"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

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7 жыл бұрын

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@elco9791

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@ShidaiTaino

7 жыл бұрын

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@favretheundead

6 жыл бұрын

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"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

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5 жыл бұрын

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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

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

@KatherinePierce_81

4 жыл бұрын

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@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.

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

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6 жыл бұрын

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@faryala9041

4 жыл бұрын

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@saaargummm1868

4 жыл бұрын

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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.

Sarah laughing during the squirrel bit is the best part

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!

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

"Still mixed." Classic Yeti.

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

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

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

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

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

@PandaA1257

7 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

@nickl2854

4 жыл бұрын

Yearbook quote potential

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.)

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

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

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

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!"

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!!!!

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

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

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

I just love the squirrel part.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

another reason why we love you, John

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

I love your Thoughts from Places videos!

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).

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

Yep, that's Washington squirrels...

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 ~

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

I simply love how Hank advertises John's video.

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.

I can now officially say that I have stood exactly where you have stood! You can't believe how much emotion this gives me! You are my hero John Green. Don't forget to be awesome!

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.

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

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

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!

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.

the part of the video from 0:43 to 1:00 is one of my favorite vlogbrothers moments. john is hilarious

John, you are one of my favorite human beings, ever. And I havent even meet you before. Your awesome. Just wanted to say that, and thanks.

I feel like you should know that I've watched this video at least 13 times, I think it's my favorite video on the Internet

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

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

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

this might be one of my favorite videos.

You handled that squirrel SOOO much better than I would have... also thank you for the stream of thought concerning the trajectory of our country.

John, I love it when you sing! Made my day.

This was my first vlogbrothers video. I know I came 1000 and something videos late, but I'm okay with that. One of the best parts of Nerfighteria is that it's still growing and there's new nerdfighters every day. Since watching this video, I experienced my first P4A, started commenting on videos and marathoned all of the vlogbrothers videos. I'm just so grateful for what this community has given me.

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.

I love squirrels but they never come that close to me...they just run away

Me: Wow look at that, I would love to go there Also me: lives no more than 15 minutes away from all those monuments and museums

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

John you are giving me DC lust. It's been over a year since I visited and I still miss it :(