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  • čas přidán 6. 10. 2022
  • Coming to you with some epistemology from a treehouse in Indiana, it's two brothers using a loophole in their CZcams rules to make a nice, long final episode of Pizzamas 2022.
    (you can only get your Pizzamas stuff through this weekend AND THEN NEVER AGAIN www.pizzamas.com)
    As always, I am sad that it is over and somehow once again, I am ending with more video ideas than I entered with!!
    I just wanted to bring you some peace with respect to your feelings about Pluto. You don't have to worry about whether Pluto is a planet because planets do not exist.
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  • @vlogbrothers
    @vlogbrothers  Před rokem +539

    pizzamas.com everything there disappears on Sunday! -John

  • @ALuckyGrenade
    @ALuckyGrenade Před rokem +6087

    John's realization of "Wait, I'm not 3 dimensional to them!" is one of the funniest things I've heard all week

    • @untappedinkwell
      @untappedinkwell Před rokem +12

      +++

    • @csn583
      @csn583 Před rokem +50

      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.

    • @trixter21992251
      @trixter21992251 Před rokem +29

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

    • @gljames24
      @gljames24 Před rokem +14

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

    • @hexeddecimals
      @hexeddecimals Před rokem +6

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

  • @lighningshock
    @lighningshock Před rokem +2147

    Hank: Planets don’t exist
    Also Hank: a stick is a hat if I put it on my head.

    • @roftherealm3418
      @roftherealm3418 Před rokem +46

      *gets flashbacks to butt is legs*

    • @elisakeller8912
      @elisakeller8912 Před rokem +5

      The butter is air.

    • @bhelliom3
      @bhelliom3 Před rokem +11

      Hank would be either terrible or fantastic at Taskmaster

    • @senor135
      @senor135 Před rokem +1

      underrated comment

    • @jaxlaxsurprise
      @jaxlaxsurprise Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @OmegaTurtle
    @OmegaTurtle Před rokem +799

    I like that we’ve evolved from “oh no, Pluto isn’t considered a planet anymore” to “screw it, nothing’s a planet anymore.”

    • @NoNameAtAll2
      @NoNameAtAll2 Před rokem +6

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

  • @mooncowtube
    @mooncowtube Před rokem +626

    I ABSOLUTELY NEED A SHIRT WITH "Almost everything we think of as dichotomous is in fact spectral" ON IT.

    • @samkorn4047
      @samkorn4047 Před 11 měsíci +7

      YES. I would buy it

    • @etanesnil7072
      @etanesnil7072 Před 11 měsíci +1

      yesss

    • @snezhanalazareva5638
      @snezhanalazareva5638 Před 11 měsíci +5

      Omg I literally had to screenshot that line for future reference

    • @HunchbackJack
      @HunchbackJack Před 5 měsíci +1

      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.

    • @anandsharma7430
      @anandsharma7430 Před 2 měsíci +1

      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.

  • @fartherout.1046
    @fartherout.1046 Před rokem +1804

    tellurium: named after earth :)

    • @vlogbrothers
      @vlogbrothers  Před rokem +652

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

    • @joshsimpson1283
      @joshsimpson1283 Před rokem +135

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

    • @sneakylemon8513
      @sneakylemon8513 Před rokem +173

      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!

    • @tadcooper9733
      @tadcooper9733 Před rokem +41

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

    • @cczwhite
      @cczwhite Před rokem +11

      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)

  • @Chevalerezk
    @Chevalerezk Před rokem +1707

    The fact that the quotes
    “Language is inherently less rich than reality”
    and
    “If it rides, I lives”
    both come from the same person is a wonderful thing.

    • @zyaicob
      @zyaicob Před rokem +18

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

    • @Cisaadeh
      @Cisaadeh Před rokem +1

      +

  • @kinemaxis526
    @kinemaxis526 Před rokem +1721

    So I think the 5th one is Tellurium - named after Earth (Terra).
    But if you're including Plutonium, then you should probably also count Palladium and Cerium named after the dwarf planets Pallas and Ceres. There are also Selenium and Helium for the moon and sun.

