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The Upgrade by Lifehacker

How to Not Give a Shit with Comedian Samantha Irby

The Upgrade by Lifehacker

Lifehacker

Tech News, News, How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.6688 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This week we chatted with Samantha Irby, comedian, writer, the mastermind behind the blog “Bitches Gotta Eat” and the author of the new collection of essays “We Are Never Meeting in Real Life,” as well as the collection “Meaty.” We crowned her as the voice of her generation, talked marriage and the Bachelorette, and found out why she dedicated her book to Klonopin. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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That's audible.com, wherein we help you improve your life one week at a time. I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor-in-chief of Lifehacker.com, wherein we help you improve your life one week at a time.

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I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor-in-chief of Lifehacker.

1:14.4

And I'm Alice Bradley, deputy editor of Lifehacker.

1:17.7

And today we're talking with Samantha Irby, comedian, writer, and the mastermind behind the blog, Bitches Gotta Eat.

1:25.0

She's the author of the new book of essays, We Are Never Meeting in Real

1:28.3

Life, and the old book of essays, Meaty. And this book is so funny. I can't wait to talk to

1:35.4

her. I am so excited about this. This is a funny book. It made my week. There's something about

1:41.1

a book like this that when somebody's so honest and hilarious at being honest,

1:46.8

you feel this kind of deep relief that somebody else is as messed up as you secretly believe that you are?

1:53.0

Right. It's one of those books in which you see yourself on every page,

1:56.9

which is described in all the blurbs as like certain to make you laugh so hard, you pee your

2:02.7

pants and then make you cry so hard, you, I don't know, what are you, you also pee your pants?

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