So the P4A was started in 2007 by John and Hank and basically their goal was to use their knowledge of the featuring process as Youtubers to hack the system and make sure all the featured videos were about charity. To do this they asked the nerdfighters to comment and like and favorite as many times on as many p4a videos on Dec. 17th that they could. It was an amazing success, and so they've been doing this annually ever since.
I was not a nerdfighter during the P4A even last year, so this was my first. There's a blog on tumblr called EffYeahNerdfighters, and this year they held a live show to promote certain videos for the nerdfighters to go attack with comments and views etc.
My video was chosen for this, and I can't tell you how happy I was that it was. Their goal for my video was 1,000 comments, and therefore I ended up with a ton to read through. On the actual liveshow they would give prompts as to what people should comment about so it wasn't just "P4A" and "DFTBA" all over the page. I would like to share some of my favorite comments with you.
The first prompt: Compliments.
"YOU'RE NOT A LOSER! DFTBA! #spamwow" -sparksbleeder
"you look like you give good hugs! I want to hug you" -as9430
"hmmm ur so ugly its cute" -The NavyHM
"you are aesthetically pleasing" -dearcentennial
All I could think when I read this was "Eyelashes! our little surprise... they're underneath your hair... they're like... hair for eyes." (and if you know where that's from you win the non-existant Space Cadet prize of the day)
"Nice sweatervest ;D" -foreverjynxed
Why thanks, but that's swest to you.
"I love your voice Darren" -Zik33
Now I'm not sure if she/he knows this... but I'm not Darren Criss. I'd just like to clarify.
"Your right arm smells like alaskan huskies (Good Thing)" -TheWulfMaster
"I like your eyebrows" kaylasturner
this comment is funny to me because its something I've been told in real life, and I never really understood it. People always ask me where I get my eyebrows threaded and such and literally I didn't even knew what that meant until someone explained it to me. Frankly I just don't understand. HOW CAN SOMEONE HAVE NICE EYEBROWS? I understand people can have bad eyebrows, because I've seen them. But if they're not bad, I just consider them good? like normal? I don't know.
"Your eyes are so blue" -Zik33
my eyes are hazel. not even tinted blue hazely. like green/brown haha
"Your nose is as cute as a button :)" -SoloStellatv
this comment was funny to me as well, because I always thought I had a really weird squishy nose. To hear its cute as a button was like what? lol
"YOUR TOENAILS ARE REALLY LONG. COMPLIMENT." -spazophie
"You have a nice voice" -ERSorensen
Someone once told me, "you have a great voice," so I assumed singing? then..., "Singing and talking." Again, how can someone have a good talking voice? good for what? haha
"Your hair looks like a chocolate waterfall" -SoloStellatv
Yum.
"That camera angle? BEST I'VE EVER SEEN." -yeah568
"I beckoned lovely and she's you (:" -SoloStellatv
This is a Nerdfighter joke that I absolutely loved, alluding to the Beckoning of Lovely. On a seperate note, SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE A NERDFIGHTER PICKUP LINE BLOG.
"I like [your] boulder. that is a niiice boulder." -spazophies
donkey ftw.
"You get two hearts <3 <3 cuz I'm a timelord" -PHvlogger
Doctor Who jokes <3
"you're adorable!! Great great great video!" -hypedragon
I overuse the word adorable. and absolutely. its excessive.
I overuse the word adorable. and absolutely. its excessive.
"Great video! DFTBA, John" -Project4awesome
just check out that username... yep, yep. so that John? JOHN EFFING GREEN. I happy danced around my room for a good 10 minutes. ngl.
"beautiful nerdfighters are beautiful XD" -foreveryjynxed
The funny thing about the compliment prompt is that you have no idea if people are truly complimenting you, or just writing random things in to comment faster. Either way, it still made me feel good. Like, "Your eyes are so blue" is obviously some random thing a commentor decided to say, because my eyes are in no way blue. But when I read, "Your nose is as cute as a button" it made me smile. That person may have not even watched far enough into the video to see my face, but it still made me happy, which is a curious thing.
The funny thing about the compliment prompt is that you have no idea if people are truly complimenting you, or just writing random things in to comment faster. Either way, it still made me feel good. Like, "Your eyes are so blue" is obviously some random thing a commentor decided to say, because my eyes are in no way blue. But when I read, "Your nose is as cute as a button" it made me smile. That person may have not even watched far enough into the video to see my face, but it still made me happy, which is a curious thing.
Second Prompt: What do you want for Christmas?
"I WANT MATT SMITH FOR CHRISTMAS" -superzombiepower
Don't we all?
"you" -suchducks,
as you can see above, this comment is by suchducks, who I adore, and who I found through Esther. She is awesome, and partly behind the process in which my video was chosen, so :D
"ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU!" -MattAlexScott
sweet, but suchducks said it sweeter (x
"I just want to know who the eff Hank is" -yeah568
Another inside Nerdfighter joke, that just isn't worth the explanation, but ah, love it. <3
"All I want for christmas is 1,000 comments" -Faffricka
You can borrow some of mine...
