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Watch My Dumb Dancing

2018-10-30 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Personal update · tags: calendar ritual, song or performance, civic or action cta, community lore

For Pizzamas, Hank says one video a week brought more pressure to make each one great, so he loves the season's lower bar; after an unexplained dance break he shares what's on his mind: a foot mole checked, a flu shot (get yours), his podcast, worry about democracy, Martian geysers and his son turning two.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — One video a week freed time: Hank recognised at the farmer's market as the author Hank Green; more pressure per video

  • ★★ Long ago the brothers cut to one video a week each to free time for other things, which Hank says 100% happened. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ At the farmer's market someone asked if he was the author Hank Green; as usual he said no, that's John, but they had just read his book and liked it; Hank says being an author hadn't really sunk in that way yet. (playful) — 00:00:22 · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, John Green
  • ★★ Switching to one video a week also made it feel like much more pressure to make that video really good, and Hank felt bad when it wasn't: less work, more pressure. — 00:00:32 · Vlogbrothers

00:00:44 — Pizzamas lowers the bar; an interrupting 'I can't dance' dance break

  • ★★ That is one reason Hank loves Pizzamas: he must make many videos, so viewers will probably be more understanding if not all are very good. (hedged) — 00:00:44 · Pizzamas
  • ★★ Music interrupts Hank for a 'fashion shoot' dance break to a song whose refrain is 'I can't dance but I still dance'. (joke) — 00:01:08

00:02:07 — Sharing what's on his mind: the foot mole removed, a flu shot, soup, the Delete This podcast

  • ★★ Pizzamas matters to Hank because it lets him focus not on the complicated parts of his work but on something simpler: sharing what's on his mind. — 00:02:07 · Pizzamas
  • ★★ Seeing a dermatologist for a face rash, Hank had his moles checked and one was found on the bottom of his foot. — 00:02:07
  • ★★ Moles on the bottom of the foot are often really dangerous, because people rarely look at their soles and assume such a mole can't be bad; it is one of the more dangerous kinds of cancer. (hedged) — 00:02:30
  • ★★ The dermatologist removed the mole and the lab confirmed it was normal; Hank is glad he had it checked, noting it is not only something that happens to old people. — 00:02:30
  • ★★ Hank got a flu shot at the same visit; flu shots are good for you and viewers should get theirs; the needle is tiny now. — 00:02:50 · vaccine
  • ★★ Hank and his wife have a podcast, Delete This, about his social media use; it has been really good for him and a ton of fun because she is hilarious. — 00:02:50 · Delete This, Katherine Green

00:03:14 — Worry about democracy, CO2 geysers on Mars, his son turning two, plants made of air; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank says he is a little worried about democracy. — 00:03:14
  • ★★ It is spring in Mars's southern hemisphere, so carbon dioxide deposits under the surface are ripping through the ice above into geysers of gas and dust. — 00:03:14 · Mars
  • ★★ Hank's son just turned two. — 00:03:14 · Orin Green
  • ★ Plants are made of air, which doesn't seem right but is true, so Hank's shirt, made of plants, is made of air. (playful) — 00:03:14

Humor (significant)

  • A fan asks if he is the author Hank Green. — 00:00:00

    “And as I usually do, I said, No, that's my brother John.”

  • Mid-sentence about not needing a fancy dance break, music starts and a dance break begins. — 00:00:44

    “Why is there music playing right now?”

  • Among the things on his mind, Hank reports soup. — 00:02:50

    “Also, John, I've been thinking a lot about soup. That's the whole sentence.”

  • Plants are made of air and his shirt is made of plants. — 00:03:36

    “And so this shirt is made of air”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Pizzamas

Also: People: Katherine Green · Orin Green

Projects: Delete This

Works: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Concepts: carbon dioxide · democracy · Influenza · vaccine

Places: Mars

Only in the description or credits: Gunnarolla

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