    • @danielsieker9927
      @danielsieker9927 Před rokem +200

      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

    • @yitzakIr
      @yitzakIr Před rokem +58

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

    • @reeseebersole7973
      @reeseebersole7973 Před rokem +117

      Krypton!!!

    • @DracoSuave
      @DracoSuave Před rokem +32

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

    • @alyssa_mariemusic
      @alyssa_mariemusic Před rokem +23

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

  • @sara-ww8eq
    @sara-ww8eq Před rokem +1249

    I love how every time there's a reunion video John is like "yesterday Hank told me a terrifying science thing" like that just happens all the time

    • @themaggattack
      @themaggattack Před rokem +17

      Pretty much!

    • @lavalamps9007
      @lavalamps9007 Před rokem +24

      🤣 literally everytime in dear hank and john

    • @AndreaCrisp
      @AndreaCrisp Před rokem +25

      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.

    • @dorothyclaretessman2263
      @dorothyclaretessman2263 Před 8 měsíci

      Hot sauce suggestion: Survivors thrive AND burn

    • @samandom8772
      @samandom8772 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Thats what happens when your brother is The Fix

  • @nicholashulett3916
    @nicholashulett3916 Před rokem +2517

    To watch John go from terrified to stand on a table to casually looking over the edge of a tree house while leaning on a rickety rail is some serious growth. Proud of you.

  • @aaronhorne8496
    @aaronhorne8496 Před rokem +2326

    I've seen them all, and this... THIS is the greatest of all vlogbrothers videos. It has it all: Hope, despair, mortality, laughter, nihilism, capitalism, educational ramblings, silly nonsense, beautiful b-roll, metaphorically resonant sunlight, and a staggering realization that reality (Hank) and language (John) are too far apart to coexist, but eternally inseparable. I don't think it gets more perfect than this.

  • @shta2
    @shta2 Před rokem +460

    "The thing about Hank is you have to let him finish even if you've seen the TikTok"
    That hit home for me

  • @Jackconte
    @Jackconte Před rokem +288

    Came for the planets, stayed for the friendship.

  • @ElfLady
    @ElfLady Před rokem +1688

    "Everything we think of as dichotomous is in fact spectral." - John
    I love that.

  • @rcusick2465
    @rcusick2465 Před rokem +879

    Hank: "We don't know what light is...OR EVEN REALITY"
    John: *starts having immediate existential crisis*
    Hank: "But we're not gonna talk about that."

    • @Shrimp8008
      @Shrimp8008 Před rokem +12

      Me: *having an existential crisis along with John*

    • @watcherofwatchers
      @watcherofwatchers Před rokem +1

      Dead meme is dead.

    • @carolynerex
      @carolynerex Před rokem +12

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

    • @AnnikaOakinnA
      @AnnikaOakinnA Před rokem +1

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

    • @spectacularsceptile3879
      @spectacularsceptile3879 Před rokem

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

  • @davycodington1270
    @davycodington1270 Před rokem +195

    I enjoyed watching John and Hank make a bigger deal of the sunlight problem than it really was.

  • @themaggattack
    @themaggattack Před rokem +162

    "Hank's getting raptured." 🤣
    I really love these two. So existential, so down to earth, so funny, so spectral.

  • @spacey-sam
    @spacey-sam Před rokem +2211

    I can’t believe how calm John is about his brother getting raptured right next to him

  • @shieldon530
    @shieldon530 Před rokem +912

    John: We did it…
    Hank: (visible anxiety for what’s to come)
    John: … Joe

    • @vlogbrothers
      @vlogbrothers  Před rokem +399

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

    • @jonobrannan7406
      @jonobrannan7406 Před rokem +22

      @@vlogbrothers Wow, he's behind schedule!

    • @jcKobeh
      @jcKobeh Před rokem +11

      (where's the quote from?)

