Wow. I'm stunned & so honored by your acknowledgment, Hank. I doubt you'll see this comment in the sea of Luna and Starkid sightings, but I want you to know how much I value & appreciate your willingness to live and create actively instead of reactively. You (and your content/projects) matter to me so I'll always be there to support you when you feel like you're out of your depth. It's truly my privilege to have been the first registrant for VidCon & to continue to support it these past 4 years.
Thanks for mentioning my channel at vidcon, in the small world of youtube the few people who know my channel who were there said to me John Green in the vidcon usa keynote mentioned that his kid watches my videos. I better return the shout out in some form. Those 6 degrees of separation are now much less, again thanks.
Hank, that story about the first ever VidCon where only one ticket had been sold after three hours struck a chord right inside me. Because I am a stress-freak. The minute something seems scary or like I'll fail at it, then I just back away or I cry and vow never to do anything like that again. But seeing you, having gone through that panic with VidCon and where you are now, it's really inspiring. So, thank you very much. I owe you a lot :)
This video made me realize exactly how far you have come in the years that I have been subscribed, I have always thought of you as a close friend, now you are so far from reach. It is amazing Hank, I can't begin to describe the ways you changed my life, and I am so glad you have come so far and done so well.
I learned SO MUCH at Vidcon as well. It's so crazy but when I'm surrounded by all these amazing and supportive people - fans and creators - all I wanna do is just like create COOL stuff. After I'm home from Vidcon I never think about views. I think about impact. And that's a great lesson to relearn every year. This is such a great platform to create. And it's such a good place to make friends. I love that and I love Vidcon. Thanks, Hank. for choosing action even though it's terrifying!
I'm not ashamed to say that I have returned to this video multiple times just to watch Dylan be a fucking weirdo at the end. I love StarKid a bit too much sometimes.
You're amazing, Hank. Thank-you for all the hard work you put into VidCon, for putting yourself through so much stress for us, and for just being you. It is very much appreciated.
I feel super lucky that I was able (finally!) to go to both Vidcon and Leakycon London, just got back from it today, I am super tired. Hank you did a great job, and thank you for giving me a hug!
That thing about focusing on what you can/can't do reminded me of something ... I've been at UNSW for a number of years (quit/got kicked out last year), and was so glad when I found an online article that basically asked "Are you following your dreams, or are you chasing prerequisites?" It made me realise that, sadly, I was chasing prerequisites. I have no idea what kind of a point I was trying to make just now.
Evanna Lynch AND Dylan Saunders in the same video that is not AVPSY?! Dream come true, and also reminds me just how totally awesome Nerdfighteria truly is. Also, I watched Dylan at the end like 10 times, his crazy personality makes me very, very happy.
Sofia Briody, it's easy to have a personality behind a camera, not having to worry about an audience (at least while you're filming) I certainly have a hard time filming when I'm in public which is why I usually only film at home (but at some point I'd like to do occasional vlogs)
Didn't come to Vidcon but Leakycon was great, and thank you for performing and helping out with the greatness (also, for letting me see where all the VIP's went when you disappeared)
Being from Long Beach, I really wanted to go to VidCon. Some of my good friends got tickets for the weekend, but I was going on a family vacation to Vancouver, Canada. Best wishes for you (Hank) at the con in London
I've found that not focusing on my views is the best way to keep me sane on UA-cam. You and John have made me realise that its OK to just upload for myself and not for viewers, though I am very grateful for my tiny group of subscribers :) p.s your sound-distorted clip had me in stitches!
"Being active instead of reactive is important. Instead of reacting to things that happened , I think about what my values are and what I think should exist and how things should be and act based on that, not based on external factors but based on internal factors." Hank, you just spat out something pretty awesome!
Unrelated to the content of the video, I just wanted to say that simply watching a Vlogbrothers video makes me tremendously happy and confident in the kind of place our world is. Thank you for that.
Vidcon is like an industry conference more than a popular convention. While it is open to the general public, it is smaller and focused on educating people on the how-to's of UA-cam content creation. There are the successful content creators hosting panels about what they do and how they do it.
