If Hank and John Were God for 15 Minutes

[@vlogbrothers]

My new book Everything Is Tuberculosis is available for preorder now: everythingistb.com -John

[@yuriination]

You guys are complicating it too much. XJust eliminate the impulse to be mean, cruel, or intentionally harmful.

[@TheYahmez]

Being from Britain; One doesn't have to imagine very hard to envision what the unintended consequences would be from enforced island dwrvsm.

[@losto730]

And comes out March 18th!

[@theunknownunknowns256]

I'd imagine our savannah ancestors would have issues conducting persistence hunting if 121.92cm was tall. 180cm was useful for a very long time.

[@queenkitt]

Is Palestine TB?? No, that would be GENOCIDE. I know.,...you have blocked that word from your lexicon so you can sell socks and books.

[@phantomalex]

I'd still read 'Everything WAS Tuberculosis'

[@MrImagin]

that'd be a sick sequel in 20 years 🤞

[@CharlieQuartz]

lol I made the same comment before checking here

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

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[@smay745]

Everything Was Tuberculosis All the Way Down.

[@francislally6066]

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[@MrShadowswrath]

introducing the brand new book: Nothing is Tuberculosis, You're Welcome. -John Green, God.

[@Ditocoaf]

-John Green, God (Emeritus)

[@michaelgrey1503]

Honestly that would go hard as a book title about a disease we've actually managed to eradicate.

[@HeyManDinosaursRule-lc3qt]

Hank is like a quirky Thanos. He'll reduce the population by half, but the reduction is measured in volume per person.

[@lindsey4245]

“like in the warriors books-“ “no” is such sibling energy and i can’t stop laughing at it

[@Just-aNerd]

John: No more infections diseases! Hank: HOBBITS

[@Ostrichesarecool]

I love it

[@JackBarlowStudios]

In the words of Douglas Adams, “No one capable of getting elected President of the Universe should under any circumstances be allowed to do the job.”

[@ninaelle2003]

YES!

[@silverXnoise]

The guy was a modern day prophet.

[@hansnixon5818]

I love Douglas Adams:)

[@MorpheusJorge]

I love that in normal videos they're pretty focused with the occasional joke but when you put them together it is an all out goof fight.

[@caitlindonovanwest9192]

BY THEIR POWERS COMBINED

[@bituniverse8677]

That’s what happens when you have a good connection with your brother

[@queenkitt]

@@caitlindonovanwest9192 they remain silent on Genocide...I see no power...only capitalist grift for their own good. Any update on Dr. Ismail's gofundme? Did he and his family escape genocide?

[@joshgoldenberg4398]

“All out good fight” is a pretty good general statement of the last 17 years of Vlogbrothers

[@lauren_sunshine]

The siblings energy was off the charts

[@joshgislason7506]

Hank and John were contemplating being God for 5 minutes and immediately ran into the trouble of simultaneously keeping free will intact and evil occurring in the world. St. Augustine would be proud.

[@levilukeskytrekker]

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[@nrsrymj]

Contemplating?

[@joshgislason7506]

@@nrsrymj Good catch, thanks!

[@bragtime1052]

What I don't understand is, though it would require a radical fundamental modification of how the universe and human existence works, it's possible to get rid of death and get rid of suffering and there still remains all the other free will thoughts and behaviors for people to do. No pain or "evil" doesn't = no free will- people could still choose their decisions from the remaining infinite different possible choices to take. Fundamentally redesigning the world as god so that suffering and "evil" aren't required and are no longer needed doesn't get rid of free will any more than preventing humans from being able to fly or to teleport or to phase through walls does (along with infinite other things that limited, humans don't have the ability/choice to do).

[@alalessia]

@@bragtime1052 I feel like the problem with removing "evil" is that it is much harder to define than say gravity and general physics. What is "evil"? A five year old stealing my last cookie? A teenager lying about where he was last night? An adult cheating on their partner? Where does it start, and where does it end? Based on what is this line drawn? I don't know if I would know within 15 minutes how to define all the troublesome small print of eliminating evil :D

[@AhliahJo]

I love that Hank is like "MAKE EVERYONE HOBBITS". As a short person, I support this.

