CONCUSSED Question Friday

[clawtooth35]

"I fear oblivion" -Augustus Waters

The Fault in Our Stars.

[pbjellybeanful]

"Would you ever date a girl more intelligent than yourself?"

"Yes, in fact i married one."

AWWWWWWWW <3

[thecrazyminion]

When he says "it means don't forget to be awesome" he's actually saying "darling fetch the battle axe."

O.o

[asdf23459]

love love love, such a good song!

[rmkw4291]

very, very 1980 glasses at 57secs!

[GreenFloyd12]

37 People have excessive head desk.

[bassmanco]

i can't read lips!

[thatwhichisgiven]

I have only ever seen this one video. I saw it for the first time just now.

SUBSCRIBING. Pretty much just for the line, "I don't really care HOW people read, I just care THAT they read."

YOU ARE BRILLIANT.

[pbjellybeanful]

@thatwhichisgiven Welcome to nerdfighteria! Glad you could join us!

[thatwhichisgiven]

@pbjellybeanful Oh, me too... me too. DFTBA :D

[asupersparkyperson68]

So, pardon my stupidity, but what is nerd fighting? I just started watching your videos like a week ago and I feel so totally lost, but also madly in love with your videos.

[CrowwnThief]

@asupersparkyperson68 nerdfighting is not an action so much as it is a way of life. And I know what that must sound like, but bear with me. Nerdfighting, to use a nerdfighters' very own, often-referred-to analogy: is not "the fighting of nerds", but is akin to a freedom fighter, in that we fight for, and represent, and are always perpetuating, nerdom.

This includes, but is not limited to, awesome inside jokes, collective book reading, fighting world suck, and generally being awesome. (:

[AlexAndHisWorld]

"fear of oblivion"-The fault in our stars :D

[lollylandman]

OLOLOL References! xD ALL THE THINGS!

[Bellaful900]

JOHN GREEN ALSO FREARS OBLIVION!!!!!!!!

[sarahvlogs9]

uploaded on my birthday :) x

[mthsbandrocks]

Oh those glasses.

[andyandozer]

Oblivion? Hehhe. Like if you get it?

[OMGSCENEQUEEN]

Afraid of oblivion...just like Gus :)

[Gam3r979]

@ 1:05 his words dont match his mouth?

[somo95]

@Gam3r979 Don't forget to be an ass. That is what he said

[u8qu1tis]

Further evidence that John married a woman smarter than he.

[thepinkdinosawr]

I can imagine his trip to the doctors' office:

"So how did this happen?"

"I excessively headdesked."

"..."

[IvarHuisman]

Booyakasha!

[snatchingstars]

Any man who likes the Oxford comma is a man that I will loyally follow.

[TheNickLeez]

Scenario: zombies have been living and have taken over earth for so long that after finally eating so many human brains and other assorted body parts, they began to look less like walking dead, and more like sort of hung-over-wobbly-humans. This makes it a lot harder for anyone to survive, or tell if there husband has been drinking or has been bitten by a zombie.

[aceandalsostuff]

Guys, guys, guys.

I really don't think the oblivion thing is an Augustus joke made months in advance. I think he just fears oblivion because, well... because oblivion is very /very/ scary.

[flippofem]

Billy was a what?

[rnj117]

@flippofem billy was a chemist's son , but billy is no more , what he thought was H2O was H2SO4

[XceedingArc]

when i typed "is hank green" into google is came up with

1. is hank green awesome

2. is hank green batman

3. is hank green

and

4. is hank green gay

[AvadaPresidentSnow]

I'm afraid of geese. One attacked me at summer camp once.

[WizardWrockWrocks]

"is your next book narrated by a girl?" YES AND IT'S AMAZING <3 ughhh

[EmilyEmilyIris]

The popped collar in your school photo is a nice touch, John.

[WingedDrant]

Whoa whoa whoa... that's not how you mouth-speak "Don't forget to be awesome!" (1:06)

Witch! Wiiitch!!!

[slingshooter98]

BEST. SONG. EVER. I love The Mountain Goats.

[MrDravde]

I like metal, and that wasn't a real headdesk.

