America Stands for Awesome

[soulartistRiSK]

i love the reflection of the fireworks in hanks glasses

[CircusSteph]

Gryffindor for the win, always <3

[tsunayoshisawada]

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

[merksmirs]

I think I need to watch this again because the snowflake button does this thing to me where I forget to watch the video and just continue to watch the snowflakes fall and fall and fall....

[SammyCronin]

"GO, GO, GRYFFINDOR!" <3

[RICKROLLBLENDER]

intense disagreement with title

[theonewhoreadsalot]

I'm sorry Hank, I REALLY disagree with the title. But other than that, the video was up to usual (totally awesome) standard! :)

[LotusTheobroma]

Liked it the second I heard "GO, GO, GRYFFINDOR!" despite having not heard the rest of the video yet. :)

[PirateFrodoCullen]

At least you HAVE a baseball team-- my town's team left a few years ago xP

[OhItsGinevra]

The reflection of the fireworks on your glasses are made of awesome.

[TheGreatBronsteenyy]

@happymerc i highly doubt you'd be in iraq watching a vlogbrothers video

[devonriley415]

ELEVEN TO TWO!!!??? WOW!!!

[epicX42]

@soultaker30 I know I've also realized the correlation between deceptions and waiter/frycooks

[thegreekboyssister]

@happymerc you forgot to be awesome :(

[unforgettable789]

The "Go, Go Gryffindor" made me much happier than it should have, as I re-watched the first movie mere hours ago and they chanted that when Harry caught the snitch in his first match. ^-^

[animeotaku]

@happymerc I'm sure you are very proud of that. But there's really no need to make people feel bad.

[soultaker30]

@happymerc I notice people like you make me french fries.

[LMNOP1214]

@soultaker30 That insult is like, almost better than all of the Shakespeare ones I've heard, combined.

[happymerc]

@soultaker30 people like me get deployed to afghanistan to stupid fuck. people like me don't sleep. people like me see shit people aren't supposed to. i notice people like you don't have a fucking clue about the world.

[98TheNugget]

@happymerc Kids like what? Kids like awesome kids? Like kids with brains? Like smart kids who care about other people? Like kids that are really funny and talented and nice? Those kids?

[happymerc]

@98TheNugget hey it takes a different person to go to shitty places

[KoLaZ]

Hank..I hate to admit it... But UR DOIN IT RONG.

[wnlb53]

cue the people saying that the fireworks wherever they live own the ones we just saw

[spidermanandsnape]

I feel like we have a lot of squids in the comments. anyway hank, I love how harry potter nerdy you are

[shhs2012saudy4u]

speaking of teams that aren't very good, i thought i would let you know that i live in cleveland, home of the browns, indians, and cavaliers(who are currently on a 21-game losing streak)

[MammothWooly]

@geenelf01 No they dont, and if it is, its cause of your shitty food like McShits, Double Down-but up in size, the shitty tacos... I could go on.

[nybdt]

@MammothWooly very true, the line for Mc D. fat fucks is always long but subway has overtaked Mc. D. for the most restaurants in America. Hopefully our (USA) economy will get better from the increase of tredmills, weightwatchers and whatnot. Although Mc. D. is bad for your heath it is quite yummie, I have it about once a month.

[TheGuyFromGeeks]

fuck the british

[greenelf01]

P.S. Canada has a higher % of fat people they suck

[greenelf01]

I hate montana it sucks sooooo much i lived there then i moved to Seattle and i never wanted to go back

[nerdyemogirls]

I Like that boom boom pow?

[TheCoreyhlltt]

did i say cool? i meant awesome

[TheCoreyhlltt]

it'd be totally awesome if nerdfighters became a brand name, and one of their products could be a line of glasses/sunglasses that have reflections of fireworks on them.. so cool

[SirTeeGeeEss]

Brithsh nerdfighter here: No one I know of says that America should still be under our rule. =D I guess 4th July is a huge celebration in America, but it's hardly even mentioned over here. I guess that it just doesn't bother anyone.

[SirTeeGeeEss]

Brithsh nerdfighter here: No one I know of says that America should still be under our rule. =D I guess 4th July is a huge celebration in America, but it's hardly even mentioned over here.

[MegaBacktalk]

2/3 americans are obese

[derteqal]

@MegaBacktalk Yeah, no, that's not true.

[fullmetalchemy]

55 people wished America would remain under England's oppressive rule...

[GitarreLernenUSG]

"America stands for awesome" is such a doubtful statement xD

[TehBonar]

"This hardly seems safe, but I imagine they've done the calculations"

Such a nerdfighter statement :D

[DragonSlayerGuild]

Americophiles.....

