Thanksgiving is coming again and I am reminded of how much I am grateful for, including the wonderful community of Nerdfighters here on YouTube and in My Pants. You all are wonderful. Thank you, John, for being thankful for us too!
I just did a paper on that Faulkner quote for English class. It's probably one of the best things I've ever written just because of how much it inspired me originally, but hearing you relate it to Nerdfighteria while I watch the entirety of brotherhood 2.0 for the first time made it hold even more meaning because, now, it's significantly more personal.
no one "needs" to ask that question, but i think it is a good thing to do. to me, and i assume i'm not alone in this, i can get so wrapped up in the daily dissatisfaction and frustration; always feeling like there's more to be accomplished, more that i need in order to be happy. it's good, every once in a while, to step back and take a moment; to realize and acknowledge how lucky i am and how much in life i do have to be grateful for. a holiday to celebrate those things brings them into focus.
It's not Thanksgiving, not that we celebrate Thanksgiving...but I thought I'd share what I am thankful for. I am thankful that I discovered the Vlogbrothers, and that they, when I was in a bad place, reminded me to be awesome. I'm thankful that I had the courage to get a tattoo forever reminding me to never FTBA (the tattoo was DFTBA obviously) I'm also thankful for those around me that I love, and that love me.
I'm sorry, random library peruser, for watching a distracting video of such an obviously nerdy and serious man while my homework so obviously sits undone next to my laptop. Please don't think I'm too weird. He's actually quite awesome.
So I know she forgives me, just as I forgiver her. Thomas Edison's last words were: "It's very beautiful over there." I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.
I know this was ages ago, but I'm just saying now (cos I can) that I used to be so pessimistic, and now that I'm stuck...the way I am, Vlogbrothers and nerdfighting have been the light at the end of the tunnel. So thank you. Honestly. Thank you. *smiley face*
I'm grateful for guys like you and Hank. You two give me the hope of finding a handsome yet nerdy guy with respect for women and the meaning of marriage. While I am only 17, I've met hundreds upon hundreds of people and none of them have come close to fulfilling those standards, aside from you two.
So yes I enjoy vlogbrothers videos very muh so but the more I watch and enjoy the more I feel that maybe I'm not a nerdfighter/nerd for 2 reasons. . . 1. I AM a Britney Spears fan have been since I was 16 and now 11 years later still am. . . (it is what it is) and B. I got rid of my glasses by having Lasik Eye Surgery so no more glasses for me! hmmm. . .
I'm belated thankful for getting to be a nerd, and for having friends to share that nerdiness with. And for chocolate chip cookies and elderflower cordial in winter and summer respectively.
I feel the comments section of this video has become largely about quotes, so here's a quote I'm thankful for... God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
for anyone who doesnt know, the last word of LFA is "beautiful".
The sentence (just for fun lol) is "Thomas Edison's last words were it's very beautiful over there, I donr know where there is, but I hope its beautiful" =D BEST BOOK EVAR!
I just finished reading a journal article on A Rose For Emily and this video happened to be in my suggested box. Wow Youtube you have connected to my brain. This video has gotten me excited for Thanksgiving. I am thankful to you for that.
I'm grateful for friends and family, YouTube, Nerdfighters and awesome people, imagination and doodles. I'm also grateful for technology, weekends, writing and sleep. DFTBA!
I am grateful that there are funny guys like you out there who make great videos like this and are smart enugh to put them on youtube so I can laugh my ass off =D
I am grateful for Russia. Because Russia gave us theater nerds Realism in theater, and however hard it is to understand and work with, it is beautiful when performed correctly, and without it, thespians everywhere would be at the mercy of crack-pots.
I am grateful for the Egyptians, who invented paparus, and helped great creations come to be in the physical world by giving them a median to work upon.
And I am grateful for imagination, which gives more then Realism and paprus combined DFTBA
I'm grateful for my family, because without them I'd be in a far worse off state of mind. I'm thankful for my cats, because they're like my best friends (yes, I'm that weird). I'm thankful for doctors, and researchers and nurses and the medical field for finding cures to sicknesses, and researching more. I'm thankful for you guys for making it cool to be a nerd. I'm thankful for my home, because it's comfortable. I have more things I'm thankful for that I just can't think of them right now :)
Even when things are bad, I like to think that there are still enough amazing things in the world to keep things in balance. Even something as simple as electricity. Most people just flip a switch and expect the light to turn on, I'm just grateful that we've come this far. And I just remember, things could always be much worse.
