What are the medical and hygienic consequences of the bacterial load of my sponge? You're being unfair to sponge bacteria.

John, when is the looking for Alaska trailer coming?

Irrational in more ways than one. pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/135/3/e590

In my experience, if you allow the dish sponge to dry completely you prolong it's life by increasing the amount of time before stink sets in... This may be easier for single people who may not have a full sink of dishes to wash every day... Also, once a sponge is past it's usefulness in the kitchen, I usually get some more use out of it in the bathroom... Full disclosure, I am not in the least concerned with bacteria and never have been... Thanks to the US Military, I had to spend most of my 20s exposing myself to as much yuck as possible to rebuild my immune system...

Wait, Sarah makes those videos? I never knew that.

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As a 21 year-old, it doesn't seem that horrific

I do wash my towels though

I'm glad you felt the need to clarify that in a separate comment. How's the sponge colony holdin up?

This made Sarah laugh very, very hard. -John

it was OK until the "my body cleans the shower towels" got me to the edge of my stool :D glad you survived until now :D

Kayla Glackin gave me the stupid looking smile too. thx for sharing!

This is the cutest!

This is incredibly sweet.

Awww 🤗

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"Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia" - definitely not John Green.

Except there was a time where Star Wars was good.

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I seriously cant believe she had to teach him to actually wash his bath towels....

RealToWonder right? People are calling this relationship goals but it sounds exhausting.

@@jaceyjacobs4013 Yeah, being married to a talented and creative guy who educates people and helps build hospitals in Sierra Leone sounds like a real drag ;) Young guys can be gross sometimes. But if they're willing to listen and change their ways, and have other wonderful qualities, it's worth it. I've been with my husband over 30 years, so can vouch that this is true.

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When it could have easily been done with the bottles themselves...

You knew then and there you had the perfect woman.

I don't get it. Why wear it if you don't value it?

😂😂😂 in Australia that'd be true love & a common practise for Bogans

I came here for the advice that also allows me to be a lazy creative type.

My exact thoughts

Thank you for blowing my mind. 😮 Now please, psychic, tell me where my favorite t-shirt got off to :(

Nah lets be honest its either in your couch or your bed or your car

cool thanks for that tip!

Kaila A oh my gosh

And this is why I loathed and abhored our loaned black velour couch. You put your phone down on it and it was the black hole of couches. My black phone was instantly invisible. Whenever I could not find it I would literally go to the couch and start running my hands over it like I was looking for a small item. God forbid it got wedged between the cushions. Now we have a nice brown couch that I can actually find things on...mostly

P4A perk?

I'm not sure there would be as many.

@@andrewknorpp9415 It's just a video of Sarah staring blankly into the camera for 4 minutes. Or her trying out the life hacks John tested in mental floss videos.

I am the almost the exact opposite, I need the bed to be cold when I get in or else I won’t fall asleep.

So as a riff on that concept, as a person who shaves my legs I love the feeling of clean sheets on newly shaved legs....

Cold sheets in an ice cold room ftw. The glory of warming them up with your body till its all snuggly just from your body's heat.

the best of luck to you in dealing with those problems ♡

My doctor asked me when I last washed my bed sheets during our first session.I do not think washing them more often really helped with my anxiety issues though but I think it's because I hate having to put them back.

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What's the purpose of people doing these plus signs? What does it do? Does it raise the comment higher?

@@joshuaychung I don't know if it's still true but the KZfaq algorithm used to value comments way more than likes when deciding the order they show which has the unfortunate side effect of promoting visibility for comments that are negative, but provoke a reaction, over comments that are positive and worth reading but don't instigate arguments. The + is a Hank Green idea to promote visibility more effectively than "likes" by pushing comments you think others should read by tricking the algorithm

@@joshuaychung I guess you could call it a Hank YT Hack. It games the algorithm so that good comments rise up and troll junk don't get any traction.

SO... not a believer in Phoenician Joinery or epoxy, huh... ;o)

How would you recommend maintenance on a cutting board? Do different woods require different things? Thanks!

@@Alex-ki1yr Biggest tip is to clean it right after using it. Warm soapy water. No harsh scrubbing, no steel wool or anything like that. Immediately dry it. Store it upright on a counter if possible. Every month or two rub it down with mineral oil. If it starts to show knife marks, you can sand it. I usually go 120 - 150 - 220 grits. Then give it a couple coats of mineral oil. They'll outlive you if you take good care of them. =)

@@grandolddrummer Thank you!!

grandolddrummer thank you

OMG yes. So sick of old men making misogynist "jokes" about how much they hate their wives. That's not a joke, it's a symptom of deep personal problems.

One a related note I was watching a couple (ok more than a couple) of clips from the show 2 and a half men and couldn't help but notice what a cesspool the comment section was when it came to women. Apparently they viewers felt the character Judith in the show basically represented every women out there and not in a good light.

