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This podcast is remarkably entertaining. I don't find the public shaming or deliberately making people uncomfortable all that enjoyable. I actually didn't really care for the Pokegirl episode. Many of the readings, though, are just fantastic and are my favorite part. And despite the mocking going on, there seems to be some understanding of the community instead of just pointing and laughing. For instance, on the waifu episode a few people knew at least enough about it not to make it seem like they're picking on people. It's true that often the people in question have distorted and self-destructive feelings and should not ever have been encouraged (or decided on their own) to make them public, but they are people nevertheless. The existence of The Irregular is good evidence that they aren't trying to merely exploit them for fun. My favorite so far is the creepypasta one. (I don't have the number, but it is title is "The Episode is Coming From Inside Your House!" from February of 2012). The voice acting on the Barney story is simply amazing, especially the dad. He plays it so straight and so well that it doesn't feel like a poorly-written story but an actual radio comedy piece.
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Squint posted:Was it because of Portaxx? Portaxx really likes Pokemon, so hearing one of her favorite game series get sexualized by creepy world-building nerds was rather unpleasant for her. If we ever do a gun-nut/zombie-apocalypse/prepper episode, I'll be in the torture-porn-victim chair. That's part of it, I guess. I think for some reason I had the mistaken impression that the Pokegirls were all coming from one person which seemed a little harsh, too. (Though the Roy Orbison clinger as a single person was great, partially because you get the feeling he knows how weird it is). I also didn't mean to imply that public shaming was a big part of your show and more that I dislike it in general for comedy. It may be some part of what you do, but as said you're coming at it from a different perspective and even give some consideration of what these people are really like. That's good. Squint posted:The exhibits are more about the people who think nothing of sharing way more about themselves than they really should, whether that's in the form of terrible stories, accounts of stuff that nobody should feasibly believe, or simple lack of social awareness or sanity. Those are the exhibits. This is a perfect expression of the sense I get from you guys.
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