I was just talking about the PBS situation with my friends a few days ago after watching a Cookie Monster parody of Call Me Maybe. PBS is never stuck in their ways. They simply adapt. If apps are the way of knowledge, they release the best Periodic Table for free for iPads. If UA-cam is a way to reach enthusiastic, intelligent people, they make a channel about ideas about things people like. They understand the world, so they can cater to its inhabitants.
And I learned from watching this video... No, what I REMEMBERED from watching this video is that I need more Michael Buckleys in my life. Thank goodness chorus rehearsals start up again next week, where I can get ALL THE HUGS. Good job, Hank.
Sadly I could not go to Vid Con but this weekend I am going to Vid Inc (Sydney, Australia). Yaaaaaaaay. Vid Inc wouldn't have happened without other conferences/gatherings before it. So THANK YOU to you Hank and others who started getting UA-camrs off the internet and into the real world. :D
Essentially it's a large conference where creators of online video and fans of online video come together to talk and watch and listen and have a lot of fun.
Dylan though. pahaha. Something I learned this year at VidCon is to take things in stride. You can't do everything you want to do while traveling, so just suck it up and make the best time possible. And that people are super kind for the most part! I kept weirdly crying all Saturday, but people kept talking to me which was unexpected and awesome. Thanks for creating my VidCon home! It was year 3 for me. (oh and can we be open to more security because of the stalkery fangirls? that was scary.)
I have just confirmed that you are 100% correct about residual stress Hank! My sister told me to re-watch this video after I kept bugging her about that very problem. :) I'm glad someone else understands this!
A little advice about sore feet: If your feet are sore and you know you have to do lots of walking the next day, lie on the floor with your feet on the bed for a couple of hours and the pain will be gone. Also if you put a pillow under your head it's really comfy, I ended up sleeping like this one night on a school trip to New York.
I am in a foreign country by myself where I don't speak much of the language and worrying about taxes (that I shouldn't have to pay due to an agreement with my home country) and I've fallen off my bicycle several times and almost been hit by a car several times and I wasn't invited to go with everyone.... But, I walk down the country roads and find a deep sense of inner peace. With that, anything is possible. :) I still wish I had been able to go to VidCon...
The guy at the end of the video. He's a member of Team Starkid, a theater group best known for their show A Very Potter Musical in which Dylan plays Dumbledore.
Stress is a peculiar thing, if you can go somewhere away from your daily life, one day maybe two days later, you can wake up and realise, the stress has gone away, it's a great feeling. Pwople can live with stress without knowing it fot a long time and really only appreciate it after it's gone
I was in London when you were there/Leaky Con was on and I didn't even know... But I met a woman in Forbidden Planet who came over from America for Leaky Con and she was so kind! Just upset I couldn't go, wahhh!
They performed A Very Starkid Event, which was a show of a bunch of their songs at LeakyCon London. It was totally awesome :D Theres a video on youtube somewhere.
On the topic of PBS, might I recommend a few more nerdfighters check out their Inventor Series channel. It's interviews with inventors and there's some really fascinating and under-viewed content over there.
The point is to try. There are many who can't do it. Just do your best and we get it :-). Also, rubber bands/hairbands are a good training tool and crutch if you just REALLY have to do the salute :-)
It's sort of a reference to the "Peter Pan" bringing fairies back to life by cheering and clapping. It's typically done as an audience interaction during play productions of it. It was also done in "Hook" at a rather silly moment, but I digress.
Hahaha the best part of this is that, when I started reading your comment, I was thinking "They're wrong; nothing could be worse than Mediacom." And then I realized you were talking about Mediacom. :P
Wow. I'm stunned & so honored by your acknowledgment, Hank. I doubt you'll see this comment in the sea of Luna and Starkid sightings, but I want you to know how much I value & appreciate your willingness to live and create actively instead of reactively. You (and your content/projects) matter to me so I'll always be there to support you when you feel like you're out of your depth. It's truly my privilege to have been the first registrant for VidCon & to continue to support it these past 4 years.
Thank you, Hank, for believing in Less Than Famous. Speaking on that panel was the highlight of my first Vidcon.
