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I've been hearing a lot about stamps.com
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Jun 30, 2016 18:23
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Every time I hear a stamps.com ad I just imagine the Night Vale version in its place. I miss those weird fake-ad segments.
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Jun 30, 2016 18:50
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internet celebrity posted:Just get sponsorships from Squarespace and Casper Especially if you make a lot of websites.
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Jun 30, 2016 19:32
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Late to the game but holy poo poo Limetown is executed very, very well. I usually can't deal with supernatural/scifi/thriller/horror/conspiracy fiction because I'm always distracted by trying to edit the script in my mind but these guys hit pretty much every note on key and are moving plot along at an astonishingly quick speed. The only distractingly unrealistic thing is the private sector making any worthwhile neuroscientific finding before DARPA does :iamafag:
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Jun 30, 2016 22:48
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Just finished Bright Sessions. I don't want to wait until fall for more 
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Jul 1, 2016 11:23
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snucks posted:I usually can't deal with supernatural/scifi/thriller/horror/conspiracy fiction because I'm always distracted by trying to edit the script in my mind... What a thoroughly strange thing to say...
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Jul 1, 2016 14:43
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Latest Ars Paradoxica got me thinking of dropping it. It's a good series but everything is just so against the protagonists that it just seems bleaker and bleaker.
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Jul 1, 2016 15:20
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Len posted:I've been hearing a lot about stamps.com as a Canadian, knowing Canada Post will never have anything even close to as convenient as stamps.com sounds makes me furious every time I hear it.
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Jul 5, 2016 16:16
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Wake_N_Bake posted:Try Archive 81 and The Truth. The No Sleep Podcast is horror, if that's your thing. Holy poo poo, I loooove Archive 81 now, I think I'm going to try The Truth, and then No Sleep Podcast E: No sleep has this weird tongue clicking/slime sound after every word that drives me nuts. Not going with that one. Going to try the Truth next. Turtlicious fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Jul 6, 2016 |
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Jul 5, 2016 23:38
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The Truth is good but all over the place with episode themes. Some are really good others are kind of bland. The first one is a what if story where the lunar lander crashed stranding the astronauts on the moon
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Jul 5, 2016 23:59
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Oh my god, Wolf 359 episode 30 yeah, it's a lift from Doctor who's Heaven Sent, but I eat this poo poo UP Anyone resisting, work through the early episodes and get ready for something special.
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Jul 6, 2016 07:16
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Wolf 359 ep 32 Poor plant monster ):
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Jul 6, 2016 10:32
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The Bright Tapes are amazing. The Truth was kind of lame, but I like a more overarching plot, so ymmv. Going to also try Wolf 359
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Jul 6, 2016 10:40
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The opening parts of Wolf 359 remind me of Red Dwarf. Just a few people stuck on a ship with a terrible AI and the hijinks that happen Edit: and done with Wolf 359 until September. I've listened to Tanis, Black Tapes, Bright Sessions and Archive 81. Any other good ones to binge through? They don't even need to be podcasts I'm okay with radio shows. I think those are still popular in England? Len fucked around with this message at 13:46 on Jul 6, 2016 |
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Jul 6, 2016 12:51
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Len posted:The opening parts of Wolf 359 remind me of Red Dwarf. Just a few people stuck on a ship with a terrible AI and the hijinks that happen I think only one person mentioned it in the thread, but I liked The Behemoth, and it helps that episodes are really short. I'm realizing with the new show that is out from that producer, Scotch, is pretty slow if you listen to it in real time. I think I like The Behemoth more because I just zipped through all the episodes. His overall stories are intriguing, but not much happens in each individual episode. Also, were Limetown and Alice Isn't Dead purposeful omissions from your list? You should listen to those.
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Jul 6, 2016 15:07
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Vonnegut Asterisk posted:I think only one person mentioned it in the thread, but I liked The Behemoth, and it helps that episodes are really short. I'm realizing with the new show that is out from that producer, Scotch, is pretty slow if you listen to it in real time. I think I like The Behemoth more because I just zipped through all the episodes. His overall stories are intriguing, but not much happens in each individual episode. I forgot to mention Limetown. I haven't done Alice isn't dead yet. Is it more than pandering to tumblr like Nightvale became?
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Jul 6, 2016 15:45
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Len posted:The opening parts of Wolf 359 remind me of Red Dwarf. Just a few people stuck on a ship with a terrible AI and the hijinks that happen The Six Shooter is well produced and and preserved OTR. Not really an overarching plot, if that's necessary for you.
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Jul 6, 2016 15:47
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Len posted:I forgot to mention Limetown. I haven't done Alice isn't dead yet. Is it more than pandering to tumblr like Nightvale became? Does "pandering to tumblr" mean "has gay characters?"
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Jul 6, 2016 15:58
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The Truth is definitely hit or miss. Check out episodes That's Democracy!, The Talk, or Can You Help Me Find My Mom? All are excellent. A lot are based around sound design, so headphones are recommended.
