LECTROJOG!

2011-11-02 · letter vlog · John · 3:18 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: Nerdfighteria, Books & writing, Everyday life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: self promotion, community lore

John, nearly done signing 150,000 copies, announces that royalties from a Nerdfighter-designed shirt will go to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which is coming back for P4A 2011 as a community pot to spend on the biggest problems. He then raves about his paper jogger and shows a fan painting.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Garbled greeting; TFIOS-ometer almost at 150,000; Signing Madness fashion; Nerdfighter-designed shirt whose royalties go to 'the fund'

• ★★★ John shows his signing progress meter: he is almost at 150,000 signed copies, but almost does not count. — 00:00:00 · The Fault in Our Stars
• ★ John says he has improved his fashion sense during Signing Madness by wearing a Nerdfighter-designed shirt. (playful) — 00:00:00 · signing madness
• ★★★ John announces a Nerdfighter-designed T-shirt on sale at DFTBA.com; unlike earlier shirts, all their royalties go to what Hank has been calling 'the fund'. — 00:00:00 · DFTBA Records, Foundation to Decrease World Suck

00:00:37 — The fund as a 'hedge fund' joke; the Brotherhood 2.0 Foundation to Decrease World Suck recalled: Save the Children, train fare for two Nerdfighters

• ★★ John recalls that in Brotherhood 2.0 they created the Foundation to Decrease World Suck: people donated and the brothers gave the money to things like Save the Children and train fare for two Nerdfighters to meet. — 00:00:37 · Brotherhood 2.0, Foundation to Decrease World Suck, Save the Children, Nerdfighteria, world suck

00:01:07 — Foundation to Decrease World Suck revived for P4A 2011: a community pot spent on the biggest problems; John introduces the Lectro Jog of Amazing

• ★★★ John announces that as part of P4A 2011 the Foundation to Decrease World Suck comes back, with no stupid stuff: Nerdfighteria will pool money and choose together how to spend it to decrease the most world suck. — 00:01:07 · Project for Awesome, Foundation to Decrease World Suck, Nerdfighteria, world suck
• ★★ John says the community will be forced to prioritise its resources to address the biggest problems humans face as a species. — 00:01:07 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck
• ★★★ John shows off his paper jogger, 'the amazing Lectro Jog of Amazing', which lines up stacks of paper to fit in boxes, and comically calls it one of the greatest inventions of all time. (playful) — 00:01:07

00:01:47 — Rave about the paper jogger: electricity's greatest gift, a Nerdfighter's gift that saves hours; 5,000 books to sign in 24 hours

• ★★ A Nerdfighter offered John the paper jogger at a signing; John says he has 5,000 books to sign in the next 24 hours. — 00:01:47 · The Fault in Our Stars
• ★ John jokingly says the paper jogger saved him 'like 40 hours in the last two days'. (joke, hedged) — 00:01:47

00:02:15 — Fan painting of John on a smoking French llama with Henry and a Yeti; thanks; the day's calendar; a video that alienates new viewers; move to the internet

• ★★ John shows the painting behind him: he rides a smoking French llama in a Swoodilypoopers jersey, with Henry and a Yeti, labelled the adventures of John Green. — 00:02:15 · Henry Green, Sarah Urist Green, French the llama
• ★★ John thanks Nerdfighters for all their support while he has signed the books. — 00:02:15 · The Fault in Our Stars
• ★★ John jokes that the video will alienate new viewers; understanding it takes 894 Vlogbrothers videos, the Swoodilypoopers, some Hank and Katherine play videos and joining Tumblr. (playful) — 00:02:15 · Vlogbrothers, HankGames, Katherine Green, Tumblr
• ★ John playfully tells viewers to move to the internet, where the weather is always awesome. (playful) — 00:03:04

Humor (significant)

• John says calling it 'the fund' may make rich people think it is a hedge fund and invest. — 00:00:37

  “sorry, instead of getting a return on your investment, we're going to decrease world suck.”

• John praises his paper jogger beyond reason. — 00:01:47

  “the single greatest gift that electricity gave us? The electrojog.”

• John describes the fan painting of himself riding a French llama. — 00:02:15

  “I just noticed the llama is smoking. Very French.”

• John imagines how a new viewer sees the channel: married to a yeti, riding smoky llamas. — 00:02:15

  “he's trying to steal our money through some Ponzi scheme involving t-shirts. It's all true, that and more”

Threads in this video

• progress update · John: sign every copy of The Fault in Our Stars (2011) — John reports he is almost at 150,000 signed copies ("almost doesn't count") and later says he must sign 5,000 books in the next 24 hours. (00:00:00)
• callback · John's 'signing madness' from signing every copy of The Fault in Our Stars (2011) — John says his fashion sense has improved during Signing Madness thanks to a Nerdfighter-designed shirt. (00:00:00)
• launched · Nerdfighteria Community T-shirt at DFTBA.com, royalties to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck (2011) — John launches a Nerdfighter-designed shirt at DFTBA.com whose royalties all go to 'the fund', the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. (00:00:00)
• looked back · Foundation to Decrease World Suck: the Brotherhood 2.0 fund (2007) — John recalls that in Brotherhood 2.0 the brothers created a fund, which he calls the Foundation to Decrease World Suck: people donated and the brothers distributed the money to decrease world suck. (00:00:37)
• looked back · Foundation project: train fare to bring a secret sibling and her Nerdfighter boyfriend together (2007) — John recalls that the fund once paid for two Nerdfighters to take the train to meet in real life, one of whom later became a web celebrity. (00:00:37)
• announced · P4A 2011 edition — John announces that P4A 2011 will bring back the Foundation to Decrease World Suck: Nerdfighteria pools money and decides together how to spend it to decrease the most world suck. (00:01:07)
• restate · Which causes deserve the most support? — John says the community will have to prioritise its resources to address the biggest problems humanity faces. (00:01:07)
• first use · John's 'amazing Lectro Jog of Amazing' paper jogger (2011) — John presents his paper jogger as 'the amazing Lectro Jog of Amazing', one of the great inventions of all time and electricity's greatest gift. (00:01:07)
• callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — A fan painting shows John with Henry and a Yeti; John adds that to new viewers he is 'married to a yeti'. (00:02:15)
• callback · 'French the llama': John's misreading of FTL as an exclamation of amazement (2009) — The fan painting shows John riding a literal French llama, smoking. (00:02:15)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John's 'amazing Lectro Jog of Amazing' paper jogger (2011) — running joke (last seen 2025); last: callback, 2025-01-07
• John: sign every copy of The Fault in Our Stars (2011) — kept; last: recalled, 2024-12-31
• P4A 2011 edition — completed; last: looked back, 2012-12-11

Mentioned

Central: Foundation to Decrease World Suck · Nerdfighteria Community T-shirt

Also: People: Henry Green · Katherine Green · Sarah Urist Green

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · DFTBA Records · HankGames · Project for Awesome

Works: The Fault in Our Stars

Organizations: Save the Children · Tumblr

Terms: French the llama (“French llama”) · signing madness · world suck

Characters: Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers

Products: Lectrojog

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