[xxBlueLoverxx]

*rewatches after reading TFioS*

HOLY COW HE FEARS OBLIVION

[Slapbass13]

I thought you'd pick The Sunset Tree.

Such an obvious choice...

[shadowofthecandle]

At 1:07 why doesn't your mouth match up with what you're saying?

[iAmBruceAndiDoStuff]

@shadowofthecandle He mouths "Darling, Fetch The Battle Axe".

[RaawrItsAmyy]

I want to marry 'Middle School You'

[jazzybaribabe]

My little sister and I fought about the same thing.

[MathsVlog]

Subtitles at 2:14:

*Headdesk, followed by sigh and other noises*

[cocaotheobromida]

... Some things you do for money, and some you do for fun, but the things you do for love are gonna come back to you one by one.

My favourite as well

[michellebteeheehee]

That picture just killed me.

[hockeymurph34]

John/Hank should play a zombie-apocalypse video game (and, of course, upload it to hankgames)

[Shortcut888]

1:07 He's done a voice over, what does he actually say in the videoooo?

[extrovertigo]

@Shortcut888 looks like Darling, Fetch the Battle Axe!

[ellenclaire1515]

He fears oblivion. Augustus waters feared oblivion :)

[underllamas]

*** I'm! I blame the iPod.

[underllamas]

In actually watching this while I have a concussion.

[staarshineee]

OMGGG. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO NAME MY FIRST PET LEWIS TOO!! WHAAAT?! JOHN!!!

[DonDonAlmighty]

thumb up this comment if you automatically thought of "katersoneseven" when he said "yeti"

[paperheartsandsuch]

I wish I could read lips at 1:07.

[simonxslade]

@paperheartsandsuch He says "Darling fetch the battleaxe"

[caughtthekatie]

Oblivion! Concussion! Make ALL the references!

[faye4815]

OBLIVION!

[ElsaWrigley]

To be fair, John, you don't really need a concussion to be bad at days.

[Elphie021]

OBLIVION! Pre-TFIOS TFIOS joke! :D (or john't just very similar to augustus)

[Surf4Ever24]

"i am concussed" - Pudge

~Looking for Alaska

[takemealivethistime]

@Surf4Ever24 YOU LIE. He capitalizes the 'I'.

[KvotheLives]

Epic head desk, John. Awesome points.

[98Lubo]

its too late but how about killing a zombie with a grass trimmer

[gretahoo]

Are you able to solve a Rubik's cube?

[feigesi]

OH MY GOD 1:06 is his sound just synced poorly or is he saying something completely different

[NCISxoxo]

@feigesi he was actually saying "don't forget that brains attract"

[ztuber1348]

the first one I heard- LOVE LOVE LOVE!

[TehWanderingKind]

I see soooo many TFiOS references in this video...

[foreverwithoutyou]

The question about the yeti amde em curious. And so google images was accessed. SUCCESS!

[jcmik]

@foreverwithoutyou you cheat!

[afromancer77]

could u put up a pic of the resulting bruise from that epic head desk?

[MagicalPonyFromMars]

2:39 I used to know the answer to that question, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

[nerdsrsocoollike]

@MagicalPonyFromMars Old joke is old.

[kirbyfreak73]

HE FEARS OBLIVION. That's all I have to say.

[strangegirl32498]

Am I bad person for laughing at John after he's concussed?

[laur1813laur]

HAHAHAHA i was laughing the whole second part of that (After the head desk) i hope hes ok...LOL i know this is like a year later...im gonna go watch his next vid to find out/.//

[BubbleArcadia]

That's my favorite mountain goat song too! and I was the one who sent you that note from the hospital in Santa Monica. Yes, This is Jesa.

[Benmaj66]

I have the same hair cut as middle school John, this makes me very happy.

[xxsaranghaeyo]

THERE IS NO WAY HE SAYS "IT MEANS DON'T FORGET TO BE AWESOME" WHAT WAS THAT? SOMEONE EXPLAIN OR I MIGHT GO CRAZY. EVERYONE, 1:06 NOW.

[originalnerdgirl]

@xxsaranghaeyo He says "Darling, fetch the battle axe" - it's an old joke.

[kiya12309]

i would almost be dissapointed if we ever saw the yeti on one of the videos. sure, i've seen a picture of her but i just like the "mystery" even if it's a contrived mystery.

