Well, just because you can't win a war against terror doesn't mean you shouldn't keep fighting it. The thing about the world is that it's constantly, continually bad, full of bad people doing bad things. But then there are others (namely, NERDFIGHTERS) who are GOOD people, and who want to do GOOD things in order to decrease world suck as much as possible. It's like that. We'll never get rid of world suck completely, but that won't stop us trying.
Hank, I think that you mean that we cannot win a war against an abstract noun. Armies, governments, and countries are all nouns that one can win a war against; however, they are all concrete.
I hate being born on the 11th of September. This'll sound selfish, but I wish that just for once, I could turn on the radio on my birthday and not hear about death. I live in Australia, so we don't get a commemoration at school or whatever, but it does get talked about, and BAM there goes my day. I know this is really selfish, but I hate it.
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I think we're probably the only country who freaks out so much about terrorists. Seriously, people, if you want to be a big superpower in the world, a few people are gonna hate you. That's just the way it is. Quit assuming everyone from the middle east is a terrorist.
but john is more likely to be killed by terrorists than by falling from his kitchen table but he still refuses to get on the table. just because fear of terror is a kind of an irrational fear, that doesn't make the people who are scared of it are any more irrational than John
People cannot deny statistics. You ARE more likely to be killed by a drunk driver than a terrorist attack. Hank did not in anyway belittle any of the people who were directly effected by the attack on 9/11. All he said was that the war on terror is complete crap.
@KittyMariChan I'd like to say it was, but it wasn't. And I have watched the video explaining the differences between 'affect' and 'effect', I struggle with it. Sorry.
I just want to say that even though the war on terror is not something that we can define in the normal context of win or lose, it doesn't mean that we should stop fighting it. It is like when your brother quoted F. Scott Fitzgerald about "the futility of effort" and the "necessity to struggle". Would you not agree that there is a "necessity to struggle" despite "the futility of effort" inherent in a war like the war on crime or the war on poverty or even the war on terror?
Lets assume that the average person takes up around 3 sq feet of space while standing, this is just an average, and there are currently about 7 billion people in the world. That means that if together, the whole world population requires about 21 billion square feet of space. This translates to approximately 753 square miles of space. This means the population could fit in an area the size of luxembourg, with 233 square miles of space to spare. Just shows how sparsely populated we really are.
@Eaglesfan427 a large percentage of that empty space is probably russia... but i vehemently refused to do a geography gcse inteas opting for the fun and interesting ethics and philosophy so i wouldnt know anything about the planet other than vague scientific stuff... life story complete...
@Eaglesfan427 You're telling me you could live your entire life in three square feet? Are you serious?
Overpopulation is not a question of space, it's a question of resources, security, housing and longevity. In that respect, there is a serious uppet limit to the quality and ability to support human life.
Do you seriously think there'd be enough water or food to deal with say the 4000 billion people that could fill all the "space" on Earth?
Duh, of course not. Why didn't you think about that?
@Eaglesfan427 But think about how many resources each of those individuals use in their daily lives. According to a calculation done by Cornell university, if fossil fuels didn't exist, we could only sustain 1 to 2 billion people on this planet. Also, if everyone used the same number of resources as the average American AND we had fossil fuels, it would take the resources of four earths to sustain us. We are overpopulated. Just some food for thought :)
I mentioned something about what you said about the War on Terror today during Geography class and someone yelled out DFTBA...well...that's how it went in my head. In reality I just got blank stares and my Geography teacher gave me a drawled out, "Yeaaaa...." before continuing on. Either way...I felt pretty good about it!
OMG. I paused yhis right at the beginning and one of Hank's eyes is looking up while the other one is looking at me......... Sooooo creepy.................... o.O
So, my headphones died while watching this video. I do have to say, it's still entertaining. and yes, I have watched this video plenty of timed before.
One of the most exciting things about nerdfighter notes is going back to a bookstore that you left a nerdfighter note in, and finding that the book is no longer there. You have no clue whether the person who bought the book was already a nerdfighter, or if you converted them, or if they looked at the note and then used it as a bookmark and then it fell out and they never bothered to look up that "vlogbrothers" thing you once tried to tell them about, but it doesn't really matter, does it?
The daily show did a really good segment on this. Remembering September 12th, the day we forgot the lessons we learned the day before. The day when we started bickering again about politics and money and all of that stuff that separates us.
There was sooo much remembrance for the day already- does one vlog not following the constraints of mandatory mourning really deserve that much hate? American lives are not worth more than the lives of other people in the world. Are there hours upon hours of tribute footage for the men,women and children killed in the middle east eveyday? No. Hank is a reasonable person- he said his piece, and moved the fuck on- let's follow suit.
@eatingcatshit I dont care about his book I just replied to someone's comment with sarcasm. Read more carefully next time. I dont dislike the US. I dislike their policy. Bombing a 3rd world country back to the stone age than "rebuilding" it is not help. I dont know if you actualy know what delusional, hypocrite and common sence mean. Not knowing something doesnt make you delusional. Neither is an opinion common sence. And hypocrite i dont even know what you tried to use that for.
I totally agree, Hank! I've always thought that a lot of people voted to reelect Bush because of his response to 9/11. But I think anyone else, if they had been president then, would have done everything the same, except for declaring a War on Terror, because you can't win a War on Terror.
@DeviantCandy omg that's a horrible thing to say. I understand the silliness of it, but even after ten years, if our dad died, you might still be upset.
@allieheartu Wrong. Sorry, but wrong. The world is a rough place, and statistically speaking, worse things have happened. Emotionally speaking that was one of if not the worst moment in American history for our psyche. But. That was in 2001. 10 years later we are just as divided as we were September 10th, 2001. Whether your dad died or not, you can't cling on to bad things.
@LieselDraper Sort of. "remember" in the sense of grabbing hold of and never letting go. Not in the sense of memoir or nostalgia or something. And you can't deny that humans tend to do that quite often. Just look at all the money made from holocaust movies.
Watching movies about the Holocaust isn't really the same as failing to move on. And really, there aren't that many. But I guess more importantly, how does one let go? By no longer remembering the dead or what?