"I want a my little pony with a black santa on top" -SoloStellatv
WANT.
"Cuz I gotta house full of black santas..."
"Cuz I gotta house full of black santas..."
"All I want for christmas is for charities to be well know, and for a group to just band together and spread the word!
oh wait... P4A FTW!!"
I lol'd.
"I would like uh john's glasses" -theflawintheplan
This is funny because that's the only thing that I bid on in the raffles for p4a. I put all my donation money there, despite the fact that I would love Hank's album title to be "Ellie". So clearly, I'd love to recieve John's glasses as well, theflawintheplan.
And the Last Prompt (as well as my favorite: In Your Pants Jokes
of course I found the classics, such as "everything that rises must converge in your pants" and "sweaty yeti in your pants", but here are some other favorites.
"A Great and Terrible Beauty... In my pants" -myxgiftxisxmyxsong
"The Pianist in your pants," -posthumorously
I laughed way too much at this one.
"An Abundance of Katherines... in your pants" -
to which one person replied
"that sounds uncomfortable"
and another,
"I'd be ok with many Katherines in my pants." -sn4kp4k
I'd say uncomfortable indeed.
"Who stole the cheese from my pants?" -xanipanable
don't look at me.
and then I saw one comment that said,
"I didn't read much?"
I didn't think they existed. A Nerdfighter who doesn't read? I felt like I had just seen a unicorn.
AVeryIronicGoose commented very politely, "One time I saw a book called The Hole That Needs to be Filled,"
to which mahnahkah replied, "IN YOUR PANTS."
oh, nerdfighteria... how I love you. No book shall go un-pantsed. (unless it isn't funny)
"Where's Waldo? In Your Pants." -Nienna146
Which is funny because I almost named this blog "Here's Waldo" I might as well have made it, "My Pants"
"Its Always Something in my pants..." -posthumorously
"the day the goose got loose INN MMYYY PPAANNTTSSSS" -JupiterStak
"The guide to nerdfighting... in your pants" -Duessa2000
which arguably, I think that book should have actually been called. (and yes, I believe someone is working on it to actually become a real book)
"pants pants pants" -windandocean
"I have a bird i like to hold in my pants" -windandocean
LET IT OUT! AHHHHH
"catching fire... in my pants." -myxgiftxisxmyxsong
"All the important things in life start in your pants" theejoshpow
The funny thing about this comment is that John Green has a famous quote that expresses the opposite sentiments of this very In Your Pants joke. I literally can't find it right now, but I'm pretty sure its from Will Grayson, Will Grayson, about the fact that so many of our thoughts revolve around when we're going to do it, with whom we will do it, etc. And that its ridiculous how we spend so much of our lives thinking about something slugs do.
"Alex Day in your pants! lol" -emilylime88,
Girl, as much as I love you, i need to let you know ALEX DAY IS NOT A BOOK... just kedding.
and although its not a book title, I think this may be the most unnappreciated In Your Pants joke ever,
"Don't Forget To Be Awesome... In My Pants."
Miscellaneous Comments that did not fit the prompts:
"I will be making a donation to the Trevor Project" -JulieVlogs
This one is included because JulieVlogs is a made of awesome nerdfighter who i actually met at VidCon and this made me so happy.
"look! over there! what is it? pure awesome." -collegehasagedme
"Looking For Elaska" -moddylupin
"Alaska Young! We found you :P Lol. Lame joke, but I'm tired. awesome video!"
I laughed an innapropriate amount at this.
"CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!" -mahnahkah
I assume this person is speaking of John's spamming challenge? (:
"We spam comments. She spammed mirrors" -pro0glenn
YES. (you will only get this one if you watched the video)
"Gravy. That is what I heard." -moskitomagnet
Not sure what this is in reference to, but it got me thinking... does gravy make a sound?
"Do we like tumblr?" windandocean
I just can't say enough about the way this is worded. it makes my smiles happen. "Do we?"
"I want to write a song called 'is that a b or an h?' about captchas"
they commented this many times. I don't understand is it a cry for help? Pretty good idea though. I like.
"comment prompt: things you can eat if you just had wisdom teeth out"
This is funny because I just got home from my friend Alyssa's where we watched Christmas movies because she just got her wisdom teeth out and needed comforting.
"I feel bad for the uploader, what will she think when she read all of these?"
I was so amazingly proud to have been chosen, and help the nerdfighters with p4a. So incredibly happy.
then simply "Judy Bloom"
In your pants?
I adore you Nerdfighteria, and you will stop being awesome the day the universe explodes. (which we know won't happen because we've got a Timelord (and a fez) to fix that.
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