Attacked by Squirrels and Neoclassicism: Thoughts from Places, Washington D.C.

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11 жыл бұрын

In which John is threatened by an utterly fearless squirrel and contemplates the neoclassical architecture of our nation's capital, Washington, D.C. Along the way, he and the Yeti visit several museums; look at the art of China's most important living artist, Ai Weiwei; visit the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and the World War II Memorial; and consider the history of cars that are also boats.
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@Velociter 8 жыл бұрын

"Squirrel! I am a threat to you. We are enemies. Please get off my bench... oh God. Oh god! Don't touch me... oh God!!! " - John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in our Stars

@jennat7419 7 жыл бұрын

@guygeva7375 7 жыл бұрын

@elco9791 7 жыл бұрын

@ShidaiTaino 7 жыл бұрын

@favretheundead 6 жыл бұрын

@WrathOfMega 10 жыл бұрын

"I am a threat to you!" *cowers in fear*

@Goreuncle 9 жыл бұрын

Notice his right hand while he talks to the squirrel, LOL John was terrified.

@rebeccaoratto2537 9 жыл бұрын

"I am a threat to you!...Don't touch me!"

@clarahowson2911 5 жыл бұрын

@TamarZiri 5 жыл бұрын

@Hoonter 8 жыл бұрын

Squirrel is inadequately afraid of John. John is over-adequately afraid of squirrel. Makes sense. :P Lol

@KatherinePierce_81 4 жыл бұрын

@mariacargille1396 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it all balances out. :D

@stuartyeo5354 2 жыл бұрын

Yet again the conservation of fear holds

@tdsims1963 2 жыл бұрын

Squirrels carry diseases. John has every reason for concern.

@FictionWriter95 2 жыл бұрын

I just noticed how John refers to his wife as "The Yeti" when talking about their private interactions but as "Sarah" when discussing her professional work. ❤️

@scarft. Жыл бұрын

Like Augustus vs Gus in TFIOS

@kelseybisset88 11 ай бұрын

Omg I've never noticed that that was the rule. I knew he did The Yeti much more often and Sarah sometimes, but that's so sweet and respectful

@meghanslade4680 10 жыл бұрын

That squirrel was dangerously close. John must be a disney princess

@favretheundead 6 жыл бұрын

@faryala9041 4 жыл бұрын

@saaargummm1868 4 жыл бұрын

@Doomsday-yo7lh 9 жыл бұрын

Lone bird, perched atop the Department of Agriculture, thanks for watching over our nation's grain......

@andrewsugrue2170 9 жыл бұрын

But John said he wouldn't sing anymore!

@Doomsday-yo7lh 9 жыл бұрын

Andrew Sugrue He lied.

@stuvs830 8 жыл бұрын

Does this type of singing have a name? It seems to be a thing. I've seen it on "Grace and Frankie" and on "Lady Dynamite" it's charming

@katydonovan1886 7 жыл бұрын

The greatest vlogbrothers thing I've ever seen to date 😅

@favretheundead 6 жыл бұрын

@zeerinianu 10 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to this video for the JohnxSquirrel interaction.

@teresae9249 3 жыл бұрын

I am still waiting for a friend that will get my reference when we're in a park and I say "this squirrel is inadequately afraid of humans!"

@K-Boogie7999 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@csn583 3 жыл бұрын

I am a threat to you!! Oh go-o-od!

@feefen 3 жыл бұрын

@anticurse 10 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to this video solely for the purpose of watching John and the squirrel be "enemies."

@aphrog649 7 жыл бұрын

Mumina Ali or the squirrel has rabies

@beckyr.6522 8 жыл бұрын

As someone who lives in Washington D.C, I can tell you that the buildings get less intimidating with time, but get more confusing. I still can't tell which buildings are libraries and which buildings are government headquarters.

@avakining 8 жыл бұрын

"Oh, god! Oh, god! Oh, god!"-John Green 2012

@catherinesvideos156 9 жыл бұрын

Sarah laughing during the squirrel bit is the best part

@beckiejbrown 10 жыл бұрын

2:19 - I've not seen this video for forever and I forgot about that. That moment had me laughing hysterically. Thank you John.

