Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st

[BiggerInfinities]

These two men, and Nerdfighteria as a whole, have changed my life. There is no other way of stating how I feel about this community. I've been able to alter the way I think and act and even how I perceive myself and others. This community has and always will give me hope and I could never thank you enough for that.

[mooseman2626]

This... is very... strange. The beginning of something great, something so strange, and something so strange even when compared to it just five short years later.

Short for you, it was a third of my life ago for me.

[ChaoticCookie37]

I have made the decision to watch every vlogbrothers video ever made. To be honest I have probably already seen around half from when I first started watching them, but that leaves half an epic video series yet to be seen! I'm going to do myself a favor and watch them all, starting from the beginning (this video) and continuing on until I have caught up to their most recent video. I will also comment on them all as proof. Wish me luck!

[KatieM7fan3]

Dear Hank/John Green

I just want to thank you.You are the ones who cant forget to be awesome. Thank you John for writing books that chance life's, and Hank singing and teaching in simple yet brilliant ways. Without you there would be a billion times more world suck.And even though I know you'll never see this comment, thank you anyway. You are my heroes.

PS:I put this on your very first video because

A Its cool that way

B I put it on your most recent video 10 minutes ago and now it is on pg 10

[morgyvids]

So... Here goes...

[shankatherine]

So I'm watching every Vlogbrothers video start to finish before VidCon... Wish me luck.

[NawnExistent]

@lzh234 What a horrible first comment for vlogbrothers =(

[WhatsUpUrSphincter]

Hello fellow nerdfighters! So glad to be a part of this wonderful community and I can't wait to discover all of the amazing moments everyone got to experience before me (Didn't become a Nerdfighter until 2011. I know, I'm a horribly sheltered person.)

Like most of you I am determined to watch every video ever in order.

Video #1: Check. DFTBA. Love you all :)

[plushalligator]

@yankeelmb @TheTARDISCatcher this conversation is the kind of thing that makes me love nerdfighteria :)

[RaisedByBadgers]

This is it! I'm going to watch every video. Let the awesomeness begin. See you on the other side chaps. :)

[Datelesswonders]

That song works great because it sets the mood, in tandem with your voice, that something epic and world-changing is on the rise...

[4LiveLifeWithLove4]

I remember when I first became a Nerdfighter, there were around 800 vidoes, and I'm like: "I have no idea what's going on! I have to watch these all!! And so I did. It took a LONG time, but it was so worth it, because it made me a seriously awesome new friend (she was wearing a DFTBA shirt and my Nerdfighter friend and I flipped). Needless to say, I'm doing it again as sort of a One Year Anniversary present... to myself. :)

[nicekid76]

This sound like the greatest movie trailer ever, this is some what a trailer

[WTBman2011]

The idea that changed a Youtube. :)

[SuperNicki96]

@MattieeK haha i'm doing that too, because i have exam leave from school, and no more exams so too much free time :D

[MattieeK]

@SuperNicki96 Good luck!

[TheTARDISCatcher]

Eyeception

[yankeelmb]

@TheTARDISCatcher Some infinites are bigger than other infinites.

[HulloKat]

I love this because it's such an epic beginning to this, while most Youtuber's first videos are something random, like them eating cereal. You know, right from the beginning, the Vlogbrothers were destined for greatness.

[MrSignalPlus]

Its amazing how much they have changed in the years since this ... so much more chearfull and happy now lol

[maddoraptor]

This is my sixth time through...in preparation for seeing the Vbrothers on Friday at the Hyatt in Bethesda...anyone else going to be there?

[BustedMusicCMJ]

I just watched EVERY. SINGLE. VLOGBROTHERS. VIDEO. EVER!!!! I did watch them backwards but whatever I watched them all...I am now a much happier person and a much awesomer nerdfighter! :) :) :)

[Ashatokka]

lol... so intense :)

[EpiclyEpicProduction]

I just finished watching all of the Vlogbrothers videos!!!!!!!! I am an official Nerdfighter!!!!!!!

[TheBeanoBurrito]

eyeception

[Nerdfighter7814]

"You can see my eye... IN MY EYE." Still my favorite Hank Green quote.

[fishfishi]

the way Hank did this video it makes it seem like a trailer/preview for a TV show. though, i suppose that's what he was going for considering it was the first video.

[strengthofwill]

26 year old Hank, daaaaaaaaw!

[XXXTheHOPEprojectXXX]

Happy (belated) 5th birthday!!

[kunzelarox9]

lol slightly crazy, yes.

[ixshelle]

Watching this for old time's sake. D'awww.

[FunnyGirlz221]

Happy vlogiversary!

[Monirox0297]

...communication is spelled wrong. this has been bothering me for 5 years.

