I needed John Green's help to finish this puzzle 🤯

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  • @KarenPuzzles
    @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +171

    Want more? I put up a bonus video of deleted scenes on Patreon FOR FREE (no account required to watch this one):
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    The Turtles All the Way Down movie is out now on Max. (I don't know if I made it clear enough in the video, but this video is not sponsored)

    • @pilotrtc
      @pilotrtc Місяць тому +2

      Can't find the free deleted scenes since I've never been on Patreon. It's prompting me to set up an account. 😞

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +11

      @@pilotrtc Scroll down and you should see the free posts.

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae Місяць тому +3

      the video is not sponsored, just that big of fans of the works of John and Hank Green; esp when they become awesome movies

    • @megan_pinkerton
      @megan_pinkerton Місяць тому

      ​@@KarenPuzzles I'm not seeing the deleted scenes either 🤷‍♀️

    • @achild4363
      @achild4363 Місяць тому

      @@KarenPuzzlesI love watching this video Karen

  • @ElizabethNicoleSchwartz
    @ElizabethNicoleSchwartz Місяць тому +1175

    Whoa. This is a crossover I never would've expected.

    • @NinaKeilin
      @NinaKeilin Місяць тому +5

      Same! I just listened to his interview on fresh air.

    • @amberbydreamsart5467
      @amberbydreamsart5467 Місяць тому +64

      As stated in the video, Karen's been a nerdfighter for a long time! She hosted on John & Hank Green's yearly charity stream a bit over a year ago in 2023. I was more surprised that John was in California before I remembered he's doing the movie press tour thing

    • @macicowata
      @macicowata Місяць тому +22

      Karen was also mentioned in one of his books!

    • @colettehenderson6108
      @colettehenderson6108 Місяць тому +9

      Karen was on the P4A last year and worked with the Green's several times in the past :)

    • @ajsmellypiratehooker1019
      @ajsmellypiratehooker1019 Місяць тому

      ​@@macicowata Which one?

  • @crazytooley
    @crazytooley Місяць тому +873

    I love when two creators meet up together for a collaboration and they both say each other "oh my God I'm a fan I have admired your work for years" to each other
    Genuinely makes me happy and brings me joy

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +113

      The best perk of this job is any time I get to spend time with other creators I admire!

  • @FluffSWE
    @FluffSWE Місяць тому +527

    LOVED when Valentina filmed all the puzzles in big piles all over the room when Karen said "i have no more puzzles to do" :D

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +185

      Right after we finished filming, she was like, let me tell you what I did and also you HAVE to use it 😂

    • @miriam4235
      @miriam4235 Місяць тому +12

      That was brilliant. 😂

    • @AnnaReed42
      @AnnaReed42 Місяць тому +20

      22:11 for anyone who, like me, was not watching at the time and missed it 😂

    • @songofshadow5043
      @songofshadow5043 29 днів тому +2

      ​@AnnaReed42 Thank you. I did, in fact, miss it. Because it happened while I was reading this comment...

    • @MarkThePage
      @MarkThePage 13 днів тому

      @@songofshadow5043 UA-cam seems to show comments left at around the same time that you're at when you scroll down and they load.

  • @hilary3219
    @hilary3219 Місяць тому +217

    John saying "The real pleasure in life is not necessarily being great at something it's the feeling of getting better" is a very healing sentiment for perfectionism in general but also resonates a lot with me personally as I'm focusing a lot on acknowledging small progress this year.

  • @CircleThinker
    @CircleThinker Місяць тому +172

    "I did two! I did three! I'm on fire"
    Max level wholesome

  • @valentinavee
    @valentinavee Місяць тому +481

    This was the best day! As an OG Nerdfighter, I was so glad you asked me to shoot this video! Thanks Karen! It turned out great!

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +58

      My studio has never looked better ❤️

    • @Amycalledshooter
      @Amycalledshooter Місяць тому +44

      The camera work was great! Loved the visual gag with the pan of all the puzzles.

    • @karenneill9109
      @karenneill9109 Місяць тому +6

      @@Amycalledshooteryes, lots of little visual jokes! Lovely!

