#47 Quit Already (REBROADCAST)

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Gimlet

Society & Culture, Documentary, Technology

4.7 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Everybody has that one Facebook friend who just won’t stop posting their political opinions. This week, we talk to one of those Facebook friends, someone whose opinions got her into an enormous mess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Gimlet, this is Reply All.
0:08.3	I'm PJ Buh.
0:14.1	So one of my Facebook friends this guy, gonna call him Dave, who I haven't seen in maybe
0:18.2	15 years.
0:19.2	I think the last time we saw each other, it was the 90s and we were in a pop punk show.
0:23.7	I haven't talked to him since then, but every single day, I watch him argue about politics
0:29.5	with his Facebook friends.
0:32.5	Trump, the troops, gun control, repeat.
0:35.5	Nobody ever changes their mind.
0:37.5	I watch it and I feel physically tired.
0:39.7	I feel like I met somebody else's awkward family dinner, but one that goes on infinitely.
0:44.8	I was thinking about Dave recently, because my newest Facebook friend, Lucia, is also somebody
0:50.0	who gets into a lot of political arguments on Facebook.
0:53.2	And recently, that became kind of a problem for Lucia.
0:57.7	This is a story about the weirdest summer of Lucia's life.
1:01.2	I talked to her about it on Skype.
1:02.8	Okay, so I have a million questions.
1:06.2	Go ahead.
1:08.5	I guess the first thing is just like, before any of this happened, like before everything,
1:13.7	like, if it's okay, like I wanted to just see your Facebook page.
1:17.8	Yeah, I have a lot of stuff.
1:21.8	That's my dog Benny.
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