270: The Mean Cul-de-sacs

Grumpy Old Geeks

Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner

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4.9 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

FB's got 99 problems; burning down the scooter; DNA deals; delete old Tweets; Moviepass lumbers on; Apple trillion; working up from the middle; chairs, desks & monitors, oh my; Bourdain, bad TV & British slang; Reddit hack; Quiet Skies; bad actors; super donkeys! Show notes at http://gog.show/270 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored in part by Privacy.
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0:25.6	Grumpy old geeks, a weekly talk show hosted by Brian Schoelmeister
0:29.2	and Jason DeFilippo discussing the finer points of what went wrong in the internet and who's to blame.
0:39.4	Welcome to Grumpy old geeks, I'm Jason DeFilippo.
0:41.6	And I'm Brian Schoelmeister.
0:42.9	Now Brian, ranting is kind of our bread and butter around here, right?
0:47.4	It's what we do best.
0:48.9	It is. And now I have a bread and butter rant for you.
0:51.3	Have you ever tried to buy a toaster on Amazon?
0:54.3	I can't say that I have no.
0:56.3	I would recommend that if you do, you do not read the reviews.
1:00.2	I was trying to buy a toaster today because I should the bed.
1:03.0	And I swear to God, there are people out there with micrometers and flare cameras
1:08.8	finding the perfect piece of toast.
1:11.2	And if it is not exactly perfect, one star.
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