4.24 4.25 Nerdwhat?

Nerdfighter.

Ever since Brotherhood 2.0, I've tried to explain what being a Nerdfighter means on several occations to humans who have no previous knowledge on the matter. This, I have found, is extremely difficult. If you want to understand me, you need to understand that I am a Nerdfighter. This will not only expand our topics of discussion, but it will also help you understand several of my snarky side comment references for the past 3 years. So, today we are going to explore how to inform a non-Nerdfighter exactly what a Nerdfighter is. Since I know some of you are Nerdfighters, I am looking for input from you guys, as well.

First, we need to start with a definition. Let me take a quote directly from John Green's Wikipedia page.

"John Green and his brother Hank ran a video blog project called Brotherhood 2.0. The original project ran from January 1 to December 31, 2007, with the premise that the brothers would cease all text-based ("textual") communication for the year and instead converse by video blogs, made available to the public via YouTube (where they are known as the "vlogbrothers") and on their Brotherhood 2.0 website."

'Nerdfighters' is the official name for their more dedicated viewers. The community established by John, Hank and the Nerdfighters is often referred to as 'Nerdfighteria'."

Now, this video is the next thing you should watch. The playlist they link you to at the end doesn't include the videos I would have picked, so if you want my little opinion as to what videos you should plunge into first, ask me. Warning: Catching up on the VlogBrothers is a huge undertaking, but highly rewarding.

Now you have a basic understanding as to what a Nerdfighter is, I must inform you. This is not a little community. Their followers are many, and their gatherings are huge.

Personal Notes:

- Nerdfighters often post Nerdfighter notes in copies of John Green's books at bookstores. The first time I found one, I basically had a field day. It was the background of my phone until I got a new phone.

- My friend and I took a Nerdfighter picture at prom junior year, and it was in one of their montage videos. It definitely made us happy for a long time.

- At midnight on the day Papertowns was released, I checked all over town and no one had it. I was bummed. The next day, I came home from school and their was a signed copy on my bed. AH! Thanks, mom. :]

- Project for Awesome ("John and Hank created an annual YouTube charity project called The Project for Awesome (P4A for short), a project in which YouTube users take one day (December 17th) out of their year to create a video promoting a charity of their choosing.") is on my birthday.

Now, this was not much of an explanation as it was "watch this" type deal, but really that's how it is. You won't understand if you don't watch.

Any comments?

Rad: Nerdfighters

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