I realized that you, Hank, and the rest of my fellow Nerdfighters have also made me more optimistic. I find myself thinking anything's possible when you're united under an awesome power. I find myself looking at people differently, like, some strange kid I always sort of looked down on isn't strange anymore; maybe they're all Nerdfighters. And I've also realized that nerds are the best kinds of people, in general: the people who are smart and funny and awesome. SO, NERDS OF THE WORLD: UNITE!!!
I, like espifreak, reply from the Thanksgiving of the future:
I'm thankful for my friends who have been there for me whenever the times get good or get bad; my family who is there for me 100% in what I do; for my faith that has kept me going through some rough roads; the ability to think and speak and act how I want and not fear oppresive reprecussions; song and spoken word/poetry; the Interwebs and the non-trolls; nerdfighters; ukeleles; intellect and reason; and the ability to live and love.
My pals, who are abundantly patient with me, my sister Janice who has always been and always will be my best friend, that my family is (physically) healthy, my dogs who never fail to make me smile, that I haven't given up on writing like I have on so much else, that I gave The Socerer's Stone a chance all those years ago, as bad as my vision is, I'm glad to have it, as well as the full use of my hands and that I'm getting a new president for my b-day.
not the right time of year, but I'm thankful for working toilets and showers on my floor. We don't have them sometimes. And maybe the washing machine and dryer will be fixed soon. But there is another set in the building, so that's good.
To be honest, I like "nerdy" glasses better. Not because they're nerdy(-er), but because I just really think glasses look way better when they're making a statement instead of failing to be inconspicuous, which is plain boring.
On a different note, this is a very sweet video, yet you kinda freaked me out staring at the cam with such determination while quoting Faulkner.
I live in beautiful Hickory, NC where the sun doth shine...way the hell too much. We're in the south, I get it, but I'm only like 45 minutes away from places that always gets snow in the winter (Boone, Blowing Rock, other mountainous places), and yet I haven't seen a real snow in four years.
That's cool, I live in something of an eqivalent of your town, only it's in CA. We get snow every few years and not very much, which is nice because snow in excess is cumbersome. Then drive uphill for forty minutes in winter and there's three feet of it. Drive two hours and you get to the ski resorts in the thick of the Sierra Mountains.
is a happy dance awsome and; if not, could there be an awsome dance? Also if happy dances are awsome than could it be possible that when performing a happy dance you are acctually filling the air and O-zone layer with awsome?
is a happy dance awsome and; if not, could there be an awsome dance? Also if happy dances are awsome than could it be possible that when performing a happy dance you are acctually filling the air and O-zone layer with awsome?
is a happy dance awsome and; if not, could there be an awsome dance? Also if happy dances are awsome than could it be possible that when performing a happy dance you are acctually filling the air and O-zone layer with awsome?
is a happy dance awsome and; if not, could there be an awsome dance? Also if happy dances are awsome than could it be possible that when performing a happy dance you are acctually filling the air and O-zone layer with awsome?
omg, it sounds so NICE! I HATE coldness! but that may be because i'm shivering 3/4's of the year. not even kidding. and its not even all THAT cold in oregon...i think its just me.
to be completely honest, I thought your old frames were more nerdy than your new frames...'cause your new frames are kind of hip and modern "think frames are in, thick frames are emo" please don't be emo. But actually, since you are compiled of pure awesomeness, I guess in that sense, the glasses are indeed nerdy.
NERDFIGHTERS! ftw. I am grateful for youtube...and all encompassing components that make up my life - both bad and good have shaped me to become who I am, and for that I am thankful.
Despite the fact that I know that the scavenger hunt is over, I still immediately tore down the stairs for my copy of "Looking for Alaska" (sadly worn with use) to discover that my initial thought was correct and the last word is "beautiful". Anyway, you said that it would possibly never snow again in human history. Can you really say history if it hasn't happened? I mean, it will be one day, especially if man prevails forever, but it isn't now. Is it?
