Sorry the audio isn't great, but only the camera mic ended up working. Join the Awesome Socks Club: awesomesocks.club and/or if you're a coffee enthusiast, join the awesome coffee club: awesomecoffeeclub.com All the profit goes to charity, and the products are truly amazing. -John

@stickaaaaaa

Жыл бұрын

Great socks and coffee from great people 😍

@N3rdfightermom

Жыл бұрын

Where is your 30’ mic? Did you forget the bit?

@Rosalie_Jansen

Жыл бұрын

You both are handling this great ❤

@AndreaDingbatt

Жыл бұрын

The audio is great!! No problem,,,Ive recently just "Got Off that Boat"!! Myself, Chemo sucks A$$, True!! Im Sooooooooo Happy that Im not needing anymore,,,for now!! Micro-Morts, Lmao!! Staying positive isnt easy, but definately helps!!

@meganl8071

Жыл бұрын

the audio is fine. I hear you both laugh and that makes my day.

Just hear me out: Two birds, one stone-let's put the coffee in the socks.

@toastwithjam3368

Жыл бұрын

great idea in my opinion

@kevinchristopher1443

Жыл бұрын

the problem with suggesting things online that are really good is often people won't use it because legally you could say it was your idea and sue them later

@dawn8293

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinchristopher1443a real shame😩

@sereneprincess4940

Жыл бұрын

That might be the only thing that gets my feet into motion doing all the chores I’ve been putting off lol

@IsaiahSenku

Жыл бұрын

Genius

On free solo rock climbing: If you're sufficiently bad at it, you'll never get high enough off the ground to be in any real danger. The big danger is in being medium-good at it.

@CL-go2ji

Жыл бұрын

That makes sense. Also, that may be true of many things ...

@1IGG

Жыл бұрын

It's very easy to hurt you badly by falling less than 2 meters.

@vlogbrothers

Жыл бұрын

Great point. Also a good metaphor for other things. ALSO thank you so much for organizing Hank's beautiful card. It means so much to him. -John

@JulieHerrick

Жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothers I'm so glad Hank loves the card. ❤️

@bennyfactor

Жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothers HANK FACE = AD SPACE

So I listen through old Dear Hank and John episodes to fall asleep most nights, and there’s a moment in episode 50 where Hank says, “Our dad had cancer, and if I had cancer, I might be like, Hey, I wouldn’t mind having my dad there.” That episode was from June 2016, and it makes me so happy to know that Hank’s dad really is there for him.

@averykf3839

Жыл бұрын

Ayy I listened to this episode recently too and have been thinking about it.

@IrisGlowingBlue

Жыл бұрын

@SpaceSoups

Жыл бұрын

Not like he's there for that tree though.

@joemondale8673

Жыл бұрын

My Dad has cancer and will be dead within a few days. He had all the treatments, and was neglected by the health system. He had 20kg of fluid in his leg, and couldn’t walk. He has tumours everywhere, oral thrush, swollen tonsils and more. He can’t even breath. You are a disgrace, your videos are offensive. You are the least alone person going through this, and you’re going through basically nothing so far. 1 video, I didn’t agree with, but I respected. Now I’ve lost all respect for you. You are a disgrace. At the very least, stop profiteering and remove your ads.

@hflo2375

Жыл бұрын

Taking care of stuff Hank shouldn’t have to worry about right now. A good papi.

I pray someday when my health fails (as everyone’s does) I take it 20% as well as Hank

@standupphilosopher7059

Жыл бұрын

Agree💯

@thelordcommander5

Жыл бұрын

Agree❤

@AtlantaHospiceRN

Жыл бұрын

Same! Hospice nurse here. A positive disposition makes everything better! (However I’m not a positive person-I’m working on it. I was raised in a religion where God was punative and that’s hard to shake).

I love the insane amount of big brother energy from John that we don’t get to see all that often.

@melimsah

Жыл бұрын

RIGHT?! He's like "I don't want to be in this job, but my little brother needs me to take this job and I am HERE FOR IT"

@vlogbrothers

Жыл бұрын

I feel like this whole affair has brought out some big brother stuff within me. -John

@quartarkpersonal

Жыл бұрын

it's great to see, keep it up you're doing a great job!

@rerererereree

Жыл бұрын

Ikr

@pammarvinney4263

Жыл бұрын

Putting the Awesome sock info over Hank's image also just peak big brother trolling. I burst out laughing when i saw that

The brother energy with them sitting the same, both wearing hats, collared shirts, and jeans, the same glasses… it’s too much 😂

@SpayAndNeuterChristians

Жыл бұрын

Same spare tire

@karyon1007

Жыл бұрын

It's why everyone on TikTok thinks they're the same person.😆 Of course, that's not a new phenomenon. I had a chemistry student years ago who called Hank "Fake John Green" after watching a Crash Course vid. Well, she did recognize they were different people who were just eerily similar I guess.

@jphanks

Жыл бұрын

Their body composition is soooo similar 😂

@barbaramead729

Жыл бұрын

Same posture, legs crossed… we love you guys!

@ksenijavranjevac2572

Жыл бұрын

The same pose with legs crossed and hands actively gesticulating...

It always blows my mind whenever John and Hank remind us that not only do they share a KZread account but that it is _this_ KZread account.

@sexyscientist

Жыл бұрын

Yes. It is this account which has many channels like crashcourse, scishow, etc. But they use this channel for personal use.

@laurenredding1419

Жыл бұрын

It is kind of incredibly adorable that they watch KZread from this account instead of having personal Gmail lol. I've never loved anyone enough to want them to be able to see my KZread history but Hank and John have been doing it for ten years!

