The Hardest Thing: The Miracle of Swindon Town #6

[alexanderfjohnson4]

When John said something about knowing Sarah, I didn't know who he was talking about at first. Then it occurred to me that he was referring to the Yeti.

[TheYellag]

Video called "The Hardest Thing" and the preroll ad is from Durex, COME ON YOUTUBE grown up!

[Somecrazyshish]

"Changing from working hard because you want X or Y or Z to working hard because you're really excited about the work you're doing, and I've been really John Green!" That's right, you have been.

[eggpankakes]

South end united are so much better

[MegaBookWormGirl]

"Writing a novel is hard. Its time consuming and there was no assurance that anyone was ever gonna read it, so you're working basically mainly on faith."

Thank you for summing up the past two years of my life xD

[TheErinMunroe]

these things are so addicting

[MelinGrata]

in the add before this video, it was some guy talking. just his lips. and his huge, burly mustache.

HE SHOWED ME HIS MUSTACHE

[TheADHart]

Am I the only one who listens to the story, but doesn't actually watch the When he switches to the soccer bits, I always feel the need to go back and see what happened (;

[atrociousCreations]

And I actually use the internet and I find out that I am wrong! Sorry John, it turns out that man who INVENTED the AD-BC calender was a man by the name of Dionysius Exiguus. Bede was the guy who made it popular. Sorry about that! XD

[atrociousCreations]

The man that most people say invented the Christian AD-BC calender was named the Venerable Bede, who wrote The Ecclesiastical History of the English People around 731. (He started with the Roman Invasion around 55BC.) He's the one who estimated when the birth of Christ was, but I mean, that was already around 700 years later, so he was bound to get a little off. C:

All of this I learned from my BritLit class, so if I'm totally wrong, it's not my fault. <3

[veyronman]

These videos are so good to watch and listen to. I think having video that doesn't bear any relation at all to the main topic of discussion helps me to concentrate on both simultaneously

[aelilevinson]

Blatant foul at 8:39

[Miranzira]

They can't communicate now, but they sure can hug between the knees.

[nonsensicalcompound]

Which games should I watch to discover how the Johns Green went from poor communication to marriage?

[redbarron718]

hey, im named Eli!

[aelilevinson]

@redbarron718 join the club bro

[con2bc]

I wonder if john tells sarah he loves her as much as he tell bald john green he loves him :)

[gotja]

An Abundance of Eli's

[ThatOneCrazyGirl100]

he's big, he's fast, he's got a nice mustache! Bald John Green!

[evilanagram]

Hey, I'm another Eli!

[stude444]

and to think, i got here becuse I found a copy of Will Grayson Will Grayson in my english class and i read it and I thought it was good, so read looking for alaska and it was the first book to actually make me cry on the spot. I'm not gonna say why, but It did.

[SweetheartMorada]

John, you may not be contributing to the social well-being of the world, but I can attest to the fact that you are contributing to the mental well-being of me. Thanks for the laugh, I really needed it.

DFTBA

[theJJcomedycrew]

HES A BETTER FINISHER THAN THAT

[hailbopthecomet]

Was it just me or was the crowd randomly singing O'Canada? Cause if so that's just weird!

[zoladzish]

I like how he makes strange noises when he doesn't know how to express his emotions.

[ettuaslumiere]

Do you think after you're done signing all the books, that will be the hardest thing you've done?

[wowwoawubbzy]

What is the meaning of life to you, specifically?

[SlipperyWhenRacist]

was that an FPS Russia reference at the end or was it just a coincidence...?

[BlackandWhiteScarf]

How is this man so perfect??

[TheHighviolet]

Hold lb to hit it low John both bald and maned

[ultimatekai]

SHOW ME YOUR MUSTACHE

[slavicpolymath]

Yeah, it's 622.

[LochNessaM0nster]

I love listening to you tell stories. :D

[MidnightThief15]

It's really interesting to hear you talk about writing and everything that comes with it. :)

[FutureAbe]

Signing 150.000 books has got to be in the top 3 tho..

[perkie2121]

aww john...its cute how you call the right bumper the "RB" button

[perkie2121]

@perkie2121 also...I've never played FIFA but there is a good chance you are pressing the button too hard.

