Subtle as a heart attack

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOP
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    15 hours ago

    Podcasts are a blight on humanity

    They’re just radio shows you don’t need a broadcast station to distribute.

    Some are definitely better than others

    I don’t relish listening to people talk ad nauseum about inane shit.

    Shrug

    Nobody is forcing you to

    • CluckN@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      Nobody is forcing you

      Look at this fat cat capitalist who can afford a home that doesn’t have Podcast Gnomes in the walls.

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        13 hours ago

        Right? I woke up the other night and the gnomes were playing Rogan and The Daily into my ears at the same time. The exterminator says it’ll be $10k to get rid of them permanently, and I just don’t have that.

    • phar@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Not only that, podcasts range a lot of different formats. Some are people talking to each other. Some are one person talking about a specific topic. Some are stories like books or movies but are radio dramas etc. I understand maybe not wanting to listen to anything you’ve found, but it’s a bit like saying you don’t want to read because it’s always about the news. Lots of stuff to listen to/read.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOP
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        14 hours ago

        That’s all true. But I’m still firmly of the belief that the correct form of Podcast is some combination of British trans woman, Brooklyn journalism washout, and Philadelphia engineer talking about classic movies, election news, and engineering disasters.

        • phar@lemmy.world
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          9 hours ago

          I like the radio dramas a lot. It’s different from a book on tape because it’s made for the format. I drive quite a distance for work and it’s a nice unwind.

    • Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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      15 hours ago

      One of the hosts from the knowledge fight podcast was called as an expert witness in the defamation case against alex jones where he lost the billion and the guy only knew so much about him because he started a podcast to research alex