    • @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
      @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Před rokem

      @@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.

    • @chaotickreg7024
      @chaotickreg7024 Před rokem +23

      @@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.

  • @zacharylord-rule5368
    @zacharylord-rule5368 Před rokem +210

    "Almost nothing is dichotomous, almost everything is spectral" is a fucking amazing quote.

  • @mephostopheles3752
    @mephostopheles3752 Před rokem +406

    One of the funniest reunions in a while. “We did it… Joe” DESTROYED me lmao

  • @meganshadley7308
    @meganshadley7308 Před rokem +1421

    "Everything that we think of as dichotomous is in fact spectral"
    This is why I'm still here after ten years: the incredible out-of-nowhere profundity.

    • @irishlluv22
      @irishlluv22 Před rokem +16

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

    • @rubius0
      @rubius0 Před rokem +3

      Me too

    • @livigerbase6312
      @livigerbase6312 Před rokem +7

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

    • @LucasAmericano
      @LucasAmericano Před rokem +2

      That blew my mind to smithereens.

    • @yuvalne
      @yuvalne Před rokem

      +

  • @mineola_
    @mineola_ Před rokem +769

    The fact that Hank only wanted to talk about planets so he could call the video educational and make it long, because he wanted to chat with John is so sweet.

  • @TimeLordWereWolf
    @TimeLordWereWolf Před rokem +44

    Hank: sometimes a planet gets ejected
    John: *internally panicking*

  • @SweeneySays
    @SweeneySays Před rokem +237

    i love chaotic both-brother videos because of the extreme sibling energy? like so much of this is just...what it's like to have siblings as an adult??? idk this is very nice and wholesome ty ty ty

    • @pandoraaaraseth1040
      @pandoraaaraseth1040 Před rokem +7

      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. 🤣

    • @Cynful033
      @Cynful033 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @sarahdsparks
    @sarahdsparks Před rokem +722

    I don’t care about the lighting, I loved this episode. It’s like sitting with a philosophy and a physics major in a treehouse at the tail end of a college weekend party.

  • @elizabethaman4381
    @elizabethaman4381 Před rokem +399

    The two Green brothers:
    “Even back then, I was a big fan of government regulation”
    “SCIENCE!”

  • @brawler839_
    @brawler839_ Před rokem +98

    Alright Hank, you've made this complicated.
    I'm going to go with Venus because the Greeks used to call it Phosphoros (like the element phosphorus), but only gets partial credit because the Greeks thought it was 2 stars instead of a planet and the name Phosphoros was given to the morning observance of Venus.
    However, if we are breaking the mold here, The sun is sometimes called Helios, which is after Helium. Or if we go with a dwarf planet you could go with Ceres, cause I think it was named after Cerium. Or possibly even our Moon, which the Greeks referred to as Selenian (in reference to Selenium), only because they saw it as another world.
    In short, the two categories have a lot of overlap and I'm sure there are a ton more even just in our solar system.

  • @ellap6828
    @ellap6828 Před rokem +102

    I’ve been really depressed the past couple days as someone struggling with OCD and seemingly not getting better even with EXCESSIVE therapy treatments. Seeing y’all goofing around and having fun, knowing John had such a rough time in his 20s…it gave me just a little hope. And put a smile on my face. Thank you.

    • @spectacularsceptile3879
      @spectacularsceptile3879 Před rokem +4

      Good luck out there =)

    • @svankensen
      @svankensen Před rokem +3

      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.

    • @izzikat9252
      @izzikat9252 Před rokem +3

      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.
      ❤❤❤

  • @Sientir
    @Sientir Před rokem +730

    "Language is inherently less rich than reality," is such a poignant line, especially given how much of the Internet (especially social media) is primarily language.
    That gives me a lot to think about.

    • @dragonharris5465
      @dragonharris5465 Před rokem +16

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

    • @vlogbrothers
      @vlogbrothers  Před rokem +221

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

    • @chrissik3102
      @chrissik3102 Před rokem +9

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

    • @dragonharris5465
      @dragonharris5465 Před rokem +19

      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!

