Awoken by a Lamp

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

"Have you ever felt a deep personal connection to a person you met in a dream only to wake up feeling terrible because you realize they never existed?"

More than a decade ago, someone posted this question to Reddit. It was a popular post with many responses. But one response would go beyond the realm of popularity into something else. Internet canon, perhaps?

The Redditor gave a detailed account of their life. It was a good life, they said. But one day, it came to a crashing halt — because of a lamp.

The post would go on to inspire hundreds of memes and boggle the minds of countless people. Endless Thread's Ben Brock Johnson brings co-host Amory Sivertson the story of the strange lamp.

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Credits: This episode was produced by Ben Brock Johnson and Dean Russell. Mix and sound design by Emily Jankowski. Our co-hosts are Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson.

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0:00.0	Hot new drama is coming to Disney Plus.
0:03.9	Five, six, seven, eight.
0:05.7	When lives are at stake.
0:07.5	I have a plus.
0:08.2	We got to move fast.
0:09.1	Parts are racing.
0:10.2	I love you, and I'm gonna love you.
0:12.0	And family is everything.
0:13.6	All right, team.
0:14.2	We work side by side.
0:15.6	New drama can't wait.
0:17.5	Set a reminder to stream the latest seasons of Gray's Anatomy and 911. Welcome back. And the new series, Dr. Odyssey.
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0:53.1	Hey, ET, homies, it's Benny B. Johnson. I'm going to be straight up with you. This is a tough week to know what to say. And knowing what to say is a big part of our jobs on this podcast. Every political contest decided by the majority has winners and losers.
1:12.6	There are a huge number of Americans who are celebrating this week.
1:15.6	There are a huge number of Americans that are feeling despair.
1:20.6	One thing that feels undeniable is that right now our two-party system seems so divided
1:25.6	that people on both sides believe that the other
1:28.3	side doesn't want to give them the right to exist. Amory and I have thoughts right now, the team as
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