@SexiestPenguin 9 жыл бұрын

John:"humourously freaking out about squirrel" Squirrel: I can haz popcorn?

@meetaverma8372 4 жыл бұрын

I did think it wants that popcorn

@jarn4657 Жыл бұрын

@@meetaverma8372 poermcarn

@0music0lvr0 11 жыл бұрын

On the topic of squirrels, the squirrels on my college's campus are super friendly, and someone found one that was practically domesticated and took it back to her dorm room where she kept it for a few days before getting in trouble with the university, and the squirrel was sent to a shelter...a squirrel shelter! We have the cutest squirrels here!! XD

@scjones25 10 жыл бұрын

"I am a threat to you!" ...the squirrel is unconvinced.

@narratorprofessor46 3 жыл бұрын

It's been 8 years and I still get John's song about the bird at the department of agriculture stuck in my head at least twice a month

@psychogoldfish100 11 жыл бұрын

"Lone biiiird, perched atop the Department of Agriculture, thanks for watching over our nation's graaiin." ---Yes.

@libirose8357 8 жыл бұрын

His seemingly genuine fear of that squirrel will never not entertain me

@stuvs830 8 жыл бұрын

Rodents with fluffy tails. Do not want in proximity!

@fununclenerfs 8 жыл бұрын

"Still mixed." Classic Yeti.

@elisajennings999 10 жыл бұрын

John's voice got all adorably high when he was freaking out about the squirrel

@avakining 8 жыл бұрын

Wait… as a DC resident, I thought all squirrels were like that…

@PandaA1257 8 жыл бұрын

One of my former teachers jogs there and he'd always come into class and talk about how the squirrels run after him and how evil they are. Personally, I agree.

@ElizaCorder 6 жыл бұрын

No, I've never ever ever even heard of a squirrel voluntarily getting that close to a human in my life. I'm from Tennessee if that adds any context.

@btdpro752 6 жыл бұрын

Same in PA, CA, NJ, and NY

@frostyskeletons8950 3 жыл бұрын

Squirrels are chill with people in the Pacific Northwest but would never get that voluntarily close

@evenstarsalldie1311 9 жыл бұрын

In the squirrel scene you sounded like Sheldon from the big bang theory (a television show) and I found that funny.

@sia590 10 жыл бұрын

I just died when he started singing about the bird....

@26syntax 11 жыл бұрын

"Squirrel - I am a threat to you!" You gotta say it like you mean it John! Be assertive! Tell that squirrel who's boss!

@ugottafriend4life 10 жыл бұрын

Mr. Squirrel was only hoping you'd share your popcorn, John. :)

@evanlinden4410 8 жыл бұрын

This is the first Vlogbrothers video I ever watched, and on the day it was posted. Cadence, intermittently not forgetting to be awesome since October 2012

@The7wc 10 жыл бұрын

There's one of those fake metal trees at the Nelson-Atkins here in Kansas City and it's SO COOL Also that reaction to the squirrel might be one of the funniest things I've seen in a Vlogbrothers video, which is saying a lot.

@nessaholicmonroe8251 10 жыл бұрын

"This squirrel is inadequeatly afraid of humans.... OH GOD!"

@nickl2854 4 жыл бұрын

Yearbook quote potential

@raginmadmangonecrazy 7 жыл бұрын

Ahh 2012, when optimism for America's future was still a thing.

@captainjules6033 4 жыл бұрын

CannonFodder64 the good old days.

@helenjohannesman9165 4 жыл бұрын

I hate to break it to you guys, buuuuttt...

@frostyskeletons8950 3 жыл бұрын

Oof

@Nyzackon 2 жыл бұрын

Was it? **Was** it? I think he was just still in denial about the whole project. (Recent years have certainly highlighted the oppressive and bewildering forces of power in the US from throughout history, which somehow grow to do more and more awful things to the world... but none of it is exactly new. There's just a lot less hiding behind "civility" now.)

