Top 7 Tips for LIFE

[comradeyak]

I did not know that about razors, thanks!

[nikkiprophet]

I managed to make a fairly expensive disposable razor ($10) last 6 months rather than the usual 3 or so uses I used to get out of them by using the honing tip. And I'm not even a father. So thanks!

[FadedWolfSpirit]

"You gotta put yo big fatherly hands in yo mouth" XD

[jerrie65]

foreverarone..

[Guerrillablackdog]

I pee in the center of the toilet to make the most noise to show my dominance.

[boliver30]

The razor thing is like the most useful bit of info I've learned all day.

[kinkrool]

Im a man whos not overly concerned with the sound of my piss

[AdorableCurlz]

The Razor Tip Just Changed My Life!

[Phangirl101]

The figure eight knot is what I use when I belay people in indoor rock climbing. (For those unaware, basically, if you've ever seen indoor rock climbing, belaying is when someone climbs with the actual rope, not the automatic ones.) :D

[MisTvIecHstyLeZ]

sitzpinkler?! :D why did you write sitzpinkler? :D

[TheWarnerSister]

@MisTvIecHstyLeZ In An Abundance of Katherines, one of the characters uses it as an affectionate insult for his best friend. It's literally German for "man who sits to pee".

[MisTvIecHstyLeZ]

@TheWarnerSister yeah, i know, i am german.. (thanks, though) i just wanted to know why hank used that word.. =)

[yknowthatgirl]

@MisTvIecHstyLeZ Rock on German Nerdfighter! I'm headed to your country for a year in July!

[MisTvIecHstyLeZ]

@yknowthatgirl rock on, too nerdfighter i don't know of which nationality! :D i feel sorry for you.. i'd do anything to get away from germany for a year :D but i still hope you're having a good time :)

[yknowthatgirl]

@MisTvIecHstyLeZ Canadian! And I feel the same way about Canada, hahahah.

[MisTvIecHstyLeZ]

@yknowthatgirl xD funny.. :D let's just switch ^^

[yknowthatgirl]

@MisTvIecHstyLeZ Sounds good!

[Hannarh98]

I practiced that knot using my headphones wire. FML

[aretardnamedjess]

this was the 1st vlogbrothers video I ever watched :)

[VoMaVoM]

there's an easier way to put VHS video onto DVD

[jacknjillbitches]

i pee sitting down cause i dont want to stand

[SpunkStalker101]

My face when seeing the figure 8 knot for the first time: O___O

[JenWen42]

i see Scott Pilgrim in the background, I approve :D

[MelonsAreAwesome]

I have been using the same razor for half a year now xDDDDDDDDDD

[Bidon45]

Tip #8: Don't forget to wipe.

[crazycookie76]

SiTZPINKLER!!! 3:17

[crazycookie76]

don't worry hank. he won't STOP saying the name of his book soon.

[devdol10]

Pee in the sink!

[NeauxWai]

I am a lady who uses disposable razors and I am SO GLAD you talked about honing razors. THANK YOU. It's amazing.

[WhyLimeTime]

@NeauxWai

My legs, armpits, and wallet thank him for this.

[nerdgirl539]

"*holds up loop* So if you ever need to....*looks* Well....Fatherhood's hard, but not THAT hard!"

[EndlessDreams73]

i don't know how my dad pees, and i don't plan on asking him

[theoffkeydiva]

My dad always pees sitting down... He's a badass

[plantlife1212]

prodest momment of my life i have a top comment on a hank video

life = fufilled

[RichardB8821]

I was going to subscribe then I saw that you pee sitting down. Deal breaker my friend.

[chexmixultimate]

I was really alarmed when I saw him near a toilet and pulling his pants down. I was like, "No, Hank, no, I can't handle the sound of you peeing, I really can't, don't do this--"

[ClaireLaBear11]

Hank is such a sitzpinkler

[FilledToBeEmptied]

i loved how you demonstrated knots using wire and not a thick rope...

[vampirez103]

Wait wait. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH?! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTT?­! THAT IS AWESOME! :DDDDDD

[shutterhappy85]

SWEET I'm totally doing that to my razors!

[nightsfire]

That's not honing. It's stropping.

