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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- In which John worries--which to be fair is his background emotion--about doing two things well. Check out the tea: good.store/discount/TRYTHETEA... and get 50% off your first subscription order.
Or join the thousands of monthly donors to our project in Sierra Leone: pih.org/hankandjohn
Or check out good store more generally, where 100% of the profit goes to charity: good.store
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Hi. Thanks for being here with us. And thanks for your honest and open thoughts about trying to do more good without abandoning the good we're already trying to do.
1. Try the tea and get 50% off your first subscription order: good.store/collections/trythetea (NOTE: The tea is currently only available in the U.S. and Canada for freshness reasons. Sorry!)
2. Join the thousands of monthly donors to the Maternal Center of Excellence: pih.org/hankandjohn
3. Or check out the rest of good store at good.store
-John
*sad European noises*
That "currently" sounds hopeful though :-)
that "currently" is years old with the coffee and now it leaves me (tea-)leafless :(
Thanks for all that you do, you're an inspiration. I'm going to get some coffee for my friend now.
Good work man, keep up the good work, we need more of that.
Can you please make awesome socls for persons with giant feet? I wear a size US 19 wide.
If the tea needs a mascot I suggest the Tea Bee which sells tea and fights TB
This would be so great
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Big fan of the shirt
Thanks I thought it was a bit much but I also don't design thumbnails so I just wear bright shirts to try to please the algorithm. -John
Buying specific shirts to please the algorithm gods is wildly funny to me and I’m not sure why.
@@vlogbrothers Do you know where I could get one?
Ooh good callout me too
@@RosaFriendnew biz idea @vlogbrothers
I got a John Green ad on a John Green video.. it’s John Greens all the way down
me too.. john green is following me everywhere lol
the correct plural is johns green
A 50% drop in maternal mortality in just the past five years? I legit pumped my fist in the air and screamed "YES!!!" when I heard that statistic
yep i cried
yeah!!!
That's AMAZING! What an awesome statistic!
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Me too! The little church lady in me came out QUICK! Scared the atheist right out of me for a second 😂I literally didn’t know what else to say but HALLELUJAH!🎉
Okay but is it coincidental that Keats & co is an anagram for “tea & sock”
woah
Mom found the tea sock
Hugely important question
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@@drakep271 Isn't that Irish prime minister?
It’s fun to have the jump on a video topic because I follow a certain coffee intern on tumblr of all places
Only true social media degenerates would find themselves on that platform. Hi. It's Me. I'm the social media degenerate. -John
@@vlogbrothers the best tumblr come back in history
Waves to fellow social media degenerates 😅
@@IntrepidAcetronaut **waves back**
nerdfighteria tumblr gang rise up!
My father contracted TB while doing his Nursing residency in the early 80s. Later in life, having also developed an autoimmune disease and rheumatoid arthritis...his TB reactivated. This all occurred in the Western United States. I am deeply grateful, Sir, that you cast such a bright light on this issue (and all the other things you pursue)! My father was very fortunate to receive the care he did, both times. It is time that everyone can have access to the same. As always, DFTBA!
I love tea and hate tuberculosis! This is perfect for me!
On one hand: affordable high quality tea and the end of TB, on the other: no tea and needless global suffering. This a death or cake scenario.
My daughter is nonverbal and gets so excited to see her new socks every month. We have so many socks now we ran out of drawer space. 😅
I have been WAITING for tea - not a coffee drinker, but really want to support these projects in more ways. Thanks, Green brothers, for keeping your (and our) attention on global health equity.
Saaaaame!
Same here too!
Me too!!!
Same here! I like coffee just fine, but I can only drink it sparingly because my body metabolizes it straight into gut-twisting anxiety (thanks, body!🙄). But tea, at least in moderation, does not. And we loves it, our precious. And yanno...we hates the tricksy TB as much as we loves the precious tea. So this venture is definitely a winner in my books.
I often think about how difficult and unsexy building infrastructure is. Everyone wants to give money and aid but sustained concentration and effort is really challenging
Yup. It gets a little easier every day, but you do have to do it every day. That's the hard part.
Amazing how the most essential and important things we do in life are unglamorous and require prolonged effort. Not sexy, but necessary!
