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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Lol “aw shucks that’s just vanilla racism we’re all accustomed to no biggie.” I know people on the internet are only capable of thinking in absolutes, but this kind of thing is really obnoxious in it's own right and part of the reason no one gets along or listens to each other. Just painting everyone with a bad opinion with some overly simplified, broad villainous brush is actually pretty lame despite what your internet echo chambers probably tell you.
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Binowru posted:If Tom continues his podcast tour I hope he makes it onto Doughboys Tom on Doughboys is maybe my dream podcast episode. Did Tom ever start his fast food fish sandwich review miniseries?
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veni veni veni posted:I know people on the internet are only capable of thinking in absolutes, but this kind of thing is really obnoxious in it's own right and part of the reason no one gets along or listens to each other. Just painting everyone with a bad opinion with some overly simplified, broad villainous brush is actually pretty lame despite what your internet echo chambers probably tell you. Consider the racist...
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Jul 4, 2021 02:00
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Yup your twitter game is on point. You have all the beats down. Good for you I guess?
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Jul 4, 2021 02:14
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Not a very respectful way to talk about a 5 time NASCAR champ
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Jul 4, 2021 02:16
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I think it might be time to get some golden glow going.
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Jul 4, 2021 02:23
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I agree that the callers these days are fans who are way too deferential. A true weirdo like a Spike or an Avalanche Bob (RIP) is an impossibility these days. But let's not forget Kaitlin from Rochester who is becoming one of my new favorite callers. Her antagonism is a breath of fresh air
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I’ve poo poo on her calls in the past but that is a good point. I do really miss the balance of callers back in the day. An average show would go like, ridiculous Spike call, couple of normal calls, some random that just happened to be listening, Petey incoherently talking about some dumb poo poo, Wurster, good caller Tom can riff off of like Laurie maybe a few more boring fan calls… Now it’s Omg Tom I’m a huge fan Omg Tom I’m a huge fan Omg Tom I’m a huge fan Wurster Omg Tom I’m a huge fan He also just makes fun of callers way less now which was my favorite thing. It’s fine. The show is still fun and Tom and Jon will never not be funny but it lost a lot after WFMU. It’s a miracle we even got avalanche bob in the podcast era.
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Jul 4, 2021 03:19
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It was easier to get weirdos to randomly tune in when he was over the air and people still used radios.
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Jul 4, 2021 03:23
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That just comes from being on WFMU. It is a fun station I would listen to besides the Best Show. But the older weirdos wanted to call because they would hear themselves on the radio, and your voice on a podcast just doesn't cut the mustard.
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Jul 4, 2021 03:25
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Yeah the show is far past it’s peak, but I don’t think there is any way to recapture the magic because afaik he wasn’t allowed to make any money off his show on WFMU and how do you find someone like spike for a podcast. Plus toms demeanor is just more laid back now. A past it’s prime best show is still better than pretty much every other podcast though. The best part about the weirdos is that they were not fans. I don’t think spike even listened to show. I think he just liked to hear himself talk.
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Jul 4, 2021 03:29
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I think part of it is Tom seems to be in a good place in life now. He has less aggression to get out of his system. The bit about Spike is absolutely true. People actually want him to call in and Tom reached out at one point but it's not the radio so Spike doesn't care.
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Jul 4, 2021 03:37
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Cassius the cab driver was great but he only called in once or twice, if I remember correctly Tom got so angry he was yelling by the end of the call.
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veni veni veni posted:
A lot of them weren’t even really WFMU listeners, just total randos browsing the dial. The other WFMU shows get that too and I love it. Sometimes they’re obnoxious and sometimes they’re just wondering what this weird poo poo is that they happened to stumble across. Then they’re all confused when there isn’t even a call screener and they get right on the air. Also I just got my dj premiums and the shirts are cool as always
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Jul 4, 2021 04:28
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inferis posted:Cassius the cab driver was great but he only called in once or twice, if I remember correctly Tom got so angry he was yelling by the end of the call. Cassius also regularly called in to Brian Lehrer on WNYC in the mornings over the years, and there are few people I have ever wanted to punch through the radio more tbqh. Great caller.
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Jul 4, 2021 04:59
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How are people listening to the Tom episode of Chapo? I can only find a teaser for it.
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veni veni veni posted:How are people listening to the Tom episode of Chapo? I can only find a teaser for it. That’s all I listened to, and that was plenty.