[PaintballTF12]

@DragonSlayerGuild

My nutts in your mouth WHAT?

[DragonSlayerGuild]

@PaintballTF12 Shut up paintball face.

[ferngirltlc]

You should video the whole fireworks in the reflection of your glasses! That's cool. I like reflections. 

[imsoooofunny]

OMG I laughed so hard at the "go go griffindor!" hahahah :D

[lotzsplotz]

GO GO GRYFFINDOR!!

[fraankie1]

Has anyone ever told you that sometimes turn into Christopher Walken Briefly when you're anxious or excited or mad?

[jaytummy]

my new life goal is to yell "GO GO GRYFINDOR" at a baseball game.

[magicalunicorn15]

that would e me at a baseball game...

me: GO GO GRYFFINDOR!! GO GO GRYFFINDOR...

everyone: O.o

friend: um...Kelly?

me: ??

friend: wrong sport.

me: oh

[Parselmouthsfan109]

go go gryffindor LOL

[nukeakitten]

at citi field my mom had ash in her eye from fire works shot from the roof and it rained down on us and some hot ash went in her eye

[Ashley963123]

Lol, silly Hank, the British weren't oppressive, we've just been told that lie since birth. Good stuff.

[trunkszetto]

woo, spinny!!

[Harukokitty]

OMG! I was there!! XD I was watching like "that looks alot like the game i went to" Then you said missoula and i was like "ooh holy shit XD"

Awesome

[CarrieButterfly10]

America sucks i'm sorry to say Canada beat your butt's in the winter olympics. BRITAN RULES!!

[dango989]

when i started watching this video my nose started bleeding o.O

[galacticcommander]

when I searched for"america is awesome" I guess I was expecting something else....along the lines of an awesome song and pictures of eagles and tanks and shit.....oh well, I'm drunk, I'll get over it!

[MeTheOneth]

Try "America, Fuck Yeah" instead.

[nickybcrazy97]

I just reilised that I haven't been at ny gramys for the 4th of July in a VERY long time and I therefore have not celebrated it 'cause I live in England which makes me sad 'cause the 4th of July is really fun. =(

[cpate0005]

At least baseball is neither bad for your body nor for the environment! I looooove baseball and I'm tickled to death that you do too, Hank!!!

[eragonlover1]

Oh I am SO chanting "gogo gryffindor" next time I go to a sporting event. YES.

My July 4th of that year was probably spent literally about 10 feet away from Lake Ontario.

1:45- MOCK WARS!!

[Metrickster]

GO GO GRYFFINDOR!

[thewilloffire08]

we let u win cause u threatened to cry

[uniquelemming]

wow! the mountains in the back are gorgeous. it must be so easy to love nature in montana

[JackooD]

5 stars for "Eat hot dogs and do various other things which are bad for our bodies and the environment, for america" :P love it!

[LunarSorceress]

Is the song thgat sort of started at the very end Switchfoot's Dare You To Move? It sounds like "welcome to the", which could be the beginning of the first line.

Also you're incredibly awesome, Hank.

[h0pef0r]

yeah it does sound like it!! yay switchfoot!!!

[ihearttheplanet]

five stars for "GO GO GRYFINDOR!!!" :)FTW

[freekeee]

do you know whats funny? i was just watching the fireworks part and some fireworks just went off outside (ok, so its bonfire night but they started at the exact same time as that part of the video) strange!

[LoveShiaGDSN]

I can see the fireworks from Disneyland from my house, so we have a party and watch the fireworks from there. unless we go to Catalina and watch the firework show they have there. which is AWESOME, because Catalina (especially Two Harbors) is AWESOME :)

[mylovelydame21]

YAY! Sparkly! I love fireworks. They're bad for the enviroment... but, dammit... They're PRETTY!

[ChateauOfADoubt]

The fireworks in your glasses are amazing.

[TLeventhebest]

What would the world do without america!

[000009999]

1 star just by looking at the title.

[gooman989898]

hahaha! i agree with this guy!!!

this video is a total cock effort!

[RighteousMoses]

Ha, the reflection of the fireworks in your glasses is awesome. :D

[blackmagicpandas]

you stole my comment :O

[TheIronGimp]

i am from ireland i always celebrate juily the 6th

[RFDC07]

What happens/happened on July 6th?

[whatawittyusername]

ooo sweet, im less than a year behind now.

[Quesadiia]

[There is a certain fire in your eye, Hank...]

I <3 The fireworks in the glasses, intentional or otherwise. Amazing.

[thecrazybackpackers]

1111 ratings. Awesome.

[senorsqueakydesk]

I know this happens right at the beginning of the video, but my favorite part of the video is the "Go, Go Gryffindor" part.

