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  • you are ridiculous.

    this is the WORST video and I am GLAD you couldn't find Green's book to read on the video because you are a disgrace to nerdfighters. you are a posing nerdfighter if you truly are unable to grasp the simplicity of what it means to be a nerdfighter. Nerdfighter are accepting of all people and ideas so long as they dont harm other people, last I checked having friends, being popular, reading magazines, and the other "shallow" things you pointed out do not make you unable to be

  • @tank3b3ll continued. a nerdfighter. nerdfighters are a community that lift people up for their differences and their ability to have nerdy tendencies (AND BE PROUD OF IT :)), not tear them down because they like some social media that is deemed "popular". Its awesome that you love John and Hank Green because they are AMAZING people with a beautiful goal, but please do not tear down all of their hard work to bring people together by encouraging exclusion. Dont let the decepticons get to you

  • @tank3b3ll continued. but most importantly dont group everyone together with the decepticons just because they like things that are considered "popular". We all have different tastes and like different things but that is the beauty of nerdfighting. that we can all be different but accept and be united together. the best part of being a nerdfighter is knowing you are in a community that accepts you and cares. only decepeticons look for excuses to exclude people.

  • @tank3b3ll Alan runs dftba.com, and is responsible for all the merch and everything. He knows what it means to be a Nerdfighter. It's obviously just a joke! Talk about taking things far too seriously. You obviously haven't watched any of Alan's videos before if you don't understand his sense of humor. God damn. Stop being naive, sensitive, and dumb.

  • it seems like you are lumping people into groups without really taking the time to imagine them complexly. that doesn't seem very nerdfighterly

  • Except for the part where Phil is a Nerdfighter.

  • LIAR! If someone WANTS to be a Nerdfighter, they CAN be a Nerdfighter!

  • by junging people by what they like and what you dont like is bullying which is NOTSOME meaning you are not made of awesome but are made of NOTSOME making you not a nerd fighter

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  • oh my Rowling, it's a joke, calm down :P

  • I must say that this video is rather offensive, YOU shouldn't be a Nerdfighter if you have to classify what a Nerdfighter shouldn't be.. That's hardly fair or reasonable.

  • You are not a nerdfighter IF you judge others for having different tastes than yourself. I don't like the stuff you mentioned, but I'm pretty sure that if you want to be a n.f, you are one.

  • You know what?If you're popular, you can still be a nerdfighter. It doesn't matter that you have friends, it matters that you're an nice person.

  • Since when is Dashboard Confessional shallow?

  • @bansribb since June 30, 2008

  • I'm glad I found someone on youtube who doesn't worship all the big youtubers like "smosh" and "sxephil" and the like. DX. Good video!

  • DFTBA Loser

  • When he smiles he looks like the dude from Family guy it's funny =)

  • smosh and sxephil are awesome

  • sxyphil is a nerdfighter he does p4a!

  • @miyluv all the best people are tbh

    :D

  • Smosh was made for nerdfighters!

  • not being a nerdfighter is absolutely not awesome! i just found several days ago that i was in fact a nerdfighter : )

  • NERDFIGHTERS!

  • I collage with People magazine doeas that make me vapid?

  • Alan, I think your videos are great, but I strongly disagree with this video. If you want to be a nerdfighter, you ARE a nerdfighter, You can be popular, read people, or do whatever.

  • lol, did charlie respond to the question?

  • I still have a myspace xD

    and about the myspace/facebook thing....THEY'RE THE SAAAAMMEE!!! ;)

    DFTBA

  • I'm a Nerdfighter and I also like SXEPhil. As a matter of fact, I believe that the Vlogbrothers subscribe to his channel.

    Even though SXEPhil is very vulgar at times and uses profane words, he condemns biggotry and is not racist. He, in my book, is a good guy. Shame on you, Alan, for saying that liking SXEPhil is to not be a nerdfighter. Phil after all, is a nerdfighter himself.

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  • :(.

    I'm a Nerdfighter, and I love SXEPhil!

    I mean, yeah, most of that was completely true, especially the Myspace bit, but SXEPhil is friggin' awesome!

  • but im a nerdfighter and i LOVE sxephil!!!