@lostleviathan2352

Жыл бұрын

​@@laurenredding1419I think they've talked about how it is a nice restraint because they don't want the other one seeing something stupid that they watched on impulse & messing up their algorithm. Which is so cute

@geeksdo1tbetter

2 ай бұрын

​@@laurenredding1419since 2007!

The boat analogy is fucking gold. When my doctor asked me if he could get me anything through chemo my response was "I'd like to not have cancer?" He clapped back with "I'll get right on that but give me a bit of time cause that's a tall order."

@DavidColton-ct4ze

Жыл бұрын

My Dad has cancer and will be dead within a few days. He had all the treatments, and was neglected by the health system. He had 20kg of fluid in his leg, and couldn’t walk. He has tumours everywhere, oral thrush, swollen tonsils and more. He can’t even breath. You are a disgrace, your videos are offensive. You are the least alone person going through this, and you’re going through basically nothing so far. 1 video, I didn’t agree with, but I respected. Now I’ve lost all respect for you. You are a disgrace. At the very least, stop profiteering and remove your ads.

@rawdaaljawhary4174

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 what a retort.

@punksoab

Жыл бұрын

@@rawdaaljawhary4174 100% should be doing stand-up as a side gig. Absolutely criminal that he doesn't

@hopewilliard6781

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the chuckle, hope you’re alright these days.

@punksoab

Жыл бұрын

@@hopewilliard6781 I've got some stuff that is sticking around. Rheumatoid arthritis and Sjorgen's Syndrome mostly. Plus the sun is my mortal enemy now. But still kicking and making it everybody's problem lol

Can't do anything about his son's cancer but by God he can save that tree. What a mood.

@poisonedfrog

Жыл бұрын

YUP

@MsWyndmere

Жыл бұрын

papa green 💚

@theotherbrief

Жыл бұрын

❤

@AlisterPuddifer

Жыл бұрын

He has Green fingers.

@BrandonRogers91

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I would be the same way. I can’t solve cancer but this damn trees fate is in my hands.

I'm standing on the shore shouting "IF I COULD GET YOU OFF THE BOAT I WOULD! HANG IN THERE YOU'RE AWESOME!" and hoping that the wind carries it, while fully knowing I have no idea what it's like to be on a boat. ❤️

@therabbithat

Жыл бұрын

I've been on a different boat and the thing is when you're on the boat you don't want anyone else to have to be there, even as a swap, even your worst enemy... You just want there to be no more boats. I'm not even a nice person usually I'm very surly but I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

@anniekate76

Жыл бұрын

Probably every boat is different. People have been tweeting him boat schematics and nautical maps but his mileage may vary. :(

@MaddieCollins13

Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t have said it better myself. ❤️

@cheryldueck318

Жыл бұрын

@@therabbithatExactly.

@MaryAnnNytowl

Жыл бұрын

This. Absofreakinglutely posigoddamtively THIS, in all respects! ❤❤

I feel like I'm playing in the grass at my cousin's house while my uncles are sitting off to the side in their lawn chairs chatting

@grannyronna

Жыл бұрын

Yes! What a sweet comment.

@oopsmyumbrella3079

Жыл бұрын

I love this perspective

@lor5850

Жыл бұрын

Both legs crossed 😂

@graceflower4122

11 ай бұрын

💜💜💜💜💜 yes

When I was in my first trimester of pregnancy and really struggling to interact with other humans while experiencing terrible daily nausea/vomiting, my mother told me “You’re on a boat. It’s a rough ride. If anyone asks and you dont want to talk about it, just say ‘Sorry I’m on a boat right now, I don’t feel well.’” So I really connected with that analogy 😂

@Pajali

Жыл бұрын

Omg, I wish I’d thought of that when I was pregnant. Even if I never actually said it to anyone, just imagining the person’s face when I looked them in the eye and said, “I’m on a boat; I don’t feel well,” would have absolutely made my day. 😂

@rdgrdmedflde4710

Жыл бұрын

That's a great idea, I might steal that one when I am conversationally unavailable!

@briansmith7097

Жыл бұрын

​@@Pajali😊

@TJtheBee

Жыл бұрын

I really love that analogy. My boat at the moment is my new ADHD diagnosis alongside my pre-existing autism one. I need to learn to be able to say "I can't talk, I'm on this boat".

@HassanSelim0

Жыл бұрын

​@@TJtheBeeanother AuDHD here, yeah sometimes you need to get out of that supermarket quickly because the boat started rocking quite heavily from all that noise.

We've been asking for reunion videos to be exempt from the 4 minute rule for forever and the *gestures broadly* isn't quite the way we wanted this to happen but I still appreciate it

@armerls

Жыл бұрын

+

@vlogbrothers

Жыл бұрын

Mission Accomplished in a Nonideal Way. -John

@whitneywujkoayala8613

Жыл бұрын

What’s the opposite of “task failed successfully”?

@alalessia

Жыл бұрын

@@whitneywujkoayala8613 perhaps "task erroneously succeeded"

@TehFrenchy29

Жыл бұрын

@@alalessia Alternatively, "pyrrhic victory" after the general Pyrrhus of Epirus, who won a battle against Romans (fairly impressive in its own right) only after such losses it wasn't a whole lot better than if they'd actually lost. Mission accomplished, a bunch of stuff still very much sucks though.

I can already tell that John edited this because all the text and images are covering Hank's face

@vlogbrothers

Жыл бұрын

It's my trademark. -John

@delriogw

Жыл бұрын

It's definitely older sibling energy. As a fellow older sibling I wholeheartedly approve.

@RutabegaNG

Жыл бұрын

​@@delriogwthat was my sense, older sibling energy. I know I'd do the same.

Loving the serendipity of Hank's doctor being named Carl

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

Жыл бұрын

It's absolutely remarkable.