    • @isacami25
      @isacami25 Місяць тому +5

      @@Amycalledshooter it was literally the best joke

    • @rosianna
      @rosianna Місяць тому +7

      loved meeting you!

  • @hellformichelle
    @hellformichelle Місяць тому +175

    The Green brothers are the Kevin Bacon of the internet. Six degrees of John and Hank

    • @redheadfaerie
      @redheadfaerie Місяць тому +3

      John and Hank? Is it already 2028?! Hahahah

  • @inwalters
    @inwalters Місяць тому +425

    Now that we've had a video of Karen teaching John how to puzzle, we need a follow up of John teaching Karen how to write an award winning, best-selling novel. 😁

  • @shirleycarvajal193
    @shirleycarvajal193 Місяць тому +165

    22:08 I had to pause because I was laughing so much from Karen saying "no more puzzle to do" and then the camera panning to a literal ROOM full floor to ceiling of puzzles. This was genius!

    • @starnathanstar
      @starnathanstar Місяць тому +5

      That gave me a good laugh too lol

    • @bennydreamly
      @bennydreamly Місяць тому +4

      Yeah that was too funny

    • @radjago
      @radjago Місяць тому +2

      She was referring to the feeling of having completed a work and having no more to do on a work you are invested and engaged enough to complete (hence puzzle, not puzzles). You aren't guaranteed that feeling with the next puzzle, so you take all you can in the moment.

    • @angelawilliams2072
      @angelawilliams2072 Місяць тому +1

      @@radjago you definitely get it ❤

    • @LyuboRyuk
      @LyuboRyuk 22 дні тому

      I missed that! Thanks for letting me catch up ☺️😅

  • @northstarjakobs
    @northstarjakobs Місяць тому +205

    I didn't realize that John Green has aphantasia, but it makes me feel better as an aspiring author with aphantasia (not complete aphantasia, but pretty damn close) that there is such an accomplished author who experiences the world in a similar way to me. It can be weird to explain it, especially to people who wonder how you can write descriptions of things when you can't "see" them mentally.

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +45

      It's so interesting learning how different people's brains work.

    • @sianmilne4879
      @sianmilne4879 Місяць тому +5

      That's exactly the question I had, like I understand going from memories but how can you write novel experiences? No pressure to answer, I mean this rhetorically!

    • @DeronMeranda
      @DeronMeranda Місяць тому +9

      @@KarenPuzzles This was so interesting seeing how somebody with aphantasia approaches puzzling, as like you I'm a strong visualizer, so it's hard for me to imagine what that must be like. I'm also super curious about a similar thing called subvocalization - when you read do you "hear" the words? I have this and always thought it was normal, until I learned that there are people who don't. And like aphantasia, people on different ends of those spectrums are often unaware that there are people who experience the world completely differently.

    • @ah3968
      @ah3968 Місяць тому +8

      I’m so impressed by him. I have aphantasia level 5 but if I really concentrate I can get glimpses of level 4. I was always more into movies rather than books and I think it’s because of this. I never knew my mind worked differently until a few years ago but it made more sense once I did. I guess visualization and imagination are similar but distinct. It is so fascinating how minds work.

    • @hopegold883
      @hopegold883 Місяць тому +1

      I know. Even if you’ve never heard of John Green (just go with me) you’d be stuck in after that intro.

  • @silentspeaker0156
    @silentspeaker0156 Місяць тому +233

    What a pleasant surprise! When you were teasing the guest, I never in a million years would have guessed this!

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +42

      Honestly I'm as surprised as you are that we actually managed to make it happen 😭

  • @LaurenFairwx
    @LaurenFairwx Місяць тому +32

    This brightened my whole day. “It’s like having a cat in here”! The 8/8/08 flashbacks!! Rosianna’s squeal over the vintage puzzles! What a delightful mood booster.

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +9

      I was hoping you would watch! I miss those days ❤️

    • @LaurenFairwx
      @LaurenFairwx Місяць тому +3

      @@KarenPuzzles Me too! I hope we can all get together for an event again someday.

  • @abbyblack
    @abbyblack Місяць тому +168

    People saying they haven't expected this crossover but Karen had been a nerdfighter since forever, right?

