Covid did that to me. It really messed with my sense of time passing for myself, for events, for everything. I feel I aged 2-3 years each year we were home from work, and yet I also feel no time passed at all. Sadly, still 17 years away from retirement.
@@triciac.5078 Interesting! I felt the opposite way during covid - because the repetitive, insular nature of how weeks went by made time feel like it was going faster, I feel like I should've aged about 6 months over the course of a year and a half. I honestly still sometimes accidentally call myself a year or two younger than I actually am because it doesn't feel like that. But I'm 28, I think my experience with it was much more common with young people
@@amberbydreamsart5467I’m 25 and feel the same way as you! I turned 22 like 1 month into the pandemic, and I remember feeling so weird turning 23 a year later, because it felt like I had never really been 22!
It makes me kinda sad that tumblr is going down. It's such a good fandom space, and it feels like the old internet in a good way. It truly is a hellsite (affectionate) unlike twitter which is a hellsite (derogatory)
as an active user it's still a perfectly fine place for community, better than pretty much anywhere else because of how well you can curate your experience there. Nerdfighteria had a bit of a bad name there back around the time John got bullied off of it, but these days that attitude has mostly reversed and I feel like vlogbrothers could really have a presence there
True, but I also feel like the vibe of the hellsite switched in a way where fandom is definitely fun, but active fandom of specific TH-camrs just kinda feels off on there.
I wonder how many old geezers such as myself (77 years old) follow your videos too? Hank and John, you two are still young puppies, but you have the wisdom and knowledge of the ages.
I'd say 'potential future members' doesn't mean you're not advertising hard enough... for me it means that I currently don't have the finances to buy your awesome socks and support you guys, but would definitely love to in the future!
For me it means that I didn't own a credit card until really recently, because I didn't need one (not living in the US) and they didn't take my regular banking card.
It's weird growing old in a community. When i started watching you two felt like older brothers, now i feel like we're the same age. Even though the age gap is obviously the same, it doesn't matter as much anymore
I think that gets true a lot as you get older, bc age gaps mean less and less with time, when we're all adults, often in a fairly similar place in life. The difference between a 45 and a 55 year old is negligible; the difference between a 15 and a 25 is staggering, not to mention 5 and 15
If I remember correctly, when I answered "what would you like to see for our next subscription window" with "quarterly shipments," I meant I only really need 4 new socks per year, not 3 socks 4 times per year. Always love the census videos!
It semi-bothers me that I'll ALWAYS be in the "not sure" demo for the how many times have I completed the Census. I KNOW it's at least 3+ but could be as many as 5.
Ugh, same. That one and the 'started watching vlogbrothers' one. I wish I could remember my first vlog brothers video, but I'm pretty sure I binged all of Brotherhood 2.0 that was out right after, so it's all just jumbled together. ☹
As someone who primarily uses tumblr this was fascinating to see! I like tumblr because I can avoid a lot more of the toxic fandom opinions from twitter. Especially as a Star Wars fan I find the content on there much more entertaining and enjoyable compared to tweets criticizing things without much else
About the “other audiobooks” competing with audible: for me, this is 100% through Libby/Overdrive and my local library. Idk why I would spend $10-$15 on an audiobook when I can get literally tens of thousands for free from libraries.
Same! I only buy audiobooks that I can't get at my library or if it's something I listen to often enough that I don't want to rely on waiting for a copy to be available.😅
Yeah, the only reason I would buy one is if I want to listen to it often (which there are a one or two I am happy to own). Most audio books I listen to at 1.5-2X speed, so paying out the wazoo for them when I can get them for free seems silly.
there should be a "i use an adblocker" option on the survey because i really want to know how many absolute madmen are rawdogging youtube with unskippable 30 second ads before every goddamn video!
lol I have an adblocker on my computer but not my phone, and do the vast majority of my TH-cam watching on my phone. Honestly most of the ads are skippable after 5 seconds or so, so it’s not so bad!
It’s me. 😂 same as the above person, I watch a lot of videos under 1 hour on my phone and you just get used to it. Although the ads that replay if you scrub through the video (even if they just played) are making me use my computer more often 😂
@@karenweiner1857I’ve been getting way too many of the double ads that are 15 seconds unskippable for the first one and 5 seconds to skip for the second ad. Still, I haven’t had a 30 second unskippable ad since they introduced this, which is nice.
Sometimes I find monetized playlists of my favorite channels, educators and regular folks I actually respect, and let it play out all night on silent so they can get the $ but I don't have to see the commercials.
thank you for still including the introvert/extrovert question because it makes me very excited to see it still there since I was the one to suggest it years ago
Based on the shipping frequency question, I imagine a lot of the "potential Awesome Socks customers" just want less socks per year. With single pairs being cheaper to ship, quarterly shipments wouldn't cost anything extra for people who only want 4 pairs a year. And speaking for myself, I'd rather you didn't advertise the socks any harder than you already are.
Hank curious why views went up in 2020... it's almost as if the world had some strange reason or reasons to crave thoughtful, inspiring, comforting content made by caring people who believe in the awesomeness of the human condition. And that we shared the hell out of it to combat the deluge of terror and despair filling our feeds 🖖
Haha yeah I was thinking "Don't you remember something major happening to the world in 2020? Maybe giving people reason to watch more content in general?"
It feels a little earie feeling the time pass with y'all. Its weird thinking that I used to be a teen in 2014, I was 17, watching you guys in HS (the most popular demographic) Now here I am at 26 with a career as a teacher, had relationships, etc, and the community has aged along with me.
Yes! I filled out the first census as a high schooler. Now I'm 25 with a full-time job, my own apartment, and still feeling like I'm just as much a part of the community :)
Same, i started watching in high school, must've been 2015, i was 16 and was extremely inspired by this way of communicating science Now im 24 working in a lab and being a small science communicator myself
Same! I started watching end of 2007ish, which was 15-16 for me in HS, now I'm 32 working, thinking of getting married and all the other things. It's nice to experience "us all" growing together in a way. The difference between me and 'the younger side of the audience' (which you might have been before from my perspective) is now way smaller - as we grow to be more in the same stages of life. It's interesting.
this is so funny bc i always feel like a baby as a 17 year old in nerdfighteria and now i feel so justified feeling like that 😭😭 but it’s great i love that it’s so much more chill and empathetic i feel bc of being part of a more mature audience than other audiences that are more targeted towards my age group
It’s so strange how the community has aged over the years. I mean I came into it when I was 12, and now I’m 24. People stick around here, way more than other fanbases/communities I’ve been a part of, which has been lovely.
Being able to find the peaceful communities is such an important part of using the internet properly, I'm 40, and I only really learned this this year. So in a way, I feel like I'm an "internet baby" in that I've been trying to make the crazy parts of the internet more sane, and now I'm here trying to unlearn bad internet habits. So, super glad so many people found this place so young. I certainly didn't.
@@steggopotamusyes, I absolutely agree! I've been here since age 11 (it's a big part of how I learned English as a second language speaker) and I'm about to turn 17 in a month. It's absolutely wild, and as a young neurodivergent guy who loves science and writing and wants to create *everything ever* Hank Green has been a massive inspiration for me.
@@steggopotamusIf it makes you feel better, I was already a whole adult when I got here myself. Glad to have you now (and you have so much content to enjoy now!)
Honestly I'd encourage you to look at the newsletter again. Tom Scott's newsletter is a weekly treat for me and it's also how I reliably know when there's a new upload from him. Keep it short, snappy, fun and interesting. As ever for most things on the internet Tom Scott's the gold standard.
