#the batshit things said on that podcast

[mads-is-tired]

i was curious to see what the top three real jrwi quotes were and why am i not surprised to see its "No one can hamburger help us now", followed closely by dopplegilly fat nuts and 'vyncent can you touch me'

[realjrwiquotes]

welcome to daily real jrwi quotes!

i've wanted to run a gimmick blog for a while now, and while theres a lot of incorrect quote blogs, i haven't seen one dedicated to the batshit insane things they say on this hit dnd podcast show.

feel free to submit quotes!! - on or off anon - across all of their campaigns/one shots! (including patreon only, and pre-2021 campaigns) - please mention who the quote(s) is/are said by - the campaign name - episode title - if possible, a timestamp would be amazing. an image too, if you're feeling fun (these aren't required) - if you submit off anon, you will be credited unless otherwise specified

-if you are wanting to submit a quote from a rolled episode, please DM me instead.

if i make an error in terms of crediting correctly, or anything really please (kindly) let me know! (also, i won't be hyperlinking patreon only episodes, just ones available on youtube).

i'm using the queue function, and currently posts will go up 7:00am AEST/9:00pm UTC/3:00pm EST (I might adjust this later)

i hope you enjoy! :D

last updated 28/2/24

[nalyra-dreaming]

Why was Louis so angry with Lestat when he was the one who stood by when Claudia tried to kill him?

(Doesn't the latter part of your ask play into that though?^^)

Louis was angry with Lestat (and resentful) because he blamed what later happened on Lestat, or at least... tried to curb the pain by doing so.

The thing is that Lestat was told not to tell, or else (by Marius). And at that point he did not know whether Marius would hold him to that promise/threat.

So Louis and Claudia never got many explanations, it was painfully obvious that Lestat did not tell them what they wanted (or needed) to know.

And... he also didn't tell them the details about Paris either, obviously. Or Armand. Or the cult. Et cetera.

Louis goes to Europe with Claudia, they travel for a few years, and eventually get to Paris, and start to live again, finally.

And then they encounter the coven there and Armand pulls Louis in, falls for him, Louis falls for Armand... and Armand decides to have Louis and to get rid of Claudia.

"I must have Louis, that was my injunction. I knew no other."

He is the coven master, he has never had a lot of qualms about "cleaning up" (does not have any qualms about this later either) and Claudia is definitely against the rules. And in the way. He tells her to let Louis go, Claudia goes to Louis... and Louis fails her again, turning to Armand. And the tragedy unfolds.

After the trial Louis is being spell-bound by Armand, calmed to leave.

And Armand’s eye said, Sleep.

After Louis' revenge they leave Paris, and Armand tags along... but Louis is only a shell afterwards, a numb and passionless thing that continues on because he cannot not.

Louis, my companion, dried up of his own free will, rather like a beautiful rose skillfully dehydrated in sand so that it retains its proportions, nay, even its fragrance and even its tint. For all the blood he drank, he himself became dry, heartless, a stranger to himself and tome.

It is after they break up that Louis encounters Daniel in the books, gives that (first) interview.

He is jaded, angry at how things turned out. He does not yet know why Lestat withheld all this knowledge, all this history. (That is part of the reason why Lestat actually writes down his own story!)

Louis holds the grudge that Lestat's withholding his knowledge resulted in Claudia's death. And how their life together ended. That is part of why he is angry still in the books.

(That anger will be gone by the time he actually understands, after reading Lestat's book and reuniting with him.)

Now.

This quote from Jacob calls back to all of that, as he directly refers to the original story.

But... the Louis in Dubai is not that, not really angry. He probably was, but in the 70s he's already referring the "terrible thing" he did once, that he regrets.

For him... other aspects come into play. And I can only refer to the awesome Gizmodo article by @lincodega here, published almost a year ago. I can only recommend reading it, but ultimately it boils down to this quote:

"The motivation to embellish the worst parts and understate the best parts is literally standing in the room with him."

And, as a last note, on a bit of a tangent, but because I think that is good to keep in mind for this interview:

"At the end of the night, Armand is not to be trusted! It’s not just that Rashid is Armand-coded, but the entire season is Armand-coded. Armand is a master manipulator, a manifestation of 500 years of traumatic, absolutely batshit insane cult behaviour, and the boy has fangs the size of the Ottoman empire. Armand takes mansplain, manipulate, malewife to unprescended levels of insanity. Like, I love him, he’s a weird little gremlin who plays with blenders and starts a podcast, for some reason, but he’s absolutely out of gourd and willing to do anything to keep everything just how he likes it, and that includes Louis."

[dawsonscreekwasalwaysbad]

funniest parts of inside job pt 2

mommy likey drinky

“santa is fake! but student debt is real!” “you had to learn sometime, brayden”

“this is gonna be the most globally damaging midlife crisis since elon musk” oh that is APT

“ok boomer”

“are you poland? because that german guy straight-up owned you”

reagan saying that alex jones “looks like an orangutan fucked a fire hydrant”

“i’m the only one left who will listen to me!”

spending the whole episode confused on why oprah is back and then seeing her yell “i’m not the first oprah!”

“our missions do feel suspiciously like b-stories”

“why is my wallet on a metal leash? where would it be trying to go?”

lights being mothman’s kryptonite is a very obvious joke but it still works every time

KEANU FUCKING REEVES

“MOTHERFUCKER!” “well, he is fucking reagan’s mother, so yes. motherfucker.”

*takes out a lotus* “i don’t put these in my pocket. they grow there spontaneously.”