  • Telling somebody they can't be a nerdfighter just because they have different ideals and interests than you is the most un-nerdfighter thing of all. The only rules of being a nerdfighter is being the person best you can be and caring about the world.

  • People

  • I could care less about myspace and facebook. aside from that I thought it was amusing, I chuckled a few times.

  • Guns and Ammo, in my pants, Car and Driver, in my pants, and People, ... Loved it

  • oh no i like sxe phill and myspace ..... but i love harry potter and the vlogbrothers i don't know who i am any more *crys*

  • lol with the huge amount of gayness and myspace!

  • Ever since I saw this video, I haven't been able to watch any of Alan's other ones. This kind of pissed me off... ideas like this are NOT what Nerdfighting is about.

  • Eh, you need to go to the vlogbrothers channel.

  • yes it is go to the vlogbrothers chanel you undigested lump!

  • @utubegrll12344 Whats not real about it?

    Real people

    Real Videos

    Real Nerds

  • That's probably why it's called how NOT to be a Nerdfighter..?

  • .....wow dude , your dumb.

  • I really disagree with this. NerdFighters aren't exclusive of who is and who is not a NerdFighter. I don't do any of the things listed and I still think it's kinda cold.

  • Um, I am a Nerdfighter, And I read Guns and Ammo. There is nothing wrong with a Nerdfighter enjoying firearms.

  • I don't read G&A, but I do enjoy uses of it...

    Admittedly, my core use is for fodder in my various modern-setting RPG sessions I run.

    Secondary use is for looking up picks for my next trip to the pistol range-- I am OK with "one-handed" firearms, despite never using them with one hand, because it is silly when going for accuracy.

    However, a fair amount of approval to everything else-- Mocking a lot of terrible ideas, just catching a good/OK one in the chaff-- Inevitable, really.

  • @aphsknight74 There seems to be an expectation among many that in order to be a Nerdfighter you have to be on board with John and Hank's political views. Don't really think that's necessary.

  • lol reminds me of a snoopy episode xD

  • SxePhil has became a nerdfighter now, so only his viewers are decepticons.

  • lmao when he said people he didnt say in my pants

    "people in my pants"

    BAHAHAHAHA

  • haha, that was great.

  • hey aan, I love to watch old videos from you! ok, I also love watching new videos from you, but it is nice from time to time to see how you developed and stuff

    <3

  • Aww, but Smosh is awesome

  • lOl i am a nerdfighter nowXD

    check the new video

  • pointless.....

  • Please reply -

    Can I be a nerfighter if I am -

    1. Not actually a nerd. I looked up the definition, and it involves apreciating ones intelegences in the areas where I have none.

    2. Am dyslexic, therefore not enjoying books other than the onese recomended for 8 - 12 year olds (which many of John Greens books are not).

    3. Don't actually like english, maths, science or pretty much any of those subjects.

    4. Don't like video games.

    BUT want to reduce world suck and happy up the world?

  • Henry winkler decreased world suck, and was dyslexic. just because you dont learn well, doesnt mean you cant be intelligent. you can be a nerdfighter.

  • If you WANT to be a Nerdfighter, then you probably already are one. :)

  • You are a nerdfighter.

    Here, please accept this nerd firgther badge.

    It will be arriving shortly.

  • Being a nerdfighter really just means that you are an aweome person, and you want to do things to decrease world suck.

    Don't worry, chances are that if you want to be one, then you already are one :)

  • hahaa i guess i'm a complete nerdfighter!!

    this was soo funny: D i couldn't stop laughing

  • Clever and quite hysterical.

    Alan, you're awesome.

  • sxephil is a nerdfighter

  • Jesus! We are not disciminitory!

    A)This video is an EXAGERATION! A joke

    B) We accept all kinds, but the nerds are who is drawn to the movement

    C) All us NF's have different interests than eachother, we aren't clones, we just have the common trait of individuality that is not generally accepted in society.

    GET OVER YOURSELVES!

  • diablo 3 WILL BE awesome >_> why the hell pick on one of the most popular games ever?

  • Ironically so do Hank and John..

  • hil.lar.i.ous.

  • Hey, I like sxephil, jerk head!