[@tigrewulph]

As a tall person, my back would probably be happier.

[@fghsgh]

as a tall person, i support this don't really mind being tall but being short just feels better somehow

[@ApequH]

YES

[@ethangraham5363]

But don't hobbits, on spite of their smaller stature, consume much more food? How do food needs change if we're all eating second breakfasts and elevensies?

[@kamrynsikes]

As a tall person it would be nice to not be asked by everyone in the grocery store to assist them. It’s too high priced for you.

[@jablair51]

For anyone who hasn't listened to it, this is exactly what their podcast is like every episode.

[@milolong5271]

Ohhh definitely checking it out now with that description

[@eduardo_moya]

i can vouch for the accuracy of this comment

[@twojuiceman]

This is the sort of video that needs a 23 minute outtakes reel

[@simonstanton5299]

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[@dragonharris5465]

Yes

[@elizabethgrodin5569]

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[@ellabilge4982]

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[@erinmac4750]

Yes!✊

[@suezeus]

5:01 WHERE DID YOU GAIN THIS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WARRIOR CATS HANK😭😭

[@alissavandenbark9837]

Maybe Orin is old enough to start reading them?

[@Emilyanns8]

He’s mentioned reading them with Orin somewhere (maybe the podcast?) - I remember posting about it on the Nerdfighter Reddit and the nerdnerdfighters came out of the woodwork

[@garion046]

And why? Why did you gain it?

[@jinsastronaut22]

“I’m starting to think that actually being God would be kind of hard” - John Green

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

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[@hopegold883]

Yeah. But I’m pretty sure if I had to pick someone to do it, they’d be on my short list.

[@prongs4137]

I had once thought about a genie wish to avoid war: Any weapon deadlier than a kitchen knife becomes utterly ineffective if anyone "innocent"(isn't responsible for anyone's death, hasn't SA-ed or physically abused anyone ever) is in the weapon's range. No guns cannons misslises arrows even thrown axes nothing works if an innocent person could get hurt as the target or collateral. It just jams or stops or disintegrates without hurting anybody. Just stops working. So if you wanna unalive someone you gotta get within reach of them physically. And can only use your own body or at max something like a pencil or a compass or a kitchen knife. That person can defend themselves or have someone else intervene and protect them and unalive you instead. Lets see how we get wars done that way. Also if everyone within range at the launch site of the weapon is NOT innocent it detonates there n unalives the ones trying to deploy it.

[@pancake_j328]

I agree, but since God is a God that would be easy for Him/Her.

[@Pingviinimursu]

​@@prongs4137 the main problems with your idea lie in the definition of terms, which is kind of usual in the world

[@raincloud_1740]

4:50 did I somehow miss the fact that Hank has read the warrior cats series???

[@taylormeaney6638]

I absolutely love the running bit of putting graphics directly over Hank's face

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

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[@queenkitt]

Wonder if any of those nifty graphics could help educate on Genocide since the green bois can't in order to sell socks and tea and books. capitalism really popped off on these two grifters

[@WulfTrax]

Hank is definitely the Mike Wizowski of Vlogbrothers.

[@EcceJack]

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[@OlegDorbitt]

5:26 "Jesus Christ, I'll see you on Friday" For John, Hank is already God

[@aaran2329]

😂😂😂😂😂 I didn't catch that, that's so funny

[@louismyers8845]

HANK AND JOHN REUNION THIS IS NOT A DRILL

[@fireplanefirefighter]

power does no longer corrupt, instead it makes you more generous and empathetic.

[@karatraffas6107]

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[@beth8775]

That would go a very long way

[@aeneasleingaertner-goth6977]

That is an awesome answer

[@zr1411]

"With power, people instantly become aware of the responsibility it brings."

[@Lan..]

Hank mentioning Warrior cats in a video was not something I expected on this Tuesday morning

[@JaredTakesTime]

I just wasn't ready to hear "Starclan" in this Vlogbrothers video about playing God.

[@CathalMcGinley]

Bramblepelt!