I've pivoted myself toward having a lot of my content consumption being from newsletters and feeds and stuff, so I'd love more stuff like Tom Scott's newsletter.
As a teenage nerdfigher with a 47 year old 08' nerdfighter dad and ALSO a 30 something year old nerdfighter teacher, it's so interesting seeing the way age varies in the community. My dad had called you guys his internet brothers, my teacher his internet down the road college aged neighbours and you're my internet uncles? The census is so interesting!
If you got Jenna to host a P4A segment, I feel like she could rival even Destin for most money raised. I miss her so much. 😭 Also, if you’re taking suggestions… Dan and Phil would absolutely crush it.
It’s wild seeing how I have grown alongside y’all - being in that “core” group of 23-30 year olds (smack in the middle at 26) is very cool. I hope to continue growing with y’all!
i filled out the first census and i'm still here! it's a bit surreal to see the whole community age at a similar rate, meaning a good number of us are still here. it's fascinating to think about how your content has gradually evolved to fit the aging demographic, it's something i never really noticed since it matured along with me! you two have always been the comforting presence i needed since i was 14 years old, and i'm 26 now. your insights have contributed to who i am today, and while i say this in the comment box of the census every year, thank you for everything you do.
At first I panicked thinking I somehow missed the 2023 census survey! 😂 Better late than never. I love data and surveys- let me know if you need some help, Hank. 😉
I wonder what can be done to improve the word cloud to be easily analyzed for certain recurring themes like the book recs and names. I'd say fuzzy matching combined with something else? Looks like an interesting problem. NLP is so advanced these days it's definitely possible.
@@maimee1 Yeah, the tough thing with word clouds is that they both only work on single words and aren't able to combine the same ideas that use different wording (ex: "Pizza John" and "PizzaJohn" are not counted as the same thing). Using machine learning you can have it process "n nearest neighbors" rather than just single words, which would help. Leveraging Chat GPT into a.machine learning algorithm to pull topics from each answer and then making a word cloud of those topics would probably be the best method. But it would also require a human to categorize a large part of the comments for the topics to teach the algorithm what output we want. Definitely a fun thought experiment. 😂
The comments under any Vlogbros video are awesome, but the comments under a census analysis are next-level wholesome. I love reading everyone's stories 💕
38-year-old nerdfighter here who didn’t discover the channel until I was 27-I feel like I’ve chased adulthood with John and Hank and they’re a couple of steps ahead of me like slightly older siblings, but we’ve picked up a bunch of new other folks for me to be the older sibling or auntie to, and I get reminded of that every census.
Sometimes I think I’m a normal person, and then sometimes I spend an hour relaxing on thanksgiving reviewing the census analysis of an imaginary community I’ve been a member of for like a decade 😂
Getting older faster than 1:1, as we get older we are also -forcing-*/encouraging/* our partners to try out whatever form of gateway content y’all make that they would be interested in.
in answer to the why not awesome socks club: One of the things I'm trying to do for the environment is avoid buying plastic clothing because of microplastics. I also find socks much more comfortable when they are a higher percentage of cotton or bamboo. The awesome socks club socks have quite a high polyester content and they're pretty expensive as socks go. They just don't make sense for me as a sock choice either environmentally or financially.
These socks are probably the only clothing I buy that are not made of cotton, linen, or wool. I won't even do bamboo because of how bad the process is for the environment.
Some realizations I had while watching this: I have NEVER had a negative interaction with a Nerdfighter. And as of this year i've been watching this channel for the majority of my life. DFTBA y'all ❤
I think that one question about how people read books like on their phone and stuff is from the people who answered that they mostly read fanfiction? And I think the 'other audiobooks' may be the commercial ones but I think a big contender is Libby. Always love the survey (found out we were doing the survey through tumblr, the place I spend the most of my time [hostage situation? hard to say]) and thanks for sharing it with us!
For me it's because I can't really justify the price of a kindle when my phone works just fine. Why is it so wild to read on a phone? Is it because the screen size is small?
I always love watching the census analyses, although I at some point always get angry because I have so many things to say in response to what you take away from the answers! But you can't hear me! :D The one thing I do want to reply to is your question as to why some people have never been awesome socks club members. I am in University (in Germany) and I don't really have a regular income. I do get some money from the government (for studying, half is a loan, the other half is a gift) which barely pays for my monthly expenses. I do occasionally work and have some extra income that way, but I don't have the money to regularly spend a lot on fancy socks. That's also why I didn't buy your cancer socks - they look absolutely amazing but they are simply too expensive for me. (also seeing all the advertising makes me really sad sometimes because I really would like to be able to afford them)
I am a glutton for census which you can tell by the fact that I just spent my morning watching this whole thing and commented like 10 times.....sorry but also thank you!! I really appreciate that you do this every year even if sometimes it's hard to figure out the best way to do it
glad to be a part of the small 16-18 percentage! As a teenager in this crazy world of today I feel a lot more grounded and educated and well-rounded because of watching vlogbrothers. Its also interesting because most of the people that I interact with in the community seem to be around my age as well. I guess it maes sense that the different sub communities would gravitate towards each other!
Hank, you are right about A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor! It’s the rare sequel that not only holds up to the original but perhaps exceeds it. I loved it.
I didn't realize this hadn't happened yet but...I've got snacks and a free hour! These are always so fun and fascinating. Can't wait to participate in the 2023 one.
This freaked me out a little as yesterday I was going through old files and stumbled upon my 2022 census answers and wondered about the census results and now HERE THEY ARE. Plate of shrimp moment.
you just.....i should do that next time, i dont remember all of my answers and i was wondering what all i had put. thank you for causing me to think that i should record them
Im pretty sure i filled out the first nerdfighter census when i was a sophomore in high school. Very exciting that youre still making videos, and I'm still enjoying them on the same schedule! Thanks so much for all that you do
These are always a treat!!!!! Also I'm someone who wants to go back to school to get my master's but I simply can't decide what I want to do, don't feel like I can afford it, and don't know how to manage full time work and education without feeling burnt out. Admittedly I already am burnt out bc I don't like my job.
Hi, we are a ranked-choice voting (RCV) advocacy group in NJ called Voter Choice NJ. Your state probably has a non-partisan non-profit advocacy group like us (Montana has RCV Montana). To answer your question at 57:10 - it depends less on the partisan leaning of your state and more on how easy it is to get a ballot initiative in your state. Feel free to reply with any questions you might have, I'm happy to answer. Happy Thanksgiving and DFTBA!
i look forward to this video every year! I find the stats fascinating and also find it helpful having someone talk me through them and it's generally just a super cosy experience
As a potential future member of the awesome socks club, and any of the other programs, what I need is a local manufacturer/distributor in Australia/surrounds. The currency conversion to USD makes it frustrating difficult to justify making such a purchase!
An interesting note about the streaming platforms - they vary country to country. As an Australian many of the options listed were ones not avaliable/that I hadn't even heard of. I know, for example, I can't get HBO Max but I would watch HBO shows on Binge or Foxtel (if I was a boomer lmao.)
You were mentioning the Awesome Socks Club and related things. The biggest hinderance to me for subscribing is, like, I don't need that many socks. 🤣 That's why quarterly is appealing. 4 pairs of socks per year? That's right at the barrier of "this is about right" and "this is almost too many," so it makes subscribing more tempting.
