Hi. Hello. Greetings from deep within my mind. Sorry that all the shots in this are so wide. That is also reflective of how things look/feel deep within my mind. Anyway, the awesome socks club has reopened! awesomesocks.club and also you should get the world's best coffee at awesomecoffeeclub.com 100% of profits go to fight maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone. Thanks for being here with us. -John
I seem to recall a video about a decade ago about how John thinks it's good to swerve in life. This might be the manifestation of that prophecy. Your brother gets cancer so you unexpectedly become the CEO of a multi million dollar per year educational video company? Swerve and become the world's most comprehensive short form documentary series on a semi obscure disease!
@@voidpunkprincess I mean, it really is borne out by reality. Nuclear weapons were said to be the great filter of advanced civilization, and then we had the SALT treaty which reduced nuclear stockpiles.
When my mom got cancer, she said to her doctor, “I am grateful for the doctors and researchers, but also for the patients who came before me too”. It was such a profound thing to say. And yes, thanks to the doctors, researchers, and patients who came before her, my mom has been able to live longer and more beautifully than we thought possible. I am forever grateful for them and her.
It's only tangentially related, but I have the same feelings towards queer people who came before me. Many of whom died of AIDS and fought the system to get treatment, also created a whole new way to do drug trials in the process, because it's due to their work and struggle that I get to have the life I have.
In Australia, there's a TV show called You Can't Ask That, where they take a diverse range of people from a misunderstood demographic and ask them some of the most common questions ordinary Australians have for that demographic. In the episode for HIV+, they had a man named David Polson on. He was one of the first 400 men in Australia to be diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. (did you do anything drastic because you thought you were going to die?) "Yes, I did something drastic: I formed a health plan. I modified my diet, I exercised like a demon (6 days a week). I was determined. I was going to help medical science find something out about this disease. I just felt it was my duty to get out there and do something, so I undertook 28 medical drug trials, and that was something I could do. ... "I was on what they call salvage therapy, which was a whole combination of about 7 drugs. Left me with the worst side-effect of all, it's a very very rare brain disease called superficial siderosis. You lose the use of your arms, legs, you become bed-ridden, you get dementia and you die." Beautifully juxtaposed against another interviewee, who simply said, "I take one tablet at night. After dinner. That's it." I highly recommend looking David Polson up. (Also highly recommend watching You Can't Ask That if you have the opportunity)
Mindful meditation is a "place" "you" can go to not be with "you" so much. I'm juggling the non-existent "Self" usage here with the more lax usage of self. A lot of quotation marks going on in this comment...
I like to imagine John sat down in the special Crash Course CEO chair for like 30 minutes, then realized the extent of his power and called in the Crash Course secretary to tell them that he would be making Crash Course Tuberculosis.
I used to work in a lab in London which was an old, decommissioned hospital. There, the walls of the children’s ward were covered in paintings of nursery rhymes (little bo prep, etc.). It was all cute, colourful, fun and games until, one day, they realised all the paintings were painted with harmfully radioactive paints. There is no moral to this story, the little iron lungs just reminded me of how strange the history we sit on actually is.
@@thefaboo you build a box around them made of glass thick enough to stop the beta particle radioactivity seeping out into the room. However, painting over that box with lead-based paint is entirely optional.
@@Callatya I’m not sure how the politics of the situation was handled as the hospital is really old… However, they turned it into labs because they built a newer, much bigger hospital next door 😂
Is it weird to be excited to watch a series about a single specific illness? I’m just so glad we finally get to see John disgorge all his knowledge on TB.
It's exciting and unusual, but it's normal to be excited by exciting and novel things. Specialized information is fun, it turns out when you dig deep on any topic there's excitement there because topics only got so deep because humans were excited about them and nobody is incapable of being excited about exciting stuff honestly. :>
I used to be a medical coder, where you record numerical codes for diagnoses in the hospital for statistical purposes. The codes we use were originally developed for the WHO specifically to track and categorise tuberculosis. The entire first chapter of the code book is just different tuberculosis diagnoses.
Well, now Hank needs to be touched by a King. I highly recommend Stephen King. Even if it doesn't help your cancer, it would be cool to meet him! This was fascinating, the medical equipment in the background means I will ABSOLUTELY be watching this Crash Course just to know what they are.
There’s something really joyful about reading a title and thinking “I wonder what this is about” and then getting so engrossed in the video that when the title inevitably re-enters the conversation I have forgotten what it was and then being genuinely surprised
"I guess that is kind of the issue, wherever I go I bring myself with me." That statement encapsulates a whole lot of feelings for people with chronic health issues, physical or mental. Probably for Hank right now too.