@@jackkraken3888 I'm not surprised considering the life and character of the main star.

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As a framer, I agree. I have framed tons of different things for people over the years from a poster of David Lee Roth wearing nothing but chaps to a shopping bag that was decorated in fingerpaint from a beloved grandchild. Know what the owners had in common? They were images that made them smile.

@@marlascrafty5390the center piece of my living room is a framed front page of the newspaper the day after the moonlanding. Few things makes me as happy as the human endeavour of space discovery :-) I get it!

The shopping bag makes me so happy. I kind want to be a farmer now.

Kylie Lanc None of us do.

Kylie Lanc gross I’m surprised people don’t change them once a week, I thought that was the norm till now (btw I’m 18)

@@RK-ep8qy Lol, i wash them once every 2-3 months.

@@The_Reductionist Seasonally

If you are a human who shaves their legs, coordinate leg shaving days with clean sheet days for an ultimate comfort experience!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who still thinks of her as the Yeti

firewordsparkler well she’s still often spoken of and rarely seen

Surprised this comment hasn’t blown up yet!

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Yeah. But changing them once a week? My inner ecologist is not ok with that.

Lone Starr perhaps if you have 2 sets and then wash both at the same time?

@@lonestarr1490 My inner lazy person is not ok with that. Also the stuff on the walls thing is something I definitely have not been doing. I've been living in this apartment for 4 years now and I have yet to place anything upon the walls.

@@lonestarr1490 tip: using a clothesline saves energy AND makes your bed smell like actual fresh air 👍

@@YellaSpiceFamily I love fresh sheets dried outside in summer! I miss that smell when I have to hang them up inside when it's cold/wet.

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I actually don't agree that much. It really depends on your lifestyle.I kind of get anxiety when I see walls without free space, so I love very scarce decoration (or none).

Even if you refer to it as "cheap crap" yourself?

@@camelopardalis84 Yeah, that's kinda what I was getting at, putting anything on your wall, even cheap crap will change how your room feels for the better. Don't be intimidated that you aren't rich or an interior designer.

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That show airing is what led me to this community. Am thankful!

But how does it work? 🤔

William Remsen physics/lever mechanics. It works the same way a bottle opener does. You slip the edge of your ring under the edge of the bottle cap, curl you ring finger over the cap and lift from your wrist. Depending on the tightness of the cap you may have to readjust if your finger feels like it might snap off. Also, It does tend to ruin/roughen the edge of the ring after repeated uses but a price to pay for amazement.

@@SashaMaksimik a high karat gold wedding ring is both import and soft, so I would think this would be pretty bad to do with that. If you had a random cheap ring not made of gold or silver then much more reasonable.

I think of Dilbert. "Are towels supposed to bend?" -shudder-

This!! True story: My first week of living in a student residence, one guy who had never done his own laundry in his life didn't know how to tell the difference between a washer and a dryer. He put a massive load of laundry plus a whack load of powdered detergent into a commercial dryer, turned it on the highest setting, and walked away. It was a brand new machine in a brand new residence building, and the soap fused in a hard shell around the barrel before blocking the vent. The machine was destroyed, his reputation was set for life (or at least, until the current residents moved on and into history), and people told stories of catching whiffs of burnt smell for a long, long time.

I was wondering how he would think to wash a sponge but not the crusty towel. XD

@@rickymaharaj7767 Think about what happens when a warm, wet, absorbant material sits in the open for days on end. Its going to be riddled with bacteria pretty quick. I'll re-use towels once or twice but I wouldn't trust doing it any longer.

@@rickymaharaj7767 nasty stuff grows on things that get wet with water, no matter how clean that original wetness is

As a man with a six figure salary who lives in a two room appartement where all 8 walls are unadorned and white, who doesn't own a washing machine or a dish washer: send help. On a positive note I will have survived to my 26th birth day this week. Really, the reason we do this is that we've never experienced good quality of life, having just come out of absolute emotional destruction of university. Not knowing quality of life exists we make no effort to obtain it.

@@GregTom2This needs an update and I think that’s not completely true. Sure some likely grow up in dysfunctional homes but it cannot be that solely as way too many men just seem comfortable At living in a manner of life that is of less quality.

Here's a diagram in case anybody came down to the comments for explanation: www.fieggen.com/shoelace/betterbowknot.htm

Lol you're loyal

How is it done? I haven't been able to find anything that gives the same-looking result.

@@yevgeniygorbachev5152 when u wrap the loop around like u normally do, wrap it twice and it's the same as a double knot in strength

@@courtneyweaver6124 Thanks for replying; I found another source. I was pulling the wrong part through the loop; it wasn't clear that the middle part of the double loop needs to be pulled through.

I've read that it's actually more effective if you don't so your Dad may have been onto something.