“i’m feeling drained from staring meaningfully into the distance”

“after dating so many billionaires, his millionaire lifestyle keeps me grounded”

the pussy posse being amazed and confounded by brett’s respect women juice

the real reason leonardo dicaprio only dates women under 25

“someone on the internet found out margot robbie is cgi” FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME

reagan accidentally imitating owen wilson

“when i’m done with you, men will look at you the way they look at me: briefly!”

gigi’s reaction to her make-under: “i wanna cyberbully myself!”

tamiko’s reaction to rand turning into a literal manchild: “way to turn subtext into text, rand”

myc’s absolutely SAVAGE comebacks at the constitution heist

“how would the founding fathers feel about this?” “probably the same way your father feels about you”

“ok, give me the word and i’ll blow the hell out of this thing” “said your ex-wife to brett’s dick”

“aliens? a woman being in charge of a team? nobody’s gonna believe this!”

“it’s a psychic union where everyone thinks the same and acts the same like fucking marvel fans” HGFHJGSDHKJHSJGH

“the last time i saw a white guy that generic, he was on a don’t walk sign!”

“fresh dirt is brought to you by blue apron. do you only care about the environment when it’s super convenient?”

INCEL STEVE

“how did he get that hoodie?”

“WE’VE BEEN FUCKED BY THE POPE!” “for the love of god, CONTEXT!”

saying “when in rome” is half the reason people come to rome

the gay dog weddings

“i now pronounce you two very good boys!”

“that’s me in the corner, losing my religion.”

reagan offending the italians (again)

“oh man, if god is real, i’m fucked”

“in the name of the father the son and the HOLY SHIT”

in a vow to make air travel as inconvenient as possible, the third wright brother invented sharing an armrest

“i deserve to be punished. i still quote borat sometimes”

“look! a woman’s ankle!”

*takes one look at hell* “those flamin’ hot cheetos commercials really nailed it.”

“i love cable news. it’s like watching the apocalypse in slow motion.”

gigi describing brett as “the comic sans of people”

andre reminding us how old millennials are now

“destroying your brother’s political legacy. what are you, a bush?”

the ayn rand tattoo

brett accidentally unionizing and legalizing sex work

“the solution just seemed so obvious”

“because faking your own death worked so well last time, reagan. redundant much?”

“maybe all conspiracies are real!” “oh, that’s not good.”

brett’s lil brett puppet

lil brett dying

lil brett going absolutely batshit crazy during the entire end credits of that episode

“you look like a white girl at burning man!”

the coughing and face-touching station

“the only way you’re associated with the number 300 is in pounds.” “you calling me fat?” “explicitly!”

“i literally have no idea what you’re going to say next!” “vagina egg.”

“i feel like we have the same interests. wanna start a podcast?” “no! this is like a siren song for straight white men!”

reagan once used cheetos as croutons

*route 96 turns into route 69* “haha, nice”

the fact that andre is just the original text of the “one fear” meme

“fun for ages six to six and a half!”

berenstain bears originally being berenstein makes SO MUCH SENSE

“and finally the rich white underdogs became the rich white ruling class. an inspirational story”

jr refusing to put his shirt back on

brett gives a tinfoil hat to the shazaam poster and it WORKS

“turns out i wasn’t pregnant, i just had way too much del taco” “i’ve been there”

“you said something nice, but it felt mean!”

mothman’s alternate timeline was a reverse of the fly

andre is canonically into tentacle hentai

lampshading the plot holes

“me? in charge of a whole workforce, like santa?”

“how many oscars is meryl streep supposed to have? three seems kinda low”

andre, just having shoved nixon back into his grave, now covered in blood and holding a shovel: “i don’t wanna talk about it”

air bud!!

“i could beat a dog in chess! probably.” same, brett, same

[milflewis]

who is sinead o’connor?

wasn’t going to answer this lol bc i’ve actually found myself feeling more about her passing than i thought i would? so apologies if this comes off a bit weird i am in a v strange place rn. btw. she converted to islam a few years ago and changed her name to shuhada sadaqat. tho she still performed under sinéad o’connor! she was an irish singer from the late eighties and was v talented. would ten out of ten recommend her music! but to me and a lot of ppl she was so much more than that.

the first time i saw a woman angry on tv it was shuhada sadaqat. it was a replaying of this video and the news station was taking the piss out of her. i was eight and i remember my grandad waking up from his nap and rolling his eyes at the screen and saying she should’ve kept her mouth shut. that he used to think she was smth worth looking at. and changing the channel to the sunday match.

she was So Angry and so so unapologetic about it. the ripping up of the pope’s picture in this video and declaring that we should fight the real enemy. was her way of talking about the systemic sex abuse that children have faced at the hands of the church for decades and how no one is properly talking about it. keep in mind this was BEFORE there was any serious investigations being done or it was being discussed openly in the media. it was not smth that was being acknowledged and any priests that were being caught were being treated as a ‘bad apple’ rather than part of a system of institutionalised abuse. she was nearly completely ostracised and blackballed. she was labelled batshit crazy and difficult and a shrew etc. you know the story. it’s always the same.

she never took it back. i remember one time where she was asked did she regret ruining her career bc the career that she could’ve had v much did get fucked by what she did and she said that it fucked up the career that ppl (her agents and etc) wanted for her. not the one that SHE wanted. that has always stuck with me.