And to show how much of a hard core nerdfighter I am, I've tried and failed to post this comment three times (the first I had exceeded comment limit, the second I had incorrectly entered the letters, and the third I entered them wrong -- again. I need cool nerd glasses), but I finally got it. I needed to be heard, I guess, on an old video. I will not only endure, but prevail! (Yeah, Faulkner knows his way around a sentence all right.)
althought thanksgiving isn't celebrated in ireland...i'm thankful for the facts its not raining and that your new glasses appear to have made you stop blinking
I am thankful for John Green. That guy knows his way around a sentence.
andyanderson100 6 days ago
Am I the only one who thinks John actually looks better in those nerdy glasses
ClaireLaBear11 2 weeks ago
indianapolis: confusing weather since forever.
cupcakes1348 3 weeks ago
About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30.
dftbawolf 1 month ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
he-who-must-not-be-named has\had a soul and was incapable of compassion.
natdot2804 1 month ago
finnaly! I have gotten to today with the videos! well, it may be wrong by about four years... but still.
sethwerewolf 2 months ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
Four years and Two days later, and I'm still thankful for Hank and John. Happy Thanksgiving, guys!
pokemonmaster181818 2 months ago
...is it sad that I knew the last word of Looking for Alaska without even having to look it up? No, I don't think this it is.
DFTBA.
xfrenchthellama 2 months ago
Thanksgiving is coming again and I am reminded of how much I am grateful for, including the wonderful community of Nerdfighters here on YouTube and in My Pants. You all are wonderful. Thank you, John, for being thankful for us too!
greeninker86 3 months ago
John had hipster glasses
before they were cool
CharmedSlayerr 3 months ago
Is it just me or do you never blink in your videos... /
koolkatkimina9 3 months ago
@koolkatkimina9 he used to, no more.
thisisnotHolly 1 month ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
I just did a paper on that Faulkner quote for English class. It's probably one of the best things I've ever written just because of how much it inspired me originally, but hearing you relate it to Nerdfighteria while I watch the entirety of brotherhood 2.0 for the first time made it hold even more meaning because, now, it's significantly more personal.
erinbaileysheffer 4 months ago in playlist brotherhood 2.0 july 2nd to dec 31
Those glasses look weird x(
BethTheBubblyGirl 4 months ago
John got totally nerdy hotter at exactly 1:06... like hotter times 100.
tamarajeanhelland 4 months ago
no one "needs" to ask that question, but i think it is a good thing to do. to me, and i assume i'm not alone in this, i can get so wrapped up in the daily dissatisfaction and frustration; always feeling like there's more to be accomplished, more that i need in order to be happy. it's good, every once in a while, to step back and take a moment; to realize and acknowledge how lucky i am and how much in life i do have to be grateful for. a holiday to celebrate those things brings them into focus.
carbonatedcheese 4 months ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
THE ORIGIN OF THE NERD GLASSES! win.
teampiratesaurusMLIA 5 months ago
It's not Thanksgiving, not that we celebrate Thanksgiving...but I thought I'd share what I am thankful for. I am thankful that I discovered the Vlogbrothers, and that they, when I was in a bad place, reminded me to be awesome. I'm thankful that I had the courage to get a tattoo forever reminding me to never FTBA (the tattoo was DFTBA obviously) I'm also thankful for those around me that I love, and that love me.
CherWarner 5 months ago
When you were talking about what you're thankful for and you said The Yeti I thought "What about Henry? Oh.....right."
I may be a nerd, but I have quite a collection of dumb blonde moments.
Ashleystalworth 6 months ago
I'm grateful fo being English so that every year I don't "need" to ask myself that question!!!
TookItHomeToJenny 6 months ago 4
Thankful for people like you - it gives me hope for the rest of humanity.
ReKrisB 6 months ago
Brotherhood2.0 because it changed my life :)
OrangeCowProduction 7 months ago
at 3:00 john winks
littleroachyboy 7 months ago
I am thankful for nerdfighteria, John, and Hank. Thanks for being awesome.
24MandaPanda96 7 months ago
i miss these glasses. i wish john still wore the nerdy glasses. i like guys with nerdy glasses.
lyates 7 months ago
isn't it ironic how these glasses would now be considered hipster, not nerdy? wire frames are far more nerdy now.
icecreamsoda117 8 months ago
I'm sorry, random library peruser, for watching a distracting video of such an obviously nerdy and serious man while my homework so obviously sits undone next to my laptop. Please don't think I'm too weird. He's actually quite awesome.
I bet you're looking for a really weird book.
TheFishDanceStars 8 months ago
So I know she forgives me, just as I forgiver her. Thomas Edison's last words were: "It's very beautiful over there." I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.
Was the last paragraph of Looking for Alaska.
mitout123 10 months ago
@mitout123 ahhh those words changed my life!!!!!
wntw319 9 months ago
Why was he blinking so much?!