[@DarkkestNite]

I had to remember that Orin is old enough to read them now 😂

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

John: "No ♡"

[@MatthewFabb]

My daughter is about to start reading the Warrior cat books. Hank knowing these books got me thinking if I should read them as well to share the experience with my daughter. As I imagine the fact that Hank has read some of them is because his kids are reading them.

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

Hank’s “4ft should be considered tall” has made me imagine a scenario in which we were originally all in the six-to-seven foot tall range but someone wished to make 6ft mean someone’s tall, and how much more wasteful that former reality was. A staggering thought. It could’ve been even worse!

[@nottelling7438]

Imagine if 4 ft were considered tall, but our actual heights weren't changed--we just had super unrealistic expectations about height...

[@mansee6023]

"Actually maybe I would be good at it. " "Oh Jesus Christ"

[@dg8487-l5y]

No, Hank Green!

[@lambentlamprey]

Tbf, you want someone who can keep up with A LOT going on at once. That seems like Hanks jam. However, if he wants the power, he is, of course, disqualified per his previous statement. 😂

[@Leftover09]

😄😂

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

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[@sarahfjohnson542]

⁠@@lambentlampreyall I’m picturing is Hank and his office getting covered in sticky note prayers like Jim Carrey did😂

[@dooplets._.5776]

1:51 is basically what most converstion between me and my other autustic friends is like, both of us staring into the middle distance while talking intensely

[@isaac_buckley]

This is the way.

[@hopewilliard6781]

Amen to that

[@camillerasor4861]

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[@itsjudemydude]

Nothing could have prepared me for William Henry Green II, in the middle of a semi-genuine discussion of the metaphysics of God, suddenly hitting us with "Well in the Warriors books--"

[@Stormharbor]

This reminds me of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn books, wherein an individual had godlike powers for a few minutes and, in attempting to fix problems, made new and worse problems that he then had to frantically try to fix while he still had power. The result was a world covered in ash clouds from volcanoes to protect it from a sun that was now too close and too hot to survive (because aftering moving the planet to fix one thing, he didn't know how to put it back).

[@prongs4137]

I had once thought about a genie wish to avoid war: Any weapon deadlier than a kitchen knife becomes utterly ineffective if anyone "innocent"(isn't responsible for anyone's death, hasn't SA-ed or physically abused anyone ever) is in the weapon's range. No guns cannons misslises arrows even thrown axes nothing works if an innocent person could get hurt as the target or collateral. It just jams or stops or disintegrates without hurting anybody. Just stops working. So if you wanna unalive someone you gotta get within reach of them physically. And can only use your own body or at max something like a pencil or a compass or a kitchen knife. That person can defend themselves or have someone else intervene and protect them and unalive you instead. Lets see how we get wars done that way. Also if everyone within range at the launch site of the weapon is NOT innocent it detonates there n unalives the ones trying to deploy it.

[@katie-yb3te]

hank green explaining starclan is like my favorite part of 2024

[@Nino-xp5df]

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[@fghsgh]

ive recently reread the entire series (especially series 3-4) and now that i know more about theology and free will and stuff everything makes so much more sense

[@skysthelimitvideos]

Hank’s “make everyone short” plan has big Dr. Doofenshmritz energy

[@Sirfing_Wolf]

Hank: “I’m afraid of unintended consequences” Also Hank: “tall people are now 4ft” There are absolutely no unintended consequences with this I assure you.

[@Arthera0]

especially if its instant in a world not build for it.

[@Sirfing_Wolf]

@@Arthera0 Thou shall not reach thy cookie jar ever again… which will suck since your metabolism just shot up to compensate for your increase in body temperature loss so good luck

[@ZePopTart]

People that happen to be piloting a plane that moment: 🫠

[@ZePopTart]

O shit I forgot about the bears

[@StaticR]

@@Arthera0not gonna lie this would likely be a massive yet nondestructive disruption to society that humanity kinda needs right now. It'd have a massive impact on people in their everyday lives that they have to address and reshape their lives around, but at the same time nothing in society would critically break and cause a catastrophe. As far as high impact low disruption things go I think that's pretty much one of the best ones.

[@scal2025]

Everything about this video down to the Warrior Cats reference felt like a blast from the past, I'm here for it.

