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August 10th: Bears!!!!

2007-08-10 · letter vlog · John · 2:46 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: on location, community lore, punishment or challenge, fundraising ask

From the Yeti's family reunion in western North Carolina, John hunts 'the Yeti', mocks a rental house full of bear decor, accepts that he will eat a blenderized Happy Meal while waxing two limbs because Nerdfighters out-donated his expectations, and reminds viewers (and Hank) of the midnight deadline for Daniel Biss's campaign.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Walking in the woods at the Yeti's family reunion in western North Carolina, parents there too; hunting the Yeti; 'Vistacular'

  • ★★ John and the Yeti are at her family reunion in western North Carolina, walking through the woods; the brothers' parents are there too, but Hank is not. — 00:00:00 · Sarah Urist Green, Mike Green, Sydney Green
  • ★ John pretends to be on the trail of the Yeti, showing a 'Yeti footprint' and glimpsing her as she escapes. (joke) — 00:00:00 · Sarah Urist Green

00:00:43 — Mediating experience through a camera; the rental house full of bears; cute bear decor will anger the bears

  • ★★ John wonders what his experiences would be like if he didn't mediate all of them through a video camera. (speculative) — 00:00:43
  • ★★ The house where they are staying is full of bears: a bear silhouette, bears in easy chairs and on the welcome sign, bear ornaments, a bear on a swing. (playful) — 00:00:43
  • ★★ John jokes that the cute fetishizing of bears must be making the bears mad, and bears are the one group of organisms he least wants to anger. (joke) — 00:01:11
  • ★★★ John says it looks like he will eat a blenderized Happy Meal while waxing two of his legs, or, if Hank is kind, two of his arms. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:11

00:01:41 — Punishment: blenderized Happy Meal while waxing two legs (or arms); John never expected so many donors; never underestimate Nerdfighters

  • ★★★ John admits he never expected this punishment, not thinking so many would give to Daniel's campaign; he underestimated the Nerdfighters, a lesson for everyone. — 00:01:41 · Daniel Biss, Nerdfighteria, Punishment

00:02:10 — Punishment decreases world suck; reminder of the midnight deadline for Daniel's campaign; Hank missing from the donor list; sign-off

  • ★★ John is still happy that his punishment can help decrease world suck and hopefully help get Daniel elected. (hedged) — 00:02:10 · world suck, Daniel Biss, Punishment
  • ★★★ John reminds everyone they have until midnight tonight to give to Daniel's campaign; what counts is the number of contributors, and, he adds, the amount. — 00:02:10 · Daniel Biss
  • ★★ Checking the donor list, John notes Hank's absence and tells him he has until midnight to give. (playful) — 00:02:10 · Daniel Biss

Humor (significant)

  • John tracks his wife 'the Yeti' through the woods, pointing out a Yeti footprint. — 00:00:00

    “There she goes, there she goes. Ah, we missed her.”

  • John voices the bears, angry at being decorated as cute little guys on swings. — 00:01:11

    “My claws could tear out your heart. I like to eat berries. Lots of berries.”

  • John repeats the campaign line that the number of contributors matters, not the amount. — 00:02:10

    “Also, it's the amount of the contribution.”

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Central: Punishment

Also: Daniel Biss · Happy Meal · Mike Green · North Carolina · Peeps · Sarah Urist Green · Sydney Green · world suck

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