[NatalieZenaLouise]

Happy fifth!

[Foolishyhuman]

Current Hank is so much less jokes than past Hank, he has so much more potential, while current Hank has grown and bloomed into an internet sensation

[dieskie2479]

5 years of awsome nerdness!!!

Started all with one tiny idea.... crazy is how to discribe us;

NERDFIGHTERS

DFTBA <3

[tidus93]

This was awesome

[uncool95]

Happy vlogbrothers birthday!

[RogueBlueJay]

I can't believe it's been five years.

[MultiX123]

Happy 5th birthday Guys! :D

[panicatmyconvrse]

happy 5th birthday!!!!

[sarahcupcake12]

HAPPY FIVE YEARS!:)

[Wunganaris]

HAPPY 5 YEARS OF AWESOME!

[Electricgtargirl]

WATCH ALL THE VLOGBROTHERS VIDEOS

[Ameliaisntimaginary]

WOO HAPPY FIVE YEARS GUYS!!!!

[milkyway531]

Woooo! Five years!!

[thebrightone94]

Happy 5th Anniversary, John and Hank!! DFTBA

[mistyozzyrosie]

Happy Fifth Anniversary!!!!!

[LizzieBananas]

Happy fifth anniversary, nerdfighteria. 

[harrypotterrocks1762]

Happy fifth anniversary guys!!

[cuitonwap]

Rewatching all vlogbrothers videos~

[xKiyuri]

HAPPY FIVE YEARS!

[KylaPanda]

Happy 5 year anniversary! 

[pat55toundzend]

finaly found the 1st vlogbros vid

[Nikklas57]

Happy 5 years! :D

[TamlinBell]

What's up with Hank's hair?

[CanNotBeScene]

nostalgia... happy aniversary i guess:)

[ravenclawdia]

Five years. Five freaking years. The Vlogbrothers and Nerdfighteria have taken my existence and changed it for the better, and I'm infinitely thankful for it and for this video that started it all. Thank you-- all of you-- and DFTBA.

[MolinMUSE]

@ravenclawdia I couldn't have said it better myself. DFTBA <3

[MattieeK]

My New Years resolution for 2012? Watch Brotherhood 2.0 from the beginning. Every one, in order.

[JacquilineMist]

@MattieeK Me too!  Hope you finish! :]

Dftba Darling,

Nina and her blogged Life! <3

[pattysnotafatty]

@MattieeK given that each video is about four minutes, that will take you roughly 2.5 days .

[MattieeK]

@pattysnotafatty time well spent :)

[OhLookItsLizzie]

Happy 5th Birthday Nerdfighteria!

[Allyscribit]

Coming back to this video, I think Hank looks a lot younger. But maybe it's just the video quality.

[MaestroBabs]

OMG, the very first Vlogbrothers video on YouTube!!! :)

[TheMeredoodle]

finally finished watching every single video. They've come a long way...

[cynthiayl12]

Watching all their videos...FOR THE SECOND TIME.

[dftbawolf]

u talk so slow its so weird! im used to u talking fast!

[Sofia20R]

how does this have less than 1000 comments? It's the beggining of nerfighteria! The beggining of everything! This is amazing! :D

[MsLebbel]

There should be a playlist of all the bh2.0 videos in order...XD

[LifeMustard]

"Brotherhood 2.0 commences today."

Powerful words.

Hoo ha, Nerdfighters.

[ZanadoRandel]

I am going to go on a epic quest today at 11:13 pm Sunday Dec. 25,2011to watch every video on the vlogbrothers channel (with breaks of course) I hope to finish sometime soon. wish me luck!

[ZanadoRandel]

@ZanadoRandel I will post when I stop for a break and when I finish well time to get started

[LifeMustard]

@ZanadoRandel I'm about to start my third run through.

Does that make me crazy?

Probably. :)

[ZanadoRandel]

@LifeMustard really that's truly amazing, about how long does it take to watch every video?

[LifeMustard]

@ZanadoRandel It depends on what else you have going on. With school, homework, and extracurricular activities, it took me about two months.

[brokensuperhero]

@ZanadoRandel its something like 48 hours :P

[evergirl1231]

@ZanadoRandel I'm going to watch all of them too :D

[glic6616]

Laughing thinking about copyright issues in this video and how far Nerdfighteria was from that back then

[PiEmAnPoTaToEs4LiFe]

MORE JOKE VIDEOS please!!!!! :)

[girlwiththepurplehat]

Emailing during a New Year's Eve party?

That might have seemed lame to some people in the room, but uhm, this is the best thing that's ever happened, so thank you:)

[PhlyingPhonograph]

Oh, how far we've come... :')

[IrrelevantSquid]

Now to find the first ever commment.