    :P

  • I would think if that the reason they discriminate people of certain traits shouldnt be because that type of person is not fond of the fighters. They would have no reason too... anyone with a heart could support their cause, helping misunderstood teens.

    But your right, it's sad when something like this happens.

  • Sure, the NF group is usualley consisting of Misfits who are gathered by individuality, but it's no excuse to discriminate people who have other intrests than your own.

    IT'S CRIMINAL!

  • but sxephil is a nerdfighter :P

  • is he?

  • well he made a project for awesome video and he made another one called "my secret" saying he was a nerdfighter lol

  • I figure the entire point of 'nerdfighters' is that it's an inclusive club? Am I excluded because I like to have tidy hair, am interested in cars and enjoy reading Lawyers Weekly?

    I think the best way to not be a nerdfighter is to try and exclude people from a club.

  • Exactly. Places like Myspace are utterley equal to places like the Ning.

    Maybe the Nerdfighter group is just a bunch of judgmental prudes who think anyone having interestes in Guns, Cars, or Smosh videos is automaticalley NOT Awesome. and that is just so rude.

    I used to love and support Nerd Fighting, but after watching videos like this, my thoughts have tottalley changed.

  • I suppose it's easier to define yourself by being against stuff rather than for stuff. Hence the brothers inventing "Tobians" and "Decepticons". They never really defined the terms to be another another than 'not a Nerdfighter'. But it begs the question.

    Then Nerdfighters inject these ideas with whatever character traits they don't like. The traits of people who don't like them. Then suddenly they become hypocrites. Very sad.

  • well if they didn't exclude them, we'd have to put up with them, if being an NF where suddenly to become incredibly popular, people with use it as a fashion statent, almost like emo, first it was some little known movement with some people in it going by fine, the next all the kids with perfect-lives are doing it and them emo just got annoying.

  • he isnt saying there is anything wrong with liking guns, cars and smosh, he is only sayign that yu can not be a nerdfighter if you do. In the same way that reading, saying 'in my pants' after book titles and basically haveing a personallity which is deeper than a puddle will all stop you being popular.

  • So it's impossible to like guns and cars as well as have a personality and make 'in my pants' jokes?

    So if someone says 'yeah, I like cars' you'll right them off as a possibly interesting and worthwhile person?

    Wow.

  • nooo, but if you only care about material objects, then you are probably not a nerdfighter. If the only thing you read about are cars guns and smosh, THEN you cant be a nerdfighter.

  • Alan is being an ass, you don't need him to bring you down. This video was very notsome and Decepticonic.

  • What the eff! I like sxephil :'(

    But I'm still a nerdfighter!!!

    right? :[

  • haha i really wanna be a neardfighterrrrr! it looks so fun!! my friend is a nerdfighter and im jealous :]

  • If you want to be a nerdfighter, you are one.

  • yeah, but here's a helpful hint: nerdfighters don't do the annoying continuation of the last letter in a word thing. :)

    welcome to nerdfighteria! xD

  • GREAT job. Nuff said.

  • An abundance of kathrins(sp?) is a great book!!!!  it's fugging funny!!!!

  • im a nerdfighter! i love them

  • i wanna be a nerdfighterrr ! =D

  • aww! How mean...I have myspace! You make me sad. :(

  • im a nerdfighter woo!

  • This video made me realize that I WANT TO BE A TRUE NERDFIGHTER! Like, NO JOKE. I'm going to start my quest NOW. And...I'll...tell you guys when I finish Watching all 312 (& counting) of the vlogbrothers, and all 145 (& counting) of the 5agirls vids, finish catching up on my 5aguys vids. so, yes. I'm using this comment to begin my journey. and...I'll see you when I get a new camera. So long, guys. -Sanai (nerdfighter in training)
  • Good luck on your journey! It is an amazing and fun one!

    ~Sarah (French horn/music major nerdfighter)

  • lol myspace

  • That jazz piano in the background was splendid.

  • I love the Abundance of Katherines. That's so cool that you got him to autograph it.

  • You don't need to entertain here... I thought you guys wanted to just be yourselves- and get to know each other better?

  • That was um... completely amazing!

  • God, it was a JOKE.

  • This is just mean and unnecessary. Making fun of people, even Decepticons, is notsome.

