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  • LOL how the library questions interview ends with "Best Wishes!" So deliberate and hilarious when considering the newbies watching that who go "Huh?" And don't get it.

  • why does it sound like john doesn't approve of the name eli?

  • Is the Uncultured still happening?

  • vidception?

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  • As an astrophysics nerd i've got to point out - THE LHC CAN'T MAKE BLACK HOLES.

    Thankyou, mini-explosion over.

  • @retrorocketrhiannon dang! Easy solution gone. Then we have to try to make the world better xD

  • Oh noes. John is going to "take out" willie!

    Didn't know John used mafia slang.

  • lol, LHC reference.

  • i know that he made this video half a year ago, but water is primarily the first "vital thing" because people can survive without education but not without water. A human can't survive for more than, I think, 3 days without water.

  • 3 and a half, actually.

  • omg september 11th this video was made

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  • 20 minutes of Question Tuesday would be so many questions!!

  • comment 300: :]

  • comment 299:

    I love you hank! (Please put this question on question tuesday...)

    Could you please put yeti on the camera? I'd love to see her, and how she looks like kitten playing with a rainbow :)

  • The Yeti pops up in the August 30, 2007 video for about 3 seconds. It's pretty awesome.

  • :P That's actually Katherine in that video. If you notice, John says he's Hank, Hank says he's John, and then Katherine says she's the Yeti. Unfortunately, the Yeti does not appear and say she's Katherine : (

  • I wasnt sure how to respond...but, how about we use overused resources for our OWN F***-ING COUNTRY??? tell me why we have children raped, abused and left to their own devices at the age of two,or under,.... when we r busy helpin the children of...well, wherever, bangladesh, iraq, iran, a**holeville Egypt, I personally, couldnt care less, but why dont we try handling OUR country's problems first....? we r in a HUGE debt to ourselves

  • Let alone tryin to thank all of our troops who keep us safe, independent, and free....wait a second...........did i mention the word FREE??!! thank them, take care of ur own, it is horrible that others need to suffer, but what happens when we r tapped out of resources? think of ur children and grandchildren....they need US AND OUR LEADERS to look towards the future as they do now....supposedly

  • @Desarae1985

    A. The capacity to solve both sets of problems is not beyond us.

    B. The debt is something we're going to have to deal with in time; there is no quick fix.

    C. This video is from 2008, back when the economy still hadn't fallen over - John has actually covered fixing the US Budget in a more recent video.

    D. I have the *freedom* to choose to solve which problems I choose with the money that is mine. It's up to the government to fix their own garbage.

  • @Lilyofthevalleyice which video???

  • Comment 330:

    Doesnt sound like he likes the name Eli.

  • i think that schools would be a little bit more important, because if the people are edjucated (crap, i don't know if i spelled that right...did i? kind of ironic that i'm talking about more schooling and i can't even spell what i'm talking about) they'll be able to deal with all the rest of the problems in the whole mess of suckiness just a teensy bit better. but that's just what i think and i didn't really want to go find whereever i was suppose to go say that because i'm lazy.

  • I love the obscure LHC black hole reference

  • lol everyone does... the LHC might destroy the world very good..

    at least its in europe

  • cool

  • two...

  • I will make an interesting word.

  • hallo.

    yay im going to be helping with the beckoning of lovely as an "Ambassador of lovely"

    you should probably remind the nerdfighters about the project again because she's starting to find people to help, etc.

    anyways.

    you rock.

    dftba,

    alex

  • Hahahahah, I'm glad you signed off on Part 1 of answering those questions at Worthington Library with "Best Wishes!" Hahaha, that's great.

  • I'm so behind on vlogbrother videos, and now you give me MORE to watch!

    Geez John, what are you doing to me here?

    ;-)

    Off to watch amazing videos! WHEEEEE!!!

  • Nobody wants to get you started on anything.  I think everyone would prefer you stop.

    Thanks for the pointless generalizations, please fellate a revolver.

  • Thanks for input.

    I was hoping for so much more.

  • This is a perfect example of how Americans approach an argument, with a gun.

    Why don't you try talking to the people in other countries and stop murdering them ?

  • I have to ask though... is it really America who is to blaim for UK's!!!!! Bad economy??? Or is it your own idiotic fault that you've created an economy that falls on the whim of ONE nation! Isn't that... well... just plain weird! And don't tell me that, it's all the politicians fault, cause, the people really do deside who governs! So don't blaim america for a situation your own country put you in.

  • Thanks for the pointless generalizations, please fellate a revolver.

