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The Blindboy Podcast

Elf on the Shelf is a tool of surveillance capitalism

The Blindboy Podcast

Blindboyboatclub

Arts, Philosophy, Art, Fiction, Factual, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

A reading of Elf on the Shelf as a tool of surveillance capitalism via Benthams Panopticon

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0:00.0

This is an advertisement for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, the latest Pokemon game, only playable under Nintendo Switch.

0:09.0

Do you like Pokemon here? Do you like Pikachu? You went to Pikachu? What about Charizard or Bulbasaur?

0:17.0

Is that what you like? Well, with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?

0:22.0

But what if I told you you'd be able to do something you've never done before in a Pokemon game?

0:27.0

The ability to explore a completely open world in the Pokemon Universe.

0:33.0

And this has never been done before.

0:35.0

And it's something that current and past Pokemon fans have always wanted.

0:40.0

You can tackle the gym challenge in any order that you like.

0:45.0

Or you can just explore it as you see fitment.

0:48.0

Do you want to ride a Pokemon? Do you want to ride a legendary Pokemon on land?

0:54.0

Or fly in the sky from the very start of the story and make the adventure your own?

0:59.0

Well, you can. And Camille, are you looking to meet no Pokemon?

1:03.0

Is that what you want? Is that what you want?

1:05.0

Well, you can. Just get Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. It's out now under Nintendo Switch.

1:12.0

Slide down the banister you melting endess. Welcome to the Blind Buy Podcast.

1:18.0

I'd like to begin this week's podcast with a sharp piece of prose that was submitted by Ronan Keating,

1:25.0

who used to be in Bison. And then he stopped being in Bison and he just became Ronan Keating.

1:32.0

This poem is called A Letter to My TD.

1:36.0

What if I climbed inside that dog in the front of him through his mouth?

1:43.0

Then I controlled the dog from the inside. Would this still treat me like Ronan Keating?

1:50.0

Or would they treat me like the dog?

1:53.0

Why are dogs only allowed to do the things that dogs do?

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