    • @SwissAdelina
      @SwissAdelina Місяць тому +10

      Guess that’s what makes us old in internet years. These other folks commenting haven’t been around since forever.

    • @ginny93en
      @ginny93en Місяць тому +2

      I literally heard a wizard rock song during the video which is very old nerdfighter

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen Місяць тому +3

      I have no idea what nerdfighters are, let alone that John Green is one - never mind Karen.

    • @loran1212
      @loran1212 Місяць тому +4

      @@JasperJanssen It is what people who follow John and Hank Green's channel Vlogbrothers are called. I think it has more meaning than many channel names, as there was a lot of real community building surrounding it in the aughts and early tens.

  • @CodeOmega0
    @CodeOmega0 Місяць тому +46

    Note to your videographer: The sudden pan to *all of the other puzzles* when Karen said 'there's no more puzzle to do' was just perfect. xD

  • @waffleweave
    @waffleweave Місяць тому +185

    9:00 Karen listening whilst casually plugging 5 pieces in back to back on this very hard puzzle

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +96

      Honestly it was like having a really interesting podcast playing...that I just happen to get to participate in

    • @paulasalazar2093
      @paulasalazar2093 Місяць тому +13

      ​@@KarenPuzzles omg Karen please do a podcast where you do puzzles in real time while talking to people

    • @LS-ux2bk
      @LS-ux2bk Місяць тому +2

      ​@@paulasalazar2093 Brilliant idea!

    • @MinurielLai
      @MinurielLai Місяць тому

      @@paulasalazar2093 ++

  • @GeorgeOLV67
    @GeorgeOLV67 Місяць тому +48

    Awesome interview! My favorite quote "you can spend as long as you want on a puzzle and no one is going to judge you". That's my approach. I'll spend hours searching for that one piece!

    • @mekko902
      @mekko902 Місяць тому +4

      Yeah, I don't sort my pieces because I want the puzzle to take longer! I'm not here to be efficient, I'm here to get my money's worth!

    • @jacquelinebell6201
      @jacquelinebell6201 Місяць тому +1

      That's going to be my mantra too when I start puzzling again. I won't be fast but it will be enjoyable. She's given me the desire to puzzle!

  • @aksez2u
    @aksez2u Місяць тому +40

    This is a great illustration of how people can be amazing and intelligent in different ways. Never discount someone because they don't happen to be good at one specific thing.

  • @OrigamiMarie
    @OrigamiMarie Місяць тому +59

    Speed puzzling, but you make John Green feel fully included in your team. He finds and places pieces himself! Now if those pieces just happen to land near him and they fit in fully-surrounded spaces in the puzzle, well that's just coincidence, right?

  • @anna-graceschumann8869
    @anna-graceschumann8869 Місяць тому +14

    "The cacophony of herself." John, your way with words is one of my favorite things.

  • @betsylindsay8480
    @betsylindsay8480 Місяць тому +48

    So relatable when you gave him the right piece and there was a little struggle putting it in. ❤

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +19

      Honestly you give me any skill that's not puzzling and I'd be the exact same way.

    • @betsylindsay8480
      @betsylindsay8480 Місяць тому +3

      @@KarenPuzzles I find that hard to believe! Your modesty is one of your endearing qualities. I really thought it was going to be Alejandro. John Greene was indeed a great surprise.

  • @CoriLeigh
    @CoriLeigh Місяць тому +11

    First time I met Hank, I was wearing a Pizza John shirt. I was not expecting to see him that day and was alone at Vidcon. I needed other weirdos to say hi to me and then ended up meeting Hank. He was like “Hi! I’m Hank!” and I laughed and said “Hi! I’m aware. I’m Cori and I am awkwardly wearing your brother’s face on my chest.” He was, of course, lovely about it. Then I spent like… 6+ hours unboxing Orabrushes to go into swag bags. I have a photo somewhere of Hank and I next to a mountain of Orabrushes and me in a Pizza John shirt. Good times. 😂

  • @kimberlywebb2218
    @kimberlywebb2218 Місяць тому +23

    Seeing Karen get to gush over the solid color puzzles with her friend who is genuinely interested is so wholesome. 🥰

    • @Nino-xp5df
      @Nino-xp5df Місяць тому

      Yes, this! It's just pure nerdfighter joy, seeing the unapologetic excitement and the friend enjoying it!