  • Okay, so, you can argue that we as a nation have not been particularly helpful, but who are you to say that we as a community shouldn't try to help other people?

  • mmmm so i find you and glasses quiet amazing :)

  • 20 Minutes of Questions! Whew!

  • this guy is eric forman from that 70s show lol

  • "Not before today," Colin answered. "But I did know that the world's largest wooden church is in Finland." YAAAY FINLAND and JOHN and his books<3

  • 2:22 puff levels rose dramatically!!! it was amazing lol

  • hmm instead of sending money to some other country why not use that money to fix our own first... like the starving kids here or the babied born addicted to crack or herion ya that would be nice to help them first.. right?

  • Oh right because American babies are more important than babies in other countries. People are people no matter what country they are from.

  • no im just saying that we need to take care of ourselves just as much as we take care of everyone else. also i think its funny no one likes the usa when we attack some one to take out an evil leader but they love us when we give money that we dont have to other nations for kids... what about when something happends to the usa like what happen to New Orlans did any one try to help us fuck no. so why the hell should i give money to some one else when people are starving to death here?

  • Take out an evil leader? Okay, Saddam was not a nice guy, but Iraq was in a much better place before you went in, took there government and law and order and just fucked them in the ass, leading to a state of lawlessness. Saddam was a bad guy, but he ran the country than the US induced anarchy.

  • Saddam also tortured a lot of people.

    Either way, politics suck and unfortunately there's no perfect way to run a country.

  • This is an awesome video, John.

  • Teach me how to be a good writer!

  • shaun is t3h Aw3s0m3!!

  • Hey John. Michael and I just got in from our honeymoon/vacation up in the North Woods of Wisconsin. I wanted to thank you again for the sweet voicemail! After a little bit of weather-related chaos, we settled down and our ceremony went beautifully. I can't believe I'm a wife! One of our presents had the words "Best Wishes" written on it, and I thought of you! Haha.

    Thank you again John. It meant a lot to both of us!

    Love,

    Charlynn and Michael

  • :(

    Don;t Take Willy Out :(

  • I have a question for a future Question Tuesday!

    Were you aware that there are puppy-sized elephants in the movie adaptation of the novel Stardust?

    And, if you weren't,

    Would you like for me to get you a screen shot?

  • What happened to the video of all of us doing our happy dances at the bean?

  • Is this an old question or what but seriously, John looks like the guy from Knight Rider 2008! One of the bad dudes...anyone else see that?

  • this video is win.

  • Well that was stupid...

  • this video makes me want too touch myself

  • Goofy Idea: The Vlogbrothers at Sundance, or O'brian. Wierd, probably impossible, but would be totally jokes!

  • It's promoted! Woot! Nerdfighters!

  • that was so random

  • Very clever. Cool vid.

  • great vid i dont know what the fuck is wrong with all those kids who are commenting on this "this vid sux" this is not a halo3 or cod 4 video you fucking spoiled idiots

  • Yay! This is in the most active videos!

  • learn to spell loser

  • How can I decrese World Suck on September 11? By saying hi to my cousin. Happy Birthday Katharina!

  • I think birth control is the best anti-poverty.

  • hi mi name is carlos saul menem, i'm a capitalism adict and i love to rask my bols

  • decrease world suck <3

  • hah! 'World Suck' my new favorite word. Except that world suck... sucks. DFTBA, dudes!

  • YAY! Your video is being promoted!

  • Haha, my name's Elijah, and everyone calls me Eli :-D

  • John!! A nerdfighter needs your help. She is Flora and needs some sort of an interview with an author, and since you are one made of awesome she needs you to help her! Check your ning profile for more information.

    Thanks

  • absolutely amazing. I watched all the videos. they are all incredible.

  • Woah, where did all this spam come from?!

  • You're unshaved!Is that decresing or increasing your awesomeness?

  • i saw your book An Abundance of Katherines right next to the candy bars in the check out lines at centry. you are officially famous. :)

  • Cool glasses:)

  • you better do your happy dance >:(

  • LHC Joke! Yesss.

  • Why so short?

    I demand that you waste another 33 saeconds of my life !

  • We're going to do everything we can to make it suck as little as possible for you.

  • woooot

  • There was a poster of Looking for Alaska on it in our school library, and I also wanted to shout out but... well.... it's a library...

  • John, in all seriousness, what do I do about the fact that I am starting to loathe Sarah Palin? I always thought of myself as such a clear-headed, rational, reasonable person who could stay above the party-politics... Any advice on keeping your head above the political trench warfare?

