Vidcon: Thoughts from Places

[Lauen324]

Why must VidCon always happen when I'm in camp?

[SahandGuy]

my biggest dream at the moment is to become a youtuber and go to vidcon

[megablast16]

Nerdfighteria and the youtube community are the singe most inspiring things in my life.

[TralalFace]

@megablast16 i love you

[Tribalhedgehogs]

I hope they have internet in heaven, cuz Esther would love this

[mercyharding]

What song is meghan singing? 

[sjturneronthecorner]

before i die...i must go to vidcon!!!!!!!!

[earthjango]

00:02 Is that... naveregnide?  OMG it is!

[FlargTheKitty]

Being a teenager, it's very easy to become discouraged in the goodness of humanity and the natural good and love in people. In high school, many people are inconsiderate, cruel, and catty. Having Nerdfighteria reminds me of all the good and fun and awesome there is in people, and I am so thankful for that. I almost cried watching the footage because it makes me value what we all have here.

Thank you John, thank you Hank, thank you nerdfighteria.

[ariearenonagela]

DUDE! I heard the mot viewed Watsky vid quite a while ago(in my time) and had no idea you had a connection with him. :D This makes me so very happy to see that this community is really so AWESOME!

[Jordinazee]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG! I simply cannot WAIT FOR VIDCON 2012. It will be AMAZING!

[queenofeveryone]

I am so proud and honored to be part of the spectacular community of Nerdfighteria. I stumbled upon one of your videos by chance during the summer, and it was the best luck. Nerdfighters are so amazing. My sister and I are going to Tour de Nerdfighting Santa Monica and also Vidcon2012. We hope we can find some Nerdfighters around our ages (thirteenish) to go to VidCon with, because we don't know a whole lot of Nerdfighters other than ourselves and our older sister who we got hooked.

[SuperHP666]

Can I just say- "AWWWWWWWWWWW". This was wonderful. If all the tickets/waiting list spaces weren't taken, I'd totally go to the tour stop in my town.

[pbjellybeanful]

"That's the thing about the youtube community, they always catch you." I want to go SOOO BADLY! AHHH

[squishy300]

Thoughts from Places: Nerdfighteria.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

[ozzzzysh]

YOU GUYS AND WATSKY! I love you guys! I wish I could've been there!

[blueisasomedancer]

I would like to say I love you guys. I feel weird saying this as I have never met you and I haven't been a nerdfighter all that long, but I do. You guys inspire me, so much. Especially John. I have wanted to be an author for longer than I can really remember. And the fact that I can tell people I watch you on youtube boggles my mind, both of you are great role models and altogether outstanding human beings. Also today I met another nerdfighter YAY!!

[rawrrar3]

i take it back. this WHOLE video gave me goosebumps <3

[rawrrar3]

1:40 i was so happy i seariously got goose bumps :3 man i love you fellow nerdfighters.

[superstarxtreatment]

The I love you made me tear up a little.

I love nerdfighteria.

DFTBA.

[synchrogirl978]

I think I'm going to ask for tickets to vidcon 2013 for my 16th birthday..

[ChefTellsie]

I have been watching every video over the last few months. I am so amazed to see the power behind words and thoughts in action. The community has inspired me, made me smile, taught me, made me laugh and now made me cry. To see how people from all over the world finding a thread of commonality where they can be comfortable being themselves is refreshing and I appreciate being a part of it. Thank you Esther and I know it is a little late but today I will tell my family and friends I love them.

[JustCallMe253]

This is the only Esther Day video out of the four that have been done so far that I really feel was taken seriously...

[0flauta0]

Uh...I'm super late in commenting on this, but I distinctly remember watching the video about Hank's very first live performance of his songs in Missoula and it's just amazing to think about what all has happened and changed since then =)

[RandomNonOrganic]

This is AWESOME!!! Dude, while I was watching this, I was TOTALLY NERDING OUT!!! And you know what? That's ok in a community like this. Because nerds are allowed to be strangely excited about stuff. I hardly ever feel that sense of "it's ok", until I started watching your videos. Wow. Thanks, Vlogbrothers! You've definitely increased the awesome and decreased the suck for me! :D

[Juliastar110]

This made me cry.

[dkale]

Ugggh, I just re-watched this video and I forgot how much it made me tear up! John, your way with words is too wonderful and so is the YouTube community. It's so amazing.

[Datelesswonders]

I had NO IDEA you knew George Watsky! That man's great and I love/support him fully! VidCon makes great connections!

[0beli0]

wow naveregnide is right there! :D

[silverturtle14]

IS THAT A POKEMON BEACH BALL?!?!?! I WANT ONE!!!!!