[thewolffromhell66666]

Hank didn't think it was possible but you just got weirder not like there anything wrong with that but really

[Lindinoxx]

SPOILER ALERT: the title of his book is The Fault in Our Stars

[stude444]

I just noticed Bubz hanging out right near your shoulder, xD

[EggheadJr1]

LOL Hone your razors...... I just use coupons.

[KaptajnGraevling]

Sitzpinkler!

Bet John added that.

[CeriLouise25]

The bf loved the razor tip thanks!

[Preds7thMan]

"...your big ol' fatherly hands..."

[pkConda]

Hank from the past, I know what the title of John's book is!!

[perpetuallyhyper101]

Things That I Love About This Video and By The Transitive Property Things That Make Me Love Hank Green Even More:

1. 3:26. The fact that you are in that small percentage of men who can say that they're not "overly concerned with the irrational constructions of our society and culture."

2. 3:45 The fact that you played a show at a Unitarian Universalist church with a Wizard Rock band. As a UU (there aren't actually that many of us) that makes me nerdishly happy. :3

[leighia1]

i like how you use a usb cord to tie knots. dont you have any string?

[theoffkeydiva]

this was my favorite vlogbrothers video

[LucasPeep]

I've favourited this video for future reference.

[peerieweirdo]

SITZPINKLER!

[BigScreenOSTs]

I give up. Since you uploaded this video I've been trying the figure 8 knot. Only just now have I accepted defeat.

[ola45678910]

@BigScreenOSTs hahah dude just go around in the back and then through ;)

[funghost4000]

I now know why my friend likes duck tape so much...

[MonoMilitiaMusic]

Fun Fact: Firemen use the figure 8 knot as a towing/rescue knot

[cellosrule7357]

I have one of those flossy things :D it's so convenient but the thingys make so much waste....

[bananah303]

UNITARIANS!!!!!



[SmileyRyleigh8]

Clearly! Hank was a boy scout. Nobody knows how to tie knots like that unless they were in scouts...

[purpleprincess911]

Father's day is on my birthday. Sometimes.

[GamersEliteYT]

SPOILER the books title is the "fault in our stars" DONT TELL ANYONE

[igotyourmoney23]

@GamersEliteYT and it was written by john green.... SH!! ;PP lol

[cconroy11]

@GamersEliteYT k no worries

[ComradeBass]

Sitzpinkler and proud!

[rock1459]

What do you call the flosser thing? Also, does anyone know which company makes the one he's using?

[RaincloudPlay]

I've never seen floss as a plain string, only on a tool like that.

[ThisIsMalice]

SITZPINKLER! Literally just finished reading An Abundance of Katherines.

[Travelster]

Very funny! You are a natural comedian :)

[Apollys]

Hmm, my razors only last like a week in the first place...

[OliviaPicachu2]

this was on my b-day, June 17 XD

[carmelitarides]

Did anyone else have the "I love you vlogbrothers" ad to the right of the video?

[HoliHallow]

@carmelitarides I did! very creepy, although I saw it next to other people's videos, such as 'I love Tobuscus'

[MeLaneyDay]

I was at that Missoula Show.

[mintedsalami]

Oh yay for knowing all the knots you showed us because of rock climbing =D

[SoWhyAgain]

Aw yeah Wrock.

[bekahbooks]

@ZephyrraArabians YES! More starkid nerdfighters! :D DFTBA

[alliwicious1]

If you have braces and you can't get the flossy thing get a water pick. They work magic.

[nepali5555]

u r good

[mizzpicklezz]

AHH! SWEET!! i LOVE the razor trick! DFTBA

[ZephyrraArabians]

@SuperVitorKing11 Haha, it's a quote from a musical. ;) DFTBA

[iNatix22]

2:34. Please Hank, we know vlogging is hard, but not that hard

[goclbert]

That razor thing just saved my life

[Tabbiecat55]

Nooooo- don't take the VHS tapes! I love them, and VCRs in motorcars will unite on the seventh day! (owl city says so)

[muklan1]

im a teenage girl and ive been using the peeing sitting down trick ever since i saw this video, thank you hank



[SuperVitorKing11]

@muklan1 XD HAHAHA

[Sleepover137]

I love how there is "Sitzpinkler" written in the video XD

[mystikdragonfly]

"Fatherhood's hard, but not that hard."

[SuperVitorKing11]

@mystikdragonfly lved that line

[prinncesninjagoddess]

In Germany many homes have urinals so that men never feel inclined to pee sitting down. No lie.