@LieselDraper Alright, then how about MAKING movies about the holocaust. You get my point though, right?And here's how you move on-- remember them always, but don't mourn about it. What do you think they'd say? You can cry about a tragedy for a month or two. Especially one of this magnitude. But, man, it's been TEN FUCKING YEARS. We have more pressing issues to deal with.
Are you saying that to Americans or to the families of the dead? I've not seen random Americans crying about this for years. The only ones I see crying on occasion (like at the 10-year memorial) are family members. I don't think crying over a still-dead father or sister or son or daughter is bad in that moment of remembrance. Mourning just means to be sad. I don't know why you've got it in your head that feeling sad about death has a time limit. Remembering is all the memorial was for.
Do you really believe that? How do politicians and family members "use" it the most? "...and the regular Americans only care on the anniversary." Is that bad? I thought that's what you thought Americans *should* do.
To be honest, they should just stop with all the anniversary of that crap, it was a bad thing, but it was 10 years ago and anybody who can be considered intelligent doesnt care anymore. Seriously, get over it. I don't know why it is still such a big thing anyway, people don't have partys for the anniversary of the holocaust, or the death of their dad who died by choking on pizza or some other random crap. It was 3000? at most, out of 300+ million in the USA, people act like it was 30,000,000.
No one threw a party for this either. I think you're confused. There's nothing wrong with letting the loved ones of the murdered speak at the 10 year anniversary of the attack.
@LieselDraper There was partys, I don't know if you understand what they are, but there was many. America act like it happend yesterday and instead of 3000 people it was 3,000,000. It is kinda pathetic to be honest. And before saying some crap like "letting the loved ones of the murdered speak" atleast understand what I said.
It's *There were parties. And a memorial service is not a party. How does America act like that? B/c people talked about it a lot on its ten year anniversary? That's hardly acting as if it happened yesterday. Do our TV shows constantly mention 9/11? Did all the talk about 9/11 ruin the fun of nerds & nerdfighters when we celebrated Deathy Hallows part 2? No, because there was none. Except on its anniversary & under videos about it like this, we hardly ever talk about it at all.
I'm going to go enjoy the Vlogbrothers without the trolls. It's too easy to see their angry and argumentative comments on their own channel. Not even anything pleasant. I'm not letting a troll ruin my Vlogbrother's day :)
Lol "Me!" He sounds like he wanted it to be an afterthought but we all know how totally psyched he was to be on the album! I would be too, if I had gotten on it or any other album, for that matter!
And no one is being hateful towards you. You've got some growing up to do. Responding to a comment is not harassment. Are you really dense enough to think it is? And you hardly agreed with Hank. Hank didn't say what you said at all, so don't bring him down with you. Your comment is what's hateful & rather childish. Just because other fools agreed, that doesn't make it any less wrong. Ppl agree with those "get back in the kitchen jokes" in the hundreds. Popularity =/= correctness.
@LieselDraper I think we need to move on...like what I've been trying to do. LOL But you keep responding. I've blocked you and now I'm ignoring you. I had an opinion that you didn't like. I think we all need to grow up, when adults argue on a youtube channel.
How on earth have you been "trying" to move on? By coming back here constantly & replying to comments? By responding to posts that weren't even addressed to you like KOakaKO's? That's you trying to move on? Again, you have a lot of growing up to do. Not responding at all is how you ignore people, not messaging them to tell them you're going to ignore them, lol. This is the second time you've responded since claiming you'd stop responding. Pathetic. Work on that willpower, kid.
I saw the apologies on Tumblr before I watched this vlog, and I have to say I think they were unnecessary. Hank said that the cause of war is unfounded and that you have more chance of getting hit by lightning, which is true, and the fact that both of which has nothing to do with the actual event leaves me wondering why people felt insulted. He never said your family members and friends shouldn't be remembered, he never said anything demeaning about/to anyone. I don't see the problem.
its true a war on terror drugs or anything else even remotely like them is just an excuse to have a war and keep the population under your heel with the threat of "terrorists will kill you if you dont let us take away your rights".
The reason that we should remember people is because it wasn't just Americans only it was people from all over the world. It made what America is today, so just because you weren't affected by 9-11 quit being such a prick because it changed the world as we know it. A heartless place where people who do barely anything get praised more than people who work hard.
Thanks for all the thumbs up guys. I know that I have to ignore the trolls coming to my inbox now. I don't think Hank should have been forced to apologize. I'm sick of people having to apologize for how they feel and act. He wasn't offensive at all.
I know this might be a bit late, but I think it's ridiculous people getting 'upset' over 9/11. I understand, innocent people died, but people die all the time. There are innocent people, who are constantly under attack. Constantly living in the fear of a bomb going off on their homes. Their whole families being killed. Those are the people who have a legitimate reason to be upset. I don't see how 3000 people dying ten years ago is a 'never forget' moment.
I was alive when 9/11 happened. I just don't remember ANY OF IT! Haha. I was really young so I just don't remember it or knowing about it, til about 1st grade
Not sure why people are offended by this video. If it's because of the lightning/drunk driving statistics, keep in mind the context was "Don't be scared of something that's statistically insignificant". It was not "Hey, everyone who feels sad on 9/11, suck it up, more people die of lightning". That would be atrociously rude, but he didn't say that. If people are offended that he went on to talk about Diablo, then I'm unaware of the new rule that every vlog must only be about one topic.
Will we still be remembering the people of Norway in ten years? I don't think so (which is unfortunate). Everything in America always has to be bigger than everywhere else. Yes, it was a terrible thing but terrible things happen all around the world every day and we forget those.
that's a rather cold and callous way of putting it. look through the eyes of someone who lived through it, saw it on TV, watched and rewatched clips of the fall of the towers, won't you?
the fact is that the event created the era you live in. i personally will strive not to forget.
You don't think i remember smelling the smoke, or wondering if my parents would ever come back? I'm not saying to forget about it, but were treating it like its the worst thing that has ever happened. What about people dieing in war? What about other terrorist attacks all over the country? Yes, it really shook New York, but were treating it like it happened yesterday.
