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Saturday Video?!?!?!

2009-04-25 · Q&A · John · 2:31 · watch on YouTube

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

In a rare Saturday video that is also a Question Tuesday, John tells Nerdfighters where to meet him (Elizabeth, NJ library on Monday; Sydney on June 3) and answers rapid-fire questions, mostly 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 — Saturday Question Tuesday opens; where to meet John: Elizabeth Public Library (NJ) on Monday, Sydney on June 3

  • ★★ John says this is a rare Saturday Brotherhood 2.0 video that is also Question Tuesday, when he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00 · Brotherhood 2.0, Question Tuesday, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John says people can meet him this Monday (27 April 2009) at 4 p.m. at the Elizabeth Public Library in Elizabeth, New Jersey. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John adds that he will also be in Sydney, Australia at 7 p.m. on June 3, with more information in the sidebar. — 00:00:00

00:00:35 — Rapid-fire answers: upper body strength, Peeps, YouTube loading, who made up DFTBA, Facebook friends, zebras or monkeys, prom, Mountain Goats, Hank's book, favourite joke

  • ★ John's problem with Peeps is that their flavour doesn't change with their colour; he believes flavour and colour should be correlated, and has the same problem with M&Ms. (playful) — 00:00:35 · Peeps
  • ★★ Asked who created the original DFTBA acronym, John credits his friend Katie (surname heard as 'Els'). — 00:01:04 · DFTBA
  • ★★ John's favourite Mountain Goats song is 'Up the Wolves'. — 00:01:04
  • ★★ Asked whether Hank's book was any good, John says he still hasn't read it. — 00:01:04 · Hank Green

00:01:34 — More answers: Wii Tennis, punctuation, 2012, libraries, romance, zombies vs unicorns, whether people read, the happy dance; thanks for Hank's song; sign-off

  • ★★ Asked whether the world will end in 2012, John dismisses the worry as dated eschatological anxiety. (playful) — 00:01:34
  • ★ John's favourite things about libraries are free books and secret superhero librarians. (playful) — 00:01:34
  • ★★ Asked how to get a Nerdfighter to notice you like him romantically, John advises simply telling him so. (playful) — 00:01:34
  • ★★ Asked whether his opinion on zombies vs. unicorns has changed since 2007, John says only in that he hates unicorns more than ever. (playful) — 00:01:34
  • ★★ Asked whether anyone reads books anymore, John says he has extensive empirical evidence that people still read books. (playful) — 00:02:03
  • ★★ John doubts happy dances can be copyrighted and gives a viewer permission to teach his happy dance in her aerobics class. (hedged) — 00:02:03 · Happy dance (practice)
  • ★ John thanks Hank for his made-of-awesome song this week (week of 20 April 2009). — 00:02:03 · Hank Green, made of awesome
  • ★★ John thanks Nerdfighters for their questions and asks them to leave more in the comments. — 00:02:03 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • Asked how to make his YouTube videos load faster. — 00:00:35

    “it's helpful if you're traveling very close to the speed of light while you're uploading.”

  • Asked to choose between zebras and monkeys. — 00:01:04

    “I'd prefer zebra monkeys to monkey zebras.”

  • Asked whether the world will end in 2012. — 00:01:34

    “Oh come on, eschatological anxiety is so 1999.”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

Central: Question Tuesday

Also: Projects: Brotherhood 2.0

Works: Hank's novel (2009) · Up the Wolves · Wii Sports

Organizations: Elizabeth Public Library · Facebook · YouTube

Groups: The Mountain Goats

Rituals: Happy dance (practice)

Terms: DFTBA · made of awesome

Places: Elizabeth, New Jersey · Sydney

Events: 2012 phenomenon

Products: M&M's · Peeps

Myths: unicorn

Only in the description or credits: Katie

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  • answers · DFTBA — “Hank, thanks for the truly made-of-awesome song this week.”

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