sadaqat was also a survivor of the magdalene laundries. having been sent there for shoplifting i believe? at 18. which are a whole other story but were basically these places set up in ireland by the church and sanctioned by the government where unwed and pregnant/misbehaving and or had mental health issues girls and young women were sent to work (launder clothes and sheets etc) until they gave birth and then the child was taken from them and given up for adoption or were declared fit to return to society. there were v few records kept of who went where. a lot of children and women didn’t make it due to the conditions they were living in (corporal punishment was also not an uncommon practise used). a mass grave of nearly 800 bodies was found here in Tuam in 2017 (i think?) which caused a national scandal that has been handled and is still being handled so v fucking poorly it’s depressing. the church has yet to apologise or take proper ownership for this. neither has our government. who had at best allowed it to happen and at worst encouraged it. for context. shuhada tore up this picture in 1992. the last laundry was closed in 1996.

she spoke out about how abortion was dealt and not dealt with in this country. how we were sending people away to england to have them instead of legalising it here. an irish solution to an irish problem. she told her story about how she had them to try to normalise and create a discussion decades before it was allowed and brought into practise here.

she talked about things. this. to me. was one of the biggest things she ever did. she spoke! she refused to ignore and let it go! which in this country is pretty fucking rare rn. let alone back then. this is who she is and so much more. if you’re interested to learn more about her i would highly recommend looking her up! (she did a podcast episode with blindboy that i haven’t listened to yet but i’ve heard v good things about!) she was a pretty fucking cool person

[idsb]

The crazy thing is that the same people who pretend they give a fuck about Kate and blame the RF for Dianas death are the ones pilling up on her... The press suprisingly was leaving her alone, and now we already have 2 pap pics of her. Mind you they told us the whole timeline from the get go (surgery in January, 10 days in the hospital, no public duties till Easter). People are illiterate and batshit crazy.

exactly EXACTLYYYYY like that specific part of this is driving me insane, lmao. like don't you realize by that insisting something's wrong with her and internet sleuthing up the ass when what's happening is... extremely reasonable... you're the issue, not the RF?

I was literally shocked when the podcast that did a breakdown of it said they announced she'd be out of commission until after Easter. the way people have been acting I'd have thought she was several months past when they said she'd be seen.

[polyamorouspunk]

[Hey its your bestie just coming to rant about work things cause I had a *revelation* (and also some drama) - 🗝️]

Wasnt vibing with a new girl at work and uuhhh. I think I figured it out. She just seemed off and like a very fake person. She is a self proclaimed hipster and is only a few months younger than me. But

The other day we were talking about my ex who is approaching borderline stalking/harassing behavior, and I said ‘I dont like the police, but I’m not afraid to use them if I have to for my own safety in this situation’. (Long story short is that hes gone batshit after MONTHS of not speaking, but thats a story for another time)

She responded with ‘oh I also dont like the police’. And then 30 minutes later she was telling me about her old job and how cool it was that she got to help design part of that fucking robot surveillance dog thing…. Like my guy these things do not add up?¿?¿

Oh and also she looked at me straight faced and said ‘You dated a light-skinned named [Mountain Boy] and you thought that was a good idea?’

I corrected her, Mountain Boy is who Im currently dating. Army Boy was my ex.

‘Is he light-skinned?’ ‘Yes?’ And she just repeated herself with Army Boys name instead. We were all white. Im very confused about the whole light-skinned thing. Like it feels like when a person tries to not be racist and just does a 360? Like hun, YOU ARE ALSO WHITE????? Also. They didnt choose their names??? AND ALSO. THE FACT SHE SAID IT ABOUT MY CURRENT BOYFRIEND TOO.

I am *not* a fan of her, needless to say

Totally cool.

Oof that sucks I’m sorry.

My best friend had some similar issues with her ex and I was so ready to fly up there if she needed me but yeah it sucks and it’s sucks how often it happens.

I used to listen to a podcast where victims of stalking come on and talk about their experiences. A lot of times cops are no help at all, which sucks but is part of why they suck.

I can see being excited that you made something as cool at the robo dog but like. You shouldn’t because you know what it’s going to be used for.

And yeah I just don’t trust what white people have to say about race.

I’ve def had some annoying coworkers and some that feel really fake so I get it.

[bowtiesnmusicals]

Here is my recap of the new podcast.

Ryan Murphy is the first guest.

Worked with Jonathan Groff and Dot Marie Jones on Pretty Handsome pilot...never got picked up.

Dracula Musical?!?!

Mr. Shue a meth addict and touched children in Ian's original script. That script was really really dark.

Wanted to do something about firsts. Something opposite of Pretty Handsome. Something optimistic.

No bad person in original script for Glee. Added horrible cheerleading coach...Jane Lynch like character.

Something special about Glee. Just get it on air. Test audience rated it low. Didn't realize it was a musical.

A lot of homophobic fear about the show.

Didn't care if it was a hit or bomb. Knew it would mean something to anyone in show choir. No expectations.

Madonna episode would be Ryan's swan song.

Ryan: I was single at the time. Kevin: You sure were.

Making of the first season was like being in a bubble. Cast spent every waking moment together.

Everyone was all in on making the show work.

Ryan tried to keep everyone grounded. Tried to protect them from the fame monster.

No training on how to be a showrunner.

Didn't know how to say no...couldn't say no.

Put your head down and work.

Ryan said no to a Darren/Dalton Warblers spin-off! Says he should have done it. Jenna and Kevin agreed it would have been great.

Ryan felt like an absentee father as the show exploded. Sat with cast after Naya passed away and was honest about how he messed things up.

Was making it up as he went along. Should have just enjoyed creating the show and taken in the small moments.

Was Ryan the boss or a friend?

Ryan had a house account at Chateau Marmont. The cast shut down the place many many nights.

From the making of the pilot to 2011 were the best years of Ryan's life.

Ryan started off as a writer/producer and wasn't prepared for the batshit crazy things that came with being a part of a phenomenon. Didn't know how to deal domestic violence, addiction, and unwanted pregnancies. Stuck trying to find the line between being a boss but also wanting to be a friend.

