Foundation to Decrease World Suck: the Brotherhood 2.0 fund (2007)
project history · status: last documented in 2018 (looked back on in 2019) · last event: milestone (2007-08-08) · last mentioned: 2019-11-26
A Brotherhood 2.0 fund John proposed in February 2007 to send viewers to their first concerts; it opened in March 2007 as the fund for decreasing suck levels worldwide and came to be called the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. It made its first gift, $100 to One Kid, One World, in April 2007, and in May 2007 raised more than $300 for the family of a viewer's friend who died.
Parts: John asks Hank to match his $20 concert scholarship pledge (2007) · John: give $20 to the Brotherhood 2.0 Concert Scholarship Fund (2007) · John: asks viewers to contribute to the Brotherhood 2.0 fund for decreasing suck levels (2007) · Foundation project: train fare to bring a secret sibling and her Nerdfighter boyfriend together (2007)
Told alongside: John: eat a blenderized Happy Meal, wax a leg and lick a cat, for a textual communication (2007) · Hank's 2007 punishment voted by viewers (for textual communication) · P4A 2011 edition · Foundation to Decrease World Suck becomes a real non-profit (2012)
About: Foundation to Decrease World Suck, world suck, Peeps, One Kid, One World
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-02-19 | proposed | John proposes a Brotherhood 2.0 Concert Scholarship Fund to get two viewers, and possibly others, to their first concert. (playful) | Brotherhood 2.0: February 19, 2007 00:01:19 |
| 2007-03-05 | launched | John announces a new bank account, the Brotherhood 2.0 fund for decreasing suck levels worldwide (formerly the Melissa and Amy Concert Fund), seeded by Hank's punishment and open to future contributions. | Brotherhood 2.0: March 5, 2007: Hank's Punishment 00:01:36 |
| 2007-03-06 | milestone | Hank says each brother has already given $20 to the fund and he now owes $87.5, about $127.5 in total. (playful) | Brotherhood 2.0: Peeps and Genocide 00:04:07 |
| 2007-03-07 | milestone | John says the fund is off to a roaring start thanks to Hank's slow Peeps eating (the dollars owed for uneaten Peeps). (playful) | Brotherhood 2.0: March 7, 2007: Stress 00:00:03 |
| 2007-03-09 | milestone | A link to contribute to the fund is now on Brotherhood2.com. | Brotherhood 2.0: March 9, 2007: Peeptastic! 00:02:57 |
| 2007-04-06 | milestone | John reports the fund's first gift: $100 to One Kid, One World, which helps refugees in Africa, and thanks the contributors, most notably Hank. | Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender 00:01:59 |
| 2007-05-08 | proposed | John endorses a commenter's idea to release a Brotherhood 2.0 calendar to raise money for the fund, then jokes it would have no weekends and always the wrong date. (playful, hedged) | Brotherhood 2.0: May 8th: House Hunters 00:00:10 |
| 2007-05-09 | milestone | A viewer-built World Suck Index for the fund, called the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, debuts at suck level red. | My 9th: Singing and Randy 00:03:06 |
| 2007-05-09 | rule change | For two weeks all Foundation donations go to the family of a viewer's friend who died. | My 9th: Singing and Randy 00:03:31 |
| 2007-05-14 | milestone | John reports more than $300 raised in the last week for the bereaved family, with donations collected all this week (week of 14 May 2007). | Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage 00:02:47 |
| 2007-05-25 | milestone | The collection period for Randy's family ends and the World Suck Index drops to Suck Level Yellow, its first reading below severe. | May 25th: FreeMonkey's Tour 00:01:57 |
| 2007-08-03 | milestone | Hank raises the WorldSuck meter to suck-level orange over the Minneapolis disaster, John's offence and a secret sister losing her home. (playful) | August 3: The Retail Dance 00:03:28 |
| 2007-08-08 | milestone | Contributions to Biss's ActBlue page before midnight Eastern on Friday count toward John's punishment, as do contributions by non-US people and minors to the Fund to Decrease World Suck. | August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury 00:03:31 |
| 2011-11-02 | looked back | John recalls that in Brotherhood 2.0 the brothers created a fund, which he calls the Foundation to Decrease World Suck: people donated and the brothers distributed the money to decrease world suck. | LECTROJOG! 00:00:37 |
| 2012-12-11 | looked back | John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck was set up in 2007 to fund things like Nerdfighters' first concerts and fighting global poverty, and since 2008 has focused on global poverty as more important. | Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS 00:00:29 |
