@Connor Medberry right??? Specially when he talks about his youth and how cynical he was, coming from that and becoming a person who celebrates unironic enthusiasm 👏🏻 that 👏🏻 is 👏🏻 growth 👏🏻
@RobRoschewsk
4 жыл бұрын
I’m thinking it must be exhausting being John’s therapist
@godshounds
4 жыл бұрын
@@RobRoschewsk i think therapists have the most exhausting job in the world, and i pray they all have therapists of their own. shout-out to good therapists, man. they've saved my life several times over.
@abeta201
4 жыл бұрын
@@godshounds But who therapizes the therapists' therapists? Is it therapists all the way down?
@wolfferoni
4 жыл бұрын
Therapists should definitely have therapists of their own because yeah, it's a lot to deal with. I mean, a therapist can see many clients, and those clients can be therapists themselves so it could be therapists all the way down or some sort of therapist web connecting therapists to other therapists.
@quintingell
4 жыл бұрын
"Here's to celebrating light where we find it and making light where we don't" is such a good quote and another solid reason to always watch every vlogbrothers video to the very end
@StaceyCaryl
4 жыл бұрын
Yes. So poetic and beautiful
@elinewllms
4 жыл бұрын
+
@benvoliothefirst
4 жыл бұрын
You nailed that landing like a 12 year old gymnast who doesn't know her best years are behind her now, John.
@cogspace
4 жыл бұрын
I cried. I didn't just tear up, or choke up, as to be honest these videos often make me do. I actually cried, uncontrollably, at this feeling I've been feeling for so long finally given words. Right now this world feels so dark, and it desperately needs us to make light where there is none.
@RainaRamsay
4 жыл бұрын
It's a good motto for any time, but I especially need to keep it in mind now. Embroider it on a throw pillow or something.
@beethomas248
4 жыл бұрын
I can't describe the exact feeling that these All Star titles are giving me, but boy is it a good one
@vlogbrothers
4 жыл бұрын
No idea what you're referring to, but I'm glad you're feeling good! -John
@ThousandTimesBefore
4 жыл бұрын
I knew John would reply that xD
@jennifermartinez8619
4 жыл бұрын
HOW DID I LET IT GO OVER MY HEAD THAT THE RECENT VIDEO TITLES ARE LYRICS FROM ALL STAR
@cjtaylor686
4 жыл бұрын
@@vlogbrothers (All) Star titles
@eagleontheweb
4 жыл бұрын
I think part of it is how it feels like a conversation.
@biancar5763
4 жыл бұрын
My friend, who hasn't been living outside a two million people city in forever just said: "Wait, so fireflies are real?"
@MarkThePage
4 жыл бұрын
Even living by a forest I never saw them until a couple of years ago. They're not easy to spot unless you're really staring into the darkness with a purpose, or if there's a swarm like in this video.
@JukeboxTheGhoul
4 жыл бұрын
Also for sad Europeans, the uk has no fireflies :/
@elliestrasser3106
4 жыл бұрын
In the US, they only (to my knowledge) exist east of the Rockies. I grew up in California and genuinely did not know they existed outside of movies until I was an adult.
@eeveedoll
4 жыл бұрын
Growing up in rural-ish Illinois, they were always out in the evenings when I was playing outside my house as a kid, at least in the summer. I think light pollution has led to less of them here in town but I do still see them sometimes. And I also called them lightning bugs!
@AdaSoto
4 жыл бұрын
@@elliestrasser3106 Also a Californian. I thought fireflies were made up or possibly extinct because I only saw them in old children's books. Then we had a family trip to the east coast. It was mind blowing.
@sarahgrin
4 жыл бұрын
John, you forgot to say *”I give fireflies four and a half stars.”*
@tharinduweerasinghe9007
4 жыл бұрын
+
@Antinomiste
4 жыл бұрын
I mean exactly, I was surprised he didn't
@geoffreymartin6363
2 жыл бұрын
How does John so successfully speak in both whisper and bold font
@sophiahawley5750
4 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget to preorder John’s next book, “More Light Than Heat”!