I don't remember how the question was worded, but it's possible people interpreted a quarterly subscription to the Awesome Socks Club as meaning you get one pair of socks every quarter, rather than three pairs. I have enough socks that getting 12 more a year would be too many, but with wear and tear and the washing machine eating a few I do still need to buy socks sometimes. So a subscription for four pairs a year would be ideal - you could let people choose which of the three monthly designs they wanted on a first come first served basis or just send a random design out of the three.
As far as the questions for the Awesome Socks Club go, I chose "Quarterly indtead of monthly" not because I wanted 3 pairs every 3 months, but just 1 pair every 3 months. I've not been a member of the club for very long, but my socks drawer is already filling up at an alarming rate, which makes me think I'll have to stop my subscription soon. If it was a pair every 3 months, I could see myself being an indefinite subscriber, since it it m uch closer to the rate at which I wear out socks!
3:00 Age 11:00 Social Media and Streaming usage 16:00 Favourite Green Brother 21:40 Country of origin 24:30 Gender 36:40 Coffee preferences 41:30 Media trust 41:50 Income distribution
I always find the "what kind of school are you in" question really difficult to answer! because it specifies "4 year" university/college, but 4 years is not the typical length of uni here in Germany! we usually do 3 years bachelor and then a 2 year master's degree.
I feel like that question was made having the US system in mind more than other countries, so I think it's inevitable to have situations like what you're describing.
Maybe a better question would be... If you are in school, how many total years have you spent in school. With a follow up of how many of those years have you spent teaching.
I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the “Potential Future Members” are, like me, just waiting on their situation to change so they have the disposable income with which to join The Awesome Socks Club or otherwise buy DFTBA stuff. 🤓❤️🤓 Also, I interpreted the shift to quarterly shipments to be a reduction in the total # of pairs sent out (4 pairs/year, so less expensive to the purchaser).
Hey, Hank! Regarding Awesome [insert awesome product] Club(s), I think more details/transparency for those of us who are extra big nerds about those things would be great! I've browsed both sites in the past, but struggled to find much about sourcing of materials (both), construction and seams (socks), factory conditions (socks), certs (both), farms (coffee), growing and processing specs (coffee), etc. I know the products are *good* products made well by people who care for meaningful causes, but I-and I can only imagine many others-could really be swayed by all the nerdy specifics to help us understand just how high-quality or sustainable these products are. For every detail I can't find, I tend to assume the answer is deliberately omitted because it is less than ideal. If I can learn how the nitty-gritty of the socks compares to Smartwool or Bombas, or how the nitty-gritty of the coffee compares to what I can find on Trade or in a local roaster, I'm much likelier to become a member, and I would hazard a guess the same goes for those like me. Thanks!
Yeah, it really doesn't have to be geopolitics. Very happy to have "Hank's thoughts on krill" or "a deep dive into why the high school bio definition of life is nonsense" or whatever.
Agreed. High quality, thoughtful coverage of difficult topics is essential, of course, and I'm always happy when anyone competent & willing steps in to help provide it. But that certainly doesn't mean that other kinds of content aren't also a significant net good for the world and deeply appreciated!
The job question makes me think of disabled people who need jobs, but can't get them, but don't qualify yet or at all for disability. The process of qualifying for disability is a job in itself.
I love the comments about crash course speed. I have ADHD and I do think the speed really helps. My brother shows me old science videos regularly and I have to turn up the speed to focus. Pretty sure there's research that show people learn better when the information is given quicker but I could be misremembering.
I resonate deeply with the person who said "can't go to summer camp anymore. Too old." for the calzone question.. I often think about just walking the grounds of the camp, not even attending camp, but I can't go there. it's private property that they wouldn't want a 28 year old wandering at random times. But I want to see those lakes and walk those hills. I remember the grade of every footstep between the cabins and the mess hall. I can smell the air and feel the sun as I think of it. I think a lot about places I remember in vivid detail but cannot return to.
Also, as a public librarian, THANK YOU for including us in the survey. I'd love to see that question over a span of multiple years. (We obviously struggle to get accurate numbers from folks outside of our community.)
I remember starting to watch the Vlogbrothers because I had an unexpected amount of free time, and I was curious about biology, and vlogbrothers videos were recommended along with Crash Course. It was early in the year, because I was in time for the run up to the release of 'The Fault In Our Stars' the movie. I wish I had found you earlier, since I was turning 33 at the time, and I had missed the secret projects era. I was still early enough that I was comfortably able to go back and watch every existing vlogbrothers video, so it's not bad. I'm not certain that I filled out the 2014 survey, but about 90% certain that I have filled in every survey since. This community has been good for me, I wander away but I always come back when I need a place to rest.
I have a special reason for loving this video this year, I currently have viral conjunctivitis which makes everything look like pain and suffering And also I am up to date on most of the podcasts I want to listen to, but I had not heard of ladies and tangents and am very very grateful
The comment at 1:01:03 is so true! The older I've gotten, the less certain I get about a lot of issues because you learn about other perspectives and quickly find that there's a lot of complexity whenever people are involved. Now my opinions often come with asterisks, or I feel like I need more knowledge before I can make an opinion
16 y/o nerd fighter here! I have been using your crash course videos for basically my entire life in school, so when I found out you had cancer Hank, I was extremely concerned for someone who had helped me learn and grow thoughout the years I started watching your vlogbrothers video to find out more. I had NO idea abt any of the amazing things you do with this community, and now I will hopefully stay here forever and be an Awesome Socks and Coffee club member once I am more self sustaining! Thank you for all the good you do in the world! PS: I hope that I will be able to participate in the census next year, when and where will it be up?
Hank: Highlighting that more than a third of Nerdfighteria is not from the US. Also Hank: Consistently gets surprised that Nerdfighteria is different from the average American 🙃
Here’s my take on the Awesome Socks Club: I absolutely love the idea and the principle and the execution. However, I have sensory issues, and I found a particular brand of socks that I can wear and am used to, and I really just can’t bring myself to go through the process of adapting to a new brand of socks right now. . .
I'm *really* curious how the premium numbers will change. I (against my will) switched from premium to adblock because they discontinued the Premium Lite option :/
41:01 For me, my trust in news media is heavily dependent on which particular outlet. Certain ones, I have significant trust in; for certain ones, if they said that grass was green, I'd have to go outside and check, myself.
Hello from one of the youngins who watches you!! I have a strong love of educational content and y’all have great vibes. so despite being 19, i an here :)
As a person who has more difficulty seeing than the average bear, I want to point out that there is sometimes text on the screen, and I usually miss it. First, I have to notice that it's peeking out behind the CC captions, and turn the captions off to try and see what you wrote. And it's often very tiny, not high contrast, and sometimes in serif font which is less legible for me, and it's not oncreen for very long. If I want to work hard, I can try and rewind, lower playback speed, and try to pause that exact moment to see if I can decipher it. When I do catch it, it appears to usually consist of commentary or corrections added in during editing. But I don't know how important it is until I decide to try deciphering it. But if you find those words important enough to add to the video, may I suggest editing in a spoken version of it? (I guess if it's just a tiny correction or something, you could put that in a pinned comment. Well, I guess all edited-in text could be duplicated in a pinned comment.) And if you do still want to (also) edit in any text onscreen, please make sure the text is large and high contrast and sans-serif and at the top of the screen so it isn't obscured by CC captions, and leave it up on the screen longer than you thought it needed to be up in order for people to read and process it. I also use captions, and I have it set up with the right colors, font, and contrast that I need. Thank you so much for captioning your videos with human-edited captions! One more note: In this video, you read part of a comment where someone asked for the captions to be better synchronized and you mentioned baked-in captions. Baked-in captions can sometimes be done well, but the user has no control over the font, size, color, or contrast, like we do with the TH-cam CC settings. So my vote is to do your best to synchronize the TH-cam CC, with just a couple lines of text on screen at a time. I hope that these tips are helpful. I watch and enjoy every vlogbrothers video, and the videos on your separate channels. And I appreciate your content so much. Thanks.