| 2019-11-26 | looked back | John recalls that in 2007 the Foundation to Decrease World Suck was mostly a joke, decreasing worldsuck by paying for people's first concerts: of some value, though maybe not the most efficient. | old fashioned parts video 00:00:51 |
What is said about it
17 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-02-19 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 19, 2007 — announcement: John: Disturbed that two viewers have apparently never been to a concert, John proposes a Brotherhood 2.0 Concert Scholarship Fund for them and possibly other viewers who haven't been to one. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:19
- 2007-02-19 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 19, 2007 — John admits the fund's name is unwieldy and needs work. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:48
- 2007-02-19 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 19, 2007 — announcement: John pledges to give $20 to the concert scholarship fund. — 00:01:48
- 2007-03-05 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 5, 2007: Hank's Punishment — announcement: John: For each Peep Hank does not eat, he must put one dollar into a new bank account John has set up. (playful) — 00:01:36
- 2007-03-05 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 5, 2007: Hank's Punishment — announcement: John names the account the Brotherhood 2.0 Fund for Decreasing Suck Levels Worldwide, formerly the 'Melissa and Amy Concert Fund', to be fed by the brothers and possibly viewers. — 00:02:05
- 2007-03-05 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 5, 2007: Hank's Punishment — John tells Hank the punishment is also a project: they are starting something important to decrease the world's suck, by an amount that depends on how many Peeps he eats. — 00:02:05
- 2007-03-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: Peeps and Genocide — Hank: When the six minutes end, Hank says he now owes $87.5 to the Brotherhood 2.0 fund to decrease suck levels worldwide, making about $127.5 with $20 already given by each brother. (playful) — 00:04:07
- 2007-03-07 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 7, 2007: Stress — John says the Brotherhood 2.0 Foundation for Decreasing Suck Levels Worldwide is off to a roaring start thanks to Hank's inability to eat Peeps quickly. (playful) — 00:00:03
- 2007-03-09 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 9, 2007: Peeptastic! — ask: John says there is now a link at Brotherhood2.com for contributing to the Brotherhood 2.0 fund for decreasing suck levels worldwide and asks viewers to contribute. — 00:02:57
- 2007-04-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender — announcement: John: The Foundation to Decrease Suck has made its first gift, $100 to One Kid, One World, an organization that helps refugees in Africa; John thanks the contributors, most notably Hank. — 00:01:59
- 2007-05-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 8th: House Hunters — John calls a commenter's idea of a Brotherhood 2.0 calendar to raise money for the fund to decrease world suck a great idea. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:10
- 2007-05-09 · My 9th: Singing and Randy — announcement: Hank announces a new Brotherhood 2.0 feature: a World Suck Index for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, built by viewer Travis Bond, in the site's sidebar. — 00:03:06
- 2007-05-09 · My 9th: Singing and Randy — announcement: Hank: The index debuts at suck level red because viewer Danny has lost his best friend, Randy, who had recently beaten cancer and died of pneumonia. — 00:03:06
- 2007-05-25 · May 25th: FreeMonkey's Tour — Hank calls it a great day: the first time the World Suck meter has shown anything besides severe. — 00:01:57
- 2007-08-03 · August 3: The Retail Dance — Hank says the WorldSuck meter is raised to suck-level orange because of the Minneapolis disaster, John's punishable offence and a secret sister being kicked out of her house. (playful) — 00:03:28
- 2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — announcement: John: Remembering that the brothers created a foundation for exactly this kind of problem, John says they are going to do it despite complexities and complications. — 00:02:23
- 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John recalls that in Brotherhood 2.0 they created the Foundation to Decrease World Suck: people donated and the brothers gave the money to things like Save the Children and train fare for two Nerdfighters to meet. — 00:00:37