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Jul 6, 2016 16:03
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Jurgan posted:Does "pandering to tumblr" mean "has gay characters?" Not just has gay characters but made their relationship front and center. I liked Nightvale more when it was just a town full of weird poo poo with a gay host. Then the relationship between Cecil and Carlos took center stage and the weird stuff was the underplayed background and I jumped off. At least that was how it felt for me.
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Jul 6, 2016 16:40
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Len posted:Not just has gay characters but made their relationship front and center. I liked Nightvale more when it was just a town full of weird poo poo with a gay host. Then the relationship between Cecil and Carlos took center stage and the weird stuff was the underplayed background and I jumped off. At least that was how it felt for me. The series changed over time because Finknor wanted it to. You don't have to like it, but it's silly to call it "pandering" just because it's not catering to your tastes anymore.
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Jul 6, 2016 16:43
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Jurgan posted:The series changed over time because Finknor wanted it to. You don't have to like it, but it's silly to call it "pandering" just because it's not catering to your tastes anymore. It just felt like the change kicked in around the time it blew up big on tumblr. I can blame tumblr for whatever I feel like though even if it was always the original intent to switch things to a romcom laid over the Twilight Zone.
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Jul 6, 2016 17:00
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Len posted:It just felt like the change kicked in around the time it blew up big on tumblr. I can blame tumblr for whatever I feel like though even if it was always the original intent to switch things to a romcom laid over the Twilight Zone. Why?
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Jul 6, 2016 17:08
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I stopped listening to it then too but I'm not a dipshit who gets mad at fan girls.
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Jul 6, 2016 17:10
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A Gnarlacious Bro posted:I stopped listening to it then too but I'm not a dipshit who gets mad at fan girls. My girlfriends sister is one of those fan girls so that might have something to do with it? Jesus all I wanted to know was if it was more like Nightvale classic and more supernatural/slightly off or like New Nightvale and was more of a light-hearted thing with the creepy stuff mostly taking a backseat.
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Jul 6, 2016 17:13
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Any good podcast recommendations where icky gays are second class citizens (as they should be) or are defanged cartoonish charicatures that match up with my 1950's stereotypes?
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Jul 6, 2016 17:39
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Len posted:My girlfriends sister is one of those fan girls so that might have something to do with it? Yeah, but you went about it in a way that didn't get that across and was also pretty inflammatory.
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Jul 6, 2016 17:43
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Len posted:My girlfriends sister is one of those fan girls so that might have something to do with it? Scoop Hound may be the Night Vale knockoff you're looking for. Men in suits have invaded the town of Basin. A man calling himself Scoop Hound reports on the situation from a bunker 40 feet underground. It's not bad.
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Jul 6, 2016 17:46
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Slamhound posted:The supernatural/slightly-off is like early Night Vale, but much darker, and the central plot is a woman searching for her wife, so....it's both? I have no problem with it being about a woman looking for her wife. I just figured it would be more in a Cecil/Carlos style and ignored it.
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Jul 6, 2016 18:21
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yea with lesbians it's fine, come on guys you know the rules
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Jul 6, 2016 23:42
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Tatum Girlparts posted:yea with lesbians it's fine, come on guys you know the rules I have no idea why this made me laugh so hard, but it did. Sometimes I forget SA is a comedy forum. The Bright Tapes are awesome, so next up is Scoop Hound, and Wolf 359
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Jul 6, 2016 23:59
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I listened to episode one on the way home. Is the narrator Dana? And yeah rereading what I posted I sound like a gigantic prick. The issue I had with Nightvale isn't the gay relationship it's just that there's a relationship at all. It would be like if Black Tapes suddenly became about an Alex/Strand romance and the tapes were secondary it would turn me off the series and I would check out.
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Jul 7, 2016 00:37
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The narrator is Jasika Nicole, but she's not playing Dana Cardinal. I get where you're coming from regarding the show becoming about Cecil. I want to know more about the Sherrif's cloud office and bloodstone circles and less about his hand-niece's school life. Echophonic fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Jul 7, 2016 |
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Jul 7, 2016 00:49
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Echophonic posted:The narrator is Jasika Nicole, but she's not playing Dana Cardinal. I didn't think she was playing Dana but I thought that was the same actress.
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Jul 7, 2016 00:49
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Len posted:I didn't think she was playing Dana but I thought that was the same actress. Then yeah, same actress. She also played Astrid on Fringe and was great.
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Jul 7, 2016 00:52
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Echophonic posted:The narrator is Jasika Nicole, but she's not playing Dana Cardinal. I didn't realize it, but this is one of my complaints with WtNV. That and that Fink got into a pretty formulaic pattern with the crisis-to-resolution timing. I liked the weird one-offs that were different from one another, like the doubles episode, the story of You, and the Russian Sub.
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Jul 7, 2016 02:18
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Echophonic posted:Then yeah, same actress. She also played Asterisk on Fringe and was great. 
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Jul 7, 2016 04:56
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Len posted:I listened to episode one on the way home. Is the narrator Dana? I was being a dick, i get the sentament and its why i stopped listening frequently too
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Jul 7, 2016 05:35
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So far it kind of reminds me of Silent Hill meets what I imagine Twin Peaks is like.
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