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  • I completely agree about Pennsylvania. As much as I love the state, driving across it to get to and from my college really sucks.

  • Why are we nerds?

    Why not. A nerd is a smart person. And you two are way smarter then I could ever hope to be. I'm a nerd.

  • Because if you're not a nerd, your brain isn't working at a level at which you can live life, do amazing things, have fun and STILL not forget to be awesome.

  • "I hope this is the worst I look on brotherhood 20" five years later, Sharpie face!!

  • We're nerds because we don't conform to living a meaningless life drowning in ignorance, we want to know things, we read, we like our brains to be active at all times. :) DFTBA

  • I kind of like what John had to say two days ago about being on the book tour - he said it feels "magical and otherworldly to be in a room full of people who feel unembarassed of their enthusiasm and intellect." That's what we stand for as nerds; allowing ourselves to be made of awesome by bettering ourselves, bettering the world, and not being ashamed of it. Nerdfighters!

  • Why are we nerds? Why not?

  • you think driving across Pennsylvania is hard? try driving across Texas. oof.

  • We are nerds because we value knowledge and intelligence. We seek out things that make us think and give depth to our lives. We appreciate the value of the world around us and strive to make it a place that is more globally aware and filled with smarter and more compassionate people. That, John, is why I believe we are nerds.

  • we are nerds because we are awesome. we are proud of being nerds because we are unafraid to show who we really are.

  • John, what is your favorite drink at Starbucks?

  • John: get rain barrels! Get all the rain barrels!

    Also compost!

    (I realize this video is 4 years old and he probably already has these things but, you know, just in case.)

  • PS past John, just so oyu know, you DO look worse on your vlog.... it happens when a disease called signing psycosis!

  • Opposite of a NerdFighter?

    Decepticon.

  • Because we're awesome

  • just went back and search for the comments... found them :)

  • You think the drive from New York to Indianapolis is long? Try driving from Arizona to Nebraska. THAT'S long. And New Mexico is booooooooooring to drive through

  • Opposite of nerdfighter?

    Turdfighter, obviously.

    (lol, scatological humor!)

  • Hey Hank! Nature!

  • "I hope this is worst I'll ever look on Brotherhood 2.0" Hahahahahahahahahaha

  • Because NASCAR is boring.

  • THE ORIGIN OF JOHN HATING GRASS!!!

    I love watching old B2.0 videos :)

  • To all of the people arguing about long annoying trips: my family (my parents, sister, two brothers, and me) drove to Seattle, Washington. -__- i live just a little south of Houston, Texas. We slept in the car most of the time. I had to share the back seat with one of my brothers. He kicks in his sleep. Then after spending not even a week with my grandma (who actually lives like an hour away from seattle) we had to drive back.

  • As a resident of Pennsylvania... I apologize

  • @xaveir14 Seconded!

  • COGITO ERGO.  COGITO ERGO NERD.

  • John, I really enjoy it when you say, "Hey Hank!" It makes me smile everytime.

  • Because Nerds rule over all awsome!!!

  • Puff the magic mover!!!

  • NATURE!

  • try driving from MN to AZ with your dad!

  • @crogger321 try driving from the Absolute southern part of Texas to MN in a car with your dad and 3year old sister that doesn't get the point of sleep:)

  • @61teewssa that is a long trip but I did my drive with my dad in TWO DAYS!

  • @crogger321 ME TOO!!! All of my friends are like oh thats not that bad. Finally someone who understands

  • Sometimes I find it difficult to believe in water shortages and hosepipe bans because it rains all the time where I live. It rains in summer when it should be too hot and it rains in the winter when it should be too cold. It's something to do with the north atlantic drift and the moorland but it culminates in a lot of rain. You could move here and literally never have to water your grass, even in high summer. I feel like I'm stealing somebody's rain.

  • Haha at least you did not move to CA where the water problem is worse and my grass is sadly never going to get greener...

    Really though, you need to water grass and sing about it more often. Made my day :D

  • This was the day that you moved into a house that is one state over from MY house!! Don't wanna sound creepy, but... THAT'S FLIPPIN' AWESOME!!! :D

  • THANK YOU. pennsylvania is HUGE. they need to cut that state in half or something. i pretend that i'm going through various other states that are somehow completely inside of pennsylvania (but governmentally separate from, like monaco with france).

  • the opposite of a nerd fighter is a charlie sheen

  • 0:50

    You have to admit...

  • Well, that's why they call it PENCILvania!

  • What to do with all that grass?? Let it get brown. Don't worry about watering it. I promise, it will get green again if it rains. If not, let it go natural. You will have a lot less mowing to do, too. :) Personally, I think we should be allowed to never mow our lawns, and just put up a sign that says "Oxygen Garden".