I know we are all wishing Hank the best, which I absolutely do, but John I hope you’re doing ok as well. I know it has to be hard for you. I appreciate the both of you a lot. I actually listen to the “Hoop Seated” episode of Dear Hank and John every night, while I sleep. Thank you both for all you do in entertaining and teaching us
Only John could mention Hank's cancer so nonchalantly that it both makes me less worried, and also brings me to tears. I've considered myself a sort of distant, estranged (completely proverbial... is that the right word?) Nerd-sibling for over a decade now, and truly love you both as great people to look up to and learn from on so many life-changing subjects. You have helped me through so much, and now you're both helping me teach my kids. ❤ I wish you both the best, especially Hank right now. DFTBA 🖖☠️🖖
And yet we also seem to be regressing in some ways. A recent example involves the surge in anti-vaxxers and other anti-science whackadoodles during the pandemic.
i’m trying to find the right way to word this, but the way you practice finding hope in every situation is so inspiring to me. it feels like a conscious effort and i think living like that is so beautiful
"People always say we're the worst, and sure but look how hard we've worked to get better" will now be my new John Green saying to help fight the existential anxiety
JOHN I love the suit with the format, you truly are the king of committing to the bit. We missed you last week so glad you got to post a video today, I think this is my favorite format video now. ALSO I love the puff levels, the cherry on top of this masterpiece of a video
I know this museum!!! I did my graduate degree internship time with the Indiana Medical History Museum. I will save you all the history lesson on the founding of the museum, but it's a really really neat space, and the staff and volunteers there are doing some really cool and interesting work. Delighted to see it highlighted in this video!
I love it too! I live in FL now, but most times when we make our annual Indy trek to visit family we end up there. A lesser-known but equally amazing place to visit.
@@SenshiSunPower One related to something you can see in the video is, that the chairs that John is sitting in at the start of the video are original to the building, which means that they are over a hundred years old! The museum has one specific guy the can call anytime the woven bits on the back and seat are damaged, but all of them are genuinely amazing shape still
So crazy fact about TB testing; I moved to the UK from South Africa 7 years ago. To get my visa I required a TB test, so I went to the hospital, had the x-ray done and a blood test. Was then told I needed to do it through UKVI which is the official UK home office visa company who deal with TB tests, English tests etc. So anyway, an extraordinary amount of money later (much more than I had to pay at my regular hospital), I got an appointment and all they did was ask if I have a persistent cough. Of course I said no. They didn’t even listen to me breath or pull out a stethoscope. And that, in the midst of what you say is the biggest killing disease in the world, is the the extent to which they’ll test for overseas immigrants 👍
You know what I love about this? That you and Hank are talking openly about medical conditions, the history of those conditions and how they can have the same symptoms. So many are nervous about talking medical things. It's because, sometimes, it can be scary. But if you take the scary away, you can inform people so they know how to better take care of thier bodies. Huggs John!
“I’m super pissed that you got cancer” I know the Green Bros are keeping their personal reactions private, but this glimpse made me tear up. I am so full of rage because there are so many unfixable injustices - or, they might be fixable in the future, but not in my lifetime, and I have to live in my lifetime!- and hearing John even be 0.000001% pissed made me feel seen.
i was obsessed with scrofula when i was like 9 i had a book about it! i was also very anxious about epidemics as a result of reading about TB and spanish flu, but the one thing that calmed me down (and still does) is that there are people all over the world who know about this and spend their entire lives trying to understand disease so we don't have to (and also so that we hopefully listen to them).
It's a shame that it took a significant event like this for me to find this channel. Yet I am glad I did. I am learning fascinating things, and they only feel more meaningful with everything going on. I am filled with hope that the future is bright for the both of you, thank you for all that you do.
That IronLung was so tragic to see. I got so incredibly overwhelmed with sadness and joy that we were and are no longer there. I am thrilled there are persons like you and your brother that support us moving forward. Thanks Hank and John. Honestly.... thanks.
As someone who's getting an ultrasound tomorrow for swollen lymph nodes, glad to know I can add TB to the list of possible causes! Genuinely though, please keep the TB videos coming. As an epidemiologist, I absolutely adore them.
I got to visit this museum last summer. The staff are so amazing, the tour was excellent, the exhibits are well laid out, and they are extremely respectful to the people whose remains are in their care. There are so so so many interesting aspects to this museum, I highly recommend it.
I really love to hear you and Hank talk about “stuff”. I had cancer 2X , 18 years apart, went through chemo 2X. Cancer sucks big time and I completely get it that you’re pissed off about it! I’m also pissed that Hank has it, and I only know him (and you) through YT, but I admire you both so much. Many healing thoughts and good vibes are being sent to you and Hank.
"People are always like we're the worst. Sure, but look at how hard we've worked to get better." I love this channel ❤️ (Also, the real nightmare is being alone in this museum at night)
Love how John is realistic - about Hank being ill sucks, and life in the past being hard - but he's also optimistic by saying that luckily things got and will be getting better. All that in John's calm tone of John's voice. It's a message that we all need right now. And we're learning stuff. So keep up the good work, and strenght and wisdom to you both, Hank and John!
Congratulations! A Crash Course on Tuberculosis is going to be AWESOME! I read The Phantom Plague and got so interested! After seeing you discover the book along with a suite of others made me so excited, I knew you'd do something awesome on the subject, but this is AWESOME AWESOME!
