Nah, not long enough for a Fall Out Boy title. It would have to be something like "My Body is a Broken Temple, and You're the Last Moneylender to Leave."
Nope! 1st time I was showing my husband that I was capable of getting stuff out of the carrier on top of my van (I am) but in the process fell off the side of the van. 2nd time I was swimming in the ocean and got tossed by a wave. Lifeguard had to help me out of the water.
+Alissa Frederick oh wowie how'd you survive?! Also, I have a genetic illness that's pretty much destroying my body. Very much 'My body is a broken temple' But luckily wheelchairs & braces have been invented 😁
Petra Ylenius I am very glad the we now have the technologies that make life better for those with debilitating illnesses or who are too dumb to pay attention to the waves coming up behind them. I think we all have to live with the body that is given to us, sometimes that is one that can run a mile in 4 minutes, sometimes it is one that can't walk a mile in 4 days. I am glad you are here!
I don't particularly care for my temple much of the time, as I have a Edhlers-Danlos III and I can do pretty much nothing to make it not suck, but it did the coolest thing. My actually pretty small body grew and birthed a [nearly] 10 lb baby, at home, and then made food for that baby for two years (and continues to do so). Pretty badass. The older I get, the happier I get, so whatevz. Eff you, temple. I do what I want.
Thanks! I'm lucky in that I'm just about to turn 30 and haven't had major issues. My major joints (hips, shoulders, knees) all hurt all the time, but I only dislocate fingers and toes regularly. My shoulders LOOK dislocated, but they aren't and I'm able to manage a lot of my trouble with pilates and rest (which I don't get because toddler).
Hey! EDS III squad. :) I've found that, while I don't view my body as a temple, viewing it as my friend has helped me cope with my illness in the past year and a half that it's been a problem. (I'm 18 and dislocate stuff pretty regularly - like my patella and my hip - and I have a weird immune system aspect, so I've had to figure out some coping mechanisms really fast.) Instead of fighting my body, I understand that it's doing it's best and it gets frustrated, too, and we have to collaborate on life. It's difficult surrendering the monarchy of dictating my actions, but I've always been a fan of revolution, and I'm just glad that I lived to see this democracy and make friends with the other power.
Yeah! You're doin' it! It's definitely getting worse the older I get, and it's not easy for sure - especially when you have a kid (and a bit because of - thanks, Relaxin the Hormone). I want to be able to run around and play (okay, I can't run, but maybe frolic) with him for as long as I can - so no more going uphill with 30+ lbs of groceries, because that causes my knee to pop out. I think it might also be "easier" for me because my mum always had joint pain, so she allowed me to think this was normal. (Not good, but oh well!) I tend not to notice the aching too much until it's, y'know.. bad. You are spot on. The minute I started liking my body instead of fighting it I realised I have to work with it. I can't make this go away, but I can work around it and with it and I can do life. I'm glad I didn't give up as a teenager (which was when my hip pain was worst - because no gym teacher believed me that running made my hips pop out, so I had to run constantly) and that I actually found someone who went "um, it's not normal to have to pop your shoulders in every morning". Ha ha.
After everything that has happened, I had completely forgotten that you are an author at heart. I'm super excited that you've decided to write some more. Your writing is unique and very easy to read, which is why I cannot wait for the new release!!!!!!!
3:11 I don't think you need to apologize to Nerdfighteria for focusing on writing a book. You might have noticed your books are sort of popular among Nerdfighters. Hope the rip feels better soon
I was concerned for your safety because of a tornado, but it turns out I should have been concerned about the birthday celebration. XD Hope you heal well and soon!
I did have to spend part of my birthday in a mall basement with a bunch of strangers thanks to the tornadoes. It was really kind of a crap birthday, now that I think about it. -John
+vlogbrothers Sorry bad things happened to converge on your birthday. On Twitter, you said you enjoyed the movie you watched though. So at least there was that. :D
Stumbling across this video again after a good while, and it feels well-timed. A couple weeks ago, I wrote a poem in church during a quiet holy hour that begins: "I am a temple of the Lord of hosts, and today, the temple is tired." I've been experiencing a handful of health challenges the past few years, and coming to understand my need for rest and healing as an opportunity to also /be/ a place of rest and healing has been very encouraging for me lately.
+Abigail Thornburg probably the podcast, Dear Hank and John. I forget which episode, but they got a letter from someone named Ryan and said his/her name about 3 dozen times during the course of about 5 minutes.