[Thelizzardcat]

I will see you uhhhhh....Man....That....Yea..­..Monday?

[SanGva55]

1:05

Why didn't he say Don't Forget To Be Awesome? His lips didn't match the audio like he said something else!

[the3sweetest3dreamer]

I can't believe John actually head-desked, I thought it was fake O_o

[1buddyvile]

Do you think bill gates is possesed

[monkeynuggetman]

Wait like... zombies killing people or people killing zombies?

[noavalibleusernames]

you remind me of elmify

[FootofaFerret]

i saw a preview for a movie (i believe Journey 2)

that had a puppy sized elephant in it o_o

[leighia1]

you remind me of one of my teachers.

[ThatOneChick2021]

@leighia1 One of your teachers must rock! :)

[leighia1]

@ThatOneChick2021 he really does. my history teacher.

[expojah]

funniest ever

[ElvenDagger14]

Only when concussed does John Green get his dates right....

[melzy89]

I wanted to like this video twice. Once for the concussion and once for the oblivion reference. Watching your videos after reading your books is so much fun because you get to see at the clues you dropped us.

[platinumpikachu13]

i used to take arrows to the knee, but then i excessively headdesked...

[mvermeern]

@platinumpikachu13 stop....just stop....it's not funny

[cellist413]

Wait... At 1:05... Did John do a voice over of "Don't Forget to be Awesome"? And if so... What was he mouthing?

[FadeAwayIntoDarkness]

@cellist413 I don't know but I noticed that too.

[LMA0NAISE]

@cellist413 "Darling, fetch the battle ax."

[KarmanLeung94]

Reference to tfios there, john feared oblivion as did Augustus! More proof that john and Augustus are almost one in the same!

[kayzeaza]

I just got the Fox thing!

[vintagetardis]

Re-watching old Vlogbrothers videos I notice subtle references to TFIOS...=D

[leaguesmanoframsgate]

He was afraid of Oblivion.

Skyrim made brown things happen in his underwear.

[PaintedPaladin]

Zombies + Claymore mines + Remote detonators = Awesome

[HeartnSoulSong]

I am concussed. Looking. For. Alaska.

[katnisseverdeen10101]

1:18 "no one can catch the fox." am I the only who caught that?

[LalaTheBunny]

Oops. I meant "Darlin fetch me the battle axe!"

[LalaTheBunny]

He's saying "Darling fetch the batt

[holycow818181]

At about 1:06, the audio says "Don't forget to be awesome," but he's definitely mouthing out something else.  What is he saying?

[AKChronicles]

@holycow818181 I was just wondering that too! I'm really curious now...

[kickerr122]

@holycow818181 "Darling Fetch The Battle Axe."

[LoveablyUncool]

I loved the Lover's Dictionary. Then I lent it to me (now ex) boyfriend and he never gave it back. =[

[LMC931]

He mouths Darling, fetch the battle axe

[hi1ace]

does Gus's (from TFIOS) fear of oblivion steam from your fear of oblivion?

[sweetducky12]

YOU DIDN'T LEAVE THE SONG!!! (giant squid of anger)

[DreamCatcher365]

There will come a time when all of us are dead. All of us. There will come a time when there are no human beings remaining to remember that anyone ever existed or that our species ever did anything. There will be no one left to remember Aristotle or Cleopatra, let alone you. Everything we did and built and wrote and thought and discovered will be forgottenand all of this will be for naught. And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, i encourage you to ignore it. (: TFIOS

[PuppyLovew123]

Geese, mice.. and oblivion.

John, why'd you make me cry again?

[OMGChicks1]

I watched this on a kindle. xp

[superevilcharliebot]

French the llama that headdesk Looked like it hurt :/

[davidharrison1992]

"I fear oblivion" - Augustus Waters?? TFIOS REFERENCE!!!

[zeusapollo2990]

TFIOS BUT LIKE, IN THE PAST!!!!!!1!!1!11!1

[gerapitico]

oblivion . . . now I see the TFIOS relevance

[SomaFreerun]

0:33 well, have you played skyrim?

