Brotherhood 2.0: June 8: Studying the Clues

2007-06-08 · letter vlog · John · 2:28 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore

John pieces together a fuzzy night, his New York going-away party, finding evil-baby drawings by his friend Cam Robertson that he wants for the Evil Baby Orphanage book, then announces he is officially a homeowner and tours the new house.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Hangover-style 'go to the tape': friends and Nerdfighters at the New York going-away party; a clue in my pants: evil baby Stalin and evil baby Hitler drawings

• ★★ John, fuzzy on the last 24 hours, 'goes to the tape' and pieces together that he was out with friends at their going-away party from New York. (playful) — 00:00:03 · New York City, Nerdfighteria
• ★★ John's 'clue in my pants' turns out to be evil-baby drawings: evil baby Stalin and, he thinks, evil baby Hitler. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:43 · in your pants, Evil Baby Orphanage

00:01:16 — Thanks to Cam Robertson, wanted as illustrator of the Evil Baby Orphanage book; officially a homeowner: kitchen, loft, secret room like Webster's house, basement, a bedroom for Hank; tote bags

• ★★ John thanks New York Times reporter and high-school friend Cam Robertson for the illustrations and wants Cam to illustrate the Evil Baby Orphanage book, if and when it exists. (hedged) — 00:01:16 · The New York Times, Evil Baby Orphanage, New York City
• ★★★ John is officially a homeowner, which he calls good and scary. — 00:01:16
• ★★ John shows pictures of the house: the kitchen, a loft he is fond of with a secret room behind it like Webster's house, a finished basement and the master bedroom. (playful) — 00:01:16
• ★ John guesses that maybe 18-20% of their viewers have ever seen an episode of Webster. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:45
• ★★ John thinks it's a great house and hopes Hank will visit; they have carved out a bedroom just for him. (hedged) — 00:01:45 · Hank Green

00:02:16 — Tote bag fairy: giving the tote bags away in the forum; sign-off

• ★★ Moving has taught John that he owns a lot of tote bags; he says he will give them all away 'in my pants', the forum. (playful) — 00:02:16 · in your pants, Brotherhood 2.0 forum

Humor (significant)

• Reconstructing the night, John looks for more evidence of what happened. — 00:00:43

  “Maybe there's a clue in my pants.”

• John says he doesn't want to be like a new mother, constantly showing Hank pictures of the house. — 00:01:16

  “but here are some pictures of it.”

• Moving house, John discovers how many tote bags he owns. — 00:02:16

  “I'm like the tote bag fairy.”

Threads in this video

• callback · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — John finds a 'clue in my pants' and will give his tote bags away 'in my pants', the forum. (00:00:43)
• callback · The Evil Baby Orphanage (2007) — John finds drawings of evil baby Stalin and evil baby Hitler. (00:00:43)
• proposed · John and Hank: develop the Evil Baby Orphanage into a story (2007) — John proposes that Cam Robertson illustrate the Evil Baby Orphanage book if and when it exists. (00:01:16)
• update · John and Sarah move to Indianapolis (2007) — John is officially a homeowner and shows the house, including a bedroom set aside for Hank. (00:01:16)
• callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — The house tour includes 'the Ghost of the Yeti'. (00:01:45)
• promised · John: give away his tote bags on the forum 'My Pants' (2007) — John says he is going to give all his tote bags away in the forum 'My Pants'. (00:02:16)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John: give away his tote bags on the forum 'My Pants' (2007) — dropped
• John and Hank: develop the Evil Baby Orphanage into a story (2007) — last documented in 2008; last: milestone, 2008-05-20
• John and Sarah move to Indianapolis (2007) — told 5×, last update 2021; last: retold, 2021-05-25

Mentioned

Central: Evil Baby Orphanage

Also: Adolf Hitler · Brotherhood 2.0 forum · in your pants · Joseph Stalin · New York City · Sarah Urist Green · The New York Times · Webster (TV series)

Only in the description or credits: Cam Robertson

Also centred on Evil Baby Orphanage: May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies · The EVIL BABY ORPHANAGE Returns for North Korea · The Evil Baby Orphanage Returns...for George Washington? · I Don't Have a Favorite Pony

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