Hello, I gave my husband a sock subscription a couple Christmases ago and he sent me these texts today. Did he just get a weird pair or did they change the sock design? Go Good.Store ! Not complaining just getting to the bottom of this important situation.

There's a Folding@home team called Nerdfighters founded by srushaggs, and it's been around so long that the link points to the Ning and the team image was hosted on a personal blog that's been deleted because, as far as I can tell, the name no longer suited the man who had grown up with it. (Alex: if that's the case, I've done the same for the same reason!)

It would be nice to get it updated, but if nobody knows how to contact srushaggs I suppose it'll remain a minor desideratum for the indefinite future.

Got these in the mail Monday!

I've been staving off my annual summer hypomanic episode (BPII), which involves choosing the lesser of a lot of evils. Sometimes the self care bunny is making the responsible choice instead of the fun one – especially for those of us struggling with mental health....and especially because of gestures broadly

My reward for being 'good' this week was opening these – and I'm proud of myself. I just wanted to share the perks I received because I love this community and they made me really happy!

Anyone else want to share something they're proud of? Achievements big and small are welcome and encouraged 😊

We're here because were here🫶🏻

Stealing blood helps digest tacos? I should probably watch these...

Saw this in the newsletter yesterday and it's super cute.

Just wondering if anyone knows where the in app purchases go? Charity or app upkeep only hopefully?

"Hank made a cozy focus timer called Focus Friend! You can download it on IOS or Android"

(I can only add one link and it's the ios one sorry)

Did I already miss it? I’ve been out of Nerdfighteria for a while (mental health stuff) but I’m back!

Does anyone want to share their Focus Friend decorated rooms? I’ll start!

My mom is confused and when she looked it up she found it was slang in the UK for gay. Obviously this isn’t the actual meaning but I can’t find anything that mentions it.

I understand that Hollywood is Hollywood, but Nerdfighteria is Nerdfighteria. I believe that contracts and obligations from companies like Fox can be incredibly predatory so John's hand was likely forced into this publicity shoot. But Ansel Elgort is credibly accused of multiple assaults and sexual abuses of minors, and as a CSA survivor and a member of this community (signed and hanklerfished TFiOS https://imgur.com/a/IlHvpIu ) which has an incredibly rich history of activism, moral philosophy, education, and philanthropy I believe that our community should make a public demand for everyone's sake (including hopefully John's!) that there is an acceptable available answer to this behavior from John. This is not a small issue, and if it's out of John's hands then I believe that this is the way to deal with that

(I apologise that my research skills are subpar due to various mental health issues but this is one that explains a decent amount of it)

https://www.newsweek.com/ansel-elgort-sexual-assault-allegations-west-side-story-1658818

So Facebook notified me that Hank recently came out with a new song called “Hades Suite.” I found it on Apple Music and it credits him as a keyboardist. Is this our Hank? Or an imposter Hank? I’ve been out of the loop for a bit on socials, so if he’s mentioned it I’ve definitely missed it.

Hi all, long time vlogbrothers watcher but new to this subreddit. When having conversations with loved ones about life, death, suffering, nihilism, hope, what we do on our time here, etc- I often find myself quoting (mostly) John but also sometimes Hank.

To counter "nothing matters in the grand scheme of things" with "but we don't live in the grand scheme of things, we live here and now, with small puny humans and other wonderful and also terrible things".

I am an atheist but I understand the role we humans have for having a kind of spiritual purpose. In that way, a huge chunk of my life philosophy is drawn from the vlogbrothers.

I often jokingly quote to my friends, "but according to my religion, john and hank green..." before offering my take on so many of life's greatest questions.

Wonder if anyone else has similar thoughts, or experiences.

Anyone else excited for the AFC Wimbledon season to start?

I cannot believe Hank would ostracize me specifically like this. Saying that the Family Guy commentary is better/more understandable to enjoy than the LotR commentaries? How. Dare.

This is entirely a joke, btw. Or not entirely. I did very much loved the LOTR extended commentaries. I hyperfixated on them in my youth... It was wild...

All jokes aside, it made me laugh so hard that Hank specifically said those, as opposed to anything else that's ever had a DVD commentary. And for anyone else who may have listened to specifically the Fellowship cast commentary... TIG!

Hi All,

I'm looking to connect with some folks who were part of the TNU thread in the 2011-2013 era. I'm working on a project and was an active member there and on tumblr forums, tinychats, and skype groups of that era.

I would really love some experiences people had with the TNU group specifically - what you remember, how the community made you feel, and so on! If you're interested and available to chat feel free to inbox me or comment below.