For me, the ethnicity question is always weird to answer. I'm a white person of european decent in latin america. So idk. I think I've answered it differently over the years. I think being able to tick different options at once would clear this up.
I'm on the same boat as you lol. But I don't feel like having the option to click more than one box would be very statistically useful, tho. I think it would be better to have more detailed options in that question, or having the ability to detail our choices in another question, or something like that (though I guess that it would be too much "official country census"-like at that point if they do that, so maybe I'm thinking too much into it 😂)
I think it would be interesting to include the questions: "do you use captions?" I am not deaf and do not have hearing problems, but I do use captions.
I’d recommend specifying on the how much money do you make to be either household income or individual, especially with the community getting older and more likely to have a 2 income household.
Don't know how to implement but would also be interested in seeing it based on the local property line or something like that. Or as a separate question about saving or expendable income
I was honestly plesantly surprised at how high both the enby & agender percentages were! Also the fact that asexual was the third highest group in the sexuality question! Represent!
It's always wild to me that I was around for the second census....i don't feel like I've been a nerdfighter that long but I only missed the very first census
I did not expect to hear Hank try to pronounce a Māori name in this video (Whangamomona) but I am here for it 😂 Also TIL there was a republic declared there, and I'm a kiwi!
I feel very lucky to have been in high school when you made content for high schoolers, and in college when you made videos for college students, and in the “world” now :) one of those things that makes me think about how my consciousness just happens to exist during this exact blip of the universe, and I will never know what it would feel like to be aware during a different time like before X rays and vaccines or before vlogbrothers
For the employment question I'd love to see it split up for students specifically. So the regular "do you like your job" types but also maybe whether full or part time
When I saw the title I was like SURELY there's a typo in there... I like the thoughts others have said about a less frequent sock club. The main reason I haven't signed up is because I can go for YEARS without buying socks, so I definitely don't need twelve new pairs a year. Also, shout out to my fellow tea drinkers who don't really understand it. It's warm and it tastes fine to good, that's all I need to know!
"other audio" is probably Libby, where you can borrow audiobooks from the library. Or other library apps. It also probably accounts for a lot of the people who are using the library.
1:01:03 Well said. As I've aged and learned ever more broadly (and in a few cases deeply) I've become less and less certain about nearly all of the "solutions" I used to so confidently proclaim and advocate for in my youth. That doesn't mean I've stopped believing in assertive action in protection of others or forceful support of my chosen values … but the wise undertake all that with deliberation & caution. I'm old enough now to look back and know how wrong I sometimes was … how inaccurate & simplistic my views used to be, back when I was certain. I've come to believe (kicking and screaming) that certainty is actually something of a red flag.
“Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.” ― Gildor Inglorion, from _The Fellowship of the Ring_ by J.R.R. Tolkien
I'll keep brainstorming visual accessibility suggestions that aren't currently being implemented. And I need a snazzy calendar now, shoot. When Crash Course is too fast, people can turn down the speed of TH-cam vids! I didn't figure out the speed up/slow down mechanic for a long time.
I feel like I'm getting older by more than one year per year.
I think this year I definitely did, at least biologically.
Covid did that to me. It really messed with my sense of time passing for myself, for events, for everything. I feel I aged 2-3 years each year we were home from work, and yet I also feel no time passed at all.
Sadly, still 17 years away from retirement.
I'm definitely the opposite! Mentally I'm, like, three years behind!
@@triciac.5078 Interesting! I felt the opposite way during covid - because the repetitive, insular nature of how weeks went by made time feel like it was going faster, I feel like I should've aged about 6 months over the course of a year and a half. I honestly still sometimes accidentally call myself a year or two younger than I actually am because it doesn't feel like that. But I'm 28, I think my experience with it was much more common with young people
@@amberbydreamsart5467I’m 25 and feel the same way as you! I turned 22 like 1 month into the pandemic, and I remember feeling so weird turning 23 a year later, because it felt like I had never really been 22!
absolutely exhilarating day for the "i also love looking at graphs" community
[nickelback voice]
LOOK AT THIS GRAPH
YESSSSSS
It makes me kinda sad that tumblr is going down. It's such a good fandom space, and it feels like the old internet in a good way. It truly is a hellsite (affectionate) unlike twitter which is a hellsite (derogatory)
I agree. I love tumblr but don’t use it. It’s a cave I can go spelunking in sometimes and find odd fossils and cursed books.
as an active user it's still a perfectly fine place for community, better than pretty much anywhere else because of how well you can curate your experience there. Nerdfighteria had a bit of a bad name there back around the time John got bullied off of it, but these days that attitude has mostly reversed and I feel like vlogbrothers could really have a presence there
True, but I also feel like the vibe of the hellsite switched in a way where fandom is definitely fun, but active fandom of specific TH-camrs just kinda feels off on there.
recently rejoined tumblr and ive been having so much fun connecting with people again i missed it
I agree! It’s sad that it wasn’t able to capture Twitter’s bad moment. I like automattic a lot more than I like Facebook.
it said one person lived in the vatican now im obsessed with the idea that some cardinal really likes the green brother's content lmaooo
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I'm in the camp that Hank is who the Pope watches in his Popemobile on the way to his next mass
Well, there's only one person that lives in the Vatican, and it's not a cardinal.
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I wonder how many old geezers such as myself (77 years old) follow your videos too? Hank and John, you two are still young puppies, but you have the wisdom and knowledge of the ages.
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I'd say 'potential future members' doesn't mean you're not advertising hard enough... for me it means that I currently don't have the finances to buy your awesome socks and support you guys, but would definitely love to in the future!
Same hat
For me it means that I didn't own a credit card until really recently, because I didn't need one (not living in the US) and they didn't take my regular banking card.
Yup yup, "potential future member" for me definitely means "I would like to not be a student first".
It's weird growing old in a community. When i started watching you two felt like older brothers, now i feel like we're the same age. Even though the age gap is obviously the same, it doesn't matter as much anymore
I think that gets true a lot as you get older, bc age gaps mean less and less with time, when we're all adults, often in a fairly similar place in life. The difference between a 45 and a 55 year old is negligible; the difference between a 15 and a 25 is staggering, not to mention 5 and 15
If I remember correctly, when I answered "what would you like to see for our next subscription window" with "quarterly shipments," I meant I only really need 4 new socks per year, not 3 socks 4 times per year. Always love the census videos!
AHH!! Good point! Thank you.
Yep, definitely what I meant
That's what I thought the question meant as well! I know I'd be much more likely to sign up for the 1-pair-every-4-months option.
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I was thinking of the environmental impact... So, still 12 socks a year...
It semi-bothers me that I'll ALWAYS be in the "not sure" demo for the how many times have I completed the Census. I KNOW it's at least 3+ but could be as many as 5.
Hahaha same. Let's be in the "Not sure" club together!