[@MrPortal]

Unexpected Warrior Cats mention gave me whiplash. Hope prey is running well for everyone

[@pinkbunnygirl43]

Haha same

[@scal2025]

May StarClan light your path.

[@kikiceili3956]

HAHAHA

[@echojardini]

For some reason this comment made me think "Eat Prey, Love"

[@enterchannelname8981]

1:39 If hank was god there would apparently still be roads to get places and people would still need to drive cars

[@The8BitPianist]

John: "If I was god, I would end all sickness!" Hank: "Homunculus." Some top tier prioritization by both of them!

[@pbbside]

What if God homonculus

[@SaberknightX]

The only infectious things would be smiles, laughter, and yawning. 😊

[@francois-mariefilsgeorges6943]

Hank and John describing a better world where we’re hobbits and I’m just nodding along

[@ent0m0l0gist]

along* edit: I agree, everyone as hobbits is awesome. It even solves world peace. They are peaceable!

[@raewood4515]

Yet, no mention of second breakfast

[@yelljal2764]

Seccond Breakfast, weed, beer, fun parties, illegal fireworks? Sounds like a good life to me!

[@mayaenglish5424]

4:21 I am Hank, Hank is me.

[@poplapmeisie]

This video has put a stupidly big smile on my face

[@queenkitt]

Ya know what would make some of us smile...if the grifters could fix their faces to educate on Genocide instead of their own capitalist gains

[@Tim3.14]

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[@RevJSS]

This is gonna be part of Confirmation Class when I teach it next.

[@isaac_buckley]

That's brilliant, haha.

[@NickSayre]

"I'm starting to think that actually being God would be kind of hard." -John Green

[@H3R0_]

I am so happy that Hank mentioned the Warrior Books LOL. Just had flashbacks to my childhood

[@ODISeth]

As much as I like the “If you hurt someone it hurts you” idea at 2:34, what would that mean for doctors? A lot of the time doctors will inflict pretty significant pain in an effort to save someone’s life. Or alternatively, anesthesiologists, if they REMOVE your ability to feel pain or knock you out, would it also then knock them out? Actually wait that could be really funny…….

[@nlm2nd]

"charge the paddles! push 5 ccs of epi!" the patient is jolted, dr. owen hunt is also on the floor. this is the most overwhelming emotion he's ever felt. somehow. Also I don't think Smosh guess who slapped me videos would be as funny...

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@nlm2nd Meh, duct tape Arasha's mouth so Anthony can't hear her voice in her scream 😅 *EDIT* I just realized how that sounds out of context. Please, someone, watch the relevant Smosh videos and keep the context!

[@daemoneko]

also masochists exist they might like experiencing pain, so they go around inflicting pain to people who aren't masochists

[@janLipija]

i mean, they do talk abt the system of rules thing right after, it’d probably factor in consent as well

[@jdk2535]

@@daemoneko would this create a world in which sadism and masochism are indistinguishable from each other, I wonder...

[@greenmarcosu]

Like, all Vlog Brothers videos are amazing, but this, this is (*chef's kiss*) peak Vlog Bros.

[@IanTheWonderDog]

So many animals become SO MUCH more scary if everyone is 3 foot something. Cows? Terrifying. Cats? Terrifying. Goats? Terrifying.

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

Otoh, we could have riding dogs! And large birds

[@slwrabbits]

think of all the giant fluffy bunnies I would get to hug

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

@@slwrabbits Your username checks out /jk

[@karenweiner1857]

I mean basically, everyone would be around the height that a 5-6 year old child is now. I don’t think most kids that age/ size find cats terrifying?

[@GabrielPettier]

if cows weren't so peaceful, they would be quite scary, they can certainly hurt you bad if they want to.

[@wowbaggertip3281]

Personally, I think an underrated part of 4 foot people being tall would be a new perspective on puppy-sized elephants.

[@meghanmccullough8737]

Hank's curls are CURLING!!!

[@gizzardwizard1795]

1:56 Returning to Austrolopithecus actually making sense was not in my cards for 2024

[@radagastwiz]

My proposal on ending war and suffering: universal empathy. Anytime you consider another person's situation, you take in account why and how they are in the place they are and factor that into your choices and actions. This would eliminate sociopathy and inequality quite swiftly, I feel.