[righthandgenius]

yeah you breaking away from us brits is fine, dont worry about it, we were too busy taking india to notice...:D

[ThatllShowEm]

FYI, Hank - "Really really close up" in regards to fireworks means that you're the guy lighting the fuse with a match or cigarette lighter. Not sitting 250 feet away.

Some Americans I know wouldn't consider you a true American if you have never lit fireworks. But that may just be true because I live in the South.

[1092jniufvhorh]

Yeah, you wouldn't be the one lighting up the fireworks in, say, Chicago or New York City. You'd be on your roof trying to see , say, Macy's fireworks, which would be miles away.

[ThatllShowEm]

Yeah, I wasn't talking about NYC - that show requires a whole team of professionals.

I'm talking about someone like this guy.

Minus the snow and northern accent, plus alcohol, and you'd have my next-door neighbor.

/watch?v=4fRwfi4eKyg

[YerMommmy]

Im a northerner...he has a certain lisp to it.

Maybe a NewYork accent.

[bdweaver09]

He said he was from Montana.

[RFDC07]

I don't think he's from Montana - He just lives in Montana

[DittoFreak]

Comment 304:

lol at

0:25 - 0:28.

GO GO GRIFFINDOR!

[littletoolate]

LOL "Go go Gryffindor!" made me laugh out loud and its 12:30 in the morning... and my sister is sleeping in the room next to me... lol :\

[loserfreak92]

I think this was the very first vlogbrothers video I watched.

I didn't even have a clue what it was all about.

[firezwirez]

what are they all about.

[paintbrush17]

I still don't know what they're all about...

[dawnatthedisco]

they're about awesome.

[superfranklis]

Wow, that brings back memories. I'm from CA but i spent one memorable 4th of july visiting a friend in Montana and I must say, there are few experience quite like spending the day before picking out like $100 worth of explosives and then the whole next day blowing them up

[BogapeJane]

I cracked up when you chanted "Go, go Gryffindor!" but my door was open and my dad gave me a funny look because I was laughing at my computer screen. XD

[JBluver994]

Lol "GO GO GRIFFINDOR!" and I love that kid with the stuff on his head. You can see the fireworks reflecting from ur glasses hank!

[ianoforange]

Im a British NerdFighter and i wonder if its time to evoke americas independance? I you elect another Republican I shall come over personally and evoke it... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

[AlbinoChocolateMufin]

go go griffindor! lol XD Your glasses gave a good view of the fireworks. lol. Hank green! How many mini corndogs can you stick in your mouth without eating or chewing or sufforcating?!The world wants to know!...or at lest i do....yay

[amentzer16]

it totally rained on the fourth of july in great falls. no fair :D

[sporeornerdfighters]

I'd like to point out that when the americans overthrew the english they were basicly english themselves. once they overthrew the rulers they became proper americans. also NeedsNoNides, just because of your personal experiance it dosen't mean england is a center of suck. also, did you know that victorians used to seriotype ameriacans as really posh people? now that's kinda reversed.

NERDFIGHTERS!!

[kittydreamz86]

I wonder if it's hard to be a non-vegetarian environmentalist.

[speede179]

Good point. It would be quite difficult to do so.

[klopekisthatslovak]

I went to a baseball game July 3! Close enough.

[xxxxgirl16]

thats funny how ur like "go go gryffindor!!!" speaking of which i think they should have cheerleaders in qudditch but i kno they have mascots like leprakons and veela but stiil like maby just for the schools!!!!maby hermione would join the gryffindor team!

[IfMemoryServes368]

"Whoo! Spinny!" XD

[Elrich89]

Our rule wasn't THAT brutal. Well. Maybe a bit.

[Kimbahley]

"This hardly seems safe, but I imagine they've done the calculations!" Such a Hank comment. :)

[NeedsNoNides]

im from britan and it sucks england is crap america all the way

[phil19872004]

you cant even spell britain england for the win yay

[TLMflip95]

i went to a baseball game july 4th too!

[benjierush]

wow, did they sell lemonade on the corner to put that fireworks display budget together?

[RapterX]

I celebrate July 1st. Im canadian.

[Rikitikitavi9162]

My July Fourth was spent seeing "Hancock", being called in to work, and playing midwife to my cat. Awesome.

[lykeOMGchristie]

Those are amazing fireworks. The ones where I live suck.

[Luipaard005]

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

[halutionation]

Sounds exactly like the Eugene Emeralds.

[Code161]

you should have came to laurel >_> our fireworks were awesome

[heartbreakdanceX]

"Whoo-oo, spinny!"

God, I love Hank!

[mary8744]

"This hardly seems safe. But I imagine that they have done the calculations. Holy crap!"

