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Has anybody here noted the website's 404 messages? Because they're *amazing*
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There's a new episode of Lou Reads, and it's about the five-finger discount.
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Dec 11, 2015 19:06
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X-Ray Pecs posted:There's a new episode of Lou Reads, and it's about the five-finger discount. Edit: Huh, no crazy shoplifter drama, but at least I now have specific knowledge of theft techniques for every clothing outlet known to man. Educational? Sham bam bamina! fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Dec 12, 2015 |
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Dec 11, 2015 20:10
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I remember that time when someone posted on tumblr (I know) about how they were fighting the oppressive capitalistic system by shoplifting, the thing was that they had lifted a single sock and some other minuscule things and they had lifted them from goodwill.
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Dec 12, 2015 12:16
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That's the thing that enraged me the most with the reading you can make a twisted sort of argument for lifting from big chains, 'if I can get away with it then I should because Business screws everyone' type of thing, but stealing from goodwill is just low.
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Dec 12, 2015 12:55
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It could just be that, in the same way the druggies can't conceive of a world where anyone passes a drug test, Goodwill might be the fanciest store those people are aware of. 
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Dec 13, 2015 03:29
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It could also be that they're opportunistic shitbags. 
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Dec 13, 2015 04:12
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Or they're thieving fuckers and want to cover their avarice with a misplaced morality code.
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Dec 13, 2015 06:46
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I think it's more likely they're just idiots who are too young or stupid to properly think through what they're doing. Someone on tumblr said "capitalism caused all the problem we're constantly signal boosting with our reblogs, and you can turn capitalism on it's head by stealing" and then they said okay, yeah, great, I can have free stuff and it's totally fine to do it!
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Dec 13, 2015 09:58
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I think it's a combo of them being dumb kids with poor impulse control and also wanting to switch off the "I done hosed up" thoughts with "NO I AM THE HERO HERE!" Much like many other subjects of atrocity tourism.
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Dec 13, 2015 19:30
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Never tried Lou Reads before, enjoying it immensely so far.
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Dec 13, 2015 19:48
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EmmyOk posted:Never tried Lou Reads before, enjoying it immensely so far. Other short-list recommendations (too much trouble to link them all, but there's a search box for that): Cum on food Cum in shoes "11:11 Angels" Multiple bugchasing episodes (the latest one is the most, uh, bracing) Multiple crazy drug episodes Multiple "real" vampire episodes Survivalists Stormfront Self-harm support group Eunuch support group Penis enlargement (better than the F+ one) Squat the Planet (also better than the F+ one) Episodes about out-of-control butt stuff Episodes about bestiality "Nice Guys" and "Happy Bachelors" who are a hair away from Elliot Rodgering the next female who crosses them There's also a really sweet one about dads pranking their kids, along with one about child abuse that I will Sham bam bamina! fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Dec 13, 2015 |
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Dec 13, 2015 22:31
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His second episode based on Raw Top's Breeding Zone is what I give to friends who I get to listen to the F Plus and say that they don't think the gross episodes are very gross. I know that makes me a bad friend.
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Dec 13, 2015 22:35
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talk poo poo get hit 
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Dec 13, 2015 23:15
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Sinestro posted:His second episode based on Raw Top's Breeding Zone is what I give to friends who I get to listen to the F Plus and say that they don't think the gross episodes are very gross. I know that makes me a bad friend. The "breeding" fetish is so god drat wrong on so many levels.
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Dec 14, 2015 01:52
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Hark, what light on yonder window breaks? It is the F Plus, and the subject is Yahoo Answers.
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Dec 14, 2015 03:05
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Oh my god? OH MY GOD!
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Dec 14, 2015 03:10
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Oh my god, yes.