  • Great video, John.

  • take him out? to dinner? boy that willy is such a class act

  • John, puff levels seem unusually high for a video about decreasing world suck. Are you stressed about something, or do puff levels also rise when you get stressed.

    Great video....which links to awesome videos :)

    -M

  • Congrats on being nominated for the Rosie Book Award for Looking for Alaska.

    We had to watch a video in school today about it, and I was looking forward to seeing one of your books on the list. When I saw it, I kept wanting to shout out that it's John Green's book, but I didn't want to get in trouble.

    But I guess a Rosie isn't much compared to a Printz.

  • I love you.

  • LOL

  • the pea thing was awesome

  • can you guys just have a kid already?

  • God bless you

  • I know this has nothing to do with the video, but I have always wanted to know what book that is behind you with the black and blue striped spine.

  • I think its a dictionary

  • It's a dictionary. :) We have the same ones at my school.

  • Thanks =)

  • i miss john's random videos

    lately they all been informaton videos bout touring and links this links that

    we need some random blogging again! (aside from willy's reaction video, that doesn't count lol since it was mainly bout willy)

  • Wow, Willy's potty-trained already? How adorable! A kid in my class is from Bangladesh; I found that out yesterday.

  • Because where's the fun in that? ^-^

  • because that would be totally boring

  • Whatever happened to us punishing you for pwning Oprah?!

    Make a video with suggestions that were suggested in the ning. I think it was a general consensus that you guys have to revert to 2007 vlogging for a month.

  • Excellent!

  • Excellent!... My parents are originally from Bangladesh, and i wholeheartedly support this shcreme!.. Your a great gu John.. But you need a SHAVE!!

  • This was a really great video. I've been thinking a lot about how there isn't much awesome around where I am as of late, and I have now been inspired to do something about it.

    Plus, your most recent comment is really meaningful, John. I take it to heart, and will probably end up making a painting of it to go beneath my "DFTBA" artwork. Thanks for all of this.

  • Great video, you always have something intellgent and heart felt to say. God bless.

  • I suggest, finding a way to entertain the people in bangladesh more, and help them get their minds of things.

  • awesome

  • Wow, the puff levels are high today John.

  • Whaoh so much awesomeness to do. I better get started.

  • Great video projects!

  • I think clean water is the most important thing to do first of all..After all, without clean water many children will not live long enough to go to school or even see a doctor in the first place :(

  • Every single video you guys have ever made should be added to your list of videos that decrease worldsuck. :-D

  • you guys are awesome!

  • who is hank

    :)

  • am i perhaps the only one who sees the message of nerdfighters as both a good and bad thing?

    like, knowledge is empowering to the individual, and seeking it... well i think thats definately a worthwhile preoccupation in life...

    but every single person i know, in real life, with a decent head on those shoulders, is a complete egoist and really not worth my time...

    im rather torn.

  • Truly smart and thoughtful people can never be egotistical, because truly smart and thoughtful people realize that they aren't nearly smart or thoughtful enough. -John

  • Check the puff in video 2!

  • I think I'm going to make a "The Puff" Action figure...

  • doo it!!!

  • But how? I mean... should you have to squeeze it to make "The Puff" rise? Or a button that sends a little static through "The Puff".... I think there's a lot to be considered before I actually make it...

  • hm!

    well.. squeezing John seems a bit... :| scary and slightly wrong

    so... how about... if you pull on it, it grows. to epic proportions.

  • And that... just seems wrong. Remember... or do you? The dolls that had pull strings? *nods* yea that does it. Pull a string and the puff goes up.

  • That was some impressive puff <3

  • so I have this theory that you're actually a Philosophy professor at Michigan State University, because I have a Philosophy professor at Michigan State University who is EXACTLY like you in every regard.

  • why don't you spend our time in the USA helping kids here that don't have health care and homes?

    I don't see how everyone wants to help kids everywhere else then were they live?

  • saving a life here and saving a life in bangladesh is, at least to me, the same level of goodness =].

  • They might both be good things to do, But you can't complain about healthcare for children in the US when there are people in MANY MANY other places [places that hate the US] an help their children?

  • You make it sound like people never help kids who live near them. I think you'll find there are plenty of charities in the US already set up to help children who live there.

    The point of helping children in many of the poorer countries is that they have no help at all unless we give it to them.