  • @ewbstudio
    @ewbstudio Місяць тому +13

    I first found Karen back when she was making design videos through Hank and John like 12 years ago- this is such a fun collab!

  • @melimsah
    @melimsah Місяць тому +59

    Fun fact, I'm also an OG Karen fan. Remember when you did designs for them and they turned me on to your old DIY channel ^_^ Nerdfighter since 2009 let's gooooo

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +34

      These comments are like a big nerdfighter family reunion 🥰

    • @melimsah
      @melimsah Місяць тому +5

      I'm wearing one of my pizza John shirts today in celebration ^_^

    • @CodexPotter
      @CodexPotter 10 днів тому

      That's how I found Karen too! From her designs for vlog brothers back in the day. I remember when she worked for UA-cam too and thinking of these I'm like IM SO OLD haha

  • @rosianna
    @rosianna Місяць тому +5

    omg the 888 footage!!

  • @MichelleK.B.
    @MichelleK.B. Місяць тому +45

    The camera work! When she panned around the room showing all the “more puzzle to do” after Karen said she feels sad near the end of the puzzle made me laugh so hard!

  • @ruths_youth
    @ruths_youth Місяць тому +144

    holy shit! the crossover I never expected.
    Edit: "and then I have no more puzzle to do." Valentina: "Are you kidding me!"

    • @bonniesmith7277
      @bonniesmith7277 Місяць тому +9

      Perfection on Valentina's end 😆😆

    • @syrefayne8922
      @syrefayne8922 Місяць тому +4

      Lol I came into the comments just bc of that part

    • @abbaclimb9317
      @abbaclimb9317 Місяць тому +9

      I laughed so hard when Valentina filmed all the puzzles in the room. Like, " What do you mean there is no puzzle left" 😂 great camera work

    • @alanac8810
      @alanac8810 Місяць тому +3

      Fr tho

  • @thehecticglow_
    @thehecticglow_ Місяць тому +76

    2012 nerdfighters we are SO back

    • @darafeth
      @darafeth Місяць тому +6

      My inner 13 year old is just so ecstatic over this, I genuinely do miss old needfighteria it's not been the same since your pants and the ning went down

  • @EmilyMGin
    @EmilyMGin Місяць тому +35

    THE WAY MY JAW DROPPED SEEING THE THUMBNAIL AND TITLE OF THIS VIDEO

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. Місяць тому +57

    Karen’s Puzzling Studio is a cultural landmark.

  • @mrsslibby6857
    @mrsslibby6857 Місяць тому +4

    This is one of my favorite UA-cam collabs!
    I also genuinely appreciate John being so willing to so enthusiastically take part in something he knew he wouldn't be very good at. It was truly such a great reminder that even the most brilliant minds have their strengths and weaknesses; and that it is not only okay to do things you're not good at but it should be encouraged and celebrated.

  • @gracelessnesss
    @gracelessnesss Місяць тому +35

    This is the strangest, most unexpected and most wholesome collab I've ever seen hahaha!

  • @swightfoof
    @swightfoof Місяць тому +23

    John purposefully mixing up the sorted pieces was really shocking

    • @junohawthorne7658
      @junohawthorne7658 Місяць тому +2

      I’ll be doing a puzzle and find myself idly doing the same thing with my own sorted pieces and my jaw drops

  • @xilebat
    @xilebat Місяць тому +4

    My son has OCD, it is a THING, and people genuinely suffer.
    He's getting help and doing well.
    THANK YOU John and Karen for bringing some light to OCD (and the fact that not everybody is Rain Main).
    ... and Karen, you still have a future. A bright one.

  • @silentspeaker0156
    @silentspeaker0156 Місяць тому +40

    His excitement makes me so happy!
    My mom and I would do puzzles together quite frequently, and every year for my birthday I’d get a new thousand piece puzzle that we’d do together on that day. His giddiness reminds me of when we’d rope my sister in and she’d complain about how bad she is at puzzles until she found a piece and would be so happy.
    I live half a country away from them now, but we have video chatted doing the same puzzles to keep the tradition going, and watching your videos makes me feel the same comfort as when I’d puzzle with my family.