Ugh, same. That one and the 'started watching vlogbrothers' one. I wish I could remember my first vlog brothers video, but I'm pretty sure I binged all of Brotherhood 2.0 that was out right after, so it's all just jumbled together. ☹
Yup! I know i did one or two of the earlier ones then I’ve done the last 3 for sure 🤷♀️
Right!? I don't remember what year it was, I just know I've filled it out a bunch of times
Right?! I know I missed a year but I also don't remember when I first filled it out in time 😂
just here to say I have enough socks and I don't drink coffee but BOY OH BOY WOULD I STRONGLY CONSIDER JOINING THE AWESOME TEA CLUB
DITTO
+++++ and I will have to start replenishing my tea stash in a few months (trying to use up what I have before I do), so make it happen soon, plz!! 🙏
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Yeah, knowing it is ethically sourced would be nice. Green tea for sure
Or cocoa / chocolate. Single source ethical chocolate is so good
As someone who primarily uses tumblr this was fascinating to see! I like tumblr because I can avoid a lot more of the toxic fandom opinions from twitter. Especially as a Star Wars fan I find the content on there much more entertaining and enjoyable compared to tweets criticizing things without much else
It’ll be interesting to see what this year looks like!
@@hankschannelHANKK THE DISCOUNT CODE IS ONLY TAKING 10% OFF PLEASE I WANNA BUY COFFEE PLEASEE COFFEE IS TOO ‘SPENSIVE
About the “other audiobooks” competing with audible: for me, this is 100% through Libby/Overdrive and my local library. Idk why I would spend $10-$15 on an audiobook when I can get literally tens of thousands for free from libraries.
Same! I only buy audiobooks that I can't get at my library or if it's something I listen to often enough that I don't want to rely on waiting for a copy to be available.😅
Yeah, the only reason I would buy one is if I want to listen to it often (which there are a one or two I am happy to own). Most audio books I listen to at 1.5-2X speed, so paying out the wazoo for them when I can get them for free seems silly.
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hank, this is genuinely my favorite event of the year. never stop doing census analysis
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there should be a "i use an adblocker" option on the survey because i really want to know how many absolute madmen are rawdogging youtube with unskippable 30 second ads before every goddamn video!
lol I have an adblocker on my computer but not my phone, and do the vast majority of my TH-cam watching on my phone. Honestly most of the ads are skippable after 5 seconds or so, so it’s not so bad!
^Same!
It’s me. 😂 same as the above person, I watch a lot of videos under 1 hour on my phone and you just get used to it. Although the ads that replay if you scrub through the video (even if they just played) are making me use my computer more often 😂
@@karenweiner1857I’ve been getting way too many of the double ads that are 15 seconds unskippable for the first one and 5 seconds to skip for the second ad. Still, I haven’t had a 30 second unskippable ad since they introduced this, which is nice.
Sometimes I find monetized playlists of my favorite channels, educators and regular folks I actually respect, and let it play out all night on silent so they can get the $ but I don't have to see the commercials.
thank you for still including the introvert/extrovert question because it makes me very excited to see it still there since I was the one to suggest it years ago
Thanks for suggesting it!
Based on the shipping frequency question, I imagine a lot of the "potential Awesome Socks customers" just want less socks per year. With single pairs being cheaper to ship, quarterly shipments wouldn't cost anything extra for people who only want 4 pairs a year.
And speaking for myself, I'd rather you didn't advertise the socks any harder than you already are.
I second this. 4 socks a year is a fun surprise. 12 socks a year is excessive.
I agree with this! I actually just delayed/paused my subscription because I’m just getting too many socks 🫠
I agree.
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Hank curious why views went up in 2020...
it's almost as if the world had some strange reason or reasons to crave thoughtful, inspiring, comforting content made by caring people who believe in the awesomeness of the human condition. And that we shared the hell out of it to combat the deluge of terror and despair filling our feeds 🖖
Haha yeah I was thinking "Don't you remember something major happening to the world in 2020? Maybe giving people reason to watch more content in general?"
I had the same thought... like, maybe I'm glad he forgot already??
It feels a little earie feeling the time pass with y'all. Its weird thinking that I used to be a teen in 2014, I was 17, watching you guys in HS (the most popular demographic) Now here I am at 26 with a career as a teacher, had relationships, etc, and the community has aged along with me.
Yes! I filled out the first census as a high schooler. Now I'm 25 with a full-time job, my own apartment, and still feeling like I'm just as much a part of the community :)
Same, i started watching in high school, must've been 2015, i was 16 and was extremely inspired by this way of communicating science
Now im 24 working in a lab and being a small science communicator myself
Same! I started watching end of 2007ish, which was 15-16 for me in HS, now I'm 32 working, thinking of getting married and all the other things. It's nice to experience "us all" growing together in a way. The difference between me and 'the younger side of the audience' (which you might have been before from my perspective) is now way smaller - as we grow to be more in the same stages of life. It's interesting.
this is so funny bc i always feel like a baby as a 17 year old in nerdfighteria and now i feel so justified feeling like that 😭😭 but it’s great i love that it’s so much more chill and empathetic i feel bc of being part of a more mature audience than other audiences that are more targeted towards my age group
It’s so strange how the community has aged over the years. I mean I came into it when I was 12, and now I’m 24. People stick around here, way more than other fanbases/communities I’ve been a part of, which has been lovely.
Being able to find the peaceful communities is such an important part of using the internet properly, I'm 40, and I only really learned this this year. So in a way, I feel like I'm an "internet baby" in that I've been trying to make the crazy parts of the internet more sane, and now I'm here trying to unlearn bad internet habits.
So, super glad so many people found this place so young. I certainly didn't.
@@steggopotamuseven if you didn't, I'm glad you're here! I'm thankful to have found it when I did, I'm also 17
@@steggopotamusyes, I absolutely agree! I've been here since age 11 (it's a big part of how I learned English as a second language speaker) and I'm about to turn 17 in a month. It's absolutely wild, and as a young neurodivergent guy who loves science and writing and wants to create *everything ever* Hank Green has been a massive inspiration for me.
@@steggopotamusIf it makes you feel better, I was already a whole adult when I got here myself. Glad to have you now (and you have so much content to enjoy now!)
Honestly I'd encourage you to look at the newsletter again. Tom Scott's newsletter is a weekly treat for me and it's also how I reliably know when there's a new upload from him. Keep it short, snappy, fun and interesting. As ever for most things on the internet Tom Scott's the gold standard.
I've pivoted myself toward having a lot of my content consumption being from newsletters and feeds and stuff, so I'd love more stuff like Tom Scott's newsletter.
As a teenage nerdfigher with a 47 year old 08' nerdfighter dad and ALSO a 30 something year old nerdfighter teacher, it's so interesting seeing the way age varies in the community. My dad had called you guys his internet brothers, my teacher his internet down the road college aged neighbours and you're my internet uncles? The census is so interesting!
Is your dad’s name Dave 👀
Honoured to be part of the 7.8% who have done every year :D
7.8% represent! 2013 was when I started watching, I count myself lucky to have hopped on the bandwagon just in time to do the first census :D
If you got Jenna to host a P4A segment, I feel like she could rival even Destin for most money raised. I miss her so much. 😭 Also, if you’re taking suggestions… Dan and Phil would absolutely crush it.
Jenna would also probably get SO many greyhounds adopted!