@rosesarelike
4 жыл бұрын
+
@StrangerWithAHat
4 жыл бұрын
+
@vlogbrothers
4 жыл бұрын
One day!!!! -John
@vinicius99157
4 жыл бұрын
When John was describing his younger self it really felt like a novel, and that would finally be a fitting title
@acgeewhiz
4 жыл бұрын
+
@jmz1736
4 жыл бұрын
Only fireflies break the mold
@sanityismadness
4 жыл бұрын
You would not believe your eyes, if ten million shooting stars
@TamarZiri
4 жыл бұрын
+
@IrisGlowingBlue
4 жыл бұрын
We could use a wish right now!
@cogspace
4 жыл бұрын
I think this might be an even better metaphor for hope than the thing with feathers... that even in the ancient, unfathomable darkness of interstellar space, far beyond the reach of any star, that even there there might be light, if there is life to make it.
@s.b.1814
4 жыл бұрын
+++
@jadedalton2662
4 жыл бұрын
+
@l.paigebowser7769
4 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said.
@jonahbrame7874
4 жыл бұрын
+
@catherineonodera3174
4 жыл бұрын
+
@mineola_
4 жыл бұрын
For the longest time I was convinced that fireflies were a Hollywood fiction, like how undercover cops have to tell you they're a cop. But sometimes truth is weirder than fiction.
@LeoStaley
4 жыл бұрын
I've met a bunch of people who thought narwhals were fictional creatures.
@alexad1498
4 жыл бұрын
I thought the same until I moved across the country! Also that yellow school busses picked up kids for school everyday, I thought it was just a tv plot aid
@annabelcrescibene4257
4 жыл бұрын
Same though, west coast life. ✌️
@Narnendil
4 жыл бұрын
I've met people who think reindeers are fictional... they're not, it's just, they can't fly obviously.
@elliestrasser3106
4 жыл бұрын
As a California kid, I feel this.
@elmiraadili
4 жыл бұрын
“Fireflies make light where otherwise there wouldn’t be any” I want to be a metaphorical firefly and make my own light
@RainaRamsay
4 жыл бұрын
I support this ambition so much
@IrisGlowingBlue
4 жыл бұрын
+
@nemoforvermore8085
4 жыл бұрын
+
@aditi_05
3 жыл бұрын
+
@zacharybahar5790
4 жыл бұрын
You got to love it when you get a little extra episode of the Anthropocene Reviewed on Vlogbrothers!!
@sophiahawley5750
4 жыл бұрын
“But I’m not here to review Ohio’s one and a half star selection of state symbols”
@gussnarp
4 жыл бұрын
Scrolled down here just to see if someone had beaten me to this comment, and you did. The edges are blurring. Hank's videos are merging with Journey into the Microcosmos and John's with Anthropocene Reviewed and I am here for it!
@marloesv9506
4 жыл бұрын
Yes! So perfect :)
@Makreads
4 жыл бұрын
I need to catch up listening to the podcast, haven't done it for a few months.
@ladyalfhildrforestofvioletmist
4 жыл бұрын
I give lightning bugs 5 stars :)
@brookewilson5520
4 жыл бұрын
Am I crying over a firefly metaphor? Yes. It’s fine. I’m fine.
@freelancers_corner
4 жыл бұрын
SAME
@russ9445
4 жыл бұрын
SAME BRO!
@taitai300
4 жыл бұрын
SAME
@NWPaul72
4 жыл бұрын
I say cry. Fighting it just makes the discomfort last longer. Let it go and after a couple of sobs, some tears and a gasp you're ready to get on with things.
@ellamcdonald-lee2186
4 жыл бұрын
+
@seeChattrisse
4 жыл бұрын
I've only ever seen one firefly at a time -- I literally don't know what I'd do with myself if I could stand in that field of grass and clover and watch dozens of them winking on and off together. Thanks, John
@Zeintz
4 жыл бұрын
There are some firefly sanctuaries! I've been to a seasonal one and it was really wonderful!!!