  • @Enn-
    @Enn- Місяць тому +15

    I love John. Him being real about struggles in life has helped more people than he will ever know.

  • @rubyfoxall1656
    @rubyfoxall1656 Місяць тому +4

    it's like watching my mom trying to do a puzzle lol! but seriously, i love how casual and conversational this way, and karen is so supportive while john works on the puzzle. what a wholesome video

  • @OrigamiMarie
    @OrigamiMarie Місяць тому +18

    Strong "are you going to finish those fries? No? Alright I'll eat them then" vibes at 18:47

  • @DailyProjectSekai
    @DailyProjectSekai Місяць тому +9

    I did not expect the dude who teaches my class history to be collaborating with a puzzler, but honestly I like it.

  • @melimsah
    @melimsah Місяць тому +33

    OG nerdfighters are not surprised. I had a feeling it was one of the two! DFTBA

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +26

      Maybe I need to get both John and Hank here for a puzzle race one day 🤔

    • @melimsah
      @melimsah Місяць тому +11

      I wonder where Hank is on that mental imagery scale

    • @kf10147
      @kf10147 Місяць тому +1

      @@melimsahiirc Hank can picture things fine

    • @CodexPotter
      @CodexPotter 10 днів тому

      ​@@KarenPuzzlesokay but I would pay $10 for this as a p4a perk

  • @DNory
    @DNory Місяць тому +16

    John Green in your studio, saying he's been watching your videos for years, was not on my bingo card

  • @AldoOjeda
    @AldoOjeda Місяць тому +61

    This is the greatest crossover ever.

  • @freshsmilely
    @freshsmilely Місяць тому +16

    "Puzzling is sorting chaos into beauty"

  • @jacquelinebell6201
    @jacquelinebell6201 Місяць тому +8

    "Its like having a cat in here" lol.

  • @elsap9412
    @elsap9412 Місяць тому +21

    Omg when you announced a mystery guest, this was my first thought!! I think John mentioned in a vlogbrothers video a while ago that he liked your videos

  • @alexrightnow2531
    @alexrightnow2531 Місяць тому +22

    Best crossover episode in history

  • @sonjanaugler244
    @sonjanaugler244 Місяць тому +12

    Two of the coolest people on UA-cam together in one video. 🎉 Congratulations Karen. Keep on puzzling and taking names. It will be a must watch when I get home from work.

  • @justanthy
    @justanthy Місяць тому +6

    This brought me so much joy and nostalgia as a Nerdfighter since 2008 and a continued fan of you both. I'm so happy to see you guys together!

  • @Jaclyn_Lizzi
    @Jaclyn_Lizzi Місяць тому +3

    I love "It's a fact to you; it's more of a riddle to me"

  • @AntjedePantje
    @AntjedePantje Місяць тому +17

    My guess was right! I actually learned about this channel through John, so this is basically full circle ☺️
    Edit: I laughed a lot during this video 😂😂 Love the chaos John brings with him

  • @paulinexong
    @paulinexong Місяць тому +4

    As a Nerdfighter since 2013 this makes me so incredibly happy 😭😭😭

  • @lizziejean1218
    @lizziejean1218 Місяць тому +16

    I'm maybe 2 minutes in and this is my favorite crossover ever!

  • @Lilee177
    @Lilee177 Місяць тому +3

    This is such an enjoyable, refreshing collab. The mutual respect and admiration for each other literally gave me goosebumps.

  • @Maddibitts
    @Maddibitts Місяць тому +7

    Second comment, because I had not reached this part in my initial comment; when Karen says "and then I have no more puzzle to do" and then the camera pans to all of the puzzles throughout the room... fantastically funny, I spat out my coffee! XD

  • @CatherineLu
    @CatherineLu Місяць тому +3

    Such a throwback 😍 glad to see another Karen/vlogbrothers collab after all these years!!