[TheJosephValentino]

you sir... ARE A GENIOUS

[ZephyrraArabians]

"I DON'T PEE PEE SITTIN' DOWN! I never did it, and the one time that maybe you heard about, it was because the gravity was on too high, alright? You try and pee pee standin' up when the gravity is on three times too high!"

Starkid fanatics FTW.

[SuperVitorKing11]

@ZephyrraArabians what are u goku doing gravity training?

[hobbitno12]

I'm kind of a knot nerd its called a figure 8 knot on a bite, and if you want to tie 2 ropes together don't be fancy tie a square knot.

[PikKirby]

He moves around alot.

[PecanWoodPaper]

These are useful tips, but I wouldn't call these "life tips", more like "stuff tips"

[JsloweTARDIS11]

Fatherhood is hard, not that hard. LOL

[0riPorat]

Hank is a man not overly concerned with the rational constructions of our society and cultures.

[TheFutileFetus]

Having climbed and then fallen 3 or 4 meters and been caught by a rope which has a figure of 8 knot on it, they are not always that easy to undo. :P

[sashaflies]

@TheFutileFetus taken some sicknasty whipers

[plantlife1212]

sadly my duck tape must remain one size i do not have the abilaty to not cut my face off

[wolf92193]

@plantlife1212 *duct :P

[MickehDaHuskeh]

I pee sitting down too. Mainly to prevent making a mess, also I give it a wipe after peeing, much more hygienic. XD

[jsalverdachss]

You know what's awesome? I pee sitting down too. :p For the win!

[rainstorm1809]

I've rockclimbed up a cliff before by tying myself into a harness using the figure 8 knot :)

[1zalex1]

That knot is going to be extremely helpful in an ongoing project for me and many people who are trying to change the world. That's right. Your tip on knots is going to save the world. Congratulations, Hank. You're a superhero.

[SkateAndCheerGirl]

@1zalex1 youre gunna help end world suck?

[1zalex1]

@SkateAndCheerGirl I'm going to try! :)

[SkateAndCheerGirl]

@1zalex1 awesome!

[jellodefrancais]

I SEE ANANSI BOYS

[hotshot3434]

do you see the dislike bar? me either.

[musechick101]

lol the noose is so terribly funny but unfunny. its like an antijoke :)

[Mixonne]

@musechick101 yeah. except, that knot's not very good for nooses...

[WorldClassTimeWaster]

@musechick101 especially sinse it wasn't a noose anyway, I use a noose not to make snares, and that would not work.

[1kn0wl33tsp34k]

One way of saving money on razors: grow a beard.

[booksclevahness]

I did not like the noose joke.

[realrealwarpet]

so Hank is a sitzpinkler...literally :D wow I feel so good for being able to use that word.

[Catoptrophobic15]

Apparently, most German men pee sitting down. My friend told me this because her boyfriend is from Germany.

[mrhooper501]

SITZPINKLER!!!!!!

[hobbitno12]

As a knot nerd I would like to point out that's its called a figure 8 knot on a bite. just saying

[shatteredrain1]

that troll-john picture is now my desktop background :)

[bananahammock321]

my dad says that father day is a commercial tradition, I'm confused.

[ImperialGeorge]

Wow, am I the only boy who took the razor advice?

[gladrial89]

I grabbed the nearest thing to practice the knot with... it happened to be a usb connector. XD

[blucheeze4u]

Were you a boy scout?

[mysweetdreams09]

thumbs if you grabbed a USB cord and tried the knot :O

[Tawnyfur]

Thanks for all the awesome advice, Hank! I'll have to practice that knot.

[AFakeAndGayTroll]

You're a bitch - pissing sitting down...

[Tribalhedgehogs]

@AFakeAndGayTroll i hope you are kidding but if not read the following:

dear sir,

be gone thou wicked hedge-born nit!

[OhItsGinevra]

Confused ... Hank said backwards but he moved the razor forward :/

[xxBoyMeetsGirlxx]

@OhItsGinevra He meant the opposite of the direction in which you normally shave in.

[4LiveLifeWithLove4]

"Fatherhood is hard but not THAT hard!!"

[MrFredthelemur]

I pee sitting down because it is relaxing.

[IshikawaGoemon5]

To be honest, I've actually been using my razor for about a year now. And it's still not getting dull.

And "Sitzpinkeln" is mandatory in my house. If you don't obey, you don't survive.