[DreamByTheFire]

Yes, bald John Green. Show us your moustache.

[sandwichperson]

@theadambri I think that's a great idea. I don't remember John ever mentioning he was depressed, but I've always wanted to see a vlogbrothers video on the topic of depression and suicide.

[LeatherPen]

I actually live in Swindon................... =o

[beeveearr]

Talk about Henry! I want to hear Henry related things. If not this, can you tell us some Dread Pirate William Roberts stories?

[KaiGuent]

I love this whole concept.

[Michelleisamazingful]

John green makes me happy

[ash1soccer]

If you hold down the shoot button too long then the shot will go high, even if you hold down the finesse shot button. You have to watch the green power bar just above your player's name. It should be about 2 bars, or a little less, if the game tells you that you are less than 30 yards from the goal. Otherwise, you should have between 3 and 4 bars.

[haxorsist]

You know nothing John snow.

[HighKingTurgon]

Can you imagine writing a critical essay on Looking for Alaska and citing this football video-game Let's Play for his explanation of the novel's structure? I grin. : D

[youngnerdfighter14]

Talk about Henry!

[hazworther]

I love how out of all the teams, you pick the worst in the world (Yes, i live in Swindon)

[gamingaddictmike125]

Your transition in going away to college, and learning you wanted to write

[aimeelikescheese]

"You don't have to show me your bald head, show me your beautiful moustache."

[ijustneedyounow]

am i the only one that noticed that looking for alaska and the lion king have its similarities? i was watching the lion king the other day and saw how simba was sitting with mufasa after death and waiting and it reminded me of alaska and her mom.

[ijustneedyounow]

am i the only one that noticed that looking for alaska and the lion king have its similarities? i was watching the lion king the other day and saw how simba was sitting with mufasa after death and waiting and it reminded me of alaska and her mom.

soo simba=alaska

[minimusmicr0s]

Could you talk about how you figured out what to do with your life/what direction to take your life after your senior year of high school? Like, how did you know where to go to school, what to study, etc.

-C

[DavidA237]

When sprinting you need to give yourself a few seconds space before shooting because the player doesn't shoot as soon as you hit the button (as infuriating as it is). Hope that helps.

DFTBA.

[DavidA237]

When sprinting you need to give yourself a few seconds space before shooting because the player doesn't shoot as soon as you hit the button (as infuriating as it is). Hope that helps.

DFTBA.

[PuLse285]

my thing is harder tho

[magnoliamae27]

I find my job immensely rewarding! (Both personally and in terms of contributing to the world) I teach English as a foreign language in the Czech Republic. I basically spend my days talking to people & correcting their grammar. Helping people communicate in another language is basically opening up an entire world to them. It's so great!

[EllieBeeElite]

I really want to play Fifa when i watch these :)

[EllieBeeElite]

I really want to play Fifa when i watch these :)

[Peyoutreaux]

slight spoilers below

so... the book is fictional and u "aftered" the love of my life because you came up with a cool idea and there is no way i'm ever finding her???

WHY?!??!?!?!?

I forgive you but still... i sobed relentlessly untill 4 am...

[hollium]

"prem-ee-air league" not "prem-eer league"!! sorry, pet peeve. I was of course metaphorically soaking up the rest of what you were saying.

[xaveir14]

You should talk about the most surreal, wtf moment of your life

like not a bad moment

not a good moment

just a moment in your life that was just surreal. one of those "the hell just happened?" moments

[GeeMcBee]

I live in Exeter! Please can we have a Nerdfighter meet up in Devon/The south west?

Also, A suggestion for the next Miracle of Swindon Town video: What is your funniest story involving dftbaby Henry to date and why? (If that's not too much of a personal question)

DFTBA! :D

[gavers23]

I feel like I am traveling in time, I remember watching the one about how you (John) met the Yeti, but I remember a different game- I think the one you played while talking about Pants the Cat. I'm confused. Maybe because YouTube's sub box thing is broken.

[Ravingsohma]

Oh oh tell us how you asked the Yeti to marry you! =D

[hollium]

@Ravingsohma hasn't he done that? roses on the stairs or something equally cool.

