Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd
2007-01-02 · letter vlog · John, Sydney Green · 2:12 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore, recurring series, punishment or challenge, guest or collab
John replies from their parents' dial-up-bound house, introduces the "characters" of the video blog (Hank, himself, his wife Sarah, their parents), and proposes that the brothers also set each other challenges.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Two hours downloading Hank's video on the parents' dial-up; the childhood home
- ★★ John says downloading Hank's 2-minute-1-second video took him 2 hours 13 minutes because he is at their parents' house, which has dial-up internet. (playful) — 00:00:03 · Mike Green, Sydney Green · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
- ★ John says the parents' house is pretty and surrounds him with memories of their childhood. — 00:00:03
00:00:37 — Introducing the characters: Hank, John, Sarah the Yeti
- ★★ John introduces Hank to viewers: 26, a web designer, environmental activist and writer. — 00:00:37 · Hank Green
- ★★★ John introduces himself: John Green, 29, a writer living in New York City. — 00:00:37 · John Green, New York City
- ★★ John says his wife Sarah does not wish to take part; like the Yeti she will feature in many stories but will rarely be seen. (playful) — 00:00:37 · Sarah Urist Green, Yeti
00:01:19 — Maggie and the parents; proposal to add challenges besides punishments: toilet paper and Nepal, Strawberry Hill wine, challenge days
- ★ John lists further characters: Maggie and their parents, who he says declined to be interviewed; he then asks those off camera for a message to Hank. — 00:01:19 · Mike Green, Sydney Green
- ★ Sydney Green: Off camera, the brothers' mother answers John's prompt by telling Hank she loves him. — 00:01:19 · Sydney Green, Hank Green
- ★★★ Recalling the agreed punishments for missed videos, John proposes the brothers also periodically give each other challenges. (hedged) — 00:01:19 · Punishment · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
- ★★ John suggests two challenges: eating five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal, and drinking a glass of Strawberry Hill wine without hurling. (playful) — 00:01:53 · also in: Brotherhood 2.0: February 14th
- ★★ John tentatively suggests Thursdays and Fridays as challenge days and leaves the choice to Hank. (hedged) — 00:01:53
Humor (significant)
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A 2-minute video took over two hours to download at their parents' house. — 00:00:03
“the last residents in the United States of America with dial-up internet”
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John's wife Sarah does not want to appear in the documentary. — 00:00:37
“Sarah is like the Yeti.”
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After fumbling the tongue twister, John names a challenge of eating toilet paper while discussing Nepal's politics. — 00:01:53
“I'm very interested in the political situation in Nepal.”
Threads in this video
- first use · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — John says his wife Sarah will not appear and compares her to the Yeti: prominent in their folklore, rarely sighted. (00:00:37)
- proposed · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Besides the agreed punishments, John proposes the brothers periodically set each other challenges and suggests Thursdays and Fridays as challenge days. (00:01:19)
- proposed · Hank: drink a glass of Strawberry Hill wine without hurling (2007) — John suggests two challenges: eating five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal, and drinking a glass of Strawberry Hill wine without hurling. (00:01:53)
- proposed · John: eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal (2007) — John suggests two challenges: eating five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal, and drinking a glass of Strawberry Hill wine without hurling. (00:01:53)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — running joke (last seen 2025); last: variation, 2025-01-07
- Hank: drink a glass of Strawberry Hill wine without hurling (2007) — disputed
- John: eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal (2007) — performed
- Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — completed; last: looked back, 2026-09-30
Mentioned
People: Mike Green · Sarah Urist Green · Sydney Green
Rituals: Punishment
Places: Nepal · New York City · United States
Products: Boone's Farm
Myths: Yeti
Only in the description or credits: Brotherhood 2.0
Replies to
- answers · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — “downloading your 2 minute and 1 second video”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th (Hank) — corrects — “You said that you believed that Mom and Dad's house was the last residence in the United States of America with dial-up internet. You were wrong.” (00:01:05)
- 2007-10-24 · October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING (John) — continues (accept on John: eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal (2007)) — Reminded by a nerdfighter that he failed the challenge he set himself on January 2 (he discussed Nepal but did not eat the toilet paper), John takes it on again. (00:01:34)
- 2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers (John) — refers back (retro on Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters) — John marks the fifth anniversary of his first Vlogbrothers video, uploaded January 2, 2007. (00:00:00)