@KatStrega

Жыл бұрын

I had to back up the video because I thought I misheard it. This is amazing news!

@lildramatic4760

Жыл бұрын

my head goes to both ART and “we don’t eat hands Carl!” Big mood.

@keerthilanka9039

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

@allthenewsordeath5772

Жыл бұрын

I think it was JP II who said that there’s no such thing as coincidences.

I am a PhD student (in Argentina) who works on cancer treatment development and every time I start a seminar I say "It is important to remember that when we talk about cancer, we are talking about a set of more than 200 diseases".

@sexyscientist

Жыл бұрын

You are a PhD student. When you are talking about cancer, it is most likely one very specific type of cancer.

@Imm0rtalcookie

Жыл бұрын

Why are you telling them what they're studying? Quit mansplaining my guy.

@sexyscientist

Жыл бұрын

@@Imm0rtalcookie I'm sorry. That was not my intention. I can clearly see now that I failed miserably to communicate my point. Let me try again. My point is when a PhD student is presenting in a seminar, I expect that the audience is also biologists. This audience knows about cancers and does not use an umbrella term. To this audience, @Caro9515 need not start the talk from what cancers are and then narrow down to the topic of research.

@brookeworley5140

Жыл бұрын

+

@chemistryflavored

Жыл бұрын

@@sexyscientisteven if that is true their statement about so many types of diseases still rings true just to express the complexity of developing treatment.

I love how you show your enthusiasm John by putting the links right over Hank's face 😂😊

@AndreaCrisp

Жыл бұрын

Classic big brother mode. Always looking for any opportunity to show dominance or humiliate the younger. Speaking as the youngest of four. 😊

@vlogbrothers

Жыл бұрын

Hank also wants you to subscribe and he has graciously given over ad space ON HIS FACE. -John

@spidermeadows

Жыл бұрын

@@AndreaCrisp Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what I came to say. It was absolute perfection and, as the younger sibling, I can only imagine John pursing his lips, shaking his head, taking a breath, and then just accepting the ribbing.

@pb_and_nutella

Жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothers People usually lend their face to a brand by becoming brand ambassadors or endorsing the brand using the words coming out of their face, but Hank really commits to the bit

@cheldorado8822

Жыл бұрын

its giving Mike Wazowski

At the start of Vlogbrothers John could barely stand on a table for charity, now he's jumping into a pit for a Squishmallow for Orin. I'm happy that some things change for the better.

@IrisGlowingBlue

Жыл бұрын

++

@twojuiceman

Жыл бұрын

I didn't even think about that. You're right

@alleycaaat

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if anyone else remembered that, because I was so amazed John was able to jump into a pit 15' below him!

@Mirro18

Жыл бұрын

@@alleycaaat and he found it... quite thrilling actually!

@joemondale8673

Жыл бұрын

My Dad has cancer and will be dead within a few days. He had all the treatments, and was neglected by the health system. He had 20kg of fluid in his leg, and couldn’t walk. He has tumours everywhere, oral thrush, swollen tonsils and more. He can’t even breath. You are a disgrace, your videos are offensive. You are the least alone person going through this, and you’re going through basically nothing so far. 1 video, I didn’t agree with, but I respected. Now I’ve lost all respect for you. You are a disgrace. At the very least, stop profiteering and remove your ads.

Y’all look like two versions of different dads: Hank coaches T-ball and treats everyone to pizza, John tiredly chaperones field trips and takes every kid to the bathroom 😂

@ChristinaMorassi

Жыл бұрын

How are there not any comments on this yet? Pure gold.

@lagle8

Жыл бұрын

@@ChristinaMorassi There's nothing to add. Comment is perfect

Dear John, It's okay to be scared for your brother. ❤

@DavidColton-ct4ze

Жыл бұрын

My Dad has cancer and will be dead within a few days. He had all the treatments, and was neglected by the health system. He had 20kg of fluid in his leg, and couldn’t walk. He has tumours everywhere, oral thrush, swollen tonsils and more. He can’t even breath. You are a disgrace, your videos are offensive. You are the least alone person going through this, and you’re going through basically nothing so far. 1 video, I didn’t agree with, but I respected. Now I’ve lost all respect for you. You are a disgrace. At the very least, stop profiteering and remove your ads.

@MinurielLai

Жыл бұрын

+

@aschmidt570

Жыл бұрын

+

The boat metaphor made me tear up a bit. I had a double mastectomy this week with lots more treatment to come. I'm in loads of pain and discomfort and there's nothing anyone can do to help other than shout from shore to keep going. Also, surgery should never happen the same week as PMS.

@Alex-jv4hi

Жыл бұрын

"The time will pass anyways" has been my mantra ❤ good luck, captain! I hope your recovery is swift

@tbstoller

Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry you’re going through this. I’m sending huge amounts of good thoughts, well-wishes, positive vibes and prayers your way.

@TheZombieateu

Жыл бұрын

Hugs for you ❤ That majorly sucks ❤❤❤ not gonna give a but, just internet hugs ❤❤❤

@kathyjohnson2043

Жыл бұрын

I think I can speak for most if not all of us that we wish there was something we could do for you.

@PacheGayd

Жыл бұрын

Surgery *and* PMS?! You are amazing to make it through that. Keep it up.

"Hank, I'll see you right now" never fails to make me smile

@Ratigan2

Жыл бұрын

They are so lovably quirky

“The tree’s alone on the boat. But the tree has dad!” “I have dad too.” 😂💛 Made me snicker.

the sibling culture of putting the text & images over his brother's face? his brother that has cancer?? iconic. i love it. such a bold move.

@alijoc

10 ай бұрын

i mean i gotta agree here, “he may have cancer, but i’m still the older sibling” 😂

Papa Green helping that tree is so precious! Amazing wholesome old man energy.