  • are you aware of what satire or sarcasm is?

  • i know what satire is because alan explained it XD

    im aware the question was in no way aimed at me.

    im just proud XD

  • I'm proud of you too!

    I believe nerdfighters should always show off their knowledge...

  • yeah, really dude, im surprized. i mean, sxephil and the vlogbrothers like each other lol. annnndd sxephil is a nerdfighter, so come on.

  • Geez and i thought I hated you before!

    That was harsh dude.

  • hey guess what...there's this amazing new creation...it's called a JOKE?

  • no Alan, you're an awesome vlogger! one of my favourite fiveawesome guys. err, i know a person's not supposed to pick favourites, and really, i didn't, i just gradually realised that i liked one less than the other four, and now call those four my favourites. and you're one of em. your vlogs are so interesting. i love it.

  • BTW, isn't sxephil a nerdfighter? I believe he came out and said he was last year

    Also, funny video! I loved it!

  • I noticed you was reading Harry Potter, I love Harry Potter!!!

  • An Abundance of Katherines is an amazing book! I love it so much! Everyone needs to go out and buy a copy right.....NOW! lol

  • wow, thats harsh :o

  • Come on, you don't really have to be talented for doing Vlogs. :) It's just about doing them. And it's always fun watching you. You're like, the calmest one out of all the five awesome guys, well, that's what I think. hihi. :)All of you make it stick together. So you're a part of it. :)

  • Hank Green has a myspace XD

  • The whole time you were talking about looking for your books, the first thought that went through my mind was "doesn't John have them?" I forgot that this video was made before the blogtv chat.

    Oh, and have I passed on congrats about your book? 'Cause that's awesome! And John doing the forward? Wow!

    Dude, I love your videos, whether it be a short film, collab, or just a "simple" vlog.

    Also, this is a great response vid. Well done.

  • I'm a nerdfighter

    And I have dashboard confessional qoutes on my myspace.

    They're just so catchy.

  • YOU ARE NOT A NERD.

  • How can you not like sxephil?

  • haha i was thinking the same thing i just lost a little respect for the 5 awsome guys

  • I like your vlogs and your sketches. <3

  • do you not like SXEPHIL?!

  • short films and collabs are awesome  :D

  • John is writing the forward? Oh my goodness congrats Alan! Honestly I can cannot wait to read your book when it comes out!

    I hope they will sell it at Chapters. :)

    Is it getting a wide distribution anyway?

    Don't matter I'd just message you to find out how I can get it.

  • crap.. I totally thought I was a nerdfighter until I watched this.. I guess I have yet to find a sterotype that fits me.

  • <3 =]

  • I like seeing you vlog! You just need to get less self-conscious about it.

    I'm kindof surprised that you dissed sxephil, tho, seeing as he's listed as one of Hank and John's favorite vloggers.

  • w00t, someone I know commented on a video I'm watching XD

  • Don't you love that? :)

  • Keep doing the parodies...they are awesome.

  • Hahaha I loved this, Alan. I hadnt had a chance to watch it until now, but it had me cracking up. :)

  • I guess I'm ftl because WOAH I like hotforwords, I have a myspace, and I also have a pretty awesome car. My bad.

  • loved the intro skit, i think its cool if you keep doing parodies if you want to. :) i think this was alan's best episode yet, even if it was short it got a lot of points across and was funny. kudos

  • mmmmmkaaay....

  • HEY

    whats wrong with dashboard confessional *folds arms*

    whats the go Alan?

    p.s. i like ur vlogs :'| dont stop ur vlogs alan....as minimum as they are in supply....

  • proud of you :)

  • Hi Alan, I'm not into Harry Potter, so I'm not sure I understand what you were trying to get across in your cute little skit. Also, I don't know what a nerdfighter is. To me, it made me think of someone who fights "nerds", which, I think is wrong to label poeple. Kidn of dumb thought, huh? But, I'm not sure that this what it really means. Maybe you or someone could let me know. I'm new at Youtube, and don't know about what the young people are into now. I'm only on it for my summer class.

  • Nerdfighters would be better interpreted as nerds who fight, as opposed to those who fight nerds. Although, I don't think it has very much to do with nerds physically fighting anything either. I'm not sure as to the exact definition of "Nerdfighter" --the definition I heard: "Made of awesome"

  • First off, hey there, congrats for the class and the awesome teacher.

