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I mean, if BDG wants to come with and get ramen or carnitas while I'm chowing down on a cookies and cream waffle I'd be happy for the company. But I'm not about to follow him to the whole foods cheese and dairy department like some sort of lacto-stalker.
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RandomPauI posted:I mean, if BDG wants to come with and get ramen or carnitas while I'm chowing down on a cookies and cream waffle I'd be happy for the company. But I'm not about to follow him to the whole foods cheese and dairy department like some sort of lacto-stalker. To quote Merlin Mann whenever he talks about how far the local Walgreens is from his house: “Don’t be creepy”.
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When I become an eldritch warlock, I’ll make a killing selling memory alteration devices to Internet personalities. “Woah hey Juice, fancy meeting you here! Want to hang out??” “Yeah no problem random dude, but first I’m gonna need you to put on this hat that will erase all knowledge of content I have created or participated in from your brain.”
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It needs to be stated that talking about crackers for 1/3 the show, followed by ads, followed by a much squad is what made me unsub MBMBAM. I'm still on the TAZ train still and surely all of their future seasons will keep me onboard.
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um excuse me posted:It needs to be stated that talking about crackers for 1/3 the show, followed by ads, followed by a much squad is what made me unsub MBMBAM. I'm still on the TAZ train still and surely all of their future seasons will keep me onboard. This episode ruled
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I'm genuinely happy that it makes you feel that way. But it's been a long downhill for me. The last clipshow made me super aware they used to be funnier. God speed MBMBAM, hope you can recapture the lightning in a bottle that you used to have.
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um excuse me posted:I'm genuinely happy that it makes you feel that way. But it's been a long downhill for me. The last clipshow made me super aware they used to be funnier. God speed MBMBAM, hope you can recapture the lightning in a bottle that you used to have. What exactly are you looking for out of MBMBaM outside of them doing a bunch of weird goofs? I don't mean to be a jerk here, I'm wondering what you think the difference is.
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Oct 6, 2021 19:00
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This was a very good episode, the brothers feeding off each other on one extended topic are always the best segments
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Yeah I thought it was a great episode, and I always love when Justin tells stories about his kids being weird.
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more falafel please posted:What exactly are you looking for out of MBMBaM outside of them doing a bunch of weird goofs? I don't mean to be a jerk here, I'm wondering what you think the difference is. I've been falling asleep to a youtube highlight playlist of like 600 videos and the thing that stands out the most to me is their humor used to be a lot more mean spirited. Not in a bad or hurtful way. But the hypothetical characters they would create, would often be terrible and they would have active disdain for them. (First example I can think of is the "writing on the dog" bit.) That and quite a few listener questions where they don't mince words about the person writing in needing to change their behaviors. A literal random example that isn't the funniest bit, but I think does a decent job of showing how it's just...different? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHpgoDVzAeo
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more falafel please posted:What exactly are you looking for out of MBMBaM outside of them doing a bunch of weird goofs? I don't mean to be a jerk here, I'm wondering what you think the difference is. Without writing a dissertation for a literal thread full of fans who wont care, I'll sum it up to less repetitiveness. They used to be much less predictable with their comedy. This episode in particular started off on the wrong foot for me when they decided the opening discussion will be graded at the end, like they've been doing regularly. Breaking down the fourth wall isnt funny if it's scheduled. Am I part at fault for listening to them for 6-7 years? Maybe, but there's no way its just me who feels this way.
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:I've been falling asleep to a youtube highlight playlist of like 600 videos and the thing that stands out the most to me is their humor used to be a lot more mean spirited. Not in a bad or hurtful way. But the hypothetical characters they would create, would often be terrible and they would have active disdain for them. (First example I can think of is the "writing on the dog" bit.) That and quite a few listener questions where they don't mince words about the person writing in needing to change their behaviors. I think they still sometimes get into slightly disdainful riffs on hypothetical people... and then kind of collectively realize "oh, gently caress, we probably have some fans who are into this" and then backpedal: "Actually, that kinda sounds dope, to be honest". See the recent episode where they ripped on the "animal pack" wikihow, then realized they might be stirring up Furry Shitstorm 2.0 and clarified that they're obviously not talking about furries and actually the animal pack thing sounds pretty cool anyway.
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um excuse me posted:Without writing a dissertation for a literal thread full of fans who wont care, I'll sum it up to less repetitiveness. They used to be much less predictable with their comedy. This episode in particular started off on the wrong foot for me when they decided the opening discussion will be graded at the end, like they've been doing regularly. Breaking down the fourth wall isnt funny if it's scheduled. McElroy Thread: you've lost that loving feeling -or- McElroy Thread: "Every day I wake up and--"
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Oct 6, 2021 20:07
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um excuse me posted:The last clipshow made me super aware they used to be funnier.
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um excuse me posted:I'm genuinely happy that it makes you feel that way. But it's been a long downhill for me. The last clipshow made me super aware they used to be funnier. God speed MBMBAM, hope you can recapture the lightning in a bottle that you used to have. I’m in the same boat. Been listening for several years now but fell off hard around 18 months ago. The whole intro lasting 20 minutes, one question, money zone, munch squad episode over just ain’t doing it no more.