But I love the glasses. Although they're kinda distracting.
alicia0950 11 months ago
Ok I have been a nerdfighter for many many months but for the first time the unblinking thing has creeped me out
CanNotBeScene 11 months ago
Those glasses look more hipster than nerdy, but I like them either way.
redrockinrobin700 11 months ago
beautiful
wnlb53 11 months ago
I know this was ages ago, but I'm just saying now (cos I can) that I used to be so pessimistic, and now that I'm stuck...the way I am, Vlogbrothers and nerdfighting have been the light at the end of the tunnel. So thank you. Honestly. Thank you. *smiley face*
QueenOfTheAubergines 1 year ago 4
I'm pretty sure that you don't age..
FRAYEDjade 1 year ago 2
"I'm thankful that I have [...] one beautiful Yeti." I awwwed.
gelingelingx 1 year ago
Falkner gave me the chills
yrpgullwings 1 year ago
you think those are nerdy glasses, you should see mine :P
mercat12 1 year ago
Haha John brought back nerdy glasses, shame so many douches wear them even though they don't need them
Grr @ people who aren't nerds!
jellybeangravy 1 year ago 17
I'm thankful for snowboarding. Without it, my winter would be a meaningless shell of suck.
I'm thankful for videogames. Without them, the rest of my seasons would follow suit of winter.
I'm thankful for my descriptive capabilities. Sorry, no examples today.
I'm thankful for Latin. It makes all my emotional statements just that much deeper.
I'm thankful for rock music. Today's youth does not recognize true musical purity.
All that on top of the obvious life, love, companionship, family, etc.
maniac5231 1 year ago
Well, tis the season + 3 years, so here goes something...
I'm thankful for my friend Kyle, and the fact that every time I speak to him I gain a little more hope for humanity.
I'm thankful for the fact that a couple weeks ago he spent his night telling me...well, yelling at me, really..."Stop giving up."
I'm thankful for the fact that between this and my discovery of Nerdfighteria, I'm becoming more and more inclined to listen to him.
Thanks, John and Hank. I'm not gonna give up anymore...
everlongview7 1 year ago 3
Mann I wish I had a nerdfighter T-shirt... Ima gonna make one! :D
nathan13x 1 year ago
I'm grateful for guys like you and Hank. You two give me the hope of finding a handsome yet nerdy guy with respect for women and the meaning of marriage. While I am only 17, I've met hundreds upon hundreds of people and none of them have come close to fulfilling those standards, aside from you two.
bhelliom3 1 year ago 2
So yes I enjoy vlogbrothers videos very muh so but the more I watch and enjoy the more I feel that maybe I'm not a nerdfighter/nerd for 2 reasons. . . 1. I AM a Britney Spears fan have been since I was 16 and now 11 years later still am. . . (it is what it is) and B. I got rid of my glasses by having Lasik Eye Surgery so no more glasses for me! hmmm. . .
BehindTheHarleyShop 1 year ago
The line "And one beautiful yeti" made me very happy c:
kingsbury96 1 year ago
I really like that clue.
shRkfrnZ 1 year ago
I can't beleive i'm able to watch content this good for free.. and thankfull!
rabbitwho 1 year ago 3
I couldn't do it. I'm so used to fast talking John, that I couldn't handle the slowness of this video xD
jibberjabbers123 1 year ago
0:49! YOU BLINKED, I CAUGHT YOU!!!
awesomenerdfighter 1 year ago 7
I'm belated thankful for getting to be a nerd, and for having friends to share that nerdiness with. And for chocolate chip cookies and elderflower cordial in winter and summer respectively.
Pixiesoapbox 2 years ago
I'm thankful for the organic section at my grocery store... in a town like this, its as close to quality as you can get :(
mushugai 2 years ago
one beautiful yeti :)
allison2811 2 years ago
I would like to thank you, John, for teaching me that the word "grateful" is not, in fact, spelled g-r-e-a-t-f-u-l.
BANGtheDoleDrums 2 years ago
I feel the comments section of this video has become largely about quotes, so here's a quote I'm thankful for... God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
-Neil Gaiman
codynootchies 2 years ago
for anyone who doesnt know, the last word of LFA is "beautiful".
The sentence (just for fun lol) is "Thomas Edison's last words were it's very beautiful over there, I donr know where there is, but I hope its beautiful" =D BEST BOOK EVAR!
MissheardMagic 2 years ago
I just finished reading a journal article on A Rose For Emily and this video happened to be in my suggested box. Wow Youtube you have connected to my brain. This video has gotten me excited for Thanksgiving. I am thankful to you for that.