    • @gillygillenwater4280
      @gillygillenwater4280 Před rokem +5

      As Sufjan Stevens once said, words are futile devices

  • @kyledewaal3426
    @kyledewaal3426 Před rokem +665

    Hank decided to make an educational video about how categories don't exist, and in a beautiful case of form matching content, the video itself raises serious questions about the boundaries of the category "educational video."

  • @NewYorkBound
    @NewYorkBound Před 7 měsíci +6

    I remember watching the video where John shakes in terror trying to stand on top of a coffee table. Now he’s in a tree! He’s come so far.

  • @iriandia
    @iriandia Před rokem +35

    rewatching this again, and thinking about Hank throwing out a random comment and John thinking about it for years. How many comments or random thoughts do any of us throw out that make a huge impact on someone else, and what would it take for us to recognize our own profundity and not disregard the light that we make?

  • @tbey82
    @tbey82 Před rokem +507

    I died when Hank said I'm transcending and died again watching the act of transcending. Then John says, "Hanks been raptured" tears are literally coming out of my eyes 😂

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    • @Lliamhd
      @Lliamhd Před rokem +3

      Would you say you've also been raptured? 🤣

  • @cheshirecat512
    @cheshirecat512 Před rokem +586

    watching john dissociate as hank unravels the world around him is something that can be so personal

  • @Durmomo0
    @Durmomo0 Před rokem +44

    I thought spending valentines day alone was a little rough but imagine your entire solar system just rejects you out into space smh

  • @antonl.7056
    @antonl.7056 Před rokem +85

    I don't usually comment on CZcams, and I imagine this comment will get buried regardless, but I wanted to say thanks to the both of you for bringing me a lot of light and joy. This vlog was exceptionally good, and I've always liked your insights into these complex subjects that we sometimes take for granted.

  • @sarahthomison3295
    @sarahthomison3295 Před rokem +232

    That may be my new favorite vlogbrothers quote... "almost everything that we think of as dichotomous is in fact spectral" - John Green. Something finally took first place away from "I follow and cultivate my own curiosity" - Hank Green. So now it is the big 4 with "Everyday we're choosing what to value, what to worship, what to paint" - John Green and "you will always struggle with not feeling productive until you accept that your own joy can be something you produce" - Hank Green. Does anyone else find it funny that we nerdfighters often quote vlogbrothers videos the way John quotes poets. LOL!

    • @thewrens_
      @thewrens_ Před rokem +22

      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

    • @jessicar2609
      @jessicar2609 Před rokem

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

    • @GTaichou
      @GTaichou Před rokem

      Makes perfect sense. They speak very poetically

    • @LeoMajors
      @LeoMajors Před rokem +3

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

    • @meri3580
      @meri3580 Před rokem +2

      “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.

  • @davetoms1
    @davetoms1 Před rokem +389

    "Almost everything that we think of as dichotomous is in fact spectral"
    ~ John Green, 2022
    These two guys are some of my favourite human beings.

    • @Anopano3000
      @Anopano3000 Před rokem +9

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

    • @adaninurs
      @adaninurs Před rokem +4

      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!!!

    • @heinet
      @heinet Před rokem +2

      Yeah, that one I’m carrying with me.

  • @flame_half
    @flame_half Před rokem +38

    This is interesting and really true. I think a good example is how we classify vegetables and fruits. It gets extremely convoluted to the point where a pumpkin is technically....a berry? It's all dumb. I have thought about how labeling things is limited in many cases, but we can't just not label things.

    • @SavageGreywolf
      @SavageGreywolf Před rokem +7

      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.

  • @eliedgecomb4903
    @eliedgecomb4903 Před 7 měsíci +3

    I feel like what we’re really missing is a book by the two of them where they’re characters realize that they might just be characters in a John Green book.