@RefanieFajrina
4 жыл бұрын
Seeing them like this makes me think that shooting stars are basically giant fireflies in the space!
@lifegeek5742
4 жыл бұрын
Space fireflies!
@sammunn5177
4 жыл бұрын
Aw man they should make a TV show about that! XD
@Naiadryade
4 жыл бұрын
Ever wonder what those sparkly dots are up there? I don't wonder; I know. They're fireflies. Fireflies that, uh... got stuck up in that big bluish-black thing.
@emilieb4644
4 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful
@Eric14492
4 жыл бұрын
@@sammunn5177 That would be great!!! Except that they would probably bury it on Friday nights, play the episodes out of order, and then cancel it after the first season.
@AnAbundanceofCoffee
4 жыл бұрын
As a scandinavian, I thought fireflies where made up. Like only existing in cartoons made up. This is news to me.
@vlogbrothers
4 жыл бұрын
I think the northern lights are made up, so . . . :) -John
@ellamcdonald-lee2186
4 жыл бұрын
+
@breebell468
4 жыл бұрын
They do seem magical enough to be fiction
@MulberryDays
4 жыл бұрын
That is a capital name, Coffee! A+
@evelina4909
4 жыл бұрын
+A
@Izzy-Maurer
4 жыл бұрын
I've seen as many fireflies in my life as I have unicorns, but this video definitely just made seeing them in real life someday an item on my bucket list. Thanks, John.
@shreyavarshney5103
4 жыл бұрын
these guys are showing me things I've never seen before. First shooting stars and now fireflies. Thankyou
@kelsimanning6015
4 жыл бұрын
ok, so MY thoughts on the All Star titles is that since John wouldn’t let Hank do a frame by frame analysis of the All Star music video on Dear Hank and John, this is the compromise. John, blink twice if I’m right
@JulieHerrick
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@coolkumquats
4 жыл бұрын
We'll never find out that way! John doesn't blink in his videos!
@alexbaggett9752
4 жыл бұрын
I miss going out and catching fireflies, I miss the childhood innocence I once had. The innocence that wasn’t clouded by peer pressure or self hatred, the innocence that felt more like a dream then reality. I just miss myself
@vlogbrothers
4 жыл бұрын
I hope (and also think) that you will get yourself back in time. If you're patient with yourself and work back toward feelings of joy and broad curiosity, I do think it can happen. Not all at once, certainly--I think it takes decades--but eventually. -John
@Thetabc24
4 жыл бұрын
I am what some call adult, I will wander into my yard to interrupt a Firefly ( I also grew up calling them lightening bugs) flight path to watch it walk on my hand and take flight again all lit up. Do it, enjoy the tickle of the tiny feet, and smile. Small things are worth it for the huge feelings.
@ayushagarwal1342
4 жыл бұрын
By decades, are you referring to 'second childishness and mere oblivion'?
@Ikyhayashi
4 жыл бұрын
As an illustrator, I still find joy in simple, maybe stupid things such as the fact that a gray spot, something that looks like a taint on your screen, will actually turn into light when you change the background to a darker hue. I often catch myself thinking that the brightest light is the one that shines in the darkest places, how the best of us could be the worst and vice versa, were situations different. Making our own light is a great idea and so is keeping in mind that you don't need to be full #fff to glow in the darkest places.
@manaseekulkarni3433
4 жыл бұрын
This struck a chord deep within me. Thank you
@zyzxzsgedr
4 жыл бұрын
+++ :)
@s.b.1814
4 жыл бұрын
+
@blazekat
4 жыл бұрын
I am 51 years old, and this is the first time I've ever seen fireflies. I'd have to imagine this is what it feels like seeing the ocean or snow for the first time.. thank you for this video.