Thanks for mentioning my channel at vidcon, in the small world of youtube the few people who know my channel who were there said to me John Green in the vidcon usa keynote mentioned that his kid watches my videos.
I better return the shout out in some form.
Those 6 degrees of separation are now much less, again thanks.
It makes me irrationally super happy to see Team StarKid in this video. It's combining the only two things I absolutely adore watching on youtube :D
I found myself worried through most of this video that Hank might drop his camera off the fire escape. The shakiness probably didn't help with this.
Seeing a "Good Morning John" that I was part of feels incredible. That's a life goal complete
Evana Lynch is just so great, and so pretty...
Hank, that story about the first ever VidCon where only one ticket had been sold after three hours struck a chord right inside me. Because I am a stress-freak. The minute something seems scary or like I'll fail at it, then I just back away or I cry and vow never to do anything like that again. But seeing you, having gone through that panic with VidCon and where you are now, it's really inspiring. So, thank you very much. I owe you a lot :)
I was shocked to discover I am 2 months behind on vlogbrother videos.
Teach something to Hank Green. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!
This video made me realize exactly how far you have come in the years that I have been subscribed, I have always thought of you as a close friend, now you are so far from reach. It is amazing Hank, I can't begin to describe the ways you changed my life, and I am so glad you have come so far and done so well.
I learned SO MUCH at Vidcon as well. It's so crazy but when I'm surrounded by all these amazing and supportive people - fans and creators - all I wanna do is just like create COOL stuff. After I'm home from Vidcon I never think about views. I think about impact. And that's a great lesson to relearn every year.
This is such a great platform to create. And it's such a good place to make friends. I love that and I love Vidcon. Thanks, Hank. for choosing action even though it's terrifying!
is that luna lovegood
Well... sort of...
Roberto Fontiglia well i knew she's really evanna lynch
I'm not ashamed to say that I have returned to this video multiple times just to watch Dylan be a fucking weirdo at the end. I love StarKid a bit too much sometimes.
There's never too much
2013 was my first VidCon. This just brought back so many memories. I don’t know why this was recommended to me, but I’m not mad about it
Did Martha Strowd (sp?) ever get her lifetime pass?
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what colour is his eyes?
You're amazing, Hank. Thank-you for all the hard work you put into VidCon, for putting yourself through so much stress for us, and for just being you. It is very much appreciated.
I feel super lucky that I was able (finally!) to go to both Vidcon and Leakycon London, just got back from it today, I am super tired. Hank you did a great job, and thank you for giving me a hug!
STARKID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?
STARKID
That thing about focusing on what you can/can't do reminded me of something ... I've been at UNSW for a number of years (quit/got kicked out last year), and was so glad when I found an online article that basically asked "Are you following your dreams, or are you chasing prerequisites?" It made me realise that, sadly, I was chasing prerequisites.
I have no idea what kind of a point I was trying to make just now.
Evanna Lynch AND Dylan Saunders in the same video that is not AVPSY?! Dream come true, and also reminds me just how totally awesome Nerdfighteria truly is. Also, I watched Dylan at the end like 10 times, his crazy personality makes me very, very happy.
I'm disappointed that youtubers are less weird in real life than they are in their videos.
:(
Sofia Briody, it's easy to have a personality behind a camera, not having to worry about an audience (at least while you're filming) I certainly have a hard time filming when I'm in public which is why I usually only film at home (but at some point I'd like to do occasional vlogs)
I learned all those things too, Hank. Thank you for making VidCon for all of us who could go.
I cannot express how much joy it gives me when my favourite fandoms intersect.
Didn't come to Vidcon but Leakycon was great, and thank you for performing and helping out with the greatness (also, for letting me see where all the VIP's went when you disappeared)
Being from Long Beach, I really wanted to go to VidCon. Some of my good friends got tickets for the weekend, but I was going on a family vacation to Vancouver, Canada. Best wishes for you (Hank) at the con in London
I've found that not focusing on my views is the best way to keep me sane on UA-cam. You and John have made me realise that its OK to just upload for myself and not for viewers, though I am very grateful for my tiny group of subscribers :) p.s your sound-distorted clip had me in stitches!