When Naya passed away everyone talked about what glee did for them and did to them.

Kevin talked to Ryan for a month after Naya went missing.

Grief allowed the cast to open up old wounds and heal.

Cory's death caused Ryan to need to take a step back. He decided he couldn't do it anymore and had to step away.

Talked about What the Fox Say and Gangnam Style.

Talked about getting music from Lady Gaga.

Ryan looks back at Kings of Leon interview and knows he messed up. Would do things differently today.

Talked about the artists who worked with them like Stevie Knicks.

Glee was about showcasing music and bringing people together through music.

Mr. Shue was written for Justin Timberlake!?!?

Part 2 next week.

[twoidiotwriters1]

Copycat: Cryptomnesia —(Marvel Fem!Oc)

A/N: By the time you’re reading this I’ll be on a beach listening to my favorite podcasts I’m manifesting bliss -Danny

Words: 1,330

Phase Five Masterlist

Previous Chapter // Next Chapter

Listen to: ‘Vanilla’ -by Holly Humberstone

xvi: Back To Work

Cat had the irking suspicion that Clint's idea was not far from the truth, perhaps she needed to make up her mind for once and stay, without no one telling her what to do. She'd been a good hero once, she could be it again.

"Do you think that the tracksuits were after anything else at that auction?"

"I don't know, I was pretty focused on Jack and Armand..."

"It's pretty upsetting to think there might be stuff from the Avengers Compound floating around out there, don't ya think, Cat?"

She looked at him with surprise. "I don't know, there was a lot of Stark tech and suits... but uh... Most of the stuff was Steve's and mine. Everyone else lived out of the compound, remember?"

"I lived there for a while, and so did Lang."

"Oh yeah, Lang and his super ultra-secret weapons we never knew about," Cat scoffed. "I was on a mission last year, the only mission I had as an agent if we don't count Spider-man's fiasco in London, and I don't count that, obviously—"

"You went on a mission with Spider-man?" Kate asked. "That's awesome!"

"That's not the point," Cat brushed it aside. "We recovered most of the stuff, so maybe the Ronin suit was the remnant. If anything, it's been years, we can't do much."

"Maybe we can," Clint nudged Kate's shoulder. "You still think Jack is involved somehow?"

"Yes, there's too many coincidences! He was at the auction that night, and yesterday he offered me a butterscotch!"

Clint glanced at Cat with confusion. "Not exactly a crime..."

"When I tried to stab his face to prove he was lying, he parried like a pro."

"You tried to stab your mom's fiance?"

"It sounds like you're the murderer here," Cat said.

"No no, he has everything to gain from Armand's death," Kate insisted.

"The Jack thing is weird. I get it. But it's not exactly airtight."

"Right! Which is why we need more evidence!" Kate agreed. "And why we're gonna sneak into my mom's penthouse!"

"What?"

"We can get into her company's files, Bishop Security has a huge criminal database! There's gotta be info on the tracksuits and Jack in there!"

Clint could only stare at her, but it was harder to render Cat speechless. "If I were the director of a company specializing in security, the first thing I'd do after meeting a guy would be to check his criminal records."

"You read my mind," Clint agreed.

"Jack... What's his full name?"

"Jack Duquesne."

Cat laughed. "I know that guy! He's a puppy, Kate, you must be confused—"

"Don't be condescending, okay? I know what I'm talking about," the girl pouted. "Let's just try it my way once, and if it turns out you're right I promise I'll leave him alone. Happy?"

"Oh no, but I am amused," Cat winked at her.

Kate looked away, as upset as she was flustered.

"Holy shit! If your family turns out to be innocent, I know which Christmas party I'll be crashing!"

"Jeez, this is a home?" Clint stepped out of the elevator and looked around the Bishop's place.

"Yeah, uh, my great-great-great-great grandfather built the building," Kate pointed at the ceiling. "I tried to swing from that very chandelier and broke my arm. So uh, yeah, pretty impressive family, all the way around."

"My great-great-great-great grandfather could kick your great-great-whatever's ass," Cat joked. "He was a Skrull so perhaps your old man would've died of shock had he met him."

Clint looked at her. "That is exactly what we mean by unprompted batshit stuff."

Cat followed Kate to the living room, or at least what she guessed was a sitting area, whatever it was, big and fancy. She'd never liked those kinds of places, she could do the Avengers compound only cause it wasn't designed to be luxurious and elegant. It was huge, yes, but mostly practical and simplistic.

She had this clear memory of the movie nights with Rocket and Pietro, and the one time she'd shared beers with Nat and Steve— the training sessions with Harley, and the history classes with Kurt...

Something moved, but not in the room they were in.

"Someone's here."

Clint left the room at her warning, Cat followed him out. The man was about to enter a new room when a sword stopped him from stepping forward, Cat yanked him back and was about to grab her taser spear when Kate pushed both of them behind her.

"Jack, no!"

"What the hell is going on?" Kate's mother showed up. "And why is there an Avenger in my dining room?"

"Hi," Clint smiled, Cat waved trying to look innocent.

"Oh, my God!" Jack exclaimed. "You're... you're archer!"

"Hawkeye," Kate corrected.

"Clint," the man clarified.

"It's the branding issue, I'm telling you."

"Not the time..." Cat muttered.

"And who are you?" Kate's mother asked her.

Kate looked between them with a startled expression. "Right. Well, she's—"

"Kate's girlfriend," Cat said.

The archer turned to look at her with wide eyes, and mouthed "WHAT?", Cat approached shyly.

"We... we've been together for a while and she said I could come... I hope it's okay?"

