The island of Nerdfighteria: subscribers buying the brothers a private island (2009)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2009) · last event: callback (2009-12-20)
In August 2009 John joked that 100,000 subscribers giving $100 each could buy a private island and make Nerdfighteria a real country. He brought the island up again that year, asking in December whether the channel should buy one.
Told alongside: John asks Nerdfighters what they want more and less of in the vlogbrothers for 2010 (2009)
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-11 | first use | John jokes that 100,000 subscribers giving $100 each could buy a private island and make Nerdfighteria a real country. (joke, hedged) | The Island of Nerdfighteria? 00:00:00 |
| 2009-08-11 | callback | Turning down iPods for every subscriber, John says with $10 million he would buy an island. (joke) | The Island of Nerdfighteria? 00:01:01 |
| 2009-12-20 | callback | Among options for the channel's reinvention John asks: should we buy an island? (playful) | Awesome Project Is Awesome 00:03:04 |
What is said about it
2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-08-11 · The Island of Nerdfighteria? — John jokes that if each subscriber gave the brothers $100 they could buy a private island and make Nerdfighteria a real country. (joke, hedged) — 00:00:00
- 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — ask: John asks what viewers want more and less of (an island? more projects, news, funny, interaction? pants?) and says they take comments seriously and always read them. — 00:03:04