Absolutely loved this video. Being a researcher for 20 years makes it easy for me to have moments of feeling less worthy for not having had a breakthrough. This little film with the engaging historical perspective of things is a great reminder of how far we have come just by being... incremental. Gathering little clues everyday. Year after year. Thank you!
John, I’m fairly new to nerdfighteria. I started reading your books in high school (loved them; still do), but I didn’t really get into vlogbrothers and your and hank’s podcasts until the end of last year. I’ve only ever really known The Format, and I think (after watching some of the old vlogbrothers videos) I actually prefer this. It’s nice to see your face, but it’s just as nice to see all the scenery and different settings while listening to you speak. long live the 30ft cord!
John, when you’re next in North Carolina, I’d like to highly recommend the country doctor museum! It’s in Bailey NC and is supported in part by East Carolina University. I think you’d find similar examples of hope in progress there. It’s quite wonderful!
I'm sure I've commented this before - but I'm almost sad and angry that I haven't been consuming vlog brothers content since the beginning. You two are some of the wonderful lights in the dark cesspool of the internet 👍
@@taetoofs same here. I'd watched Scishow for longer and discovered Vlogbrothers thru that last year. I am sad that it took so long to find my people.
No worries! Nerdfighteria is always accepting new citizens. Being here for 15 years doesn’t make you anymore awesome than being here for 15 minutes. What matters is we’re here.
The time we're given together is miniscule compared with the eons that have been so far. If Nerdfighters can be a flicker of light in the universe, that seems like a worthy endeavor.
On a history tour at the Biltmore they said a Vanderbilt with an illness moved to the NC countryside for better air and hot springs. My kid and I were like "Tuberculosis?" 👀 Thanks John Green's hyper fixation!
The world's a greater place for having evolved the two of you, and I'm a richer man for having contemporaneously popped out of the primordial ooze! Keep up the great work guys
I'm fascinated by the placebo effect represented by things like the king's touch. Almost certainly nobody was ever cured of tuberculosis by a king's touch but it did make some people feel like they might have been cured or more accurately had some of the pain from their symptoms relieved, which is no small thing for someone with a debilitating chronic illness. It evidently has all kind of potential for helping patients deal with difficult symptoms and also the side effects of cancer treatments like fatigue and nausea.
Thank you both for being the best way to end my working days ❤️ John, thank you for feeding my love of wooden chairs. Hank, sending love and light your way. Have wonderful peaceful weeks
I missed this so I came here after watching Hank get his mohawk. Admittedly I’m watching your channel more consistently which, I venture to guess, many others are doing also. I’m sure you’ve both noticed. I feel a strange mix of emotions ranging from nostalgia to familiarity to genuine care and dare I say love. It seems so incredibly odd to have such intimate emotions toward people who are living entirely separate lives and have no knowledge of your existence. Yeah, weird world we live in with social media. Maybe it’s my age. Idk. But anyway…you are both so valuable. Be well.
When i studied history of medicine I was taught that the king’s touch effect (and it was genuinely thought to be efficacious) was in part via the fact that they would clean you up in order to be touched by the king - fully properly scrub you, clear all the lice and fleas, and dirt and coincidentally bacteria and give you clean clothes and if you had to wait around a few decent meals AND belief in something making you better is a powerful thing (do not dis the placebo effect - it is as near to miraculous as you can get and still be talking science)
I hope this helps you with your current hyper fixation, they can be fun but I get stuck in them and it can feel overwhelming. You are doing a great job of navigating a difficult time on behalf of this community, thank you.
John's ability to offhandedly coin new, intensely profound phrases about the complexity and absurdity of life will never cease to amaze me. "That's the problem. Wherever I go, I bring myself with me."
I know this is like basic human decency and also Hank is your brother John, but I really do find it so endearing that even though you two talk to each other outside of the vlog brothers videos, that you would still tell him in the video that if he didn't feel up to making the Friday video, that's okay. Sending both of you. Lots of parasocial love
John's just out here making solid gold platinum hits with his applicable locations and cord-based humor Honestly kinda wished we got the full walk from the edge of the 30 ft mic cord's noble domain to the camera
Oh my gosh! I've been there 3 times because my older kid looks creepy stuff and that's a creepy place! My favorite is the framed nerve endings in the brain room, and I also really like the room upstairs where they transcribed the stuff through the pipe from the autopsy room. A hidden treasure!
John, you go to all my favorite spots in Indy! Coming up next month and my kid will probably want to go back there! Visit family, in between, fun museums! Don't forget April 2024 total solar eclipse!!!
"Laboratories have come a long way in the last hundred years" says John, standing in a laboratory that is different only in tile color to the one I had chemistry class in 2008.
I love the updates to the format. But really that's a footnote to one of the more eloquent videos I've seen from you (John) in a while. This one just really spoke to me.
I've been watching a lot of older vlogbros videos recently (for reasons) and watching John's video today I realized something. John inspires me to think. Hank inspires me to do.
Awww. My heart goes out to John too. He's hurting and doing his best as a brother. You 2 are just a fantastic team and I wish Hank the speediest of recoveries.
Is anyone else’s brain sufficiently warped that when John said “weather” in that tone, part of their brain was confused that a song didn’t start playing?
