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  • ha haaaaaa! @ 2:36 when he says 'they don't want to destroy America', the person holding the camera (or someone close to them) sort of does like a 'cough cough' type thing :).

    probably not intentionally.

  • SO FLIPPING PSYCHED for the new tour to come to New Orleans!

  • I missed this by three years.

    I am sad.

  • whats the song hank sings in the beginning?

  • *Hank looks over* *John's struggling to beat him with the note*

    I loved the cow story! It's like you're a stand up comedian at that part. So great!

  • Oh, normal glasses.

    Meh. :P

  • John's snarky, insightful nature and constant gesticulating remind me of myself. Thanks for giving me someone to identify with.

  • I beat both of you with that note!

  • My love for nerdfighteria, john and hank just grows and grows. John, you and stephen fry are the only two people whose intelligence I fully trust. BUT you say 'meers' instead of mirrors which is confusing. :)

  • i have played cows on every road trip for as long as i can remember and my dad played it with his family as a kid too! This makes me sooo happy :D

  • The part he said about Margo and the mirrors I'm totally going to use for my essay for self-comparison essay to Margo I have to do for my honors english class.

  • OhMyGosh I play "cows" ALL the time! :)

  • When John said his tiny, little "Cows" I laughed so much that I woke up my mum. Thank you, John. :)

  • Forever kicking myself that this was an hour away from my house and I didn't go. >_< Also, cows. That's all.

  • hmmmm...... I need to read that book.

  • John Green. Cow playing champion . . . . In our hearts.

  • @TARDISdm64 omg. You win. xD

  • will you come work at my school? please?

  • "I am large, I contain multitudes."

    - Walt Whitman, song of myself

  • Look at all that hand talking!

  • awww you've gotten so much better since you did your first concert

  • The final part of the video made me genuinely belive that John Green would be an Awesome stand-up comdeian. :D

  • I just realized that you said "Loo-ah-vull" right :D

  • My god! This is the first Vlogbrothers video I've ever watched, and apparently you guys were in Knoxville, TN a couple of years ago. I'm from Knoxville! Come back soon!

  • I wish I knew you guys existed at the time! I wanna see you in person

  • Yay John wins at cows!!!

  • Cows.

  • I still can't believe I was there. Best day ever

  • Great point! I hate it when people start talking about politics because I'm terrfied of the ensuing explosion. So I generally just refuse to discuss it even though I really think it's interesting.

  • I was there!! Come back to Louisville!!

  • and of course that lead was then shredded I assume?

  • so... where was the happy dance after the vaseline part? haha

  • The expressed care for other's ideas reminds me of the slave and noble ethics philosophy of Nietzsche. In slave ethics (which are similar to Christian ethics and ergo similar to contemporary ethics) follows that your enemy is the complete opposite of you. There for they are evil. Noble ethics (Which follows the ancient Greeks) Is a view that you and your enemy are equals.

    So, which should we be nerdfighters? Slaves like Sarah Palin or Nobles like John (and hank) Green?

  • looking at 2 sides of the issue becomes slightly tiring due to over consideration of the other person's feeling. which, needless to say, i do a lot.

  • Aww, John. The irony of talking about politics and that the other side aren't evil or fascist.

    With the BNP gaining two seats at the European Elections, I think it's safe to say that 'other side' very much fit into the category of 'evil' and 'fascist' (as they are all Nazis/White Suprenacists/Skinheads).

  • I really hope that I'll see you two in real life some day :D

  • Hey John

    Wanted to tell you about a different version of the cow game. I play cows and graveyards. The cows part is the same. I also yell out graveyard every time I see one. That means the other person loses all their cows. Whoever has the most cows when you get to your destination wins!

    So to win take the Catherine on a road that you know where the graveyards are, but that she might not. Since graveyards don't move like those pesky cows, you will be ready for them.

  • you have your own music genre ( kinda) you've got your own Wrock! or...Prock!

  • haha.

    Kentucky!

    Represent!!!

  • I love the Paper Towns song at the beginning of this video.

  • John, I really hope I can see you speak IRL someday. You are an AMAZING public speaker!

  • hello youtube!

    so jokes

  • haha . . . . . wow

  • Cows. lol

    That's pretty bad John, you can only win when you competitor is sleeping.