Halfway through this video I was disappointed because I really hoped “The Tea” was finally the announcement of the awesome tea club, and then I was un-disappointed because it IS finally the announcement of the awesome tea club
I'm so excited! I was like "Man, IDK if I can give any more per month D: I just ..." and then I was like "_But I can totally redirect my tea budget each month!
I mentioned this in the premier chat but just sharing some love for the descriptions of the teas, specifically how clearly they state whether the tea is caffeinated or not. As a caffeine sensitive tea lover who's used to scrolling to the deepest depths of websites it was a lovely change of pace :)
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Same!!😊
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Agreed 👏👏👏
John, I am a longtime, very quiet nerdfighter. And like too many, I struggle with poverty myself. That said, our awesome socks subscription is a priority for myself and my husband. And now, despite having just moved and not having jobs sorted yet, I set up a tea subscription. Eight weeks is enough time for everything in my life to shift. And I cannot think of a better way to spend what little spare money I have. I am proud to be a Nerd Fighter. I am proud to support the Good Store. I am proud to have contributed, even in such a minuscule way, to the betterment of the world.
Thank you both for the community you’ve built and sustained, and the trust you have in us that we will keep showing up.
I 100% think we can work towards two long term goals at the same time!!
You said it best John: Never underestimate Nerdfightaria
At this point, I feel like we need to make "Never Underestimate Nerdfighteria" a t-shirt!
@@jacquecomposanto3792 yes please!
I agree! I am honored to be part of something doing so much good!
Never fight a land war in Asia and never underestimate Nerdfighteria when global health is on the line.
Idea: every bag of tea should include 1 piece of juicy gossip (possibly about the Green brothers)
It’ll be the Green Tea!🍵
Like Snapple Caps!
maybe we'll get hanks most embarrassing fact 😮😮
One lucky winner receives the definitive Most Embarrassing Young Hank Picture
I'd like to suggest JARROD juicy gossip!!
Not just coffee! It's tea time.
They're covering all the bases; coffee for the life value, and tea to give value to life.
I, like John, don't know if we can sustain two long term projects. But I stay in this community because they are the type to genuinely ask the question, and over time continue to move forward in ways that match our shared values.
Yes! THIS! Yes.. this is one of the many reasons I love and support John and Hank too! And have done so for the past 10+ years! (;
Darn right!
The entire UK got so excited about this video and so upset by the availability
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I'm sure it will make it there soon. Hugs
Scandalous. I’m English and I want my tea! 🫖
That's so valid :(
I'm sure they're prioritize UK soon, but (speaking as a US resident) it seems a bit wrong to have tea available in the US and not in the UK :/
Shipping & distribution is so silly. Maybe we (Nerdfighteria) could set up an under-the-table thing like we (US folks) have with Canada folks, where we order it then personally send it to ya'll?
rough
I love being part of a silly community that can use the power of the masses to help people. It’s love in all directions! (And now I’m signing up for some Tea)
I love the name honoring a beloved poet who died of TB. Let's Rock this Nerdfighters!!!!
only thing we love better than spilling tea is ethically sourced tea for a good cause ☕️😌
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I currently have no income. (I'm disabled and in the process of arguing with the government to believe that I am.) I cannot wait until the day I can contribute to one of these causes. Some awesome tea is top of the list for things I want to get for myself when I'm making money again.
John, I've been watching vlogbrothers since 2011 and because of you have been following Partners in Health and the MCOE project for many years now. I was drifting a lot in my career the past few years struggling to find work that I found meaningful, but as of a few months ago I'm proud to say that I started my dream job at PIH! The team there is so incredibly thoughtful and caring and I feel so fortunate to get to be a part of that. I wore my awesome socks to my first day at the office and they got recognized by multiple nerdfighter staff members!
This channel has changed my life in so many ways. Thank you John for everything that you do. Never stop being awesome!
Also, my partner just got told by her body that she can no longer drink coffee so the tea subscription could not be coming at a better time for us!
Thanks for sharing your story!
This awesome!
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I am the target market for this tea! I’ve been an avid tea drinker my whole life, a nerdfighter since 2012 and am a scientist. My husband is an infectious disease scientist researching TB. I’ve already subscribed and can’t wait for my tea to arrive! ☕️🐝 I also have bee themed mugs 😂
Man, I thought _I_ was the target market, but no, you definitely out-target me, lol
(I'm still gonna subscribe tho)
I just wish I could afford the treatment to get rid of my latent TB before it becomes a problem in my later years. Probably won't.