The "funny" thing about 9/11, is, horrible as it was and full respect to those who died, it was just an empty gesture. There was absolutely no strategic value in the attack besides saying "This is what we are prepared to do."
I actually lost a son and he died from serious heart complications. I am not heartless, just realistic and I wish that you would read the entire comment, before judging me.
After seeing the comments left by LieselDraper, they appear to be a troll.
What about my comments were troll-like? Why is defending mourners against people like you telling them to get over it because it happened 10 years ago something you think troll would do?
@LieselDraper Proof that people cant get over things....it's now September 19th and people are STILL commenting back to me.
I said they should get the money and you think I'm heartless? You are nitpicking comments out of what I said. I never said they shouldn't MOURN, but being reminded every anniversary doesn't make it easy to move on either.
This is the last comment I'll be making back to you, or anyone else because I find it pointless to argue on youtube channels.
A few people responding to you means people in general can't get over things? That's an illogical conclusion to draw. Comments and responses are the nature of any comment section. I think you're arguing with too many ppl & getting confused because you never said anything about anyone getting money to me. Telling people to get over losing loved ones is indeed heartless and very foolish of you. You never get over loved ones being murdered. Honoring them once a year is a good thing.
@LieselDraper I've actually only been responding at you and it looks like 63+ people agree with me, with all of the thumbs up I've been getting. After seeing your channel, I can see why you are an angry person, but don't take it out on others because they have their own opinion. I think you need to reevaluate your life and understand why you get so emotional over a stranger online. Hope you have a good day :)
If that's the case then why'd you claim that "people" were still replying you? People = more than one person, you know? What on my channel makes you understand why I'm angry? It's fairly new & there's very little on it. Your attempts at insults don't even make sense. And I've been no more emotional than you here.
"This is the last comment I'll be making back to you, or anyone else because I find it pointless to argue on youtube channels." What happened to that? Poor willpower?
@musicfiend49 Considering they have been harassing me, it's the appropriate way to react. If you are going to do the same thing he is, I'm just going to block. I'm done arguing and fighting about something that was posted on September 9th.
The word terror is from the Latin word Terro, Terrare meaning to to scare. SO it's al about us being scared of things that we should not be so scared of AFTER 10 YEARS!
@aspenchik1044 If it was a one time thing, we could get over the fear easily. We could say "It's over now and thank God that'll never happen again." But it wasn't a one time thing because there have been plenty of terrorist attacks/attempts in the last 10 years and we have to prevent this from happening again. If we're not at least a little scared, how can we be motivated to stop these attacks? And by "stop the attacks," I mean security, not fighting a war on an emotion for God's sake.
Not to play down the tragedy that was 9/11 but the only way to actually beat the people that were responsible is to not let it paralyze life and to yes remember the victims but to live life to the fullest each day. You weren't attacking the day or the event but rather you were shinning light into what followed and that is a tragic policy that is continuing to harm people to a far off goal. And sometimes the best way to remind people is not with a moving speech but rather a smile.
@Ulrock7777 Answer: yes. Haha, that's a good point (: but you know how a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea? I think Hank was getting at the idea section of the nouns...and an army isn't an idea. Regardless that was smart thinking on your part.
Hank, I've heard all the buzz about this video, and I think I figured out why people consider it so offensive. It isn't necessarily what you are saying, it's your tone. You were all smiles and actually almost cocky this video... I agree with what you're saying, but the way you said it was a little disrespectful...
@hobbitandwife He didn't address the solemness of the day. He came at it from a political perspective. Which isn't bad. The thumbnail alone is him with a great big smile pointing at his poster. His tone is very casual and lighthearted throughout. The thing about lightening made those deaths seem a little unimportant. Not that he meant it that way. The he went ahead to talk about video games. If you were close to the events, like I was, it's different. I found it very offensive. I hope I helped.
10 years and yet, all of those people are still dead. "It has been 10 years." I question your intelligence to write something so idiotic and compassionless.
@DeviantCandy Some might be. Don't knock people who were deeply affected by that tragedy. Hank certainly hasn't, and has apologized for offending people, especially those who are still dealing with that day in a way that most of us who were less affected aren't.
Companies make money off of suffering. They love to remind us of 9/11. Each year, they spend millions on memorials like 9/11 and that money could be sent to the families, or worker's who suffered on 9/11. I'm not saying they shouldn't get a memorial. If you look at the past ads on TV and in magazines, there were several companies who tried to make a buck off 9/11- I think that makes me vomit even more. It isn't unusual for Americans to make money off of something tragic though.
Everyone really needs to calm down about this.If you are that upset about this then you should probably read his blog where he explain all about what he said. Personally I think he really do anything wrong and everyone is making a big deal out of nothing
I hate 9/11. People die every day in the world from terrible causes and it is incredibly USA-centric to suddenly get all weepy 10 years AFTER. There are bigger things happening out there. =\ As a country, it's time to grow the fuck up.
I don't understand your criticism of America here. How is observing the 10 year anniversary of a terrorist attack immature? And how is letting the tearful family members of the deceased speak at said observation, "USA-centric?" Are you sure you understand what you've written and your feelings here? The sentiment seems to be pretty irrational and nonsensical.
Though I think any loss of life or pain/suffering is bad, it's interesting that very few take into account the pain and suffering that we help perpetuate everyday... Such as systematic pain and suffering of non-human animals in which we partake merely because "bacon taste good" or whatever excuse people want to give. We all tend to have these incredibly self-righteous views, but then these views do not hold up to scrutiny and are hugely inconsistent. I am not excluded from this. No Ad Hominem.
thats not fair. i signed up for the Diablo 3 beta AND my friend who works for blizzard added me too and i've yet to get a beta key...i'm a girl, i should be getting first dibs. FUCK.
I have empathy for the people that lost loved ones and/or felt frightened by the attacks. I do however think that people are more hateful, more prejudice and more divided then before. The way we are reacting to these acts will in the end destroy us and further divide us from the rest the of the world. We need to focus on more productive and positive things rather than dwelling on tragic events.
I honestly don't care if anyone agrees with me, these are my thoughts and they make me who I am.