I only pop in and out of this channel occasionally every month or so, and of course the algorithm went crazy with recent unfortunate news, but this was such an incredibly sweet video. From the timing of little jokes, unexpected cuts, the tone of the voice, and the overall treatment of the subject matter. I feel a little more at peace today.
what caught my attention are the immensely colourful awesome socks with the suit, what a weird and a beautiful combination. That microphone is never beating the endless length allegations, it reached a museum now?!
It’s been mentioned on the pod and in videos and during p4a that the TB research and knowledge could eventually become a book or long format video essay or something. But it’s seemingly becoming a Crash Course series, and I think that’s something so beautiful and natural for you, John, and this community. Thank you so much for your work and devotion to education and decreasing world suck; it’s working
Anyone know if the whole king's touch thing is where Tolkien got "the hands of a king are the hands of a healer, and so the rightful king may ever be known"? I'm guessing it was at least an influence.
My mind instantly went to a book by another Inkling, CS Lewis, and wondered the same thing. In Till We Have Faces, Princess Psyche leaves the confines of the castle against her sister's wishes to walk among the plague victims waiting outside because they believed her touch alone could cure them.
Hi. Hello. Greetings from deep within my mind. Sorry that all the shots in this are so wide. That is also reflective of how things look/feel deep within my mind. Anyway, the awesome socks club has reopened! awesomesocks.club and also you should get the world's best coffee at awesomecoffeeclub.com 100% of profits go to fight maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone. Thanks for being here with us. -John
Thank you for being here with us too :))
Thank you for being here too, John.
John. WIDER shots, please. I say this with no drop of sarcasm. Just get a hundred foot microphone cable.
I echo the previous commenter: your cinematography is top-notch, John. Don't apologize for wide-shot genius.
Looking forward to the tuberculosis deep dive crash course
I'll let you in on a little secret, the 30ft cord never stops being funny to us either John
The final walk back while reeling it in was a nice touch
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@@Idefilms agreed!
Turns out if you type tuberculosis three times in 15 minutes you really can summon a John Green
tuberculosis tuberculosis tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis!
Beetlejohn, Beetlejohn, Beetlejohn!
Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Tuberculosis!
I’d better grab some drinks and snacks.
I like how this implies that there are multiple John Greens
Edit: I did not watch the video first
“Wherever I go I bring myself with me.” Feels unintentionally poetic and I love it.
i think it was intentional
Poetry is always intentional, especially when it isn't.
It's so perfect - "That's the problem..."
You're never able to escape from yourself, and you are 'the problem' 😁
I think it's worse that I can't get rid of myself. To do that I would also have to get rid of myself. Somedays it almost feels worth it tbh.
yes. very metaphorically resonant.
John gets made interim CEO of Complexly.
*Immediately makes Tuberculosis Crash Course series.*
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I seem to recall a video about a decade ago about how John thinks it's good to swerve in life. This might be the manifestation of that prophecy.
Your brother gets cancer so you unexpectedly become the CEO of a multi million dollar per year educational video company? Swerve and become the world's most comprehensive short form documentary series on a semi obscure disease!
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"People are always like, oh we're the worst, and sure, but look how hard we've worked to get better" is going to stick with me for a long while.
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Same. It's a really hopeful thought.
This is my only hope for the *filter* hypothesis of the Fermi Paradox.
Yeah for some reason that one just hit me the right way today and I didn't know beforehand how badly I needed to hear it.
@@voidpunkprincess I mean, it really is borne out by reality. Nuclear weapons were said to be the great filter of advanced civilization, and then we had the SALT treaty which reduced nuclear stockpiles.
When my mom got cancer, she said to her doctor, “I am grateful for the doctors and researchers, but also for the patients who came before me too”. It was such a profound thing to say. And yes, thanks to the doctors, researchers, and patients who came before her, my mom has been able to live longer and more beautifully than we thought possible. I am forever grateful for them and her.
I am suddenly filled with the urge to hug your mom. Give her my thanks her for that wisdom.
It's only tangentially related, but I have the same feelings towards queer people who came before me. Many of whom died of AIDS and fought the system to get treatment, also created a whole new way to do drug trials in the process, because it's due to their work and struggle that I get to have the life I have.
that is really beautiful
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In Australia, there's a TV show called You Can't Ask That, where they take a diverse range of people from a misunderstood demographic and ask them some of the most common questions ordinary Australians have for that demographic. In the episode for HIV+, they had a man named David Polson on. He was one of the first 400 men in Australia to be diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
(did you do anything drastic because you thought you were going to die?)
"Yes, I did something drastic: I formed a health plan. I modified my diet, I exercised like a demon (6 days a week). I was determined. I was going to help medical science find something out about this disease.
I just felt it was my duty to get out there and do something, so I undertook 28 medical drug trials, and that was something I could do.
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"I was on what they call salvage therapy, which was a whole combination of about 7 drugs. Left me with the worst side-effect of all, it's a very very rare brain disease called superficial siderosis. You lose the use of your arms, legs, you become bed-ridden, you get dementia and you die."