[@chemical93girl]

Welcome to Buddhism 🙃

[@autohmae]

that much a much better place to start But I think the biggest problem is the 15 minutes, because any change you'll make will have it's own negative impacts and will need to be corrected.

[@fghsgh]

while i think this would indeed help tremendously, it would also undermine free will? i think? so it's still a tradeoff then again we already have natural impulses that we are not free in so maybe it wouldn't be so bad

[@BFedie518]

​​@@fghsgh It doesn't undermine free will because it just gives you more information. What you decide to do with that information is still entirely up to you (if I've interpreted correctly).

[@jay-tbl]

@@BFedie518 will that really fix things? like when people hurt other people is it because they aren't aware of what theyre doing or because they dont care

[@hufflepuffwannabe]

This brought me so much joy on my lunch break

[@PierceArner]

This was a brilliant rollercoaster of brilliant ideas & hesitance that shows how both of you think things through - but via very different paths.

[@TJtheBee]

I feel like this video is a good motivator to go vote.

[@OneTrueCat]

If I was God for 15 minutes, the first thing I would do is start knowing what would be the best course of action for the remainder of my God time.

[@miniverse2002]

It would be a nightmare knowing things now are the best or worse they could ever be. Heck even something in the middle could get pretty disturbing.

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

Idk friend that feels like a "I wish for more wishes" situation

[@OneTrueCat]

@@IrisGlowingBlue I figure it's more along the lines of "I know what I know now, and I could come up with a lot of things that I think would be better, but I don't have the full picture or the capacity to obtain it." An admission of inadequacy for the role at my current skill level if you will.

[@Nicole-xd1uj]

Hank and John are hilarious and brilliant and I'm so glad they share their crazy thoughts with us. Personally, I think increasing our capacity for compassion (larger amygdala???) while decreasing our body size might work out wonderfully.

[@JakeGrantLetsPlay]

Seeing Hank giggle at his own joke while John tries to keep a straight face makes me so happy. Reminds me of me and my younger brother.

[@honey_deux]

the fact that you're reading the Warriors books Orin is so funny to me. several years ago I read *so* many of those books and drew *so* many of those cats. nothing like a good ol' book about murderous cats lol

[@Bottleworksnet]

Pain isn't the way - - Wild empathy is what's needed.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Honestly, just "everyone has a high level of empathy that they can't ignore" might just be enough.

[@karatraffas6107]

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[@prongs4137]

I had once thought about a genie wish to avoid war: Any weapon deadlier than a kitchen knife becomes utterly ineffective if anyone "innocent"(isn't responsible for anyone's death, hasn't SA-ed or physically abused anyone ever) is in the weapon's range. No guns cannons misslises arrows even thrown axes nothing works if an innocent person could get hurt as the target or collateral. It just jams or stops or disintegrates without hurting anybody. Just stops working. So if you wanna unalive someone you gotta get within reach of them physically. And can only use your own body or at max something like a pencil or a compass or a kitchen knife. That person can defend themselves or have someone else intervene and protect them and unalive you instead. Lets see how we get wars done that way. Also if everyone within range at the launch site of the weapon is NOT innocent it detonates there n unalives the ones trying to deploy it.

[@friedeyeball]

@@prongs4137I don’t think that avoids war, it just avoids physical harm within war. But manipulating others for power and causing destructive harm to peoples and societies is still possible. (Like shutting off electricity for a nation during winter, or making farm fields impossible to grow on).

[@MarkThePage]

This is such a perfect video I want to show everyone. A real-time discovery of why power, laws, and good vs evil are complicated, and why people who tell us to give them absolute power to solve all of our problems should absolutely not be given any power.

[@anna._olsen_]

I always love how the other brother introduces themselves in the reunion videos. It’s always like a jump into frame, roll in a chair, or in this case, whatever that was. It’s always so creative.

[@sonicsound.0852]

I think the most profound thing I have ever learned from this channel is that the answer to everything is pain, and honestly, I don't know how to feel about that.

