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🗓️ 29 April 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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When a colleague sent us a viral Reddit post from WallStreetBets, we set out to investigate. A redditor who goes by u/throwmetfawaythanks tricked thousands into thinking he cashed in on Fresh Hen Egg Futures, and awaiting delivery on one million eggs. But many failed to notice one small detail: the story was indeed a s**tpost.
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0:00.0 | WBWR's last scene is back with surprising news stories about people, places, and things |
0:06.1 | that have gone missing, all told by tenacious public radio storytellers who refuse to let |
0:11.5 | mysteries go unsolved. |
0:13.7 | Don't miss season 3. |
0:15.1 | Out now. |
0:16.1 | Follow last scene wherever you listen to podcasts. |
0:20.3 | WBWR podcasts. |
0:23.1 | Boston. |
0:28.1 | The kids up this episode deals with the term that uses a bad word. |
0:33.6 | So you're going to hear a lot of that bad word. |
0:36.1 | Also we don't often grant anonymity to our interviewees, but in certain circumstances |
0:41.8 | we do and we did that today, not just because our story in part is about anonymity, but |
0:48.0 | also because this particular interviewee was a little worried about retribution from |
0:52.8 | their employer. |
0:54.6 | So with that, here's the show. |
1:01.2 | Emory we've been talking about the internet for like five years and you know we've never |
1:05.8 | really talked about. |
1:07.8 | Don't hurt yourself. |
1:12.1 | I don't know what could we possibly have not talked about at this point. |
1:15.8 | One of the main genres of Reddit post. |
1:18.8 | Good old fashioned shit post. |
1:21.2 | That's right. |
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