It’s wild seeing how I have grown alongside y’all - being in that “core” group of 23-30 year olds (smack in the middle at 26) is very cool. I hope to continue growing with y’all!
i filled out the first census and i'm still here! it's a bit surreal to see the whole community age at a similar rate, meaning a good number of us are still here. it's fascinating to think about how your content has gradually evolved to fit the aging demographic, it's something i never really noticed since it matured along with me! you two have always been the comforting presence i needed since i was 14 years old, and i'm 26 now. your insights have contributed to who i am today, and while i say this in the comment box of the census every year, thank you for everything you do.
My guess is the 2020 peak is caused by the pandemic, when suddenly everyone was home and watched much more content
That was definitely why I started watching TH-cam and found a bunch of new people to subscribe to!
At first I panicked thinking I somehow missed the 2023 census survey! 😂 Better late than never. I love data and surveys- let me know if you need some help, Hank. 😉
I wonder what can be done to improve the word cloud to be easily analyzed for certain recurring themes like the book recs and names. I'd say fuzzy matching combined with something else? Looks like an interesting problem. NLP is so advanced these days it's definitely possible.
@@maimee1 Yeah, the tough thing with word clouds is that they both only work on single words and aren't able to combine the same ideas that use different wording (ex: "Pizza John" and "PizzaJohn" are not counted as the same thing). Using machine learning you can have it process "n nearest neighbors" rather than just single words, which would help. Leveraging Chat GPT into a.machine learning algorithm to pull topics from each answer and then making a word cloud of those topics would probably be the best method. But it would also require a human to categorize a large part of the comments for the topics to teach the algorithm what output we want.
Definitely a fun thought experiment. 😂
A beautiful reminder of how much this community has been a part of my life. DFTBA y’all
The comments under any Vlogbros video are awesome, but the comments under a census analysis are next-level wholesome. I love reading everyone's stories 💕
Well if you read down far enough, some aren't awesome LOL but that's just the internet
Agreed! It’s excellent to read the notes of other nerds who watched an hour long video about data analysis. ^_^
38-year-old nerdfighter here who didn’t discover the channel until I was 27-I feel like I’ve chased adulthood with John and Hank and they’re a couple of steps ahead of me like slightly older siblings, but we’ve picked up a bunch of new other folks for me to be the older sibling or auntie to, and I get reminded of that every census.
Only Hank could make sitting through an hour of graphs and resukts fun!
Sometimes I think I’m a normal person, and then sometimes I spend an hour relaxing on thanksgiving reviewing the census analysis of an imaginary community I’ve been a member of for like a decade 😂
Getting older faster than 1:1, as we get older we are also -forcing-*/encouraging/* our partners to try out whatever form of gateway content y’all make that they would be interested in.
Is there a way to measure participation rate?
We aren't exactly *_imaginary_* - just, um … corporeally dispersed or something. At least I think we're all real. Most of us anyway.
in answer to the why not awesome socks club: One of the things I'm trying to do for the environment is avoid buying plastic clothing because of microplastics. I also find socks much more comfortable when they are a higher percentage of cotton or bamboo. The awesome socks club socks have quite a high polyester content and they're pretty expensive as socks go. They just don't make sense for me as a sock choice either environmentally or financially.
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These socks are probably the only clothing I buy that are not made of cotton, linen, or wool. I won't even do bamboo because of how bad the process is for the environment.
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Some realizations I had while watching this: I have NEVER had a negative interaction with a Nerdfighter. And as of this year i've been watching this channel for the majority of my life.
DFTBA y'all ❤
I think that one question about how people read books like on their phone and stuff is from the people who answered that they mostly read fanfiction? And I think the 'other audiobooks' may be the commercial ones but I think a big contender is Libby. Always love the survey (found out we were doing the survey through tumblr, the place I spend the most of my time [hostage situation? hard to say]) and thanks for sharing it with us!
Yup! I do most of my reading through Libby and/or Overdrive. I know other library systems use Hoopla.
I do most of my reading on public transit on the kindle app. I like the small screen, it helps me keep my place after bumps or transfers
For me it's because I can't really justify the price of a kindle when my phone works just fine. Why is it so wild to read on a phone? Is it because the screen size is small?
I always love watching the census analyses, although I at some point always get angry because I have so many things to say in response to what you take away from the answers! But you can't hear me! :D
The one thing I do want to reply to is your question as to why some people have never been awesome socks club members. I am in University (in Germany) and I don't really have a regular income. I do get some money from the government (for studying, half is a loan, the other half is a gift) which barely pays for my monthly expenses. I do occasionally work and have some extra income that way, but I don't have the money to regularly spend a lot on fancy socks. That's also why I didn't buy your cancer socks - they look absolutely amazing but they are simply too expensive for me.
(also seeing all the advertising makes me really sad sometimes because I really would like to be able to afford them)
tl;dr: some people too poor for awesome socks
Oh of course!!! I should ask this next time.
I am a glutton for census which you can tell by the fact that I just spent my morning watching this whole thing and commented like 10 times.....sorry but also thank you!! I really appreciate that you do this every year even if sometimes it's hard to figure out the best way to do it
glad to be a part of the small 16-18 percentage! As a teenager in this crazy world of today I feel a lot more grounded and educated and well-rounded because of watching vlogbrothers. Its also interesting because most of the people that I interact with in the community seem to be around my age as well. I guess it maes sense that the different sub communities would gravitate towards each other!
I was kinda sad to see theres less teens engaging, im so glad youre here!
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I’m the same age as John and my youngest child is just a little older than Orin. I definitely feel like the content you make is for me.
Hank, you are right about A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor! It’s the rare sequel that not only holds up to the original but perhaps exceeds it. I loved it.
Since my wife is a stats professor, this is my favorite yearly video you do! 😁 And I share it with her every time.
I didn't realize this hadn't happened yet but...I've got snacks and a free hour! These are always so fun and fascinating. Can't wait to participate in the 2023 one.
This freaked me out a little as yesterday I was going through old files and stumbled upon my 2022 census answers and wondered about the census results and now HERE THEY ARE. Plate of shrimp moment.
you just.....i should do that next time, i dont remember all of my answers and i was wondering what all i had put. thank you for causing me to think that i should record them
That gender question was fun for me in 2022 because I checked all of the options except male and agender lmao
Im pretty sure i filled out the first nerdfighter census when i was a sophomore in high school. Very exciting that youre still making videos, and I'm still enjoying them on the same schedule! Thanks so much for all that you do
These are always a treat!!!!! Also I'm someone who wants to go back to school to get my master's but I simply can't decide what I want to do, don't feel like I can afford it, and don't know how to manage full time work and education without feeling burnt out. Admittedly I already am burnt out bc I don't like my job.
Hi, we are a ranked-choice voting (RCV) advocacy group in NJ called Voter Choice NJ. Your state probably has a non-partisan non-profit advocacy group like us (Montana has RCV Montana). To answer your question at 57:10 - it depends less on the partisan leaning of your state and more on how easy it is to get a ballot initiative in your state. Feel free to reply with any questions you might have, I'm happy to answer. Happy Thanksgiving and DFTBA!
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Thanks for doing this important advocacy! There is so much potential for positive innovation in representative governance 💖
Good to see you here!