@Kissowa
4 жыл бұрын
I moved to the US in 2012 and when I saw fireflies for the very first time in spring of 2013, I cried. I was overwhelmed with how beautiful and foreign it felt to see them so close and it was a pretty defining moment for me in my journey to feel "at home" in a new country. For that reason they will always have a special place in my heart. Now I have fireflies under my balcony every night and it really brings me comfort in these times.
@tarabeck999
4 жыл бұрын
I've lived all over the USA and have always been struck by the difference in fireflies across the country. For me lightning bugs will always be the yellow/green blinks from my childhood, but I still love the "strange and beautiful" orange/yellow glow I've found out in the Midwest. These last two videos have had a quiet awe in them. Much needed. Thank you.
@gabriellesmith7453
4 жыл бұрын
“Here’s to celebrating light where we find it, and making light where we don’t” Beautiful! ✨
@JosephClayson
4 жыл бұрын
"You would not believe your eyes, if ten million fireflies..."
@j.a.snyder7416
4 жыл бұрын
“...lit up the world as I fell asleep.”
@meghan879
4 жыл бұрын
“Cause they fill the open air”
@sexyscientist
4 жыл бұрын
"and leave teardrops everywhere"
@ladybug2267
4 жыл бұрын
"You'd think me rude but I would just stand and stare"
@_mels_
4 жыл бұрын
Firefly lights are the visible reminder of the shooting star light - Elliot, TSA
@margaretbigler9790
4 жыл бұрын
+
@Nbxx186
4 жыл бұрын
This title alone has given me more motivation to improve myself than anything else I’ve heard this week
@kassandracox7047
4 жыл бұрын
I SAW A FIREFLY FOR THE FIRST TIME JUST LAST WEEK!!! I THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST SOMETHING MADE UP, BUT THEY'RE REAL!!!!
@char_the_shark
4 жыл бұрын
Hey John. A few weeks ago you made a video about how "you miss the luxury of caring about things that don't matter." It really spoke to me at the time, and after some reflecting, it dawned on me that I was in fact drowning under a sea of nothingness. All that existed was the world at large--which, being aware of the grand scheme of things isn't inherently a bad thing, but that it was dehumanizing me to a point of blank-slatedness, was. That video pulled me out of a several month slump that I didn't even know I was in. You get so used to the sinking feeling when everything you know changes, that you don't even feel yourself slipping away with it. I wanted to say thank you, because I found something to care about because of your story. I made the effort to stay grounded. And while yes, I have been out protesting and using my platform (safely), and continuing to protect myself and others during this pandemic, I've also dived head-first into loving things again. I needed to take care of myself. And sometimes one needs a little help getting there. Thank you. I hope you and your family are well.
@_the_
4 жыл бұрын
+
@hive_indicator318
4 жыл бұрын
"Here's to celebrating light where we find it, and making it where we don't." Wow, man. If we weren't already Nerdfighters, I would definitely embrace being called a Firefly. Not that I can't be both.
@yuvalne
4 жыл бұрын
I almost expected to hear "I give fireflies 4.5 stars" at the end.
@akshatachonkar3257
4 жыл бұрын
John Green: International Bestselling Author and part of the duo responsible for making light in the dark expanse of the Internet.
@arouba1773
4 жыл бұрын
Vlogbrothers is what keeps me going.
