Episode 95: Allegedly Anti-Semitic Mukbang, The Latest J.K. Rowling Freakout, And The Fuzzy Science Of Masks
Blocked and Reported
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In this relatively special episode, the hosts talk about a ginned-up anti-Semitism controversy involving a troubled internet figure, the latest explosion of outrage surrounding J.K. Rowling’s online opinions, and an article in The Atlantic article highlighting the gaps in our knowledge about masking as a form of coronavirus protection. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.
Show notes/Links:
Archived version of tweet accusing weird YouTuber of anti-Semitism: https://archive.md/t79Yf
Know Your Meme attempts to explain Nikocado Avocado: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/nikocado-avocado
Just why:
Video which launched the accusation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z3qV94LGcr63E1DxKnT-DodS2fF5bKs8/view?usp=sharing
Actual source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kiss4-TO2gN2y6__J8fwz_tdgBOHLFbZ/view?usp=sharing
Credit to Joel Snape for finding it:
Even grosser food content, according to Katie: https://www.instagram.com/blake_201/
Atlantic article on masking: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/
CIDRAP articles:
The image of Nikocado Avocado absolutely housing what appear to be Korean rice cakes and noodles comes via Know Your Meme.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, here's like what's up? Hey Jesse how's it going? Good. Did you know that um Christmas |
| 0:15.2 | is coming up? Yeah, I did know that. I'm a long time troop in the warrior against Christmas, |
| 0:19.3 | but um you know the warrior against Christmas. In the war against Christmas. Okay. Uh yeah, |
| 0:24.2 | I so back in the uh arts I fought on the anti-Christmas brigades outside Minneapolis. We lost a lot of good |
| 0:30.8 | Jews, but um I think we've lost. Christmas seems to still exist despite our best efforts. |
| 0:36.2 | Well we lost the battle, but not yet the war. What are you doing this particular Christmas? |
| 0:40.0 | So this year for Christmas, I am uh we're going to celebrate with family early and then on Christmas day, |
| 0:46.6 | I am going to take out the chicken rotisserie machine that my racist old neighbor |
| 0:52.9 | crosses street ordered off of QBC and then gave to me and I'm going to rotisserie chicken in it |
| 0:59.2 | and then I'm going to have him over for dinner. So it's going to be me and my wife and the racist. |
| 1:02.9 | That'll be fun. And when I say I'm going to do this, I mean she's going to do it. I'm not touching it. |
| 1:07.2 | I think no, I think everyone got that. Yeah, obviously anything involving cooking here. Also, |
| 1:11.6 | your wife is actually good cook. She is a good cook and she doesn't have a problem touching um |
| 1:15.2 | you know naked raw chickens. So do you think this will be and and and the old fellow doesn't really |
| 1:21.8 | have other family right? Yeah, no, he does have family, but he recently disowned them, which I found |
| 1:27.5 | out about because he told me that he so he got his will notarized and he asked me to read it because |
| 1:32.5 | he said I was named in it. And so I immediately started having visions of what I was going to do with |
| 1:36.7 | this property. Was I going to you know, am I going to turn it into a community garden or build a giant |
| 1:41.2 | condo on it or maybe start homeless shelter? And uh and then so I read it and it turns out I'm the |
| 1:46.8 | backup executor and also he disowned his children. Wait, what does backup executive mean? |
| 1:53.0 | If his actual executor dies before him, then I'm the executor. Oh, so we just need to announce who |
| 1:59.4 | the actual executor is on this podcast and our listeners will take care of that for you. |
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