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JOHN GREEN IS FAT.

2010-02-24 · John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

Worried about a friend and skipping a planned childhood story, John recounts his weight gain since 1995, credits the Facebook group 'John Green Is Fat' with having told him all along, and reports losing almost 15 pounds since a child of the brothers's birth.

What is said

00:00:00 — Date and view; worried about a friend; skips the Red Green story; weight loss as his childhood story

  • ★★ John says it has been a tough day and he is worried about a friend of his. — 00:00:00
  • ★ John skips a planned ribald story about Red Green, the miniature dachshund they grew up with, named because they got him at Christmas and he was red. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ The description says the pizza mustache shirt is a pre-order at dftba.com/pizza, closing in a week and shipping in mid-March. — 00:00:00 · Pizza John, DFTBA Records

00:00:29 — 63 pounds gained since 1995; Hank and Nerdfighters 'failed' to tell him he got fat

  • ★★ As his childhood story, John says he used to be skinny and has technically gained 63 pounds since a 1995 photo, the first maybe 20 needed, the last 43 optional. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:29
  • ★★ John says Nerdfighters did not fail to tell him he was fat as he claimed; the problem was that he underestimated Nerdfighteria and wasn't listening. (playful) — 00:00:29 · Nerdfighteria

00:00:58 — The Facebook group 'John Green Is Fat' and its photos of him (Cheez-Its, 7-Eleven, pizza)

  • ★★★ John says a Facebook group called 'John Green Is Fat', founded in November 2009, collects every picture of him looking as fat as possible; he calls it one of the great Facebook groups. (playful) — 00:00:58 · Facebook

00:01:27 — Pizza Hut/Taco Bell photo; the pizza-mustache photo he wants as a shirt; thanks; almost 15 pounds lost since a child of the brothers's birth

  • ★★ John says he loves a fan photo of himself with a brief mustache and the word 'pizza' under his face, and wants it as a shirt. (playful) — 00:01:27 · Pizza John
  • ★★★ John says he has lost almost 15 pounds since a child of the brothers was born, not through a crash diet: he eats a lot but no french fries, and has started running. — 00:01:27

00:02:03 — Not a crash diet: no french fries, running; apology to Nerdfighters, ask for more humiliation; sign-off

  • ★★ John apologizes to Nerdfighters for wrongly accusing them and asks them to keep the humiliation coming in comments, because it motivates him. (playful) — 00:02:03 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • John admits he has gained 63 pounds since a 1995 photo of his skinny self. — 00:00:29 > «I needed to gain the first maybe 20, but the last 43 were strictly optional»
  • Captioning a fan photo of himself eating a taco wrapped in pizza, John can't decide where he is. — 00:01:27 > «I'm at that combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.»
  • John says he has started running. — 00:02:03 > «my version of running in which sometimes I am passed by people who walk fast»

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