@sudipabhattacharya13
4 жыл бұрын
"So, here's to celebrating light where we find it, and making light where we don't." 🙂🙂
@jennasalisbury4628
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been out of the loop for a while and came back to Vlogbrothers to find everyone quoting Smash Mouth, y’all never disappoint 💯
@Nortarachanges
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome back! It’s been a journey ^_^
@JulieHerrick
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome back. For the past couple of months, all the titles have been from All Star. You can follow along here docs.google.com/document/d/1_ieE5_tGv7lstXFTA_CplMDRWoFMgcXnEWjI6AJfh08/edit?ts=5ef23d4c
@wisemanshrimp2569
4 жыл бұрын
"Celebrating light where we find it, and making light where we don't." - John Green, 2020 🤍🤍
@RainaRamsay
4 жыл бұрын
+
@moosethegreatiii8017
4 жыл бұрын
So there aren't any fireflies where I live, the first time I went to suburban USA I was convinced they were fairy dust. Good times
@taniapandia4264
4 жыл бұрын
"What was wrong with me was that I was afraid to experience an ironized emotion, afraid that if I gave in to the phenomenal beauty of fireflies I would seem childish and naive, or worst of all, that I would be seen as innocent and vulnerable." wow, you actually turn my thoughts into words lol
@shoyuramenoff
4 жыл бұрын
I want to hear more polite smack about Ohio in another video. Edit: Apparently I can't grammar today.
@acgeewhiz
4 жыл бұрын
Ohio claims more astronauts than any other state. Apparently they wanted to get as far away from Ohio as possible, lol.
@Luchabul
4 жыл бұрын
As an Ohioan, I agree
@alisonlesht2784
4 жыл бұрын
Come for the profound statements about hope and beauty, stay to hear how naturalists throw shade at Ohio.
@inogeni
4 жыл бұрын
@@acgeewhiz THAT IS MY FAVORITE OHIO JOKE!@!!!!! My mom, being from ohio, does not think its funny :P
@CassidyNP
4 жыл бұрын
+++ from an Ohioan 😂
@AngieSzavui
4 жыл бұрын
Hank drew our gaze to the sky, then John brought it back to earth. This is how you take people on the best journeys.
@averyjeanne
4 жыл бұрын
Hey John, I just wanted to say thank you for being an amazing human being. Take Care.
@angiale1647
4 жыл бұрын
As much as I love your books, I’ve never been impatient about when we’ll get a next one because in some way or another it feels like you never stop writing, especially in videos like this one. That’s very encouraging to me.
@sarahjanecottrell3498
4 жыл бұрын
It's like a sneaky edition of the Anthropocene Reviewed
@gowrikolal7170
4 жыл бұрын
The path behind my house lights up with fireflies every June so you get to walk through a blanket of tiny insects blinking in unison, its the best! but this year, it rained throughout the month so I've only seen about 2-3 fireflies. I was pretty bummed about this cuz the whole pandemic situation left me really looking forward to seeing the fireflies again. Who would have thought a firefly metaphor in John's video about fireflies would make me feel better lol
@thelazyreconnoiter583
4 жыл бұрын
Haircut? Did someone get a haircut?
@cailinbary7806
4 жыл бұрын
Puff levels seem low!
@TheGirlWhoExists
4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy when snippets of Dear Hank and John make their way onto the YT channel. Rogue planets and fireflies was a lovely thing to have right now :)
@bboo8436
4 жыл бұрын
"When you're lost in the darkness, look for the light. Believe in the fireflies."
@Zakemaster
4 жыл бұрын
“When you’re lost in darkness, look for the light. Believe in the fireflies.”
@claudiaigsa6900
4 жыл бұрын
John's way with words is so absolutely and incredibly beautiful that whenever he makes one of these videos, he never fails to make me feel every single emotion and I think that's so powerful and beautiful. Thank you.
@ameliafrandsen668
4 жыл бұрын
I visited my childhood home of Georgia a few weeks ago and seeing the fireflies at night almost brought tears to my eyes. I did not realize how much that symbol of my childhood meant so much to me until I moved away.
@JonPeacock
4 жыл бұрын
Smashmouth is shedding a single tear of happiness
@danieljensen2626
4 жыл бұрын
I love that part of your relationship with Hank is him telling you cool science facts.