[@nikkitronic80]

I agree with the “aging till full handsomeness at 47”. I feel more beautiful and alive and present then I ever have at 43. 40’s feels like peak life. I could stay at full handsomeness in 40s forever. Thanks lords Hank and John!

[@benitaplummer1401]

Good had good ideas first.... Rev 21:3,4 "....God himself will be with them. And He will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away."

[@JaredTakesTime]

The way I gasped at the mention of the Warriors Books in this conversation about God. Peak vlogbrothers.

[@shyPandemonium]

Thank you Hank for using the Starclan analogy that was perfect. Thank you John for leaving it in the video 😊❤

[@sarahnewton2267]

Just called Danaher again!

[@dftba_shalom]

Thank you for calling! 🩵

[@wilsontherockermusic]

That Bonhoeffer quote is everything.

[@Sugar3Glider]

3:52 This video is proof positive that you can overcorrect for the Thanos pendulum effect.

[@pruina3395]

If I was God I’d make Thanos 4 feet tall

[@pruina3395]

Or I make the Warrior cats 4 feet tall? Idk

[@Sugar3Glider]

@@pruina3395 there's a 4' tall warrior cat in Kaiju No. 8, but it doesn't get too much screen time sadly.

[@russellmoore8187]

The fact that Chihuahuas live longer than Mastiffs is one of the universe's greatest injustices

[@johnchessant3012]

a great teaser for the next episodes of Crash Course Religion, taught by John!

[@beautifulstrengthsfitness3497]

Thoroughly enjoyed this!

[@Olivia_Neumann]

Oh I started this video thinking the video was titled “If Hank and John were good for 15 minutes” and I didn’t second guess it at all.

[@TurangaNibbler]

I think this is my new favorite video 😅

[@maelucchino6339]

I'm so glad the reveal that StarClan could only watch over and guide the clans rather than actually intervene hit as hard for Hank as it did for young me, lmao

[@jackgb3893]

I love watching Hank become the little brother

[@camillaim]

1:10 minutes in and I desperately want both Hank and John to read and review Scythe

[@impatientlady8980]

I was literally about to comment this and then yours popped up as the automatic one

[@EZPZmillie]

Genuine question from long time fan of green brothers but occasional watcher ! John seems very informed on infectious diseases and their impacts -- does he ever talk about COVID ?

[@megjournals]

the ability to sign 100,000 pieces of paper in record speed

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

if you're god you can just sign everything.

[@Kazemba]

If it were about getting done quickly, John wouldn't do it. It's that zen, grounding state of doing the same thing over and over for a long time that gives it value.

[@megjournals]

@@Kazemba oh absolutely, i've been tuning into the streams :)

[@jacksunstone8771]

May not be your musical genre, but check out the song "Shrink" by Dead Kennedys.

[@kktypescript2137]

I haven’t thought of the Warriors books in 15 years and I was not prepared for that wave of nostalgia

[@caspenbee]

I'd vote for hank for god 👍🏻 Never thought about it but I'm on board with the small people thing

[@4Zpeople]

Love that the video ends with Hank saying “actually I would be good at it” and John replying, “Oh, Jesus Christ.” Nice try. The cult of Messianic Hankism will be brought of the shadows eventually.

[@grumblefkitty]

i love when y’all are together! you both just amplify each other’s chaos gremlin energy to the benefit of everyone

[@vlabla2405]

This reminded me of the dystopian novel 'The parable of the sower ' by Octavia E. Butler where the protagonist feels other people's physical pain as her own. She still kills them occasionally though, because she stops feeling someone's pain once they're dead.

[@MattPalka]

I thought about this too!

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

John talks about that book a few times! I'm assuming it's at least part of where he got the idea from

[@prongs4137]

I had once thought about a genie wish to avoid war: Any weapon deadlier than a kitchen knife becomes utterly ineffective if anyone "innocent"(isn't responsible for anyone's death, hasn't SA-ed or physically abused anyone ever) is in the weapon's range. No guns cannons misslises arrows even thrown axes nothing works if an innocent person could get hurt as the target or collateral. It just jams or stops or disintegrates without hurting anybody. Just stops working. So if you wanna unalive someone you gotta get within reach of them physically. And can only use your own body or at max something like a pencil or a compass or a kitchen knife. That person can defend themselves or have someone else intervene and protect them and unalive you instead. Lets see how we get wars done that way. Also if everyone within range at the launch site of the weapon is NOT innocent it detonates there n unalives the ones trying to deploy it.