[GeorgeMaier]

As someone from England, there is a big temptation for me to post a video response teaching you correct pronunciation of English team names

[InevitablyInevitable]

I find the "Do not quote me" quote to be doubly amusing because not only is there the fact that instructions not to quote have been quoted, but there's also the fact that it's misquoted, John used a contraction.

[coldwave44]

did john create the name swoodalipoopers or is that their actual title? I just checked on wikipedia and I guess that's what people call them.

[TheSomethingWitty]

Talk about being a dad!

[sweetpepper36]

What is it with men and moustaches? Or facial hair in general?

[BrendanHansen]

@sweetpepper36 Nostalgic for a golden age of masculinity and mustaches- that actually never really existed at all :)

[sweetpepper36]

@BrendanHansen Haha ok thanks that explains so much ;)

[thejerrymobile]

I'd like to make clear that I'm not only watching this due to the publishing issue that has persisted for the last two days. The key word being "only."

[rcsugar]

I would like to hear about how you proposed to Sarah as well!

[jknoll2002]

I would love to hear what you think individuals can do to further the goal of world peace. It upsets me that there is so much hate sometimes (granted there is much good) and I would be interested in hearing what you think I could do to make the world a little better.

[mohe3439]

We know how you met Sarah, how about we hear how you proposed to her?

[BrendanHansen]

@mohe3439 Anyone that is curious how John purposed to the Yeti the answer lies within this link to an old Question Tuesday video:

youtu*be/lKfWmSw9D4U

(replace the * with a .)

DFTBA! :)

[SpazzMaker]

Anyone else find it extremely awesome that this video ends on 11:11? Just me? Okay.

[TheMaskedMarauder0]

I think it should be the swindon town singamajigs....

[callietheantirobot]

@TheMaskedMarauder0 yes, this, so much of this!

[JGlass14]

@TheMaskedMarauder0 That's an awful idea. If they changed their name, the club would lose millions of dollars that they put into producing Swoodilypoopers paraphernalia. What will they do with all the Swoodilypoopers kits, hats, t-shirts, pennants, and toilet paper?

[armadaofturtles]

There's lots of different kinds of hard.

*snicker*

[bookiedave]

swindon town have been in the premier before!

[leaguesmanoframsgate]

Um... am I the only person who thought they had to write a proper verse-chorus-verse song for the song? Because, um, I sent John and Hank the lyrics and they may have deleted it, and I can't make a music video for it since I can't play the guitar at all...

[Chasetherat2000]

Whenever Henry wants to hear a story about his dad in the future he can just come to hank games instead of asking John :P

[bersabelle]

you need to pass more and get more creative. you use the same offensive strategy all the time. dribble to the corner, cross it in and hope for a goal. or you just try and dribble and take defenders on alone. you've got to pass more and do more give and goes. i mean, just play how you'd imagine players in the premier league would play

[miteyboosh23]

Fat Lucas found his way to this video.

[greendayb5]

Can someone explain European Soccer leagues for me?

[twerdyyy]

can you talk more about your experience with depression? as someone who has been through it too, i'm interested. only if you're willing tho, i know theres some nasty people on youtube.

[cnoteware]

You're improving a lot on the outro, although I believe the biggest contributing factor of that is that you're not talking about how bad you are at the outro.

[Arat1t1]

"Do not quote me"

-John Green

[LikeVines2113]

@Arat1t1 hahahahahha you're awesome

[teapotjuggler]

I'm from Swindon :) my uncle works for the football team in some capacity, so I've met the Swindon Town team many times.. woah, surreal

[DrewyisHalo3Pro]

If you have any spare time you should add my brothers account on XBOX OSG XXi DRewYYY and I shall teach you how to play FIFA (The basics of course) and you should be able to shoot properly and pass and defend well enough to defeat all opponents on amateur difficulty..... EVEN LIVERPOOL !! I know :P

[haggle2]

John, I have been enjoying this series for a while now but there is one thing that is really bugging me. As The swoodlypoopers are English, they would pronounce the Premier league as the PREM-EEE-ER league rather than the PREM-EAR league you refer to.