@@MrEazyE357 I've read that too

now i learn this

@@WintaAssefa I only read it a couple years ago so don't feel bad.

I exclusively use liquid soap. And when it's nearly empty, I put some drops of water in it to get the rest out. Needless to say it then spills all over my shirt every. fucking. time.

Yep, I have had to explain many common sense things to my husband, who is in his 40s... the sheets thing being one of them.

Ikr. Overused towels literally beg for being washed. One just has to sniff them.

Lone Starr there’s a Monty python bit in there

Skin-gasm

And then you fart.

that's my mom's favourite thing lol she always mentions when she does that

Why do people wear clothes at night

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OH MY GOSH IT WORKS

Put double looped clean towels up on your walls. then you will reach life hack nirvana.

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Most especially when done poorly.

I used to care nothing for how things looked, so long as it functioned as I wanted it to, but it recent years I have slowly begun to see the usefulness in good looking things. Not that decorations have to be things that would normally be considered good looking... I have a keyboard I ripped out of an old laptop sitting around as a decoration.

That sounds wrong. But I don't know why.

Do you have a favorite brand? I dont use it so im interested

Can you tell me: how exactly is one supposed to wash a hat? I once washed a hat of mine. I never managed to get it back in shape ...

@@lonestarr1490 I hand wash them in the sink with a bit of detergent. Then lay flat to dry.

Also microwaving a damp sponge (NEVER microwave a dry sponge it will catch on fire) does double duty in also loosening all the gunk on your microwave that you can then just wipe right off. But be careful, your sponge will be hot.

@@driverjayne Oh, yeah. Obviously. Thanks. I shouldn't assume people wouldn't microwave dry sponges. xD

I feel like this might be disappointing, but even microwaving your sponge wont sterilize it. It will only make room for the really disgusting bacteria the microwave won't kill.

@@wiebkejohanna9621 You could actually submerge it in water and let it boil for a bit? But yes, this shouldn't be an alternative for replacing the sponges regularly.

@@JoinTheMadVender There is this paper on it and it says: Sanitation by boiling or microwave treatment has been shown to significantly reduce the bacterial load of kitchen sponges19, 21 and can therefore be regarded as a reasonable hygiene measure. However, our data showed that regularly sanitized sponges (as indicated by their users) did not contain less bacteria than uncleaned ones. Moreover, “special cleaning” even increased the relative abundance of both the Moraxella- and Chryseobacterium-affiliated OTUs (Fig. 3B). Presumably, resistant bacteria survive the sanitation process and rapidly re-colonize the released niches until reaching a similar abundance as before the treatment (Fig. 6A). This effect resembles the effect of an antibiotic therapy on the gut microbiota40, 41, and might promote the establishment of higher shares of RG2-related species in the kitchen sponges. If you want to look it up, the link is www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06055-9 Their conclusion was to keep the sponges as clean as possible, but change them once a week, as they probably get yucky pretty quickly. So I think you're right and cleaning and replacing them is the superior method

Make it a 2-0

The WWC is discussed extensively in the next episode of dear hank and john! Not being able to livetweet the games was one of the very (very very) few things I've missed about twitter this year. -John

@@vlogbrothers Then I look forward to listening to the next pod! You're someone who got me into soccer and it would mean a lot if you talked about the women on this platform. Just a thought if you're ever blanking on a video idea. Thanks John ☺

My face is clearer than ever

Kim Kardashian may have a million dollars worth of clothing and jewels on her at all time, but they make her look like an empty shell to be honest and far less like a complex human.

4 months? Even the sheet you sleep on and the thing that envelops your pillow ? I think that's a bit too much indeed. I started changing them every week and sometimes every two days when it's hot and sweaty and my acne reduced incredibly. We sometimes underestimate how much our close environment impacts our immediate health

Jesus man do better

Awh hell... if it's not busted, don't fix it. I'm just starting to graduate to the couch from sleeping on the damn floor! ;o)

Might i also add kind sir: The eagle should have a heart attack, when he sees alaska alive. She also contemplates suicide now because she cant enjoy her hobbies anymore. . . . R.i.p. jake :(

Jake should live so Lara and Jake can date because they're the only two likeable characters

@@mtndewcodered4885 felt that

If that were to happen, it could have ended with a cliff hanger... Maybe

i have a life hack for that! i try to get all my sheets and blankets on my bed after washing them, but sometimes i dont have the energy to, so i just put my top (not fitted) sheet on the bed-it's much less effort than putting all your sheets on the bed, and the mattress stays cleaner. not the ideal situation, but it feels much better for me than a bare mattress. hope that works for you, or that you've been able to get all your sheets on since you wrote the comment!

A significantly large number of people called “Katherine”.

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Ikr! Every time he mentions Sarah I cannot stop thinking about how lucky he is because his praise for her is unlimited