AlleyWater 2 years ago
looooove the glasses!
nicciweasley 2 years ago
I'm grateful for having read "Looking For Alaska" finally! It's changed my life. :) It's 'beautiful'.
posthumorously 2 years ago
I'm grateful for friends and family, YouTube, Nerdfighters and awesome people, imagination and doodles. I'm also grateful for technology, weekends, writing and sleep. DFTBA!
McManiacGirl 2 years ago
Where could I find the Faulkner quote online?
rjrjrj333 2 years ago
decided to put on my nerdy glasses whilst watching this video
TinyTrev13 2 years ago
same, right now my record is 32 B2.0 videos in one day...whoot. can any nerdfighters help me build a time machine to go back to January 1st 2007?!
sketchbookcreeper 2 years ago
i miss not finding these till after it was done so i cant partisipate in anything but i like being able to do like 20 videos a day instead of 1 a day
ljlightfire1 2 years ago
"Problem--Solved" was the best thing I've seen all day.
Paool3107 2 years ago
I am grateful for the support of my family and the positive views and opinions of fellow nerdfigthers.
centralboy1686 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
end! (the end?? IDK I DONT OWN YOUR BOOK I LIKE HANK BETTER!!)
eevee4espeon 2 years ago
I am grateful that there are funny guys like you out there who make great videos like this and are smart enugh to put them on youtube so I can laugh my ass off =D
RomeeSayuri 2 years ago 149
I am grateful for Russia. Because Russia gave us theater nerds Realism in theater, and however hard it is to understand and work with, it is beautiful when performed correctly, and without it, thespians everywhere would be at the mercy of crack-pots.
I am grateful for the Egyptians, who invented paparus, and helped great creations come to be in the physical world by giving them a median to work upon.
And I am grateful for imagination, which gives more then Realism and paprus combined DFTBA
tvsuicide4 2 years ago
1:08 - very Hank-ish moment!
buggigurl713 2 years ago
I'm grateful for my family, because without them I'd be in a far worse off state of mind. I'm thankful for my cats, because they're like my best friends (yes, I'm that weird). I'm thankful for doctors, and researchers and nurses and the medical field for finding cures to sicknesses, and researching more. I'm thankful for you guys for making it cool to be a nerd. I'm thankful for my home, because it's comfortable. I have more things I'm thankful for that I just can't think of them right now :)
cookie4monster4 2 years ago
I am greatful to my mind, to th beautiful world around us, and to these people here, who are significantly decresing world suck.
I am greatful to everyone who uses their brains.
I am greatful to all who try to better their world with their talents.
starryeyedocean 2 years ago
Nerdfighters make me grateful every day, as does this vlog. I know it's old, but still I love it and John and Hank have truly changed me.
And beautiful, John. I just had to say it. Beautiful.
(the last paragraph of Looking for Alaska made me cry, by the way.) <3
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thecrazybackpackers 2 years ago 2
These glasses are truly nerdy
senorsqueakydesk 2 years ago
These are so nerdy... I like them. Lol I love him.
LightningNin1 2 years ago 3
I'm grateful for everything.
Even when things are bad, I like to think that there are still enough amazing things in the world to keep things in balance. Even something as simple as electricity. Most people just flip a switch and expect the light to turn on, I'm just grateful that we've come this far. And I just remember, things could always be much worse.
Director705 2 years ago
When you say everything, do you mean like everything, everything, like sickness and stuff?
I guess having sickness makes the healthy people grateful for not being sicl, so maybe that's something to be grateful about?
cookie4monster4 2 years ago
I guess I could have phrased it better, but no, not everything. There are just too many amazing things that I couldn't fit into this comment.
Director705 2 years ago
Joining Nerdfighters has definatly made me more optimistic. ^_^
Francis9105 3 years ago
beautiful is that last word
mathgirl13 3 years ago
wow I''ve just noticed, that he never blinks...
riku14 3 years ago
yeah he does.
ninjafinity 3 years ago
at 0:54
100greenbottles 2 years ago
I just wanted to let you know that this video is the only thing that can make my nephew stop crying. INFANT NERDFIGHTERS ARE AWESOME!
ayemaynedayyy 3 years ago 2
I realized that you, Hank, and the rest of my fellow Nerdfighters have also made me more optimistic. I find myself thinking anything's possible when you're united under an awesome power. I find myself looking at people differently, like, some strange kid I always sort of looked down on isn't strange anymore; maybe they're all Nerdfighters. And I've also realized that nerds are the best kinds of people, in general: the people who are smart and funny and awesome. SO, NERDS OF THE WORLD: UNITE!!!
