Planets Don't Exist 

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Oh cool, Hank has Sashiko stitch!

**EVERYTHING**??? I wish I had more warning. I feel I should get my affairs in order.

I got mine yesterday 🥰🥰🥰

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*gets flashbacks to butt is legs*

The butter is air.

Hank would be either terrible or fantastic at Taskmaster

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@@bhelliom3 I would love to see Hank on Taskmaster.

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All light-images are projected onto the 2D surface at the back of your eyes, whether it came from a 2D screen or a purportedly 3D object.

"and all my characters are one-dimensional!" Oooh snap :D just kidding

@@csn583 But you have two eyes offset by a distance and irises that can focus at different depths.

@@gljames24 all that does is allow us to judge the distances of objects in a 2D image

YES. I would buy it

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Omg I literally had to screenshot that line for future reference

Yes. I was disappointed that Hank kind of just blew past that one when I think John wanted to give it some time to land. Maybe Hank's just used to John saying things perfectly, though, and it's no big deal to him.

This is one of the first things you realise when you first understand irrational numbers, real numbers and recurring decimal fractions (e.g. 1/3). And then school and people and society make us forget all that as we grow up. The name "real numbers" is chosen well.

IAU shouldn't have started this look where we ended up!

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Pop culture……

Kinda rude of him to not be more concerned

Kinda rude of Hank not to switch seats and let John go first! After you!

It's gonna be a “vlogbrother” situation now 😅

As someone with a sibling, yeah, that sounds about right.

Alotta big brother energy right there

Tellurium is not named after Terra, but after Tellus, which still means earth. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tellurium#History at 2022-11-05, 17:50 UTC

I was thinking Xenon, even though the exoplanet was named after the element

Krypton!!!

@@danielsieker9927 Tellus Mater is, actually, a name for the Roman goddess Terra Mater. In fact, Tellus was the older name--it came first.

Maybe even consider Vanadium? Since Vanadis is Frejya, which corresponds strongly within the pantheon to Venus?

Pretty much!

🤣 literally everytime in dear hank and john

Yes! Love it! I'm sure Hank is a walking Scishow episode for those lucky enough to be in his orbit. The curiosity and excitement of these two can't be contained. Lucky for us, they also have a passion for education, connection and sharing.

Hot sauce suggestion: Survivors thrive AND burn

Thats what happens when your brother is The Fix

I had this same thought! (Also I'd be pretty scared up there, so props to John!)

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When was he scared on a table?

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@@debrachambers1304 there's a video about it from like 13 years ago called 'I am afraid of heights'

A real 🤯 moment

well, almost everything. its a spectrum you see.

@@carolynmacklin9199 reality is a spectrum

I’m nonbinary and I really want that on a tee shirt now 😂

​@@NarwhalAcademy SAME

We're glad you're here @Jack Conte!

I came here to see someone quote that line from the video. Perfection!!

Me too

But the spectral is between two opposites, so the dichotomy still exists, its just deeper than we normally think.

That blew my mind to smithereens.

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Right?? Also a good argument that reunion videos should also be exempt from the 4 minute rule

But I'm sure that part of him also just really wanted to talk about planets.

Who's Joe?

@@stepandanek6138 Joe Biden, President of the USA… That’s my guess.

@@stepandanek6138joe mama (i had to)

I love the fact that his brother originated "y'all's y'all is y'all's call"

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There it is!! Tellus is latin for Earth! Pretty weird that the Earth doesn't have very much tellurium, though.

Oh, I thought it was americium because America is the only part of earth that matters 😂

I also saw cerium named after ceres (I take it we're counting dwarf planets if we're counting plutonium) and helium is apparently named after the sun which is cool. Also palladium is named after an asteroid and selenium after the moon. I had no idea! This is so cool!

@@vlogbrothers Isn't Selenium named after the moon?

Awh I had a feeling it was Earth-related. But I was worried Hank was counting Earth itself as an element (either from the Greeks or Avatar: The Last Airbender)

I don't think it's necessarily sibling energy, sibling energy is not inherent or guaranteed however, friendship... True friendship always creates find sparks like what we witness here. I think that's the appeal, the love and friendship AND damnit these guys are funny. So smart and too funny for their own good. 🤣

It’s the sibling energy for me. It reminds me of my sisters and I.

Me: *having an existential crisis along with John*

Dead meme is dead.

But can we talk about this please??? Because I started reading about it and now I need a Hanksplanation.

I'm not gonna talk about that in my monologue!

@@carolynerex what were you able to find???

I've only been. here five days and that was the fourth time.

@@vlogbrothers Wow, he's behind schedule!

(where's the quote from?)

@@jcKobeh The video footage of Kamala Harris calling Joe Biden for the first time after finding out they won the election. She was out in public on a run so news cameras captured the moment.