It could just be that you don't like your body. That doesn't make your body bad. Like I disliked spinach, but that doesn't mean that spinach sucks. It's just that I didn't like it. Then I fasted for a week, gained a whole new perspective on food, tried it again with better recipes and now I love spinach. Spinach did nothing wrong from the beginning.
The funniest part about it is that this morning, I looked in the drawer full of polo shirts and thought, "I think I'll wear Mr. Teal. He hasn't been in a vlogbros video in a while." -John
Taking care of my body has definitely improved my quality of life. Still a completely broken mess who cries every day, but now I can look good doing it.
Absolutely my experience as well. It's difficult to escape people telling you that eating moderately healthy food and exercising a fair bit is the key to keeping in shape, but until I actually started incorporating more fresh fruit and vegetables in my diet and taking 100km+ bicycle rides (yes, my leg muscles are ripping right now), I never knew they'd have such an impact on my psyche, and my general ability to feel good about myself as well.
I want to thank you for putting this out there as honestly as you did, yet humorous. I want more people to have the same realization you did and treat their bodies better. Here's hoping your path to recovery is a speedy one.
Will your speech on mental illness and creativity be uploaded to TH-cam? I would be very interested in hearing that but unfortunately live nowhere near the conference.
I believe I'm developing a Nerdfighter side effect of telling the people that are important to me that they are important to me. Actually saying the words "I'm always happy to see you" and of course, I love you. Thank you John, I'm so glad I've met you (even if not in person) I hope you heal quickly.
Look at how much you have accomplished in 39 years. The best is yet to come John! Here's to another 39 years full of life, love, family, friends, health, and happiness.
Every time I hear about Nerdfighteria events in the US, I want to cry. I so very wish we had options in the Middle East. I'm Egyptian, I live in Kuwait and study in Dubai so I'm always jumping between those countries. I wish there was a Nerdfighteria event in any of them so bad!
I like to think that people are souls, that inhabit a body. You should take care of your home, love your home, build a safe and happy place for my soul to live, but you are not defined by your home💜
John, I have cracked my ribs twice, most recently about 2 months ago, and understand exactly the pain that you are going through. I suppose we can never truly appreciate how much work our ribs do until they send pain shooting through our bodies each time we try to bend, twist, walk, sit, lay down, laugh, talk, or breathe. I hope you are well on your way to mending. Please rest up!
I'm really sorry for your broken rib, but I thought that the things you said about yourself in this video were very interesting. The fact that you said that your bodys health standard is directly proportional to your minds health standard made me really relate to you, because I feel the same way and have been exercising regularly for most of my adolescent life because of it. Thank you for making this video, John! Get well soon!
I think most people would agree that we would give up a little bit of seeing you in public if you gave us another book in return. Your amazing creations > our need for seeing famous people.
Ouch! Broken ribs are rough to go through, wishing you all the best as you heal! Hopefully I can make it to Cleveland in May (wow that really does seem so far away)!
+shypeacock I understand your point of view. As a religious person myself who studies the bible school day for an hour, I believe that God created our bodies and that we must treat them with respect. That's why we are "God"s to our bodies. But yes, I see your point of view as well.
It is so strange to see John starting to go grey at the temples. There is some beautiful sentiment about that, given the topic of the video. something about how life can move so swiftly, and yet so imperceptibly, at times. It doesn't hardly seem possible that TFIOS came out 5 years ago, but time has trudged forward, all the same.
DFTNBYR means "Don't forget to not break you ribs." Right? Edit: I appear to have been mistaken. He said DFTNYBR, not DFTNBYR. I am guessing this means "Don't forget to not yup big raccoons" Kappa. Or maybe he just misspoke.
You have articulated perfectly how I once thought of my own body! I am also discovering how faulty that logic is, and am seeing some profound benefits to taking the time to care for it.
I think the point of the + system was to give credit to thoughtful and important comments, not funny ones... I mean comedy is great and my favorite comments are the funny ones but + ranks above thumbs up and I think the focus of the vlogbrothers channel has always been to be thought provoking before funny.
I disagree. There's plenty of thought provoking stuff that gets highlighted, but most of it just echoes the video it was made on. That's a fine thing. vlogbrothers videos have great messages and reinforcing those messages is good, but mixing it up with some humour is good too.