ChameleonToes 3 years ago 3
Same here.
Let's just say before I used to be somewhat of a nihilist. And even at times a pessimist. But times are changing.
And I thank John and Hank for that.
Director705 2 years ago 102
I'm grateful for glasses that help us see. What if we didn't have glasses?
mireesecup 3 years ago
lol i think about that all the time.
i mean seriously, how much would that suck??
redstrawberrymuncher 3 years ago
I know! how limited we would be!
mireesecup 3 years ago
I personally would not be able read without glasses , which would be like bnot being able to breath.
which means I would die.
mathgirl13 3 years ago
You're lucky though. I would much rather only have to wear glasses to read, as opposed to having to wear them pretty much all of the time.
Director705 2 years ago
love the new glasses.
mireesecup 3 years ago
lol so nerdy i love it
ilikeshiny 3 years ago
THIS UPSETS ME
this video has been view 32,989 times
and it has only 330 comments
331 if youtube isn't lagging and counting mine
WHY DON'T PEOPLE COMMENT?!?!?
XHitThePanicButtonX 3 years ago
Because they're to busy trying to catch up with all the Brotherhood 2.0 videos!
14hp1 3 years ago
the last word in "looking for alaska" is beautiful. literally.
idiotonparade 3 years ago
Comment 228:
I'm grateful for Brotherhood 2.0 and my easy accessability to cheap Champagne.
DittoFreak 3 years ago
why did u put Comment 228?
InYourWardrobe1 3 years ago
crap i clicked 4 stars instead of 5.
reallystupid78 3 years ago
your glasses need tape wrapped around the bridge.
dannay 3 years ago
And.... what was the last word in the looking for alaska or whatever it was?
toonadict 3 years ago
beautiful
adihiedler 3 years ago
i am grateful for how awesome u look in those glasses!!
purfectpuff 3 years ago
lo - i thi - I'm sorry I can't stop staring at the glasses. :)
Talky202 3 years ago
and it's also the day of my birthday haha (Y)
mariahhh9 3 years ago
Mine too! Yay!
Nyyaa 3 years ago
i love hank and john. :]
xxbeatlesxxgirl 3 years ago
*sigh* I love nerdfighters.
RememberTheTrees 3 years ago
I, like espifreak, reply from the Thanksgiving of the future:
I'm thankful for my friends who have been there for me whenever the times get good or get bad; my family who is there for me 100% in what I do; for my faith that has kept me going through some rough roads; the ability to think and speak and act how I want and not fear oppresive reprecussions; song and spoken word/poetry; the Interwebs and the non-trolls; nerdfighters; ukeleles; intellect and reason; and the ability to live and love.
DJWidget 3 years ago
I reply from Thanksgiving in the future:
My pals, who are abundantly patient with me, my sister Janice who has always been and always will be my best friend, that my family is (physically) healthy, my dogs who never fail to make me smile, that I haven't given up on writing like I have on so much else, that I gave The Socerer's Stone a chance all those years ago, as bad as my vision is, I'm glad to have it, as well as the full use of my hands and that I'm getting a new president for my b-day.
espifreak 3 years ago
I'm grateful for YouTube. And all of the joy it has brought me.
Chuck Palahniuk, my friends, music, and books.
I've always been a fan of music and books, but I've really started getting into them lately.
Director705 3 years ago
I love your nerd glasses!
my glasses aren't very nerdy...
and I have contacts so I don't even wear hem that often...
AEM327 3 years ago
I love those glasses. Mmm...smexy!
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
you look good with those glasses
Amiryfey 3 years ago
I love your (not so) new glasses.
Blue421 3 years ago
Hot damn you look good with the nerdier glasses!
in coincidence, i was also wearing the same pair of nerdy glasses as you ^_^
wallyloiterer 3 years ago
Yuss. The new glasses. I couldn't remember when you got them.
TheZombieFlanders 3 years ago
beautiful
panther411 3 years ago
I feel really dumb, but YOU LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS. OME I used to live in Terre Haute... INDIANA IS AWESOME!
hptwilighter 3 years ago
John when if I ever grow up I want to be you [and Hank (combined)] If its possible for the human body to handle that much awesome =]
WaytoRandom 3 years ago 2
DUDE!! That was from Faulkner's Nobel prize acceptance speech. That is my favorite speech of all time, so far. I'm also thankful for Faulkner.
thevampireking21 3 years ago
"..And I'm in weirdly warm Indianapolis."