Beautifully juxtaposed against another interviewee, who simply said, "I take one tablet at night. After dinner. That's it."
I highly recommend looking David Polson up. (Also highly recommend watching You Can't Ask That if you have the opportunity)
"That is the issue. Wherever I go, I bring myself with me" is such a line
Oh hey. It’s one of my favourite RUclipsrs commenting on the video of another of my favourite RUclipsrs.
Hello, Hello Future Me!
Literally just bought your books last week!
Mindful meditation is a "place" "you" can go to not be with "you" so much.
I'm juggling the non-existent "Self" usage here with the more lax usage of self.
A lot of quotation marks going on in this comment...
Now THIS is the format
I'm so here, there, and elsewhere for this!
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You're so right John
We're the Unofficial 30-foot-microphone-cord Fan Club
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John's mid-life crisis being also his goth phase is pure hilarity.
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His second goth phase I believe
@@EbyKat Goth 2 - Dead by dawn. Next episode he does will have "Black Parade" for background music.
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“…most reliable cure for scrofula was wait for it…” John, my subconscious was 100% ready for you to say the Mongols.
love it
Haha.
In fairness, if you had scrofula and the Mongols came through town and killed you, then ... scrofula problem solved!
I miss 2014 John. He had a short cord back then, but man did he cram a lot of "The Mongols" into it!
He knew how to commit to the bit!
I like to imagine John sat down in the special Crash Course CEO chair for like 30 minutes, then realized the extent of his power and called in the Crash Course secretary to tell them that he would be making Crash Course Tuberculosis.
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I used to work in a lab in London which was an old, decommissioned hospital. There, the walls of the children’s ward were covered in paintings of nursery rhymes (little bo prep, etc.). It was all cute, colourful, fun and games until, one day, they realised all the paintings were painted with harmfully radioactive paints.
There is no moral to this story, the little iron lungs just reminded me of how strange the history we sit on actually is.
That last sentence speaks to me, what a great sentence.
Do you scrape radioactive paint off? Paint over it? With... lead paint?
@@thefaboo you build a box around them made of glass thick enough to stop the beta particle radioactivity seeping out into the room. However, painting over that box with lead-based paint is entirely optional.
Yeah, that is a good question! How does one deal with that kind of discovery? And was this the reason for the decommissioning or a more recent thing?
@@Callatya I’m not sure how the politics of the situation was handled as the hospital is really old… However, they turned it into labs because they built a newer, much bigger hospital next door 😂
The 30 foot cord allows John to explore the world yet still whisper sweet nothings into our ears.
Is it weird to be excited to watch a series about a single specific illness? I’m just so glad we finally get to see John disgorge all his knowledge on TB.
It's exciting and unusual, but it's normal to be excited by exciting and novel things. Specialized information is fun, it turns out when you dig deep on any topic there's excitement there because topics only got so deep because humans were excited about them and nobody is incapable of being excited about exciting stuff honestly.
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Like a snake swallowing an egg!
You might say it's ripe for consumption.
If you get excited about learning about illnesses, may I introduce you to the podcast "This Podcast Will Kill You"?
@@romulusnrthank you thank you thank you
absolutely loving john's quiet, calm and collected info-dumping format. it brings a nice chill vibe to a 4 minute video about tb
Low-fi narration to get enlightened by
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I used to be a medical coder, where you record numerical codes for diagnoses in the hospital for statistical purposes. The codes we use were originally developed for the WHO specifically to track and categorise tuberculosis. The entire first chapter of the code book is just different tuberculosis diagnoses.
no way!! like, we didn't need the specificity until then!
Well, now Hank needs to be touched by a King. I highly recommend Stephen King. Even if it doesn't help your cancer, it would be cool to meet him!
This was fascinating, the medical equipment in the background means I will ABSOLUTELY be watching this Crash Course just to know what they are.
Where does Lebron summer these days?
How about Carole King? Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you have to do is call.
They are both on that live in the corner of the country and build a media empire grind
@@HolaMindy when you're down and troubled and you need a cure for your scrofula, Carole King is your gal
But he already is a king.
My boyfriend was diagnosed with cancer a week ago today. I can’t begin to describe how comforting this video is. Thank you, John.
Sending light and love to you and your boyfriend. 🙏🏻
I hope it is a smooth journey!
Sending prayers for a swift recovery. 🙏
@@sarahprunierlaw9147 Thank you so much❤️
@@livefrommylibrary We appreciate your prayers 🥰
There’s something really joyful about reading a title and thinking “I wonder what this is about” and then getting so engrossed in the video that when the title inevitably re-enters the conversation I have forgotten what it was and then being genuinely surprised
ya man same but he is a writer u know
@@sergiocruz6195 you got me there!!!
I really like a good long-phrase title.
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How lucky am I to have been born in the same lifetime as Hank and John Green 💚💚💚💚
The format is starting to feel like a hug. I like it.
"I guess that is kind of the issue, wherever I go I bring myself with me."
That statement encapsulates a whole lot of feelings for people with chronic health issues, physical or mental. Probably for Hank right now too.