@harrietmilton8397 9 жыл бұрын

When I was in D.C. with my grandmother, brother, and aunt we were constantly joking about how the buildings al seemed to be saying "You are tiny and insignificant! AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!"

@abigailbecker9652 10 жыл бұрын

He is more afraid of the squirrel than the squirrel is afraid of him

@polly30 10 жыл бұрын

I watched 0:44-1:00 so many times, it should be a crime.Laughed EVERY single time. John, we love you.

@megan847 9 жыл бұрын

"Am I wearing skinny jeans? Oh my God I AM."

@leannehillier7543 10 жыл бұрын

"You are not what I had in mind!" I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.

@Aldo_raines 4 жыл бұрын

From here in 2020, the phrase “... the United States is just getting started” seems overly optimistic.

@Mr22thou 10 жыл бұрын

How can such fear of squirrels bode well for the future of America? I am afraid, very afraid.

@sydh.8699 10 жыл бұрын

To be honest, John is afraid of a lot things. I wouldn't be too worried...

@sydh.8699 10 жыл бұрын

That was a funny video! But not as funny as "Frog hoppin with Gatsby" JingerVBer24

@BaggyMcPiper 10 жыл бұрын

I like what Ai Weiwei stands for, but I really can't get behind destroying priceless historical artifacts like that.

@alexjohnson8652 10 жыл бұрын

Then you not thinking hard enough.

@BaggyMcPiper 10 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry?

@Turboweeel 10 жыл бұрын

Jada Xie Post Cultural Revolution though it does feel a bit bad, man.

@tsuich00i 10 жыл бұрын

James Russell And you're a fool who would sacrifice centuries old culture for the sake of some vaunted, vague ideality. Spare the rest of us your naive lecturing, for you know not what you say.

@alexjohnson8652 10 жыл бұрын

You know not what good grammar or good art is. So, please descend from your high horse.

@kishuponastar 11 жыл бұрын

I love how John's voice jumps about two octaves when he's being threatened by furry little animals.

@Bee-nw6df 4 жыл бұрын

7 years later and this is still one of my favorite thoughts from places videos💜

@elizabethanneczerney5638 10 жыл бұрын

JOHN IN SKINNY JEANS *fangirls* John's girly scream next to that squirrel... Haha

@Goreuncle 9 жыл бұрын

0:43 How can you be afraid of a cute squirrel? What's it going to do? Jump and bite your jugular Monty Python's Holy Grail style? LOL The squirrel isn't inadequately afraid of humans...John is inadequately afraid of squirrels.

@valeriamassaro5499 9 жыл бұрын

Goreuncle "Inadequately" You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.. :p :) BTW, I'm not trying to be pedantic here. Just making an observation. I think you mean (in John's case) either excessively or irrationally. :p

@Caloph 7 жыл бұрын

Oh yay! Love it when people visit my hometown! And yea, the squirrels are not afraid, they fear nothing.

@LittleSelfia 4 жыл бұрын

It's been 7 and some change years since this video and through all my own rebirths my love for it remains.

@rachelisagrapefruit 8 жыл бұрын

This will always be one of my favorite thoughts from places videos

@ellieflynn8549 8 жыл бұрын

as someone from the DC area, all of this is pretty accurate. plus the metro

@NaderAmmar 9 жыл бұрын

89 tour buses disliked this video.

@aditichandak5054 8 жыл бұрын

+Vegeta Scouter make that 94 now ;)

@NaderAmmar 8 жыл бұрын

Aditi Chandak those damn tour buses

@thebraintheretard7535 10 жыл бұрын

I love how high your voice went when you said "OH GOD"

@WadjetEye100 11 жыл бұрын

I love how the shot right after John is freaking out about the squirrel is him giving a look scolding the viewer for laughing so hard at it.

@HoboDrell 10 жыл бұрын

I just love the squirrel part.

@ellalevad5104 9 жыл бұрын

We have the boatcars in Seattle too. The're called Ducks and hey take tours of downtown and the Space Needle.

@number1fan799 9 жыл бұрын

I remember the worst thing about the duck bus was the Wacky Quackers, which are kazoos shaped as a duck bill. Those were so annoying.