[NerdeeBirdee]

@silverturtle14 THAT WAS MY BEACH BALL. XD

[silverturtle14]

@NerdeeBirdee WHERE DO I GET ONE????

[NerdeeBirdee]

@silverturtle14 They give them out at the Pokemon booth at San Diego Comic Con. Not sure where else you can get them though. The Internet? xD

[pbjellybeanful]

how in the world can people dislike this beautiful video?

[VetGurl101]

Hey nevregnide is in the crowd

[ddc32997]

*11 years john.

Driftless Pony Club has been together for 11 years.

[LexiTheShortOne]

I hope you still have vidcon in 2015 (that's when I'll be able to drive) :O

[lemonice2700]

You guys are nerd rockstars.

[sweetpepper36]

Hmm it seems like Hank is an Irene :)

[IsmaProject]

Aww I would love to go there to see you!!!! Coming to Scandinavia soon? Sweden perhaps? ;)

[onthebrink11]

that was really cute when you said "i love you"

[FlaminSmiles]

VidCon was literally the most amazing 2 days of my life, thank you guys so much!

[ButterKuchenFliege]

I wasn't there but I know sooo much worldsuck was decreased on this weekend

[PunkTapGirl]

I love the quark song!!!! I actually learned about quarks in physics when I was 14 before I heard the song!

[XDMidgetNinja]

I've said this before, but I CAN'T BELIEVE I hadn't heard of you guys til 2 days ago.

[JosephKayeTV]

@XDMidgetNinja Welcome home  :)

[reallyhipstername]

Yeah, I teared up a little bit. So what?

[Boxlinger]

@Blarghmasta You're the one who keeps responding, fat kid.

[ClocksInMyPlace]

Woah, I got chills when Meghan Tonjes sang. Beautiful!

[TheFrenchmenPlatoon]

hello to all the people of nerd fighteria

i am jack, and im going to try and see if this works

me and my two friends karan and alex have been inspired by the vlogbrothers for years now, and we've starting making our own videos, and it would mean the world if people could thumbs up this comment so people can see and support our videos. it's our dreams to make it on youtube, so please help us achieve our goal :D DFTBA!!

[theawkwardvegetarian]

I'm crying over this...I'm not ashamed neither.

(Must not use "either" even though it sounds so much better!)

[tonjesml]

@TheTicktickboom thank you!!

[dropsofcrimsonrain]

which song was meghan tonjes playing in this video?

also, i love nerfighteria <3

[tonjesml]

@dropsofcrimsonrain Tell Me! It's on itunes now too :):)

[WOWretardedfriends]

I really hope I can attend one of Hank's concerts someday.

[reillylm]

I almost started crying at the last couple sentences. :( I LOVE YOU TWO.

[bubbles7pjc]

That bouncing Pokeball was a lot of fun to watch.

[Surusana]

Crying and laughing at once. I don't usually do that, but this was incredibly sweet and caring. I hope that one day, my relationship with my siblings is like that.

[williusethis]

So I don't cry at stuff, but I felt lulled by John's voice and absentmindedly flipped to different tabs, and then I heard "I love that. I love *you*." And I smiled so wide.

[shayyflower]

OMG QUARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you guys!

[lovejonas95]

This is the sweetest thing I've seen (:

[giftedangel6]

That confusing moment when I find out my comment has 122 thumbs up, but the top comment has 101?....

Typical Youtube!

[hippogriffs95]

Just a twig in my eye, you know. Or a branch... :')

[betsyismadeofawesome]

Every time I rewatch this I nearly cry. I am a huge sap.

[Teeftlis]

I love thoughts from places

[dontmaketheskycry]

So jealous of those 3000 people at Vidcon...literally got goosebumps watching this video.

[justplainmaggie]

i teared up a little. you guys are so cute!

[theGreenaffect]

One thing I hate about Vidcon...the fact that it's in America :(

[theghostintheattic]

@theGreenaffect I feel your pain.I really,really do. I'm in a different continent! Where are you from?

[theGreenaffect]

@theghostintheattic England so it would be very expensive for me to get a flight and then accomodation alone :(

[luigi90900]

@theGreenaffect You're Right! It should be on Nerdfightaria! Unfortunately no one owns an island to make a Nation out of.

[MantasWho]

What is the song that Meghan is singing????

[liviwheyyay]

@MantasWho tell me :)

[MantasWho]

@liviwheyyay Thank you :)

[tonjesml]

@MantasWho Tell Me!

[MantasWho]

@tonjesml OMG! Cant believe you replied to me! :D!! Much love Meghan!

[56freckles]

Aww jeeez! Crying!! You guys are so sweet. I've never met anyone who watches youtube videos as obsessivley as I do, but I know I will someday. And you've made a huge difference in my life, in all of our lives. <3 You'll never ftba.