Well, just because you can't win a war against terror doesn't mean you shouldn't keep fighting it. The thing about the world is that it's constantly, continually bad, full of bad people doing bad things. But then there are others (namely, NERDFIGHTERS) who are GOOD people, and who want to do GOOD things in order to decrease world suck as much as possible. It's like that. We'll never get rid of world suck completely, but that won't stop us trying.
thatwhichisgiven 11 hours ago
Hank, I think that you mean that we cannot win a war against an abstract noun. Armies, governments, and countries are all nouns that one can win a war against; however, they are all concrete.
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i dont think this video was offensive at all
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Were only 13.7 years from being able to laugh at jokes about 9/11
TheRepublicOfUngeria 6 days ago
dude you called your barbarian kenneth that's my name
urbanmyths95 1 week ago
I lost it at inferior pants
Rawrfearmeh333 1 week ago
I am the only person probably ever to think this. Hank reminds me of a Rabbi.
Javjean 1 week ago
Hank you should be our president and appoint kittens to be more superior than humans..Muahahahah
FBMREAPER 2 weeks ago
Because of the poster, all I could think of throughout the video was "Keep calm and DFTBA....in my pants."
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You CANNOT DESTROY an IDEA!!!
draconicsorcerer 3 weeks ago
"his name is Kennith"
win
pieisgood125 3 weeks ago
@pieisgood125 dude you misspelled kenneth it's eth not ith ( i should know that's my name)
urbanmyths95 1 week ago
i love you hank <3
ellencradd10 3 weeks ago
I hate being born on the 11th of September. This'll sound selfish, but I wish that just for once, I could turn on the radio on my birthday and not hear about death. I live in Australia, so we don't get a commemoration at school or whatever, but it does get talked about, and BAM there goes my day. I know this is really selfish, but I hate it.
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I am a new Nerdfighter from Britain trying to promote my comedy channel to the awesome nerdfighters out there. So if you got some free time for a laugh come on over and have a watch :) Please thumb this comment up if you are reading it too
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AudioRecovered 1 month ago
I think we're probably the only country who freaks out so much about terrorists. Seriously, people, if you want to be a big superpower in the world, a few people are gonna hate you. That's just the way it is. Quit assuming everyone from the middle east is a terrorist.
lifeslikeatoaster 1 month ago
I was 4 when September 11 happened
mokanger97 1 month ago
but john is more likely to be killed by terrorists than by falling from his kitchen table but he still refuses to get on the table. just because fear of terror is a kind of an irrational fear, that doesn't make the people who are scared of it are any more irrational than John
303archangel 1 month ago
armies & all that stuff ARE nouns.
MarkNie1 1 month ago
People cannot deny statistics. You ARE more likely to be killed by a drunk driver than a terrorist attack. Hank did not in anyway belittle any of the people who were directly effected by the attack on 9/11. All he said was that the war on terror is complete crap.
TehBonar 2 months ago 50
@TehBonar You happened to type 'effected' instead of 'affected'. Please tell me it was only a typo.
KittyMariChan 2 months ago
@KittyMariChan I'd like to say it was, but it wasn't. And I have watched the video explaining the differences between 'affect' and 'effect', I struggle with it. Sorry.
TehBonar 2 months ago
@TehBonar no biggie. We all make mistakes occasionally.
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TheYellowpeopleeater 2 months ago
I just want to say that even though the war on terror is not something that we can define in the normal context of win or lose, it doesn't mean that we should stop fighting it. It is like when your brother quoted F. Scott Fitzgerald about "the futility of effort" and the "necessity to struggle". Would you not agree that there is a "necessity to struggle" despite "the futility of effort" inherent in a war like the war on crime or the war on poverty or even the war on terror?
303archangel 2 months ago
@303archangel Resistance is futile
(couldn't resist)
Unknownboi88 1 month ago
@Unknownboi88 I did not mean that Pun... bad pun bad!
Unknownboi88 1 month ago
Lets assume that the average person takes up around 3 sq feet of space while standing, this is just an average, and there are currently about 7 billion people in the world. That means that if together, the whole world population requires about 21 billion square feet of space. This translates to approximately 753 square miles of space. This means the population could fit in an area the size of luxembourg, with 233 square miles of space to spare. Just shows how sparsely populated we really are.
Eaglesfan427 2 months ago 22
@Eaglesfan427 If every person in the world stood shoulder to should, we would only take up the space of Los Angelos. Read it on OMG FACTS.
megusta535 1 month ago
@Eaglesfan427 a large percentage of that empty space is probably russia... but i vehemently refused to do a geography gcse inteas opting for the fun and interesting ethics and philosophy so i wouldnt know anything about the planet other than vague scientific stuff... life story complete...
TheBehemothShogun 1 month ago
@Eaglesfan427 You're telling me you could live your entire life in three square feet? Are you serious?
Overpopulation is not a question of space, it's a question of resources, security, housing and longevity. In that respect, there is a serious uppet limit to the quality and ability to support human life.
Do you seriously think there'd be enough water or food to deal with say the 4000 billion people that could fill all the "space" on Earth?
Duh, of course not. Why didn't you think about that?
skullz291 3 weeks ago 2
@Eaglesfan427 But think about how many resources each of those individuals use in their daily lives. According to a calculation done by Cornell university, if fossil fuels didn't exist, we could only sustain 1 to 2 billion people on this planet. Also, if everyone used the same number of resources as the average American AND we had fossil fuels, it would take the resources of four earths to sustain us. We are overpopulated. Just some food for thought :)
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Hi Ben,
Giant 'n freaky monsters came, but mom ate them. Nice pick.
ryuzaki1492 2 months ago
I don't always comment on vlogbrothers videos, but when I do, it' because I want Hank's poster.
DuskCycle 2 months ago
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.... isn't that interesting?
girlnamedbruce 2 months ago
@girlnamedbruce so do some condoms.... I think that's WAY more interesting
Unknownboi88 1 month ago
I mentioned something about what you said about the War on Terror today during Geography class and someone yelled out DFTBA...well...that's how it went in my head. In reality I just got blank stares and my Geography teacher gave me a drawled out, "Yeaaaa...." before continuing on. Either way...I felt pretty good about it!