@ellalevad5104 9 жыл бұрын

number1fan Definitely my family used to go on the Ducks ever summer and my little brother would constantly quack them all the time afterwards

@penina8438 8 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh I visited my aunt and uncle in Seattle this summer and it was awesome except my uncle really wanted to go on the ducks for some reason (mind you I'm 19). Afterwards we were all like why did we just do that

@akawater Жыл бұрын

I cried. I never expected this video to hit me so differently in 2022. 😶

@WrittenButNotRead 8 жыл бұрын

I like how the last shot has a carousel in it. (Subtle reference to Catcher in the Rye maybe?)

@OnlyOnline2O1O 10 жыл бұрын

another reason why we love you, John

@marthadineen565 10 жыл бұрын

I just love the fluid jumps squirrels make when I watch them from a few feet away. Put me beside one THAT close and my fellow commenters, we have ourselves a human- squirrel stare down to a certain extent (I stare, he just swivels his little head, petrifying me in the process).

@theturniptress805 3 жыл бұрын

I too, love all animals. But from a distance.

@galenrandir 11 жыл бұрын

I love your Thoughts from Places videos!

@MichelleHaysvlog 11 жыл бұрын

I love when you narrate your travels. These are my favorite style videos.

@Panndia 10 жыл бұрын

"This squirrel is adequately afraid of humans!" Laugh so freakin hard!

@EllaIngram 8 жыл бұрын

saw the title and thought "So, phil isn't the only person to get attacked by a squirrel" XD

@ninamarie177 8 жыл бұрын

When my mum and I were in London we sat on a bench in Hyde park reading. A squirrel sat on our bench but left us alone, so we weren't bothered by it. However, when we got up to get to the airport it jumped at my mum and a bunch of French children laughed at us.

@sanjivanimandloi4843 8 жыл бұрын

phangirl nerdfighter! yaaasss. found one! :)

@EllaIngram 8 жыл бұрын

+Sanjivani Mandloi Yep :P

@raven2269 7 жыл бұрын

Yes Phangirl Nerdfighter!!!!

@Bea_Esser 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of my top 5 Vlogbrothers videos primarily because of John's interaction with the squirrel that is inadequately afraid of humans!

@aabbishduaa1417 5 жыл бұрын

Ah all of the videos on this vlog make me happy.

@andrewnguyen4022 9 жыл бұрын

One does not walk around Washington DC so much as the squirrels allows it.

@SystemOfStrings 8 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's Washington squirrels...

@HannahKay2012 11 жыл бұрын

Cool to watch this after the most recent Thoughts from Places where you visit the exhibit at Sarah's museum. Thoughts from Places are my favorite, closely followed by Question Tuesday (even when they're not on Tuesday).

@saramartins95 11 жыл бұрын

i just love how hank just goes from silliness and laughter and part crazy, to some really deep thoughts and vice-versa

@amiablehacker 7 жыл бұрын

I feel like Sheldon Cooper would have reacted similarly to that squirrel.😂

@zack42187 10 жыл бұрын

John Green, you should research Neoclassicism a bit more. It isn't all imposing religious forts. Neoclassicism is a product of the Enlightenment, A physical manifestation of the philosophies, aesthetics and sciences of that time. It may seem formal to a level of stuffiness, but it's really so much more.

@123456789abcdefg432 9 жыл бұрын

I simply love how Hank advertises John's video.

@fsleinad1250 2 жыл бұрын

John says that he can't sing, but I've listened to his song at 1:29 over a dozen times now. There is something so inexplicably special about it.

@scholar5212 11 жыл бұрын

When John tried to intimidate the squirrel by saying "I am a threat to you", I think it would have been a bit more convincing if he wasn't simultaneously cowering in fear.

@traviswessels5814 4 жыл бұрын

He's useless afraid of a squirrel

@dawnk777 11 жыл бұрын

You brought back memories of my 1978 trip to Washington, DC. So long ago, but a lot of that hasn't changed.