  • Its so weird now that I know that John lives like, right accross the bridge. Usually famous people are a liftetime away.

  • Why are we nerds?

    Why not?

  • look hank! nature!

  • We are nerds and proud of it BECAUSE WE CAN!

  • Also, you know what's really, really long? Pennsylvania.

    In my pants.

    Pennsylvania is amazing, by the way.

  • We are nerds because we want to.

    We are nerdfighters because we are awseome.

  • as a girl i'd love to have your hair. The VOLUME!

  • We are nerds because we are smart. We are proud of being nerds because we are awesome. End of story.

  • we are nerds because we choose to be! we choose to learn things that will last and that we can enjoy forever!!!!

  • i was born a nerd and its awesome ^_^

  • @inuyashagirl6574 you aren't born a nerd. You become a nerd.

  • It's fun to be a nerd. But you don't appreciate the fun-ness of it unless you're living it. That's why.

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  • I was born a Nerd and I love every second of it. I would not want to change for any reason.

  • Turdfighter!

  • Decepticons! Or hard-chargers...

  • hahaha "look hank, nature!!"

  • yeah pennsylvania is amazingly dull to drive through, really. so is north carolina when youre trying to get to/from charlotte

  • look hank, nature! :D

  • Birth of the term decepticon or giant squids of anger?

  • Cause Nerds are AWESOME!

  • Dude Pennsylvania is long but don't you love Pennsylvania? Pennsylvania is BEAUTIFUL :D

  • We're nerds and proud of it, cause its the only thing we're rediculously awesome at.

  • Why are we nerds? here's a quote for you:

    "There is no path that lets me live my life other than this path. Therefore I walk this path."

  • Because being a nerd is better than being a douche!!!!

  • I believe you said it yourself: We are nerds because it gives us permission to LOVE THINGS. A LOT.

  • PENNSYLVANIA

    Ftw

    Especially Pittsburgh

    :]

  • Being a nerd is loving something and not being afraid to admit it even if its not the coolest thing on the planet (according to some people, that is), and that is why I'm a nerd. And I'm proud because... I see not reason not to be. :P

  • yay nerdiness i'ma nerd because i do my happy dance and i don't care who sees but i love when people join in its like a random square dance of different dances because you can't have the same happy dance as someone else it just ain't right...i love you McManicGirl :p *hug* and i random hug people O.o its fun but not always fun :( people can be mean about pba...insecure jerks.

    Nerdfighter 4ever!

  • I'm a nerd because I like things (such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, reading in general, Green Day, Supernatural and MUCH more) and I don't care if those things aren't particuarly "cool" to like.

    nerdfighters ftw! <3

  • As far as I'm concerned, being a nerd is just another way to say that we're passionate about something. Art nerds, theater nerds, math nerds, science nerds, manga/anime nerds... we love what we love and we're not afraid to admit it.

  • haha i love his reaction to the question.

  • Because of Harry Potter, Narnia, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.

    FTW! :D

  • I am a nerd because it is fun to learn and it is better than being vapid or obsessed with sports.

  • I get to drive through PA on the 23 woohoo. So not looking forward to it.

  • pennsylvania is not nearly as long as texas, i assure you.

    as for your question about nerds, i don't think any of us intentionally became nerds as we were all probably forced into that category around 6th grade when such things started to matter. the important thing about our status as nerds is that once we noticed we had been slapped with a label, we accepted our titles and wore our nerdiness with pride. and thus the nerdfighters were born.

    best,

    orchestra/music nerdfighter lacy

  • what kind of question is that? why not?!

  • because being a nerd is awesome! being a nerd youre made of awesome!

  • Everything is longer here in Pennsylvania

    We are nerds because somewhere in our youth we started learning things that people weren't even trying to tech us, because we stopped caring solely about going outside and making a mess of ourselves. I grew up many miles away from my nearest friends house. Instead i played with K'nex, and discovered the discovery channel.

  • Why are we nerds?

    42.

    =)

  • FTW.

  • I'm working on a paper about the worldwide water shortage crisis, and every time I start doing research on it I just think of John singing,

    "The worldwide water shortage crisis...

    is all my fault!"

    ...And then I get distracted. :D

  • the opposite of a nerdfighter is a jockstrapper

  • I am a nerd because I like to fill my brain with information about everything.

  • we're nerds coz we dont waste time on stupid stuff and not doing work/homework (oh wait i've spent all my hols on youtube but i was learning soo)

  • Try being tailgaited by one of those big trucks in the rain. Funnn...