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Kenneth the Barbarian
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DFTBA = Don't Forget To Be Awesome :D
The88Nomad 2 months ago
OMG. I paused yhis right at the beginning and one of Hank's eyes is looking up while the other one is looking at me......... Sooooo creepy.................... o.O
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So, my headphones died while watching this video. I do have to say, it's still entertaining. and yes, I have watched this video plenty of timed before.
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One of the most exciting things about nerdfighter notes is going back to a bookstore that you left a nerdfighter note in, and finding that the book is no longer there. You have no clue whether the person who bought the book was already a nerdfighter, or if you converted them, or if they looked at the note and then used it as a bookmark and then it fell out and they never bothered to look up that "vlogbrothers" thing you once tried to tell them about, but it doesn't really matter, does it?
wannabeinhogwarts 4 months ago
"I got... superior chest armor. And I got... magic gloves!! And I got... INFERIOR PANTS (insert interabang)
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...I think I want some inferior pants.
DragonsInTheTARDIS 4 months ago
STOP TOUCHING YOUR GLASSES!!!!!
CaitlinCeeable 5 months ago
Hank, songs. Where are they? hrmph
aciser1 5 months ago
70 soldiers were injured on September 11, 2011. Did anyone hear about that? No, of course not, we were too focused on what happened ten years ago.
thisishell13 5 months ago
@Theblargen That's what they want you to think.
danti59 5 months ago
@danti59
:o
Theblargen 5 months ago
The daily show did a really good segment on this. Remembering September 12th, the day we forgot the lessons we learned the day before. The day when we started bickering again about politics and money and all of that stuff that separates us.
uiruu 5 months ago
There was sooo much remembrance for the day already- does one vlog not following the constraints of mandatory mourning really deserve that much hate? American lives are not worth more than the lives of other people in the world. Are there hours upon hours of tribute footage for the men,women and children killed in the middle east eveyday? No. Hank is a reasonable person- he said his piece, and moved the fuck on- let's follow suit.
watchingtheireyes 5 months ago
@eatingcatshit I dont care about his book I just replied to someone's comment with sarcasm. Read more carefully next time. I dont dislike the US. I dislike their policy. Bombing a 3rd world country back to the stone age than "rebuilding" it is not help. I dont know if you actualy know what delusional, hypocrite and common sence mean. Not knowing something doesnt make you delusional. Neither is an opinion common sence. And hypocrite i dont even know what you tried to use that for.
yoegy 5 months ago
I totally agree, Hank! I've always thought that a lot of people voted to reelect Bush because of his response to 9/11. But I think anyone else, if they had been president then, would have done everything the same, except for declaring a War on Terror, because you can't win a War on Terror.
andreamantis 5 months ago
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I think a war on terror is a war against... terrorists. If that helps you understand it.
Bloodthr0e 5 months ago
@DeviantCandy omg that's a horrible thing to say. I understand the silliness of it, but even after ten years, if our dad died, you might still be upset.
allieheartu 5 months ago
@allieheartu agreed.
pierceiscoolman 5 months ago
@allieheartu Wrong. Sorry, but wrong. The world is a rough place, and statistically speaking, worse things have happened. Emotionally speaking that was one of if not the worst moment in American history for our psyche. But. That was in 2001. 10 years later we are just as divided as we were September 10th, 2001. Whether your dad died or not, you can't cling on to bad things.
uiruu 5 months ago
@uiruu
And by "cling on," you mean 'remember?'
LieselDraper 5 months ago
@LieselDraper Sort of. "remember" in the sense of grabbing hold of and never letting go. Not in the sense of memoir or nostalgia or something. And you can't deny that humans tend to do that quite often. Just look at all the money made from holocaust movies.
uiruu 5 months ago
@uiruu
Watching movies about the Holocaust isn't really the same as failing to move on. And really, there aren't that many. But I guess more importantly, how does one let go? By no longer remembering the dead or what?
LieselDraper 5 months ago
@LieselDraper Alright, then how about MAKING movies about the holocaust. You get my point though, right?And here's how you move on-- remember them always, but don't mourn about it. What do you think they'd say? You can cry about a tragedy for a month or two. Especially one of this magnitude. But, man, it's been TEN FUCKING YEARS. We have more pressing issues to deal with.
uiruu 5 months ago
@uiruu
Are you saying that to Americans or to the families of the dead? I've not seen random Americans crying about this for years. The only ones I see crying on occasion (like at the 10-year memorial) are family members. I don't think crying over a still-dead father or sister or son or daughter is bad in that moment of remembrance. Mourning just means to be sad. I don't know why you've got it in your head that feeling sad about death has a time limit. Remembering is all the memorial was for.
LieselDraper 4 months ago
@LieselDraper What KOakaKO said. Politicians use it the most, family members too, and the regular Americans only care on the anniversary.
uiruu 4 months ago
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@uiruu
Do you really believe that? How do politicians and family members "use" it the most? "...and the regular Americans only care on the anniversary." Is that bad? I thought that's what you thought Americans *should* do.
LieselDraper 4 months ago
To be honest, they should just stop with all the anniversary of that crap, it was a bad thing, but it was 10 years ago and anybody who can be considered intelligent doesnt care anymore. Seriously, get over it. I don't know why it is still such a big thing anyway, people don't have partys for the anniversary of the holocaust, or the death of their dad who died by choking on pizza or some other random crap. It was 3000? at most, out of 300+ million in the USA, people act like it was 30,000,000.
oBLACKIECHANoo 5 months ago
@oBLACKIECHANoo
No one threw a party for this either. I think you're confused. There's nothing wrong with letting the loved ones of the murdered speak at the 10 year anniversary of the attack.