But it brings me to tears to think of what you and the community are doing to help those that would have no chance to survive from active TB. At least I can say I have a non-active case at the moment.
The other day I finally had the thought that Good Store had been attempting to target, “Oh I’m out of shampoo… I need to go to the store…. wait what about Good dot Store”. And then I went online and bought plastic free, conscious soaps. And that’s how it should be!! I couldn’t be happier to have it under my tool belt. :) Thanks to you guys.
I burst into tears when John said that maternal mortality has *already* dropped by 50%. Just incredible work
"Sorry, the video is late"
"Oh man, I hope John is ok"
One can't be not ok with a shirt like this. So I'm happy to see this!
And also, of course we love this project and everything it does 💛
I cant wait to see John's tea based memes now that we can openly talk about the tea subscription launching
I drink tea literally every day, multiple times a day. I buy directly from China, Japan, Taiwan, and Nepal. I’m looking toward to trying your stuff and especially supporting a good cause while feeding my addiction. Cheers!
I have a 5 month old, and since giving birth I've come to appreciate the work PIH is doing with the support of Nerdfighteria in Sierra Leone. I had great (and mostly free!) healthcare through my pregnancy and I ended up needing an emergency c-section. Thank God I had access to the care my baby and I needed.
On year two of awesome socks ... Now I think it's time to trade another couple of streaming services for a tea subscription that comes with a side of equity and hope for the future of mankind. Watching The Good Place whenever I want is good, but going to sleep every night knowing that I had the opportunity to help save lives and I took it - that's so much better. Thanks for the opportunity, John.
I love this!
50%!!!!! Well done everyone
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Thanks for being one of the best places on the internet. I love the way this community cares for "the least of these."
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I'm just commenting for the algorithm overlords, and to say I love y'all and how much you prioritise decreasing world suck 💚
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That description is good: In which John worries--which to be fair is his background emotion--about doing two things well.
Similar to how a "cup of joe" refers to coffee, I propose that we should refer to tea as a "cup of John Green"
A cup of John!
i feel like that should be green tea specifically. any tea is just a cup of john.
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Unfortunately tea is a thousand years old institution of near-sacred import to me and I cannot get behind this move. Fortunately, your joke made me laugh hard enough that I almost snorted my drink (3 guesses what) out my nose 😂😂
@@esoteric_squidthat's okay the name John is also that old if not older.
I hope you put the brewing instructions on the tea. A lot of people don't now how and it makes a big difference to the flavor. Doing so may help repeat orders.
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Thank you for explaining the Keats connection. And thank you for not flitting to a new topic and ever dropping the important work already underway.
Very off topic but I really like John's shirt
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I also like his shirt, but please be cautious with your compliments lest we have another Adidas situation. /lh
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High 90% subscription retention is actually WILD.
I have a Master's degree in public health and I cannot express how important longevity is. So many short-sighted projects lose steam and don't actually produce lasting change. Entire governments fail to pull off what John and Hank are doing.
My strategy as someone that subscriptions doesn’t work for: buy Christmas gifts from the Good Store! Excited to send tea to my friends and family!
That’s such a good idea!
Hank and John! I once told you (I think on Twitter?) that I didn't like coffee but if you brought out black tea I'd sign up. Well, here I am.
I think we can handle 2 projects. PIH is already in my will & I'm not 40 yet. Long term is what it's about
You guys are one of the best parts of the Information Age.
As someone born and raised in it, and therefore affected by both it’s good and bad parts, Thank You for what you’re doing.
Yesss, I was just thinking earlier in the video that it's a shame that I just don't really like socks that aren't the very specific kind of socks I already have, or coffee that I have to make in my house, or bar soap - but I love tea!! Money's kind of tight at the moment but I'm so excited to at some point be able to support a great cause while also selfishly getting a good thing that I like😋
We're here. It's a joy to be in community with all of you
So excited for the tea! As a non-coffee drinker this is a dream come true!! And glad to be supporting such an important cause, awesome to do so through what would normally be routine consumer purchases... and often not ethical ones otherwise! (Tea, socks, etc)
This news was served to me via my news feed at 5.30a this morning. So I went and got my tea. Finally a subscription for me 🥰🥰🥰
One piece of missing context I'd like to hear more about is how does all of this money compare to the problem as a whole?