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The podcast has been going for 11 years. It’s fine to stop listening. Maybe they changed, maybe you did, it’s all good. No need to hate-listen and post upset reviews of Munch Squad every week. (That last sentence isn’t targeted at anyone specific.)
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I like that the podcast is a bit predictable, it's like comfort food or a meditation app at this point. It calms the nervous system after a long stressful day. I do also find it funny still, if I didn't I'd probably stop listening, but I also don't listen to it strictly for entertainment anymore. It's also nice that it's something my wife and I can do together to decompress since there's actually not a lot of media that we both enjoy.
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Colonel Whitey posted:I like that the podcast is a bit predictable, it's like comfort food or a meditation app at this point. It calms the nervous system after a long stressful day. I do also find it funny still, if I didn't I'd probably stop listening, but I also don't listen to it strictly for entertainment anymore. It's also nice that it's something my wife and I can do together to decompress since there's actually not a lot of media that we both enjoy. You'll say, we've got nothing in common No common ground to start from And we're falling apart You'll say, the world has come between us Our lives have come between us Still I know you just don't care And I said what about the McElroys’ podcast? She said I think I remember the brothers And as I recall I think we both kind of liked it And I said well that's the one thing we've got
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Colonel Whitey posted:I like that the podcast is a bit predictable, it's like comfort food or a meditation app at this point. It calms the nervous system after a long stressful day. I do also find it funny still, if I didn't I'd probably stop listening, but I also don't listen to it strictly for entertainment anymore. It's also nice that it's something my wife and I can do together to decompress since there's actually not a lot of media that we both enjoy. It's familiar, but not too familiar
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Back in the ABBA days Griffin straight up told listeners to kill themselves more than once. Maybe don't bring it all the way back, but I could do with a little more edge on the old butter knife
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Oct 6, 2021 21:23
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Was that back when he was furiously single
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I fell off on them for a while because it seemed like the only listener questions they would answer were "how can I avoid ever having to socialize?" Maybe it's just me but it does seem like they're trying to field a wider variety of questions these last few months.
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They used to actually answer more questions, right? Like I'm not just misremembering?
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My guess is that they mostly just get insipid boring questions and are trying to fill the time with other things
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the bits are longer since they don't have yahoos anymore and i think this makes the remaining questions feel more sparse also i feel like 95 percent of the questions they do get are "i don't know how to act around people am i good"
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Entropic posted:They used to actually answer more questions, right? Like I'm not just misremembering? they used to answer three variations of “can i hit on this girl while she’s at work?” every single week
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flavor.flv posted:Back in the ABBA days Griffin straight up told listeners to kill themselves more than once. Maybe don't bring it all the way back, but I could do with a little more edge on the old butter knife Especially in TAZ. It sounds like they're all afraid to speak when they used to just blurt out whatever nonsense came to mind, resulting in plant flirting and weird NPCs.
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TAZ will never have anything as funny as them getting onto the Rockport Express and relentlessly bullying everyone on there ever again because that’s not how they operate anymore. It’s still funny, but man, it used to be HYSTERICAL.
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Escobarbarian posted:TAZ will never have anything as funny as them getting onto the Rockport Express and relentlessly bullying everyone on there ever again because that’s not how they operate anymore. It’s still funny, but man, it used to be HYSTERICAL. I remember listening to that episode when it first came out and was literally crying at my desk when they wouldn't stop teasing Jenkins over his "smelly hands"
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Escobarbarian posted:TAZ will never have anything as funny as them getting onto the Rockport Express and relentlessly bullying everyone on there ever again because that’s not how they operate anymore. It’s still funny, but man, it used to be HYSTERICAL. or the moment when Griffin realizes what Justin is about to do with the Slicer of T'pir-Weir Isles.
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Still the best taz animation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1A0pHzXUYw
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Bugsy posted:Still the best taz animation. 'well, get ready to talk about that in the past tense' always gets me
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gently caress, that scene still sends me. It's one of those "you remember exactly where you were when you first heard it" segments. 
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I somehow managed to completely miss that scene on my first listen, I'm glad I listened to the whole thing again a couple of years later because holy poo poo
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Pham Nuwen posted:I think they still sometimes get into slightly disdainful riffs on hypothetical people... and then kind of collectively realize "oh, gently caress, we probably have some fans who are into this" and then backpedal: "Actually, that kinda sounds dope, to be honest". See the recent episode where they ripped on the "animal pack" wikihow, then realized they might be stirring up Furry Shitstorm 2.0 and clarified that they're obviously not talking about furries and actually the animal pack thing sounds pretty cool anyway.
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flavor.flv posted:I somehow managed to completely miss that scene on my first listen, I'm glad I listened to the whole thing again a couple of years later because holy poo poo I was convinced I could listen to podcasts at 2x while at work for a while. I didn't remember anything about Crystal Kingdom.
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