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Question Tuesday

2009-04-21 · Q&A · John · 3:47 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: recurring series, community lore, self promotion, civic or action cta

In a rapid-fire Question Tuesday John confirms a May 31 Melbourne gathering, says anyone who wants to be a Nerdfighter is one, calls fixation not love, updates the Paper Towns screenplay option, and answers the rest with jokes.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Question Tuesday opens: Melbourne gathering on May 31; what is a Nerdfighter

  • ★★★ John confirms an awesome Nerdfighter gathering from 2 p.m. in Melbourne on May 31 to promote the Australian edition of Paper Towns; booking and details are in the sidebar. — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria, Paper Towns
  • ★★ Asked what a Nerdfighter is, John jokes that people haven't spent the 24 hours needed to watch all 465 videos, and says Nerdfighters are made out of awesome instead of bones and organs. (playful) — 00:00:00 · nerdfighter, made of awesome

00:00:40 — Joke initiation; 'you are one'; first kiss; meaning of life; brilliant die young; favourite poem (Keats)

  • ★★★ John says seriously that anyone who wants to be a Nerdfighter is one. — 00:00:40 · nerdfighter

    “if you want to be a nerdfighter, you are one.”

  • ★ John agrees the channel is just communication between two guys that other people got interested in and subscribed to. — 00:00:40

  • ★★ John says the brilliant die at all ages, not just young (Einstein was 76), but we romanticize the ones who die young. — 00:01:08

  • ★★ John's favourite poem short enough to recite is John Keats's last poem, also his will: one line of perfect iambic pentameter. — 00:01:08

    “My chest of books divide amongst my friends.”

00:01:40 — Obsession vs love; the puff; Maureen Johnson and Suite Scarlett; Willy; Paper Towns movie option; Hank's CD

  • ★★★ On why guys become obsessive to the point of stalking: they fixate on the idea that someone's affection stands between them and happiness, but no single person does, and fixation is not love. — 00:01:40

    “fixation is not the same thing as love.”

  • ★★ John recommends Maureen Johnson's brilliant Suite Scarlett, out in paperback in a few days, as a way to get her to like you (or become a puppy). (playful) — 00:02:04 · Maureen Johnson

  • ★★★ Paper Towns may become a movie: the people who made Juno optioned the rights with John writing the screenplay, which he is working on now. (hedged) — 00:02:04 · Paper Towns
  • ★ Asked whether Hank will make a second CD, John says he hopes so. (hedged) — 00:02:04 · Hank Green
  • ★★★ John urges viewers to buy Hank's first CD while waiting for a second; anyone who buys it in the next week gets a special secret bonus video emailed by John. — 00:02:04 · Hank Green

00:02:33 — CD bonus video; talking fast; Peeps; pants; broken glasses; who the F is Hank; robot eyes; more questions; sign-off

  • ★★ John's 'superpower nerd glasses' broke in a long story that ended with him falling face-first into the Baltic Sea. — 00:03:02
  • ★ Asked why he doesn't blink, John recalls his March 2007 hospital visit for an eye infection, known to Brotherhood 2.0 viewers, and jokes that they installed robot eyes. (playful) — 00:03:31 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ John says he still needs more questions and asks viewers to leave them in comments. — 00:03:31

Humor (significant)

  • Asked about a Nerdfighter initiation, John describes a 'small one'. — 00:00:40

    “You have to ride a puppy-sized elephant around the circumference of winter South Dakota while holding an abundance of catherines in your pants”

  • Asked whether his puff is an homage to Edward Cullen. — 00:01:40

    “No, you don't choose the puff. The puff chooses you.”

  • Asked what happens if the Peeps revolt over the 'Peep genocide' caused by Nerdfighters. — 00:02:33

    “That is in fact exactly how my doctor told me that peeps could kill me.”

  • Asked 'who the F is Hank?', John answers as if Hank were a dog breed while Willy appears. — 00:03:02

    “Hank is a breed of dog known for its distinctive white coat.”

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Mentioned

People: Albert Einstein · John Keats · Maureen Johnson

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0

Works: An Abundance of Katherines (“abundance of catherines”) · Juno · Paper Towns · Suite Scarlett

Rituals: Question Tuesday

Terms: in your pants · made of awesome · nerdfighter · puppy sized elephant · the Puff · Who the Eff Is Hank

Places: Baltic Sea · Melbourne · South Dakota

Characters: Edward Cullen

Products: Peeps

animal: Willy

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