My Most Controversial Opinion
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- Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025
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This video was inspired by a really dumb conversation that my friends and I had after recording SciShow Tangents. I would be remiss to not thank them for their contributions to this conversation. So, thanks to Ceri, Stefan, Sam, Nick, Valerie, Sylivia, Caitlin, Matthew and also all of the other people who engaged with my nonsense on Twitter.
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Congrats on your book, which I am very excited to read. When can I read it btw??? -John
I wonder if it's available for pre-order
And John whats your opinion on 'Butt is legs' ?
This video is the most genius plug ever!
I miss John on Twitter. It almost feels like he's back when he comments here.
The most Hank like hank video since before 2010. Maybe the 2020’s will be a more creative year for vlog brothers
what is happening and why do i like it
I don’t know, but also I’m there too.
how is this only the second reply
We enjoying controversy I guess?
Because you have good taste and this is the same type of chaos you have in your videos.
Hank is beside himself.
Alternative title: "Scripted, But Still Unhinged"
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Reminder: This man interviewed President Obama
He really should have asked him his opinion on this.
Reminder: President Obama is a war criminal
Reminder: I had pop tarts for breakfast
@@evren8024 Way more controversial than Unknown's comment.
Also he's Trump's speechwriter.
Anyone who has played with Barbies and removed their legs knows that this is true.
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True
Yes!
Truth
oh..I did not just remove their legs...I did more, far far more...
All gym bros: "butt is part of leg day, sounds legit to me"
Literally my thinking right now
Anatomically speaking, it is thanks to the butt that the legs can move, therefore it makes sense
Ballet dancer, can confirm.
Except that we have no butts, just more muscle attaching our legs to the rest of us and making us super bouncy jumpers.
@@caspiansovinski but it's also thank to the brain that legs move. And back. And abs. So wait...
Are we all butt?
I'm studying anatomy. Butt move legs, butt is legs. Hip is legs. Hip is torso.
"Butt is butt but butt is also legs" - Hank Green, 2019
This sentence messed me up. Thanks for writing it out.
This sentence is 47% butt.
One of them has no second "t."
Homophones.
this is like playing baba is you again
Tattooing this across my face
@@sadie28048 😂😂😂
Petition to include “is butt legs?” on the next nerdfighter census
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"Why are you booing me I'm right!"
As an artist trying to study anatomy, I've never thought about how true it is that butt, is indeed, legs.
I mean same. But medical stuff studying not art still tho.
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all glory to the almighty gluteus maximus
Next week:
"Hey, vsauce! Michael here! Is butt legs?"
9 months later I'm still waiting 😭
@@pranavflame i think vsauce has a video called why is your bottom in the middle of your body
I can frigging hear it in his voice
But what is butt? And how much does it weigh?
@@gunnaryoung how do we quantify Butt?
I can't believe we let him have this much fun with these
*_lets fix that_*
I love it when Hank talks to himself
@Azahel 452 twitter looks ljke Hank..is this a phylosophycal question
Thanks Zuko. Me too.
I LOVE your pic
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to hankself
The phrase that wasn’t a phrase to me four minutes ago, “Butt is legs!” will be stuck in my head for the rest of my life.
Honestly, same.
I think I need this as a t-shirt.... Also as a anatomically trained physiotherapy I have to agree.
"Shoulder is arm and butt is legs" needs to be a t-shirt.
Tanna Sherrill agreed!
Nah just “butt is legs”. If anyone comments you add “shoulder is arm, but hand is not”
also, please don't get mad at me for that trans women comment, it's a dumb joke in reference to a jammiedodger video I just watched.
apparently trans women don't have pelvis Es tmyl
This certainly puts American political discourse into perspective.
This just IS the discourse.
"Have a bad opinion"
"I do."
"WHATTTT?!?"
"Supply side Jesus says no"
"I don't expect to sell a lot of them but we had to make the joke" - Hank Green, entrepreneur. 2019
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I have discovered (about 48 hours ago, via the QI Twitter account, as it happens), that Tom Hanks' eldest son has a company called "Hanks Kerchiefs"........ so I'm having something of a deja-vu moment here xD
Entrepreneuring like Hank is #lifegoals
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@@EcceJack Colin Hanks is his father's son, and I am glad for that.
Can't wait to see "BUTT IS LEGS" on a hoodie.
Nigel Murillo with the Shoulder is Arms Sweatpants!
Or a pair of pants that just says 'Legs' on the ass.
Yes please
@Mr. Dog yes i believe that was established. "Butt is butt but butt is also legs"
YeS
Hank yelling at himself about butt being legs is the _BEST_ thing.
YES
memento mori
This explains the "butt is legs" tweet... I just thought Hank was being Hank
“Just Like Hand is not arm”
*languages where they are one: EVIL LAUGH*
Controversial opinion: Any language that can't even be specific enough to differentiate hands from arms is useless and inferior.
