JOHN GREEN IS FAT.
2010-02-24 · letter vlog · John · 2:25 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore, self promotion, self correction
Worried about a friend and skipping a planned childhood story, John recounts his weight gain since 1995, credits the Facebook group 'John Green Is Fat' with having told him all along, and reports losing almost 15 pounds since Henry's birth.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Date and view; worried about a friend; skips the Red Green story; weight loss as his childhood story
- ★★ John says it has been a tough day and he is worried about a friend of his. — 00:00:00
- ★ John skips a planned ribald story about Red Green, the miniature dachshund they grew up with, named because they got him at Christmas and he was red. — 00:00:00
00:00:29 — 63 pounds gained since 1995; Hank and Nerdfighters 'failed' to tell him he got fat
- ★★ As his childhood story, John says he used to be skinny and has technically gained 63 pounds since a 1995 photo, the first maybe 20 needed, the last 43 optional. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:29
- ★★ John says Nerdfighters did not fail to tell him he was fat as he claimed; the problem was that he underestimated Nerdfighteria and wasn't listening. (playful) — 00:00:29 · Nerdfighteria
00:00:58 — The Facebook group 'John Green Is Fat' and its photos of him (Cheez-Its, 7-Eleven, pizza)
- ★★★ John says a Facebook group called 'John Green Is Fat', founded in November 2009, collects every picture of him looking as fat as possible; he calls it one of the great Facebook groups. (playful) — 00:00:58 · Facebook
00:01:27 — Pizza Hut/Taco Bell photo; the pizza-mustache photo he wants as a shirt; thanks; almost 15 pounds lost since Henry's birth
- ★★ John says he loves a fan photo of himself with a brief mustache and the word 'pizza' under his face, and wants it as a shirt. (playful) — 00:01:27 · Pizza John
- ★★★ John says he has lost almost 15 pounds since Henry was born, not through a crash diet: he eats a lot but no french fries, and has started running. — 00:01:27 · Henry Green
00:02:03 — Not a crash diet: no french fries, running; apology to Nerdfighters, ask for more humiliation; sign-off
- ★★ John apologizes to Nerdfighters for wrongly accusing them and asks them to keep the humiliation coming in comments, because it motivates him. (playful) — 00:02:03 · Nerdfighteria
In the description and comments
- ★★ The description says the pizza mustache shirt is a pre-order at dftba.com/pizza, closing in a week and shipping in mid-March. — video description · Pizza John, DFTBA Records
Humor (significant)
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John admits he has gained 63 pounds since a 1995 photo of his skinny self. — 00:00:29
“I needed to gain the first maybe 20, but the last 43 were strictly optional”
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Captioning a fan photo of himself eating a taco wrapped in pizza, John can't decide where he is. — 00:01:27
“I'm at that combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.”
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John says he has started running. — 00:02:03
“my version of running in which sometimes I am passed by people who walk fast”
Threads in this video
- launched · Childhood stories: Hank's proposed vlogbrothers theme week (February 2010) — John takes up the childhood-stories theme: he skips a planned story about the family dachshund Red Green and offers his weight gain as 'my childhood story'. (00:00:00)
- result reported · John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to tell him when he gets fat (2010) — John reports Nerdfighters had in fact been telling him he was fat through the Facebook group 'John Green Is Fat'; he just wasn't listening. (00:00:58) → refers to Henry's Pee and My Gut
- announced · Pizza John shirt: DFTBA pre-order of John's pizza-mustache photo shirt (2010) — The description opens a DFTBA pre-order of the pizza mustache shirt from the fan photo, closing in a week and shipping mid-March. (video description)
- update · John's diet and weight loss after Henry's birth (2010) — John reports he has lost almost 15 pounds since Henry's birth, eating plenty but no french fries, and has started running. (00:01:27)
- reminder · John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to tell him when he gets fat (2010) — John apologizes for wrongly accusing Nerdfighters and asks them to keep pointing out his weight in the comments, saying the humiliation motivates him. (00:02:03)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to tell him when he gets fat (2010) — reported back; last: closed, 2010-03-10
- Pizza John shirt: DFTBA pre-order of John's pizza-mustache photo shirt (2010) — last documented in 2013 (looked back on in 2026)
- John's diet and weight loss after Henry's birth (2010) — followed over 4 videos (2010); last: update, 2010-05-28
Mentioned
7-Eleven · Cheez-It · Facebook · Henry Green · John Green Is Fat · Pizza Hut · Red · Taco Bell
Only in the description or credits: DFTBA Records · Pizza John
Replies to
- corrects · Henry's Pee and My Gut — “you may remember in my last video I said”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! (John) — corrects (update on John's diet and weight loss after Henry's birth (2010)) — John says the diet is going well, he is losing weight because of Henry and not shaming, and apologizes for the muddled 'John Green Is Fat' video. (00:01:07)
- 2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! (Hank) — refers back (retro on Pizza John shirt: DFTBA pre-order of John's pizza-mustache photo shirt (2010)) — Hank looks back on the Pizza John shirt: Valerie2776 posted the traced image, John said he wanted it as a shirt (clip shown), they made it and some people bought it. (00:01:47)