+Nerdosaur that is cool. I see it now. now that I see it I can't unsee it. I show my friends scishow and vlog brothers and they can't figure out what it is but they think they talk weird and something is off. you don't see hank or John or any of the scishow crew blink or take a breath very often. information density. but my friends find it weird and they can't notice why until I point it out to them.
5 years. Wow. That makes me feel better that I've been working on my current book for over a year now. What's exceptionally lame is the reason I'm dragging my feet - it's because I told someone what I was working on when they asked me about it (yes, I know) and got a scandalized response of "You can't write about that!" which seriously knocked my confidence. Good luck with your story.
You figured it out IN SPITE of me saying it wrong; I MEANT to say DFTNBYR (don't forget to not break your ribs) but put the Y in the wrong place. -John
As a Cleveland native, I wish to inform you that one of Case Western Reserve University's largest auditoriums is called Strosacker Auditorium; so, yes, there is a chance you will be speaking in a building that most call "Sackstroker". That is all.
Yeah, Boston! I'm so excited for NerdCon to come here! I went to Stories last year but couldn't make the trip this time, so I am super pleased to have a NerdCon come to me. Although, Boston in February is going to be hilarious.
will there be some way to see you talk on mental illness and creativity without going? being a broke college student i can't travel to see it in person and really would like to here what you have to say
I just turned 36, and now you've got me realizing I'm technically middle-aged. That said, I agree with you, John, that I used to think my body was just a hulking meat container for my mind. What changed my mind was my dad having a stroke. It was a relatively mild stroke, thankfully, but it made me realize that the mind is a function of the body, not a separate entity. Since then, I've started exercising and losing weight. It's still a work in progress, but in many ways, I feel more alive than I ever did in my 20s.
I can't wait till you come to Cleveland. Me and a couple friends were thinking of going all the way to Boston for nerdcon, but If that doesn't happen we'll get to see you in Cleveland!
In the same way that temples to Zeus wouldn't remain very temple-y if you slaughtered a dozen pure white oxen in them every day, temples to Doritos should be kept fairly clean for that one special time of the year where you sacrifice a dozen oxes' weight of doritos on your altar.
I turned 40 this year. Most of those years were spent admiring people older than myself. Realizing that I've begun to admire people close to my own age is something of a startling revelation.
I hope he doesn't. Tumblr seems like it's been one of the worst external influences on John's mental health, at least since he started being a public figure
Considering his undergrad included religious studies and that he was for a time attending a school of divinity and a even a (student) chaplain at a childrens' hospital I'd say it's a safe bet that the reference was intended. Certainly how I read it off the bat.
Well I have never broken a rip but I have badly bruised them. While I know you know think breathing is painful, I hope for your sake that you do not get hiccups. I had to cry so hard. Would not recommend at all
I've had hiccups with the broken rib, yeah. It definitely made me want to cry. So does putting on my socks. It takes me like fifteen minutes to put on my socks. I tried to be lighthearted about it in the video, but it totally sucks. -John
+vlogbrothers I realize that it probably doesn't work for everyone, but holding my breath and swallowing three times has instantly gotten rid of every single hiccup attack that I have had for a couple years now. Would recommend trying if it happens again
I have a rolling chair, so I just move my foot left or right, but using the muscles required to sit up in a chair with no back hurt some. Anyway, I do not mind suffering for jump cuts. I cannot imagine a world without them. ;) -John
+vlogbrothers you will be fine in a few weeks about the rib and John how did you treated that badly since I new to the US for a few months and any tips since I came from Guatemala
+vlogbrothers John, why do you feel like you need to sit in a chair with no back? Hank's chair has a back. None of us would mind you making videos from your recliner for a while.
John! Good luck with the book and get better soon. Hey fellow NF's, I wanted to shamelessly comment hear and explain to you how I spent the last two years working on an album. "Homeless", the first music video from that, went live on my channel, please check it out if you have a spare moment. THANK YOU!!! DFTBA!
True, I know, you are right, I'd prefer not to do something (so whory) like this. It's lame and I gotta be THAT guy. But honestly, starting from scratch with a project like this(one you are super proud of, but have zero platform) is pretty hard, and any form of exposure starts to become apparent to you, no matter how "ugh" it may be. I've been watch VB for years. I love these guys, and when it comes down to it, I genuinely think the people who like them may also get something out of what I do. However I still don't like hitting that "Post" button, but I gotta weigh up my options and if one person digs the music it will be worth it. Good thing is I plan to stop this pretty soon, just trying to make a minuscule dent :-)
He smoked in high school and stopped somewhere around college/right after college with the help of nicorette gum, which he then became addicted to and had to then stop using that. I vaguely recall him telling a story about having made a large mountain of chewed nicorette gum, but as I can't remember where I heard it I can't guarantee that that bit is not a figment of my imagination
"Your body is a temple, don't fill it with Doritos". That's going on my binder
I'm glad I can still provide inspirational quotes. -John
Idk about you but what good is a temple without tons of bags of doritos???????
