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Brotherhood 2.0: June 4th: The First Nerdfighter Wedding!

2007-06-05 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · personal update

John reports a weekend of crowds: Book Expo America's free books and gifts for Hank, then the wedding of his cousins-in-law a private person and a private person, which he celebrates as the first Nerdfighter marriage.

What is said

00:00:00 — a private person and a private person's wedding-dress introduction; a weekend of crowds begins at Book Expo America

  • ★ John thanks his cousins-in-law a private person and a private person, Brotherhood 2.0 viewers, for introducing the video in their wedding clothes ('We're already married!'). (playful) — 00:00:04
  • ★★ John spent part of the weekend at Book Expo America, 'probably the biggest book thing in the country', where free books can be taken if you're subtle. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:04

00:00:34 — Book Expo America: free books, cameos, manga and a poster for Hank, swag to give away once Hank launches it

  • ★ At Book Expo John collected manga, a poster and a Harry Potter bag for Hank; Maureen Johnson and Scott Westerfeld's hand make cameos. (playful) — 00:00:34 · Maureen Johnson, Harry Potter
  • ★★ John says he got other swag at Book Expo that he is going to give away on Brotherhood 2.0 as soon as Hank launches it (apparently the forum). — 00:00:34 · Brotherhood 2.0

00:01:03 — Harry Potter bag; flight to Decatur, Alabama; the first wedding between Brotherhood 2.0 viewers: priests, a cardinal, papal elections, 600 guests

  • ★ John got home, rose at 4:15 and flew to Decatur, Alabama, wearing non-ironically the seersucker suit he wore ironically a month ago. (playful) — 00:01:03
  • ★★★ John says it was his first time watching two Brotherhood 2.0 viewers marry, and calls it a magical thing. — 00:01:03 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ Many priests, a bishop and a cardinal officiated at the wedding; John jokes the Catholic Church was that excited, and says the cardinal did a fantastic job. (playful) — 00:01:03
  • ★★ John says there are about 200 cardinals in the entire world. — 00:01:32
  • ★★ John explains that the cardinals pick the next pope, and every cardinal under the age of 80 may take part. — 00:01:32
  • ★★ Seeing the giddy couple talking at the altar, John jokes they must have been discussing the Evil Baby Orphanage: 'Everybody's talking about it.' (joke) — 00:02:02 · Evil Baby Orphanage
  • ★★ About 600 people came to the wedding, which John takes as a sign of how excited people were about the first wedding between Brotherhood 2.0 viewers. (playful) — 00:02:02

00:02:31 — Reception cake; a private person's comment on liquid coal and cleaner coal technology

  • ★★★ a private person commented that cars should never run on coal, but developing cleaner coal technology makes sense since countries like India and China won't phase out coal in 50 years. — 00:02:31 · China
  • ★★ John finds a private person's comment on liquid coal, written right after his wedding, very interesting and looks forward to the environmental discussion on the Brotherhood 2.0 forum. — 00:02:31 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum

00:03:00 — Forum plug; what weddings are really about; hope for more Nerdfighter marriages; Banff; sign-off

  • ★★ John asks whether he has mentioned the forum enough times today, pressing Hank to launch it. (playful) — 00:03:00 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum
  • ★★ John says weddings aren't about the cake, the pot roast or a cardinal officiating; as at a private person and a private person's, Hank's and his own, they're about how cute it is when kids dance. (joke) — 00:03:00
  • ★★ John says both brothers are happy about the first Nerdfighter marriage and hope for many more; the couple is honeymooning in Banff. (hedged) — 00:03:26 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • Everyone was excited about the first marriage between Brotherhood 2.0 viewers, John says, citing the clergy present. — 00:01:03 > «the Catholic Church was so excited that they sent, like, 14 priests to officiate.»
  • Looking over a crowd of about 600 wedding guests, John has one thought. — 00:02:02 > «if I happen to have a super drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis, a lot of people are in a lot of trouble.»
  • John shows a private person and a private person cutting the cake at the reception. — 00:02:31 > «you can't see a private person because she happens to be the same height and wearing the same color as the cake itself.»
  • John builds up to what weddings are truly about, beyond cake, pot roast and cardinals, at every wedding he has seen. — 00:03:26 > «They're about how cute it is when kids dance.»

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