@annawright5357
4 жыл бұрын
“some fireflies are predators” is not a sentence i was ready to hear
@sketchlee1856
4 жыл бұрын
I'm from Ontario, and we don't get a lot of fireflies here. But last June I went to Indiana to visit my best friend in person for the first time, who I had been talking to online for years. I remember that first night, being driven to their house from the train station, and just looking in awe at the dark corn fields that almost looked like a reflection of the night sky with all their twinkling lights. I had only seen a few fireflies in my life so it was hard to comprehend just how many there were. That night I caught fireflies in my hands while running barefoot in the grass with my best friend, and I felt the happiest I ever have. I was going to go back and visit this year, but for obvious reasons that isn't possible. It's been almost exactly a year since my visit, and I'm thankful for this video. I can't see any fireflies this year, but me and Addie are still making our own light, keeping each other sane over video chat in these crazy times. I hope to see the fireflies again soon.
@julietgore5940
4 жыл бұрын
I got the Hamilton trailer before this video, the only add I will not skip
@musthavebeenthewill
4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy when the Vlogbrothers video references something talked about on Dear Hank and John, because it gives me a chance to hear the same exchange in two different ways and think about how meaning is in everything.
@StaceyCaryl
4 жыл бұрын
“Fireflies make light where otherwise, there wouldn’t be any.” ✨
@wolfemooney7188
4 жыл бұрын
How does John always manage to make a four minute video feel so much longer (in a good way).
@banjoc222
4 жыл бұрын
“You’re lookin at it wrong, at the sky” “How’s that?” “Once there was only dark. If you ask me, the light’s winning” -True Detective
@gerikaquintos
4 жыл бұрын
This felt like a nice warm hug. Thanks for the nice warm hug.
@emma-zs8sl
4 жыл бұрын
We should all be like fireflies and make our own light in the dark.
@j.r.miller1873
4 жыл бұрын
You two make my days just a little bit brighter. Thank you.
@maddie9602
4 жыл бұрын
All together now: "You would not believe your eyes/If ten million fireflies/Lit up the world as I fell asleep"
@ryankirby383
4 жыл бұрын
These small moments of comfort provide a welcome distraction from the monotony of every day, thank you John and Hank
@seanc6128
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glowing with rage if that counts.
@PoppyOxymoron
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, John, you’re words always find a way to connect to my soul. I love your perception of the world, it is enlightening and infectious
@shalvigarimanegi
4 жыл бұрын
"Their state beverage is literally tomato juice." 😂 I think I saw Saturn around an hour ago. Quick internet search at least confirms my bias so far. Also, fireflies are called Jugnoo (जुगनू) in Hindi, and although I haven't seen them in large numbers, always get excited if one accidentally enters my room or see a couple by my window. Also, bioluminescent algae light up beaches often it seems. I only saw it once in Mumbai. Would love to visit some place where waves have more of these algae, more prominent, brighter. More light amid darkness.
@zolacnomiko
4 жыл бұрын
One of the most magical experiences of my life was going out to sea on a motorboat in pre-dawn darkness, and for whatever reason there was a lot of bioluminescent algae in the bay that night. The water thrown up by the hull of the boat was a light show for like half an hour, I couldn't stop staring at it.
@shalvigarimanegi
4 жыл бұрын
@@zolacnomiko Which country/continent? 😅
@shalvigarimanegi
4 жыл бұрын
@@zolacnomiko It sounds great. I would've been afraid to be on a motorboat, especially in the dark 😅
@zolacnomiko
4 жыл бұрын
@@shalvigarimanegi My home in Hawai‘i :)
@zolacnomiko
4 жыл бұрын
@@shalvigarimanegi I find it slightly alarming as well, haha. But the chance of running into something is pretty dang low, and I trust my boyfriend/captain, he's used to it.
@DarkXMobius
4 жыл бұрын
Listening to John speak sometimes feels like a hug. I need a hug right now. Thank you!
@Jireninyourrecommendations
4 жыл бұрын
Hey now, you're an All Star
@amyr876
4 жыл бұрын
A few years ago my Mom got to go on a trip to Bali [she spends a lot of time looking after family and not putting herself first, so this was a wonderful trip for her] and every video call from then was basically her absolute delight and joy at getting to see Fireflies for the first time - thank you for reminding me of that. Hope you're doing okay, John.