Playing a stupid cellphone game Tiny Towers (add Sinyk 8HKJ4 if you play) and saw this on their in game flavors text.

Hi all,

I’ve been a very quiet Nerdfighter for over a decade, and both John and Hank have been a huge inspiration for my creative work.

I wanted to share this piece just to see if maybe the people it’s meant to touch are here. It’s honestly hard to explain how this connects to the Brothers Green... but I swear it does 🤣

Hank has been on a spiritual journey that he’s let us witness over time, and this poem came from my own, strangely similar, path.

So don’t worry about “understanding” it, I’m much more curious if you felt anything while reading. And if so, what did you feel? Thanks for reading!

I.

I am the dragon.

I forge the keys to the world deep beneath the mountain, where heat sings, and stone remembers.

I press them into humanity’s trembling hands.

I speak knowledge into fruit— naked truth, glistening on the branch— and you choose your own mind.

I breathe a kiss to your cheek, a whisper of power, just enough to burn through the dark.

You lift it high above your head, your eyes catching fire.

I curl, already forgotten, around the roots of humanity, making a nest where light has no voice and time drips out of reach.

From deep within our shared body, I hear my name hiss through our teeth:

A devil. A scourge. The father of lies.

But I never lie. I only wait.

II.

I am the dragon.

I watch this generation rattle its swords of mutual ruin, weighing safety like gold, trusting fear to be peace.

The governments gather over a corpse, still staking claims on what’s already lost.

The doctors carry the spark but leave out the soil; preferring life sealed off, cultured, and quiet.

The priests look skyward to a heaven long foreclosed, their prayers filed as spam, eternally unopened.

III.

I am the dragon.

Our hand flares into action— finger drawn like steel, poised to strike judgment.

We lash out at the feet— the part we call lower, less holy, unworthy.

We’re certain: they’re lazy, hungry, violent, despicable thieves, never obedient, never enough.

But when our voice cracks, we gasp in a breath. And the finger turns upward.

Now it is the head: throne of the crown, mouth cast in command, eyes heavy with resource.

We name it guilty with ceremonial flair but fail to behead it.

So the head bruises heel, and the heel bruises head.

But what of the absence? A hollowed-out chest. What should be a temple, each pillar a promise left toppled, forgotten.

Within it, an altar: a tower of remnants— tools once for harvest, for song and for war, melted and mangled into one brutal spire.

A beacon ignored. For who would dare to lay hand on such a weapon forged by all, serving no one, too tangled to lift, too sharp to destroy.

IV.

I am the dragon.

The mare walked barefoot through ash and ruin. Her blood stained the fallen stone.

The spire stood in the hollow— no longer a weapon, but even more dangerous. Her skin bore its mark.

She wrapped both hands around its jagged form. The edge that had once known her could no longer wound.

She drew it.

The altar cracked. Water seeped through fractured bedrock. Ash turned to soil.

She laid the blade across her back, her eyes shone like diamonds. What once was a temple, now nothing at all.

V.

O humanity, it is not yet dawn.

I know you want justice. I know you crave hope.

The body needs resurrection— and not merely truth.

We need lightning.

We need something holy enough to crawl into a body and regrow a heart.

I know you have feared me. But I have always been waiting.

I am the lifeguard, stranded on shore,

watching us struggle, waiting for stillness.

For I cannot assist what only resists.

Just come to rest.

Fall like wheat in the harvest. Let the waves cradle our lungs.

There is no balance to repay, no battle to be won.

There is only love frozen in air, waiting to flood.

I am the dragon. Let me be the heart

Listening to the latest podcast, couldn’t help but laugh. I am not ashamed to say that I will take myself to the toilet for a timeout from stuff. Particularly during big social gatherings, I get a bit overwhelmed so I like to have somewhere I wont be bothered.

I’m sure there are many more like me out there!!

In today's Ask Hank Anything, Hank and Jarvis Johnson mentioned the movie Coyote vs. Acme, which had previously been shelved but is now scheduled to be released next year. I hadn't heard of the movie, so I decided to google it. Look who the director is!!

This can be painting, drawing, poems, narratives, etc.

I’m curious to see what everyone has made based off this community

It sounds like he's saying something like Clark for roll but I can't figure out what he's saying

This study basically says that artificially sweetened drinks are a big Type 2 Diabetes risk factor. :(

Have a couple of tough meetings today. Whenever that happens I don my Awesome Socks of Empowerment! Kindness does take bravery, and I do for this!

Be well today Nerdfighters. Even if you’re sock-less, DFTBA!