@@-beee- it would just be shouting into the void if people like you didn't step up and support us 🩵
The next census is going to have to have an option to say "I am a non-profit advocacy group."
i will NEVER miss one of these. 9 years going strong
i’m selfishly v excited to see the Nebula numbers next year 12:00
Love seeing you here~! 💜🏳️🌈
i look forward to this video every year! I find the stats fascinating and also find it helpful having someone talk me through them and it's generally just a super cosy experience
I was one of the one percent that was pregnant! He had an unexpected early entry at 35 weeks but is happy and healthy now :)
As a potential future member of the awesome socks club, and any of the other programs, what I need is a local manufacturer/distributor in Australia/surrounds. The currency conversion to USD makes it frustrating difficult to justify making such a purchase!
An interesting note about the streaming platforms - they vary country to country. As an Australian many of the options listed were ones not avaliable/that I hadn't even heard of. I know, for example, I can't get HBO Max but I would watch HBO shows on Binge or Foxtel (if I was a boomer lmao.)
Same in Germany.
Most HBO shows are on Sky here.
You were mentioning the Awesome Socks Club and related things. The biggest hinderance to me for subscribing is, like, I don't need that many socks. 🤣 That's why quarterly is appealing. 4 pairs of socks per year? That's right at the barrier of "this is about right" and "this is almost too many," so it makes subscribing more tempting.
I don't remember how the question was worded, but it's possible people interpreted a quarterly subscription to the Awesome Socks Club as meaning you get one pair of socks every quarter, rather than three pairs.
I have enough socks that getting 12 more a year would be too many, but with wear and tear and the washing machine eating a few I do still need to buy socks sometimes. So a subscription for four pairs a year would be ideal - you could let people choose which of the three monthly designs they wanted on a first come first served basis or just send a random design out of the three.
This survey left me awed, and a bit shocked and appalled that I've been following y'all since the git-go. TH-cam was a whole other thing back then.
OH MY GOD IT'S TIME
This has made my day I can't wait to sit down and watch this!
As far as the questions for the Awesome Socks Club go, I chose "Quarterly indtead of monthly" not because I wanted 3 pairs every 3 months, but just 1 pair every 3 months. I've not been a member of the club for very long, but my socks drawer is already filling up at an alarming rate, which makes me think I'll have to stop my subscription soon. If it was a pair every 3 months, I could see myself being an indefinite subscriber, since it it m uch closer to the rate at which I wear out socks!
3:00 Age 11:00 Social Media and Streaming usage 16:00 Favourite Green Brother 21:40 Country of origin 24:30 Gender 36:40 Coffee preferences 41:30 Media trust 41:50 Income distribution
I always find the "what kind of school are you in" question really difficult to answer! because it specifies "4 year" university/college, but 4 years is not the typical length of uni here in Germany! we usually do 3 years bachelor and then a 2 year master's degree.
I feel like that question was made having the US system in mind more than other countries, so I think it's inevitable to have situations like what you're describing.
Maybe a better question would be...
If you are in school,
how many total years have you spent in school.
With a follow up of how many of those years have you spent teaching.
a lot of bach degrees in australia are 3 years too so same!
I just picked the 4 year university even though I was in my bachelor's and don't plan to do a master's degree.
@@KiraFriede i think same? i’m taking longer than normal to get through my degree anyway lmao
I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the “Potential Future Members” are, like me, just waiting on their situation to change so they have the disposable income with which to join The Awesome Socks Club or otherwise buy DFTBA stuff.
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Also, I interpreted the shift to quarterly shipments to be a reduction in the total # of pairs sent out (4 pairs/year, so less expensive to the purchaser).
Absolutely me too. Though the likelyhood of that happening is
These videos always make me feel so much closer with nerdfighteria. Thanks!
Hey, Hank! Regarding Awesome [insert awesome product] Club(s), I think more details/transparency for those of us who are extra big nerds about those things would be great! I've browsed both sites in the past, but struggled to find much about sourcing of materials (both), construction and seams (socks), factory conditions (socks), certs (both), farms (coffee), growing and processing specs (coffee), etc. I know the products are *good* products made well by people who care for meaningful causes, but I-and I can only imagine many others-could really be swayed by all the nerdy specifics to help us understand just how high-quality or sustainable these products are. For every detail I can't find, I tend to assume the answer is deliberately omitted because it is less than ideal. If I can learn how the nitty-gritty of the socks compares to Smartwool or Bombas, or how the nitty-gritty of the coffee compares to what I can find on Trade or in a local roaster, I'm much likelier to become a member, and I would hazard a guess the same goes for those like me. Thanks!
frankly, I would LOVE to see y'all nerding out over complicated biology and science topics.
sincerely,
a science nerd
Yeah, it really doesn't have to be geopolitics. Very happy to have "Hank's thoughts on krill" or "a deep dive into why the high school bio definition of life is nonsense" or whatever.
Agreed. High quality, thoughtful coverage of difficult topics is essential, of course, and I'm always happy when anyone competent & willing steps in to help provide it. But that certainly doesn't mean that other kinds of content aren't also a significant net good for the world and deeply appreciated!
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That's the sort of stuff I really want to hear about, because I don't want to hear the same things I'm hearing everywhere else.
It's a Thanksgiving miracle! So grateful for this community, and for this, my favorite video every year. :)
The job question makes me think of disabled people who need jobs, but can't get them, but don't qualify yet or at all for disability. The process of qualifying for disability is a job in itself.
As a disabled person, YUP!
I love the comments about crash course speed. I have ADHD and I do think the speed really helps. My brother shows me old science videos regularly and I have to turn up the speed to focus. Pretty sure there's research that show people learn better when the information is given quicker but I could be misremembering.
I resonate deeply with the person who said "can't go to summer camp anymore. Too old." for the calzone question.. I often think about just walking the grounds of the camp, not even attending camp, but I can't go there. it's private property that they wouldn't want a 28 year old wandering at random times. But I want to see those lakes and walk those hills. I remember the grade of every footstep between the cabins and the mess hall. I can smell the air and feel the sun as I think of it. I think a lot about places I remember in vivid detail but cannot return to.
Also, as a public librarian, THANK YOU for including us in the survey. I'd love to see that question over a span of multiple years. (We obviously struggle to get accurate numbers from folks outside of our community.)
Didn't even know you all had a news letter. Maybe it is a visibility issue, not necessarily a 'lack of demand'.
I remember starting to watch the Vlogbrothers because I had an unexpected amount of free time, and I was curious about biology, and vlogbrothers videos were recommended along with Crash Course.
It was early in the year, because I was in time for the run up to the release of 'The Fault In Our Stars' the movie.
I wish I had found you earlier, since I was turning 33 at the time, and I had missed the secret projects era. I was still early enough that I was comfortably able to go back and watch every existing vlogbrothers video, so it's not bad.
I'm not certain that I filled out the 2014 survey, but about 90% certain that I have filled in every survey since.
This community has been good for me, I wander away but I always come back when I need a place to rest.
I have a special reason for loving this video this year, I currently have viral conjunctivitis which makes everything look like pain and suffering
And also I am up to date on most of the podcasts I want to listen to, but I had not heard of ladies and tangents and am very very grateful
I’m one of the people who found you in 2011/12 through Charlie ☺️ I really love what you do ❤ Keep up the good work!
Same! I can remember Charlie sitting in Hank's office and being curious about who her TH-cam friend was.