I just have no concept for how big these problems actually are. Like, 40 million dollars is a huge amount of money, but how much? A fraction of the cost of the maternal ward? Or is it actually a sizeable fraction of the cost of building/running all of Sierra Leone's healthcare system? Also, how much money is Partners in Health contributing beyond that $40 million?
I have no sense of the scope of the situation as a whole.
Good question
I think some of the past videos on the PIH partnership has addressed some of this, particularly with the MCOE
I have been waiting for the Good Company to offer tea for SO LONG! Gonna sign up today!
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Amazing! Whenever I have a stable income yeah i'll join in for the tea train! 🎉
Yay! Take care of yourself first, excellent Nerdfighter!
You'll never look back and say "I did too much good in the world," but it inspires me that you keep trying.
LOVE that this is happening, and that you listened to Hank that it needed to be loose tea rather than tea bags! 😍 Just a note, I had to work pretty hard to find out how many grams a "bag" was, might want to put that in the description. But seriously, this looks so good!
Seconded! I ordered a subscription, but I'm still trying to figure out how often I'm gonna need to get it sent
Hope the Tea releases outside the US soon. Would love to sign up for that
I've set up an automatic monthly donation for PIH because I know they are doing good for people on a daily basis.
Change of subject: I am an Indiana librarian and I would wear the hell out of a "Micah Beckwith Is My Nemesis" t-shirt.
Love the idea! Went to purchase to find the confounding fact 'The Tea' is not available in the land of the tea, supper and comfy fireside socks!! Lots of Love (LOL) Theo
I've been waiting for Good Store tea for so long and immediately ordered some.
It's crazy how much these 2 brothers have done for the world. Between bringing millions of us at home a wide array of knowledge we wouldn't have otherwise had, so much joy and laughs, to donating insane amounts of money to so many worthy causes- the world is so much better with them in it♡
YES! I've been waiting for this launch for so long!! Buying coffee and socks on a subscription would be wasteful for me but I drink tea every day and it is so amazing to be able to purchase GOOD tea for a GREAT cause.
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Is this herbal or verbal tea?
Bit of both really.
Dried, non-verbal, keats n' co herbal
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@@The_Nahlid Well played, your majesty
Love the rebrand! Picard would be proud of the Earl Grey. 🖖
the limited attention span is why i like the sock club. i don’t have to do a single thing and every month a new favorite clothing item shows up at my door, AND i’m helping maternal health in sierra leone. the socks give me joy when they come and every time i wear them, and i kind of hate wearing any other socks now, because none of them are as comfy or fun as the awesome socks.
I just received my tea, sat down with my first cup and listened to “On the Grasshopper and Cricket”. I feel very grateful to be a part of this community.
Appreciate the honesty in your videos, it's rare these days
This is very exciting and I believe our community can accomplish so much together. 🎉
My awesome socks are slowly replacing all my other socks. I love love love them and the fact that they support something as life changing as the maternal center of excellence just makes me love them more.
Can't quite express the sadness I felt upon discovering that the tea isn't avaialble for those in the UK yet, I expect the sales will go up drastically when it is!
I think it's such a great idea, and very keen to support it when it's ready, DFTBA
Q: can you please do a video on how the the maternal death rate has already fallen by 50%? Given that the teaching hospital hasn't opened yet, what worked there?
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Please let us know as soon as the tea becomes available in Europe, would love to get some :)
I work in one of America's largest reference laboratories and part of my job involves TB testing (quantiferon specifically)
I've wanted to help out more, it's a cause I'm passionate about and love watching your videos about it to make me feel like I'm a part of something bigger than myself. Sad thing is I HATE coffee. But now! I can drink tea and do my work knowing I'm helping in multiple ways.
This was a pick me up I needed, due to instrument issues this week roughly 400 samples were compromised and even though it's not my fault I've felt awful thinking about how many patients were affected. This is the perfect time for me to give back and donate.
I’ll be starting my Peace Corps trip in Lesotho this September. I’ll be focusing on youth education on HIV. See y’all there!
