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Brotherhood 2.0: June 20: Moving

2007-06-20 · letter vlog · John · 2:40 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore, civic or action cta, on location

John reports driving a moving truck from New York to Indianapolis, asks Hank what to do about his brown lawn, and tells how a half-featured Brotherhood 2.0 video drew baffled YouTuber comments, asking why Nerdfighters are proud to be nerds.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Driving a 24-foot moving truck to Indianapolis; arrival with high puff levels

  • ★★★ John drives a 24-foot moving truck halfway across the country to Indianapolis; he sarcastically calls it fun, especially in the rain, like steering a runaway train on skis. (playful) — 00:00:03 · Indianapolis
  • ★★ Arriving in Indianapolis, John notes his puff levels are high, hopes this is the worst he ever looks on Brotherhood 2.0, and wonders how he'll meet Judy Blume with this hair. (playful) — 00:00:03 · the Puff, Brotherhood 2.0, Indianapolis

00:00:52 — Pennsylvania; congratulations on the Weather Channel; 18-hour drive; watering the new lawn and asking Hank about the grass; nap plans

  • ★★ John congratulates Hank on the Weather Channel; he hasn't seen it yet, but their mom says it's awesome. — 00:00:52 · Sydney Green
  • ★★ The drive took about 18 hours, but they made it to Indianapolis and John is really happy to be there. — 00:00:52 · Indianapolis
  • ★★★ Having used about eight baths' worth of water in ten minutes trying to make his brown grass less brown, John asks Hank what to do about all the grass. (playful) — 00:01:15
  • ★ John hasn't seen Hank's video from yesterday; he will upload from Starbucks, watch it, and take a very long nap. (playful) — 00:01:15

00:01:41 — P.S.: Brotherhood 2.0 half-featured on YouTube; YouTuber comments; the opposite of a nerdfighter; why are we nerds; rate the June 4th video

  • ★★★ John says Brotherhood 2.0 was 'sort of halfway' featured on YouTube last week (week of 11 June 2007), and one video, he thinks the June 4th one, got many comments from YouTubers. (hedged) — 00:01:41 · YouTube, Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ John says the commenting YouTubers were definitely not nerdfighters: most comments had no English words, just random letters with the occasional profanity. (playful) — 00:01:41 · nerdfighter, YouTube
  • ★★ John asks Hank what the opposite of a nerdfighter is. (playful) — 00:01:41 · nerdfighter
  • ★★★ Prompted by the one legible comment ('I notice you are a nerd. Why?'), John asks Hank and Nerdfighters why they are nerds and why they are proud to be nerds. — 00:02:28 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John asks Nerdfighters who are YouTubers to give the June 4th video a high rating so it might be featured again. (hedged) — 00:02:28 · Nerdfighteria, YouTube

Humor (significant)

  • Driving a 24-foot moving truck across the country is especially 'fun' in the rain. — 00:00:03

    “you feel like you're steering a runaway train that's on skis!”

  • In New York John could hardly contribute to the global water crisis, but watering his new Indianapolis lawn makes it easy. — 00:01:15

    “The worldwide water shortage crisis is all my fault.”

  • John reports that a featured video drew lots of comments from YouTubers. — 00:01:41

    “YouTubers are smart. No, they aren't.”

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Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Indianapolis · nerd · nerdfighter

Also: People: Judy Blume · Sydney Green

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0

Organizations: Starbucks · The Weather Channel · YouTube

Terms: the Puff

Concepts: lawn · water scarcity

Places: New York City · Pennsylvania

Also centred on nerd: July 27: How Nerdfighters Drop Insults · October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING · How to Make Guys Like You · Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life · Thoughts from Comic-Con (NO MORE CHEETO MEDIA!)

Later videos replying to this one

Part of an exchange of 5 videos, 2007-06-04 – 2007-06-27.