@alixila

Жыл бұрын

thanks, I was not really sure what he was doing?

@caitsayssmile

Жыл бұрын

​@alixila I believe the tree is leaning over too far in one direction and in danger of growing poorly or falling over and uprooting itself, so he has used rope and pins to anchor it to the ground in the other direction

@savvivixen8490

Жыл бұрын

​@@alixilaHe was trying to correct the angle of the tree's growth by coaxing it to grow upright with the cord (instead of being inspired by the Leaning Tower of Pisa). The Green brothers were also talking about Papa Green "staking" the tree, which is where you jab a long, wooden stake into the ground (upright) and tie the sapling to the stake with twine/rope all the way up the sapling to encourage upright growth. Hope that helped!

@theycallmetheseeker2

Жыл бұрын

@@caitsayssmilewe dr CX G

John is really great at being the new temp ceo of everything ever

@vlogbrothers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I am trying hard! -John

@saadiqahsurname9859

Жыл бұрын

+

I love that in the middle of this really tough season of life, Hank & John aren’t just seeing the good in everything they can, but they’re outraged by the injustice of those going through the same thing but who don’t have the same privileges they do. So much compassion and humanity. 💕

@crystaldragon8211

Жыл бұрын

Same.😊

I'll never forget what my cousin told me a little bit after her mom passed. We had hung out all day because she was obviously sad and at the end she "thanks for treating me normal".

@joanhoffman3702

Жыл бұрын

That is the sweetest thing. 💞💞💞💞💞

@wxlurker

Жыл бұрын

You did great for being there for her. It’s only when we face such situations that we appreciate how precious and fragile normalcy is.

@510amy5

Жыл бұрын

I feel this so hard. After we lost my sister 7 years ago we were of course all grieving, but grieving is exhausting and sometimes I just needed a break. We live in a small enough town that I could hardly leave the house without running into people giving condolences or asking how I was doing. Of course they meant well, but I felt like I was being turned into "the girl who's sister died" instead of "me". Of course I still had to grieve but some of the best healing times I had were with people who could let me have a break from that and just spend some time together doing fun stuff. They treated me normal and I will never forget them for that.

can we talk about how far John has come with his fear of heights? He used to have trouble standing on tables, now he’s an eagle in flight!!

John flexing CEO status after being pulled out of retirement is still so comical to me

I like to think that John's children weren't actually unwilling to give up a squishmallow to Orin, but they just wanted to make him jump. 🤣 way to go John, on top of being Kirkland brand CEO, you still found time for quality uncle-ing.

I love the fact that despite now both having their own youtube channels they still both use vlogbrothers to watch videos and thus have their suggestions affected by what the other's been watching.

@coolbabbit639

Жыл бұрын

It helps them understand what each other is going through. It honestly sounds so nice 👍 I love that for them

My mom's weirdest chemo side effect was that she lost the ability to spell words that contain either an ie or ei. Before chemo, she was basically a perfect speller--one way just looked right, which was very handy, because she was a professional editor. But after chemo, she always had to look up whether a word was ie or ei. It was just gone from her brain. Neither looked right anymore. She developed coping mechanisms for this, the way the rest of us...uh...already had. But it felt like such a violation for chemo to affect something that felt so much like part of her identity. Of course, in the end, our identities are never as fragile as we imagine them to be. That's been a good lesson for me in trying to deal with my own chronic illness, depression.

@cl34939

Жыл бұрын

one of the most interesting things I've read. I'm sorry your mom went through that and hope you're doing better

@laceym314

Жыл бұрын

I completely relate on how our identity changes based on our mental difficulties. I used to be able to do extremely complex tasks, extraordinarily fast with little margin of error, now with MDD and GAD, I'm lucky I could get through this reply.

@erin3292

Жыл бұрын

Same 🙏

@gchicklet

Жыл бұрын

One of mine is names, tho that may be a result of the surgery to remove the tumor as well. People I've known for years, all of a sudden the names are just gone. 😮

@evewestwood6334

Жыл бұрын

'Of course, in the end, our identities are never as fragile as we imagine them to be' is such a comforting sentence. Your mom sounds like an amazing woman, I'm sorry she had to go through that

Okay, the "Alone on the boat with loved ones on shore cheering you on" is a great metaphors

@mikekollross8810

Жыл бұрын

People genuinely want to help you out on that boat but they literally can't. At times there is an ocean between you and them. Other times the boat comes ashore and they meet you at the doc Been there. Done that. Cancer sucks

@billyalarie929

Жыл бұрын

I fucking love this channel and its community.

The videos are oddly comforting. It makes me feel less alone in my own cancer journey and helps me recognize that it's a disease and not that I'm defective

@NickResen

Жыл бұрын

❤

@RM-ti8nf

Жыл бұрын

❤

@rigoelliot115

Жыл бұрын

You are definitely not to blame for your disease. Best to you.

@coolbabbit639

Жыл бұрын

I feel comforted too, but for OCD instead. I’m learning so much about the emotional aspect of having a health problem. And to not blame myself for it. Good luck 👍 ❤

@AtlantaHospiceRN

Жыл бұрын

Bless you dear heart! You’re not defective!

9:34 “Oh Hank…” 😢 John being extra gutted from having experienced just one ailment Hank is going through because how painful it alone can be… ON TOP OF THE CANCER. You guys have been fixtures in my life since starting this channel (since I was a fan of John’s books before YT was even a thing) but watching this experience is the first time I’m finding myself “bridging the parasocial gap”… it feels like a family member has cancer. This sucks, it sucks so so bad. I can’t do anything for Hank’s cancer, but I could be an awesome socks club member and do something for women and infant health in Sierra Leone so I did. ❤

I’m loving the arc of John retiring from being a CEO and then having it thrust back upon him in less than ideal circumstances. It’s his own journey of meaning

@sundeco7467

Жыл бұрын

一切为了

God bless your dad. I totally relate to the parental need to FIX SOMETHING, when you can’t fix the big problem your kid is facing.