@Zsaisse 11 жыл бұрын

I really have to remember taking my headphones off or turn the volume down when I watch a Vloggbrothers video because I occasionally get a throbbing feeling in my ears when I hear the shouts full of awesome from the nerdfighters.

@misplacedgirl 10 жыл бұрын

This is truly one of the funniest and most thoughtful videos on the internet. I mean where else are you gonna find a guy singing to a bird, freaking out over a squirrel, and finish it with a really thoughtful else. Vlogbrothers, that's where.

@StarsOfCassiopeia 11 жыл бұрын

You were incredible to listen to at Bookfest! Thanks for signing my Sing-a-ma-jig, and giving me faith in my musical abilities. DFTBA!

@MsPotatobag 11 жыл бұрын

You're an excellent blogger. Just hearing you talk about your day is entertaining :D

@beckarkottke 11 жыл бұрын

Oh my! This video has so many excellent John Green moments. First the squirrel, then the Lone Bird Song. I had to pause the video there and dry my laughter induced tears.

@tiffsewcrafty 11 жыл бұрын

That's so cool! I spent the summer in DC for a reporting internship, and I thought the exact same things about the structures there. How the Washington monument and Congress stare at each other. It's just really neat to think that all the places you walked around in are also all the places I ran around in search of interviews.

@shabnomnom 11 жыл бұрын

i had to pause the video while you were showing footage the inside of the national gallery and have a moment of "I LOVE THAT PLACE SO MUCH" flailing ~

@Kindredsgirl 10 жыл бұрын

I love it when you sing, John!!! the song of the Lone Bird was excellent!

@LluxDdarcy 11 жыл бұрын

man you and hank are so intelligent i could listen to you talk all day.

@kcb1995 11 жыл бұрын

I can't even tell you how many times I watched that part, I lost track. IT NEVER GET'S OLD

@BayesRagem 7 жыл бұрын

Small squeaky voice "I am a threat to you!"

@loner844 9 жыл бұрын

The bathrooms in the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney are pretty cool.

@halfofagiraffe 11 жыл бұрын

this might be one of my favorite videos.

@MrSmith717 10 жыл бұрын

I like the JD Salinger's carousel (or however you spell it) at the end!

@MegamiTenchi 6 жыл бұрын

Still my favorite Vlogbrothers video! Does anyone else sing the "Lone bird" song whenever they walk past the Dept. of Agriculture?

@NayruDragon1 11 жыл бұрын

"I am a threat to you! Now I'm going to squeal like a little girl!"

@globypants6057 10 жыл бұрын

Hmm. This was a wonderful video, and funny and thought provoking, especially because I often take this things for granted as I live within 30 minutes of all of it. Wow.

@emmaem28 11 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh, the tunnel with the lights in the National Gallery of Art at 3:05 is what I wrote one of my college essays on! I live right outside of DC, and that has always been my favorite part of the city. John Green loves what I love.

@TheDarknessWithinMe1 11 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Washington DC., John. I saw you there at the book festival, and it was epic!

@xXxGingerGrlxXx 11 жыл бұрын

Wow it's really strange to see John do a video on a place I walk and experience all the time. I even had my first date in some of those places.

@SuperSuperkartoffel 11 жыл бұрын

I just love you guys so much :)

@alycats94 11 жыл бұрын

Firstly, the World War II Memorial and the Korean War Memorial are my favorite memorials. The Korean War one is eerie but impressive at night. Secondly, as you discovered, the squirrels in D.C. are fearless creatures. They only love you for your food. Thirdly, if you go to the Wisconsin Dells, you can ride in one of the Ducks (the boat-cars), and they take you through the water. It's fun. Lastly, that carousel in the last part of the video is the reason my tour group was late to our next stop.

@foreverfivefoot 11 жыл бұрын

Thoughts from places, you give me thoughts while I am in other places. Beautiful thoughts.

@6ft7inHIBread 11 жыл бұрын

WHOA!!! That's where I usually play ultimate frisbee on Saturdays!!! John, Hank!! I dig your videos! I also live in DC! I'd love to give you guys a free tour, the next time you visit.