"I'm super pissed off that you got cancer" is how we should all feel about our loved ones.
I know we are all wishing Hank the best, which I absolutely do, but John I hope you’re doing ok as well. I know it has to be hard for you. I appreciate the both of you a lot. I actually listen to the “Hoop Seated” episode of Dear Hank and John every night, while I sleep. Thank you both for all you do in entertaining and teaching us
Only John could mention Hank's cancer so nonchalantly that it both makes me less worried, and also brings me to tears.
I've considered myself a sort of distant, estranged (completely proverbial... is that the right word?) Nerd-sibling for over a decade now, and truly love you both as great people to look up to and learn from on so many life-changing subjects.
You have helped me through so much, and now you're both helping me teach my kids. ❤
I wish you both the best, especially Hank right now.
DFTBA 🖖☠️🖖
I have frequently talked about "My Friend Hank" because I think of him that way even though I'm just one Nerdfighter is a vast sea.
Medical history museums are truly some of the best places to visit. we've been working very hard to keep each other well for a very, very long time.
And yet we also seem to be regressing in some ways. A recent example involves the surge in anti-vaxxers and other anti-science whackadoodles during the pandemic.
And we have gotten SOOO much better at it!
"Wherever I go I bring myself with me"
Added to the repertoire
Your love for what you do shines through in every video but, more importantly right now, your love for your brother shines even brighter.
i’m trying to find the right way to word this, but the way you practice finding hope in every situation is so inspiring to me. it feels like a conscious effort and i think living like that is so beautiful
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"People always say we're the worst, and sure but look how hard we've worked to get better" will now be my new John Green saying to help fight the existential anxiety
John's enthusiasm for talking about tuberculosis is almost as infectious as actual tuberculosis.
Literal LOL!
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JOHN I love the suit with the format, you truly are the king of committing to the bit. We missed you last week so glad you got to post a video today, I think this is my favorite format video now. ALSO I love the puff levels, the cherry on top of this masterpiece of a video
"People are like, we're the worst. Sure, but look how hard we've worked to get better"
That line was unexpectedly uplifting
It's always very calming and reassuring that all is as usual in the world when John talks about tuberculosis.
I know this museum!!! I did my graduate degree internship time with the Indiana Medical History Museum. I will save you all the history lesson on the founding of the museum, but it's a really really neat space, and the staff and volunteers there are doing some really cool and interesting work. Delighted to see it highlighted in this video!
Awesome!
We might not have time for all the facts, but what's one cool fact about the museum?
That's awesome!
I love it too! I live in FL now, but most times when we make our annual Indy trek to visit family we end up there. A lesser-known but equally amazing place to visit.
@@SenshiSunPower One related to something you can see in the video is, that the chairs that John is sitting in at the start of the video are original to the building, which means that they are over a hundred years old! The museum has one specific guy the can call anytime the woven bits on the back and seat are damaged, but all of them are genuinely amazing shape still
So crazy fact about TB testing; I moved to the UK from South Africa 7 years ago. To get my visa I required a TB test, so I went to the hospital, had the x-ray done and a blood test. Was then told I needed to do it through UKVI which is the official UK home office visa company who deal with TB tests, English tests etc. So anyway, an extraordinary amount of money later (much more than I had to pay at my regular hospital), I got an appointment and all they did was ask if I have a persistent cough. Of course I said no. They didn’t even listen to me breath or pull out a stethoscope. And that, in the midst of what you say is the biggest killing disease in the world, is the the extent to which they’ll test for overseas immigrants 👍
"I guess that is kind of the issue. Wherever I go, I bring myself with me." Was not the deep cut to my psyche I was expecting today. Thanks, John. 😂
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You know what I love about this? That you and Hank are talking openly about medical conditions, the history of those conditions and how they can have the same symptoms. So many are nervous about talking medical things. It's because, sometimes, it can be scary. But if you take the scary away, you can inform people so they know how to better take care of thier bodies. Huggs John!
We can hear how much Hank's struggles are affecting you as well, John. Love to you both and best wishes for happier days ahead!
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"Right, I guess that is kind of the issue, wherever I go I bring myself with me." JOHN I can't handle these BARS man
I always get excited when I see a vlogbrothers video with no capital letters because I know its going to be in The Format
“I’m super pissed that you got cancer” I know the Green Bros are keeping their personal reactions private, but this glimpse made me tear up. I am so full of rage because there are so many unfixable injustices - or, they might be fixable in the future, but not in my lifetime, and I have to live in my lifetime!- and hearing John even be 0.000001% pissed made me feel seen.
i was obsessed with scrofula when i was like 9 i had a book about it! i was also very anxious about epidemics as a result of reading about TB and spanish flu, but the one thing that calmed me down (and still does) is that there are people all over the world who know about this and spend their entire lives trying to understand disease so we don't have to (and also so that we hopefully listen to them).
Those last few seconds of you walking out of frame while gathering the microphone cable are just *chef's kiss*
It's a shame that it took a significant event like this for me to find this channel. Yet I am glad I did. I am learning fascinating things, and they only feel more meaningful with everything going on. I am filled with hope that the future is bright for the both of you, thank you for all that you do.