The comment at 1:01:03 is so true! The older I've gotten, the less certain I get about a lot of issues because you learn about other perspectives and quickly find that there's a lot of complexity whenever people are involved. Now my opinions often come with asterisks, or I feel like I need more knowledge before I can make an opinion
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16 y/o nerd fighter here! I have been using your crash course videos for basically my entire life in school, so when I found out you had cancer Hank, I was extremely concerned for someone who had helped me learn and grow thoughout the years I started watching your vlogbrothers video to find out more. I had NO idea abt any of the amazing things you do with this community, and now I will hopefully stay here forever and be an Awesome Socks and Coffee club member once I am more self sustaining! Thank you for all the good you do in the world! PS: I hope that I will be able to participate in the census next year, when and where will it be up?
They always announce it on a VB video with a link. Not predictable when though!
I gather from your comment that you aren't exactly new … but an enthusiastic *_welcome_* seems appropriate all the same.
We’re glad you’re here!!
@@Psittacus_erithacus Thank you! :)
Hank: Highlighting that more than a third of Nerdfighteria is not from the US.
Also Hank: Consistently gets surprised that Nerdfighteria is different from the average American 🙃
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Here’s my take on the Awesome Socks Club: I absolutely love the idea and the principle and the execution. However, I have sensory issues, and I found a particular brand of socks that I can wear and am used to, and I really just can’t bring myself to go through the process of adapting to a new brand of socks right now. . .
I'm *really* curious how the premium numbers will change. I (against my will) switched from premium to adblock because they discontinued the Premium Lite option :/
41:01 For me, my trust in news media is heavily dependent on which particular outlet. Certain ones, I have significant trust in; for certain ones, if they said that grass was green, I'd have to go outside and check, myself.
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This is how I feel, too! My trust in NYT, WSJ, The Atlantic, etc. is pretty high. Other places? Not so much.
Hello from one of the youngins who watches you!!
I have a strong love of educational content and y’all have great vibes. so despite being 19, i an here :)
As a person who has more difficulty seeing than the average bear, I want to point out that there is sometimes text on the screen, and I usually miss it.
First, I have to notice that it's peeking out behind the CC captions, and turn the captions off to try and see what you wrote. And it's often very tiny, not high contrast, and sometimes in serif font which is less legible for me, and it's not oncreen for very long. If I want to work hard, I can try and rewind, lower playback speed, and try to pause that exact moment to see if I can decipher it.
When I do catch it, it appears to usually consist of commentary or corrections added in during editing. But I don't know how important it is until I decide to try deciphering it.
But if you find those words important enough to add to the video, may I suggest editing in a spoken version of it? (I guess if it's just a tiny correction or something, you could put that in a pinned comment. Well, I guess all edited-in text could be duplicated in a pinned comment.)
And if you do still want to (also) edit in any text onscreen, please make sure the text is large and high contrast and sans-serif and at the top of the screen so it isn't obscured by CC captions, and leave it up on the screen longer than you thought it needed to be up in order for people to read and process it.
I also use captions, and I have it set up with the right colors, font, and contrast that I need.
Thank you so much for captioning your videos with human-edited captions!
One more note: In this video, you read part of a comment where someone asked for the captions to be better synchronized and you mentioned baked-in captions. Baked-in captions can sometimes be done well, but the user has no control over the font, size, color, or contrast, like we do with the TH-cam CC settings. So my vote is to do your best to synchronize the TH-cam CC, with just a couple lines of text on screen at a time.
I hope that these tips are helpful. I watch and enjoy every vlogbrothers video, and the videos on your separate channels. And I appreciate your content so much. Thanks.
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Joe Scott is probably adding to the Scott name. I love that guys channel
For me, the ethnicity question is always weird to answer. I'm a white person of european decent in latin america. So idk. I think I've answered it differently over the years.
I think being able to tick different options at once would clear this up.
I'm on the same boat as you lol. But I don't feel like having the option to click more than one box would be very statistically useful, tho. I think it would be better to have more detailed options in that question, or having the ability to detail our choices in another question, or something like that (though I guess that it would be too much "official country census"-like at that point if they do that, so maybe I'm thinking too much into it 😂)
Ah, what a pleasant surprise! My favorite vlogbrothers video of the year drops on a holiday weekend?! Thanks, Hank!
I think it would be interesting to include the questions: "do you use captions?" I am not deaf and do not have hearing problems, but I do use captions.
I’d recommend specifying on the how much money do you make to be either household income or individual, especially with the community getting older and more likely to have a 2 income household.
Don't know how to implement but would also be interested in seeing it based on the local property line or something like that. Or as a separate question about saving or expendable income
Hank skimmed over it, but there are so??? many??? aces??? I love it.
so many aces, so many bi’s, so many gays, so many NB’s. i love that part of this community ❤
Nerdfighteria being 10% non-binary brings me so much joy 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ no wonder i feel so welcome
Ikr?? This community is just perfect for us for some reason
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I was honestly plesantly surprised at how high both the enby & agender percentages were! Also the fact that asexual was the third highest group in the sexuality question! Represent!
@@MartyMango0 DFTBAce :)
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I love the census, it's so interesting. I've been here since 2008 and been doing the census since it started. Looking forward to the new one!
It's always wild to me that I was around for the second census....i don't feel like I've been a nerdfighter that long but I only missed the very first census
Same!! 😮
Same here!
My favourite time of the year! Thank you for posting Hank, always interested to see how the community changes :)
I did not expect to hear Hank try to pronounce a Māori name in this video (Whangamomona) but I am here for it 😂 Also TIL there was a republic declared there, and I'm a kiwi!
I feel very lucky to have been in high school when you made content for high schoolers, and in college when you made videos for college students, and in the “world” now :) one of those things that makes me think about how my consciousness just happens to exist during this exact blip of the universe, and I will never know what it would feel like to be aware during a different time like before X rays and vaccines or before vlogbrothers
For the employment question I'd love to see it split up for students specifically. So the regular "do you like your job" types but also maybe whether full or part time
When I saw the title I was like SURELY there's a typo in there... I like the thoughts others have said about a less frequent sock club. The main reason I haven't signed up is because I can go for YEARS without buying socks, so I definitely don't need twelve new pairs a year.
Also, shout out to my fellow tea drinkers who don't really understand it. It's warm and it tastes fine to good, that's all I need to know!
"other audio" is probably Libby, where you can borrow audiobooks from the library. Or other library apps. It also probably accounts for a lot of the people who are using the library.
Never even heard about this survey as a fairly new sub but damn I ended up watching the whole video and can't wait for this years one
Thank ypu Hank, this is weirdly my favourite tradition- to spend some time with you showing us the data :-)
1:01:03 Well said. As I've aged and learned ever more broadly (and in a few cases deeply) I've become less and less certain about nearly all of the "solutions" I used to so confidently proclaim and advocate for in my youth. That doesn't mean I've stopped believing in assertive action in protection of others or forceful support of my chosen values … but the wise undertake all that with deliberation & caution. I'm old enough now to look back and know how wrong I sometimes was … how inaccurate & simplistic my views used to be, back when I was certain. I've come to believe (kicking and screaming) that certainty is actually something of a red flag.
“Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.”
― Gildor Inglorion, from _The Fellowship of the Ring_ by J.R.R. Tolkien
"We had a drop in men."
I mean I didn't leave, i just switched categories, and I imagine I'm not the only one.
Welcome to the trans table! Hope you feel welcome here ♡
I'll keep brainstorming visual accessibility suggestions that aren't currently being implemented. And I need a snazzy calendar now, shoot.
When Crash Course is too fast, people can turn down the speed of TH-cam vids! I didn't figure out the speed up/slow down mechanic for a long time.