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Brotherhood 2.0: March 9, 2007: Peeptastic!

2007-03-09 · challenge / punishment · John · 3:11 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: punishment or challenge, fundraising ask, community lore

John shows his own attempt to out-eat Hank at Peeps in three minutes, which ends at 12 1/2 Peeps and vomiting, compares it with Hank's and Kurt's results, and plugs the new link for contributing to the Brotherhood 2.0 fund for decreasing suck levels worldwide.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Eyes still funny; why John set out to eat Peeps faster than Hank

  • ★ John says his eyes are still kind of funny. — 00:00:03
  • ★★ On Wednesday afternoon John bought a lot of Peeps to eat as fast as he could, hoping to prove himself faster than Hank, before they were introduced to Kurt. (playful) — 00:00:03 · Peeps
  • ★★ John insists, ironically, that not everything is a contest between the brothers and that he does not feel compelled to win each one. (joke) — 00:00:03

00:00:36 — Three minutes of Peeps: sugar, Weight Watchers, pink Peeps, the wall of fat

  • ★★ John gave himself three minutes to eat as many Peeps as possible and shows the footage. (playful) — 00:00:36 · Peeps
  • ★★ John says he dislikes the taste of Peeps but likes sugar, so starting was easy; he has been on Weight Watchers for eight weeks. (playful) — 00:00:36 · Peeps
  • ★ John says 15 Peeps are only 10 Weight Watchers points. (playful) — 00:00:36 · Peeps
  • ★★ John explains the competitive-eating 'wall of fat': an expanding stomach runs into subcutaneous fat, which thin eaters like Takeru Kobayashi, 'the greatest competitive eater in history', avoid. (playful) — 00:01:43

00:02:11 — Chewing, vomiting, and the results: John, Hank and Kurt

  • ★★ John hit the wall of fat, took a long time chewing, and then vomited the Peeps, sparing Hank footage from the bathroom. (playful) — 00:02:11 · Peeps
  • ★★★ John compares results: he ate 12 1/2 Peeps in 3 minutes, Hank 12 1/2 in 6 minutes, and Kurt 12 in a minute and a half. — 00:02:11 · Peeps

00:02:57 — Sign-off; link at Brotherhood2.com to contribute to the fund

Humor (dominant)

  • John narrates his stomach filling with Peeps, echoing Kurt's line in Hank's video. — 00:01:04

    “The Ghostbusters and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man had begun to war inside me.”

  • Thin eaters need not fear the wall of fat, but John is not thin yet. — 00:01:43

    “I'm still a heavyweight, according to the International Boxing Federation.”

  • John vomits off camera after the Peeps. — 00:02:11

    “I had what is known in competitive eating circles as a reversal of fortune.”

  • After comparing John's, Hank's and Kurt's Peeps counts. — 00:02:11

    “Scientific conclusion? It's not possible to eat more than 12...”

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Mentioned

Central: Foundation to Decrease World Suck

Also: People: Kurt (bystander guest) · Takeru Kobayashi

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0

Works: Ghostbusters (film)

Organizations: International Boxing Federation · Weight Watchers

Terms: world suck

Concepts: competitive eating · wall of fat

Characters: Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

Products: Peeps

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