[@courto1308]

The brother energy is so strong in this video. Makes me smile.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

4:33 I wanna hear Hank finish that sentence xD ETA: oh goody, he did :3

[@f0ren51c5candy]

Hank is cool :3

[@BrotherAlpha]

4:00 ... This is actually a really good idea. Trying to do too much is just asking for unintended consequences. That said, I would just want justice in the world.

[@The8BitPianist]

Is it just me or are there a lot of reunions lately? Love to see it!

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

Not a strong ending argument that no one would be good at being be God when John’s opening pitch is “eliminate infectious diseases.” That sounds very good!

[@AUnicorn666]

But what about the biological changes from infectious disease? Would that have any ramifications?

[@mayaenglish5424]

I feel like that falls under the "unintended ramifications" part of the spectrum. Sure it sounds good on paper, but I'm pretty sure a lot of those diseases are in arms races with other things and the swift sudden lack of competition/predation in the microcosmos could get really really weird and bad. I have a vague memory of watching a documentary about this kind of idea a million years ago where scientists floated the idea and talked about how interconnected everything is.

[@bowdennthani732]

​@@mayaenglish5424 sure. But you're GOD... you can eliminate the unintended consequences too.

[@mayaenglish5424]

@@bowdennthani732 I suppose that depends on your conception of god and omnipotence lol. But sure, you could do that in a "I ask the genie for infinite wishes" kinda way.

[@bowdennthani732]

@mayaenglish5424 maybe I didn't understand the scenario... is the hypothetical that I am God for 5min, what's the one thing I can change (and nothing else)?

[@ArtMacenzi]

There is a great Kurt Vonnegut Jr story about smaller-ified people called Slapstick, in which some people get so small they become like a disease you can catch, Octavia Butler covers the whole "I hurt you it hurts me" thing nicely in Parable of a Sower.

[@loochkie6756]

Midterms and SAD have been hitting me hard recently, thank you for giving me a break from that.

[@mitsypouskat7591]

2:48 omg but what about birth??????

[@mitsypouskat7591]

Baby... DOA

[@liefbread]

Surgeons in ruins.

[@culwin]

Clever subtle ad for Crash Course: Religions

[@riversoblivionstudios]

That Warrior's book quip was SO GOOD

[@mariannetfinches]

My wife & I just paused at the start & discussed this. I started with inventing a mango bush that can grow in Wales. She has a lot of people to smite. But then she did say she'd condense all the surplus greenhouse gases into solids we can build with. So only moderately vengeful

[@Videoblogsdaily]

When Hank said “and actually maybe I would be good at it” I felt that -keenan

[@innerninja7992]

I think this was the most brilliant video, with the "subtle" subtext at the end (even if it wasn't meant to start that way).

[@irakyl]

With regards to world peace, I actually had a similar thought. If I could change one thing about humans, it would be to replace the inclination in our brains of 'us vs them' thinking with 'share fairly' thinking. Also Hank, making people smaller is a very short term solution! This is the point where the scifi movie would reveal that this exact thing already happened in the past, people used to be 10 ft tall and shrinking solved their immediate problems, until today where the problems again arise for our current height

[@renatanovato9460]

I just love reunion videos. As always, Jonh brings tears to my eyes and Hank comes with a joke to lighten up.

[@bat_manda]

John: I would cure all infectious disease! Hank: I would turn everyone into Hobbits! :D

[@camipco]

The hurt people-it-hurts-you-thing is from Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. It is an amazing read, well worth it.

[@Sarah-ty5ev]

I cannot accept ANY Warriors books slander. Those books started my love of reading!

[@danisanerd]

hank explaining how starclan works was very funny to me.

[@muddnboots]

LMBO!!!! OMG you two crack me up and help our weeks and days become brighter! Thank you. We all love you guys. John and Hank, we’ll see you in the next video (tomorrow's).