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DFTNYBR? Don't forget to not your break ribs?
I'm so bad at initialisms. -John
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Your body is a wonderland.
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Nah, not long enough for a Fall Out Boy title. It would have to be something like "My Body is a Broken Temple, and You're the Last Moneylender to Leave."
Hsereal eh that's really true.
"Your body is a temple, do not fill it with doritos." - John Green
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Me SAME! What did you do? I sprained my left ankle twice in the span of 9 days.
You must play a mean game of BBall
Nope! 1st time I was showing my husband that I was capable of getting stuff out of the carrier on top of my van (I am) but in the process fell off the side of the van. 2nd time I was swimming in the ocean and got tossed by a wave. Lifeguard had to help me out of the water.
+Alissa Frederick oh wowie how'd you survive?!
Also, I have a genetic illness that's pretty much destroying my body. Very much 'My body is a broken temple'
But luckily wheelchairs & braces have been invented 😁
Petra Ylenius I am very glad the we now have the technologies that make life better for those with debilitating illnesses or who are too dumb to pay attention to the waves coming up behind them. I think we all have to live with the body that is given to us, sometimes that is one that can run a mile in 4 minutes, sometimes it is one that can't walk a mile in 4 days. I am glad you are here!
I don't particularly care for my temple much of the time, as I have a Edhlers-Danlos III and I can do pretty much nothing to make it not suck, but it did the coolest thing. My actually pretty small body grew and birthed a [nearly] 10 lb baby, at home, and then made food for that baby for two years (and continues to do so). Pretty badass.
The older I get, the happier I get, so whatevz. Eff you, temple. I do what I want.
+ congrats on doing well! I'm officially POTs but don't have an official EDS diagnosis yet, but have many of the signs.
Thanks! I'm lucky in that I'm just about to turn 30 and haven't had major issues. My major joints (hips, shoulders, knees) all hurt all the time, but I only dislocate fingers and toes regularly. My shoulders LOOK dislocated, but they aren't and I'm able to manage a lot of my trouble with pilates and rest (which I don't get because toddler).
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Hey! EDS III squad. :)
I've found that, while I don't view my body as a temple, viewing it as my friend has helped me cope with my illness in the past year and a half that it's been a problem. (I'm 18 and dislocate stuff pretty regularly - like my patella and my hip - and I have a weird immune system aspect, so I've had to figure out some coping mechanisms really fast.) Instead of fighting my body, I understand that it's doing it's best and it gets frustrated, too, and we have to collaborate on life. It's difficult surrendering the monarchy of dictating my actions, but I've always been a fan of revolution, and I'm just glad that I lived to see this democracy and make friends with the other power.
Yeah! You're doin' it! It's definitely getting worse the older I get, and it's not easy for sure - especially when you have a kid (and a bit because of - thanks, Relaxin the Hormone). I want to be able to run around and play (okay, I can't run, but maybe frolic) with him for as long as I can - so no more going uphill with 30+ lbs of groceries, because that causes my knee to pop out.
I think it might also be "easier" for me because my mum always had joint pain, so she allowed me to think this was normal. (Not good, but oh well!) I tend not to notice the aching too much until it's, y'know.. bad.
You are spot on. The minute I started liking my body instead of fighting it I realised I have to work with it. I can't make this go away, but I can work around it and with it and I can do life. I'm glad I didn't give up as a teenager (which was when my hip pain was worst - because no gym teacher believed me that running made my hips pop out, so I had to run constantly) and that I actually found someone who went "um, it's not normal to have to pop your shoulders in every morning". Ha ha.
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After everything that has happened, I had completely forgotten that you are an author at heart. I'm super excited that you've decided to write some more. Your writing is unique and very easy to read, which is why I cannot wait for the new release!!!!!!!
3:11 I don't think you need to apologize to Nerdfighteria for focusing on writing a book. You might have noticed your books are sort of popular among Nerdfighters. Hope the rip feels better soon
My joy will be infinite when your next book is finally published John.