  • @bluetoes591
    @bluetoes591 Před rokem +254

    This is like security camera footage of the outtakes from a Dear Hank and John episode. I love it. 😂

  • @eliannem7811
    @eliannem7811 Před rokem +280

    "pizza isn't real, but pizzamas is" is strangely but wonderfully comforting

    • @vlogbrothers
      @vlogbrothers  Před rokem +126

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

    • @eliannem7811
      @eliannem7811 Před rokem +23

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

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před rokem +3

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

  • @erty8305
    @erty8305 Před rokem +52

    “I’d argue that life is a true category.” I raise you the issue of viruses

    • @kristidavidson8945
      @kristidavidson8945 Před rokem +2

      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)

    • @1000jamesk
      @1000jamesk Před rokem +16

      @@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.

    • @verity3616
      @verity3616 Před rokem +1

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

    • @michaeletzkorn
      @michaeletzkorn Před 11 měsíci

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

  • @anyalazor7978
    @anyalazor7978 Před rokem +3

    11:32 I heard it as 'There are 3 planets that have elephants names after them' and was so confused.
    Because it and the discussion that followed implied that there are at least 3 famous elephants named after planets that I'm supposed to know about.
    Life didn't prepare me for celebrity elephants.

  • @spacey-sam
    @spacey-sam Před rokem +357

    The fourth/fifth element named after a planet that Hank said to look up is probably Tellurium, named after the Latin word for Earth, Tellus

    • @cherewright6939
      @cherewright6939 Před rokem +21

      Thank you!!!

    • @Ekevoo
      @Ekevoo Před rokem +27

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

    • @Shalom64221
      @Shalom64221 Před rokem +1

      +

    • @charlottearanea7507
      @charlottearanea7507 Před rokem +27

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

    • @Vallam23
      @Vallam23 Před rokem +54

      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

  • @mtnbikesownu
    @mtnbikesownu Před rokem +68

    Can we get some "Nothing is dichotomous, everything is spectral" merch? Quote of the year. Damn you John and your quotability.

    • @CL-go2ji
      @CL-go2ji Před rokem +5

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

    • @dhayes5143
      @dhayes5143 Před rokem

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

  • @MaiseNow
    @MaiseNow Před rokem +34

    My favorite vlogbrothers together videos are the ones where you're both being ridiculous, like this one. The entire aspect of filming in the treehouse and then immediately having lighting issues and goofing about it is hilarious.

  • @praetorfenix69
    @praetorfenix69 Před rokem +94

    What bothers me about the "what is a planet" issue is how we instinctively consider things that are "not a planet' as somehow less important. Like I had literally never heard of Ceres growing up, despite being very interested in astronomy as a kid, because people in the 1800s decided that it was "not a planet" and therefore it was somehow not interesting or important enough to teach to kids.

    • @vlogbrothers
      @vlogbrothers  Před rokem +53

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

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před rokem +10

      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!

    • @marcellastname6862
      @marcellastname6862 Před rokem +1

      @@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

    • @brettevill9055
      @brettevill9055 Před rokem

      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.

  • @skylerwitherspoon
    @skylerwitherspoon Před rokem +142

    John realizing we're seeing him in two dimension was great

    • @ladyofcuriousvirtue
      @ladyofcuriousvirtue Před rokem +3

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

  • @trentseymore7385
    @trentseymore7385 Před rokem +9

    What in the world. The lighting, the chaos, so many metaphysical realizations interspersed with nonsense. This is certainly the most chaotic disjointed mess of a video I have ever enjoyed. So amazing... apparently nothing exists. Well done.

  • @MakeLivesHappen
    @MakeLivesHappen Před 7 měsíci +3

    "almost everything that we we think of as dichotomous is in fact spectral" i think every kid as a rite of passage should have to drop acid and have a treehouse conversation with these two

  • @mikeysrose
    @mikeysrose Před rokem +324

    My one request for reunion videos is always that they be longer. This made me so happy.

