John asks viewers to donate to Daniel Biss's Illinois state-representative campaign via ActBlue (2007)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2015-10-20) · owner: John and Hank
In August 2007 John asked viewers to donate through ActBlue to Daniel Biss's campaign for the Illinois House of Representatives, with a Friday-midnight deadline. Nerdfighters gave far more than John expected, nearly 190 donations within days, and the fundraising later made the Wall Street Journal; Biss lost the 2008 race.
Parts: John asks Hank to donate to Daniel Biss's campaign before the midnight deadline (2007)
Told alongside: Daniel Biss runs for Illinois state representative (2007) · John: eat a blenderized Happy Meal, wax a leg and lick a cat, for a textual communication (2007) · Hank asks Nerdfighters to donate to Daniel Biss's campaign via ActBlue (2008)
About: Daniel Biss, ActBlue, Illinois House of Representatives, Happy Meal, Foundation to Decrease World Suck
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-06 | asked | John asks viewers to donate this week (week of 6 August 2007), via ActBlue, to help Daniel Biss become the first nerdfighter elected to state congress. | August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished 00:01:34 |
| 2007-08-07 | result reported | Hank reports John's ActBlue page for Daniel Biss has had over 100 donations for over $2,000. | August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt 00:00:56 |
| 2007-08-07 | reminder | Hank asks nicely for about 96 more donations to reach the blenderized Happy Meal tier, and explains who can donate. | August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt 00:02:14 |
| 2007-08-08 | reminder | John hopes people elect Biss and says contributions to his ActBlue page before Friday midnight Eastern count. | August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury 00:02:55 |
| 2007-08-09 | result reported | Hank reports 189 donations to the Biss campaign and about 50 gifts to the Foundation to decrease world suck. | August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections 00:00:10 |
| 2007-08-10 | result reported | John says far more people gave to Daniel's campaign than he had expected; he underestimated the Nerdfighters. | August 10th: Bears!!!! 00:01:41 |
| 2007-08-10 | reminder | John reminds everyone they have until midnight tonight to give to Daniel's campaign. | August 10th: Bears!!!! 00:02:10 |
| 2007-09-28 | result reported | Scanning the Wall Street Journal at the Richmond airport, John finds Daniel Biss on it talking about money he raised online, with Brotherhood 2.0 mentioned for helping. | September 28th: Nerdfighting!!! 00:02:38 |
| 2014-07-18 | reminder | In March John missed a video while hospitalised and replied to Hank on a forum, so he ate a blenderized Happy Meal, waxed his legs and licked a cat; Hank is unsure why three, possibly Daniel Biss donations. (hedged) | EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:01:03 |
| 2015-10-20 (happened 2007-08) | result reported | John recalls that Nerdfighteria helped raise money for Daniel Biss's first campaign, which Daniel lost in 2008. | Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? 00:01:07 |
What is said about it
15 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John says the key to Biss's grassroots campaign for Illinois state representative is not the size of donations but the number of donors. — 00:01:34
- 2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John proposes basing the severity of his punishment on the number of people who donate to Biss's campaign. (playful) — 00:02:03
- 2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — Hank reports that John's page on Daniel Biss's ActBlue profile has had over 100 donations for over $2,000. — 00:00:56
- 2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — Hank says Biss had his biggest traffic day ever yesterday (6 August 2007) and is now second on ActBlue only to 'a guy called John Edwards'. — 00:01:41
- 2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — Hank welcomes 'the age of the Nerdfighter', calling it very cool that Nerdfighters help each other and that Biss's campaign benefits so strongly from them. — 00:01:41
- 2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — ask: Hank wants to see the blenderized Happy Meal, 96 donations away, and though unsure it can be done, asks nicely for more donations. — 00:02:14
- 2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — announcement: Hank says donating is easy but requires at least a dollar, a credit card, US citizenship and being over 18. — 00:02:14
- 2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — ask: Hank says viewers can instead give 50 cents or a dollar to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck; it counts toward the total but does not go to Biss. — 00:02:14
- 2007-08-08 · August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury — John jokes that his 'optimism' about American politics might change, most reasonably if people elected Daniel Biss state representative for his Illinois district. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:55
- 2007-08-08 · August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury — announcement: John: 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. — 00:03:31
- 2007-08-09 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections — Hank reports a count of 189 (by context, donors to Daniel Biss's campaign), 'not technically enough', but about 50 people also gave to the Foundation to decrease world suck. — 00:00:10
- 2007-08-10 · August 10th: Bears!!!! — John admits he never expected this punishment, not thinking so many would give to Daniel's campaign; he underestimated the Nerdfighters, a lesson for everyone. — 00:01:41
- 2007-08-10 · August 10th: Bears!!!! — ask: John reminds everyone they have until midnight tonight to give to Daniel's campaign; what counts is the number of contributors, and, he adds, the amount. — 00:02:10
- 2015-10-20 · Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? — John says Daniel believed government service was noble; in 2008 Nerdfighteria helped raise money for his campaign and he lost, but he won in 2010 and was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 2012. — 00:01:03
- 2015-10-20 · Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? — John says Daniel is a Democrat but widely respected; a Republican member of the Illinois House once called him one of the smartest people (in cruder words) he had met. — 00:01:16