"Being active instead of reactive is important. Instead of reacting to things that happened , I think about what my values are and what I think should exist and how things should be and act based on that, not based on external factors but based on internal factors." Hank, you just spat out something pretty awesome!
Unrelated to the content of the video, I just wanted to say that simply watching a Vlogbrothers video makes me tremendously happy and confident in the kind of place our world is. Thank you for that.
I miss london so much. I am incredibly jealous of you for being there right now.
Hank, this was super beautiful. Thank you for this.
Vidcon is like an industry conference more than a popular convention. While it is open to the general public, it is smaller and focused on educating people on the how-to's of UA-cam content creation. There are the successful content creators hosting panels about what they do and how they do it.
oh please please keep vidcon going until the glorious day I am able to attend
I would love to support it!
I was just talking about the PBS situation with my friends a few days ago after watching a Cookie Monster parody of Call Me Maybe. PBS is never stuck in their ways. They simply adapt. If apps are the way of knowledge, they release the best Periodic Table for free for iPads. If UA-cam is a way to reach enthusiastic, intelligent people, they make a channel about ideas about things people like. They understand the world, so they can cater to its inhabitants.
Dylan and Joe and Joey in the last frame just completed my life thank you
Am I the only one who's heart leaps when one of my favorite UA-camrs mentions another on of my favorite UA-camrs?
And I learned from watching this video... No, what I REMEMBERED from watching this video is that I need more Michael Buckleys in my life. Thank goodness chorus rehearsals start up again next week, where I can get ALL THE HUGS.
Good job, Hank.
Dude, the height of the fire escape was giving me heart palpitations!
Sadly I could not go to Vid Con but this weekend I am going to Vid Inc (Sydney, Australia). Yaaaaaaaay.
Vid Inc wouldn't have happened without other conferences/gatherings before it. So THANK YOU to you Hank and others who started getting UA-camrs off the internet and into the real world. :D
Essentially it's a large conference where creators of online video and fans of online video come together to talk and watch and listen and have a lot of fun.
Dylan though. pahaha. Something I learned this year at VidCon is to take things in stride. You can't do everything you want to do while traveling, so just suck it up and make the best time possible. And that people are super kind for the most part! I kept weirdly crying all Saturday, but people kept talking to me which was unexpected and awesome. Thanks for creating my VidCon home! It was year 3 for me. (oh and can we be open to more security because of the stalkery fangirls? that was scary.)
Literally everything you say is the deepest, most sensible thing I've ever heard
I have just confirmed that you are 100% correct about residual stress Hank! My sister told me to re-watch this video after I kept bugging her about that very problem. :) I'm glad someone else understands this!
This had an introspective quality akin to that of the 2007 vlogbrothers videos. I loved this video.
A little advice about sore feet: If your feet are sore and you know you have to do lots of walking the next day, lie on the floor with your feet on the bed for a couple of hours and the pain will be gone. Also if you put a pillow under your head it's really comfy, I ended up sleeping like this one night on a school trip to New York.
yay for the PBS mention. I've been really digging what they're up to lately.
I am in a foreign country by myself where I don't speak much of the language and worrying about taxes (that I shouldn't have to pay due to an agreement with my home country) and I've fallen off my bicycle several times and almost been hit by a car several times and I wasn't invited to go with everyone.... But, I walk down the country roads and find a deep sense of inner peace. With that, anything is possible. :)
I still wish I had been able to go to VidCon...
The last eight seconds of this make me so incredibly happy.
My thoughts exactly. Thank you guys, you are truly made of awesome.
PBS is flipping amazing. Arthur is like the best show ever.
I am missing LeakyCon Portland so much after seeing those familiar faces. Next year's LeakyCon in Orlando can't come fast enough. I miss everyone.
I love Josh Sundquist! Heard him speak at National FFA Convention a few years ago, amazing guy!
Gods, I miss London - need to visit again REALLY, REALLY soon!
The guy at the end of the video. He's a member of Team Starkid, a theater group best known for their show A Very Potter Musical in which Dylan plays Dumbledore.
i didnt get a ticket to summer in the city because i didnt find out about it until this month :(
Can't wait to meet you at SitC! So happy that you're going to be there
I was one of the people screaming "good morning John" in this video. Life goal achieved.