The woman was so surprised she forgot about Clint for a moment. "I... Hi! What's your name?"

"Cat Maxwell," she pushed her sunglasses up revealing a sweet pair of brown eyes. "Nice to meet you!"

"Sorry I didn't tell you about this, mom," Kate glanced at Cat. "With everything that's happened since I got here I just..."

"It's okay," the woman brushed it aside. "Of course you can stay, we're happy to have you. I'm Eleanor, this is Jack."

"Hi," Cat smiled.

"So," Eleanor looked back at Kate. "That explains her, but why is Hawkeye here?"

Kate looked over her shoulder at Cat, but she just smiled in return.

"Why don't we take a seat?"

"Someone used my laptop to sign onto my work account ten minutes ago. Any thoughts, Kate?" The woman looked at them. "Hawkeye? Cat?"

"You'll never get anything outta them. See, CB-One has trouble opening up—"

"Nobody calls me CB-One," Clint retorted.

"Just trying something new there for a second," she faced her mom, "probably some early childhood thing. He thinks he doesn't tell me much but he ends up telling me all of it."

"I tell her nothing."

"Yeah, I think it's cause I'm generally pretty chill, you know? I'm not like, 'Oh my God! Hawkeye!"

"Definitely not chill."

"C'mon, Mr. Barton," Cat intervened. "Kate is put together, she'd be about to die and still sit there talking about bows," Kate glared at her. "You just give off that vibe, honey."

Cat got out of the awkward family reunion by telling them she'd promised to visit a friend in town. Kate offered to walk her out and while they were waiting for the elevator she got closer.

"What was that?"

"The thing where I called you honey, or Clint admitting you guys are working together?"

"The part where you're my girlfriend," she raised a brow. "We could've just said you were a friend."

"People do stupid things during the holidays, like bringing strangers to their homes to try and prove that they're happy or whatever. You get it? If I were a friend, and you didn't know basic stuff about me, that'd be suspicious. This is better."

Kate tilted her head. "Maybe."

"I'm gonna leave you to deal with the scolding waiting for you back there, and I'll find Clint to talk about the things you guys found— good luck!"

The elevator's door opened and she stepped inside. Kate stopped the door from closing. "Okay even if it was a good idea, you promised Clint not to flirt with me..."

Cat laughed. "I'm not! The last time I went out with someone like you, I was bored to death. I gotta give it to you, though, no one's been this eager to get my attention."

"I'm not eager," Kate looked away. "But if I were interested..."

"Would be wiser to stop, princess," she put the sunglasses back on. "I break hearts for sport and yours is not strong enough to take it."

"You know, for someone who got dragged into something they didn't wanna do, you look pretty happy..."

"Don't get it twisted, Bishop, if I'm smiling it's only because I want your mom to think I'm a charming young lady— none of this is fun for me."

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[cloudbrooksblog]

my misinformation journey (lmao)

When i was like 11 or 12, I was watching a movie with my sisters. I'd recently watched a Cinema Sins video on the movie. I parroted things that were said in the video.

My sister pointed this out. She said, "you got that from a Cinema Sins video, didn't you?"

I was intensely embarrassed, so much that I still think about it. Of course, I'm 17, so it was relatively recent, and also parroting other people word for word is cringe, but it's also because I attempted to deny it. And later on, I couldn't figure out why it was wrong. If I saw the flaw after he pointed it out, why is it bad to make the same comment? I can see that he was right, even if I hadn't watched the movie on my own before that. Even if I hadn't double-checked, he presented the evidence to me.

I was evaluating my actions in a flawed way. Obviously, there's something annoying about someone pointing out petty flaws in something you're just trying to enjoy. In the Helluva Boss fandom, I've learned that. But it's also flawed in a way that's extremely important once you bring it to a more serious context.

Near the start of this year (2023) I was in an online discussion, in the comments of a Youtube community post. There was a meme about Hamilton (the musical), and I recalled my sister saying the creator of the musical (Lin-Manuel Miranda) was white. I parroted this without double-checking. If you'll see my profile picture, this was insane of me. I left the situation only halfway learning the lesson, but at least I didn't argue with people calling out my bullshit that time, and at least I apologised. I'm saying this as a personal acknowledgement of my growth since 12 years old, but compared to the bare minimum there's no silver lining. It's a flaw of mine that still needs work to this day. Speaking of which...

Talking out of your ass/bluffing is a thing that's easy to spot in others, especially if you disagree with them or are more knowledgeable about the subject than they are. I said that while talking out of my ass. I have one singular example of this from a podcast I recently watched where Fredrik Knudsen (documentarian) went onto the Official Podcast and fact-checked one of the hosts, who was being extremely judgemental, speaking about subjects that Fredrik knows tons about, and also was being extremely disrespectful to Fredrik the entire time via interrupting him. He also used the word "schizophrenic" as an insult. Remember that.

It was easy to spot then, but that's because it was an extreme example with a (hyperbolically) fact-checking expert present. I can't think of other examples off the top of my head, and I'm not going to check. I think a better framing would be to point at that situation as one single example of this flaw being fatal, rather than using it to generalise, unless I plan on checking. I'm trying to get better at it, but this post isn't just a personal benchmark, I promise.

I watched a video about AI by a relatively small Youtube creator named Jimmy McGee today. I absorbed the information without really thinking about it. I already mostly agreed with him, and what I didn't agree with him about I was simply neutral on and/or uninformed about. In the comments of a video called "The Dream of the Internet", there's someone using the word "schizophrenic" as an insult; an awkward synonym for the word "batshit". I also recently saw it being used as an insult by the previously mentioned podcaster, and overheard it being used as one while out in public. This is more frequent use than I'm used to witnessing. I wanted to make a post about it. I connected it to the way Andrew Tate and Sneako have undeniably made an impact in our culture already-- According to the viral video of teenage Sneako fans, and some vague anecdotes about Tate fans being numerous and loud. There's nothing wrong with believing individual anecdotes, but there's something wrong with basing a portion of your worldview on them, in my opinion.

