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How to Win Australia

2017-09-08 · letter vlog · Hank, Grace · 3:57 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Everyday life) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location

Hank vlogs his trip from Montana via Denver ('Isengard') and Los Angeles to Melbourne for VidCon Australia; in an airport aside he notes how little it takes to categorise strangers by a glance and says we should at least notice we do it, then beats jet lag by sleeping through the flight.

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: leaving for Australia from Denver, 'Isengard'

  • ★★ Hank is setting off for Australia, getting on the plane in Denver. — 00:00:04 · Australia
  • ★ Hank says he still honestly calls Denver Isengard and asks John if he remembers. (playful) — 00:00:06

00:00:14 — Airport people-watching: categorising strangers from a glance

  • ★★★ People-watching at the airport, Hank notes it takes him very little data to put someone in a category, and feels he knows their politics and worldview from a glance, and half believes it. (hedged) — 00:00:14
  • ★★ Hank says you can't help judging people this way, but you should at least think about the fact that you are doing it. — 00:00:44

00:00:48 — Flight diary: lens trouble, LA layover, Grace and the US Open, jet-lag plan, waking in the southern hemisphere

  • ★ Hank's expensive lens stops autofocusing until turning it off and on again fixes it. (playful) — 00:00:52
  • ★ At the gate, Grace gets excited about the US Open on TV and explains to Hank that Lindsay Davenport is a tennis player. — 00:01:34
  • ★★ Hank's plan for the flight is to stay up as late as he can, then sleep and wake to morning in Melbourne. — 00:01:54
  • ★★ On the flight Hank woke up a lot but went back to sleep each time; waking after nearly everyone else, he feels he has won. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:26

00:02:51 — First day in Melbourne: chocolate, boba tea, a bike, the VidCon venue, sign-off

  • ★★ In Melbourne a Crash Course fan gives Hank directions to boba tea, but the shop is cash only. — 00:03:04 · Crash Course
  • ★★ Hank rents a bike and shows where VidCon will be held tomorrow. — 00:03:12

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Mentioned

Central: Australia · Melbourne · thin-slicing

Also: People: Grace (person, mentioned from 2017) · Lindsay Davenport

Projects: Crash Course · VidCon Australia

Works: One-Punch Man

Places: Denver · Los Angeles

Events: US Open (tennis)

Characters: Isengard

Also centred on thin-slicing: You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover!

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