Week 1 Condensed!
2007-01-23 · compilation · Hank, John · 6:39 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore
A condensed re-edit of Brotherhood 2.0's first week: Hank's launch rules, John's challenge proposal, the list of the brothers' differences, John's failed toilet-paper-and-Nepal challenge and Hank's wine-chugging variant of the Strawberry Hill challenge.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Hank (January 1 clip): no more textual communication, only video blogging; the plan emailed from a Lake Tahoe New Year's Eve party
- This part replays Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st (2007-01-01); what is said here is covered on that page: 2 statements.
00:00:41 — Hank's plan: alternating daily videos for a year, punishments for a missed weekday; John (January 2 clip): 2 h 13 min to download a 2-minute video
- ★★★ From January 1st Hank sends a video blog, John replies the next day, and so on until the year is up; missing a weekday video brings punishments. Brotherhood 2.0 commences. — 00:00:41 · Brotherhood 2.0, Punishment · first in: 2007-01-01, Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st
- ★★ John says downloading Hank's 2-minute-1-second video took 2 hours 13 minutes because he is at their parents' house, 'the last residence' in the US with dial-up. (playful) — 00:00:41 · Mike Green, Sydney Green · first in: 2007-01-02, Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd
00:01:10 — John at their parents' dial-up house; proposal of challenges: toilet paper and Nepal, Strawberry Hill wine, challenge days
- This part replays Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd (2007-01-02); what is said here is covered on that page: 1 statement.
00:01:52 — Hank (January 3 clip): before a flight after sledding; look-alike complaints (The Proclaimers, Nelson); a list of their differences: pudginess, beer on his wife's MacBook
- This part replays Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd (2007-01-03); what is said here is covered on that page: 3 statements.
00:02:50 — The MacBook boots again; John (January 4 clip) on Little Pisgah Mountain: Hank lives by his values, John recycled only after An Inconvenient Truth and didn't vote
- This part replays Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper (2007-01-04); what is said here is covered on that page: 2 statements.
00:03:34 — John blames himself for George Bush; different happy dances; John attempts his own toilet-paper-and-Nepal challenge
- ★ John adds that the brothers have vastly different happy dances. (playful) — 00:03:34 · Happy dance (practice)
- ★★ John: Since Hank ignored the toilet-paper-and-Nepal challenge, John attempts it himself, then gives up, blaming two-ply paper. (playful) — 00:03:34 · also in: October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING
- ★ John: Mid-challenge, John says rebels control more than half of Nepal. (playful) — 00:03:34 · first in: 2007-01-04, Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper
00:04:32 — John gives up (two-ply); Hank (January 5 clip) home in his basement among things he loves; Map of Narnia; Sutter Home instead of Strawberry Hill; a commenter's variant; corn dogs; toast and the tongue twister
- This part replays Brotherhood 2.0: January 5th (2007-01-05); what is said here is covered on that page: 4 statements.
Humor (significant)
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John explains why downloading Hank's 2-minute video took over two hours. — 00:00:41
“that I'm at mom and dad's house, the last residence in the United States of America with dial-up internet.”
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People think the brothers look like the twin rock duo The Proclaimers. — 00:01:52
“Which is admittedly better than people thinking that we look like the twin rock duo, Nelson.”
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Listing their differences, Hank starts with weight. — 00:02:20
“Whereas, in the next few years, Hank Green will get kind of pudgy.”
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John admits he didn't vote in 2000 though he could have in Florida. — 00:03:34
“Ah, George Bush, it's all my fault! God, I'm so stupid!”
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John gives up on eating five sheets of toilet paper. — 00:04:32
“I think this stuff is two-ply, too.”
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Hank explains how he can chug wine without puking. — 00:05:21
“oh, that corn dog is so good, I can't let go of it.”
Where the stories that moved here went next
Mentioned
Central: Brotherhood 2.0 · No textual communication · Sutter Home
Also: People: Benjamin Franklin · George W. Bush · Katherine Green · Mike Green · Sydney Green
Works: An Inconvenient Truth
Organizations: Mental Floss
Groups: Nelson · The Proclaimers
Rituals: Happy dance (practice) · Punishment
Places: Florida · Lake Tahoe · Little Pisgah Mountain · Nepal · North Carolina
Events: New Year's Eve · United States presidential election
Characters: Narnia
Products: Boone's Farm · MacBook
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