I had that exact thought, like how would I explain this to my Russian friends?
Hey pal, Russians have palms.
@@PinataOblongata They can differentiate hands from the rest of your arms, just like in English you can differentiate your knee from the rest of your leg but its still part of your leg.
gacan is hand and arm in somali too lmao
‘Butt is legs’ is a phrase that has such inherent Griffin McElroy energy and I need to hear him say it at least once in order to have a fulfilling life
That little pause in the amnesty theme where they say things? Right there would be perfect
@@duke-of-fire You're absolutely right. I love the Amnesty theme, and love those little lines he throws in at the end. It's good that I usually listen to TAZ when I'm at home and not driving.
I didn't know this was true until I read it, but now I also need to hear him say it
This would totally be a title on MBMBaM.
I honestly am laughing so hard about him being like "shoulder is arms." "no, don't say it" "and butt is legs"
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that's what I like to call a pro gamer move
So by this logic, foot is not legs
By the transitive property, butt is bottom shoulders.
Shoulder is arm, not arms.
I'm more outraged at "hand is not arm" than "butt is legs"
Exactly! And where do we stand on feet? Legs?
@@KatieWillems Oh god... I hate that my brain is like "Hand is arm" but "feet is not legs". My brain cannot be trusted.
... but butt is butt and not legs.
Butt is 100% legs, and hand and feet are 100% not arm or legs.
By definition, the arm is the part that starts with the shoulder and extends down connecting to the hands. If hand was arm, hand would be included in the definition.
Butt is legs.
Hand is not arm.
Foot is not leg.
Neck is not head.
Foot is not legs
@@spriddlez maybe if the part is serving a function it gets its own name?
You tricked me into watching a commercial and I'm not even mad.
Plot twist: Butt declares independence.
Please make a mug or something with the phrase “Butt is legs”
It must be underpants.
@@Brooklyn_ underpants where across the butt it says "still legs"
100% need this merch.
Does this resolve the “where do centaurs wear pants” debate?
oh damn...
*strokes beard philosophically*
See, if you'd said "do centaurs wear pants?", I'd have been like, "Hm, no, probably not, moving on." But you said "where" and now my brain is melting, send help...
Every limb is a leg unless it is attached to a hand or is used exclusively for swimming (aquatic mammals). Dogs have four legs and spiders have eight legs. Monkeys have two legs and two arms. Centaurs and horses have four legs. Minotaurs have two legs and two arms.
Pants always go below the rib cage. Centaurs have two rib cages. One in the human torso, and one horizonal horse one. So centaurs would wear pants on the back legs with the waistband below the second rib cage
@@emma70707 so, but is legs... sometimes?
These two Hank characters are really well differentiated
“Butt is butt but butt is also legs.” Me watching this in the bathroom...
harry pooper.
aIGHT IM LEAVING
Little does 2019 Hank know, his truly most controversial opinion is apparently, "Don't eat grass."
This feels very much like "Hank's Past few days on Twitter: Extended Cut"
No no, this is the condensed, abridged version
The past like. 2 weeks of Twitter Hank has made me go "WTF dude" so many times.
and it's a glorious adaptation.
I'll be honest, I'm SO GLAD I caught some of the Twitter nonsense while it was happening, so I have at least SOME context for this xD I've no idea what people who weren't on Twitter must think of it!
EcceJack don’t follow Twitter what happened?
This watches like a middle school project and I am HERE FOR IT
Thank you for putting that into words. I was feeling some kind of way but you nailed the description.
Exactly what it feels like!!
Oh my god!
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"Butt is legs" is the new "is a hot dog a sandwich"
butt is legs but hot dog is not a sandwich
@@xerxer716 what's your definition of a sandwich?
I had an in depth conversation about wether I could call my crust less pie a pie yesterday lunch.
it honestly is way less offensive than hot dog is sandwhich like can we please stop that in 2020
Wish this was reddit so I can award this
Um actually, butt is short for buttocks which is plural.
@Warrior Son they're like the word pants, each leg has a buttock each.
And legs.
Butt are legs. . .
It's singular even if it's derived from a plural. You say "My legs ARE sore" while you say "My butt IS sore".
But it is gramatically correct to say "I have a butt" just like saying "I have buttocks". I think it is safe to say that the definition of "butt" has fnally diverged from "buttocks"
As a nursing student, I enjoyed this profoundly.
i love this new YouTwikTwok format (formerly known as a skit)
Appropriately done with a door monster pin on.
“My most controversial opinions are pretty controversial” hmmm you don’t say
Seems legit.