  • Ahh! How did I miss this?

  • hahahaha i laughed so hard at 'cows'

  • can't believe i missed you guys!

  • omigosh. i was there. and it PWNED! altho we kept them there over time. lolz, we wuldnt let them go. twas quite emberrassing...we had t shirts...

  • John, I hate to say it again, but...

    ... cows on my side.

  • Hank the rock star! Haha! Very awesome!

  • Vaseliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiine!

  • Cows. haha.

  • i can't believe i missed y'all being in louisville! gahhhhhhhh..

  • We do like an eight hour drive every year just before Christmas, to my grandparents house, and I'm going to make my family play cows the whooole way. Haha, I'll probably be just as bad as John but it will keep me occupied!

  • I know you probably aren't going to read this, but Levinas has written extensively on how the face of the other is actually an ethical demand.

  • I usually disagree with your political views, John, but I think you have an excellent point here, and I appreciate that there are people who think this way.

  • John I'm doing a report for school on Paper Towns and I used some of this speech to help haha so thanks for giving it! =) DFTBA!

    Btw I was there when you originally gave it =)

  • wow.  your point about rational people turning irrational at the talk of politics is so true.

  • they havent given out a video for 7 days, am I missing something here?

  • They "gave out videos" like 5 days in a row, dont you think they are a little tired

  • The Cows chat at the end is priceless. I had tears.

  • The part about "loving one another or dying" is exactly what I have been feeling recently when looking back on a very complex, emotional election in California (and, you know, the nation). But especially with prop 8 in CA it seems people on both sides fail to see each other as fellow humans

  • its not that we (no on 8) fail to see anyone as humans, the thing is they need to realize...who we love is who we love and we dont need anyone deciding who we can, and cannot marry, yes it sparks anger for us to be judged and have our right, our fundamental right, be take away.

  • I absolutely agree, but some people, out of anger, start to belittle the ideas of the other side and/or stoop to name calling, etc. And that does nothing but make themselves look bad.

    Yes, we can and should be angry about the result of the vote and the people who are taking away rights, but that doesn't justify being uncivil. And if you aren't, that is fantastic, but some people have been.

    We have to respect that they have a different belief and just try to educate them.

  • haha

  • really? you're name is "hamsterpoop."

    you should not be talking.

  • Really? You are name is krystallemeth77. And you can't differentiate between the possessive form of your and the contracted form of you're. You should not be talking. You're not a Nerdfighter, obviously.

  • no, you are. who has a name like hamsterpoop. oh i know. YOU

  • i want the collab album :D i saw you in Gadsden! AH! YAY!

  • im reading paper towns:)... its really hooking me

  • australia tour?

    please?

  • Agreed!

  • COWS! hehe

    Great video, I couldn't agree more...We MUST love one another, or die!

  • Btw, John,

    According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Immanual Kant's last words were "Es ist Gut" ("It is good")

    So yeah. I think Nietzsche's are still better.

    DFTBA!

  • awh, i miss this!

    october 17th was amazing.

    come back to boston.

    rawr.

    D:

    i beak hank too,

    woot.

    that takes a crapload of breath.

    i lyke died.

    you boys are amazing though!

  • I was there!!

  • haha... awesome.

    John, when you come to Lancaster you will have every opportunity to dominate at Cows. You could also start a new game, called Amish. Because both are everywhere! =)

    Can't wait to see you guys!

  • I have to say this is one of my most favorite videos I've seen from you, purely because of everything you said about seeing each other, and looking from the other's point of view. It's exactly how I look at it all, and I have to say Paper Towns was amazing.

    I wish I was able to come to one of your tour stops -sigh-

  • i saw you guys at the earlier show that day, you guys are so funny. i just started an abundance of katherines, and it's really good.

  • ...this is pretty much why i love you.

    you have the same outlook on considering other people's shoes as i do.

    thank you for existing? <333

  • Please approve my video response?

  • I'm so going to start playing cows on long car rides now. That game is 50 JOKES. More videos of COWS please :D.

  • Me too! And I have a 5 hour drive to Ann Arbor next week to see Hank & John so it will be tons of fun!!