  • Nerd fighters take pride in the fact that a man can dress like a woman and still look cool doing so. we put the FUN in Disfunctional =] and brighten the days for you average "justs"

  • John, the oposite of nerd fighters...in my opinion, are "just" people. they, and not to quot "Mr. M's wonder imporium"...ok yes i am quoting it but it's moral holds true all the same, theyare "just people" because they dont take joy in dancing in amsterdam or see peeps and think "that's just peeps" when we see a challenge of who could eat those one hundred peeps.

  • i am a nerd by my definition because 1. i like being a nerd, 2. i enjoy doing crazy, spontaneous things even if people are watching, 3. i have fallen in love with the idea of being made of awesome, and 4. because when i was fourth grade, i could read books on the same level as a junior in high school. [check that, because that is seven, yes, SEVEN years between my grade, and the grade level of literature that i could actually read and understand, and i think that's pretty awesome.*happy dances*]

  • I am a nerd, because:

    I have respect for the english language,

    I like VOWELS

    I love reading

    Nerd just sounds funny to me, and I'm that wierd kind of funny.

    ^_^ It's just awesome. It's like being a part of a club no one else knows exists

  • I would have high puff levels too after a trip like that, and I don't even have hair that puffs!!

  • We are nerds because, by and large, non-nerds tend to leave comments like "I notice you are a nerd. Why?" and other various illegible, hate filled things.

    This comment doesn't make sense. I'm sorry.

  • because we take the suck out of the world one nerdfighter at a time.

  • Well, why are we nerds? Because they're made of awesome! Who DOESN'T want to be a nerd/Nerdfighter?

  • probably my best friend, who i regret to say is a strong believer that all americans are "burger-eating invasion monkeys with the average IQ of a feather duster" he believes that being a nerd is stupid being a nerdfighter is stupider, etcetera

    but anyway i'm really excited by the collaboration of inspiring cheesey phrases us nerdfighters are using to describe ourselves, we sound like a superhero team.

  • We ARE a superhero team....kinda.

  • PENNSYLVANIA

    WINS.

    :D

  • We're nerds because we were lame before lame was cool.

  • we are nerds because bing cool sucks

  • because nerds are undeniably made of awesome.

  • we're nerd because we're awesome!!!

  • Or are we awesome because we're nerds?

  • We are nerds AND awesome because we make comments like this one^^.

  • That again is a question wrongly phrased.

    A better question would be "Why not?"

  • We are nerds because we are amazing.

  • We're Nerd Fighters becase we can be... : )

  • the fact that you even asked that question made me laugh. what silly questiom,. and you answered is anyway

  • hmm.. maybe cause we are awesome!!

  • heck yeah you can drive halfway across the country and still feel like half the trip was in pennsylvania... :(

  • lmao so jokes xD

    love the water shortage song!

  • Look Hank Nature!! haha

  • Comment 119:

    The opposite of a Nerdfighter.... is ... umm.... A pain in the arse.

    Why are you nerds? Because you can be. They're just jelous.

  • the opposite of a nerdfighter = DECEPTICON!

  • YOU LOOK LIKE A LION!!!

  • A Jock Loser

  • The puff is back. Runaway trains on skis lol. Love the flowers they are super awesome.

  • i hate to say it, but driving through PA most likely takes a lot less time than trying to get ANYwhere in Texas. from bottom to top it's about 16 hours. [from Brownsville to Stratford] :(

    silly texas.

  • Oh No - the puff level.

  • we are nerds because we actually rock, nerds are made of awesome!

  • We are nerdfighters because we like doing it... oh, no, I'm not going to say it.... I'm NOT going to say it...

    IN YOUR PANTS

    But that doesn't mean what it looks like it means. We like fighting for the nerd cause in your pants, not... ok, I'm not going to say it.

  • PA is def a long ride. lol, I live there :D

  • woohoo~ June 4 is my birthday! And being a nerd Rocks! Its pretty much the funnest thing ever.

  • Nerds are intelligent, they can't really help it. Unless they go out of their way to act stupid, which is just silly.

  • We are nerds/nerdfighters because... we... utalize our brains.

  • er... utilize... but yes.

  • Dangit.... I had a feeling I spelled that wrong. Now my statement seems a bit hypocritical, huh?

  • in indiana good grass takes a few days...... or weeks

  • The opposite of a Nerdfighter is a Cro-Magnum Teen

  • Pencil-vania :o) hahahaha

    I agree, it is long, everytime i go to MD, I somehow miss the Welcome to PA sign, mostly cuz I tend to fall asleep on long car rides..but yeah, NJ and PA are long rides, I can never tell where one ends and the other begins :o)

  • Instead of decepticons perhaps they should be called fightnerders. BEcause thats what they do. Futiley of course.