@taylor3950

Жыл бұрын

You really could feel that in the last shot

@Molscheira

Жыл бұрын

The tree got all the ropes and all the love!

@CircleThinker

Жыл бұрын

Oh damn well that just made me tear up

@Ratigan2

Жыл бұрын

@@Molscheira If only trees could receive that much love without people needing to get cancer

@Molscheira

Жыл бұрын

@@Ratigan2 That would be the dream!

Actually crying at the footage of Papa Green staking that tree. So pure.

Just want to say you have been teaching me how to be a better sister to my sisters since I started watching your videos more than a decade ago. I am happy to say they are my best friends. Thank you guys! Sending all the Love, strenght and positivity from Uruguay 💕

Once I noticed that they both were sitting the same way I couldn't stop looking at it. The amount of brotherly energy that is shown here makes me think of my siblings and the relationships we share with our families are what we make of them. Put the time in, share space together, and joy hopefully will come.

@vlogbrothers

Жыл бұрын

I think we might've just ruptured the same lower back disc. :) -John

@slightlysoulfulspatula

Жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothers I sure hope not! Neither of you need any new health issues!

@elisa.llew-send

Жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothersyeah, pretty sure Katherine and the Yeti would exercise their veto powers on that one, no?

@CircleThinker

Жыл бұрын

As a person with no siblings sibling dynamics FASCINATE me. I just can never understand what it's like to have someone who grew up alongside you and experienced the same things you did and knew you when you were small and when you were less small and remember your whole life. Every time I start thinking about it too hard it makes my head hurt a bit

@cryptidcutiestudios

Жыл бұрын

​@@CircleThinkeras a person with many siblings, no siblings always fascinated me growing up. Your house must have been so quiet! I think as I've gotten older it's been really interesting to learn how similar experiences were experienced and remembered entirely differently from some of my brothers. But people can usually pinpoint my siblings as mine because of our similarities, so that's cool

Shoutout to vlogdad for working so hard on keeping the tree alive

@failbot041505

Жыл бұрын

Vlogdad 😭🙏

I'm torn between crying & laughing. So ill got straight to anger - my daughter's chemo was $7500 per treatment & her insurance refused to confirm coverage. That all bothered her as much as the pain of a pancreas being strangled by a tumor. She took the "f-it, I'm done" option. Now I'm crying. Healthcare is broken in the "greatest country." Your Dad is AWESOME - save the trees!

Hank looks like a modern farmer and John looks like a high school football coach. I love it.

John jumping into the squishmellow pit to get one for his nephew is just too wholesome 🥺

@blaireshoe8738

Жыл бұрын

Forgot that Lauren can be gender-neutral and was VERY confused for a second. Nephew, niece, nibling, wholesome regardless. :D

@nisc2001

Жыл бұрын

@@blaireshoe8738 i misheard it too xD i thought i heard Warren but Hanks' son is named Orin.

@ssdd28561

Жыл бұрын

I was so ducking impressed watching this, remembering the time John was putting his max mental effort to stand upright on a table kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYueu8WQn8S5kqw.html

@jasmint3207

Жыл бұрын

​@@ssdd28561Thank you for the link, that's the cutest video ever! ❤

I love how John and Hank are both sitting in the exact identical position throughout the video.

@qkqk4317

Жыл бұрын

Marineford Admirals

@rocky8u32

Жыл бұрын

If their Dad was sitting with them in the video he would also have been in the exact same position.

@stevenlippold

Жыл бұрын

They do this on purpose so they can confuse us. Lol.

@ketakiwatve2517

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenlippold Lmaoo, as if they haven't confused people enough

As a chronically ill public health student doing infectious disease work, I love that you two are bringing these health-related conversations to your audience online. It's sooooooooo important for people to understand the difficulties of the healthcare system and the inequities that exist nationally and globally.

@CRneu

Жыл бұрын

You can expand on that to basically every government run or government managed system. The legal system is also incredibly difficult to navigate. I'm not saying one of worse than the other or the government is inherently bad, just that all these systems come with hurdles. Healthcare sucks, the courts suck, permitting sucks, etc.

@Laura-kl7vi

Жыл бұрын

@@CRneu Except if you have many if not most cancers, and can't get treatment d/t the failure of the healthcare system, you die. Heathcare, sadly, isn't a government run or managed system here. That's part of the problem. It's the profit part that's the problem. Same with for-profit prisons, incidentally, thought the rest of that system IS government run.

i cant imagine what my youtube recommended page would look like if i not only had a sibling but shared a youtube account with them. godspeed soldiers

Getting your first ocular migraine while watching Wipe Out is both fitting and comical at the same time because they always seem to happen in moments that are mildly uncomfortable but in a vague way that can only truly be encapsulated in the full sense of the word, “meh.”

@icepick117

Жыл бұрын

I had my first ocular migraine when i was running participants in psychology experiment that requires typing in precise info while kind of reaching over the participant. i had to use my peripheral vision to see anything! Luckily there was no accompanying headache

@grannyronna

Жыл бұрын

Ocular migraines are so weird, right? Very trippy. Also because at first it is so unclear what is going on. Part of being on the boat I guess.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

Жыл бұрын

I've never had an ocular migraine before but I can really _feel_ that situation.