[ribbonsandsoldiers]

i watched baseball on the fourth too.

whooooot. :)

[panicatthediscoROCKZ]

"...i imagine they've done the calculaltions...holy crap!!"

[imaginecloud]

they reflected.. in your glasses.

how awesome.

[Emazing521]

Hank, you make nerds cool. End of story!

[malakalanha]

I suppose U R joking...

[Emazing521]

Actually, I'm completely serious :D

[malakalanha]

omfg...

[jennisagypsy]

i was in europe on this fourth of july. go figure......im making an interesting post concerning that in My Pants however. check it out!!!

[panicatthediscoROCKZ]

go go gryffndor!!!!!! lollollol

[vikingsfan619]

holy crap! i had no idea he lived that close to me! i know he lived in montana,but, wow!!!

[DaughterOfBibleGirl7]

If it was a hot dog, how do you know it was made of chicken?

[SerenaBobina]

Go go gryffindor!

[dontyourememberme]

I went to an art show on the the 4th July. Heh. It wasn't celebrating that though, because you know how we lost that battle and all?

[n0lzie]

" I'm sure they've calculated this..."

lol!

[simbot15]

I like the mountains in the background.

[saphyreXice]

LMFAO @ Gryffidor :P you are hilarious Hank

[photo1geek]

I love the holy crap at 1:47

[ColourOfChoice]

You live in Montana?

My condolences..

[Nic33rd]

Looked like one hell of a time! Yay!

[Frubafreak94]

go go gryffindor! ha ha =)

[crazyTWICH]

xDD

GO GO GRIFFINDOR!!!

lmfao

[GoddessAmadeo]

Go Slytherin. :-P

[imiliee]

ROFL! GO, GO, GRYFFINDOR!

[Runafrom237]

Spent 4th of july working at a Childrens International Summer Village here in Norway. It was USA delegation's national night, so we had mac n' cheese for lunch, and fireworks in the evening after flagtime! Working for peace and all is fun!

[pacmancutie18]

lmao.....GO GRYFFINDOR!

[PandacakesMaddie]

I love how you can see the fireworks though your glasses. ;3

[snotpokkit]

Happy fourth! Looks like you did have a lot of fun. And I can't think of a more public place to blog - kudos for that!

[xLXSER]

Gee, hope you enjoyed your... corn dongs?

Woo, go Gryffindor!

[frootinator]

fireworks here in NJ are illegal but we set off a box like the size of a good sized T.V. lol

[roxanney4]

lol you said corn dongs

[legzandherpiano]

Ha ha! We made bombs and threw them at each other. It was a blast!!

[aratiel]

I'm sort of the way about 4th of July the way you and John are about Christmas. I could care less about it most of the time. But on the day itself, I can't but help get into the spirit. Even though, as you said, it results in a lot of noise and air pollution and litter. I don't know why this is[getting into the spirit]; getting off of work certainly helps.

[WickedJuly]

Note to hank:

Never ever stand really really close to fireworks (or close to drunken relatives shooting off fireworks) because you will get hit...in the back...and get burned. I should know because i still have the scar.

[blockthisuser]

I had a colegue in school who looked like you, talked like you. World is weird and genes too. WTF??? Im far away from U.S.

[DanceDanceLaForge]

I LOVE that you chanted "GO GO GRYFFINDOR!" during the baseball game.

If only we could watch Quidditch as a real sporting event *sigh*

[MaxxyandSeverus]

I KNOW!!! *gets on broom* lets roll. Er, fly.

[rebeccalouise0]

We don't have 4th of July in Australia. For obvious reasons.

But; you know.

Whatever.

Hank you're such a nerd, but that's why we love you.

And John of course (:

[yubbles09]

hey my teacher lives in mezula montana, during the summer and any moment she isnt teaching on the other side of the country, tell her i say hi

[SwatTeam4998]

lol hes such a nerd

[iliketodazzle]

Hank you're awesome.

John is as well!

I dislike baseball :[

[SancWaltz]

But I imagined they did the calculations-

HOLY CRAP!

Also, DFTBA fellow nerdfighters.

[epichearting]

pretty fireworks =)

go USA

[SongStruck]

happy very late 4th!

[lilmissmusikerin]

I went to a wedding on the 4th of July...it was awesome! Then I had to do an exhibition with my drum corps, and we played in the pouring rain, then there were fireworks, then we left at 1:30 in the morning on 3 buses to Rochester. It was really fun :)

happy 4th! (4 days later)

[ShaDowMatTer91]

oh man! i wish i saw those fireworks!! our local ones SUCKED this year!!....but what ever...happy (belated) fourth you guys!!

[tadshackles]

I was camping... nothing too special!