Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender
2007-04-06 · letter vlog · John · 3:37 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Global development) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, punishment or challenge
John rejects a commenter's proposal that the brothers take every eighth week off, because injustice, despair and suck never rest; he reports the fund's first $100 gift to One Kid, One World and shows a photo of Hank in black lipstick.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Good Friday; the zit; John almost took the day off but Hank said 'see you tomorrow'
- ★★ It is Good Friday for John ('regular heathen Friday' for Hank); John meant to take the day off but made a video because Hank ended his puppet show with 'John, I'll see you tomorrow'. (playful) — 00:00:10
- ★ John notes that his zit has not gone away and that he is very tired. (playful) — 00:00:10
00:00:33 — Commenter Query's every-eighth-week-off proposal; John's rant that suck never rests, so neither do Nerdfighters; Geto Boys parody
- ★★ John reads commenter Query's suggestion that, since the brothers seem (the commenter allows he could be wrong) a bit down about their bi-daily videos, they take every eighth week off to recharge. — 00:00:33 · Brotherhood 2.0
- ★★★ John rejects the break: injustice, despair, global warming and suck don't take every eighth week off, and nor will the Nerdfighters, who fight all year except weekends and occasional holidays. (playful) — 00:00:56 · Nerdfighteria, climate change, world suck
- ★★ Among the things that never rest John lists Dick Cheney, whom he accuses of intentionally misleading Americans about a relationship between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. (playful) — 00:00:56
- ★★ John calls himself an English literature nerdfighter who needs no days off to recharge: a couple of stanzas of The Waste Land and he's good to go. (playful) — 00:00:56 · nerdfighter
00:01:59 — The fund's first gift ($100 to One Kid, One World); congratulations on Hank's sock-puppet punishment, not humiliating enough
- ★★★ The Foundation to Decrease Suck has made its first gift, $100 to One Kid, One World, an organization that helps refugees in Africa; John thanks the contributors, most notably Hank. — 00:01:59 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck
- ★★★ John congratulates Hank on completing his punishment via sock puppet theater, but says the stories were not humiliating enough, so all viewers should see the picture Hank put up in comments. (playful) — 00:01:59 · Punishment, Brotherhood 2.0
00:02:28 — The photo of Hank in black lipstick and eyeshadow; John's own eyeliner days at Winter Park High School; sign-off, Happy Easter
- ★★ John shows the photo of Hank wearing black lipstick and eyeshadow and replays it for anyone who missed it. (playful) — 00:02:28
- ★★ John admits he liked The Cure a lot and occasionally wore eyeliner at Winter Park High School in 9th grade, but never let himself be photographed. (playful) — 00:03:07
Humor (significant)
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Listing things that never take every eighth week off. — 00:00:56
“Does Dick Cheney take every eighth week off from intentionally misleading the American people about the relationship between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda?”
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John claims the Geto Boys once said something about nerdfighters. — 00:01:37
“real gangster-ass nerdfighters don't run from nothing, because real gangster-ass nerdfighters can't run fast.”
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After his mock-heroic refusal of any time off, John sets out the Nerdfighters' fighting schedule. — 00:01:37
“We will stand and fight all year long, except for weekends and occasional holidays.”
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John admits he liked The Cure and wore eyeliner in 9th grade. — 00:03:07
“But I had the good sense never to let myself be photographed.”
Threads in this video
- milestone · Foundation to Decrease World Suck: the Brotherhood 2.0 fund (2007) — John reports the fund's first gift: $100 to One Kid, One World, which helps refugees in Africa, and thanks the contributors, most notably Hank. (00:01:59)
- thanks · John: asks viewers to contribute to the Brotherhood 2.0 fund for decreasing suck levels (2007) — John thanks all the contributors to the fund, most notably Hank, as it makes its first gift. (00:01:59)
- performed · Hank: embarrassing moment sock puppet theater (2007 punishment) — John congratulates Hank on completing his punishment via sock puppet theater, adding that the stories were not humiliating enough and showing Hank's black-lipstick photo. (00:01:59) → refers to April 5th: Embarrassing Moment Sock Puppet Theater
- milestone · Tasks for becoming a nerdfighter (2007) — John calls himself an English literature nerdfighter who needs no days off to recharge: a couple of stanzas of The Waste Land and he's good to go. (00:00:56)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Tasks for becoming a nerdfighter (2007) — last documented in 2007; last: looked back, 2007-08-30
- Foundation to Decrease World Suck: the Brotherhood 2.0 fund (2007) — last documented in 2018 (looked back on in 2019)
Mentioned
Central: Foundation to Decrease World Suck
Also: People: Dick Cheney · Saddam Hussein
Projects: Brotherhood 2.0
Works: The Waste Land
Organizations: al-Qaeda · One Kid, One World · Us Weekly · Winter Park High School
Groups: Geto Boys (“Ghetto Boys”) · The Cure
Rituals: Punishment · See you tomorrow
Terms: nerdfighter · world suck
Concepts: climate change · orbital cellulitis
Events: Easter · Good Friday
Replies to
- answers · April 5th: Embarrassing Moment Sock Puppet Theater — “at the end of your puppet show yesterday, you said, John, I'll see you tomorrow.”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-04-09 · April 9th: Is it OK to Party? (Hank) — answers — “So you think you can embarrass me?” (00:01:32)