@mariewikiwaka3851
4 жыл бұрын
Idk who came out of high school as a person they liked, but I was certainly not one of them.
@gnarthdarkanen7464
4 жыл бұрын
That's because none of us came out of high school as a complete adult individual... That's usually closer to 25 or so. ;o)
@OrigamiMarie
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure I dislike my just-post-highschool self, but I know I'm a lot happier now than I was back then.
@mariewikiwaka3851
4 жыл бұрын
gnarth d'arkanen Definitely. I’m 22 and I’m still on the journey.
@gnarthdarkanen7464
4 жыл бұрын
@@mariewikiwaka3851 It gets better, but never really ends all together. ;o)
@zachariahjose5622
4 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw a firefly was in 2017 and boy is was a game changer. We definitely need more of those guys in California
@xaixmaster
4 жыл бұрын
You would not believe your eyes.....
@jocelyngolberg8051
4 жыл бұрын
If ten million fireflies...
@sabrinak.1308
4 жыл бұрын
Lit up the world as I fell asleep...
@someone3821
4 жыл бұрын
Cause they fill the open air...
@DavMat007
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you John. I cannot express how much i needed this kind of quiet optimism today
@devynjkerr
4 жыл бұрын
As an Ohioan, there’s a weird thing about the color red.
@tass466
4 жыл бұрын
As an Ohioan, a lot of things just suddenly made sense to me when you pointed this out.
@o0Avalon0o
4 жыл бұрын
When I was little, our towns fields were always covered in fireflies. Now they are a rare occurrence. I'm so sad to see, year after year, they've been disappearing. Same with the bees.
@andrewsoligo9337
4 жыл бұрын
3:36 what’s that blue thing at the top of the screen?
@vlogbrothers
4 жыл бұрын
That's the sky! It's quite a dense canopy of trees, so that was the only bit of sky visible. -John
@RainaRamsay
4 жыл бұрын
"What's that blue thing?" "That's the sky. Despite the incredibly dense canopy, it is sometimes still visible" _also_ feels like a metaphor for the current meantime
@ameliorated
4 жыл бұрын
@@RainaRamsay yes
@vrehahaha
4 жыл бұрын
@@RainaRamsay so true
@sarthakagrawal2052
4 жыл бұрын
Listening to Dear Hank and John is so great because you directly see how the ideas in the pod influence vlogbrothers videos. In the latest episode, John was talking about cloaking innocence and vulnerability with cloaks of irony when talking about how beautiful sunsets are, and removing those cloaks too often can lead to banal platitudes and the like. Hank also mentioned ghost/lonely planets in that episode I think.
@MarkThePage
4 жыл бұрын
No, John, the problem with fireflies is that they're bugs.
@caroelliott3927
4 жыл бұрын
there’s a beautiful, hidden spot in ohio that turns into a haven for fireflies every summer. you walk into the woods expecting darkness but instead you’re transported to a place where for a moment nothing matters, it’s just you and the twinkling trees.
@SheWasOnlyEvie
4 жыл бұрын
Woohoo!
@shaimaadoma
4 жыл бұрын
I love the way you philosophize and see the beauty in the little things. Thanks for creating some light for us and helping us see this beauty, too.
@Jason-ke4jf
4 жыл бұрын
You know that you're gonna run out of lyrics soon, right?
@quintingell
4 жыл бұрын
Someone has a doc with all the lyrics and the used lyrics are linked to the corresponding video and they still have quite a ways to go
@Emma-yq7pk
4 жыл бұрын
docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1_ieE5_tGv7lstXFTA_CplMDRWoFMgcXnEWjI6AJfh08/mobilebasic An amazing nerd fighter I don’t know made this. I think they’re good for a little longer...
@mschrisfrank2420
4 жыл бұрын
Jason Starlight Then they can switch to another language.
