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The Top 10 John Green GIFs

2018-08-24 · list · Hank · 3:25 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Internet & YouTube (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: calendar ritual, community lore, self promotion

For John's 41st birthday, Hank counts down the top 10 GIFs that Twitter's GIF search returns for John's name, joking that the internet mostly picked John angry, frustrated or sniffing his own book; he then plugs VidCon Australia and London and reports the PodCon crowdfunding total.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Birthday wishes: John at 41, Hank's present, pride in John's career

  • ★★ Hank wishes John happy birthday; John sent a photo of himself wearing Hank's birthday present, and Hank is glad he likes it. — 00:00:03 · John Green
  • ★ Hank calls John a stunning 41-year-old man, which he guesses is middle age, but who cares. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:08 · John Green
  • ★★★ Hank says John's age doesn't matter given all the wonderful and great things he has done, and that he is proud of him. — 00:00:14 · John Green
  • ★★ To celebrate John's career, Hank presents John's life 'as decided by the hive mind': the top 10 GIFs from searching John's name in Twitter's GIF search. — 00:00:19 · Twitter

00:00:29 — Countdown of the top 10 John Green GIFs on Twitter, honorable mentions, career toast

  • ★★ Number 10 is John doing the giant squid of anger, probably posted by many people who have no idea who he is. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:31 · giant squid of anger
  • ★ Number 9, a captioned GIF from the same video, is probably used by people who are angry on the internet. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:45
  • ★★ Number 8 is John doing his happy dance, which Hank says we don't see enough of these days. (playful) — 00:00:52 · Happy dance (practice)
  • ★ Number 7 shows John angry again, which Hank guesses has to do with the internet rather than John. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:00
  • ★★ Number 6 shows John frustrated; Hank rates it ten out of ten because John actually injured himself filming it. — 00:01:08 · John Green
  • ★★ Number 5 ('no... a little bit') suggests people may be adding a little nuance to internet discourse, using John to do it. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:17
  • ★★ Number 4, the sarcastic party popper: Hank finds it a shame the internet picked John's one sarcastic party-popping moment over many enthusiastic ones. (hedged) — 00:01:27
  • ★★ Hank loves number 2, wants a database of every use of it, and says its ranking restores a little of his faith in the internet. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:42
  • ★★ Number 1 is John sniffing his own book, which once again destroys Hank's faith in the internet, though he concedes it is pretty good. (playful) — 00:02:00
  • ★ Honorable mentions: a Congress GIF, 'surprise Putin' (which has audio), and John scared of squirrels, which Hank loves. (playful) — 00:02:19 · United States Congress
  • ★★ Hank toasts John's wonderful, wide-ranging life and career and is sure many more GIF-able moments are coming. — 00:02:33 · John Green

00:02:42 — VidCon Australia and London, the PodCon Indiegogo result and tickets; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank is nearly on his way to VidCon Australia, where tickets are still available. — 00:02:42 · Australia, VidCon
  • ★★ Hank says this year's (2018) VidCon in the US was super great, memorable and special. — 00:02:50 · VidCon
  • ★★ After Australia, VidCon comes to London in February. — 00:02:55 · London, Australia, VidCon
  • ★★★ The PodCon Indiegogo campaign ended two days ago (22 August 2018) at $299,569, just short of its goal, which Hank counts as a win. — 00:02:59 · Indiegogo
  • ★★ Hank thinks they can make up the difference. (hedged) — 00:03:12
  • ★★ PodCon tickets are on sale now at PodCon.com. — 00:03:15

In the description and comments

  • ★★ Hank writes that what you put out does not necessarily equal what gets brought in: John is kind, thoughtful and careful, yet most of his GIFs show him angry, upset or frustrated. — video description · John Green

Humor (dominant)

  • Hank opens the countdown of John's most-used GIFs. — 00:00:31

    “Number 10, doing that giant squid of anger, because John, you're mad sometimes.”

  • Hank explains why we rarely see John's happy dance these days. — 00:00:56

    “Not because you aren't happy, of course, but because you're old.”

  • The top John Green GIF on Twitter is revealed. — 00:02:00

    “it's you sniffing your own book, which has now once again destroyed my faith in the internet”

  • After demanding why anyone uses the book-sniffing GIF, Hank watches it again. — 00:02:16

    “That's actually pretty good.”

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Mentioned

Central: GIF

Also: People: Vladimir Putin

Projects: PodCon · VidCon · VidCon Australia · VidCon Europe

Organizations: Indiegogo · Twitter · United States Congress

Rituals: Happy dance (practice)

Terms: giant squid of anger

Concepts: Middle age

Places: Australia · London

Also centred on GIF: Cat GIF Critique · Animals Interrupt Sporting Events: A Critical Analysis

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