As it was mentioned in another post, the Green brothers gave each other punishments and challenges during the Brotherhood 2.0 project to make their interactions more engaging. A notable challenge started when, in April 25, 2007, Hank decided to write a silly song about Helen Hunt as a response to some viewers’ comments, and in April 30, 2007, John challenged Hank to write a song every other week.
Helen Hunt
During the rest of the year, Hank wrote a different song every fortnight about various different topics. This practice quickly became something to which Nerdfighters looked forward, as Hank’s songs were usually catchy and about relatable topics that accurately represented the friendly and good-natured tone of the community. They were also very in-tune with popular Internet culture, which Nerdfighters very much enjoy. Nerdfighters soon started learning and covering the songs, and they are now all recognized as important artifacts of the community’s culture.
The narratives explored in this series of posts are the results of the pre-study I did with the aim of finding the most prominent themes and narratives that emerged throughout the first year of the Nerdfighter Community.
Each of these posts explores the stories and themes that are the basis to understand the culture of this community, its activities and overall atmosphere. Each section explains a theme or narrative that Nerdfighters have adopted as shareable stories through which they make sense of their culture.
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