"Butt is legs"
actually, that makes sense
as an anatomy teacher I can confirm that BUTT IS LEGS.
also, can we all agree that this is the new vlogbrother's meme?
This man: Says his sexuality is ✨Eh✨
Everyone: :0
Also this man: Has pride flags and rainbows on everything and random buttons on his jean jacket
whats this a reference to/where did he say that?
I believe one of his tic tocs
@@cooperlutz2525 Ah, ok, thank you :)
He has apparently said that he may be bisexual but not enough to care; which means he is happily married to his wife and has no incentive as present to pursue anything.
Feet = Hands
Legs = Arms
Butt = Shoulders
shoulders are arm butts
and butts are leg shoulders
shoulderblades are arm butts, shoulders are hips
I feel like this MUST have a hilarious german -> english translation joke.
Yeah, I was thinking Butts aren't Legs, but neither are they part of the torso, exactly. They are a transitional part of the anatomy, connecting separate sections into the whole.
@@ThatSoddingGamer I was thinking similarly, but decided that they therefore count as both.
please never say that again. this will be your first and last warning.
Other Hank has escaped from Hank’s channel!! Red alert!!
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This went somewhere i really wasn't expecting
Honestly this is me with most of vlogbrothers videos.
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The pride flag in the background is really saying “ehhhhh” and I feel that
so im not the only one
oh i love the internet /g
This reminds me of when, as a child, I would periodically observe aloud that I was various parts of myself, and my friends and family would turn to look at me like I had lost my mind.
...What? I am my feet. I am blood. Are these not true facts? Quit looking at me like that.
“I don’t expect to sell a lot of them but we had to make the joke”
picturing hank talking with all that sass to nothing is cracking me up
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I like to think Katherine was there judging him like the podcast.
Weirdly engaged with the fact that hank is wearing a denim jacket
By the end I kind of forgot the “Twitter” character was played by Hank; it felt like a completely different entity.
"Butt is legs" is the new " I reject your reality and substitute my own." Snappier too.
The glutes are literally apart of the legs. Try to train legs without glutes, its impossible unless youre doibg calve work
The Nerdfighteria/Pride flag in the back makes me feel nice inside.
Yes :D
I got kinda hung up on the piece of soundproofing next to it. xD
i feel like Hank got a stroke in the middle of making this
"old man yells at cloud"
Middle-aged man yells at self.???
@@vlogbrothers It's 2019, middle age is old now
@@vlogbrothers Twitter bad!! new culture bad!! change!?!?!!!!!
@@vlogbrothers 39 is middle-aged? Shit. Only 7 more years to go.
I should start to prepare for midlife crisis.
@@DontMockMySmock It's 2019, I'm old now even though I'm 29. 25 is the new 55.
"Butt is butt, but butt is also legs."
-Hank Green 2019
How do I like this fifty thousand more times?
It's been a year since I watched this but it still resonates so heavily with me.
"Look, I don't expect to sell a lot of them, but we had to make the joke"
"Oh my god, I did. Didn't I?" - No one on Twitter ever :/
The Hank book title format: An Adverbly Adjective Thing
If it aint broke don't fix it says I
"what's the point?"
"the point is to make people angry"
isn't there enough anger in the world? too much, I would argue.
but also, butt is legs 😁
"Stupid truth, always resisting simplicity..."
he is "like: are the new viewers gone yet? good. MY BOOK COMES OUT!"
XD
He has a habit of doing that, have you seen the video on which he and Katherine reveal they're expecting a baby? It's like an hour long (it's on his personal channel), it has no allusion to babies in the title and he says it in like the last 5 minutes 😂
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Start: Most controversial opinion
End: BUTT IS LEGS!!!
"In human anatomy, the arm is the part of the upper limb between the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint) and the elbow joint. In common usage, the arm extends to the hand" - Wikipedia
Wait, what? So technically, the forearm is not the arm? WTF is it, then? O_O
@@IceMetalPunk it is that. The forearm.
Is all arm? Who knows.
i laughed so hard
i'd buy a "butt is legs" tshirt
FatNinjaWalrus with a Hank-erchief?!
I’m just imagining your wife listening to you record this from the other room...
“Who the f**k did I marry...?!”
the twitter character reminded me of why i deleted it whew
WOULD RECOMMEND my life is 200% happier without twitter and insta and 200% more productive without tiktok
Also why I wish I could delete Facebook without loosing an easy avenue of communication to important family members
@@catherineprior6580 Twitter is like a university hallway, you never know who you're going to run into and have an interesting conversation with.
........ but yeah, you have to mute/block a bunch of morons.
@@MrAndrewlang same but for work reasons, or id just dropp off and just keep messenger, or make a new messenger alternatively
Hank: I need a conversational opinion."
Hank: "BUTT IS LEGS."
