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Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video!

2019-07-12 · Q&A · Hank, John · 3:59 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: guest or collab, on location

Reunited at VidCon, Hank and John answer viewer questions about their past and future on YouTube: why the silly videos stopped, ending Vlogbrothers on their own terms, and why they still do it (making stuff with people they like, each other and Nerdfighteria), amid sponsor and costume gags.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — John as surprise guest at VidCon; sponsor hashtag gags; closed balconies as a metaphor for the internet

  • ★ John pops in as a surprise guest and the brothers greet each other at VidCon. (playful) — 00:00:00 · VidCon, Hank Green
  • ★★ Hank explains that VidCon now closes all its balconies because a kid peed off one at VidCon 2016. — 00:00:29 · VidCon
  • ★★ John calls the closed balconies a great metaphor for the internet: one person pees off a balcony and nobody else ever gets a balcony again. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • ★★ Hank asked people to send questions about the brothers' past and future on YouTube. — 00:00:29 · YouTube

00:00:55 — Viewer questions: silly versus earnest videos, proudest content, death as a cube, the Green Ducks

00:01:41 — Ending Vlogbrothers, why they are still doing it, another Brotherhood 2.0 year, switching lives

  • ★★★ John: Asked whether they will let Vlogbrothers die, John says he wants to choose to end the channel, uploading the last video knowing it is the last. — 00:01:41 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ Hank says Vlogbrothers has gone on a really long time: over a third of his life. — 00:01:41 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ Hank says he likes their job, the people he works with and making educational video. — 00:02:03
  • ★★★ John says they have not done it for money for a long time; the main reason is the one from 2007: making stuff with people they like, each other and Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:33 · Nerdfighteria, Hank Green
  • ★★ A viewer suggests another, maybe final, year of Brotherhood 2.0-style vlogging, and the idea is welcomed as a good one. — 00:02:33 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ John says it would be very hard for him to stop making the videos; he thinks he would spiral. (hedged) — 00:02:33
  • ★★★ John says having the anchor of a Tuesday video is really good for his mental health. — 00:02:33 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
  • ★★ both: The brothers say they don't want to quit and agree not to. — 00:02:33 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ John: Asked whether they would switch personalities and lives, John says no: he likes Hank's kid, but not as much as his own kids. (playful) — 00:02:33 · Hank Green

00:03:18 — Lyft driver, Cinnamon Toast Crunch costume gag and sign-off

  • ★ Their Lyft driver asked whether they were going to 'that Chuck Green thing'; Hank says he is really honored if people still associate VidCon with 'Chuck Green'. (playful) — 00:03:18 · VidCon

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description promises exciting news the next day at the Gathering of the Nerdfighters at VidCon. — video description · VidCon
  • ★ Hank hopes to edit a longer version of the video for Hankschannel, as it was very hard to edit down. (hedged) — video description · hankschannel

Humor (significant)

  • John mock-plugs sponsors while teasing Hank for wearing Adobe sunglasses — 00:00:00

    “Hashtag invest in your digestion. Hashtag Metamucil.”

  • VidCon closed all balconies after one kid peed off one — 00:00:29

    “One person pees off a balcony and nobody else gets a balcony ever again.”

  • Asked for the content he is proudest of — 00:00:55

    “Oh, definitely that Tumblr post where it has me jumping against the wall to prove that I'm not an octopus.”

  • The brothers put on a Cinnamon Toast Crunch sleep mask, fanny pack and bathrobe — 00:03:18

    “I look like the worst blues brother.”

Threads in this video

  • restate · Why make things? — John says they have not done it for money for a long time; the main reason is the one from 2007: making stuff with people they like, each other and Nerdfighteria. (00:02:33)

Mentioned

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · VidCon

Organizations: Adobe Inc. · Lyft · Oakley, Inc. · Tumblr · YouTube

Products: Diet Dr Pepper · Metamucil

Only in the description or credits: hankschannel · Reunion video

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