If you are thinking the Nerdfighters are an alien race sent to exterminate all the geeks of the world, you’re wrong.
A nerdfighter is someone who is a fan of John and Hank Green, and the web following they have created. I say fan, but it’s more of a community they’ve created of likeminded people (who have nerd-ish tendencies).
The infamous duo
The whole thing started when John and Hank decided at the beginning of 2007 to go an entire year without communicating textually. Instead they posted videos on YouTube every weekday, alternating days. Every email, text, etc. required a “punishment,” which was usually performing some gross and/or embarrassing task and posting the video.
They say they did not expect the series to take off the way that it did, but Brotherhood 2.0 became a YouTube hit, due to their humor mixed with interesting debate on topics ranging from Marshmallow Peeps to raising money for charity. Not to mention the success of Hank’s song Accio Deathly Hollows, which hit the front page of YouTube from all the fellow Harry Potter fans who understood his frustration at the time it was taking for the last book to be released.
Two years and 100,000 subscribers later, the Vlogbrothers continue to make videos on their account. The Nerdfighters have become an internet army of sorts, helping John’s third novel Paper Towns
All in all, they never forget to be awesome.
Key Phrases:
An Abundance of Katherines: John’s second book
Decepticon: Evil person
DFTBA: Don’t Forget To Be Awesome
In Your Pants: The theory that every book title becomes more awesome once you add “in your pants” to the end. ”
The Katherine: Hank’s wife
Looking for Alaska: John’s first book
Paper Towns: John’s third book
Puppy-Sized Elephant: John’s dream of evolution
So Jokes: Super cool, awesome. Also the name of Hank’s album.
The Yeti: John’s wife. I don’t think her face has ever appeared in a video.
Zombies vs. Unicorns: A question for the ages.
Want More?
Nerdfighters.com ( FAQ )
John’s Twitter
Hank’s Twitter
DFTBA Records
Ecogeek.org
This is the first in a series of nerd/geek/fandom explanatory posts that I hope to make. If you’ve got a question you’d like answered, or a “nerd thing” you’d like clarified, leave a comment! If I’ve left anything out, feel free to let me know.
It’s PUPPY-SIZED ELEPHANT!! baby-sized?! wtf! how could you mess that up?
AND the Yeti, has not and will never be seen in a vlogbrothers video.
Infamous means famous for a bad reason. HITLER is infamous.
Nerdfighters are not like-minded. We are so different; harry potter nerds, doctor who nerds, math nerds, literature nerds, computer nerds, anime nerds, gamer nerds, … *goes on for eternity* the only thing that connects us is Hank and John
it’s obvious you aren’t a nerdfighter because you are f*cking ignorant. Do us all a favor and stop trying to be a nerdfighter
I normally don’t comment on blogs, but mostly wanted to make a comment in response to the previous commenter.
First off, you don’t have to flip out so badly when pointing out a mistake. I’m sure you’ve made a few (for example, there are a few words you should have capitalized and a few punctuation marks are missing in your own comment).
On the like minded concept, she didn’t mean all nerdfighters are the same. In fact, your comment backed up what she said. The post reads, “likeminded people (who have nerd-ish tendencies)”, and all of your examples have “nerd” on the end of them. Also, I think a lot more connects nerdfighters than Hank and John. How about decreasing world suck? Or a dedication to being the people we are, not what the world wants us to be?
Also, according to my definition of nerdfighting, your comment wasn’t acting in accordance to what being a nerdfighter is either. Being a nerdfighter means being made of awesome, and last time I checked being awesome didn’t mean insulting and swearing at someone. I realize everyone has the right to their own opinion, but I would hope that despite differences of opinion people can support one another- especially when among nerdfighters.
I think it is rather rich of you (commenter number one, sir) to call yourself a nerdfighter. When I think of being a nerdfighter, I imagine John’s video about his attendence at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Being a nerdfighter means that you get excited about stuff!
The idea of meanness and nerdfighterness coinciding is a rather silly one to me.
I think you should try and be more respectful, especially to other nerdfighters.
I am on team Heather: for how can we decrease world suck if we turn against our own?
-Connie c: