages. — 00:00:54
  • ★★ Hank says that after the dream his movement returned except his right arm, alarming him, until he found he had shoved his arm down his pants. (playful) — 00:01:09

00:01:34 — The brothers' repeated outfits, viewers' conspiracy theories, and a third week on purpose

  • ★ Hank says viewers floated conspiracy theories that he and John had pre-taped videos and gone off on a secret adventure; they had not. (playful) — 00:01:57 · John Green
  • ★★ Hank says this third week they wore the same outfits on purpose, just to keep messing with viewers. (playful) — 00:02:06 · John Green
  • ★★ Hank says that for the first two weeks the outfit repeats were not on purpose: John wore the same shirt, and Hank the same shirt and jacket, two videos in a row. — 00:02:10 · John Green

00:02:25 — The many things the brothers are doing: VidCons, a new SciShow channel, NerdCon, How to Vote, Dear Hank and John, the ICG

  • ★★ Hank says he was struck by how many commenters don't know about all the things the brothers have done over ten years and are doing now. — 00:02:25 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank lists current projects: VidCons in Europe, Australia and California, a 10th-anniversary NerdCon: Nerdfighteria, How to Vote, Dear Hank and John, Snapchatting, and helping found the Internet Creators Guild. — 00:02:35 · VidCon, SciShow, How to Vote in Every State, Dear Hank and John
  • ★★ Hank says they are working on a new SciShow channel whose topic will be chosen by Patreon patrons. — 00:02:38 · SciShow
  • ★★ Hank says the Internet Creators Guild has done a great job explaining why the demonetization issue isn't the end of YouTube. — 00:02:52 · YouTube

00:03:03 — Launch of the 2016 Nerdfighteria Census and why it matters

  • ★★ Hank says he is reminded about once a year that he doesn't understand the community as well as he could, first realising it with the first Nerdfighteria Census in 2013. — 00:03:03 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ Hank launches the 2016 Nerdfighteria Census, a long survey he spent five hours putting together before recording. — 00:03:22
  • ★★★ Hank says the Census gives a deep understanding of the community so the brothers know what to create, what viewers want and what to do together; it matters hugely to him and John. — 00:03:30 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers who have the time to take the Census (link in the description). — 00:03:41

00:03:46 — Sign-off and a 'double the pregnant' jingle

Humor (significant)

  • Hank looks up 'double pregnancy', expecting it to be dream nonsense, and finds it is real. — 00:00:51

    “I thought I was making a joke, you guys”

  • His right arm won't wake from sleep paralysis; he reaches over to find out why. — 00:01:28

    “Just shoved my arm down my pants”

  • Listing projects, 'a NerdCon to plan' slides into the Princess Bride line about a wife to kill. — 00:02:42

    “A wife to kill, and Guilder to frame for it”

  • The sign-off turns the double-pregnancy dream into a jingle. — 00:03:48

    “Double the pregnant, double the fun.”

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Mentioned

Central: Nerdfighteria Census · Sleep paralysis · superfetation

Also: People: Katherine Green

Projects: Dear Hank and John · How to Vote in Every State · Internet Creators Guild · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria · SciShow · VidCon · VidCon Australia · VidCon Europe

Works: The Princess Bride (film)

Organizations: Patreon · Snapchat · YouTube

Concepts: conspiracy theory · dream

Events: demonetization

Also centred on Nerdfighteria Census: New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News · My Freakish Talent · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! · Corndog Ghost Attack, Book Towers, and Census · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria · The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!)

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