I was concerned for your safety because of a tornado, but it turns out I should have been concerned about the birthday celebration. XD Hope you heal well and soon!
I did have to spend part of my birthday in a mall basement with a bunch of strangers thanks to the tornadoes. It was really kind of a crap birthday, now that I think about it. -John
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one time I had a physics teacher who had broken their rib the day before falling down the stairs refuse to stay home because it was a lab day
Dedication!
If only your English teacher had that kind of dedication...
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DFTNYBR is actually a secret message to Hank;
Dont Forget To Name Your Baby Randall
Wait it needs to be a girls name;
Dont Forget To Name Your Baby Regina
How dare you assume Regina will identify as a girl. Maybe Regina wants to be a Randall... *sarcasm*
Honestly, it's Don't Forget To Name Your Baby RYAN!! You have many happy hours of podcast ahead of you.
When I first heard it, I thought he said NBYR, which would make sense as Not Break Your Rib, but now I'm a bit confused.
+Victoria G + of course! How could i have missed that!
Middle Aged is generally 40-60.
You're still young John.
Thanks Obama.
60? I feel like 120 is preettty old.
We'll get there.
+alex wright at least most of us will
I think middle aged is 40-50, but yeah, he's still barely under.
Life expectancy for men in the US is 76. Also, "middle aged" generally describes an experience, rather than a number of years since birth.
Stumbling across this video again after a good while, and it feels well-timed. A couple weeks ago, I wrote a poem in church during a quiet holy hour that begins: "I am a temple of the Lord of hosts, and today, the temple is tired." I've been experiencing a handful of health challenges the past few years, and coming to understand my need for rest and healing as an opportunity to also /be/ a place of rest and healing has been very encouraging for me lately.
There is exactly one Google search result for "dftnybr". Sadly, it does not contain "Don't Forget To Name Your Baby Ryan". :D
Where did that come from? The baby Ryan thing I mean.
lol, but seriously Hank, don't forget to name your baby Ryan. -John
+Abigail Thornburg probably the podcast, Dear Hank and John. I forget which episode, but they got a letter from someone named Ryan and said his/her name about 3 dozen times during the course of about 5 minutes.
Dear Hank and John inside joke :)
Dear Hank and John, their podcast. I highly recommend it, it's one of the funniest podcasts I've ever listened to.
I enjoy the fact that my temple is self healing... but at the same time my temple also sucks.
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It sucks at something, but it is really amazing overall!! I wish it was better at burning off Little Debbie chocolate peanut butter bars ;-)
It's a temple that's constantly down for repairs?
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Like I disliked spinach, but that doesn't mean that spinach sucks. It's just that I didn't like it. Then I fasted for a week, gained a whole new perspective on food, tried it again with better recipes and now I love spinach. Spinach did nothing wrong from the beginning.
Really, John? Really? you're not gonna tell us HOW you broke your ribs? Okay. Fine. I see how it is.
also, hope you feel better soon 💙
Well, he said it happened after drinking. My guess is shenanigans a 39 year old man should probably know better than to try to attempt
+David Fairbanks That's what I figure, but I'd love to know exactly what 😂
+Erica Bourland I also wanna know....:\
Honestly, at this age, falling down counts as "shenanigans".
3 of the last 4 videos John has been in the same polo. Pulling from the notes of Steve Jobs are we?
The funniest part about it is that this morning, I looked in the drawer full of polo shirts and thought, "I think I'll wear Mr. Teal. He hasn't been in a vlogbros video in a while." -John
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Great thing to watch on my 59th birthday, Thank You John.
Middle age keeps getting better.
Taking care of my body has definitely improved my quality of life. Still a completely broken mess who cries every day, but now I can look good doing it.
Absolutely my experience as well. It's difficult to escape people telling you that eating moderately healthy food and exercising a fair bit is the key to keeping in shape, but until I actually started incorporating more fresh fruit and vegetables in my diet and taking 100km+ bicycle rides (yes, my leg muscles are ripping right now), I never knew they'd have such an impact on my psyche, and my general ability to feel good about myself as well.
Hope you feel better soon and that it heals up quickly! All the best with the writing too. DFTBA
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Nerdcon Nerdfighteria will be my first ever Con and I'm completely confident that I could not have chosen a better one as my first.
I am really excited for it! -John
I feel the exact same way! I'm so excited.
I just know it's going to be epic!