Wonderful shirt - wish I could order the tea in UK!
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I dislike hot beverages, but I have spread the good word with the hot beverage drinkers I know!
Have you heard of iced tea? 😊
I suppose making the tea and putting it in the fridge in a pitcher/jar or later is too much? Or is it just the vibe of hot beverages?
I could see the process getting exhausting for a whole year. I have adhd, so I get it if so, I'm just curious.
The process of making iced tea is a bit different than just cooling hot tea, even though plenty of people do just cool hot tea and call it iced tea, it doesn't quite have the same flavor as true iced tea
HECK YES I LOVE SUPPORTING THE “DESTROYING BUSINESS”
It's only been 3 days, but half the products are already sold out!!! Amazing community!
Nice haircut!
It’s a video premium, it’s not John live
I'm excited to be part of both of these projects! We decrease worldsuck in this corner of the internet. Thank you to all the folks who have spent time working on the Good Store, finding the tea (and other projects), and handling the logistics for taking on this second project! That is *so much* work. I'm practically crying at work overwhelmed by the awesomeness of Good Store, Complexly, Vlogbrothers, and Nerdfighteria.
Your friend Paul was quite wise; “resources are less limited than they have ever been before” is a great way to look at how we approach stuff like this. Buying Awesome Socks doesn’t feel like a staggeringly big commitment, nor does being part of this community, but because we’re fortunate enough to live in the world that we do, everything we can contribute is more significant than people even twenty years ago could have dreamed of! Hell, I bet if you told me ten years ago as a young Nerdfighter that we were doing all of this work now, I wouldn’t have believed you! …Actually, maybe I would, because Nerdfighteria is just that great🥰
Watching this while im eating a grilled cheese
Goes great with a nice cup of tea. -John
@vlogbrothers Certainly! Il be sure to pick some up!
the tea with author john green? this is needed.
wonder if it's disease or literary news...
I am super excited about the Evensong Chai! I love how these teas are unique, from sourcing to creating blends not found anywhere else.
Hearing how much money has been raised from your products made me tear up a little! I'm so thrilled!
As a student living paycheque to paycheque, I aspire to one day be able to subscribe to Awesome Socks and Keats & Co tea, buy a Crash Course coin, etc. It’s one of those things that will make me feel like I’ve “made it” as an “adult”. I absolutely adore what you both and Nerdfighteria do, and personally I’m excited to be able to support these and any other projects that defeat world suck long term as soon as I can.
So glad that the tea subscription I've been waiting years for finally launched, and that I finally started working full time last year so I can actually afford to support such a great cause!
i usually dislike subscription models, but this is one amazing example of an amazing implementation that is created for good, not profit. if i had the money i would 100% drink the tea!!
I think one reason we're so powerful is because we can still embrace the silliness, we thrive on it. I think you've done well finding a good balance for it all, as well as taking breaks when need be (like in your most recent video). I am sad the tea has sold out selfishly already, but I'm absolutely thrilled it's already sold out as well! Take that TB, we're coming for you!
Went to subscribe, clicked some wrong buttons, found the secret Lorem Ipsum sales page of the Good Store 😂
I am literally so excited for the tea! I can 100% justify purchasing tea that will also help to fund destroying TB!
Loving this shirt John! And excited for our long term funding work!
Might I just say that this is a masterful work of community development? You addressed most if not all of the major concerns I have heard within the community. You addressed that splitting attention may end up being more than we can collectively handle, but that we are going to try and see. You addressed that this community is not a crisis focused community but instead a group of people whose first fundraising effort was to send people to a concert.
We can't save the world but we can help it. Doesn't mean that all of our focus has to be helping it, but we can do our part.
I swear you help me to reframe negative depression thoughts way better than my therapist. So thanks, remembering people are good, helps.
Honestly, I most appreciated the update of where the projects are at and how they are being funded! Thank you for the clear communication, so excited for the work this community is continuing 🎉❤
Very excited about this news! I drink tea multiple times a day and have gotten a bit of a tea club started at work. This is going to be great to bring into the office and spread the word!!!
Thank you for working to make the world a better place
I've just graduated University and now have my first career job. I'm so excited for my first pay cheque because I can finally sign up for a subscription!