[unforgettable789]

Hearing you talk about your writing is, like, really awesome for me. I want to write nice things like you do one day, and this entire video has just solidified that for me.

[greenshimi]

john, you should make a podcast while your doing all your signatures im really enjoying these things

[greenshimi]

Mon the exeter :) tisdale <3

[dob1997]

you*

[dob1997]

you should do one on how yu knew looking for alaska was a good idea and how you came up with it, i write a little myself and i never know how to know whats a stupid idea and whats a good one and how to develop my ideas

[122172639]

You mentioned economics on one.... not to beat a dead horse, but I think a lot of nerdfighters need to be aware, maybe on a real vlog if not here, about the Republicans' attempts to change voting rules for 2012 (Pennsylvania's kicking it off) in order to make Obama lose even if he gets a slight majority of votes ...

[heather23renae]

Oh! One day you could do best day/worst day

[heather23renae]

Ha! I work at target! I always thought about how important even the littlest jobs are, even before I had a job. But now it's getting harder and harder to be happy as a cashier. I want to be smiling and friendly because you never know how you might change someone's day but 90% of people don't even realize I'm a human being... /emo

[RiviRrapper]

I love how john greens' numbers are 9/11 thats all you spoke about. the movie was 2 seconds or two minutes too long! conspiracy?

[thewilliamyu]

I feel very good about what I do.  I'm an addictions therapist, and I'm currently running a halfway house for recovering addicts to get back on their feet. I do so because I'm concerned about world suck. However, I still struggle with finding meaning, knowing that I'm helping others, but I feel like I've grown stagnant in my own personal growth as a human being. I would like for you to talk about personal growth and how not to just live a life that Thoreau described as quiet desperation.

[nintendude794]

I was gonna say, why not name two players Will Grayson and Will Grayson? :O

[mesenie]

Id like to hear about your college years. I came across that video of you explaining the senor prank. Did you/anyone you know pull off other pranks on students or teachers? Or just talk about your favorite teachers. :P

Someone else commented this, but how about discuss you favorite type of ending to a book? Like The Giver how there is no ending, or Harry Potter where you get to see the characters years later, or just books that end on a happy/sad note. Your thoughts please?

[RockinViolinist]

John, did you do the Kenyon/Exeter program? My dad did that. He liked it. He was in a class with JK Rowling. True story.

Oooohh, tell us about your college years. :DD

[Adagain]

@RockinViolinist YES! I am just now going into college (college student for two weeks) and would love some John Greene knowledge on the subject.

[sagwakitty15]

@pkConda so? its still interesting to hear about his high school experience

[Hrel88]

I've always liked ur videos better John, nothing against Hank, just always related more with u. We're both older brothers, maybe that's at least partially why.

[kralbertson]

@Hrel88 You need to see thatzak's video with his younger brother... haha

[thehumanipodgirl]

The happiest moment in your life. The funniest moment in your life. The most embarrassing moment in your life. Any and all topic will make for an interesting story I'm sure. Although, I really am voting for the most embarrassing out of those three choices.

[catsflykatterflyr]

Watership Down reference.

[nerdmomma]

Is technology making us stupid?

Discuss.

[Tarcitano]

Let the ball do the work, John! Passes/Shots are key!

[babychicky113]

anything involving henry. i just want to hear about that adorable boy.

[autumnsylver]

John appears to have a somewhat unhealthy obsession with moustaches. XD

[MustBePie]

talk about the trials and tribulations of parenthood! :D

[lauramchalmers]

When did you know you wanted to marry the Yeti?

[lordlemmingman]

Is it me or it kind of creepy when John begs bald John to show him his mustache?

[kralbertson]

@lordlemmingman I so agree with that... It's awkward for me because my dad is bald and he has a 'stache too... so I just picture my dad whenever bald John Green makes a goal :3

[ZephyrraArabians]

@GONEmypurpleflapjack Yeah, I know, I've seen it. I just thought it would be fun to hear John's view on it. ;) Thanks anyway, though!

[rlmcarbonneau]

thumbs up it you read your copy of looking for alaska again after watching this

[maankindj]

i love the combination of playing football,

you'll win on snow someday.