That IronLung was so tragic to see. I got so incredibly overwhelmed with sadness and joy that we were and are no longer there. I am thrilled there are persons like you and your brother that support us moving forward. Thanks Hank and John. Honestly.... thanks.
As someone who's getting an ultrasound tomorrow for swollen lymph nodes, glad to know I can add TB to the list of possible causes! Genuinely though, please keep the TB videos coming. As an epidemiologist, I absolutely adore them.
"wherever I go, I bring myself with me"
Made me chuckle.
I got to visit this museum last summer. The staff are so amazing, the tour was excellent, the exhibits are well laid out, and they are extremely respectful to the people whose remains are in their care. There are so so so many interesting aspects to this museum, I highly recommend it.
I really love to hear you and Hank talk about “stuff”. I had cancer 2X , 18 years apart, went through chemo 2X. Cancer sucks big time and I completely get it that you’re pissed off about it! I’m also pissed that Hank has it, and I only know him (and you) through YT, but I admire you both so much. Many healing thoughts and good vibes are being sent to you and Hank.
The Vlog Brothers are the kings, and we are touched every week.
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"the issue is that wherever I go I bring myself with me."
That hit deep.
"People are always like we're the worst.
Sure, but look at how hard we've worked to get better."
I love this channel ❤️
(Also, the real nightmare is being alone in this museum at night)
Love how John is realistic - about Hank being ill sucks, and life in the past being hard - but he's also optimistic by saying that luckily things got and will be getting better. All that in John's calm tone of John's voice. It's a message that we all need right now. And we're learning stuff. So keep up the good work, and strenght and wisdom to you both, Hank and John!
Congratulations! A Crash Course on Tuberculosis is going to be AWESOME! I read The Phantom Plague and got so interested! After seeing you discover the book along with a suite of others made me so excited, I knew you'd do something awesome on the subject, but this is AWESOME AWESOME!
Absolutely loved this video. Being a researcher for 20 years makes it easy for me to have moments of feeling less worthy for not having had a breakthrough. This little film with the engaging historical perspective of things is a great reminder of how far we have come just by being... incremental. Gathering little clues everyday. Year after year. Thank you!
Thank you for allowing us to witness your conversations with yourself, John. ❤️
John, I’m fairly new to nerdfighteria. I started reading your books in high school (loved them; still do), but I didn’t really get into vlogbrothers and your and hank’s podcasts until the end of last year. I’ve only ever really known The Format, and I think (after watching some of the old vlogbrothers videos) I actually prefer this. It’s nice to see your face, but it’s just as nice to see all the scenery and different settings while listening to you speak. long live the 30ft cord!
"Wherever I go, I bring myself with me" is my new favorite truism.
John, when you’re next in North Carolina, I’d like to highly recommend the country doctor museum! It’s in Bailey NC and is supported in part by East Carolina University. I think you’d find similar examples of hope in progress there. It’s quite wonderful!
I'm sure I've commented this before - but I'm almost sad and angry that I haven't been consuming vlog brothers content since the beginning. You two are some of the wonderful lights in the dark cesspool of the internet 👍
oh same 🥺 I only found them early last year
@@taetoofs same here. I'd watched Scishow for longer and discovered Vlogbrothers thru that last year. I am sad that it took so long to find my people.
No worries! Nerdfighteria is always accepting new citizens. Being here for 15 years doesn’t make you anymore awesome than being here for 15 minutes. What matters is we’re here.
The time we're given together is miniscule compared with the eons that have been so far. If Nerdfighters can be a flicker of light in the universe, that seems like a worthy endeavor.
The format is literally one of my top 6 favorite things on earth
When John followed up "the room where they do the autopsies so students could watch" with "we're filming a new kind of crash course" I was like OH 👀
On a history tour at the Biltmore they said a Vanderbilt with an illness moved to the NC countryside for better air and hot springs. My kid and I were like "Tuberculosis?" 👀
Thanks John Green's hyper fixation!
The world's a greater place for having evolved the two of you, and I'm a richer man for having contemporaneously popped out of the primordial ooze! Keep up the great work guys
Yes, this!
I'm fascinated by the placebo effect represented by things like the king's touch. Almost certainly nobody was ever cured of tuberculosis by a king's touch but it did make some people feel like they might have been cured or more accurately had some of the pain from their symptoms relieved, which is no small thing for someone with a debilitating chronic illness.
It evidently has all kind of potential for helping patients deal with difficult symptoms and also the side effects of cancer treatments like fatigue and nausea.
Thank you both for being the best way to end my working days ❤️ John, thank you for feeding my love of wooden chairs. Hank, sending love and light your way. Have wonderful peaceful weeks
I missed this so I came here after watching Hank get his mohawk. Admittedly I’m watching your channel more consistently which, I venture to guess, many others are doing also. I’m sure you’ve both noticed. I feel a strange mix of emotions ranging from nostalgia to familiarity to genuine care and dare I say love. It seems so incredibly odd to have such intimate emotions toward people who are living entirely separate lives and have no knowledge of your existence. Yeah, weird world we live in with social media. Maybe it’s my age. Idk. But anyway…you are both so valuable. Be well.