I've only ever been to a PTA convention (which I don't think counts) so I really hope you enjoy it!!
I want to thank you for putting this out there as honestly as you did, yet humorous. I want more people to have the same realization you did and treat their bodies better. Here's hoping your path to recovery is a speedy one.
Will your speech on mental illness and creativity be uploaded to TH-cam? I would be very interested in hearing that but unfortunately live nowhere near the conference.
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I believe I'm developing a Nerdfighter side effect of telling the people that are important to me that they are important to me. Actually saying the words "I'm always happy to see you" and of course, I love you. Thank you John, I'm so glad I've met you (even if not in person) I hope you heal quickly.
YOU FINISHED THE BOOK IM SO PROUD OF YOU
Look at how much you have accomplished in 39 years. The best is yet to come John! Here's to another 39 years full of life, love, family, friends, health, and happiness.
(1:03) I am literally eating nacho cheese Doritos as I watch this video.
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Heal quickly. I am SO EXCITED for Boston Nerdcon.
Doritos and Mtn Dew? Didn't know John was an MLG pro!
It speaks to how middle aged and out of touch I am that I cannot parse that initialism. -John
I won't fault ya. MLG stands for Major League Gaming. Doritos and Mountain Dew are known for being big pro gaming sponsors.
+vlogbrothers Major League Gaming.
onyx, thou hast been chosen.
+Onyxthegreat As well as known go-to nerd snacks, as depicted in Dr. Demento's classis D&D sketch.
Every time I hear about Nerdfighteria events in the US, I want to cry. I so very wish we had options in the Middle East. I'm Egyptian, I live in Kuwait and study in Dubai so I'm always jumping between those countries. I wish there was a Nerdfighteria event in any of them so bad!
I like to think that people are souls, that inhabit a body. You should take care of your home, love your home, build a safe and happy place for my soul to live, but you are not defined by your home💜
That's a very useful analogy, I think! -John
There is one big difference though: you can move to a different home, but not to a different body.
John, I have cracked my ribs twice, most recently about 2 months ago, and understand exactly the pain that you are going through. I suppose we can never truly appreciate how much work our ribs do until they send pain shooting through our bodies each time we try to bend, twist, walk, sit, lay down, laugh, talk, or breathe. I hope you are well on your way to mending. Please rest up!
Now I'm afraid of the Mongols and scurvy
I'm really sorry for your broken rib, but I thought that the things you said about yourself in this video were very interesting. The fact that you said that your bodys health standard is directly proportional to your minds health standard made me really relate to you, because I feel the same way and have been exercising regularly for most of my adolescent life because of it.
Thank you for making this video, John! Get well soon!
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Thanks for sticking with us all these years. Hope to be signing lots and lots of preorders again sometime soon. -John
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I joined when Paper Towns was being released. Time has indeed flown
Não entendi quase nada, John fala muito rápido
My temple is a broken body. Don't ask...
So it's like a giant statue of a person that fell over?
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Feel better! I hope you heal well and fast!
I think most people would agree that we would give up a little bit of seeing you in public if you gave us another book in return. Your amazing creations > our need for seeing famous people.
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***** Not expecting amazing, just your usual enjoyable, incite.
Ouch! Broken ribs are rough to go through, wishing you all the best as you heal!
Hopefully I can make it to Cleveland in May (wow that really does seem so far away)!
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+shypeacock I understand your point of view. As a religious person myself who studies the bible school day for an hour, I believe that God created our bodies and that we must treat them with respect. That's why we are "God"s to our bodies. But yes, I see your point of view as well.
It is so strange to see John starting to go grey at the temples. There is some beautiful sentiment about that, given the topic of the video. something about how life can move so swiftly, and yet so imperceptibly, at times. It doesn't hardly seem possible that TFIOS came out 5 years ago, but time has trudged forward, all the same.
DFTNBYR means "Don't forget to not break you ribs." Right?
Edit: I appear to have been mistaken. He said DFTNYBR, not DFTNBYR. I am guessing this means "Don't forget to not yup big raccoons" Kappa. Or maybe he just misspoke.
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It was DFTNYBR so no, the your and break would be switched. That's what causes the confusion I believe.
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I think that was human error. Pretty sure he meant the first one :)
I'm guessing "Don't Forget To Nurse Your Broken Rib".
You have articulated perfectly how I once thought of my own body! I am also discovering how faulty that logic is, and am seeing some profound benefits to taking the time to care for it.