@Jason-ke4jf
4 жыл бұрын
@@Emma-yq7pk That's awesome.
@abbiegibbs5924
4 жыл бұрын
I love the image of Hank and John reading through the lyrics to All Star every week trying to find a lyric that matches what they already wanted to talk about. I especially love that there are enough lyrics in the song that actually make sense for all these topics.
@DinoDudeDillon
4 жыл бұрын
Oh gosh a lonely planet in interstellar space on which luminous fungus grows is the most awesome sci-fi premise I've heard in awhile...
@0000Konan
4 жыл бұрын
I've never seen fireflies in real life, and this is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
@OctopusLady
4 жыл бұрын
I lived in a big city on the west coast for most of my life until I suddenly found myself having to move to Birmingham, Alabama for a job. I still remember what it was like to see my first firefly there. I thought they were embers falling from the sky, I thought a nearby house caught on fire. But then my friend caught one and showed it to me, and I remember suddenly feeling like I was in the middle of a fairy tale. Fireflies were like something of legends, something that people told stories about, but didn't actually EXIST. Like...idk, dragons. Or mermaids. We spent the rest of the evening running around, catching fireflies. It was one of the most magical experiences of my life.
@bekah9344
4 жыл бұрын
I think my favorite thing about your videos is seeing where you find hope in the steady drum of nature.
@kulsoomjawaid6411
4 жыл бұрын
This was the notification that actually got me to wake up instead of going back to sleep. Thanks, John.
@Biathine
4 жыл бұрын
These videos have absolutely no right to be so consistently good and thoughtful and inspiring. Its been a decade now, cmon guys, make me feel a little better and do a bad one, I dare you.
@bronlit
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen fireflies in person or known what it’s like to experience them even on video. I rewatched this with the sound off just to experience them again. Such peaceful beauty.
@guydelombard8759
4 жыл бұрын
The visuals of the lightning bugs ( I still call them that in my 50's) was so calming I had to rewind to listen to your words. Thanks, John for shedding light!
@moiradarling97
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen a firefly in person. I more than anything want to sit and watch the sunset, then watch the fireflies come out and dance around. I have to add, John, it always amuses me that you were such a teenage boy and then you grew up to be the author and person that you are now. I just recently posted somewhere that I love books, specifically your own, because they paint the world as romantically and truthfully as I see it. Thanks for growing up and being a cool human that I can relate to and look up to at the same time. (I apologize, my comments always end up being sappy on this channel haha)
@tracy2919
4 жыл бұрын
This channels has stayed consistently awesome from when I first found it back in KZitem infancy to now in it's adolescence. That's a long time to stay that consistently good and awesome. Good work nerds.
@kinseyzimmermann4709
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, guys that's exactly what I needed today. John talking about fireflies for 4 minutes.
@Jess22E
4 жыл бұрын
As someone who has never seen fireflies in real life, but has read about them so often in books, this video was a gift. I cannot believe how beautiful they are. Thank you.
@vardhinividya4932
4 жыл бұрын
Man this video and Hank’s last video have made me nostalgic for a childhood away from the city that I never lived
@savannahstoehr9198
4 жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful, and so weirdly timely. My sister just rescued me from the wastelands of CoVID-era Brooklyn and we spent a few glorious days among the trees and stars in New Hampshire, whereupon we saw actual fireflies for the first time in both of our lives. You will not be surprised to learn that I spent several hours writing as a result. Totally worth the sunburn ❤️
@amyscalf8257
4 жыл бұрын
I live in an urban area, but we have a big window that looks out across a vacant lot, and I love watching the fireflies there. It's one of my favorite things.
@NWPaul72
4 жыл бұрын
So maybe it's the heightened emotional tension of the times, but you choked me up here, John. Allowing yourself to unambiguously and unironically feel your feelings is something I didn't do until you and your brother reminded me to be awesome for a couple of years. Thanks for making some light.
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