LieselDraper 5 months ago
@LieselDraper There was partys, I don't know if you understand what they are, but there was many. America act like it happend yesterday and instead of 3000 people it was 3,000,000. It is kinda pathetic to be honest. And before saying some crap like "letting the loved ones of the murdered speak" atleast understand what I said.
oBLACKIECHANoo 5 months ago
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@oBLACKIECHANoo
It's *There were parties. And a memorial service is not a party. How does America act like that? B/c people talked about it a lot on its ten year anniversary? That's hardly acting as if it happened yesterday. Do our TV shows constantly mention 9/11? Did all the talk about 9/11 ruin the fun of nerds & nerdfighters when we celebrated Deathy Hallows part 2? No, because there was none. Except on its anniversary & under videos about it like this, we hardly ever talk about it at all.
LieselDraper 5 months ago
I'm going to go enjoy the Vlogbrothers without the trolls. It's too easy to see their angry and argumentative comments on their own channel. Not even anything pleasant. I'm not letting a troll ruin my Vlogbrother's day :)
DeviantCandy 5 months ago
This vomiting on the face thing seems to becoming a running theme.
JasaanKenneth 5 months ago
Lol "Me!" He sounds like he wanted it to be an afterthought but we all know how totally psyched he was to be on the album! I would be too, if I had gotten on it or any other album, for that matter!
sesshypuppysbff 5 months ago
Follow the poster's advice people!
IWillStandAndFight 5 months ago
@DeviantCandy
And no one is being hateful towards you. You've got some growing up to do. Responding to a comment is not harassment. Are you really dense enough to think it is? And you hardly agreed with Hank. Hank didn't say what you said at all, so don't bring him down with you. Your comment is what's hateful & rather childish. Just because other fools agreed, that doesn't make it any less wrong. Ppl agree with those "get back in the kitchen jokes" in the hundreds. Popularity =/= correctness.
LieselDraper 5 months ago
@LieselDraper I think we need to move on...like what I've been trying to do. LOL But you keep responding. I've blocked you and now I'm ignoring you. I had an opinion that you didn't like. I think we all need to grow up, when adults argue on a youtube channel.
DeviantCandy 5 months ago
@DeviantCandy
How on earth have you been "trying" to move on? By coming back here constantly & replying to comments? By responding to posts that weren't even addressed to you like KOakaKO's? That's you trying to move on? Again, you have a lot of growing up to do. Not responding at all is how you ignore people, not messaging them to tell them you're going to ignore them, lol. This is the second time you've responded since claiming you'd stop responding. Pathetic. Work on that willpower, kid.
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LieselDraper 5 months ago
@DeviantCandy
Certainly, but what he said isn't what you said.
LieselDraper 5 months ago
I was 4!
BeththeRHINO 5 months ago
I love that 5,000+ people like this video!
DeviantCandy 5 months ago
I met a boy the other day, turns out hes a nerdfighter, now were best friends :)
littlerickery 5 months ago
Hank has inferior pants.
INTPTT 5 months ago
I saw the apologies on Tumblr before I watched this vlog, and I have to say I think they were unnecessary. Hank said that the cause of war is unfounded and that you have more chance of getting hit by lightning, which is true, and the fact that both of which has nothing to do with the actual event leaves me wondering why people felt insulted. He never said your family members and friends shouldn't be remembered, he never said anything demeaning about/to anyone. I don't see the problem.
nezyrevos 5 months ago
its true a war on terror drugs or anything else even remotely like them is just an excuse to have a war and keep the population under your heel with the threat of "terrorists will kill you if you dont let us take away your rights".
oldnotweak 5 months ago
The reason that we should remember people is because it wasn't just Americans only it was people from all over the world. It made what America is today, so just because you weren't affected by 9-11 quit being such a prick because it changed the world as we know it. A heartless place where people who do barely anything get praised more than people who work hard.
huskes5 5 months ago
an army = noun?
Audienceness 5 months ago
Thanks for all the thumbs up guys. I know that I have to ignore the trolls coming to my inbox now. I don't think Hank should have been forced to apologize. I'm sick of people having to apologize for how they feel and act. He wasn't offensive at all.
DeviantCandy 5 months ago 32
Aren't armies and governments and other countries all nouns as well?
mothra93 5 months ago
I know this might be a bit late, but I think it's ridiculous people getting 'upset' over 9/11. I understand, innocent people died, but people die all the time. There are innocent people, who are constantly under attack. Constantly living in the fear of a bomb going off on their homes. Their whole families being killed. Those are the people who have a legitimate reason to be upset. I don't see how 3000 people dying ten years ago is a 'never forget' moment.
gladegaurd 5 months ago
3:03 Wheezy Waiter
inusword 5 months ago
I was alive when 9/11 happened. I just don't remember ANY OF IT! Haha. I was really young so I just don't remember it or knowing about it, til about 1st grade
Jordinazee 5 months ago
kinda prickish in this vid.
swissmrkc 5 months ago
Not sure why people are offended by this video. If it's because of the lightning/drunk driving statistics, keep in mind the context was "Don't be scared of something that's statistically insignificant". It was not "Hey, everyone who feels sad on 9/11, suck it up, more people die of lightning". That would be atrociously rude, but he didn't say that. If people are offended that he went on to talk about Diablo, then I'm unaware of the new rule that every vlog must only be about one topic.
NonRandomNonSense 5 months ago 26
Inferior Pants.
That is my new favourite thing.
ankoku37 5 months ago 3
you are more likely to be beaten to death by your parents or a cop, than a terrorist act.
9mmepidemic 5 months ago
Will we still be remembering the people of Norway in ten years? I don't think so (which is unfortunate). Everything in America always has to be bigger than everywhere else. Yes, it was a terrible thing but terrible things happen all around the world every day and we forget those.
kittieconvoy 5 months ago 2
I think what he was saying, was fair enough on 9/11.
I admit he could have said it..... nicer? more sympathetic?
But what he was saying is true.
I'm a 14 year old New Yorker, i don't know why people are getting worked up about this.
fptheatregeek 5 months ago
@fptheatregeek
because you're 14. seriously. that's it.
kakteed 5 months ago
@kakteed
I'm just agreeing with him. It is ten years after, and were still treating it like it happened yesterday.
fptheatregeek 5 months ago
@fptheatregeek
that's a rather cold and callous way of putting it. look through the eyes of someone who lived through it, saw it on TV, watched and rewatched clips of the fall of the towers, won't you?
the fact is that the event created the era you live in. i personally will strive not to forget.
kakteed 5 months ago
@kakteed u think i didn't live though it?
