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Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel

2007-01-27 · compilation · John, Hank, Daniel Biss · 6:19 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life, Science & nature) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, punishment or challenge

A condensed re-edit of Brotherhood 2.0's second week (January 8-12): the disputed Strawberry Hill challenge and the book club idea, Hank at the Detroit auto show, John's carbon footprint, Hank's 'tiny chickens' and misprinted EcoGeek cards, and John's card and punishment ideas ending in a shared happy-dance project.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — John (January 8 clip): leaving Asheville for Birmingham; Hank didn't complete the Strawberry Hill Challenge; mouth surgery and the dental rinse; Brotherhood 2.0 book club proposal

00:01:05 — Hank (January 9 clip) in Detroit: seeing Canada to the south, General Motors' invitation to the auto show, values, the fake waterfall; books about genocide

00:02:24 — John (January 10 clip): patriarchal oppression; carbon footprint 16 tons vs US average 18.58; $6 a ton; Daniel computes $96; paying Al Gore

00:03:25 — Al Gore eats the carbon; Hank (January 11 clip): tiny chickens in his head; misprinted EcoGeek business cards; 500 Miles is not a punishment

00:05:02 — John (January 12 clip): card utilization ideas; punishment ideas from the living room; happy dance in 70 five-second clips, or a joint project of 35 each

Humor (significant)

  • Comparing Strawberry Hill to the minty rinse after his mouth surgery. — 00:00:40

    “Strawberry Hill tastes exactly like that spit.”

  • Hank on John's book-club suggestions, both about genocide. — 00:02:02

    “I love genocide.”

  • John on paying Al Gore to offset his carbon. — 00:03:25

    “He eats the carbon, and then when he poops it out, it's actually political gold.”

  • Hank blames his illness on a tiny chicken's eggs hatching in his head. — 00:03:59

    “They're eating my brain and their poop is coming out my nose.”

  • Suggesting Hank wallpaper every room in his dollhouse with the cards. — 00:05:02

    “Everybody thinks you have a dollhouse now.”

  • Holding up an 1,100-page history of apocalypticism as a punishment. — 00:05:32

    “It's pretty punishing.”

Mentioned

Central: carbon footprint · carbon offset · Happy dance (practice) · Nerdfighter Book Club · North American International Auto Show · Punishment

Also: People: Al Gore · Daniel Biss · Katherine Green · Sarah Urist Green

Projects: EcoGeek

Works: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) · The Continuum History of Apocalypticism · We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families · What Is the What

Organizations: BP · General Motors

Terms: tiny chickens

Concepts: climate change · patriarchy

Places: Asheville, North Carolina · Birmingham, Alabama · Canada · Detroit · United States

Products: Boone's Farm

Only in the description or credits: Dave Eggers · Philip Gourevitch

Also centred on carbon footprint: Brotherhood 2.0: January 10, 2007 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD

Also centred on carbon offset: Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD

Also centred on Nerdfighter Book Club: Brotherhood 2.0: January 8, 2007 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards · September 6th: The Book Club Returns · Flinching in the Shower · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles

Also centred on North American International Auto Show: Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th · TIny Cars SUCK! · Hank Green from the Detroit Auto Show

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