I just had a heart attack. Starkid AND Evanna??!! What?! How?! This is just like the best video ever!
I think you're a super guy. Thanks.
he's the guy at the end of the video - he's a member of Team Starkid and is best known for playing Dumbledore in A Very Potter Musical
evanna lynch is seriously the most adorable human person in existence i'm not even gonna attempt to deny it
Before this video, I had no idea the Green brothers started Vidcon. That's amazing!
I felt as though Dylan Saunders was looking into my heart with his beautiful eyes.
this was my first vlogbrothers video. so much has changed, about this channel, about myself, and yet i'm still here. dftba!
Woah, no wonder you guys were all on the roof so much, that place looks amazing.
To be able to say no to those ideas shows true strength.
I love that he hangs out with Starkids!!
PBS is amazing and I'm glad that other people know it. How much should we ALL LOVE the PBS Remixes!!!!!!
I appreciate the fact that you recognize most people cannot go to vidcon despite the fact that most of us wanted to go. :)
Hank Green you are an amazing person.
1:16! The discriptionnof PBS makes for a good description of Subbable too. Amazing!
Stress is a peculiar thing, if you can go somewhere away from your daily life, one day maybe two days later, you can wake up and realise, the stress has gone away, it's a great feeling. Pwople can live with stress without knowing it fot a long time and really only appreciate it after it's gone
I learned that my fear of heights can be triggered by a video taken by a phone on a fire escape
I got really happy reading that. I am incredibly happy for you! Cheers to you for achieving a life goal :)
I frickin love you, Hank.
I was in London when you were there/Leaky Con was on and I didn't even know... But I met a woman in Forbidden Planet who came over from America for Leaky Con and she was so kind! Just upset I couldn't go, wahhh!
I want to hug all the nerdfighters
How do you manage to always be so inspiring?!
The residual stress thing is like my life in a sentence. How you handle the stress of VidCon the world may never know.
I crowd surfed Dylan Saunders at Leakycon and got shoulder bumped by Hank Green! Best weekend EVER. Perfect Leakycon.
I SO think Martha should have a lifetime pass. She is always one of the first familiar and friendly faces I see at every VidCon I attend!
I wish vidcon was somewhere in the middle of the US so I might have some chance of coming.
They performed A Very Starkid Event, which was a show of a bunch of their songs at LeakyCon London. It was totally awesome :D Theres a video on youtube somewhere.
On the topic of PBS, might I recommend a few more nerdfighters check out their Inventor Series channel. It's interviews with inventors and there's some really fascinating and under-viewed content over there.
As a person named John, that last guy was kind of terrifying. And hilarious.
Ending with Dylan was the best way to go
Captain Picard is going to be at the NY Comic Con on Sunday
I believe it's from Wheezy Waiters main stage performance, which he hasn't uploaded yet
The point is to try. There are many who can't do it. Just do your best and we get it :-). Also, rubber bands/hairbands are a good training tool and crutch if you just REALLY have to do the salute :-)
Team starkid and Hank together okay wow I'm dying its been nice knowing y'all.
I'm one of those people saying "Good morning John" and one of my lifegoals is hereby accomplished
It's sort of a reference to the "Peter Pan" bringing fairies back to life by cheering and clapping. It's typically done as an audience interaction during play productions of it. It was also done in "Hook" at a rather silly moment, but I digress.
VidCon should come to Australia soon. You'd have more people willing to volunteer than buy tickets! :D
I rewatch this video consistently just for the last 10 seconds
Starkid. Of course. John, you get the coolest salutations.
DYLAN SAUNDERS JOEY RICHTER AND JOE WALKER ON A ROOF IN LONDON WITH HANK GREEN OMG I WOULD CRY
Hahaha the best part of this is that, when I started reading your comment, I was thinking "They're wrong; nothing could be worse than Mediacom."
And then I realized you were talking about Mediacom. :P
Evanna Lynch and Starkids! I was a little more excited to see Joey Richter in the background than Evanna Lynch.