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John Green

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Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

Saving the two penalties. Man. An incredible story. I think the greatest underdog story in the history of sports.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

And now they've been a professional team for, you know, about 15 years, and they're doing great. They're owned by their fans, so there's no rich guy to fund the team or anything. It's just a regular bunch of people, and everybody pitches in the way that they can pitch in, and one of the ways I can pitch in is financially.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

And now they've been a professional team for, you know, about 15 years, and they're doing great. They're owned by their fans, so there's no rich guy to fund the team or anything. It's just a regular bunch of people, and everybody pitches in the way that they can pitch in, and one of the ways I can pitch in is financially.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

And now they've been a professional team for, you know, about 15 years, and they're doing great. They're owned by their fans, so there's no rich guy to fund the team or anything. It's just a regular bunch of people, and everybody pitches in the way that they can pitch in, and one of the ways I can pitch in is financially.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday. I recently found myself at an airport, as I often do, sitting at the gate waiting for my flight to board, and I couldn't stop thinking about how everyone in the airport would, within a century or so, be dead. Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday. I recently found myself at an airport, as I often do, sitting at the gate waiting for my flight to board, and I couldn't stop thinking about how everyone in the airport would, within a century or so, be dead. Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday. I recently found myself at an airport, as I often do, sitting at the gate waiting for my flight to board, and I couldn't stop thinking about how everyone in the airport would, within a century or so, be dead. Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

So something you might not know from having watched my last couple videos is that this has been the most stressful two-week period I have experienced in a while. Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday. I have to tell you about a profound mortification I recently experienced, but first, it's time to manifest second shot in arm. Let's go get vaccinated.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

So something you might not know from having watched my last couple videos is that this has been the most stressful two-week period I have experienced in a while. Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday. I have to tell you about a profound mortification I recently experienced, but first, it's time to manifest second shot in arm. Let's go get vaccinated.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

So something you might not know from having watched my last couple videos is that this has been the most stressful two-week period I have experienced in a while. Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday. I have to tell you about a profound mortification I recently experienced, but first, it's time to manifest second shot in arm. Let's go get vaccinated.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

What is a nerdfighter? A nerdfighter is a person who, instead of being made out of, like, bones and skin and tissue, is made entirely of awesome. So you're saying that nerdfighters don't fight nerds. No, we're clearly pro-nerd.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

What is a nerdfighter? A nerdfighter is a person who, instead of being made out of, like, bones and skin and tissue, is made entirely of awesome. So you're saying that nerdfighters don't fight nerds. No, we're clearly pro-nerd.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

What is a nerdfighter? A nerdfighter is a person who, instead of being made out of, like, bones and skin and tissue, is made entirely of awesome. So you're saying that nerdfighters don't fight nerds. No, we're clearly pro-nerd.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

So I started out playing FIFA, the video game, and I would livestream it or upload the videos or whatever.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

So I started out playing FIFA, the video game, and I would livestream it or upload the videos or whatever.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

So I started out playing FIFA, the video game, and I would livestream it or upload the videos or whatever.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

And then I'd use all the advertising revenue to pay for an actual sponsorship. So then I could see my own logo when I played the video game. I could see my own logo on the player's shorts. I will say this. There are lots of professional FIFA players and semi-professional FIFA players out there.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

And then I'd use all the advertising revenue to pay for an actual sponsorship. So then I could see my own logo when I played the video game. I could see my own logo on the player's shorts. I will say this. There are lots of professional FIFA players and semi-professional FIFA players out there.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

And then I'd use all the advertising revenue to pay for an actual sponsorship. So then I could see my own logo when I played the video game. I could see my own logo on the player's shorts. I will say this. There are lots of professional FIFA players and semi-professional FIFA players out there.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How John Green Turned Celebrity into Obsessive Optimism

But among them, do you know any other than me who has successfully gotten DFTBA Nerdfighteria written on the shorts of a professional football team? So I've got that going for me. I'm on the back of the shorts, the liminal space between left thigh and buttock. That's my chosen area. That is the finest real estate. Yeah, no, people say that.