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August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat

2007-08-16 · challenge / punishment · John · 3:18 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore, guest or collab

John runs a two-item 'retro edition' (the Brotherhood 2.0 book club is back with Deep Economy; the Evil Baby Orphanage lives on), then finishes his punishment by licking Toby, a cat owned by Indianapolis strangers a Nerdfighter found for him.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Greeting (eight days left to be young); Albino Squirrel Preservation Society shirt; hair; retro edition: book club back with Deep Economy; Evil Baby Orphanage like 'evil baby Rasputin'

  • ★★ John says it is Thursday, August 16th, which leaves him only eight days to be young. (playful) — 00:00:09 · John Green
  • ★ John wears an Albino Squirrel Preservation Society shirt from Texas, joking that albino squirrels are the nerds of squirreldom and must be protected. (playful) — 00:00:09
  • ★★★ In a retro edition, John announces the Brotherhood 2.0 book club is back: after months of delay he is finally reading Deep Economy by Bill McKibben; review to come, he likes it so far. — 00:00:09 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ John says the Evil Baby Orphanage is like evil baby Rasputin: no matter how hard you try, you can't kill it. (joke) — 00:00:09 · Evil Baby Orphanage

00:00:57 — Ranavalona's death anniversary and the secret sisters' cake; no time for the EBO because of Paper Towns; EBO's creative potential and forum talk

  • ★★ John notes that yesterday was the anniversary of the death of 'noted evil lady baby' Queen Ranavalona, for which secret sisters made a happy death day cake. (playful) — 00:00:57 · secret sibling
  • ★★ John hasn't had much time to think about the Evil Baby Orphanage in recent months because he has been doing nothing but working on Paper Towns. — 00:00:57 · Paper Towns, Evil Baby Orphanage
  • ★★ John still thinks the Evil Baby Orphanage has tremendous potential as some kind of creative project, and that Nerdfighters are discussing it well in the forum. (hedged) — 00:00:57 · Evil Baby Orphanage, Nerdfighteria, Brotherhood 2.0 forum

00:01:26 — Punishment: Venn diagram of cat owners, people John knows and Indianapolis; the Nerdfighter circle; a Nerdfighter finds hosts with a cat named Toby

  • ★★ With a Venn diagram John explains his cat-licking dilemma: no one he knows in Indianapolis owns a cat. (playful) — 00:01:26 · Indianapolis, Punishment
  • ★★★ Nerdfighters are the 'fourth circle': a Nerdfighter (name unclear) put John in touch with Indianapolis people who have a cat named Toby, to be licked that afternoon. (playful) — 00:02:08 · Nerdfighteria, Indianapolis
  • ★ John says it speaks well of Indianapolis that perfect strangers welcomed him into their home and let him lick their cat. (hedged) — 00:02:08 · Indianapolis

00:02:38 — Licking Toby with his owners; punishment finished; thanks to Indianapolis Nerdfighters and the PetSmart backup plan

  • ★★★ John licks Toby on the head with the owners watching and declares the cat licked and his punishment finished. (playful) — 00:02:38 · Punishment
  • ★ John thanks the Indianapolis Nerdfighters who offered help, since his backup plan was to take a kitten at PetSmart and run. (playful) — 00:02:38 · Nerdfighteria, Indianapolis

Humor (significant)

  • John brings back the Evil Baby Orphanage as a retro item. — 00:00:09

    “the evil baby orphanage is like evil baby Rasputin. No matter how hard you try, you can't kill it.”

  • John presents a hand-drawn Venn diagram of cat owners, people he knows and people in Indianapolis. — 00:01:26

    “Does that say people or poople?”

  • Adding Nerdfighters to the Venn diagram of cat owners, acquaintances and Indianapolis. — 00:02:08

    “There are Nerdfighters who live in Indianapolis, there are Nerdfighters who own cats, and there are Nerdfighters I know! It's the ultimate circle!”

  • Thanking Indianapolis Nerdfighters, John describes his backup plan of asking to look at a kitten at PetSmart. — 00:02:38

    “And then they'd give it to me, and I'd be like, and then I'd run.”

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Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

People: Grigori Rasputin · Ranavalona I

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum · Nerdfighter Book Club

Works: Deep Economy · Paper Towns

Organizations: Albino Squirrel Preservation Society · PetSmart

Rituals: Punishment

Terms: Evil Baby Orphanage · in your pants · made of awesome · secret sibling

Places: Indianapolis

animal: Toby

Only in the description or credits: Bill McKibben

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