  • @oddsockable
    @oddsockable Před rokem +272

    John's little smile to himself when he makes a good joke is gonna power me through this weekend. People! Being happy! Together!

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  • @juliaxchung
    @juliaxchung Před rokem +20

    Watching this after Hank's news hits different...looking back to previous moments of joy reminds me that the light-soaked days are coming (the bad days are coming too, but they're never forever)

    • @notaraven
      @notaraven Před rokem +3

      "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...

  • @NameTaken123
    @NameTaken123 Před rokem +5

    Crazy coincidence; my grandparents moved to Arizona but when my grandmother passed she was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery. My grandfather also bought a plot next to her. It's a beautiful cemetery and it's really well cared for.

  • @wildironprincess
    @wildironprincess Před rokem +293

    I'm a teacher, and explaining the flawed way our language categorises things is so difficult for kids. When we were looking at continents, for example, I discussed that different versions have countries and borders and numbers of the continents. We looked at 3 different versions and discussed the pros and cons and a bunch of them really struggled with the idea that these were human constructions.

    • @vlogbrothers
      @vlogbrothers  Před rokem +202

      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.

    • @pagecarlee626
      @pagecarlee626 Před rokem +60

      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.

    • @krank23
      @krank23 Před rokem +32

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

    • @myladycasagrande863
      @myladycasagrande863 Před rokem +20

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

    • @zettagotbored9341
      @zettagotbored9341 Před rokem +11

      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

  • @amelia13131
    @amelia13131 Před rokem +128

    "I'm transcending!" and "So listen, Hank's been raptured" feel like good ole vlogbrothers lines and i love it! Also, thanks for making me think about planets and the fact that one of you will have to die second. :(
    happy pizzamas!

    • @someone16234
      @someone16234 Před rokem +4

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

  • @fiftysquiggly
    @fiftysquiggly Před rokem +2

    WHY ARE THE BOTH OF YOU SO NATURALLY ENTERTAINING

  • @Fab-n-dabKev
    @Fab-n-dabKev Před rokem +2

    "I always wanted to be a beastie boys"
    "Hanks getting raptured"
    Bro it's 4 am and I am dying.

  • @LynxChan
    @LynxChan Před rokem +171

    This is probably the most chaotic reunion video and yet prefectly encapsulates you both.

  • @BlankPicketSign
    @BlankPicketSign Před rokem +98

    "Almost everything we think of as dichotomous is, in fact, spectral"
    Another amazing quote, thank you!

    • @bethperforms6191
      @bethperforms6191 Před rokem

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

  • @maxonmendel5757
    @maxonmendel5757 Před rokem +1

    that sentimental bit about the sun at 6:43 is also in The Anthropocene Reviewed

  • @cwahlb1
    @cwahlb1 Před 9 měsíci +1

    “theres a difference between the way we describe things and the way they are. language is inherently less rich than reality.” wow i love that description so much.

  • @coreykeays7249
    @coreykeays7249 Před rokem +291

    "Even back then I was a big fan of government regulation"
    Story checks out. Merry Pizzamas to nerdfighters everywhere!

  • @SamanthaRichardsonWP
    @SamanthaRichardsonWP Před rokem +146

    Hats off to Hank for figuring out the loophole to giving us a longer video for the last day of Pizzamas 💖🍕

  • @flutterbree
    @flutterbree Před 11 měsíci +7

    I love that hank was so deep into the knowledge of knowing which elements were planets, that he forgot the easiest one 😂

  • @JWMCMLXXX
    @JWMCMLXXX Před rokem +9

    It’s interesting to watch John think while Hank is explaining.
    That’s an expression you don’t see much from presenters.

  • @fitz7663
    @fitz7663 Před rokem +73

    I enjoy that the boundaries between "shrub" and "tree" are so blurred that many plants can switch between them depending on how they grow (pruning, effects of things around it stunting/directing/allowing growth) and that there is a whole category called "trub".