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Jul 4, 2021 21:17
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veni veni veni posted:How are people listening to the Tom episode of Chapo? I can only find a teaser for it. I guess it's on their Patreon feed. Oh well
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veni veni veni posted:How are people listening to the Tom episode of Chapo? I can only find a teaser for it. https://s221659.gridserver.com/blackwolf/rss/ It’s a good ep
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Jul 4, 2021 21:25
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inferis posted:https://s221659.gridserver.com/blackwolf/rss/ Hm. Just seems like a bunch of code when I click on it. Am I missing something? E:Nm i found a link
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Jul 6, 2021 19:51
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Jul 6, 2021 20:23
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Got my copy of Tom’s book. Woo.
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Binowru posted:Oh man, you didn't even get to hear Felix, unquestionably the most annoying, who was absent for some reason I like felix. dude played darksouls on stream to raise like 200k for palestinians. much respect
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Jul 6, 2021 22:54
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Read about half of the book so far. Not going to spoil anything but there are definitely some surprises even if you’re a longtime fan of the show. It’s really good!
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Ive only read a bit of it so far but I'm liking it a lot. I can tell from the chapter titles I will have heard a lot of these stories on the show to some extent, but am looking forward to how it's presented in the book.
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Jul 7, 2021 02:55
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I'm gonna do the audio book. Very much looking forward to it.
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Waiting on it outside of the US so who knows when it’ll get here. Decided against asking Tom to send a bookplate like he offered to people outside of the US because a. I don’t need it enough to put him out and b. I didn’t even know what a bookplate was until this whole thing.
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Jul 7, 2021 05:49
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Bookplate sounds kinda rad.
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Jul 7, 2021 05:58
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Apparently my copy won't ship to me until July 10.  That'll show me for not ordering from Amazon. Also excited to receive my bookplate even though I only have a vague idea of what that is.
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Yeah I have no idea what a book plate is either lol. Looks like a little postcard with an autograph on it. So basically getting your book signed. I'd love to stick Tom's John Hancock in my copy, so  That sounded sort of gross but you know what I mean.
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https://twitter.com/timheidecker/status/1412603313904750599
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The talk about Spike earlier got me wondering if anyone uploaded the "weirdos exposed" saga and it turns out the answer is, yes! Spike "reading from the book" is still one of the funniest things ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_MjYoqDpQk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6P6YTg8Y4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKJmNFCiFbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoB5doic7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UELVXaeP6dA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gFydq9p7T8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3KxtYBpiN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2rvtmFKSK0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U9CjNUbXYA Also the Jazzman clip Will was talking about on Chapo if anyone hasn't heard it. Will either did his homework or is a best show fan. Good interview and episode I really enjoyed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIJ53t7Pgag I really need to go on a kick revisiting WFMU era TBS. I really miss that stuff. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Jul 7, 2021 |
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My apologies I'm probably gonna just post a bunch of video links in here for a bit I hope everyone is ok with that. I dont have any work for a week and I'm goin on a tear  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgr0JoKoMtw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7WD3gD-rec veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Jul 7, 2021 |
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veni veni veni posted:Also the Jazzman clip Will was talking about on Chapo if anyone hasn't heard it. Will either did his homework or is a best show fan. Good interview and episode I really enjoyed it. That’s basically the first YouTube clip that comes up when you google search the best show, so it might not have been that much research.
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I just put that to the test and it's definitely not. It's not exactly a deep cut but whatever. More effort than a lot of people will put into an interview regardless. Didn't even pop up in three pages for me after googling multiple wordings of the best show.
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Jul 7, 2021 10:59
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“Can ya dig it? I knew that ya could!” Still sends chills down my spine.
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veni veni veni posted:I just put that to the test and it's definitely not. It's not exactly a deep cut but whatever. More effort than a lot of people will put into an interview regardless. Didn't even pop up in three pages for me after googling multiple wordings of the best show. A pretty dumb argument in general, I apologize, but it’s definitely one of the clips I had heard before I was a big fan of the show. Everyone’s algorithm is different, but it’s near the top for me when I search in YouTube (not google for me, you’re right). There are two clips of it on YouTube (at least). One has 65k views and the other has 30 something. Most best show clips have like 10k. There are some standouts like paul f Tompkins talking about gathering of the juggalos that have a lot more views, but jazz man is up there. Anyways, dumb argument and it’s a very funny clip that everyone should hear because it’s funny. I’ll listen to the full interview sometime I’m sure but I’m in podcast hell right now with way too much to catch up on.
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