The brothers' accidental instant-message exchange that breaks the no-textual-communication rule (2007)
story · status: told 2× · last event: told (2007-07-09)
In July 2007, trying to reach John on iChat, Hank sent him an instant message and John wrote back, so both brothers broke Brotherhood 2.0's rule against textual communication; John later re-enacted the exchange, ending with his 'dude, you are so punished'.
Part of: Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters
Parts: Hank asks Nerdfighters for punishment ideas after the brothers' instant-message slip (2007)
About: No textual communication, iChat
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-06 | told | Trying to reach John on iChat video, Hank instant messages him and John instant messages back, both breaking the no-textual-communication rule. | July 6: Ooooooops 00:02:29 |
| 2007-07-09 | told | John re-enacts the instant-message exchange in which both brothers broke the no-textual-communication rule: Hank wrote first, and John typed 'dude, you are so punished'. | July 9: The Punishment Fiasco 00:00:09 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-07-06 · July 6: Ooooooops — Hank says he was trying to get John to notice he was on video chat, and concludes that the brothers are very stupid. (playful) — 00:02:59
- 2007-07-09 · July 9: The Punishment Fiasco — John says commenters and forum members claim the brothers communicated by text on purpose to get punished; he denies it, saying they are just stupid. (playful) — 00:00:09
- 2007-07-09 · July 9: The Punishment Fiasco — John thinks Hank was probably doing several things at once and texted by accident, while he calls himself stupid. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:09
- 2007-07-09 · July 9: The Punishment Fiasco — John recreates the exchange: a video chat request from Hank failed, a text window opened saying 'OK, I'm here now', and John typed asking whether it was Catherine. (playful) — 00:00:53
- 2007-07-09 · July 9: The Punishment Fiasco — John: Thrilled that Hank had broken the rule, John typed 'dude, you are so punished' and hit return, only realising when Hank didn't reply that he had texted too. (playful) — 00:01:22
- 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: When Hank IMed John in July and John replied, both were punished and dressed up like their most embarrassing high-school pictures. — 00:00:53