You don't think i remember smelling the smoke, or wondering if my parents would ever come back? I'm not saying to forget about it, but were treating it like its the worst thing that has ever happened. What about people dieing in war? What about other terrorist attacks all over the country? Yes, it really shook New York, but were treating it like it happened yesterday.
fptheatregeek 5 months ago
The "funny" thing about 9/11, is, horrible as it was and full respect to those who died, it was just an empty gesture. There was absolutely no strategic value in the attack besides saying "This is what we are prepared to do."
TheSparda81 5 months ago
I really think that Hank made this video with good intentions. It was just executed poorly, that's all.
michele7656 5 months ago
what does dftba mean??
scurless1 5 months ago
@scurless1 "Don't Forget To Be Awesome"
Ziklos2 5 months ago 16
Filmed at 60FPS. Vlogbrothers just got real.
BebopVox 5 months ago
Tom Milsom :3 <3
BelieversNeverDie513 5 months ago
Everyone forgot my brother's birthday on this day 10 years ago.
ultamatefrogmaster 5 months ago
Couldn't have said it better myself! Love the Diablo 3 snippet and comments in that too, lol! Brilliant as always, keep up the awesome and good luck!
WolvenClawPeacemaker 5 months ago
Seriously, trolls need to try harder, then trying to upset you with words like "idiotic" etc cuz it makes me want to say U MAD BRO?
DeviantCandy 5 months ago
I actually lost a son and he died from serious heart complications. I am not heartless, just realistic and I wish that you would read the entire comment, before judging me.
After seeing the comments left by LieselDraper, they appear to be a troll.
DeviantCandy 5 months ago
@DeviantCandy I'm really sorry to hear that, but your comment did appear to be a insensitive and lacking compassion.
Some people are just naturally more emotional than rational, and it's offensive to say they "probably need to seek therapy" because of that.
Licitate 5 months ago
@DeviantCandy
What about my comments were troll-like? Why is defending mourners against people like you telling them to get over it because it happened 10 years ago something you think troll would do?
LieselDraper 5 months ago
@LieselDraper Proof that people cant get over things....it's now September 19th and people are STILL commenting back to me.
I said they should get the money and you think I'm heartless? You are nitpicking comments out of what I said. I never said they shouldn't MOURN, but being reminded every anniversary doesn't make it easy to move on either.
This is the last comment I'll be making back to you, or anyone else because I find it pointless to argue on youtube channels.
DeviantCandy 5 months ago
@DeviantCandy
A few people responding to you means people in general can't get over things? That's an illogical conclusion to draw. Comments and responses are the nature of any comment section. I think you're arguing with too many ppl & getting confused because you never said anything about anyone getting money to me. Telling people to get over losing loved ones is indeed heartless and very foolish of you. You never get over loved ones being murdered. Honoring them once a year is a good thing.
LieselDraper 5 months ago
@LieselDraper I've actually only been responding at you and it looks like 63+ people agree with me, with all of the thumbs up I've been getting. After seeing your channel, I can see why you are an angry person, but don't take it out on others because they have their own opinion. I think you need to reevaluate your life and understand why you get so emotional over a stranger online. Hope you have a good day :)
DeviantCandy 5 months ago
@DeviantCandy
If that's the case then why'd you claim that "people" were still replying you? People = more than one person, you know? What on my channel makes you understand why I'm angry? It's fairly new & there's very little on it. Your attempts at insults don't even make sense. And I've been no more emotional than you here.
"This is the last comment I'll be making back to you, or anyone else because I find it pointless to argue on youtube channels." What happened to that? Poor willpower?
LieselDraper 5 months ago
@DeviantCandy Oh, brilliant for you! Some people agree with you! I am not one of them.
Presuming you know the appropriate way for someone to react to a situation without knowing anything about them is insulting.
"I think you need to reevaluate your life..."
That is one of the most arrogant statements I've ever read.
musicfiend49 5 months ago
@musicfiend49 Considering they have been harassing me, it's the appropriate way to react. If you are going to do the same thing he is, I'm just going to block. I'm done arguing and fighting about something that was posted on September 9th.
DeviantCandy 5 months ago
The word terror is from the Latin word Terro, Terrare meaning to to scare. SO it's al about us being scared of things that we should not be so scared of AFTER 10 YEARS!
aspenchik1044 5 months ago
@aspenchik1044 If it was a one time thing, we could get over the fear easily. We could say "It's over now and thank God that'll never happen again." But it wasn't a one time thing because there have been plenty of terrorist attacks/attempts in the last 10 years and we have to prevent this from happening again. If we're not at least a little scared, how can we be motivated to stop these attacks? And by "stop the attacks," I mean security, not fighting a war on an emotion for God's sake.
TheLavLav 5 months ago
I luv shoez :P
mpleleaf54 5 months ago
Not to play down the tragedy that was 9/11 but the only way to actually beat the people that were responsible is to not let it paralyze life and to yes remember the victims but to live life to the fullest each day. You weren't attacking the day or the event but rather you were shinning light into what followed and that is a tragic policy that is continuing to harm people to a far off goal. And sometimes the best way to remind people is not with a moving speech but rather a smile.
Tarathiel123 5 months ago
Isn't army a noun...?
Ulrock7777 5 months ago 2
@Ulrock7777 Answer: yes. Haha, that's a good point (: but you know how a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea? I think Hank was getting at the idea section of the nouns...and an army isn't an idea. Regardless that was smart thinking on your part.
JackelopePrincess 5 months ago
@LordoftheMorons27 -
i completely agree with you.
WhyHatePandasWhy 5 months ago
Hank, I've heard all the buzz about this video, and I think I figured out why people consider it so offensive. It isn't necessarily what you are saying, it's your tone. You were all smiles and actually almost cocky this video... I agree with what you're saying, but the way you said it was a little disrespectful...