    A "Nerdfighter" is really just an avid fan of the "vlogbrothers", a channel where, last year, two brothers talked to each other back and forth through vlogs every weekday as their primary form of communication. They coined the term, and it's pretty much a fan club, but people will talk about how it's a moral code or a state of mind. Check out their channel, they're pretty funny, and I hope you like it here.

  • Go watch the video that this video is a response to. It will explain everything pretty much :)

  • don't forget... sxephil is actually a nerdfighter. be careful. also, i like your musack in the background. guys & dolls? right? aNnnnDD!!!! HOW FAR ARE YOU IN HP???

  • i enjoyed your video today you should do things like this more often

  • To nerdfight or not to nerdfight, that is no question

  • actually, a lot of notsome people are on facebook too...

    oh well i still loved this video! lol

  • my only problem with this is that sxephil is a nerdfighter.. at least, he watches the b20 videos

    lolz @ everything in my pants EXCEPT people. i laughed. a lot.

  • lol =)

    and you ARE a talented vlogger.

    have a little faith

  • No, I like the parodies, as long as you continue to vlog somewhat :)

  • that was very good and clever except for that thing about sxephil...what have you got against sxephil? did you know that john and hank really enjoy his videos? phil is a nerdfighter! and he's awesome! grrrrr

  • Hey! SXEPHIL is a nerdfighter! Gosh

  • alan u do have "talents"

  • "hey you put down that harry potter book you poser!"

    But if your popular AND a nerdfighter...then....Are you a nerd fighter?!

  • I agree with allmost all of your video....EXCEPT...Guns & Ammo......it's a great mag..........

  • LOL

  • glad ya found ya car..i am no nerd.fell da wind in ya hair buddy.

  • OMG! You did a parody of Maggie's video! <3 Hm... Though I did a fangirl squee at the beginning, I'm not sure I liked it. Nerdfighting, is indeed for nerds, however the amazing thing I've found in this community is the lack of haters and suck. This is kinda hater-ish.

    Still, I love you, Alan. <3 Hugs!

    -B

  • Wasn't it you Alan that stopped Charlie and Alex from doing these "entertaining" videos... said that you were supposed to be getting to know each other.. and then all of a sudden someone suggested that you cut off the audience but then you do special projects with this class!!! wtf = ( how come we can't participate!!! (i like entertaining vids, and this reminded me of one of those mickey mouse/Goofy cartoons>>instructional videos ftw!!

    keep it up and involve the audience again!! --kevin

  • damn, negative vid man, even if a joke, focus on how to BE a nerdfighter! dftba!

  • hahahahaha. alan, i love you. except that i am a nerdfighter and i like sxephil AND dashboard confessional. but i don't have a myspace anymore.

    congrats on john's foreword. that's so jokes!!

  • I think this is my favorite Monday video on this channel so far. Yay you!

    :)

  • amazing.

  • haha ive read the books, theyre really good!

  • I'm kind of offended....I'm a nerdfighter, but I have multiple interests. BLAH!

  • It's just a joke. sXephil made a nerdfighter out of me too

  • "Charlie, quit avoiding the question I sent you in an email teice last week"

    NOW IM CURIOUS!

    myspace ickkk...i hate sites like that...

  • Stop. :(

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  • haha sxephil

    but you know, he once called himself a nerdfighter...

  • i love the background music smosh is in the uncool cool videos

    i love sxephil

    haha i love this video but i hate that i love the cool unawesome stuff

    ew dashboard confessional

  • I saw the other video.

    nice video response!!

  • :( I love Dashboard Confessional.

  • Umm...sxephil is a nerdfighter...He's how I discovered nerdfighting. He gave a shout out to B2.0 in mid-November 2007.

    That's all - Love you like a secret sibling! DFTBA!

  • It is a definate that nerd is not a label I would use on you.

  • disliked this video alot..

  • For the record, you haven't put anything on YouTube that I've seen that wasn't entertaining.  This was classic though, so if you it's what you enjoy most, by all means, keep 'em comin'

  • Anybody can be a nerdfighter