Hank, thanks for stating the obvious, but nonetheless and, therefore, often ignored truth.

[Double2Edged]

Hi Hank! I have come from the future: The title of John's book will be 'The Fault in Our Stars'. You're welcome. XD

[ziggypwner]

I DIDN'T KNOW THE SITZPINKLER REFERENCE!

But now I do.

An Abundance of Katherines. Best. Book. Ever.

[GONEmypurpleflapjack]

@ziggypwner Read Will Grayson and Will Grayson

[ImpassionedPlatypi]

That razor trick is kind of neat, but the truly awesome men are the ones who use either safety razors (the old school razors that are a permanent housing for the blades and you periodically change the blades) or straight razors (like, Sweeney Todd style).

[maplelove1422]

0.0

[thatasiankid45]

im sorry, i had to re watch this over and over again cuz i couldn't keep my eyes of your scott pilgrim collection...

[ErinsDoodles]

@Kabhaq right near obiwan on the left...

[IAmKingoftheSockHop]

I am a teenage girl. I've been using the razor trick ever since I saw this video. Thank you Hank :D

[InuKagndWolfsRaingrl]

@IAmKingoftheSockHop Same here!

[delitbrite]

You are so awesome. You make me sad that I no longer live in Montana, which is an accomplishment because pretty much nothing ever happens there.

[TheShezinator]

I had to unplug my earphones to try the "figure of eight knot" thing.

Although I don't know when it would come in useful...

[BardocksSynphony]

yup yup yup yup yup

[dftbawolf]

go to the uper punsial of mischgin that would be amzing come to Marquette

[lemon2323]

i just pee on the side of the toilet bowl to make less noise :D

[Canadaownz123]

canda is kinda big eh, BC is where all the kool kids be at

[appeasedsouls]

Come to Canada!

That's it. That' going to be the only thing I say to you ever again, Hank.

Well, that's a dirty lie, but none the less COME TO CANADA BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU HERE TOO!!!

[Quintonir]

Razor tip is spectacular.

[SammieSparxx666]

All these tips work not only for fathers and guys, but girls too. Except for the whole peeing sitting down thing. We do that normally.

[carbonatedcheese]

@FoldingFlowers That was absolutely a figure 8. Clove hitches are completely different. At the most basic... a clove hitch is a hitch and not a knot. The figure 8 is a stopper knot, and it looks exactly like Hank showed- you can tell because it's free standing and looks like an 8. A clove hitch has to be around something to keep its form.

(Although I've never seen it done with a USB cable, that made me laugh. Thank you Hank!)

Pee sitting down? You're awesome.

[Zzarch]

*low budget 1980s cinematic robotic gestures* "What kinda man is this?"

[ReallyNotAwesome]

You have great teeth!

[sugarpeepsez]

Useful Man Knowledge. Hey, the internet is actually good for something. Cool.

Also, I know another married man who said the same thing about the sitting to pee - Nice thing to do for the wife, particularly if she cleans the bathroom. Standing produces a sticky pee-shadow build-up around the toilet that she has to clean and you get to walk in, even if you have pretty good aim. There is a cloud of microfine droplets that drift around and settle on stuff.

[beblondbird]

Is this what it takes for us to get Hank's pants down?

[JosaS14]

Wth happened at :20?

[BingleBanner]

I DO NOT PEEPEE SITTING DOWN! I PEEPEE LIKE A BIG BOY GOD DAMMIT!

[ScribbleTopp]

@BingleBanner I love you. My favorite Up quote.

[bandotaku]

@BingleBanner Yes! I love those guys! You are awesome today. Lol.

[idiotrun1997]

Only useful thing for me was the Razor tip, definitely gonna try it next time!

And, why pee sitting down? I enjoy the sound of urination. It's so relaxing.

[eastsideboy10114]

That razor tip is sooo clutch

[FoldingFlowers]

*sigh* xD it's so bad I was sat correcting him on the names of all them knots.. :') OTT much... I was like BUT THAT'S A CLOVEHITCH NOT A FIGURE D:

Damn the obsessive English scout movement xD

[matcpn]

sitting and peeing is ftw. much more comfortable and you can play phone games.

the razor tip was good too

[PurpleX96]

FATHERHOOD IS HARD, BUT NOT THAT HARD! xD

[Pato100000]

dude I always pee sitting down