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August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury

2007-08-08 · John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

John, sweaty from mowing, admits he keeps a wasteful lawn only for fear of his neighbours; explains that 'all of that stuff' meant he no longer sees his breakups as all his exes' fault; and, answering Hank, backs minors' political participation while joking the Netherlands should run American politics.

What is said

00:00:00 — After mowing the lawn John says he hates it, showers; a private person Fineman was the other person who said hello

  • ★★ Just done mowing, John says he hates it: he is working hard not for something he believes in but for something he hates, grass. (playful) — 00:00:10

00:00:37 — Greeting the catalogued bookshelf; the lawn wastes water and energy, but John fears being ostracized by neighbours; Nerdfighter cupcakes joke

  • ★ John greets his bookshelf background and checks that everything is still catalogued. (playful) — 00:00:37
  • ★★★ Responding to Hank's suggestion to get rid of all their grass, John says it bothers him to spend water and energy on a lawn he walks on only when mowing. — 00:00:37
  • ★★★ But the only thing John hates more than wasting water, energy and time on the lawn is being ostracized by his peers, which he admits is not very nerdfightery. (playful) — 00:00:37 · nerdfighter
  • ★★ John says his neighbours are already dubious about them, so until he gathers some Nerdfighter courage he will keep mowing. (playful) — 00:01:16 · nerdfighter

00:01:47 — Explaining 'all of that stuff': John was mean to ex-girlfriends for years, now sees the breakups differently and was not a great boyfriend before the Yeti

  • ★★★ Explaining 'all of that stuff', John says he was mean to his ex-girlfriends for years because the ways they dumped him seemed excessively cruel. — 00:01:47
  • ★★★ Looking back, John no longer sees it as him good and them bad; it seems more like 'thank God I ended up with the Yeti', and maybe they've been through enough. (hedged) — 00:01:47 · Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★ John says he has realized that dating someone for two and a half years and then dumping them over instant messenger doesn't make the breakup entirely the dumper's fault. (playful) — 00:01:47
  • ★★ John says one could argue he wasn't a great boyfriend until he met the Yeti, and isn't a great husband now, though he did just mow the lawn. (playful) (hedged) — 00:02:17 · Sarah Urist Green

00:02:17 — Forum debate on minors and foreigners contributing to Biss's campaign; John agrees on minors, jokes he wants the Netherlands to run US politics; hopes Biss is elected

  • ★★★ After forum talk on minors and foreigners contributing to Biss's campaign, John tends to agree with Hank that under-18s should be allowed to contribute more to politics. (hedged) — 00:02:17 · Daniel Biss, Brotherhood 2.0 forum
  • ★★ John first agreed foreigners shouldn't give to American campaigns, then realized he does want the Netherlands to run American politics, being much better at it. (playful) — 00:02:55 · Netherlands
  • ★★ John claims there are more murders on American TV in a week than actual murders in the Netherlands in a year, admitting he made the statistic up. (playful) — 00:02:55 · Netherlands, United States
    • number check: more murders on American TV in a week — doubtful
    • number check: than there are actual murders in the Netherlands in a year — doubtful
  • ★★ John jokes that his 'optimism' about American politics might change, most reasonably if people elected Daniel Biss state representative for his Illinois district. (playful) (hedged) — 00:02:55 · Daniel Biss

00:03:31 — Donation deadline (Friday midnight Eastern) and Fund to Decrease World Suck contributions count toward the punishment; sign-off

Humor (significant)

  • Sweaty from mowing, John complains he is working hard for something he hates. — 00:00:10 > «Grass.»
  • John asks Hank the difference between regular cupcakes and Nerdfighter cupcakes. — 00:01:16 > «Instead of containing a lot of sugar, Nerdfighter cupcakes contain a lot of awesome.»
  • John concedes one could argue he isn't a great husband. — 00:02:17 > «although I did just mow the lawn! And that is one husbandly duty.»
  • John claims American TV has more murders in a week than the Netherlands has in a year. — 00:02:55 > «I made that statistic up, but I bet it's true.»

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