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May 22: Brotherhood 2.0 in Amsterdam

2007-05-22 · John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

From Amsterdam, John does his happy dance, shows a contemporary art museum, and says the city he expected to be a den of iniquity is one of the cleanest, most beautiful and sustainable he has visited, like great cities 50 years from now.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting from Amsterdam; John's happy dance; the natives laugh

  • ★★ John is in Amsterdam having a good time; he likes it so much he does his happy dance, and the locals laugh. (playful) — 00:00:09 · Amsterdam, Happy dance

00:00:35 — Visit to a contemporary art museum: video of a spaceman and the Buddha; more dancing

  • ★★ One of the most fun things they did was a contemporary art museum, where a video shows a spaceman and the Buddha looking at each other. — 00:00:35

00:01:11 — Amsterdam is not a den of iniquity but clean, green and friendly; moving there vs Indianapolis; cities of the future 'mostly underwater'; sign-off

  • ★★★ John expected Amsterdam to be a drug-addled den of iniquity, 'Las Vegas, but with legal weed', but finds it one of the cleanest, most beautiful cities he has visited. — 00:01:11 · Amsterdam
  • ★★ John lists what he likes in Amsterdam: green space, everyone biking, small efficient cars, eco-friendly toilets, fresh flowers and beautiful buildings, some items delivered as gags. (playful) — 00:01:11 · Amsterdam
  • ★★ John says he and the Yeti keep talking about moving to Amsterdam, though he insists Indianapolis is the Amsterdam of central Indiana. (playful) — 00:01:49 · Sarah Urist Green, Indianapolis
  • ★★ John sums up that Amsterdam is what many great cities will be like in 50 years: efficient, sustainable and mostly underwater. (playful) — 00:01:49 · Amsterdam
  • ★ John has very limited internet access but hopes to see Hank tomorrow. (hedged) — 00:01:49

Humor (significant)

  • Locals laughed at John's happy dance, apparently ashamed rather than amused. — 00:00:35 > «Just ashamed that their city would attract someone like me.»
  • John sums up Amsterdam as the model of great cities 50 years from now: efficient, sustainable... — 00:01:49 > «It's efficient, sustainable, and mostly underwater.»
  • John and the Yeti talk constantly about moving to Amsterdam, but John keeps defending home. — 00:01:49 > «Indianapolis is truly the Amsterdam of central Indiana»

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