John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to tell him when he gets fat (2010)
ask · status: reported back · last event: closed (2010-03-10) · owner: John
In February 2010 John asked Hank and Nerdfighters to tell him when he got fat; days later he found they had been doing so in the Facebook group 'John Green Is Fat' and asked for more, and in March he took it back, calling shaming always inappropriate and apologizing for that video.
Part of: John's diet and weight loss after Henry's birth (2010)
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-19 | asked | John asks Hank and the Nerdfighters to tell him plainly when he gets fat. (playful) | Henry's Pee and My Gut 00:01:13 |
| 2010-02-24 | result reported | John reports Nerdfighters had in fact been telling him he was fat through the Facebook group 'John Green Is Fat'; he just wasn't listening. (playful) → refers to Henry's Pee and My Gut | JOHN GREEN IS FAT. 00:00:58 |
| 2010-02-24 | reminder | John apologizes for wrongly accusing Nerdfighters and asks them to keep pointing out his weight in the comments, saying the humiliation motivates him. (playful) | JOHN GREEN IS FAT. 00:02:03 |
| 2010-03-10 | closed | John says he is not losing weight because of shaming, calls shaming always inappropriate, and apologizes for the 'John Green Is Fat' video. | New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! 00:01:07 |
What is said about it
2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — John says Nerdfighters did not fail to tell him he was fat as he claimed; the problem was that he underestimated Nerdfighteria and wasn't listening. (playful) — 00:00:29
- 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — John says a Facebook group called 'John Green Is Fat', founded in November 2009, collects every picture of him looking as fat as possible; he calls it one of the great Facebook groups. (playful) — 00:00:58