@mermaidmadsdy

Жыл бұрын

I hate my ocular migraines SO much. Idk what triggered it (because I'd never had one prior), but in 2022, I had 25 mingraines ALL with auras. I'm finally on a medication that has stopped them (knock on wood), but that was probably one of the worst years of my life so far in terms of health. :/

"Alone on the Cancer Boat" a sentence you would only expect from a Dutch person.

@MEDashaha

Жыл бұрын

Im dying lol

@jcortese3300

Жыл бұрын

Or an Ingmar Bergman movie.

@captaindcc

Жыл бұрын

@@jcortese3300 Your comment made me doubt myself but it all makes sense in the end. 'Bergman' is a very dutch/german last name and after reading his wikipedia page for 2 minutes I found this. "The progenitor of the Calwagen family, the merchant Paul Calwagen, had emigrated from Holland to Karlshamn, Sweden in the 17th century." It all makes sense in the end.

@elsacelsing6968

Жыл бұрын

@@captaindcc Bergman is directly translated into mountain man from Swedish

@settratheimperishable4093

Жыл бұрын

​​@@elsacelsing6968nd in Dutch, and I'm pretty sure German too. It's just a standard germanic thing, we're all connected by language.

Please tell your brother Dave I hope he makes a speedy recovery from basal cell carcinoma, even if it doesn't count in the cancer statistics.❤

As someone with a chronic illness who goes through long episodes of debilitating pain with no medications or anything else that can provide relief, I use the boat metaphor all the time. It’s how I get through. I realize I don’t have control- the storm is too rough. There’s not stopping it. I can’t steer my boat. So all I can do is sit in the boat and wait to pass through. And eventually I do pass through.

The bulk of the video focused on healthcare and Hank's current journey (and rightfully so), but I'm taking this opportunity to shoutout Dad Green for his efforts to help that tree while it's stuck in its current boat. Keep peeing out cancer, Hank. ❤

One of the big challenges with "curing cancer" compared to, say, strep throat is that strep throat is caused by a foreign organism. You need to get rid of the thing that isn't "you" (even if all living organisms share a LOT in common). By and large, cancer IS you. It's your own cells misbehaving. There's a very narrow set of distinctions between the "my own cells that are normal" and "my own cells that are cancer", so targeting the cancer can be tricky. In a lot of ways, we've having to target the misbehavior.

@michelleodell1236

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@MonkeyJedi99

Жыл бұрын

Most of my chronic conditions are auto-immune, as in parts of my body are treated as invaders by my immune system. Liver, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, testosterone, etc. All under attack, and the spill-over led to things like pulmonary edema, portal vein thrombosis, chronic arrythmia, and so much more. There is no "cure" for most of my problems, only treatments to put off my impending liver transplant and/or early death. - This has informed and affirmed my decision to not have offspring to hand this [redacted] down to.

@elisabetk2595

Жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyJedi99 I'm so sorry you're going through this.

@MonkeyJedi99

Жыл бұрын

@@elisabetk2595 Thanks for your words. Currently everything is managed with 20 different daily meds (7 being OTC), but at least my bloodwork keeps coming back mostly in the normal range.

@ultravioletpisces3666

Жыл бұрын

Also cancer is an umbrella term for hundreds of different diseases.

Not gonna lie, "Hank, I'll see you right now" gave me all the feels. I love you guys and you remind me to express my love and appreciation for my brother more regularly, just because. So thanks. ❤

I love it when you guys are together!

I took a genetics class last semester and we spent HOURS debunking the myth that cancer is one disease with one treatment. My professor said she had previous students who thought the government was holding back the cure to make money. Of course we do live in a for-profit medical system, but cancer is so nuanced and crazy and scary and it's like your body KNOW that and has all these mechanisms to prevent it from happening!! It's nuts

@sylvy16

Жыл бұрын

that’s kinda shocking because even as someone who hasn’t studied biology in high school i knew there were different cancers. heck i knew that even when i was like 8 and heard about lung cancer and deduced that since there is a specific name for this one cancer there must also be others. also the thought of the government of one country holding back the cure to a terrible disease is just so dystopian to me.

@deedrole5296

Жыл бұрын

what kills me is that OTHER countries are NOT for profit medical system so why wouldn't THEY be curing their people? Also, why do people think that pharma execs and the stupendously wealthy don't also have family members with cancer? As if being in charge of pharma or having enough money makes you immune to cancer.

@gnarthdarkanen7464

Жыл бұрын

There's a SIGNIFICANT flaw in the theory that ANYONE "holds back the cure" in order to make money... IF that were the case, they're currently doing so with "I don't know" as the cover... NOBODY EVER IN HISTORY made money by NOT knowing something... nor by NOT selling a product... period. Making a mysterious cure too expensive for the low-income folks, STILL REQUIRES actually having a cure in the first place... AND with "no cure in sight"... There's no money to be made... AND we already have enough quacks claiming to cure everything with stupid crap... SO anyone offering some mysterious "cure that nobody else has thought of" automatically LOSES value in a loss of credibility just on the association with quackery... SO it just doesn't work... AND I don't need the LEAST education in biology, medicine, or human physiology to know that. It's simple economics and socio-psychology. You're never going to make MORE money on a cure without a cure to begin with... AND that cure doesn't even do you any good UNTIL PEOPLE KNOW YOU'VE GOT IT!!! It's the same thing with "refusing to cure the common cold" mythos for medical professionals and "big pharma" trying to leverage out as much money as they can... It's just not going to work... ;o)

@worraw3337

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I’ve had a similiar genetic class and its absolutely crazy! All the differents genes and proteins that affect differents aspects of certain cancer at certains stage, and all the generic predisposition, and hormonal responses and the many ways the cancerous cells travels and replicates. I cannot wrap my head around all this and I have immense respect for the people who do

@jennagrace1534

Жыл бұрын

I had a college bio class where my professor said “there is not only a cure for cancer, there are many cures.” Because every form of treatment that has eliminated cancer cells in a person, can be considered to have cured their cancer. Chemo can be “a cure”, surgery can be “a cure”, radiation can be “a cure”, etc. It was a very good revelation for me, that there is no magic cure that we are all waiting to be discovered, there are already a lot of scientific achievements in the cancer field, and it is so so broad, how can we ever depend on finding 1 thing that would fix everyone’s cancer?