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I like how ever since Hank has gone down the whole of researching "CONTENT" on the internet, he's developed this new WheezyWaiter style double who only comes in to talk about internet-related things.
That transition was so smooth and quick I didn't even realize it happened. Brilliant.
I love how upset you got with yourself during this video, you fully committed to the discussion and I very much appreciate it. I also understand your frustration with yourself because I was on Hank's side until Hank explained it more and then I was on his side.
Next video: John marketing the heck out of Hank's book for 4 mins.
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And because of these ADs, I unsubscribed =/
@@NightBlado well, I guess it is okay though. It really takes a lot of effort to write a book and no shame in marketing. Besides many people in this channel want to buy those books...
This was a wild ride from start to finish and I loved every second of it
*"You told me to have a controversial opinion!"* 😂
This is probably the vlogbrothers video I've watched the most times, and I intend to come back to it every so often for the foreseeable future
I watch this when I'm sad. Thank you
A: Is this the right room for an argument?
B: I've told you once.
A: no you haven't
B: yes I have.
Oh Monty Python, you saw it all on the horizon.
Monty Python, unfortunately predicting Twitter.
More important: Why is the bottom called bottom when it's not at the bottom?
Most other animals end at the but with the legs going down
Make a v with your body with your butt on the floor. There: bottom
VSauce made a video on this :) ruclips.net/video/xKg9Vl_Wg5U/видео.html
*VSauce music plays*
@@TubeHeader But then tail happens, so butt continues
The butt is comprised of a pair of cheeks, which are each part of a leg.
Butt *IS* legs.
Also this skit was fantastic.
"Butt is legs"
My brain during physical education theory exams
i looked away for one second and when i looked back i instantly got confused
Hank, IS THAT A DOOR MONSTER PIN?? Yessssss!!!!
Woo!! Door Monster partay!!! :D
Door Monster have been selling their pin by DFTBA for a while. But it is great to see this extra promotion.
I’m not the only one who noticed!!
Once I saw this, I had to go check, and I was pleased to see that, yes, it is indeed. They deserve all the attention they could possibly get.
Me and my brothers watched this together and now they are arguing about it and it's so stupid and hilarious
It’s concerning that I understood all of this, and butt is legs
I think my ability to draw people really improved when I realized that butt is legs. The torso can be split into three parts, with divisions around the bottom of the pectorals and the waist. The bottom part of the torso intersects with the legs.This is why if you're wearing a tie, the tie will appear longer on you when you sit down, because the legs don't just attach to the torso, they exist simultaneously from the belt to the nether regions. This also seems to correlate with the fact that doing a split can tear your pants, the pants above the pant legs are built for torso but if you do leggy things then the torso part turns into legs, hence the tearing.
I love your door monster pin, they really need more attention.
Hank Green: I need a book title...
Also Hank: Try "an adjective noun"
An Imperial Affliction!
Don't forget the adverb!
*an adverb adjective noun
The butt is a transitional region. It is legs, but it is also torso.
Mmmmmmm I agree
But which is it more? Are different parts of the butt different percentages leg vs torso? If so where is the 50% line?
@@alexc8461 would I change per person? Like I know I've got bigger legs then but? So if we made a mathematical formula for this itd have to include a part for person to person
butt is liminal space
I'm not saying butt is legs, but butt is definitly not torso
This is the BEST thing I've seen in a long time from anywhere. Thank you so much. You are wonderful. 💙
*RUclips why are you reccommending this 1 year later. Don't reignite this fire*
I literally laughed out loud at this one, even though I was watching it by myself, now my cheeks are all warm and smiley, I so needed this right now.
Your face cheeks or your leg cheeks? XD
I realized this as a child I’m so glad I am now affirmed
My most controversial opinion:
The earth is not round or flat, it's in fact the shadow of a Klein bottle
yes this is the obvious truth
Earth isn't rund or flat, it's a geoide.
this is legitimately very funny and swoops over many really interesting problems playing with many humorous navigations around them.
it's actually impressive
YEESSS HANK YOU DID IT I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT AND ALSO I LOVE THE TITLE I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!!!
I like how it went from introspective to BUTT-IS-LEGS to lamentative introspection to NEW BOOK!
Nobody:
Hank: BUTT IS LEGS
I get it though man, butt IS legs.
I think it depends on the person. For some, the butt is definitely part of the legs, but others have very distinct butts, which seem like a separate body part. 🤷♀️
Buttcheeks are undoubtedly legs.
My favorite one that always gets look of ridiculousness, despite being a fact: All liquids are fluids but not all fluids are liquids.
It being a factual makes for a short followup conversation, which I appreciate.
every second of this video AND every comment brings something marvelous to the table
Butt is Legs, because it's properly buttocks: either of the two fleshy parts of the upper legs.