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Viewer questions, 2022

20 viewer questions, requests and challenges answered in 5 videos uploaded in 2022, grouped by topic (the domain of the part of the video the answer is in), in upload order within a topic. Each question is followed by the answer as summarised, with the speaker and timestamp. Question Tuesday marks the Q&A series. Back to the overview.

Topics: Nerdfighteria (9) · Science & nature (7) · Personal life (2) · Books & writing (1) · Internet & YouTube (1)

Nerdfighteria

  • Q: “Have you read any fanfic of your own books?” (00:00:29) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties
    • John: Asked if he has read fan fiction of his books, John says yes: there is a lot of Isaac-related Fault in Our Stars fan fiction, and versions of the fan fiction Daisy writes in Turtles All the Way Down. (00:00:29)
  • Q: “What happens when the sun dies?” (00:00:58) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties
    • John: Asked what happens when the sun dies, John says he doesn't know, but believes the people who love us will miss us, his favorite Keanu Reeves line. (00:00:58)
  • Q: “How do you keep learning things after school stops?” (00:00:58) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties
    • John & Hank: Asked how to keep learning after school stops, the brothers first answer: use Crash Course. (00:00:58)
  • Q: “What’s your favorite think-y podcast where you learn stuff you didn’t know before?” (00:01:58) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties
    • John: Asked for a podcast to learn from, John names 99% Invisible, Radiolab, Invisibilia and Throughline, after Hank jokingly suggests The Anthropocene Reviewed. (00:01:58)
  • Q: “Why do I get shocked by metal all the time in Vegas?” (00:02:27) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties
    • Hank: Asked why metal shocks you in Vegas, Hank says there is no water in the air, John riffs on it and asks whether you get shocked more when the air is drier, as in winter, and Hank confirms. (00:02:27)
  • Q: “Paul wants to know, should I install TikTok?” (00:00:00) — The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over…
    • John: 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. (00:00:00)
  • Q: “Maddie wants to know, do you actually have to separate lights and darks while washing clothes?” (00:00:43) — The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over…
    • John: 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. (00:00:43)
  • Q: “Reagan wants to know, what Pizzamas shirt should I buy if I can only buy one?” (00:01:21) — The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over…
    • 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)
  • Q: “Andrew wants to know thoughts on my Pizza John bento.” (00:01:50) — The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over…
    • John: 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. (00:01:50)

Science & nature

Personal life

Books & writing

  • Q: “How do I write a book? Not you. Me.” — asked by Maureen Johnson (00:03:17) — The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over…
    • John: 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)

Internet & YouTube

  • Q: “Steven asks, where would you rank the importance of the creation of social media against the detriment it can cause?” (00:02:19) — The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over…
    • John: 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. (00:02:19)