John and Hank is the chaotically wholesome duo we didnt deserve, but needed. Makes me smile to see them vibe

@doorbell8132

Жыл бұрын

Why are u in every single comment section oml

@hps362

Жыл бұрын

I think that's the right vibe. I think they got the vibe right.

John’s body taking a snapshot at 6:35 is a mood

The extended boat metaphor is absolute peak Vlogbrothers.

I get ocular migraines, and the first time it happened a couple years ago in classic med-student fashion I proceeded to go into my dark bathroom and perform visual field testing on myself to deduce if it was a brain problem or an eye problem 😂😂

@bellablue5285

Жыл бұрын

I'll admit I'm not a medical student, but having had migraines for decades (only sometimes with aura), very used to running through the basic stroke symptoms when one hits regularly (I lose feeling in half my face, so long as I can see it move in a mirror - migraine)

@laceym314

Жыл бұрын

I had no clue what was happening, as I was at work (school) and called a friend who said I made no sense whatsoever. Everyone thought I was having a stroke. Nope, just a new neural diagnosis.

@elisabetk2595

Жыл бұрын

@@bellablue5285 I thought I was having a slightly weird migraine with the usual vomiting once and it turned out I was having a cerebellar hemorrhage. I didn't have any one-sided issues or other symptoms on that list. And it wasn't even quite the "worst headache of my life", I've had some pretty awful migraines.

@bellablue5285

Жыл бұрын

@elisabetk2595 oh wow that sounds scary. Hopefully everything is ok now (or at least improving)

As someone who has had migraines (often ocular) since I was a kid, I empathize with you, Hank. I will often suddenly lose part (or all) of my vision and start rushing around the house trying to get pain meds, caffeine, ice packs, as well as feed the cat, etc while partially blind and dizzy because I know I'm going to be useless in t-minus 20 minutes or so. I imagine the ghosts in my house must be pretty entertained watching the whole affair.

@gobsofgabs7379

Жыл бұрын

Pro tip - service dogs can alert to oncoming migraines way before you would know! Highly recommend looking into a service dog - literal lifesavers.

1:51 I can count on 2 hands the number of times I've seen Hank take a nap The most believable statement uttered on this channel

As a biologist my biggest bugbear is "THE cure for cancer" which makes as much sense as "THE cure for infection". Cancer is a whole category of diseases, not a single illness. On a lighter note John, my favorite bit of reunion trolling is when you cover Hank with graphics 😄

@sometalkaboutbeinghuman

Жыл бұрын

when does he do this in this video!

@alankraut7894

Жыл бұрын

Well, cancers do all have one commonality, which is "your cells, but mutated to be bad". So I do think there is *some* possibility of CRISPR-based treatments resulting in a general procedure that will cure any cancer. I'm not holding my breath or anything, but I think it's not out of the realm of possibility.

@LynxChan

Жыл бұрын

@@sometalkaboutbeinghuman they do the opposite, they actually point out that it isn't one disease. My comment is agreeing with their point 🙂

@LynxChan

Жыл бұрын

@@alankraut7894 while CRISPR certainly holds potential, it's unlikely to be a broad "cure" because even individual cancers are polygenic. Yes, there is usually a single cell that starts things off, but when you study something like a tumour you can see that different subpopulations of cells accumulate different sets of mutations. That's not to say CRISPR holds no promise, just that it's unlikely to be a "magic bullet" 🙂

@LynxChan

Жыл бұрын

@@sometalkaboutbeinghuman I'm just now realising you may be talking about the second part of the comment, about covering Hank's face 😅 0:23 and 0:42

The John-older-brother energy is strong in this video with Hank being Mike Wazowski’d every time they need to promote something and him being like “I’M the ceo now!” Also I love that they sit in the same position the whole video

I genuinely find something so authentic and comforting with the slightly scuffed audio. It's very home-video sounding, which deeply resonates in my nostalgic heart.

When my wife was going through surgeries and chemo, I didn't want to watch videos of other people going through treatment. But now that she is a few months into recovery, I watch more of these videos to see how this experience unfolds for other people. You are guys are both doing great! Keep at it. I wish you all the best with your continued treatment.

I can picture Hank asking all these questions of his Doctors, and they are like "Do you want to know to feel more at ease?" -- "No, it's actually research for this science education youtube video..."

i found your dad to be the most relatable part of this video for me 😂 when one cannot fix what is wrong with someone you love, you find other things in your life you can fix in the meantime for a miniscule sense of control.

You know what's kinda crazy? I got diagnosed with OCD within the last year, after being a vlogbrothers fan for years. Being scared of cancer is one of my big obsessions, because of course it is. So when I went to treatment for OCD, they had me watch exposure videos. And my main exposure video was... A lady describing how she had been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. A video *I* picked, mostly randomly. And then, not even six months later, Hank gets diagnosed with it. I just feel weirdly entangled with these two brothers whom I've never met. Between the OCD, the possible ADHD, and the overthinking about cancer, it's just weird how life has all these coincidences. Like, of COURSE Hank got the cancer that my OCD (which I learned about from John) has been stuck on.

