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July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered!

2007-07-25 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · conversation qa

After finding Hank's song featured on YouTube's front page, John answers as many of the new YouTube comments as he can in four minutes, defining a nerdfighter, proposing 'jokes' as a word for 'cool', and questioning what counts as real online, then does his happy dance.

What is said

00:00:00 — John finds Hank on the YouTube front page ('we got featured'); greeting; plan to answer comments until the four-minute deadline, green hair marking John's own voice; first comment

  • ★★★ John finds Hank's face on the YouTube front page: the brothers' video has been featured. — 00:00:10 · YouTube, Hank Green
  • ★★ Because Hank gets too many comments to answer, John will read and answer as many YouTube comments as he can until his four-minute deadline. — 00:00:10 · Four-minute rule, YouTube
  • ★★ John has green hair in this video and uses it to mark when he speaks as himself rather than reading a comment. (playful) — 00:00:10 · John Green

00:00:50 — Comments: pronunciation of 'Accio', the Proclaimers, 'dorkier', dogs and vacuums, a 'get a life, nerd' commenter

  • ★★ Answering a 'get a life, nerd' comment, John argues no cool person has ever had a 'blank is cool' screen name, so the commenter is a nerdfighter, which is a good thing. (playful) — 00:00:50 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ To comments calling the brothers geeks, nerds and dorky, John answers that being nerds is the idea: 'We're nerds.' (playful) — 00:00:50

00:01:40 — What a nerdfighter is; embroidered pillows; proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool'; 'cough, cough, get a life'

  • ★★★ John defines a nerdfighter as a regular person made out of awesome instead of tissues, cells and organs; nerdfighters hang out on the forum 'in my pants' and embroider pillows. (playful) — 00:01:40 · nerdfighter, made of awesome, Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants
  • ★ John shows Hank embroidered pillows made by nerdfighters. — 00:01:40 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John proposes that instead of saying 'cool' everyone always say 'jokes', and tries it out in several sentences. (playful) — 00:02:04 > «wouldn't it be great if instead of saying, cool, we always said jokes?»

00:02:30 — A commenter's screen name; 'Harry Potter isn't real' and what 'real' means online; MySpace; Hank's age

  • ★★★ To a commenter saying Harry Potter isn't real, John asks what 'real' means when people know each other only through the internet, and suggests Harry Potter may be real and the commenter not. (playful) (hedged) — 00:02:30

00:03:29 — Congratulations to Hank; Silly String and the happy dance; sign-off

  • ★★ John congratulates Hank and says he will celebrate by putting Silly String in his hair and doing his happy dance. (playful) (hedged) — 00:03:29 · Happy dance, Hank Green

Humor (dominant)

  • A commenter whose screen name says he is cool tells John to get a life, nerd. — 00:00:50 > «Did 656 people before you have the screen name NigelIsCool?»
  • John tries out 'jokes' in place of 'cool' in everyday sentences. — 00:02:04 > «Hey, is it hot outside? No, that's pretty jokes.»
  • A commenter says Harry Potter doesn't care about him because Harry isn't real; John questions who is real online. — 00:03:00 > «Maybe Harry Potter's real and you're not.»
  • John plans to celebrate with Silly String in his hair and his happy dance. — 00:03:29 > «The Yeti's going to be really mad when she gets home and sees the carpet.»

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