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Love and Romance Questions ANSWERED

2009-07-29 · John, Sarah Urist Green · watch on YouTube · Everyday life · conversation qa

On Question Tuesday John gives mostly comic answers to Nerdfighters' love and romance questions, with a few sincere points: everyone fears rejection, just ask, and guys are people too; Sarah weighs in on yes/no notes.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; Question Tuesday on love and romance

00:00:15 — Rejection, porpoise/propose, nerdy girls, first kisses, clingy boys, nerdfighter-like breakups

  • ★★★ John says everyone is afraid of rejection; others just don't seem so because you are not living inside their thoughts. — 00:00:17
  • ★★★ John advises asking a boyfriend about marriage and talking it over, calling it weird that culture thrusts marriage on women: boys deliberate for months, girls get seconds to answer. (playful) — 00:00:55
  • ★ Asked where the nerdy girls are, John jokes that they are right here, watching the video. (joke) — 00:01:13
  • ★★ John says an ordinary first kiss is no big deal, but for a kiss with tongue his one piece of advice is that the tongue should not lead. (playful) — 00:01:30

00:02:26 — Yes/no notes: Sarah calls them the wimp's way

  • ★★ Sarah says asking someone out with a check-yes-or-no note has never been cool and is the wimp's way; she recommends asking them. — 00:02:34

00:02:53 — Beauty queens, shyness around guys, internerdial dating, smart girls, text breakups, just ask

  • ★★★ John tells a nearly 18-year-old who has never dated that this is not weird, and that guys are people in exactly the same way girls are. — 00:03:10
  • ★★★ John says guys who don't like girls smarter than them are exactly the guys you don't want to date. (playful) — 00:03:32
  • ★ John says breaking up over text message is bad. — 00:03:41
  • ★★ To overcome shyness about asking a boy out, John says just ask: call him now, before the video ends, and say John Green told you to. (playful) — 00:03:45

Humor (significant)

  • Reading a question about a boyfriend who is 'about to porpoise', John lists the signs of turning into a porpoise. — 00:00:26 > «He may also start to look increasingly less human and more dolphin shaped,»
  • Advising against leading with the tongue, John starts from the Marines' 'first to fight'. — 00:02:01 > «The tongue should not be first to kiss.»
  • Asked what it is called when only one partner is a nerdfighter, John coins a term. — 00:03:23 > «internerdial dating.»
  • Asked whether guys really dislike girls smarter than them, John describes a Venn diagram. — 00:03:32 > «is a circle.»

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