  • i think i can understand what you're saying but i take a different approach to it-

    if we are going to help accelerate third world countries to become as 'advanced' as our own countries, we should first step back and recognise that our country is not, infact, advanced considering what it SHOULD BE like.

    well, that applies to me and anyone else in Australia anyway - child poverty is on the rise... :[

  • I've lived in Mexico and Canada, and at least in Canada you never ever see homeless kids, while in Mexico, you get to see MORE homeless kids than adults, and that breaks my heart.. It's a painful sight, and for all I know, kids in the Middle East are in worse conditions than Mexican kids, so I'd rather help the kids in the Middle East.

    I don't know if I make myself clear =S.

  • Bangladesh is definitely very much eastern Asia (it's near India) and NOT the middle east.

  • I'm using the Middle East as a global example.

  • You probably know nothing about the middle east.

  • Not starting an argument =].

    God bless you =).

  • That is what I was trying to say. We have kids there that need food a shelter too. I'm not sure if anyone realizes it but the third world countries don't ask us to help and when we do help them we get into wars like in the middle east. We are over in Iraq helping them when we could be here rebuliding our country. We are in debt to many countries and we just keep spendind money we don't have in Iraq to help people that killed thousands of our own people.

  • Shawn only works with people who _have_ asked for help. And this is not government money, remember. This is nerdfighter money.

    And it's true that there are many people in America who live in poverty and who live with inadequate food and shelter. But you're presuming an us v. them mentality (i.e., that American citizens should make sure life is good for all Americans before we give to others; this presumes that 'we' should be prioritized over 'them').

    I (respectfully!) disagree. -John

  • John you are very right.

    This is nerdfighter money which has nothing to do with the goverment money. And I thank you for your input.

    I'm not saying we shouldn't help people in other countries but we should help more people in the USA too.

  • So I hear you're coming to Lawrence in November? I hope that's true. Hope hope hope.

  • john is certainly a talented writer and decreasing world suck is something i completely support. but if u ever talk to him in person u learn he's a total PRICK. it really made me lose my enthusiasm for the vlog brothers. and this is a guy who took a month to go back and watch every single video they've made. then to learn he's such an ASS to people really disappointed me.

  • wow. um, no?

  • i really hope thats not true :S

  • what proof have you got to support your belief of him being a prick and an ass?

    You can't just make a comment like that without explaining yourself, especially when there are so many people who have met him in person and still think he's an awesome person.

    Unless you're hiding the fact that he was an ass to you cuz possibly he felt you were being one to him....

    just a suggestion...

  • Does anyone else think that near the end of the video when he says "Arguably much more" he seems rather Hank-ish?

  • YES OPRAH PWND

  • Here's a question: way back in the day, Hank said something about not talking about The God Delusion because, uh, I think because John is religious.

    So what's up with that?

  • i love little pea!

  • HOLY NICKEL NUGGETS! you've beaten Oprah!! vlogbrothers Brotherhood 2.0 Type: Director Videos: 335 Subscribers: 40,874 OPRAH Type: Director Videos: 44 Subscribers: 40,555
  • I agree John, the world could use less suckage.

    There's a way to fix everything but there doesn't seem to be enough people in the position to do so to... do so.

    :)

  • heey! i just talked about black holes and particles today in science!! =]] world suck sucks

  • vlog brothers always make my day a little happier.

  • May I just say, John, that I heart you considerably for picking to stop at the B&N 5 minutes away from my house. I'm bringing friends and I can't wait to see you here in Florida!

    Best wishes.

  • haha.

    yeah!

    down with world suckage!!

    nerdfighter reunite!

  • I just learned that you and Hank are coming to Santa Monica, CA. Hooray!!!!

  • GVO

    Get Vlogbrothers on Oprah

  • The thing is, though, what we think is the most important thing for the people in Bangladesh may not actually be the most important thing.

    These questions are very important and certainly deserve a lot of consideration,but who are we to decide these things? In my eyes, it seems a bit like turining people's lives into a game."Should I give my Sims Brown hair or blonde? Should their aspirations be love or success? Should we provide 80 salter scales to fight malnutrition

    or build a school latrine?"

  • That being said, what Shawn is doing for the people of Bangladesh is incredibly awesome and worldsuck decreasing. And it's great that the YouTube community is a part of that.

  • In response to your interview: I loved that you said you were motivated by your ex-girlfriends, haha. (I'm drawing a lot and submitting online, spurred by a similar reason.)

    And I knew you'd say "No" to the question about if writing gets easier. I remember reading a quote that said that, for good writers, it's not easier, it's harder. haha.

    Also, I wish I knew how you feel you are most like Alaska, of all your characters. (Not to pry or anything.)

  • Your a good guy man