494 - The Lincoln Grooming Project feat. Seeking Derangements & Mike Recine (2/1/21)

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Ben and Palma from Seeking Derangements stop by to discuss online harassment from Lincoln Project member John Weaver, Marjorie Taylor Green and the growing political power of Women Who Get Kicked Out of Places, and finally a reading series on the Bernie’s mitten privilege. Check out Seeking Derangements here: https://soundcloud.com/seeking-derangements And their Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/seekingderangements

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0:00.0	As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a shit poster.
0:05.0	To me, getting to be on Reddit was better than being present in the United States.
0:22.3	Ever since I saw my first meme, I knew I wanted to be a part of it.
0:25.6	Guys on Reddit were freaking hilarious.
0:27.2	They said what they wanted.
0:28.8	I couldn't believe it, but some of these guys are even more autistic than I was.
0:32.6	And I didn't have many friends at school, so my mother was happy that I found something
0:35.7	to do that wasn't just sitting in the basement making lists of people that I wanted to kill.
0:40.9	Being online was like being a part of a crew.
0:43.5	A crew of dudes.
0:44.8	Dudes who rocked.
0:45.8	I joined all the best subs.
0:48.0	Comptown, Wall Street Bets.
0:50.2	That was it.
0:51.2	Wall Street Bets was the best.
0:52.6	Anyway, one day, Giraffe pussypose about how a bunch of hedge funds all had short positions
0:56.6	in GameStop.
0:57.6	It wouldn't be fun if we all bought shares just to mess with them.
1:00.5	Well, I didn't know what any of that meant, but I knew what GameStop was.
1:04.1	My grandma used to take me there if I was good and buy me PS3 games.
1:07.2	So I figured what did I have to lose?
1:09.5	I put all my money into GameStop at $4 a share and wouldn't you know it?
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