[TJ4kicks]

i feel so proud of this community even though I've never been to any gathering or anything of that sort I've watched all your videos and i feel like I'm a part of the community.

[yackon4game]

I am incredibly happy to be alive and to be a nerdfighter.

The things you guys can pull off like, project for awesome, and VidCon, and just the whole idea of not forgetting to be awesome, blow my mind.

The nerdiness and genuine positivity you guys promote, and the massive following almost seem like a cultural revolution. Something we can all get behind.

It's hard to forget to be awesome when you're a nerdfighter.

[lunanimal]

Even though the Anglerfish song is silly, there's something beautiful about hearing that huge chorus of voices singing it

[noorgansjustawesome]

You always know how to make me cry, don't you John? (':

[dontletmecavein]

JOHN STOP MAKING ME CRY WITH YOUR CROWD SURFING METAHORS AND I LOVE YOU'S

(':

[Serendipity863]

OMG that made me cry!!!!!! x

[TheSeandroid]

AAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW =]

[archkyle]

john, you should be a writer or something man... oh wait... im so glad you're a writer!

[papalosopher]

I've said it so many times, but I just gotta keep saying it: Hank, you are awesome, your videos are great, you are smart and funny... but I cannot for the life of me see the appeal of your songs!!!! SO bad! Is it a hipster irony thing?

[paulisnatis]

Your 'Thoughts from Places' always remind me why you're a novelist, John.

[jaysondudeman]

i was talking to a friend who does physics in school and i started to hum Strange Charm he then told me that he knew that song and him and his lass were told to listen to it by they're physics teacher

Just one more way Nerdfighteria is talking over the planet

[SuperHat5]

LOVE -3 I wish I could have been there! :(

[AJEsimply]

DRIFTLESS PONY CLUB!!!

[emilycaroline9]

*child voice* WAAATTTSSSKKKYYY!!!

[INTPTT]

0:45 My brother's guitar looks just like that one.

[themaddestcat]

Finally made my first Thoughts from Places after watching this beautiful and inspiring video. Just love.

[azzeo]

how could anyone not like this video

[Cheratomo]

OH GOD HANK THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL

AND JOHN WHY DO YOU ROCK AT POIGNANT MESSAGES

Wait maybe it's cause you're a writer and you're really smart.

[odedy76]

Building communities for a living is what I want to do when I grow up. Thanks guys!

[MrRydude17]

if you ever come to scotland, i will be there.

[SuperrsStephh]

I live in freaking England but I am going to vidcon at some point. NOTHING CAN STOP ME.

[Shadowheart181]

Wonder where is a place that intellectual people gather in Knoxville, TN?

[iluvdrakeandjosh]

1. Tears were shed during this video. Thanks John

2. I'm making it a personal goal to make it to vidcon next year. I don't care that I'm in Miami of all places, I will drive myself if I have to.

[Ixdontxknowxanything]

and btw; once again you made me cry john

[Ixdontxknowxanything]

I saw christine in the crowd

[LittlexLizzy]

Please tell me that is a inflatable Pokeball flying through the air at 3:29.

[unbrokenfear]

I love Watsky. :3

[rainbowumbrellaness]

Tears.

[kEnExPeAcE]

The Gregory Brothers were amazing!!!

[piephone]

I HAD NO IDEA WATSKY WAS A NERDFIGHTER. I actually love gwatsky.

[CrazyLazySnazzyJazzy]

WHY DO I LIVE IN NEW YORK??? NOTHING GOES DOWN!! I mean, except ImprovEverywhere, but that's nothing <_<

[anjyl667]

I literally teared up John. How many people said this? =')

[JSMemoir]

I see a beachball pokeball from TheConTour!

[valeriealicexo]

oh god i started tearing up watching this! i am so happy for you guys that it went so well and you had fun and meghan tonjes is fantastic and AAAAAH i wish i had been there! i can't wait til next year, i will try my damndest to attend!!

[tabroful]

How can you not feel hopeful about the world?

[cloudywithachanceof]

I cried. No lie. Vidcon 2012, see you all there!

[Klintz000]

"Thats the thing about the YouTube community, they always catch you."

[MikeOwenAdams]

Damn, John. This made me cry. Damn, John.

[chibirose07]

I really wish I was there!

[StooJohny]

watch the end part and notice that there's a pokeball flying around the audience. I WISH I WAS THERE!!!!!!

[zanycaswell]

To the person in the large white hat with ears: were you on a southwest airlines flight from phoenix to orlando on wednesday? I think I recognize you.

