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The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over…

2022-10-06 · Q&A · John, Hank · 3:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Internet & YouTube, Books & writing) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: calendar ritual, guest or collab, self promotion, community lore, self correction

On the second-to-last day of Pizzamas, John and Hank answer viewer questions together: TikTok, laundry, which Pizza John shirt to buy, social media's costs and benefits (we can't turn it off, so we must build norms and laws faster), and Maureen Johnson's question about writing a book.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Second-to-last day of Pizzamas; not knowing what light is; the Pizza John Nalgene; Paul asks about installing TikTok

  • ★★ John says it is the second-to-last day of Pizzamas. — 00:00:00 · Pizzamas
  • ★ John is dismayed to hear we don't know what light is, like finding out we don't know why there is matter in the universe. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John shows his Pizza John Nalgene bottle, saved until near the end of Pizzamas. — 00:00:00 · Pizza John, Pizzamas
  • ★★ Asked by Paul whether to install TikTok, John compares it to asking whether to try hard drugs: if you've gotten this far without it, you're good. (playful) — 00:00:00 · TikTok

00:00:43 — Questions on the Pizza John bust, laundry, which shirt to buy; John's TikTok account meeting; the Pizza John bento

  • ★★ Instead, John suggests Paul install the Pizza John bust in his home, from pizzamas.com. (playful) — 00:00:43 · Pizza John, Pizzamas
  • ★ John tells Hank he used to be the one good at advertising and marketing, and asks when John became the sellout. (playful) — 00:00:43 · Hank Green
  • ★★ Asked by Maddie whether lights and darks really must be separated, John says after washing a red Pizza John shirt four times he stops separating. (playful) — 00:00:43 · Pizza John
  • ★★ Asked by Reagan which one shirt to buy, John says choosing is like choosing between his kids, but Alice chose the square Pizza John in a pizza box and Henry chose the "if it rides, I lives" design. — 00:01:21 · Alice Green, Henry Green, Pizza John
  • ★★ John says his TikTok account manager showed him his four worst-performing videos of the last two months, noting his Cars vs. series was not a hit. (playful) — 00:01:50 · TikTok, Cars vs.
  • ★★ John says he met the designer of the shirt he is wearing last night. — 00:01:50
  • ★★ Asked by Andrew about his Pizza John bento, John calls it phenomenal: of all the Pizza John pizzas he has seen, it might take the pizza. (playful) — 00:01:50 · Pizza John

00:02:19 — Steven asks whether social media's creation outweighs its harms

  • ★★★ Asked whether social media's creation outweighs its harm, John says it doesn't matter because we can't get rid of it; he doesn't know, and would need to only if an off button existed. (unsure) — 00:02:19 · social media
  • ★★★ Hank compares the printing press and newspapers, for which we created norms and laws; by learning from the past we can hopefully do it faster, as change is faster now. (hedged) — 00:02:48 · social media

00:03:17 — Maureen Johnson asks how to write a book; writing beside her in New York

  • ★★ Asked by Maureen Johnson how she should write a book, John says he doesn't know: she has written many more books than he has. — 00:03:17 · Maureen Johnson
  • ★★ John recalls Maureen writing Suite Scarlett across the table while he wrote Paper Towns, at a New York City cupcake restaurant where they paid $2 for coffee and stayed six hours. — 00:03:17 · Maureen Johnson, Paper Towns, New York City

00:03:46 — Sign-off and pizzamas.com plug

  • ★★★ John wishes everyone a happy Pizzamas and urges them to get Pizzamas soccer jerseys at pizzamas.com before they disappear forever. — 00:03:46 · Pizzamas

In the description and comments

  • ★★ In a comment, John admits he got the day of the week wrong on 2 of the 5 chances to do so. (playful) — creator comment
  • ★ Replying to a commenter who met them at last night's event, John says this is Coltan, who made the shirt. — creator comment

Humor (significant)

  • Paul asks whether he should install TikTok. — 00:00:00

    “I mean, don't ask me whether you should try hard drugs.”

  • John, pushing Pizza John merch hard, notes Hank used to be the marketer. — 00:00:43

    “When did I become the sellout?”

  • Reagan asks which single Pizza John shirt to buy. — 00:01:21

    “It's like asking me to choose which of my kids I love more.”

  • Rating the Pizza John bento among the many Pizza John pizzas. — 00:02:19

    “But this pizza John Bento might take the pizza.”

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Mentioned

Central: Pizzamas · social media

Also: People: Alice Green · Henry Green · Maureen Johnson

Works: Paper Towns · Suite Scarlett

Organizations: TikTok

Terms: Pizza John

Concepts: baryon asymmetry · printing press · regulation · social norm

Places: New York City

Products: Nalgene

Memes: Cars vs.

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