  • ugh. i really wish i was going to a tour de nerdfighting stop so hank could sign my guitar! i already have paper towns signed by john from his stop in phoenix. =]]] he said my shirt made him happy!!

  • I have the same guitar.

  • i luv this vid, luv ur speech 'bout finding margo, it really is inspirational, and good, for lack of a better word... and was the push i needed to read Paper Towns, am definatly reading it now... i 'heart' hank and john :D

  • cows..... cows

  • so is paper towns basically looking for margo and an abundance of katherines is basically looking for myself?

  • Woo you're really inspirerend (in english)

  • That's one of my favorite Auden quotes! :D Way to not FTBA!

  • AH! i was there!

  • My cat watched this with me. xD She was very interested in Hank's guitar playing.

  • good night green side - forza viola

  • ahhh!

    The redhead and the speed racer kid were my friends!

    AND I DIDN'T GET TO GO!

    :(

    However, they did take lots of pictures!

  • Maybe one of those cows was MEEEEEE-- ... oo, Halloween's over, right ...

  • John Green for President!

  • @CarolineisCaroline I think Hank would actually be a better president, but John would also be ok

  • I am definatly playing COWS next time I go somewhere!

  • WOOT!

    Just ordered Paper Towns!

  • You guys are very wise, I want to read paper towns....sadface.

  • Zitch-dog!

  • aha i love you guys!!!

  • comgrats on the cows, john.

  • I completely agree with you on the 'opponents are not evil' part. I'm not opposed to passion in political discourse, but I get offended when there are boos from the crowd at the mention of an opponent's name at a political rally.

    In the end the "my opponents are evil and stupid" is damaging to the democratic process because it causes your view to stagnate, resulting in dogma rather than actual discourse.

    (Sorry, the above is a tad pretentious) =|

  • I'm glad you had a good time in our city... and you can pronounce it correctly :) Wish I coulda been there.

  • Haha cows you're funny John. I agree with you about the whole intellect plummeting when it comes to talking politics. I know nothing. I mainly root for Obama because of you all here at vlogbrothers and because I like you guys

  • That's a really bad reason for rooting for Obama.

    Obama is not as simple as the 1 dimensional caricature that John imagines him to be. He is not motivated just by a desire to do good. He has a set of motivations that include helping his wealthy backers, supporting Israeli apartheid, and the usual sort of motivations US presidents have.

  • We have a game like cows in my family only its called zit tractor and for every cow you "zit" you get a point and you get two points for "zitting" a tractor person with the most points when we get to our destination wins. I pretty much dominate, but it's pretty easy to spot both cows and tractors in rural Iowa.

  • Was in Louiville. Was freaking awesome :)

  • I'm so excited for them to come to CT!

  • Thanks for making my broken leg feel a bit better! Hank its a good thing I bought your CD as it is one of the few things that makes me happy right now, and the other is vicodin! This makes me sound like a drug addict, but when you break your fibula in half some pain pills are definately needed! Wishing my bones were made of more awesome at this time!

    -Kori

    aka My name is Rabodoandrianampoinimerina T-shirt wearer

  • I really want to go on a road trip so I can play cows. Then again, I do live on the border of Wisconsin, so I could probably play cows just driving to a gas station.

    DFTBA and YES WE DID

  • John, the key to holding that note: don't move too much, the oxygen you're using to fuel your muscles could be going to that vaselinnnnnnnnnnnnne. Or at least that's what my vocal teacher keeps telling me...

  • Is it too late to do the tasks to get the album?

  • i saw them in st.louis. it was amazing.

  • I couldn't hitch a ride. It was sad. :(

  • can we still get the secret collaboration album?

    oh and your message about loving one another is deep,and I agree.

    and you should be a part-time author part-time stand-up comedian. cows!

  • I WAS THERE!

    It was awesome. I was the guy from Nashville. Doubt you remember me, there were hundreds of NFs there. It was so fun, though! SO worth the drive.

  • Heh, I was there! Somewhere, off to the far left of the camera, I am laughing at the Cows jokes.

    Thank you, John and Hank, for coming to Louisville!

    PS. John, I asked you to sign a bookmark to my friend (who could not be there) with one of your favorite quotes. however Your first attempt was written to me and had to start over halfway through. What you DID manage to write was:

    To Kat -

    "The only way out

    Reading it now, it seems ominous, comical and very unintentionally deep. Thanks John. ^^

  • i might be going to an arbor!!!!