  • @whitney32592
    @whitney32592 Місяць тому +2

    John getting excited about every piece was so cute. I think this is my new favorite video of yours. My love of Karen and puzzles and John and books coming together. My heart is happy.

  • @H2G24life
    @H2G24life Місяць тому +1

    This colaberation is amazing, I also love the display of depth a hobby can go and peoples feeling of skill with that depth. the levels you dive into as you learn how much deeper the skill and passion can go. most people would say they are good at puzzles yet have NO CLUE worlds even exsits and comprehend the level Karen and Alejandro are at. but once you know you feel less good at puzzles when for the average person your still amazing.
    Thank you John for reminding us the many layers of a being preseved as good at a skill cause when your always looking at who is better then you you often forget where those skills can start at.

  • @ZimVader-0017
    @ZimVader-0017 Місяць тому +3

    Saw the thumbnail, saw the duration of the video, and took out one of my smaller puzzles (500 pieces) to make while watching/listening to this 😂

  • @ThePandaNamedAmanda
    @ThePandaNamedAmanda Місяць тому +1

    i got a lil high be4 watching this and i was just crying at how wholesome you guys were the whole time

  • @thebro9054
    @thebro9054 Місяць тому +2

    Many become one, different shapes. Different pictures, faces, landscapes.

  • @itsvondell
    @itsvondell Місяць тому +24

    the people in the comments that are like "that's a crossover I didn't see coming!" and "I never expected Karen to know John!" ... making me feel old lol

  • @houdin654jeff
    @houdin654jeff Місяць тому +8

    Aphantasia is one of those fascinating things that I literally cannot imagine living with. I wonder if people who have it can play games like Tetris or chess in a fundamentally different way than I do… anyway, loved seeing both of you on the same video, love John’s simultaneous self deprecating attitude and celebration whenever he gets a piece in, all the best to you guys, thank you for this video.

    • @Antinomiste
      @Antinomiste Місяць тому +1

      I'm not entirely aphantastic (funny word), but close to John's level I think. I'm not Great at Tetris but I'm not sure it makes a big difference. It's like Tetris is almost haptic, you can feel the way things must be moved. But I am intimidated by chess, I get so easily spatially confused and rotations perplex me, I don't know how much of it is the aphantasia or just some personal nevrosis 😅 I'd like to know more of how other people experience this

    • @redheadfaerie
      @redheadfaerie Місяць тому +1

      I have no idea about a different way or not, but John has often spoken on his love of tetris and how he even watches tournaments and that complexly has sponsored a tetris player.

  • @paulawegman8567
    @paulawegman8567 Місяць тому +2

    you could do a series like this but inviting different celebrities to do their own face or related puzzle and interviewing them. I would totally watch it

  • @sandrachauvin6697
    @sandrachauvin6697 Місяць тому +16

    My nerd worlds have collided!!! Mind is blown! I am a Nerdfighter puzzling librarian.

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +6

      You are my exact target audience for this video 😂

  • @ChicagoJon2016
    @ChicagoJon2016 Місяць тому +1

    Ahhhhhh, the crossover I didn't know I needed, but am thrilled to get!

  • @helpuslisa5074
    @helpuslisa5074 Місяць тому +10

    LOL the cameraman at "then I have no more puzzle to do"😅

    • @helpuslisa5074
      @helpuslisa5074 Місяць тому +3

      And also him asking "what do we do know?" Probably meaning with the current puzzle ans Karens just like... another puzzle...??

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +6

      Valentina did an amazing job shooting this 🙌🏻

  • @jennieriffel7864
    @jennieriffel7864 Місяць тому +4

    OMG I am in the middle of The Anthropocene review and I took a break to see if you had a new video and WHAT?!? my mind is swirling and I love this. This is amazing. Girl, what?!

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +1

      That's such a good book and podcast!