The fear of mind control-- of algorithms designed to keep you glued to your screen-- is brought out in me by these anecdotes. It was almost certainly created by them, I reckon. I connected these fears and anecdotes with some final parts of McGee's AI video, and suddenly there's a fully-formed opinion: "Casual ableism is becoming more common because ableist people are getting popular online-- all because of the algorithms that want you glued to their sites".

It's an unnuanced, reactionary opinion. I'm glad I caught myself. This flaw of mine is something I started thinking about vaguely after the Hamilton thing, because I TRUSTED my sister, and I was CERTAIN she told me that, but it was also put at the forefront of my mind after seeing the podcast episode where a host got continuously spotted talking out of his ass in a way that's extremely easy for anyone to do, especially myself. Even though I'm against cringe culture, extremely left-leaning, etc, I still talk out of my ass like Alex Jones does. I steadily work on it, slowly, and now that there was an example where I caught myself BEFORE posting, I thought I'd make a post analysing myself. Thank you to anyone who read this. Pls don't roast me too hard about it LOL

[mihrsuri]

I've recently begun listening to podcasts, and I was wondering if you have any recs! Most recently finished Wolf 359, a fictional dramedy about a space station orbiting the star Wolf 359 8 light years from earth, but I'm open to anything!

So all my podcast listening is non fictional but I will put some fictional ones that I’ve heard of/friends have enjoyed first:

The Magnus Archives: fictional horror podcast. I looked into it and it’s very much Not For Lils but people I know who like horror have said it’s extremely good.

Welcome To NightVale (and the same people who made it also made another fictional podcast): fictional podcast about a small town with Weird Happenings.

The podcasts I listen to/am listening to right now:

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: primarily a podcast about romances novels/books but also dives into all sorts of other things/books within the romance genre.

Not Just The Tudors: Susannah Lipscombes podcast on all sorts of history things around The Tudor/Stuart period - not just in England/Europe and not just about The Tudors (I actually find the non Tudor episodes some of the coolest).

You’re Wrong About: Essentially takes a cultural/news event and discusses what society got wrong about it.

Double Love: Reading through an absolutely batshit book series called Sweet Valley High. I had never read or really heard of the books before listening but the hosts are So Funny.

Dan’s Snows History Hit: a podcast with all kinds of history that i find very easy listening/entertaining.

History Rage: each episode has an historian ranting about what people get wrong about their specialist area. Just discovered and find it absolutely delightful so far.

[realhousewives-fan]

Why Won’t You Cheer Up, Buttercup?

This was going to be the big reveal of their awesome girls trip destination – their first international girls trip – but Monica Garcia ruined the moment with her strange mood.

While Heather Gay stirred the pot with her shady game, it probably went worse than she anticipated.

Monica claimed that she was going to make an effort with Lisa Barlow, but when they were making dolls, the things she said seemed like they were only meant to provoke.

Her behaviour was odd that day, and it felt awkward with all the strange things she said.

Heather was surprised that Monica was crying when she had been yelling nastiness across the table just as much as Lisa had.

Monica is hot and cold, and Heather had a difficulty understanding her mood swings.

She had planned the trip for Monica, and suddenly she didn’t want to go?!

It looked like Heather was giving Monica guidance and tough love, but that’s not how Monica perceived it at all! In her confessional she said:

“I always really wondered why Jen never had anything nice to say about Heather and Lisa, and now I know exactly why.”

That’s so harsh!

Are we really going to take Jen Shah’s word as gospel after she has been sentenced to 6,5 years in prison?!

Jen had nothing nice to say about Heather and Lisa because she was batshit crazy!

But this episode was about so much more than just Heather’s messy little pilgrim lunch. Relationship issues were in focus.

Angie Katsanevas and Whitney Rose talked about their struggles in their marriages, and there’s a disconnect with their partners.

Whitney and her husband Justin Rose were guests on Meredith Marks and Seth Marks’ podcast, Hanging by a Thread.

When they talked about the hardest thing they’ve ever gone through in their relationship, it moved me to tears, as it did Meredith.

But Whitney was also honest about all she has put her husband through:

Her father who struggled with a drug addiction. Her childhood trauma. The list goes on.

According to her, anyone else would’ve left a long time ago.

[ashmp3]

okay re: ur vocal note/rant bc ofc i listened i have issues yeah omg i put it on in the background like a little podcast

and like i am sooo with you on this 😵‍💫 like its so unfair abt how a girl will take out her insecurity and anger at a guy and put it onto ANOTHER girl instead of the guy!!!! like be mad at him like it just sounds so 16th century witchhunt that apparently the guy isn't responsible for who he wants to sit and talk to and rather theyre mad that another woman is trying to charm and bewitch him like boohoo sorry u only see other women as competition and also u sound like a better person than me bc best believe if i was friends w a girl and she acted like that i would be playing breakup playlists and sulking and ripping my hair out and writing w a glitter red gel pen abt all the curses that i want to befall her bc there is nothing worse than being a girls' girl and then being hated by other girls!!!!!!!!! (esp bc of a man) feels like hell is a pit in ur stomach!!!!!!!!

