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Half a Beard

2009-06-17 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · announcement promotion

After Nerdfighters vote on his beard John shaves half of it as a compromise, then, having gained about 20%, announces the Vlogbrothers 2009 Fitness Challenge against Hank: a three-part contest in two months, loser punished by Nerdfighteria.

What is said

00:00:00 — 'Reckoning of the beard': vote result and the Yeti's 10,000 votes

  • ★★ John reports almost 5,000 people voted on his beard, preliminarily to keep it - but says the Yeti always has 10,000 votes, and asks Sarah to decide. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Sarah Urist Green

00:00:26 — Half-shave compromise; who taught John to shave

  • ★★ An off-camera compromise to keep half the beard follows (who proposes it is unclear); John shaves off half, which took like 45 minutes, cutting himself six times. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:26
  • ★★ John says their father never taught him to shave; he didn't need to when he left for boarding school in 10th grade, and his 10th-grade girlfriend taught him. (playful) — 00:00:26

00:01:05 — Weight gain, Wii Fit BMI, teasing Hank; announcing the Vlogbrothers 2009 Fitness Challenge; personal trainer

  • ★★★ John says he is about 20% bigger than he used to be; the Wii Fit he and Sarah got calculated his BMI and made his Mii portly. (playful) (hedged) — 00:01:05 · Sarah Urist Green
  • ★ John teases that Hank, though in better shape than him, also has 'a little bit more of you in the middle' than he used to. (playful) (hedged) — 00:01:34 · Hank Green, Katherine Green
  • ★★★ John announces the Vlogbrothers 2009 Fitness Challenge: in two months, a three-part contest - a three-mile run, consecutive push-ups, and getting closer to ideal BMI. — 00:01:34 · Hank Green
  • ★ John concedes BMI is unscientific and not that important but keeps it as a category; he is tempted to forfeit the push-ups. (playful) — 00:02:06
  • ★★★ Confident of winning, John proposes that the loser be punished by Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:06 · Punishment, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John has hired a personal trainer, a semi-professional strongman; in the first session he thought he would puke and was told to go ahead. (playful) — 00:02:06

00:02:35 — Sign-off; P.S. abandoning the half-beard and Nerdfighters' beard-debate chants

  • ★★ In a P.S. John says he abandoned the half-shaved look and shares Nerdfighters' pro- and anti-beard chants from 'the great beard debate of 2009', finding the anti-beard one most convincing. (playful) — 00:02:35 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • The Nerdfighter beard vote came out for keeping it, but John forgot to mention one rule. — 00:00:00 > «the Yeti always has 10,000 votes»
  • John says he is about 20% more than he used to be. — 00:01:05 > «And I don't mean 20% more awesome. I mean 20% more.»
  • John tries to find the word for Hank's recent weight gain. — 00:01:34 > «your body is a little bit better designed for hula hooping than it used to be»
  • John shares the Nerdfighter chant he found most convincing in the great beard debate. — 00:02:35 > «John Green won't get no play until it's beard sha-»

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