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Dec 14, 2015 03:22
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Whenever one of my friends (because I push FPlus on all the good people I meet, and the ones that stay become my friends) asks me what my favorite "genre" of docket is, I always say, "Hmmm, "edgy" teenagers, or maybe magic episodes, I don't really have a -oh no it's advice. QA/advice sites are the best, objectively." May Yahoo Answers and WikiHow reign glorious for 1000 years.
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Dec 14, 2015 04:13
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I like any episode that's advice, QA, or people's ideas. Basically, people bein' dumb.
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Dec 14, 2015 04:17
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Waffleman_ posted:I like any episode that's advice, QA, or people's ideas. Basically, people bein' dumb. The FPlus is, at its core, capturing people being dumb on the Internet, and these episodes are like slamming your ear into pure Columbian dumb powder.
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Dec 14, 2015 04:24
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I wasn't sure if Yahoo! Answers were as good as I remembered or if it was just rose-tinted glasses. Then the first question came up and all my hopes were confirmed.
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Dec 14, 2015 05:08
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I feel like we need a Best Spellings Hall of Fame or something.
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Dec 14, 2015 06:13
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Waffleman_ posted:I like any episode that's advice, QA, or people's ideas. Basically, people bein' dumb. I like the QA ones first, then anything but recipe ones, then recipe ones. Seems like recently for every recipe that's just mayonnaise and cheese water, there's two that are just the team mugging like crazy over the basic recipe for rice crispy treats.
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Dec 14, 2015 06:57
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As a Midwesterner, I believe the recipe episodes are mostly Lemon overcompensating for being from Minnesota and acting like he's too good for some cream soup based hotdish
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Dec 14, 2015 14:25
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the 'penix' bit almost killed me. The whole episode could have just been readings of mispronunciations of common words and I'd be fine with it.
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Dec 14, 2015 14:40
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One day, when Yahoo answers burns to the ground, the mighty penix will rise from the ashes. If you know what I mean. 
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Dec 14, 2015 15:00
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Focacciasaurus_Rex posted:One day, when Yahoo answers burns to the ground, the mighty penix will rise from the ashes. After hearing that reading, I'm pretty sure nobody knows.
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Dec 14, 2015 15:09
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"Do you have any sources that you cited for that?" "I do. My sources are 'good luck with that'."
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Dec 14, 2015 16:02
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Yeah, I still enjoy the recipe episodes, but screeching about "potatoes and cream of mushroom casserole" just as much as "fish jello" is pretty 
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Dec 14, 2015 16:06
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Jesus Christ, that penix question reads like a Harry Potter spell.
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Dec 14, 2015 17:02
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The Chairman posted:As a Midwesterner, I believe the recipe episodes are mostly Lemon overcompensating for being from Minnesota and acting like he's too good for some cream soup based hotdish I eat like poo poo too, and I'll sometimes go for a canned tomato or a pre made pasta, but there is absolutely no defending a breakfast taco with pepperoni eyeballs.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:00
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Bozarth posted:As a Midwesterner and human being who has made dinner with minimal pre-packaged ingredients, I can tell you that just throwing jars and cans of food into a bowl is not a healthy way to eat or think about food. Oh, I know that's all bad for you, I just think a lot of the recipes aren't the exceptional kind of horror some of the reactions seem to imply. They're a more prosaic, grinding kind of sadness.
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Dec 14, 2015 20:24
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The Chairman posted:Oh, I know that's all bad for you, I just think a lot of the recipes aren't the exceptional kind of horror some of the reactions seem to imply. They're a more prosaic, grinding kind of sadness. I kinda agree, but there's comedy there when the author acts like this is a totally normal thing to eat everyday or like a breakfast or something. I mean we all have days where we just go gently caress IT and make what is essentially human-grade dog food, but I think we KNOW that's what we're doing. A lot of these people seem to think that what they're doing is special eating.