  • Yeah. PA *is* long.

  • I like Jock Wimps

  • Jockrunners are the opposites.

  • Youtubers are smart *nO they arent

  • A dumbass=opposite of nerdfighter.

  • why are we nerds? cause we don't feel the need to wear black and be depressing to go against the mainstream. read. gather knowledge. use it.

    yeah i'm feeling a bit annoyed at the world.

  • That hair is awesome and jokez. Why WOULDN'T you want to meet Judy Bloom with that hair?

  • "look hank nature"

    hahahahhahahaha

  • jockquitter?

  • We are proud to be "Nerd Fighters" becouse we are all,as a unit and as indaviduals, are fighting our hardest against suck in the world unlike most partys in the world,I'm not pointing fingers! So amongst all the groups of people in the world we are actually DOING SOMETHING. But like most partys we don't exactly know what that something should be until it procents it's self!>.>; Plus We are made of AWSOME!!O_O

  • until it presents itself

  • Yes,Thank you!x.x;

  • Why are we nerds?

    Because we are made of awesome.

  • opposite nerdfighters... hmmm

    anti-nerdfighters?... yea that seems simple enough and easily remebered.

  • ahaha i litterly did not stop laughing for like 15 minutes after the 'i noticed you're a nerd.. why?'

  • I'm From PA So I Know That It's Big(I'm From Eire)

  • You think Pennsylvania is long? You don't know the half of it! I have to LIVE here!

  • This episode by far had me laughing the most due to hilarious "moving day" sarcasm. LOVE IT.

  • We're nerds because we're intelligent enough to recognise being one is a good thing!

  • Being a nerd, in most cases means that one has a higher level of intelligence. I cannot see that as a bad thing. So the better question would be, "Why are there so little nerds in America?"

  • We are nerds because nerds are awesome, and that is that.

  • i grow tiger lillies!

    well, not so much grow as plant them 4 years ago and kinda...let 'em be

    but, doesnt really matter

  • "Look, Hank! Nature!"

    ^o^

  • I am a nerd because...I am a nerd because...I am a nerd because...You know what? There /is/ no anwser to such a question!

    P.S.

    I LOVE BROTHERHOOD 2.0!

  • Why are we nerds? He might as well have asked why we breathe or something similar.

    And the opposite of a nerdfighter would be a "jock of suck" or some such.

  • [youtube doesn't allow comments over 500+ words! bummer! here's the rest of my message]

    Anyway, darned non-english-ers on the June 4th post! boo! Nerdfighters unite! bang bang! our glasses only hide our super powers of holyshizzles!

    Good bye!

    Warmly,

    Lan + hopes of upgraded sisterhood and general hoodness

  • Hi John! I can't believe that today is your last post! I haven't seen it yet because I've been watching all of the videos up till this one since three days ago. My sister raved about it to me and I think that nerdfighters are definitely full of awesome and so is upgraded brotherhood. I am now considering to upgrade sisterhood, but it is difficult when sisterhood encounters menstrual pains and moodiness once a month. Midol?

  • pa...is.... long! I know from experince. And I don't think people can choose to be nerds...its just the awesomeness from inside builds up and flowes out in different awesome ways. I am what I am and what I am is an awesome nerdfighter. ^_^

  • Hahaha. The first thing I thought when he popped up was 'puff levels a little high' and then he said it.

  • i'm a nerd because i care about things that actually matter, and no matter how many people there are that aren't like me, i'm not going to change... and because nerds are generally more awesomer people.

  • We are nerds because we're watching this video blog. XD

    PS. Nerd will rule the world someday.

  • I'm a nerd because I realize that I'm not going to remember "friends" that made me look good as long as I didn't make them look bad. I'm going to remember and keep the friends who stood up for me, brought me and up instead of putting me down, and made me laugh instead of laughing at me.

  • i'm a nerd because sometimes it's important to stand up for what you believe and people don't understand it.

    Thanks for letting me know in a little secret difference between youtubers and nerd fighters

  • I am a nerd because I, um...care. I care about little things in my life...that will make a difference in the long run. Like my education. And while my friends think it's all a joke, I put my head in the books and I go. And I'm proud because that is what I think is right. Because I think that'll get me ahead. And I think that's pretty awesome.

  • I'm a Nerd Fighter because us Nerd Fighters Frackin' Rock!!!!

  • 1:13

    LOL!

  • the worrrrld waterr shortage crisis... is all my fault!!!

    you guys are made of concentrated awesome. <3