  • @TheCouncil-zg4vp
    @TheCouncil-zg4vp Місяць тому +1

    The crossover I never knew i needed! Been a nerdfighter since 2009 myself, early enough that a determined high schooler could binge the early videos. Never knew John had aphantasia, but it makes so much sense why I love his books, because I too have aphantasia. Character always mattered more than visual descriptions for me. Though I can do 3D shapes much better, as I can kinda "feel" them mentally. There's no image, but it's like if you closed your eyes and felt the shapes around you and made a model out of clay without looking. And I can mentally turn the model like you'd turn it in your hand. But it's also completely non-visual, no color, no lighting, just a empty shape in an empty void

  • @Jar0Jess
    @Jar0Jess Місяць тому +2

    I'm so happy when I saw this I almost cried

  • @valeriepark9444
    @valeriepark9444 Місяць тому +1

    This is like a gentle version of "Hot Ones" interviews

  • @dancerb249
    @dancerb249 Місяць тому +2

    I wish I could like this 100 times Always crazy to me when 2 unrelated channels that I love come together

  • @sarahgrumbine4327
    @sarahgrumbine4327 Місяць тому +2

    This video was great. I wasn’t familiar with John before he seems really nice. I’m excited to watch the movie tomorrow.

  • @RoseHathaway12
    @RoseHathaway12 Місяць тому +2

    The two of you admiring each other's work is the coolest thing ever!

  • @sarahloomis2034
    @sarahloomis2034 Місяць тому +2

    I low-key forgot Karen is a nerdfighter, even though I'm pretty sure that's why I started following her in the first place. Great video!

  • @Serenity_Dee
    @Serenity_Dee Місяць тому +9

    5:40 I'm like -1 on this scale, my spouse is -3 or so. When I learned about aphantasia I was as thoroughly unable to understand it as when I met someone who was fully hearing but told me that he "just wasn't into music."
    Funnily enough, I work in a STEM field, and while math comes easy to me in general, I can at least understand struggling with it even though I play around with numbers in my head just for fun.

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +5

      It's so interesting what people's brains are able to do or not do. I was always great at math and have 0 ability to learn other languages 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @proceduraldad2578
    @proceduraldad2578 Місяць тому +1

    He got totally addicted by the end, love that

  • @graemebloodworth8991
    @graemebloodworth8991 Місяць тому +3

    this video is going to become the most complete collection of pizzamas lore in perpetuity

  • @sleepynightowl1550
    @sleepynightowl1550 Місяць тому +5

    "No, no more puzzles, Karen!" Bwahaha, John did sound a bit panicky there 😅

  • @feuilletoniste
    @feuilletoniste Місяць тому +2

    Oh, yay! I’ve been hoping for this video ever since you showed your copy of the Pizza John puzzle ages ago. I’m so glad you were able to make it happen!

  • @CodeOmega0
    @CodeOmega0 Місяць тому +3

    I just knew it would be a Green! I found your videos through them so many years ago, and have been waiting for this crossover ever since!

  • @CorwynCelesil
    @CorwynCelesil Місяць тому +8

    Am I the only person who has not the slightest idea in the world who this man is and would love for there to be an actual introduction of him? Six minutes in, and I still have no frame of reference for him.
    Edit: Hmm, reading through a truly large number of comments, I see I'm one of about five people who have never heard of him (or at least who commented about wishing for an introduction). I did a bit of a google search and soon found out quite a lot about him and am a bit surprised I've never heard of him, but I also don't do any reading in the precise genre he writes in. I suppose it is possible to be a reader and a lover of puzzles and enjoyer of Karen's videos and not to have heard of every possible popular writer and UA-camr. But he seems like a very lovely person.

    • @tinag4262
      @tinag4262 Місяць тому

      I said the same thing as a response to another post making the same comment/observation as you

    • @jlilley73
      @jlilley73 Місяць тому

      The only reason I have heard of him and Hank is because UA-cam keeps recommending their videos to me (none of which I've ever watched) for some reason. Maybe it's because I watch so many Karen videos?

    • @dees3179
      @dees3179 Місяць тому

      I don’t know either. I guess the algorithm will fix that now.

  • @sandraraituma
    @sandraraituma Місяць тому +4

    Love this video! Can't wait to read the book now, you both got me intrigued!

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +2

      I'd recommend the audiobook while doing a puzzle. The narrator really brings the emotions to life and it almost feels like a movie itself.