[mrthemuffinman246]

TFIOS REFERENCE FTW!!!!!!!!!!!! (darling fetch the battle axe)

[thereisnoneo]

Good god. I felt that headdesk from here.

[faithnoelle5]

blahhh my last name is novella and you said it weird :p

[itstechniyo]

"and oblivion."

AUGUSTUS WATERS ANYONE

[andyanderson100]

@itstechniyo YES!!!!

[mayrin1112]

Dftba could also stand for 'dinosaurs failed to beat asteroid'

[charliesbass]

Middle school John Green, apart from the glasses, is SEXY!

[charliesbass]

Oblivion, as in the game?

[MonsterMcEneaney]

Why out of all the video's content am i concerning myself most with the zombie killing scenarios? I feel out of the loop :/ What does John mean by him needing them/ us knowing of any?

[andyanderson100]

@MonsterMcEneaney It is for his novella. He needs creative ways to depict zombie deaths, and he wants Nerdfighters to supply them.

[MonsterMcEneaney]

@andyanderson100 Thank you muchly XD

[ixcrashx]

2:13 Free awesomeness

[XXXTheHOPEprojectXXX]

Everything will one day end in oblivion. There will be no people to remember what we did. There was a time before organisims had consciousness and there will be time after.

[certainserendipity]

@XXXTheHOPEprojectXXX

TFIOS!!!!!! :D

[themadamhatter18]

you said you fear oblivion. obvious reference and secret hint for TFiOS.

[LewisRproductions]

My name is Lewis. D: I'll be your puppy-sized elephant, John!!

[billdebeast]

'oblivion'

:O

TFiOS <3

[jcullen8]

0:31 'afraid of oblivion' TFiOS was my immediate thought.. 

[WaffleOnTheRun]

@jcullen8 same

[eggansmile]

Ohmygawd! Augustus Waters <3

[TheDreamingEva]

The. Symptoms. Generally. Associated. With. Concussion.

[coralista09]

John, I'm sorry to say, but you not knowing what day of the week it is does not mean that you have a concussion. On the other hand, you actually KNOWING the date for once could be seen as extreme progress!

[vivalavida806]

It's incredible how many little tfios hints you've dropped within the last year! Every time I hear one from an older vid like this it kinda makes me jump up and down with nerdfightastic happiness :]

[PollyBreedDumb]

OBLIVION.

i know who else is scared of Oblivion...

If you don't know, you're weird.

[allyam12]

and oblivion....

[sakultonra]

lol could almost be a reference to looking for alaska

"im concussed

[brennasiobhan]

hahaha. fear of oblivion. gotcha.

[Flweep]

LOL OBLIVION! I GET IT! HAHAHAHHA

[lynnea8193]

He said he was afraid of oblivion. I GET IT NOW! :0

[failsatvideos]

My older sister always changed the rules as we went too...

[suckME135]

Is that Zombie book in stores now? If so, can someone please tell me what it is called? I want to pick up a copy. :D

[sk8rKim]

lololol so much blinking at the end!!

excessive head desk is REALLY excessive

[countmyshoes]

1:09 .....MY NAME IS LOUIS!!!!! bfsiughfsjkzhgnfjkngjkfbnvjdfh­bjvdfnbgjkfdsnbjklg

DFTBA!

[lasarack]

i can only think of the scene in looking for alaska when watching this.

[MissLFlechsig]

Wow it was one year since this was posted.

:D

[TheAmericanGleeFan]

I love your "klompen". (That's dutch.) i mean those wooden shoes...

[abravelittletoaster]

I'm voting up everyone who says something good about the Oxford comma.

[ZachJamesFriend]

ok this is just my favorite video john has ever made hands down

[ZachJamesFriend]

0:28 - 0:49 = funniest thing John has ever said imo

[Bankai1484]

OBLIVION IS A GREAT GAME DO NOT FEAR IT

[susie1100]

If the inevitability of oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it. God knows that's what everyone else does.

[EllieanorMusic]

I acquired a DFTBA shirt and I wore it on a non-uniform day at school, and now our school has a Nerdfighters Club. Thanks John! :D

[SubbyP]

Yes! A fellow Oxford comma-ite!

[jamesdrummerman]

Head desked > arrow through the knee