[butterflyinwinter]

I wasn't ar Vidcon, cause I can't afford to fly around half the world. But I don't care. One day, I'll be there. Until then, I feel the awesomeness through videos like this. I am proud to be part of the greatest community that there has ever been. Strange Charm.

[JosephineEdwards0617]

What is ninja nerds?

[jungleprimitive]

@JosephineEdwards0617 answers.yahoo.com/question/ind­ex?qid=20091019175819AANZ1S8

[sallyrhiannon]

that vid was so awesome!

[JudeBarrett]

1:48 Observed in 1968, through deep-elastic scatter.

[nitwhit1993]

"ugh. the nerdmanity..."

[zeromont]

which meghan tonjes song is that? shes awesome!

[slaveluvsmaster]

Oh, the nerd manitee.

[Konata1zumi]

John: Hank's brother

[onceuponavlog]

"you build communities for a living. i love that. i love you. happy esther day." like.

[Fieseler103]

So much win in such a short video.

[Zanabism]

Kay...So I've come to the realization that no matter how many times John tells Hank he loves him, I will always tear up a little.

[nickidee14]

:) this made me happy

[VelaToNorma7]

Vidcon: Where losers meet other losers.

[DeasDipni]

@VelaToNorma7 Youtube: The Battle Between Haters and Awesome People, i.e Vidconfans and nerdfighters!!!

THUMBS UP!!!

[totalelmofreak]

I'm that girl in green running on the right side at 0:16-0:18!!!

*fangirl faints*

[favofabian01]

I loved the "I love you" reference 

[purplecrayon64]

I am so thankful that I can be a part of this.

[msDFTBAnerdfighter]

john you cant do this to me! the way you talk about the world! it makes me so emotional!! dear god i love being apart of something as awesome as youtube! and i hope one day, i can become a part of dftba records (i mean whenever i get my "band" together and i somehow get recognized by hank or whoever :) ) but dear god youtube is just amazing. :)

[msDFTBAnerdfighter]

meghan gave me chills!! 

[TheRandomDork]

Meghan's voice is so beautiful. :)

[showersinger34]

I never thought I would cry while watching a video of people singing about an anglerfish, but there you have it. Thanks, vlogbrothers.

[piechocolate1]

Looks like it's a 90% female audience, lol!

[peacelovedftba]

I love the random beach ball being passed around during Song About An Anglerfish...

[ubernerd08]

@peacelovedftba its a pokeball if you look closely enough

[dob1997]

i love you people, the youtube community is immense and brillant and even though some are spammers and mean people i dont care because the soul and essance of it is only good (lol sorry how cheesy that was :P)

[Annaaa693]

I actually teared up at the "I love you" part, so sweet.

[redheadmom]

You guys were in Southern California and I missed it!!!@#%^!  My kids are going to kill me.

[32wallace]

I wish Hank could show that guy who called him a pussy this to say Fuck you

[ohheyitsstargirl]

I mean, sure, no big deal. I'm just crying about the fact that John said I love you to Hank.

[HoboStrangler]

Freakin' love you guys.

[dunzy1996]

I feel sad that I couldn't be there but then I think that this is a worldwide community and in a way, even if I'm not physically around nerdfighters, I can always be part of the community whether it's on the internet, listening to nerdfighter music or just being good to people. So in a strange way I'm always surrounded by nerdfighteria, and that's a comforting thought.

[ohheyitsstargirl]

Strange Charm = favourite Hank nerd song ever. Seriously.

[PipMotoShow]

Being 6699 thumbs up - makes me smile

[ashlyisawesome]

the nerdmanity sounds like the nerd manatee. i wish i knew what a nerd manatee looked like

[ReKrisB]

w00t

[TheHailification]

That's the thing I love about youtube. Most of the people who are truly, consistently popular are truly exceptional in some way.

[Aced1337]

I got chills

[RaymonLauria]

A bold attempt is half success.

[Onihikage]

Somehow I didn't even know what Vidcon was before this video D:

I'm not a very dedicated nerd, though...

[eflores1804]

Aww... I totally have tears in my eyes now. So sweet. :'-)

[BriIsTheFinestCheese]

1:53 like for Craig's awkward knee-bending dance

[TheVozderazon]

alright, who else got all teary-eyed?!

[wooowbrad]

also, this video literally sealed the deal for me.... i have to go to vidcon next year.

[wooowbrad]

reactions.............. wat

[stupidpassword1]

awwwwwwwww



[oneshotki11]

I want to be in teh n3rd community. I love zee physics! lolz

[24nerdfighter]

Only john could turn crowd surfing into a tear inducing metaphor.

[meptourney]

@24nerdfighter Well, actually, Wastsky did it first. XD

[sarahisavampire]

I wish I could have gone!!!! Perhaps next time.