  • cows!

  • I totally found myself in this video.

    I out sang BOTH of you!! ahaa.

    Ahh, and on the way to Louisville we played the cow game.. AND I DOMINATED.

  • You guys were in the "Ville" and I missed it? Damn!

  • I was THEREEEE.

    It was epicc.

  • I

    WAS

    THERE!!! eep!

    haha and totally got to witness you outsing Hank for the first time...i feel special :)

  • I was there! *happy dances* You guys are so jokes.

  • i was there too :)

    yay for us

  • This made my day (:

    I love you guys!

    DFTBA.

  • I

    WAS

    THERE!!!! eep

    and it was an amazing night...thanks for coming to louisville its not that popular a spot :)

  • i finished reading paper towns today, and LOVED IT! i seriously have went without sleep for like two days in attempts to clean my entire apartment, work 9 - 11 hour shifts, and read Paper Towns. i can't wait to see you guys on the 13th in pittsburgh!!!!! <33

  • COWS!

    John really likes his German words, doesn't he?

  • cows. lol

  • i remember when hank forgot the margo song lyrics!He stoped singing after the first verse and stoped cus he forgot!

  • I finished Paper Towns a few days ago. A.Mazing. oMgz

  • lol yay john!

  • isn't your month of punishment over?

  • I think Hank should talk about the late Michael Crichton in his next video. Because Crichton was not only awesome and a fantastic author, but because he gave speeches about the environment and global condition.

  • I'm glad you got to win at cows for a while there John. I felt really bad for you because you were losing at cows. DFTBA

  • grrr i wish you were coming to MD! x]

    COWS

  • rawr AGREED.

  • Too bad they won't hit Canada...:/

  • yeah, I wanted them to come to Canada.

  • I WANTED TO GOO :(

    but i had school it sucks so bad

    so not jokes

  • lol!

  • OMG I'm so glad you guys hit up the 'Ville! It was excellent!

  • I just bought all of John's books this past Saturday. I'm already done with the first two -- Absolutely amazing :) I'm starting Paper Towns tonight.

  • very nice talk and I love the part about the cows :D

    ~D.F.T.B.A.~

  • About time John saw a cow :D

  • LOL cows

  • COWS!

    Also, about conversations plummeting when politics are involved, I've seen it here in the youtube comments for your vids a lot. I've actually accidentally offended someone by using a poor choice of words... It reminded me to think before I type.

  • Holy smackers!

    Loved the Auden quote John. He's number one. :)

  • john was it one or on, because the title says on, and i thought you said one

  • I'm surprised that you guys haven't made a video about the election results yet. :(

  • ahhhhh!! i saw me!

  • your ideas on the "other side" are amazing. i totally agree.

  • cows.. ftw

    :)

  • Im reading Looking For Alaska =]

  • Yay!

    'Tis a good book.

    Possibly my favorite book.

    It at least makes my top 3.

  • I am totally going to start playing cows!!

  • ahhaahahah the cow part was funny. i like hearing the katherine in the background.

    itss funny hhearing john repeat the same things over and over, but hearing the different audiences. (blogtv) i love how he has to explain what cows is, when he's obviously talking to nerdfighters so everyone already knows.

    i love you though

    and everyone.

    and cows.

    ndta

  • hehe cows. XD

  • COWS!

  • Gay street... lol

  • XD

    ...cows.

  • Ooooooooh I wish I could go to a Nerdfighter gathering *cries*

  • WRONG...there are thousands of us

  • COWS!

  • i was there too!!

  • I was there!!!!!

  • I love the Paper Towns album.

  • When I first heard Nerdfighter I thought they fought nerds.

    I was thinking "Man, leaves the nerds alone..."

  • haha its like on a question tuesday once when john was like "thats a silly question have you seen my glasses?" no, the nerdfighters do not fight nerds, we fight world suck.

  • John, your discussion yesterday was absolutely awesome. As were your songs, Hank! THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE VILLE!

    And, umm, thanks to both of you for signing my shoes. :)

  • Yeah, thanks for signing my shoes too!

  • It's great, isn't it? Podiatric awesome!