Yeah, last year was weirdly warm in central Indiana. I hardly wore my winter coat.
Your glasses kind of remind me of my papaw's glasses in the 1950's. He was kind of a nerd...
broadway331 3 years ago
not the right time of year, but I'm thankful for working toilets and showers on my floor. We don't have them sometimes. And maybe the washing machine and dryer will be fixed soon. But there is another set in the building, so that's good.
eeried2 3 years ago
To be honest, I like "nerdy" glasses better. Not because they're nerdy(-er), but because I just really think glasses look way better when they're making a statement instead of failing to be inconspicuous, which is plain boring.
On a different note, this is a very sweet video, yet you kinda freaked me out staring at the cam with such determination while quoting Faulkner.
shaints 3 years ago
John, please show us the yetti...please!!!
orpheusetude 3 years ago 4
As I Lay Dying to the END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eraweb 3 years ago
I love the nerdy glasses.
nicolelovescupcakes 3 years ago
Love the glasses. I've now watched my 100th nerdfighter video-I'm going through all of them backwards.
lyrical1026 3 years ago
I don't need glasses, but I WANT nerdy glasses. Dilemma?
JayTigris 3 years ago
stare at a laser pointer for a few minutes... you'll need em then lol
Ebaum744 3 years ago
I knew I was getting that sonic screwdriver for a reason...!
JayTigris 3 years ago
even though its less than a year for this video, i still checked my copy of Looking for Alaska :)
Beautiful :D
I've nearly watched all the B2.0 videos :D
yay!
zomgitsMattt 3 years ago
I adore your glasses, John.
I love you! =]
megmazing 3 years ago
John, you are quite inspiring.
maskeddevera 3 years ago
These glasses are nerdy.
I like them.
lol
FessdapFrisc 3 years ago
wait til december
zrg48 3 years ago
I live in beautiful Hickory, NC where the sun doth shine...way the hell too much. We're in the south, I get it, but I'm only like 45 minutes away from places that always gets snow in the winter (Boone, Blowing Rock, other mountainous places), and yet I haven't seen a real snow in four years.
Ahhh, the Piedmont of NC, you disgust me.
Alright, nevermind, I kind of like you.
I'm thankful for my snow every four years
yatnna31 3 years ago
Wow, Hickory? How funny, I am a huge fan of Last Comic Standing and have therefore heard of your town. That is truely odd.
hursty810 3 years ago
That's cool, I live in something of an eqivalent of your town, only it's in CA. We get snow every few years and not very much, which is nice because snow in excess is cumbersome. Then drive uphill for forty minutes in winter and there's three feet of it. Drive two hours and you get to the ski resorts in the thick of the Sierra Mountains.
Yay for convenient foothills.
BogapeJane 3 years ago
is a happy dance awsome and; if not, could there be an awsome dance? Also if happy dances are awsome than could it be possible that when performing a happy dance you are acctually filling the air and O-zone layer with awsome?
mjlj3 3 years ago
is a happy dance awsome and; if not, could there be an awsome dance? Also if happy dances are awsome than could it be possible that when performing a happy dance you are acctually filling the air and O-zone layer with awsome?
mjlj3 3 years ago
is a happy dance awsome and; if not, could there be an awsome dance? Also if happy dances are awsome than could it be possible that when performing a happy dance you are acctually filling the air and O-zone layer with awsome?
mjlj3 3 years ago
is a happy dance awsome and; if not, could there be an awsome dance? Also if happy dances are awsome than could it be possible that when performing a happy dance you are acctually filling the air and O-zone layer with awsome?
mjlj3 3 years ago
So.
Those glasses are hot.
amyerobinson 3 years ago 3
i love the glassessssssss!
Meerabobeera 3 years ago
i love you
sharizzle09 3 years ago
last word *cough*beautiful*cough*
love that book. i know its to late now haha
lalazeimalala 3 years ago
i wanted to get glasses similar to the ones on your face right now.
but when i went to the eye doctor to pick out my frames the woman was like "oh no hun, those are the men's eye ware."
femalesasquatch 3 years ago
im gratefull for chocolate mmm chocolate
StarAbbie 3 years ago
i <3 glasses of john
blackinise 3 years ago
Glasses aren't that nerdy. :P Alot of people look better with them, than without them.
