July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered!
2007-07-25 · Q&A · John · 3:58 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: community lore
After finding Hank's song featured on YouTube's front page, John answers as many of the new YouTube comments as he can in four minutes, defining a nerdfighter, proposing 'jokes' as a word for 'cool', and questioning what counts as real online, then does his happy dance.
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 finds Hank on the YouTube front page ('we got featured'); greeting; plan to answer comments until the four-minute deadline, green hair marking John's own voice; first comment
- ★★★ John finds Hank's face on the YouTube front page: the brothers' video has been featured. — 00:00:10 · YouTube, Hank Green
- ★★ Because Hank gets too many comments to answer, John will read and answer as many YouTube comments as he can until his four-minute deadline. — 00:00:10 · Four-minute rule, YouTube
- ★★ John has green hair in this video and uses it to mark when he speaks as himself rather than reading a comment. (playful) — 00:00:10 · John Green
00:00:50 — Comments: pronunciation of 'Accio', the Proclaimers, 'dorkier', dogs and vacuums, a 'get a life, nerd' commenter
- ★★ Answering a 'get a life, nerd' comment, John argues no cool person has ever had a 'blank is cool' screen name, so the commenter is a nerdfighter, which is a good thing. (playful) — 00:00:50 · Nerdfighteria
- ★★ To comments calling the brothers geeks, nerds and dorky, John answers that being nerds is the idea: 'We're nerds.' (playful) — 00:00:50
00:01:40 — What a nerdfighter is; embroidered pillows; proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool'; 'cough, cough, get a life'
- ★★★ John defines a nerdfighter as a regular person made out of awesome instead of tissues, cells and organs; nerdfighters hang out on the forum 'in my pants' and embroider pillows. (playful) — 00:01:40 · nerdfighter, made of awesome, Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants
- ★ John shows Hank embroidered pillows made by nerdfighters. — 00:01:40 · Nerdfighteria
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★★★ John proposes that instead of saying 'cool' everyone always say 'jokes', and tries it out in several sentences. (playful) — 00:02:04 · jokes
“wouldn't it be great if instead of saying, cool, we always said jokes?”
00:02:30 — A commenter's screen name; 'Harry Potter isn't real' and what 'real' means online; MySpace; Hank's age
- ★★★ To a commenter saying Harry Potter isn't real, John asks what 'real' means when people know each other only through the internet, and suggests Harry Potter may be real and the commenter not. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:30
00:03:29 — Congratulations to Hank; Silly String and the happy dance; sign-off
- ★★ John congratulates Hank and says he will celebrate by putting Silly String in his hair and doing his happy dance. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:29 · Happy dance (practice), Hank Green
Humor (dominant)
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A commenter whose screen name says he is cool tells John to get a life, nerd. — 00:00:50
“Did 656 people before you have the screen name NigelIsCool?”
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John tries out 'jokes' in place of 'cool' in everyday sentences. — 00:02:04
“Hey, is it hot outside? No, that's pretty jokes.”
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A commenter says Harry Potter doesn't care about him because Harry isn't real; John questions who is real online. — 00:03:00
“Maybe Harry Potter's real and you're not.”
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John plans to celebrate with Silly String in his hair and his happy dance. — 00:03:29
“The Yeti's going to be really mad when she gets home and sees the carpet.”
Threads in this video
- milestone · Hank's song 'Accio Deathly Hallows' (2007) — John finds Hank's song video featured on the YouTube front page. (00:00:10)
- performed · John: do a half-naked dance in a golden bow tie as punishment (2007) — John appears with green hair (the green-hair part of his punishment, not named as such here), wearing it whenever he speaks as himself. (00:00:10)
- first on record · Is unironic enthusiasm better than being cool? — Answering comments that call the brothers nerds and dorky, John embraces the label ('We're nerds') and tells a 'get a life, nerd' commenter that being a nerdfighter is a good thing. (00:00:50)
- callback · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — John says nerdfighters hang out at the Brotherhood 2.0 forum 'in my pants', a callback to the 'in your pants' game. (00:01:40)
- first use · John's proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool' (2007) — John proposes always saying 'jokes' instead of 'cool' and demonstrates it in several sentences. (00:02:04)
- first on record · Is the internet a real place, and is online life real life? — Answering a commenter, John asks whether he, the vlog and the commenter are real when known only through the internet, and suggests Harry Potter may be more real than the commenter. (00:03:00)
- callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — John says 'the Yeti' will be mad about the Silly String on the carpet. (00:03:29)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John's proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool' (2007) — running joke (last seen 2008); last: callback, 2008-11-06
- Hank's song 'Accio Deathly Hallows' (2007) — last documented in 2008 (looked back on in 2020)
Mentioned
People: Sarah Urist Green
Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 forum (“Brotherhood 2.04 in my pants”)
Organizations: Myspace · YouTube
Groups: The Mountain Goats · The Proclaimers
Rituals: Four-minute rule · Happy dance (practice)
Terms: in your pants (“Brotherhood 2.04 in my pants”) · jokes · made of awesome · nerdfighter
Concepts: digital dualism
Characters: Harry Potter (character, “Harry Potter”)
Only in the description or credits: Accio Deathly Hallows
Replies to
- continues · July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) — “I don't usually see Hank's face on the front page of YouTube”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-07-26 · July 26: The Price of Fame (Hank) — answers (callback on John's proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool' (2007)) — Hank takes up John's 'jokes' for 'cool' ('The people are very jokes') and agrees it would be good to use it. (00:02:51)