Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun

Hi. Four things. First, many of you have asked for updates on Partners in Health's Covid-19 response in Sierra Leone. There is now a wonderful podcast offering regular updates and interviews with healthcare workers and others working to build capacity. Please listen: pihsierraleone.captivate.fm/listen YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y5CHRvcdEOk Two: CORRECTION I was partly wrong about Hebrew, where double negatives turn out to be complicated. One commenter writes, "While it is true that sometimes double negatives are used (for example, "I don't know nothing" = "I don't know anything" and "I've never not tried that" = "I've never tried that", both of those sentences are very wrong without the extra negative) you CAN actually say stuff like "I'm not not tired" or "I don't disagree" and it would have the exact same meaning as in English." Three: Taika Waititi and many others (Meryl Streep! Cumberbatch!) are reading Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach to raise money for PIH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29LDBdpNMRc&list=PLJOUv79StzGyp1j5FMS1fB4TpUZ2iFmA7  Four: Hank's book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor comes out in less than two months. It's a wonderful book, and you can preorder it in the U.S. while supporting your local bookstore at bookshop.org/books/a-beautifully-foolish-endeavor/… -John

I've heard this joke many times and it's always fantastic An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn't a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative." A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."

Negative Concord would also be a good name for a band.

I wouldn’t say that All-Star is a work of rock opera genius, but I also wouldn’t say that All-Star is not a work of rock opera genius...

These all star titles keep coming and they don't stop coming huh

“Language is here to facilitate expression, not limit it” I love that

One of my all-time favorite Vlogbrothers quotes is from a video and context I can't remember, but fits in so nicely here: "Definitions are not meant to shape the truth, the truth is meant to shape our definitions."

just realized after quarantine the puff is gonna be INCREDIBLE

I lost it at "I am gruntled" lol

In French, we have the wonderful word: "plus" -Plus with the s pronounced means more -Plus with the s silent means no more So: Il y a plus de pain - there is more bread Il n'y a plus de pain - there isn't bread left. But: In spoken (and text message) french, we typically drop the "ne or n' " Therefore, the text message "il y a plus de pain" means both that there is more and no more bread. French!

I was hoping he'd end the video with "Hank, I won't not see you on Friday"

These all star titles don’t stop coming Just like this exact comment on every new vlogbrothers video

In brazilian portuguese we have "não, sim!" and it's one of my favourite things from my language. It literally translates to "no, yes!". It would be used on a conversation when someone misunderstands your point and thinks you're disagreeing with them. As in "NO, you don't get what I'm saying, because YES I'm agreeing with you". I just love it so much.

I like how the titles of these videos are double, because 1. They're lyrics 2. They are actually about the videos. Much like the videos themselves, I believe. They aren't directly about the virus/quarantine, but they do feature interesting thought chains now we have more time on our hands(like this one), how we are still a community (nerdfighteria working on Hanks birthday present) and how life still goes on. Yet still they're still "normal" (read: it rocks just as much as always) videos. I don't know if it was intentional or not, but it seemed interesting to me. Anyway, much appreciated as always!

pov: you’re watching one of two brothers joke about a dumb song but he accidentally finds the greatest piece of art of all time

Have you considered reviewing All Star on the Anthropocene Reviewed yet? 👀

Watching in pre-op. They're not not taking my gallbladder soon.

I've always loved the line on one of John's books: "Once I start thinking about splitting the skin apart, I literally cannot not do it. I apologize for the double negative, but it's a real double negative of a situation," I feel like the double negative is needed to express that feeling of compulsion where you don't want to be doing the thing, but you can't not do it. It truly is a real double negative of a situation

I love Language Arts lessons with Professor Green

On Friday I'm expecting a video from Hank titled "Your Brain Gets Smart But Your Head Gets Dumb" talking about online classes and mental health. We're gonna keep this All Star train running until the end of time (or until all of the lyrics of the song are vlogbrothers video titles).