[FollowYourFancy]

Why is he talking so slow? or why now do they talk so fast?

[jack16895]

omg hank is talking so slow haha

[IamJLOVEGREN]

Does anyone else think that this could be the start to an epic thriller?!?

[dyslexicdreamer]

wow!!

[artemisiaabsinthium]

Started the way all epic journeys should: with a hangover.

[MrAdman44]

first

[MinnNice]

I have been watching Vlogbrothers for about a year. I have a really bad cold and so can't sleep. Solution start at the beginning and watch ALL THE VIDEOS. EVER.

[MrNemBooks]

Hank looks so young! John looks....... the same.

[feelmyfeeling21]

240p... We meet again.

[HariSlate]

@lzh234 The first ever comment of a vlogbrothers video is asking about their intro music. That is disappointing.

[0AnythingHD]

like my comment if ty moss sent u here

[fluxumbrella]

Amazing... Awesome, even. Such a beautiful and vibrant community sprung from such a simple idea. You guys have changed the world in your own nerdfabulous way.

[Nerdfighter21]

I always wonder, if I went back to this Hank, and this John and told them all that this was to become, would they believe me? No sane person would! :) Thanks for four amazing years guys!

[SpazzMaker]

I'm so used to current Hank, past Hank seems so sketch...

[keyofawesomefan]

this is the 4th time I'm running through the BH2.0 videos. Am I insane?

[bookemist]

@keyofawesomefan yup. But insanity is a kind of awesome. ;)

[brianpstern]

4 years younger, same old hank.

[megusta535]

LMAO YOU USED TO BE SO AWKWARD

[tacoismykitty]

that was really creepy and strange but completely awesome at the same time.

[heyappleization]

I just spent the last three weeks watching every single one of the vlogbrothers videos

BACKWARDS.

Or... Chronologically, that is.

So. Much. Brotherhood.

[ChelsieOliviaa]

This feels like eons ago.

[wanderingwriter33]

I'm terribly sick right now and have a whole week where I have to stay in bed. Since I was exposed to Nerdfighteria a little late, I've decided that this week is the best week to go back and catch up on all of the magnificent things I have missed here on Vlogbrothers. So here I am, at video #1. Vlogbrother marathon commences! DFTBA!

[daeklatios40]

I just got Plans - Death Cab for Cutie yesterday, and upon hearing Brothers On A Hotel Bed realized where I'd heard it before, deciding to watch all of the original Brotherhood 2.0 videos.

[TheLionLeah]

I plan to watch every vlogbrothers episode EVAR. starting........ NOW.

[guesswhatrielle]

Oh, nostalgia...:)

[jngo123456789]

I have this theory that both Hank and John started talking faster because of the four minute video limit.

[ClaireLaBear11]

When I watch this I think about what a legacy they will soon come to create.

[littleT462]

and so it begins...

[taylortot9496]

And in the begining, there was Hank

[Fangridecraft]

I'm going to finish screaming with joy that the first thing you hear in the first Brotherhood video is my favorite Death Cab for Cutie song, Brothers on a Hotel Bed.

[booknerd12345511]

Whenever i watch this i have to wonder if john or hank even imagined somthing as great as nerdfighteria coming out of brotherhood 2.0

[bowiebookgirl]

and the rewatch starts NOW

[Dummweltschutz]

:D the legend begins....

[DomMaelzer]

"You can see my eye in my eye..."

EYE-CEPTION!!!

[mitdylan]

There's a quite reverence to this video, like it's the start of something, huge, something life changing...I wonder why?

[someonecalledME003]

and so...it begins............

[HopeFlies96]

"You can see my eye in my eye..."

PERCEPTION.

[PKCGHYWFMGYD9D2]

@HopeFlies96 i see what you did there

[moorg745]

@HopeFlies96 We have to go deeper!

[sharonisrelative]

This is actually pretty good for a first blog ever.

[Silverballoons]

Its fun going back to look at the comments and see how nerdfighteria has changed over 4 years.

[nerdra]

Oh my gosh. I'd forgotten the old intro... I got a little twinge of nostalgia watching this. <3

[rainabraina]

@nerdra Yep. I think nostalgia affects any "seasoned" Nerdfighter when watching old videos.

[masonman1222]

and go im going to do what alot of other commenters are doing watch every vlog brothers video ever i have already done so with wheezy waiter charlie is so cool like and i start vlog brothers now

[hammykbex]

2011!

[MustBeAWeasley]

This is my third time watching all of the vlogbrothers videos. I always come back to the start and watch until the current date whenever I'm having a hard time.