I think the point of the + system was to give credit to thoughtful and important comments, not funny ones... I mean comedy is great and my favorite comments are the funny ones but + ranks above thumbs up and I think the focus of the vlogbrothers channel has always been to be thought provoking before funny.
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Feel better soon and good luck with the book!
I love how I can predict when to shift my eyes
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+Zach Dowlan When either John or Hank moves, you can tell you need to look to a different part of the screen before it happens. I do it too 😂
+Nerdosaur that is cool. I see it now. now that I see it I can't unsee it. I show my friends scishow and vlog brothers and they can't figure out what it is but they think they talk weird and something is off. you don't see hank or John or any of the scishow crew blink or take a breath very often. information density. but my friends find it weird and they can't notice why until I point it out to them.
5 years. Wow. That makes me feel better that I've been working on my current book for over a year now. What's exceptionally lame is the reason I'm dragging my feet - it's because I told someone what I was working on when they asked me about it (yes, I know) and got a scandalized response of "You can't write about that!" which seriously knocked my confidence. Good luck with your story.
DFTNBR - Don't forget to not break ribs
Thank you I couldn't figure it out.
it was DFTNYBR. you forgot the Y
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I think it's DFTNYBR. It could be Don't Forget To Nurture Your Broken Ribs?
You figured it out IN SPITE of me saying it wrong; I MEANT to say DFTNBYR (don't forget to not break your ribs) but put the Y in the wrong place. -John
As a Cleveland native, I wish to inform you that one of Case Western Reserve University's largest auditoriums is called Strosacker Auditorium; so, yes, there is a chance you will be speaking in a building that most call "Sackstroker". That is all.
"One thing that did not happen is that I have not published a new book."
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Yeah, Boston! I'm so excited for NerdCon to come here! I went to Stories last year but couldn't make the trip this time, so I am super pleased to have a NerdCon come to me.
Although, Boston in February is going to be hilarious.
will there be some way to see you talk on mental illness and creativity without going? being a broke college student i can't travel to see it in person and really would like to here what you have to say
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I just turned 36, and now you've got me realizing I'm technically middle-aged. That said, I agree with you, John, that I used to think my body was just a hulking meat container for my mind. What changed my mind was my dad having a stroke. It was a relatively mild stroke, thankfully, but it made me realize that the mind is a function of the body, not a separate entity. Since then, I've started exercising and losing weight. It's still a work in progress, but in many ways, I feel more alive than I ever did in my 20s.
Wow. I never realized how far apart John's eyebrows are.
This felt like a throwback vlogbrothers video, scurvy mentioning and all, and it was quite comforting.
last time i came that early was on a different website....
I just bought a ticket to the Cleveland speech!!! Can't wait!
What does DFTNYBR mean??
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well dftba means don't forget to be awesome, but nybr... I don't know
+martinisrandom Ryan!
Dangerous Ferrets Terrorize Nepal Yearly(Before Rain)
It's supposed to be "Don't Forget to Not Break Your Ribs", but he accidentally switched the "Y" and "B".
I can't wait till you come to Cleveland. Me and a couple friends were thinking of going all the way to Boston for nerdcon, but If that doesn't happen we'll get to see you in Cleveland!
What if your body is a temple *to* Doritos?
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Then you'll get scurvy and struggle to run
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In the same way that temples to Zeus wouldn't remain very temple-y if you slaughtered a dozen pure white oxen in them every day, temples to Doritos should be kept fairly clean for that one special time of the year where you sacrifice a dozen oxes' weight of doritos on your altar.
I turned 40 this year. Most of those years were spent admiring people older than myself. Realizing that I've begun to admire people close to my own age is something of a startling revelation.
Will you ever come back to Tumblr? We miss you over there
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Sorry to hear about your broken rib, I hope it heals soon!
Don't Forget To Never Your Break Ribs? DFTNYBR
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happy belated birthday, John!!
So was the temple metaphor a deliberate reference to 1 Corinthians 6:19 or did you just think the phrase sounded cool?
Considering his undergrad included religious studies and that he was for a time attending a school of divinity and a even a (student) chaplain at a childrens' hospital I'd say it's a safe bet that the reference was intended. Certainly how I read it off the bat.
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See you in Boston!
what's the acronym on the end of the video?
I'll go with Don't Forget to Nurse Your Broken Rib
DFTBA. "Don't Forget To Buy Avocados." You didn't know that?