  • @sylvy16
    @sylvy16 Před rokem +93

    This is the most chaotic vlogbrother video to come out in a while. It’s amazing

    • @untappedinkwell
      @untappedinkwell Před rokem

      +

    • @CircleThinker
      @CircleThinker Před rokem +5

      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 😂😂

    • @billyalarie929
      @billyalarie929 Před rokem

      I need it 10,000% more often.

    • @archerelms
      @archerelms Před rokem +1

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

  • @TheBreeNichols
    @TheBreeNichols Před 11 měsíci +5

    I didn't realize this was 8 months ago and thought this was released today and got excited to see John and Hank together and bubbly during their hard times right now. 😔💜

  • @GhostPuddle
    @GhostPuddle Před rokem +4

    "It's the big bright thing in the sky" I don't know why but this captures sibling relationships so well. Like this could be my sister and I in a treehouse.

  • @shieldon530
    @shieldon530 Před rokem +122

    All of us Pluto defenders can finally know peace, merry pizzamas guys

  • @fugithegreat
    @fugithegreat Před rokem +132

    Given Nerdfighteria's ability to make things happen, I bet we could locate a complete Pizza John collection in under a day, and have a physical gallery in a week.

    • @CL-go2ji
      @CL-go2ji Před rokem +10

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

    • @bookworm272
      @bookworm272 Před rokem +4

      @@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!

    • @Sixica
      @Sixica Před rokem +2

      @@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.

  • @viola3347
    @viola3347 Před rokem +14

    I love everything about this video. From the discussion of existential concepts to the absolute chaos of the first few minutes.
    You two bring me so much joy.

  • @jahipalmer8782
    @jahipalmer8782 Před 11 měsíci +5

    The best part of this video is watching brothers interacting in a positive way ( which is something that I don't know if I have experienced).

  • @daniellesisson5964
    @daniellesisson5964 Před rokem +101

    One of my favorite quotes is from Oscar Wilde’s Portrait of Dorian Grey, “To define is to limit,” and I think it perfectly encapsulates the idea of the human convention of naming things as a tool that both limits and expands our understanding of something. The quote itself is a limiting definition, but implicitly, it also expands the idea of what it means to “define” in a way that broadens the scope of how we communicate. It makes me think about how the language that we use to describe the world around us adapts to better serve us as we change, contracting and expanding around the current bounds of our collective perception.

    • @april147
      @april147 Před rokem +3

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

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim Před rokem

      I prefer Olivia Wilde

    • @danielsieker9927
      @danielsieker9927 Před rokem

      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.

  • @misharumkittum
    @misharumkittum Před rokem +451

    This is the first time I've seen you two interact directly and in person, and it is so wholesome. Also, its Tellurium.

    • @ThePCguy17
      @ThePCguy17 Před rokem +43

      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.

    • @andrinoide8855
      @andrinoide8855 Před rokem +71

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

    • @CultureStress
      @CultureStress Před rokem +157

      Okay but hear me out.... Krypton

    • @1zl541
      @1zl541 Před rokem +107

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

    • @ThePCguy17
      @ThePCguy17 Před rokem +11

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

  • @LCSWstudy
    @LCSWstudy Před rokem +19

    My favorite line from this video and from what I've heard from yall in general lately is "Almost everything we think of as dichotomous is in fact spectral."

  • @amberbydreamsart5467
    @amberbydreamsart5467 Před 8 měsíci +4

    love the implication that hank, the athiest is getting raptured while john, the christian, is being left behind

  • @scvannost
    @scvannost Před rokem +8

    Cerium! After Ceres, which is also no longer a planet like Pluto, just older so people have forgotten

    • @fartherout.1046
      @fartherout.1046 Před rokem +2

      oh that might be it, i thought it was tellerium after the earth

  • @RileyPaige
    @RileyPaige Před rokem +228

    Can we just appreciate the fact that John had to be paid $1000 (for charity) to stand on a table in like 2007, but just climbed into a TREEHOUSE?!
    I am here for this lovely bit of growth! That is fantastic

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    • @MrEscape314
      @MrEscape314 Před rokem +2

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

    • @EmethMatthew
      @EmethMatthew Před rokem

      +

  • @woodrobin
    @woodrobin Před rokem +3

    "Well, at least that way we don't have to decide what to do when the other one dies."
    And now I'm sad.