[SuviLove]

The beginning of me watching every vlogbrothers video ever!

[dannerzme]

I've been fighting the urge to watch any vlogbrothers videos cuz I'm terribly afraid of watching things that such as this that have become an institution... Like Dr. Who, or Lost... And yet I'm here.

[AlwaysPotter]

throughout this video i was waiting for hank to say "your mission, should you choose to accept it"

[completeidiot19]

Intense glare



[CaptainMariam]

wait, if he sends an email on the first day does he get punished for it?

[misselbow21]

It feels right your so serious. This was the beginning of you becoming youtube celebrity's,doing charity work and creating one of the largest internet community's ever. When you did this, you had no idea what you were starting.

[InLoveWithTheStars]

Current goal in life: watch a vlogbrothers videos

[Elizabethtastic]

"You can see my eye in my eyeeee" Eyeception?

[sgtfwoods]

The best YouTube channel started here, I don't think Hank or John knew what they were creating when they started this.

[LoveTintedEyes]

At the beginning, Hank was really...unhyper. If that's a word.

[swingingmusic]

I think 2007 is the year of awesome.

[kmr15mhs]

...And so it began. <3

[Aresman70]

Eyeception!

[kellybellymofuckaah]

HOW TO WATCH ALL VLOGBROTHERS VIDEOS ! Go to Vlogbrothers channel, click this video. Above this video you will see a number 850+ with a little arrow. CLICK IT. THEN CLICK THIS VIDEO. Vlogbrothers marathon with autoplay :)

[TheTokoYogishita]

You used to talk so slow </3

[videocatcher234]

Starting now I shall watch every vlog brothers video. Im gonna need a few years!

[rainabraina]

@videocatcher234 Doesn't take long :) I'm doing it now and it's only taking like a month. Have fun and DFTBA!

[rainabraina]

People who are watching from the beginning. You should Google search "Nerdfighteria Video Wiki" And then use that site. It's the one I use and you can just click next video (Or something along those lines) and watch them all.

DFTBA!

P.S I love how none of the top comments are over a year old :)

[rainbowdrinkemo]

the way he's talking makes this video sound like a movie trailer

[Fallenemiko]

haha, STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING



[Andy205040]

The start of a amazing thing.

[sgtpepper19671]

wierd, this is not the hank i know... yet

[bezzaboyo]

You can see my eye in my eye... its an eyeception!

[WeShouldntSing]

i watched them all starting in July of 2009 and finished in July of 2010. It was awesome!

[cacacacosa]

How has it taken so long for me to star from the start? Amazed by all the people starting from here too. God, it's weird. It's like you're still not you, like you're still cooking (C WHAT I DID THAR?).

[reader960000]

:D i'm also starting over. 868 more vids to go! it's amazing how many people have commented recently

[ilshkin]

And so my journey through all of the vlogbrothers videos begins now.

[Readna]

I was expecting a whole lot of ''And so it begins...'' or epicness like that.

[xXMATTanator99Xx]

OmG

[videocatcher234]

Best. Monologue. Ever.

[juvstreet]

You look like Dimitri Rascalov from GTA IV

[rockyrigby]

;_; This video changed my life.

[wheels85]

Ok I'm new to the whole vlogbrothers, nerdfighters thing so I thought I'd start at the beginning. I didn't realize the beginning was 4 years ago. This is gonna take a while.

[geekspawngirl]

Okay, I always thought the Vlogbrothers couldn't get any more amazing, and then I recognized the song at the beginning of this very first video is one of my favorite songs of all time and THEY DID.

[LiittleMiissAmyy]

And so starts the long journey to watch all the Vlogbrothers videos.........

[EmoOnTheInside123]

Watching all vlogbrothers videos in chronological order.

The journey begins NOW.

As it is the first video, my reaction must be "classic." ;)

[dancingintherain237]

@EmoOnTheInside123 - good luck! I started watching them in mid 2008 ...so I decided to go back and start from the beginning as well. I'm up to April I believe, but for some reason I came back to this video to watch it again. I'm really not sure why. Perhaps I just like beginnings.

[EmoOnTheInside123]

@dancingintherain237 I'm also somewhere in April! Thanks, and good luck to you as well. =D

DFTBA!

[cheshireismycat]

awesome. *tears*

[Its4Olive]

Starting from the beginning and working up to where we are today :)

[ZAPdontlook]

little did they know what would come out of these videos

[zidia7]

AWESOME

[TheMegoCoolMego]

Hank spoke so slowly in this video! ><

[TheAudience22]

I think the funniest part of this is that Hank is the one who introduced the concept of the punnishments....and I think he's had the most by far. haha!

[LiteralGaming]

WTH