A topic's to talk about?

The complexity of how much more choices we have now compared to past generation

Also the value and dangers we have of being able to have so many choices (on studies, work, habits, products and so on.)

Cheers

[longdumbstory]

It might have been harder for the yeti to have a kid :/

[illhaveabutterbeer]

Tell us about one of the best days/moments of your life. :) 

[tomwarfel1]

Work is love made visible.

And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.

And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distils a poison in the wine.

~Kahlil Gibran

[chrisormie]

John, you need to work the wings more and then instead of crossing just pass it across - you're far too dependant on attacking down the middle

[MsWasteland101]

Lol! "Thank you fat Lucas..." !!John, you make my day.

[MsWasteland101]

I don't think it sounds braggy! I NaNoWriMo, and that's hard! And I lost!lol!

[MrNK5K]

perhaps a montage of the moments that changed your viewpoints on life and the universe irrevocably.. epiphanies if you will.... if you will plz :)

[xAnotherxBrokenxGirl]

Talk about your first girlfriend, or your first crush, or your first kiss. Really anything like that (:

[katyacooper]

Tell us about how you wrote your first novel.

[pkConda]

talk about crushes, im sure we'd all love to hear :)

[faye4815]

At first I started watching these just to listen to your stories, but now I'm actually getting interested in watching the game too :-P C'mon Swoodilypoopers!

[sofcats]

I can't believe how long it took me to find these videos! It's like Storytime with John=)

[ConradMoniz]

How about something more relevant to the game, like discussing why you support Liverpool and what got you interested in football?

[nicolaalice100]

Are flybe completely incapable of sponsoring a team that doesn't play in red and white stripes?

[Grim19910]

John Green, John Green

He's a goal scoring machine,

He's old, he's bald but he scores goals

John Green, John Green, John Green, John Green.

(Sang in the same tune as Heigh-Ho)

[thelasthorcruxx]

@Grim19910 I think I love you. Just throwing that out there.

[HenryMonmouth]

@Grim19910 You should make mention of the moustache. Major oversight dude.

[QueIsUseless]

What are your thoughts on the english language? I.E. Useless letters, silent letter, odd combinations for sounds... (Keep in mind that my Username in Q is Useless)

[ZephyrraArabians]

Hey John... I totally think you should talk about something scientific. Like the relevancy of chemistry to the world.

[GONEmypurpleflapjack]

@ZephyrraArabians You want Hank for that. He has a video "intro to chemistry", but I don't know if it talks about its relevance. Hope that helps.

--DFTBA

[qusaisadaldin]

when you are one on one with the keeper in fifa dont shoot pass to the player next to you its not an offside and its a guaranteed goAL thumbs up so he can see

[DeSmileyandCandyShow]

please play minecraft!!! you would be amazing at it

[DFTBAmyNerdyFriends]

I am directly related to the social fabric of my residents as an RA. I have a question though, how do you deal with being related to that social fabric and knowing that you can make them happy or sad and not be overwhelmed? I feel incredibly overwhelmed and insecure in this job and I feel like because of that I can't be helpful to them.

[JackSkellingFrost]

You should tell us your experiences about being a Chaplain. That really interests me, personally. Like, what made you decide to become a Chaplain?

Or High School.

Or both.

Or how your High School career factored into you being a Chaplain.

[MarkNie1]

New novel!!! John Green, John Green.

[EvilRaizen]

talk about the proposal, or your college days ! thanks john, keep up with the swindon town videos, they're awesome!

[IDontTrustSheep]

talk about sheep

[dumbledorerox98]

I think we now know one song that will be on Hank's next album.

[kitkatkaittt]

like a bunch of other people are saying....PROPOSAL STORY

[BrendanHansen]

@kitkatkaittt If John doesn't answer that question in the next episode you can find in within:

youtu*be/lKfWmSw9D4U

(replace the * with a .)

DFTBA! :)

[kitkatkaittt]

@BrendanHansen thanks!

[moviemoviemadness]

ask hank about your song

[GildedWildebeest]

I'm part way through watching Hank's latest LA Noire video and I'd like to know your views on gun ownership.