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I Have (a little bit) HAD IT!

2017-12-08 · Q&A · Hank · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Everyday life (also: Personal life) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: self promotion

Grumpy about the state of the world, Hank answers viewer questions found in his jacket pocket from the tour's live Dear Hank and Johns: all haircuts are weird, let a brother keep his secret talent, judge writing by the finished product, and you never know you've succeeded.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Hank is grumpy about the world, filming ahead of PodCon, and finds tour questions in his pocket

  • ★★ Hank says he is making this video well ahead of time because PodCon is this weekend, where the brothers will do a live Dear Hank and John. — 00:00:00 · Dear Hank and John
  • ★★ Hank says that, not with his personal life but with the world at large, he has a little bit had it and is feeling grumpy. (hedged) — 00:00:07
  • ★★ Hank found in his jean jacket pocket questions from the live Dear Hank and Johns on tour, and will answer them, though not as he would in a good mood. — 00:00:19 · Dear Hank and John
  • ★★ Hank says everything in his personal and professional life is good: he is excited for PodCon, Project for Awesome is coming and his baby is very cute; the rest of the world is the problem. — 00:00:41 · Project for Awesome, Orin Green

00:00:54 — Grumpy answers to viewer questions: haircuts, home, baking, a secret talent, a dictator, turtles, writing, success

  • ★★ Asked how to support a friend with a weird haircut, Hank says all haircuts are weird: human hair grows forever, like only domesticated dogs bred to have dumb hair. (playful) — 00:00:59
  • ★★ To a viewer who wants to believe there's no place like home but doesn't know where home is, Hank answers: welcome to adulthood. (playful) — 00:01:28
  • ★ Asked for a signature dish to bake for new friends, Hank flounders through nachos, baked potatoes, biscuits and gravy and corn dogs, which are fried. (joke) — 00:01:36
  • ★★ To a viewer who discovered their brother secretly plays guitar and sings, Hank says don't tell him: it's his secret, and he should be let to practice in peace. — 00:01:57
  • ★★ Hank says the stage between knowing nothing and getting kind of good brings a lot of pressure: there is a huge gap between okay and good that beginners don't know about. — 00:02:03
  • ★ Asked whether the brothers would support a viewer becoming world dictator, loyalty rewarded, Hank says the viewer had him until the end. (joke) — 00:02:40
  • ★ Asked his favorite kind of turtle, Hank says he likes sea turtles a lot, especially baby ones, and also Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. — 00:02:46
  • ★ Hank says he likes turtle men like Dr. Lawrence Turtleman, the least popular thing he has done on Vlogbrothers, maybe ever. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:55 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ Asked whether writing that feels bad turns out better on rereading, Hank says yes: trust not the moment of fixing and breaking, but how the finished product reads afterwards. — 00:03:11
  • ★★★ Asked how to know you have succeeded, Hank says you never know: you succeed at individual events but failure is always around the corner, so find things that sustain you. — 00:03:32

00:03:52 — Sign-off and DFTBA.com free shipping

  • ★★ Hank tells John there is free domestic shipping at DFTBA.com for the next three days on orders of $80 or more. — 00:03:54 · DFTBA Records

Humor (significant)

  • Arguing all haircuts are weird, Hank imagines a zebra whose hair grows forever. — 00:01:01

    “it's like galloping along, tripping over its fur.”

  • Listing dishes to bake for new friends, Hank reaches corn dogs. — 00:01:44

    “No, you don't. You fry them.”

  • A viewer asks the brothers to back their bid to be world dictator, adding 'your loyalty will be rewarded'. — 00:02:40

    “I mean, Dakota, you had me until the end there.”

  • Hank advises finding things that sustain you that aren't... — 00:03:39

    “imaginary, like friends.”

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Mentioned

Dear Hank and John · DFTBA Records · Dr. Lawrence Turtleman · Orin Green · PodCon · Project for Awesome · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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