@@jcKobeh I assume it's Kamala Harris saying "We did it Joe!" over the phone to Joe Biden after they got enough electoral votes to win the election. *Danger: opinions ahead!* I don't really like Kamala but I voted blue to beat Trump and so "We did it Joe!" has a sort of sick irony to it. But it's hilarious and I want to say it to every Joe I talk to.

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I love it so much, added it to my book of quotes!

Especially given that I was prepared for this conversation and John went in without knowing any of what we were going to talk about!

Oh my goodness and now you have given everyone who reads your comment extra food for thought re the internet

Honestly this is a source of deep frustration to me because it means that there are some things about my experience of the world that I can’t fully communicate to other people! Because language has limits, and even if I get really skilled with words or learn multiple languages, those limits are still there!

As Sufjan Stevens once said, words are futile devices

Good luck out there =)

Oh yeah, psychiatric stuff gets much better and easier the older you get. Of course, there's still ups and downs, but you go for years and years without anything resembling a crisis. Keep up the fight.

Plateaus and valleys with health are really rough. And it can be so easy to lose any sense of progress because the way our brains work - ESPECIALLY when we've sincerely habitualized self-assessment. It's like you're the fireman in your own life, going back in again and again to look for those in danger, screaming or not, and it can be impossible to hear any of the survivors you've already rescued because the damn house is still on fire. Convincing yourself to accept moments of respite to recover and to assess who has been rescued is so hard, but everyone has their limits and we just have to find the moments of light we have managed to save. Like these videos and the connections, memories, stories that move us - even when we're still ultimately all damaged and very much in real pain about things. But we tried and we are trying. Also - trying to learn this one myself - to let the screams or shakes of exhaustion at the intensity of it - to let those actually come out and be heard sometimes. Was so used to growing up with the "life is unfair, suck it up" nonsense that it set me so, so far back in understanding connection, community, family...or any kind of hope for meaning. Trying to unlearn that and learn how to share in the mess of life instead of try to "fix" it first. ❤❤❤

Same

Wait this is a perfect description

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That's it. That's what pizzamas is.

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The thing about vegetable is that it is a _culinary_ designation, as opposed to fruit, which has a _botanical_ definition, which is why it seems to make no sense as to what the difference, or lack thereof, between fruits and vegetables is.

Allow me to add 'None of this matters in the grand scheme of things ... but we don't live in the grand scheme of things' - John Green to that list lol

I love all of these quotes! Thank you for sharing these.

Makes perfect sense. They speak very poetically

"The universe has no obligation to fit into our categories." -Hank

“If you’re doing your best, you’re doing your best, and that’s worth celebrating” was my senior quote. John said it in passing on Dear Hank and John, but it really resonated with me, and now it’s one of my favorite quotes.

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Would you say you've also been raptured? 🤣

Thank you!!!

I knew it was going to be Earth! I knew it! I just had no idea what it was. :D

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I was thinking Thorium and this was a "Thor is Zeus is Jupiter" thing, but that makes a lot more sense.

also helium is named after the sun and selenium is named after the moon (Helios and Selene), which according to this very video are technically no different from planets

When I heard it I had a sudden urge to plaster it anywhere and everywhere possible

As someone with math degree, I had the same thought once I realized that 1+1 isn't equal 2... it all depends what system. Like for example, in binary system, it equals 10. But at the same time, in order for society to run, we do need to agree on certain things, conscious or unconsciously so we can develop more things. Like John said with language too. This video makes me like Hank and John even more!!!

Yeah, that one I’m carrying with me.

Interestingly, Pizzamas really is real in a way Pizza isn't because Pizzamas is understood to be what Pizza actually is...entirely made up.

@@vlogbrothers okay, Nerdfighteria so who's turning this quote into a T-shirt for next year?

​@@vlogbrothers The most real things are the things that understand exactly how fake they are.

Except he didn´t say that ... what he did say was less dichotomous.

Spectral, as in, related to spectres? Is there not a better adjective for spectrums than 'spectral'?

Mind you I’m only smart enough to barely hang on here, but… How is a virus NOT life? (Or maybe I’m misunderstanding the discussion)

@@kristidavidson8945 Viruses are not considered "living organisms" because they can't reproduce on their own or survive outside a cell. Basically, the host cell is living and the virus is just hijacking its metabolism, so it's only alive while it's inside the cell. It's less controversial to call viruses biological entities instead of living organisms. Viruses reproduce virtually the same way as plasmids, which are circular strands of DNA that can self-replicate and are also not considered living organisms. Granted, there are bacteria that live inside viruses which would also not qualify as living, except for the fact that they have a cell membrane encasing the DNA instead of a protein capsule. It all depends on your definition of life.