  • @ccgirl5055
    @ccgirl5055 Місяць тому

    It was actually really fun watching you show someone how to feel the joy of doing jigsaw puzzles. 🙂

  • @tammyhicks8699
    @tammyhicks8699 Місяць тому +2

    He was so positive about all the people in his life.I want to be more like that!So uplifting.I want to read the book!Great video!

  • @MarkThePage
    @MarkThePage 13 днів тому

    Valentina's camerawork and Karen's editing were all John needed to look like a master puzzler!

  • @LJG7654
    @LJG7654 Місяць тому +1

    That's so funny, I'm a big puzzle person, but I can't see the image in my head (the opposite of Karen.) I use the box a lot, but I've never even thought that would be helpful in putting them together!
    This was a very fun collab!

  • @naofg
    @naofg Місяць тому +1

    This takes me back to the days when I was active in online nerdflighter communities, and Karen had her graphic design channel (that later on became a DIY channel). I still have the boxset of John Green books that Karen designed ❤

  • @olliep.538
    @olliep.538 Місяць тому +18

    Omg, long-term nerdfighters unite:)))🍕

    • @KarenPuzzles
      @KarenPuzzles  Місяць тому +5

      🖖🏻🖖🏻

    • @melimsah
      @melimsah Місяць тому +4

      I haven't seen a nerdfighter salute in so long

  • @vanessapegg
    @vanessapegg Місяць тому +2

    Oh my God! This is the collab I didn't know I needed or wanted!

  • @duuuumb
    @duuuumb Місяць тому

    "[thats] what its like not how it is" its just bubbling out of him, lord
    banger after banger

  • @SilverFlame819
    @SilverFlame819 Місяць тому +1

    I am SO EXCITED about this crossover!!! Yayyyyyy, nerds!!!

  • @zoew_
    @zoew_ Місяць тому +1

    the way I was like "cool he has a movie" then I was like oh wait that it literally John Green hahah

  • @annaleahfranklin9781
    @annaleahfranklin9781 Місяць тому +3

    It's funny he mentioned Monk... I've been rewatching it lately, and have been noticing the little "jigsaw puzzle cameos" hidden throughout the first 3 seasons. There is a boy (who is only in those seasons) whom I have noticed some hints that he likes puzzles... like there are a few instances where there is a puzzle on the table or on a shelf. The most notable jigsaw puzzle scenes are in season 2 episode 7 (just about 20 seconds where the boy gets a puzzle at his birthday party and Mr. Monk is able to tell what it is and how many pieces there are while it is still wrapped) and in season 3 episode 7 there is a whole scene where they mix 2 puzzles together and Mr. Monk basically starts speed puzzling. 😀

    • @dans8066
      @dans8066 Місяць тому +1

      It was a nice reference but I couldn't focus on anything after that point because I just kept thinking about how Karen doesn't know Monk!

  • @_Claire_Louise_
    @_Claire_Louise_ Місяць тому

    I've watched both of your channels for years, vlog brothers was one of the first channels I found back in probably 2007 so this makes me very happy! I have aphantasia but love puzzles which I know is unusual from other people I've spoken to. Also in the process of being assessed to see if I have OCD and reading turtles all the way down was the first time I've ever felt like a book fully got my brain so I'm very excited to see the movie when I can in the UK

  • @teresalikescheese
    @teresalikescheese Місяць тому +2

    love the puzzle + interviewing format! so satisfying!

  • @bwerto2423
    @bwerto2423 Місяць тому +1

    ‘In through the out-window’

  • @nancymandle5215
    @nancymandle5215 Місяць тому +3

    this was SOOOOOO much fun!!!!!!! Fellow nerdfighter here - i had no idea that john watches your channel. What a rush that will be now - every time i watch your newest video i can wonder whether john is watching with us!!!!!!!! Maybe do a poll to see how many karen puzzle fans are nerdfighters - i think lots of us are!!!

  • @janetharradine4330
    @janetharradine4330 Місяць тому +2

    No one says just do all the white.....except Karen!! Love how different everyone who puzzles is!

  • @Mephistokles333
    @Mephistokles333 22 дні тому

    Aww - its so cute watching the two of you puzzeling together - this video made my day - thank you for creating