BlakeGuthrie 3 years ago
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MEN IN GLASSES ARE SOO YUMMIE!!!
are you single?
RivetingMsPowder 3 years ago
uh...
he mentions that he's married to the Yeti in like... all his videos.
are you new here?
muggle394 3 years ago 5
It hasn't snowed in phoenix since dec. 6 1998
NatalieBennettRocks 3 years ago
Try living in Louisiana.
No snow EVER.
Not kidding.
It hasn't snowed here since New Years 2001.
lyssalovesyou88 3 years ago
omg, it sounds so NICE! I HATE coldness! but that may be because i'm shivering 3/4's of the year. not even kidding. and its not even all THAT cold in oregon...i think its just me.
marijanie333 3 years ago
I'm grateful to be alive...
But at the moment I'm grateful that I started watching the vlogbrothers.
They are truely made of awesome!.
darkclown133 3 years ago 8
i am grateful to brotherhood 2.0 for introducing me to the awesomeness of john and hank green, aswell as nerdfighters DFTBA
mcflyloveme 3 years ago 17
to be completely honest, I thought your old frames were more nerdy than your new frames...'cause your new frames are kind of hip and modern "think frames are in, thick frames are emo" please don't be emo. But actually, since you are compiled of pure awesomeness, I guess in that sense, the glasses are indeed nerdy.
NERDFIGHTERS! ftw. I am grateful for youtube...and all encompassing components that make up my life - both bad and good have shaped me to become who I am, and for that I am thankful.
51320044 3 years ago 4
those are such sick glasses, i am looking forward to get glasses similar to those!
ghettoarcade 3 years ago 2
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Sick.. meaning cool? Where are you from?
kperkins737 3 years ago
i am thankful for my friends who make my life worth living cuz my family is dull and think im an asshole!!!
0tartar069 3 years ago
are those girls glasses?.....
Xbosman 3 years ago
Despite the fact that I know that the scavenger hunt is over, I still immediately tore down the stairs for my copy of "Looking for Alaska" (sadly worn with use) to discover that my initial thought was correct and the last word is "beautiful". Anyway, you said that it would possibly never snow again in human history. Can you really say history if it hasn't happened? I mean, it will be one day, especially if man prevails forever, but it isn't now. Is it?
PsychoCellist 3 years ago 2
And to show how much of a hard core nerdfighter I am, I've tried and failed to post this comment three times (the first I had exceeded comment limit, the second I had incorrectly entered the letters, and the third I entered them wrong -- again. I need cool nerd glasses), but I finally got it. I needed to be heard, I guess, on an old video. I will not only endure, but prevail! (Yeah, Faulkner knows his way around a sentence all right.)
PsychoCellist 3 years ago 2
I love going back and watching these videos. And this one made me miss the scavenger hunt! That was fun.
TMParrish2011 3 years ago
A beautiful yeti =]
chrissyjeano 3 years ago
Power to the Nerds with glasses! I am hopelessly devoted to John Green...
ElaynesFavorites 3 years ago 3
nerdfighting is definitely something to be thankful for. so is haryy potter and the joy of friendship. :]]]]
animagusprincess 3 years ago
your reading excerpts from big names like faulkner help me in my battle against ignorance. thanks ^__^
artistsComplex 3 years ago
haha i love what you said about awesome levels decreasing when it's knowledge of britney spears.
artistsComplex 3 years ago
I know this is very, very late but the last word of Looking for Alaska is 'beautiful.' I am thankful for Nerdfighting. Yay!
5395Productions 3 years ago
althought thanksgiving isn't celebrated in ireland...i'm thankful for the facts its not raining and that your new glasses appear to have made you stop blinking
and of course, for nerdfighting:D
dudette93 3 years ago 2
haha thats a good point he doesnt blink as juch now
sn4kp4k 3 years ago
I'm grateful for nerdy glasses everywhere
fuyukitodoki 3 years ago
I liked your old glasses better. Even if they weren't quite as nerdy (when I say nerdy I mean awesome of course)
tehpwnivores 3 years ago
Hank, John.
I just got home.
And I just got glasses.
If I was not a Nerdfighter before (and I was), I sure am now!
LindseySubtlyInked 3 years ago
congrats!
sportynspunky78 3 years ago
Haha thanks. Thank goodness glasses are cool now.
LindseySubtlyInked 3 years ago
I love those glasses. Mmm...smexy!
ashleyakadavid 3 years ago 6