and to insert myself omg i graduated hs a year and a half ago now but even from then until now ive had the same friend group which is a group of guys and for no other reason than that i genuinely like them and theyre like a group of brothers to me and we vibe but the hatred from other girls is literally heartbreaking 😭 bc every so often i would hear in high school abt 'oh xyz from this group of girls called u a pick me and talked abt u and said u want male attention' which is a batshit crazy take bc everyone knows that i preferred women anyway like wdym im not gonna date any of those guys in my group we are friends...just friends....and once in y10 this guy was obsessed w me and he was like a millionaires son and popular and i was shy and kinda intrigued so i dated him for a little while but 16 year old me would hear comments 24/7 in the hallways abt how i was some slut for doing it (it being dating him) which is crazyyyy bc every single one of these comments came from girls (and girls who i knew liked this guy)

so like omg yes to agree w u on everything nothing is more infuriating and annoying as hell when like girls forgo ur friendship and ur good intentions and just the overall sisterhood vibe bc theyre mad some guy is into u...like even if ur not into him back 😭 sorry for the long ass ask

call her daddy count your days call her ashmp3 is coming to take over ur little podcast…

i KNOWWW but genuinely she doesn’t have any reason to be mad at either of us? like he sat next to you because you dragged him there and then all you did was bat your eyelashes and giggle and i know she’s shocked that this didn’t work because she is really so pretty and men kneel down just to talk to her. And i am sure the guy doesn’t even like me i think I was intriguing to him and we hit it off well so of course it might look like that. also she knows i don’t even want him she KNOWS who i got my eyes on so i was just so shocked at her behavior.

also the whole thing about breakup playlists and red glitter pen i love you you are so funny and expressive i giggled… And yeah i don’t do that i’m like oh well moving on. I don’t like dwelling on things, and i don’t get sad i get mad. Mad because as you said, being a girls girl and then it flipping on you is just aggravating.

PEOPLE DO THAT ALL THE TIMEEEE like why is it so hard to believe that you see them as friends and they see you as a PERSON that’s their FRIEND no i’m telling you it’s girls that see attention from a guy as a confidence boost or confirmation that they are worth something which is all fucked up and not normal way to think about yourself… But i think the deep insecurities just come from the place of wanting to be accepted. And they can’t understand that you hanging out with your friends doesn’t mean anything more because they themselves couldn’t do it aka they would try and flirt… So u get hated on bc they project themselves and think what they would do. FUCKED UP!

i had that happen with another cancer guy and in hs and still now i don’t have instagram facebook nothing i am a monk in a body of a baddie. But i remember my friend showing me profile of random girl and saying “she hates you and talks shit about you bc of cancer guy” like you don’t KNOW ME. Hate HIM lmfaoosjdjsjs i mean don’t hate anyone… Crazy

and 🫂🫂🫂 long asks are always welcome and thank you for listening to my rant and i am sorry you went through things like this bc it’s truly heartbreaking being reduced to a “pick me” just because you don’t act shy around just some guys.

[duchessanon]

Busybodyy, if u can and want, I really would like to read ur opinion about that article. But i understand if u dont want to bc those tinhats r annoying 😭😭😭

No worries bb, I get like 1 note per post but very occasionally a non tin hat might innocently reblog me and then the tin tans find it and piss me off! Bc they will latch on to ANY negative post of Megri.

But ur wish is my command. I thought it was a rly good and pretty balanced article in the way it kept mentioning that Netflix and Spotify have had issues anyway and it’s not all bc they hate megri.

Idk how true the insider sources are but it was pretty interesting to read they have big ideas then the execution is kinda crap. Bc that’s what I always thought with Henristotle and his philosophies. Same with the thing about him having a bunch of ideas about podcasts but none of them sticking. Idk anything about business but making a deal with them before they have a concrete idea of the podcasts they wanna make seems dumb. I am kinda surprised they cancelled season 2 of archetypes (I only listened to 1 ep) but it was popular and I sense there’s more tea there.

It was obvious to anyone that the Netflix doc would be a hit. Like ofc everyone’s gonna be tuning in. But like they said once they stop talking about royal life, it’s like meh. Again with my last post, it’s so batshit to me that Henris job is developing shows, like why?! Someone I rly like in that pivot is Reece withoutaspoon, like she has a vision and sticks to that when she’s creating movies. With Megri it’s like they have too much stuff they’re interested in. IMO if they wanna succeed, they need to go under the radar to make stuff, build a good rep and then more ppl might wanna work with them.

It’s intriguing in general how the tides are turning in the US (or so the media have us believe). It was only a matter of time. I know everyone loved Henri back in the day bc he wasn’t like other royals but when ur out the fold, that kinda works against u bc now he’s just seen as an annoying joke.

Side note, Taylor rejecting meg via a rep! She’s probably best staying out of it, she has her own mess to deal with! Xo

[charaznablescanontoyota]

“hey marn! i want to get into alternate reality games, but i don’t like being scared!”

[walks on-screen in my sweatpants, eating a bagel] well boy do i have good news for you

hi, i’m marn and i host a podcast about alternate reality games (args) with a co-host who is so horror-adverse that we have a separate spinoff podcast where we watch horror movies together for charity sometimes. have you ever wanted to know what args are all about and get involved in reading up on/playing them without dipping your toe too far into jumpscares and fucked up guys who look at you? great! let me tell you about some args that are an absolute fucking delight.

frog fractions 2: ff2 is my favorite arg to point at as an example of a highly successful arg that was also goofy as hell. you may have heard of the ‘[x] is frog fractions 2′ meme - that’s because frog fractions 2′s kickstarter was made on the premise of ‘i am not going to tell you when the game is done, or what it’s called, and i will only reveal how to access it once someone finds it and emails me to confirm that it is in fact ff2′. this arg is everything that lead players to actually find the game, including an obama shaving simulator, secret agent party lounges, and dubiously ethical time travel. WARNING: you will have to look at exactly one fucked up guy but it’s a francis bacon painting i promise zagmar is not real and cannot hurt you.