  • @maggieplummer2950
    @maggieplummer2950 Před rokem +10

    I would love to see a sitcom series of what dinner table conversations were like with these 2 growing up.

  • @justyourlocalrat_
    @justyourlocalrat_ Před rokem +90

    Ending pizzamas on a longer video was probably one of the best surprises this week, I would personally never object to reunion videos breaking the 4 minute rule without punishment even if they weren't educational

    • @cate0843
      @cate0843 Před rokem +2

      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.

    • @iamthebock
      @iamthebock Před rokem

      Agreed 👍

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  • @EcceJack
    @EcceJack Před rokem +85

    Honestly, until Hank said "this was a trick" (video is educational to allow for it to be longer) I was genuinely thinking to myself "Wow, what a wealth of information and interaction in under 4 minutes! I didn't realise so much can be said in that time!!" because it *felt* like no time at all had passed! 😄

    • @rubag223
      @rubag223 Před rokem +2

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

    • @sexyscientist
      @sexyscientist Před rokem

      😂

    • @glockbell
      @glockbell Před rokem

      I didn't notice until I started reading comments.

  • @WrenStanchen
    @WrenStanchen Před rokem +25

    This started so silly, then got so philosophical. It's the content I come for. 💜

  • @giannizombie
    @giannizombie Před rokem +5

    This was such a refeshing video. Absolutely loved you guys hanging out and being silly and learning stuff and like whatever. And also I love having these conversations with my Brother too!

  • @mars_girl
    @mars_girl Před rokem +144

    That close-up was one of the top moments of cinematography 2022 has to offer. We sure did do it, Joe!

  • @michaelflattery2298
    @michaelflattery2298 Před rokem +16

    I was like "AHA, they hid the secret element answer in the video!" because Phosphorus was the name for Venus in its appearance as the Morning Star... but Tellurium is literally named after earth...
    Hank! You gotta watch your enumeration!

  • @EscapingNihilism
    @EscapingNihilism Před 11 měsíci +5

    7 months later, still one of the best vlogbrothers videos there is.

  • @Which-Craft
    @Which-Craft Před rokem +2

    This is literally one of the most FUN (oh, and educational) vlogbrothers videos I've ever seen. Thank you!

  • @gussnarp
    @gussnarp Před rokem +36

    At 3:38, John is clearly having an idea. This Pizza John Gallery thing might happen... or some unexpected variation on the concept.

  • @katetoolate234
    @katetoolate234 Před rokem +80

    Thank you for making the "long ass" video where you two chatted in a tree. I really appreciated having a longer than normal Vlogbrothers video that's mostly just these two brothers talking; It's always great to see. 😄

  • @jonathandonley3299
    @jonathandonley3299 Před rokem +3

    This is the first video ever to see both of you in it and I love you both even more now. Never stop being you guys.

  • @gunsandboatsandgunboats
    @gunsandboatsandgunboats Před 10 měsíci +4

    I love John’s slowly growing existential crisis through the first like 3 minutes of the video

  • @professionalasexual172
    @professionalasexual172 Před 11 měsíci +5

    My sister’s in Italy and I miss her a lot. Watching this gave me a nice dose of chaotic joyful sibling energy. I feel a lot better

  • @elenamuis7287
    @elenamuis7287 Před rokem +158

    John's face when Hank says reality doesn't exist is everything 😂

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  • @nnadine.x6751
    @nnadine.x6751 Před rokem +5

    1:40
    "I am transcending"
    *Violently gets abducted*

  • @kameronmclaughlin6515
    @kameronmclaughlin6515 Před rokem +5

    "I want to do something we've never done" *Goes on to talk about epistemology which is their favorite tangent on the podcast*