@@1000jamesk Your explanation made me so happy. Well done!

@@1000jamesk but there are plenty of examples of living organisms that hijack the metabolism of hosts and are unable to live on their own

Europa, Enceladus, and Ganymede are better than maybe any of the non-earth planets.

That was exactly my mindset when I was a kid learning about dwarf planets. Like, everyone wants Pluto to be a planet, but I think Pluto feels perfectly fine with being a dwarf planet! He gets to hang out with all the other cool dwarf planets, but nobody seems to care about those!

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 see exactly like Pluto is totally cool but doesn't want to be categorically defined away from his friends who are just like him in most ways

I think maybe it was the other way around - astronomers decided that the asteroids and then the trans-Neptunian objects were too numerous and unimportant to teach to kids and then, for that reason, redefined “planet” so that they wouldn’t have to.

Yes, this is a pretty constant battle with Orin. He will fight over his categories even when they make no sense. He is a five year old though, so it's cool.

My elementary school teacher was explaining states of matter to us, Liquid she said could be put into a glass & take the shape of it, but solids couldn't... So I asked "what is a wet washcloth, cause I'm pretty sure it's solid but it will fit in a glass" & I got told to be quiet during the lesson. I was also unequivocally afraid that I'd accidentally cut through an atom when cutting an apple & cause an atom bomb explosion.

As a fellow teacher (older students though), I wonder if "struggling with ideas" is maybe a good way to just describe… learning.

So is Australia a continent, or just an island with high self-esteem?

I was a STEM teacher for all of like 6 months and my kids asked the best questions. Like why different particles have different charges and why things have different densities and the differences actually are for the different states of matter. This was the first job I got after college where no one has time for these questions and it was incredible

Isn’t it crazy that most of us have never seen them in three dimensions before

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totally normal thing to say to someone in their comment section, thanks for contributing so positively to the community

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You've got Hank teaching and John committing to the bit 😁

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And then, where something falls on a spectrum is in itself perspectival-the spectra are spectral!

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If only Hank wore hats :P

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Right?! I love the deep intellectual, insightful and brilliant conversation interspersed with chaotic 'trying to make the light better and complaining about the video quality' moments 😂😂

I need it 10,000% more often.

@@CircleThinker Exactly! It's wonderful isn't it? I greatly enjoyed both sides of the video in that respect

May you live with greater ease, excellent Nerdfighter!

Trub... 🤔 ...yesss...

Then there's the banana tree which is actually a herb.

Merry Pizzamas!

I thought for sure he was gonna say “public health”

I think this is going to be my new favorite quote! Thanks!

I prefer Olivia Wilde

To define is to limit is, in extension, the literal translation of the origin, latin word "definere", which means setting bounds to smth or limiting smth.

Somehow I just knew it was going to be named after Earth. But yeah, I would never have got that on my own, probably not even if I tried to look it up.

but if we count plutonium cerium also deserves to be on the list

Okay but hear me out.... Krypton

@@ThePCguy17 My immediate thoughts were "It's gotta be Earth... Terra... Terrarium! Wait, no; that's not an element"

@@CultureStress Okay so that is indeed hilarious...but I'm pretty sure you've got cause and effect backward there.

This might be worth doing, just to prove it can be done. I move this be the project for the next round anniversary.

@@CL-go2ji or a scavenger hunt, like looking for merch hidden throughout the woods, also different prizes like “One hug from John” or “Get Hank to say sausage simultaneously with you” or something, scattered throughout the woods. For every person that shows up, $50 is automatically donated to charity. Each hunt item found also has an amount that’s donated (not by the finder, they get to keep the prize, just finding it sparks the donation) People could bring lunch, make a whole day out of tromping through the woods looking for carpets. Oh, what if you could donate a certain amount for a hint to where certain items are! Another way to make money for charity!

@@bookworm272 Okay, just for a second, I'm going to longer on the fact that I read "a hug from John" as a prize, and I got a gut-punch aching longing... almost to the point of tears. I think hugs from John could probably be prescribed as medication.

Agreed! I scrolled down to the comments to say exactly the same thing and was pleased to see your response already. They've made extended cuts of reunion videos before, I'm sure it would just be easier for everyone (including the audience) to have an exception to the rule for reunions.

Agreed 👍

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"this would be the worst way to go" "Yeah because we would both die" "At least we wouldn't have to decide what to do if one of us dies" Damn...

same experience! i was like wow i really enjoyed that...14mins later haha

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I didn't notice until I started reading comments.

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"Creating our own light is beautiful!" Ahh, Prometheus.

Crossover I didn't know I wanted!

Okay, now I have to look up "Amarna Heresy" in Wikipedia and am going to be late. Your fault. Edit: ???

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They don't tell us the tree house is lower than the table.

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