John, you're such a good brother and good person. You bring me so much hope for humanity.
Regardless of the actual content, the Format makes me smile the entire time
I'm so happy the 30 foot microphone cord made it to the museum too
When i studied history of medicine I was taught that the king’s touch effect (and it was genuinely thought to be efficacious) was in part via the fact that they would clean you up in order to be touched by the king - fully properly scrub you, clear all the lice and fleas, and dirt and coincidentally bacteria and give you clean clothes and if you had to wait around a few decent meals AND belief in something making you better is a powerful thing (do not dis the placebo effect - it is as near to miraculous as you can get and still be talking science)
John's hair matches the fluffy Format microphone and I love it
30ft cord is a great way to learn distance visually.
I hope this helps you with your current hyper fixation, they can be fun but I get stuck in them and it can feel overwhelming. You are doing a great job of navigating a difficult time on behalf of this community, thank you.
John's ability to offhandedly coin new, intensely profound phrases about the complexity and absurdity of life will never cease to amaze me. "That's the problem. Wherever I go, I bring myself with me."
One could make a whole crash course series with clips of all the TB knowledge John has already shared. Looking forward to the deep dive series!
I know this is like basic human decency and also Hank is your brother John, but I really do find it so endearing that even though you two talk to each other outside of the vlog brothers videos, that you would still tell him in the video that if he didn't feel up to making the Friday video, that's okay. Sending both of you. Lots of parasocial love
John's just out here making solid gold platinum hits with his applicable locations and cord-based humor
Honestly kinda wished we got the full walk from the edge of the 30 ft mic cord's noble domain to the camera
Oh my gosh! I've been there 3 times because my older kid looks creepy stuff and that's a creepy place!
My favorite is the framed nerve endings in the brain room, and I also really like the room upstairs where they transcribed the stuff through the pipe from the autopsy room. A hidden treasure!
John, you go to all my favorite spots in Indy! Coming up next month and my kid will probably want to go back there! Visit family, in between, fun museums! Don't forget April 2024 total solar eclipse!!!
This was one of the most genuine videos I have seen in a while. There was anguish in that ending, and longing. Im crying now.
"Laboratories have come a long way in the last hundred years" says John, standing in a laboratory that is different only in tile color to the one I had chemistry class in 2008.
I love the updates to the format. But really that's a footnote to one of the more eloquent videos I've seen from you (John) in a while. This one just really spoke to me.
I've been watching a lot of older vlogbros videos recently (for reasons) and watching John's video today I realized something. John inspires me to think. Hank inspires me to do.
Hi John, very insightful as always. You look very dapper today too! My thoughts are with you and Hank. Stay strong boys
Awww. My heart goes out to John too. He's hurting and doing his best as a brother. You 2 are just a fantastic team and I wish Hank the speediest of recoveries.
It feels so lovely when the internet moves at this pace 💕
I LOVE this museum. Went there on a school field trip in like, 6th grade. The garden is AMAZING.
Crash course TB is extremely on theme for John and I am very much looking forward to watching it
Is anyone else’s brain sufficiently warped that when John said “weather” in that tone, part of their brain was confused that a song didn’t start playing?
"Wherever I go, I bring myself with me" is a great line. Another one for the Goodreads quote page?
I only pop in and out of this channel occasionally every month or so, and of course the algorithm went crazy with recent unfortunate news, but this was such an incredibly sweet video. From the timing of little jokes, unexpected cuts, the tone of the voice, and the overall treatment of the subject matter. I feel a little more at peace today.
what caught my attention are the immensely colourful awesome socks with the suit, what a weird and a beautiful combination. That microphone is never beating the endless length allegations, it reached a museum now?!
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Yes, surely socks can work like ties -- a splash of color to liven up a background that's all-business?
good title for a mountain goats song too
Love you John and Hank!
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It’s been mentioned on the pod and in videos and during p4a that the TB research and knowledge could eventually become a book or long format video essay or something. But it’s seemingly becoming a Crash Course series, and I think that’s something so beautiful and natural for you, John, and this community. Thank you so much for your work and devotion to education and decreasing world suck; it’s working
3:59? On medical history? Proud of you John.
Even though I can see the jump cuts in the 'two Johns' scene it's still cool.
Anyone know if the whole king's touch thing is where Tolkien got "the hands of a king are the hands of a healer, and so the rightful king may ever be known"? I'm guessing it was at least an influence.
My mind instantly went to a book by another Inkling, CS Lewis, and wondered the same thing. In Till We Have Faces, Princess Psyche leaves the confines of the castle against her sister's wishes to walk among the plague victims waiting outside because they believed her touch alone could cure them.
@@JoyBlossomCreations I had forgotten that, but it's an even better example of a literary use of the idea! Great book too. Might be time for a reread!
@johnathangeorge5070 I reread it a few months ago. Still a great read!