waking titan: alice & smith my beloved. this is an arg they made to promote some dlc for the video game no man’s sky, which you may have heard of. i have never played no man’s sky and i still enjoyed reading about this arg very much. it’s about a research organization trying to create an ai that has infinite processing/precognitive power in order to tell them if they live in a simulation or not. things, as you may suspect, do not go well!

the beast: the grandfather of args! the arg that provided a foundation for how args are today! the beast was made to promote the movie a.i., and has basically jack-all to do with anything about the movie. it was written by an actual science fiction novelist, run in the early 2000s when dial-up internet was still a thing, and features a cast of like 30-50 characters with complex lives, web pages, and relationships. it’s also a murder mystery about a guy who might have gotten killed by a boat.

must love robots: a lot of these are about robots. i know. this one is a romantic comedy about a guy, his robot roommate, and a bunch of meddling arg players trying to help said robot roommate find a girlfriend. it’s short and very sweet, there’s a pastor who hates robots in it, there’s a robot dating site that eerily predicted a lot of data-stealing controversies of the present day. and lots of youtube videos, if that’s your thing.

this is my milwaukee: also one of my favorites. this one is a little spookier than the rest of these offerings, but mostly in a dark comedy/’sense of unease’ way. it’s about the milwaukee tourism board trying to convince people to come back to milwaukee after a vaguely defined apocalyptic event wiped out a large chunk of the midwest. the trailhead video for it stands on its own as a short film very well, and it’s also by the guys who everyone got really mad at for turning horse_ebooks into a different arg for a fmv game satirizing the 2008 economic crisis.

art of the heist: sorry for linking to my own podcast on this one but other sources are hard to find and this arg is batshit and i love it so much. audi (yes the car company) spent millions of dollars to market its cars by incentivizing people to break into them for arg clues. they paid for players to go to coachella. they staged a fistfight at e3. they gave out phones to players. they won an award for this arg and it was extremely well deserved because i love every single piece of information about it.

anyway these are just some completely non-scary args that i really enjoy! all of them have wrapped up unfortunately - if you’re looking for a new one to be involved in, i highly suggest jumping into alice & smith’s arg dscs that just started a couple days ago! 

[moderatelydelusional]

things ive learnt abt mgg from pete holmes’ podcast

- he casually calls people ‘baby’ and ‘man’ and ‘bro/brother’ all the time and i love that

- he’s half mormon and went to mormon services as a kid

- ‘i like letting people do whatever they want to do as long as its not killing anybody’

- he’s been haunted by demons

- he doesn’t identify as an actor

- he lives with a guy named john

- his car blew up in 2007

- he buys land and has investments

- his parents divorced when he was 5

- he believes time is layered and not linear

- he doesn’t like entitled people (same)

- he loves japan and goes every year

- he thought he was jewish and was guttered when he found out he wasn’t

- he believes in a higher power and we’re all running on some kind of power and consciousness

- ‘shes better than the girl of my dreams, she’s real’ is one of his favourite movie lines

- he stays up until 4am and then sleeps until 11am. his routine consists of getting up, making coffee, creating at least two things: usually drawings. then he’ll have a bath and create some more and think a bunch. he likes to go for a drive in the afternoon and see ‘a friend, or a family member, or a babe, just some social interaction’

- he describes his artistic style, and his direction to anyone creating something for him, as using his non-dominant hand

- hes super quick at making acronyms. he made acronyms before i even caught what they were talking about

- the man is off the fkn walls. he’ll be answering a serious question and interrupt himself to ask to see pete’s bellybutton. off the wall batshit looney and i love it

- he never studied acting

- he loves luke perry, whom he affectionately calls LP

- he jokingly told shemar moore the trick to acting was to ‘talk slow and squint’

- he flirts with pete’s podcast assistant so much, like sir just ask him out already. pete said ‘aristotle will give you top shelf love’ and mgg said ‘yeah he will’

- he tries to smell nice all the time

- he’s obsessed with fresh breath

- something about kirkland is hilarious (idk what that is im not american)

- hes very self-love / love everyone vibe, kind of on the hippie side which is so sweet i love it

- he believes in everything

- hes terrified of monsters

- he loves the blair witch project

- he finds success in making one person smile, even if thats his mum

- hes very hard to offend

- hes thankful for his bullies bc it taught him early on to give no credence to what people think

- ‘have you ever shit your pants?’ ‘when have i not shit my pants?’

- ‘bragodacious’

- ‘ive never shit my pants’

- ‘if you didnt lie so much you wouldnt have to say ‘swear to god’’ pete to mgg

- he doesnt like saying anything that’s potentially offensive to other people, rude to other people, or basically can hurt someones feelings in any way

- HE WANTS TO FK ARISTOTLE SO MUCH OML

- hes very quick to self censor. he starts to say ‘fuck’ bur changes it to ‘frick’ he also doesn’t add to any conversation about drugs or sex or alcohol

- he says ‘oh my gosh’ a lot and idk I love that?

- is a really great listener and says ‘thats so beautiful’ when being told a story and its so fkn precious?

- he thinks no one likes him and will deflect any objection to that statement 

- he’s not good at timelines. he knows he had dinner with you somewhere in the last five years but he doesn’t know when 

- he can tell when he’s seeing a ghost as opposed to a living person. it has a lot to do with the context he’s seeing that ghost and mostly the vacant expression on their face. 

- he sees more ghosts now as an adult than he did when it started at age 10 

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