Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper
2007-01-04 · letter vlog · John · 2:28 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, recurring series, punishment or challenge, on location
Formerly titled Brotherhood 2.0: January 4th.
Answering Hank's call to list their differences, John says Hank lives by his values and he does not (late recycling, not voting in 2000); he then attempts his own toilet-paper-and-Nepal challenge himself and gives up.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — On Little Pisgah Mountain ('movie magic'); continuing the list of differences: Hank lives by his values, John recycled only after An Inconvenient Truth and did not vote in 2000; different happy dances
- ★ John says he is on top of Little Pisgah Mountain in North Carolina, then admits the footage was recorded the day before ('movie magic'). (playful) — 00:00:00
- ★★★ Continuing Hank's list of differences, John says Hank is excellent at living in line with his values while John is not. (hedged) — 00:00:00 · Hank Green, John Green · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
- ★★ As an example, John says he did not recycle until he watched An Inconvenient Truth and is still somewhat iffy on it. (hedged) — 00:00:00 · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
- ★★ John says he did not vote in 2000 even though he could have voted in Florida, and comically blames himself for George Bush. (playful) — 00:00:40 · United States presidential election, Florida
- ★ John adds that the brothers have vastly different happy dances. (playful) — 00:00:40 · Happy dance (practice)
00:01:11 — Hank ignored the challenge, so John attempts to eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal, and gives up
- ★★★ John notes Hank ignored his toilet-paper-and-Nepal challenge in his last video and says that if Hank will not do it, he will. (playful) — 00:01:11
- ★ Mid-challenge, John says rebels control more than half of Nepal. (playful) — 00:01:11 · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
- ★★ John attempts the challenge, then gives up ('I can't do it, Hank'), blaming the toilet paper being two-ply. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:44
00:02:05 — A Brotherhood 2.0 viewer's baby; idea of letting the viewer pick a project or challenge as a baby present
- ★★ John announces a Brotherhood 2.0 viewer's wife has had a baby after 32 hours of labor and suggests letting the viewer pick a project or challenge for the brothers as a present. (hedged) — 00:02:05 · Brotherhood 2.0
Humor (significant)
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John says he is on top of Little Pisgah Mountain, then admits it was recorded the day before. — 00:00:00
“I believe that's what they call movie magic.”
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John admits he did not vote in 2000 although he could have voted in Florida. — 00:00:40
“Ah, George Bush, it's all my fault! God, I'm so stupid!”
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Mid-challenge, mouth full of toilet paper, John gives up on discussing Nepal. — 00:01:44
“I think this stuff is two-ply, too.”
Threads in this video
- result reported · Hank: list with John the ways the brothers differ (2007) — Asked in Hank's last video to continue the list of their differences, John adds that Hank lives by his values and he does not (recycling, not voting in 2000), and that their happy dances differ. (00:00:00) → refers to Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd
- accepted · John: eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal (2007) — Since Hank ignored it, John takes on his own challenge: eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal. (00:01:11)
- performed · John: eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal (2007) — John attempts the challenge on camera but gives up partway, blaming two-ply toilet paper. (00:01:44)
- proposed · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — John suggests letting a Brotherhood 2.0 viewer who just had a baby pick a project or challenge for the brothers as a baby present. (00:02:05)
- told · John misses the voter registration deadline after moving to Chicago (2000) — John says he did not vote in 2000 even though he could have voted in Florida, and comically blames himself for George Bush. (00:00:40)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John: eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal (2007) — performed
- Hank: list with John the ways the brothers differ (2007) — reported back; last: result reported, 2007-01-04
- Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — completed; last: looked back, 2026-09-30
- John misses the voter registration deadline after moving to Chicago (2000) — told 3×
Mentioned
People: George W. Bush
Projects: Brotherhood 2.0
Works: An Inconvenient Truth
Rituals: Happy dance (practice)
Places: Florida · Little Pisgah Mountain · Nepal · North Carolina
Events: United States presidential election
Only in the description or credits: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Replies to
- answers · Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd — “in your last video, you asked me to continue our discussion of our differences”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-01-05 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 5th (Hank) — continues — “you did stick several pieces of toilet paper in your mouth and discuss the political situation in Nepal” (00:01:31)
- 2007-01-09 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th (Hank) — continues — “It's really nice of you to say that I live in a way that is commensurate with my values.” (00:00:34)
- 2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video (John) — continues (make on John: send Peter 'Mummy, How Do I Know If I'm a Nerdfighter?' as a late baby-warming present (2007)) — John will send the extra copy of 'Mummy, How Do I Know If I'm a Nerdfighter?' that Wynflete sent him to a viewer first mentioned on January 4, as a 362-day-late baby-warming present. (00:02:26)