LordoftheMorons27 5 months ago
I've heard all about how offensive this video is. I don't get what's offensive about it. Anybody care to explain what's so awful about this?
hobbitandwife 5 months ago 3
@hobbitandwife He didn't address the solemness of the day. He came at it from a political perspective. Which isn't bad. The thumbnail alone is him with a great big smile pointing at his poster. His tone is very casual and lighthearted throughout. The thing about lightening made those deaths seem a little unimportant. Not that he meant it that way. The he went ahead to talk about video games. If you were close to the events, like I was, it's different. I found it very offensive. I hope I helped.
yubbles09 5 months ago
How's that whole be online to play single player thing working out?
DrQuijano 5 months ago
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Unwaliblen0l 5 months ago 3
I have DFTBA painted on my ceiling XD
XDaisy13 5 months ago
I painted DFTBA on my nails and it is on my nerdfighter page.... woot
WROCKFREAK1 5 months ago
@vlogbrothers Hank Green just replied to my comment with the best and funniest advice ever. Ahhhhh :)
sidnegirl 5 months ago
I have a poster too, so HAH!!
It says....
Darkness....
Redness...
Whiteness...
I'd ask for thumbs up if you got the reference... but I seriously don't care... sooo... yeah
sheaofleaves124 5 months ago
@sheaofleaves124 No thumbs up, but I'll give you a "BOOP!"
Synsacrus 5 months ago
@Synsacrus That's good enough
sheaofleaves124 5 months ago
OHMIGAWDSQUEEEEHANKGREENANDTHEYMIGHTBEGIANTSTOGETHERATLASTI'MFREAKINGOUTANDI'MSOHAPPYICOULDCRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Translation: Oh my god squee! Hank Green and They Might Be Giants together at last I'm freaking out and I'm so happy I could cry!
QuillandInk23 5 months ago
Hank, you need to shave and back up from the lens. I feel like I'm being mugged by a slightly eccentric hobo.
pendragonmalasia 5 months ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers 4
Hank, you have outdone yourself. You are a very smart guy with truly great things to say. You also have balls of steel.
ulunited 5 months ago 3
"shoes! that's exciting! ...i love shoes... and i got... inferior pants!?!"
ishvampire 5 months ago 2
ha ha i like how he mentioned the poster because i was distracted by it
canderson2750 5 months ago
How many times does Hank push up his glasses? ^^
AnonaNicole 5 months ago
I think if people are that upset by a vlog post, then they probably need to seek therapy. It has been 10 years.
DeviantCandy 5 months ago 101
@DeviantCandy
10 years and yet, all of those people are still dead. "It has been 10 years." I question your intelligence to write something so idiotic and compassionless.
LieselDraper 5 months ago
@DeviantCandy Some might be. Don't knock people who were deeply affected by that tragedy. Hank certainly hasn't, and has apologized for offending people, especially those who are still dealing with that day in a way that most of us who were less affected aren't.
happyjiffy 5 months ago
Companies make money off of suffering. They love to remind us of 9/11. Each year, they spend millions on memorials like 9/11 and that money could be sent to the families, or worker's who suffered on 9/11. I'm not saying they shouldn't get a memorial. If you look at the past ads on TV and in magazines, there were several companies who tried to make a buck off 9/11- I think that makes me vomit even more. It isn't unusual for Americans to make money off of something tragic though.
DeviantCandy 5 months ago
My lovely nephew was born on that day. Love you Adam :-)
mamaclarke 5 months ago
hank, i agree with you.
MLMtea 5 months ago
Everyone really needs to calm down about this.If you are that upset about this then you should probably read his blog where he explain all about what he said. Personally I think he really do anything wrong and everyone is making a big deal out of nothing
heytheregeorgiaa 5 months ago
I hate 9/11. People die every day in the world from terrible causes and it is incredibly USA-centric to suddenly get all weepy 10 years AFTER. There are bigger things happening out there. =\ As a country, it's time to grow the fuck up.
AveriNON 5 months ago 4
@AveriNON
I don't understand your criticism of America here. How is observing the 10 year anniversary of a terrorist attack immature? And how is letting the tearful family members of the deceased speak at said observation, "USA-centric?" Are you sure you understand what you've written and your feelings here? The sentiment seems to be pretty irrational and nonsensical.
LieselDraper 5 months ago
please read his blog post if you are upset, it will help :)
HotDog1482 5 months ago
Though I think any loss of life or pain/suffering is bad, it's interesting that very few take into account the pain and suffering that we help perpetuate everyday... Such as systematic pain and suffering of non-human animals in which we partake merely because "bacon taste good" or whatever excuse people want to give. We all tend to have these incredibly self-righteous views, but then these views do not hold up to scrutiny and are hugely inconsistent. I am not excluded from this. No Ad Hominem.
LuneFromage 5 months ago
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Unwaliblen0l 5 months ago
In the words of David Cross: "What's next, a war on jealousy?"
razioak 5 months ago
I think the inferior pants in diablo is almost an exact reference to your pants being hacked.
roxyleo90 5 months ago
What is that thing that plays sounds called? PLEASE?
Winterappleby 5 months ago
thats not fair. i signed up for the Diablo 3 beta AND my friend who works for blizzard added me too and i've yet to get a beta key...i'm a girl, i should be getting first dibs. FUCK.
MsMitziJane 5 months ago
I think having the attitude of "terror isn't going to happen to me so why should I care about it?" is the wrong attitude to take. Just my MHO.
VirsdaIceMage 5 months ago
I have empathy for the people that lost loved ones and/or felt frightened by the attacks. I do however think that people are more hateful, more prejudice and more divided then before. The way we are reacting to these acts will in the end destroy us and further divide us from the rest the of the world. We need to focus on more productive and positive things rather than dwelling on tragic events.
I honestly don't care if anyone agrees with me, these are my thoughts and they make me who I am.
EiriFascination1 5 months ago
"liking" for wanting to vomit on their faces!
davorunner 5 months ago
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One quote I saw, I will probably get my head torn off by saying it. (no exact, couldn't find it again)
"Dear America, your 9/11 is our 24/7. Sincerly, Iraq."
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Say what you like about me, seriously I don't care. It needs to be said.
Beaverman91 5 months ago 56