I've been looking up info on MS and the youtube algorithm is like "oh you like MS? How about some Lupus?" No thank you, youtube. The relationship the two of you have is amazing. ❤❤❤

@clusterbungle

11 ай бұрын

Me when i got my diagnosis back in 2015 😂

@chibilutionaudios

10 ай бұрын

as someone with lupus i have the opposite. "Oh you have lupus that's pretty neat. HERE, have some other awful diseases to make you feel bad about everyone everywhere including yourself :D" ...thanks youtube.

John: I jumped into a ball pit for my nephew to have a squishmallow Hank: I just got my first two ocular migraines Also: -Remember ye olde first reunion vid where John kept filming Hank sleeping? -Grateful to be a little boat, full of water still floating -Hank also had a great vid a year or so ago about watching boats with Orin so this boat metaphor feels like it was a long time coming

@crains8087

Жыл бұрын

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In this episode, Big Brother Energy conflates with Craigslist CEO Energy. Hank is now a means for advertising. Hankvertising.

I'm a MD, often working with cancer patients and I'm definitely going to use the boat metaphor. Wishing all the best for you Hank!

I hope y'all don't mind, but I will be using the boat analogy from now on to explain what disability feels like because it's perfect. 🤘❤

A 10 minute reunion video 🎉

@billyalarie929

Жыл бұрын

It’s the greatest possible thing imo

I'm a clinical oncology resident in Brazil, and recently lost my younger brother to high grade glioma(totally different disease, you'll outlive us all, Hank! ❤). Have been a fan of both of you since forever and I am deeply grateful for the beautiful work you're doing spreading awareness and valuable information troughout the course of your treatment, Hank. I may be tearing up every second of your videos as this makes my grief pain come on full throttle but i'll keep watching and admiring you even after Hank gets back to shore! ✊️

It took me waaaay too long to realize that they weren't literally on a boat in this video.

Hank and Great Value Hank the CEO are reunited!

My favorite part about this video is that John and Hank are literally sitting in the exact same posture for the whole video. Just based on that information you can tell they're brothers because they look identical that way. I'm betting that Dad Green sits exactly the same way too.

John's "Aww Hank" as Hank described the ocular migraine got me right in the feels. So much love and empathy.

Such a gorgeous video but I love how John sets up how they both always add the ‘but’ when talking about serious issues. And then they immediately start joking around about the boat again (the but!)

I am so genuinely glad Hank has John. It is so obvious how much they love each other, and that kind of support makes illness so much easier.

John: I wanna ask a serious question. *doesn’t ask a question* RELATABLE. Also the boat analogy is spot on

I am also alone on a chronic illness boat, and my journey started around when Hank got cancer, so I feel somewhat like I am on a similar boat, except mine will likely never dock. But it's nice to have someone who I feel is going through at least a somewhat similar journey

Converting a quasi-unit of risk as if it's in the metric system while laughing is exactly the way I'd expect these brothers to cope with everything going on and I'm here for it.

The socks and coffee over Hank’s face 😂😂😂😂

When I was about 12, my older brother’s friend fell off his bike and slid all the way down a steep pebbly driveway. He got up and said “well, that was pleasant,” and my brother and I have been keeping that quote alive between us ever since (that was probably in 1983). So, I have a positive association with what John thought of as a poor post jump pronouncement.

I think I love you guys. As Tom Petty said of the Beetles 'They could have chosen to do anything, but they chose to do good, and that has been a great example for the rest of us.' 💯

2:30 "I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT BOATS" I almost spat out my water

Hank bringing up the migraine with his cancer reminds me of a woman I know who has had migraines for years. After chemo, she would still get them just with every symptom but the pain. It was only years after she stopped treatment that pain returned with her migraines. Bodies are amazing bizarre things.

Ocular migraines are terrifying the first time, if you don't know what they are! I'm pretty calm in an emergency and will reason through it, and I honestly thought maybe I'm having a stroke. I'm so sorry Hank has this new chemo symptom. And John, the love in your voice when you said, "Oh Hank" just pierced my heart 💜

@emmybee4546

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that was the moment that got me too, that "Oh Hank."

@elizabethsullivan7176

Жыл бұрын

I started getting ocular migraines when I was 14. I don't mind the aura part much anymore, cause it's how I know I have enough time to take a Tylenol-3 before the pain kicks in. 👍

@hedgehogpeace

Жыл бұрын

I went to the ER my first time! It was very scary and incredibly jarring. Still catches me off guard whenever it happens

@wills91

Жыл бұрын

Yeah my auras scared me pretty badly the first time, but you come to appreciate the natural warning

1:33 I love that you're telling your brother that it's okay to just be upset. It's so compassionate to just let someone be upset about something upsetting, to let yourself just be upset. There's a time and a place for looking for silver linings/looking for joy in small things/looking constructively and hopefully toward the future etc etc. There is also a time and a place to just, let your pain and stress be enough. It's enough for a "Hey, that sucks. I'm sorry you're dealing with that." Idk just for some reason made me think of one of the best responses I've seen (from a parent or anyone else) to someone crying/sobbing/being really upset is, "You cry. You cry it all out as much as you want." And just holding them. I get the motivation behind "don't cry, it's okay, it'll all be okay," but when I received one of those "You cry, you be upset, I'll be here," it was so incredibly healing.

I love your dad for loving that tree.

I'm probably just a handful of years younger than your parents, and I often think about them and how proud they must be to have you

A poet friend of mine has ovarian cancer, and they wrote a poem about when their eyelashes fell out, they and their partner wished on every one. I think that's a fine this sucks, but moment.

*_“A boat is safe in the harbour, but that is not the purpose of a boat.”_*

I love the perception change of John's pov jumping into the pit versus him filming his kids way above.

When I first started watching these guys I was 19 and skinny and so were these guys. Now I take comfort in the knowledge all 3 of us have bellies now :)