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"It's an initialism, not an acronym. Acronyms are pronounceable. " - John Green
5 years since TFIOS? Now I feel old, thanks John. Hope you feel better soon! x
Well I have never broken a rip but I have badly bruised them. While I know you know think breathing is painful, I hope for your sake that you do not get hiccups. I had to cry so hard. Would not recommend at all
I've had hiccups with the broken rib, yeah. It definitely made me want to cry. So does putting on my socks. It takes me like fifteen minutes to put on my socks. I tried to be lighthearted about it in the video, but it totally sucks. -John
+vlogbrothers I realize that it probably doesn't work for everyone, but holding my breath and swallowing three times has instantly gotten rid of every single hiccup attack that I have had for a couple years now. Would recommend trying if it happens again
the day your new book comes out will be so so so so so awesome
I hate to put so much pressure on him, but I agree with you. I have really enjoyed reading all his books.
It will certainly be a huge relief to me! -John
+vlogbrothers take your time you John, we all know it's not something easy to do, and a writer has to feel good about their work
I've been feeling like shit lately, guess it's time to exercise.
This is just a happy comment to energize you to get the exercising done. I find it helps me, so YEAH!!! GO!!! GOOD JOB!!!
No amount of exercise will save you from the crooked hand of death.
Have a nice time writing your upcoming book, John! We'll be patiently waiting. 😊
I think he meant DFTNBYR.
I'm thinking that as well because I absolutely can't figure out DFTNYBR (and yes, I am sitting in front of a piece of paper trying)
Thank you, I was struggling with that myself.
I'm sorry about your rib injury. Good luck with the draft. I'm very excited because whatever you write I know I am bound to love.
if you're in such pain, stop moving around just for the sake of jump cuts?
I have a rolling chair, so I just move my foot left or right, but using the muscles required to sit up in a chair with no back hurt some. Anyway, I do not mind suffering for jump cuts. I cannot imagine a world without them. ;) -John
+vlogbrothers you will be fine in a few weeks about the rib and John how did you treated that badly since I new to the US for a few months and any tips since I came from Guatemala
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I can't wait for this years NerdCon, last years was absolutely amazing!
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I look forward to seeing you in Boston! It's been years since I last saw you. (Literally, I think!)
woah it says no views wilddd. i just quit smoking a month ago and i feel GREAT
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Congratulations. Quitting is hard, but extremely rewarding. -John
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I hope your rib heals soon John. Also, good luck on writing your new book. I can't wait to read it.
John! Good luck with the book and get better soon. Hey fellow NF's, I wanted to shamelessly comment hear and explain to you how I spent the last two years working on an album. "Homeless", the first music video from that, went live on my channel, please check it out if you have a spare moment. THANK YOU!!! DFTBA!
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True, I know, you are right, I'd prefer not to do something (so whory) like this. It's lame and I gotta be THAT guy. But honestly, starting from scratch with a project like this(one you are super proud of, but have zero platform) is pretty hard, and any form of exposure starts to become apparent to you, no matter how "ugh" it may be. I've been watch VB for years. I love these guys, and when it comes down to it, I genuinely think the people who like them may also get something out of what I do. However I still don't like hitting that "Post" button, but I gotta weigh up my options and if one person digs the music it will be worth it. Good thing is I plan to stop this pretty soon, just trying to make a minuscule dent :-)
Yay, a new book and Cleveland!! Feel better soon.
John used to smoke?
He smoked in high school and stopped somewhere around college/right after college with the help of nicorette gum, which he then became addicted to and had to then stop using that. I vaguely recall him telling a story about having made a large mountain of chewed nicorette gum, but as I can't remember where I heard it I can't guarantee that that bit is not a figment of my imagination
Have you read Looking for Alaska?
+Alissa Frederick ya'll smoke to enjoy it...
For almost 15 years! Very glad to have it in my past, but cigarettes were a huge focus of my compulsive impulses for many years. -John
SO EXCITED to hear you're actively finishing up your draft! :)
Not gonna lie I'm sorta scared to watch this video.
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Aw, John, I'm so sorry! I want to give you a hug - a very, very gentle one.
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I watched this video while working out thanks for the motivation
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+Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen lol +1!
I really look forward to your new book as well. Thank you.
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Happy belated 39th Birthday, John! :)
And we really, really, really want you to finish the new book too so as far as I'm concerned, travelling less is a win-win!
Same shirt as last week. Capsule wardrobe goals!