217: Rocks to Earth 2028!
Dear Hank & John
Complexly
4.9 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Can stinging insects sting other insects? What is the scientific difference between stuffy and fresh air? Why aren't there many books about twenty-somethings? When did limos become uncool? How do I survive as the fifth wheel at Disney World? How do we know no two snowflakes are alike? What do you do on a bus with 51 twelve-year-olds? John Green and Hank Green have answers!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Dear Hank and John. |
| 0:06.6 | Of course I prefer to think of it dear John and Hank. |
| 0:09.3 | It's a podcast where two brothers answer your questions, give you the DBS advice and |
| 0:12.6 | bring you all the week's news from both Mars and AFC Wimbledon. |
| 0:16.3 | John, it was recently Thanksgiving. |
| 0:19.5 | Unfortunately though, decided to no longer eat leftovers. |
| 0:23.2 | Yeah, I just quit cold turkey. |
| 0:26.3 | Hey. |
| 0:27.3 | That's pretty good. |
| 0:29.2 | All right. |
| 0:30.2 | That reminds me of, I mean, there's a lot of things in English that are just ludicrous. |
| 0:36.0 | The more I think about this language, the more I think that we should just scrap the |
| 0:39.2 | entire affair. |
| 0:40.7 | And I feel regret that English has become the lingua franca of the world. |
| 0:45.2 | But the phrase cold turkey is a great phrase. |
| 0:48.3 | Sure. |
| 0:49.3 | It's just, even though I have no idea what the etymology is, it's so evocative. |
| 0:54.4 | If somebody says to me like, oh yeah, I quit cold turkey. |
| 0:57.1 | I'm like, oh boy. |
| 0:58.2 | I must have been challenging. |
| 0:59.7 | It's one of those etymologies that like you know is there, but like I'd rather not. |
| 1:04.8 | I'd just rather not. |
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