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Dec 14, 2015 20:32
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I think the recipe episodes just need a better source than industrial websites. The earlier ones had literal food horror, this one had people saying a sausage apple tart sounds gross (apples and sausages are meant to be together, it's fate), acting shocked that fifty servings together seems pretty nutritionally excessive, and that valentine mouse bit. Like, that just needed to be vetted pre-recording, the stunned reaction to using either peanut butter or frosting died on the vine the moment you become aware it's just a gingerbread house "make a basically inedible statue out of food" thing. Overall though, I feel like poo poo for nitpicking, this is generally my favorite show on the podcastwaves.
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Dec 14, 2015 20:57
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theironjef posted:Overall though, I feel like poo poo for nitpicking, this is generally my favorite show on the podcastwaves. I like the feedback. The vast majority of opinions that have been shared in this thread have been quite fair and reasonable, going against a lot of the preconceptions I had about Something Awful. In the end, we'll keep picking the material that we find most fun, but it's really nice to have a gauge of what may or may not work for listeners. Thanks.
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Dec 14, 2015 21:24
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BootsRaingear posted:I like the feedback. The vast majority of opinions that have been shared in this thread have been quite fair and reasonable, going against a lot of the preconceptions I had about Something Awful. In the end, we'll keep picking the material that we find most fun, but it's really nice to have a gauge of what may or may not work for listeners. Thanks. I get that. I just had someone leave a comment on my own show that we're "getting too American" (we review old roleplaying games). Still working on how to fix that exactly.
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Dec 14, 2015 21:35
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theironjef posted:I think the recipe episodes just need a better source than industrial websites. The earlier ones had literal food horror, this one had people saying a sausage apple tart sounds gross (apples and sausages are meant to be together, it's fate), acting shocked that fifty servings together seems pretty nutritionally excessive, and that valentine mouse bit. Like, that just needed to be vetted pre-recording, the stunned reaction to using either peanut butter or frosting died on the vine the moment you become aware it's just a gingerbread house "make a basically inedible statue out of food" thing. I agree - the food episodes were much more fun (some of my favorites, even!) when they were unholy horrors unto god. Sausage and apple is...totally normal and in fact delicious. The last food episode before this one had the same sorts of overblown reactions to foods that sounded boring at worst. Might as well spend an episode mocking people eating hot dogs at ball games. Hummus and tabbouleh would start sounding unhealthy if you looked at the nutritional totals for 40 servings, too. More Dorito sandwiches and less sausage apple tarts, please. e: Hi Boots! Is it kosher to ask why the Thunderdome doc didn't survive the hopper? and oh man there's a doc on Indigo Children, I can hardly wait Echo Cian fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Dec 14, 2015 |
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Dec 14, 2015 22:49
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I should also add that to me, the corporate recipes are more insidious because of that normalcy factor. I mean, yes it is fun to balk at gross flavor profiles and the over-use of ranch, but the recipes from the corporate food episode are creepy and unsettling. It's like getting to see what your favorite college bar looks like in the harsh light of day. It's probably one of the few episodes where a regular schmo who doesn't photoshop cars frotting with dragon dildos can get that feeling of "Oh, poo poo, I do that!" Maybe that's just me looking for existential horrors everywhere. To echo Boots, I am really glad that the F Plus fans gathering here are so supportive and complimentary and hardly ever strident. I sometimes browse The Dollop thread in RGD and I don't think anyone in that thread actually enjoys the show they're meant to be discussing.
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The funniest part of the recipe episodes, to me, isn't the recipes themselves. They're gross, but most of them aren't really that unusual or hard to imagine. It's more the completely hopeless white trash posting with glee about how delicious they are. Yum-o! That's why "To Serve Otherkin" is one of my favorite episodes -- the comedy isn't in the recipes, the comedy is the weirdos posting them. The recipes exist as a medium for people to reveal the depressing nihilistic void within themselves. I mean, sometimes I eat garbage on a plate too because I'm hungry and broke and that's what's in the pantry. But I don't post about how it's a family favorite that will have a horde of friends clamoring at the door for more.
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