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ICYMI: A Vaccine Is Not a Personality

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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher look at the way the COVID vaccines have seemed to develop online personalities. They discuss how the memes and merch inspired by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson can actually encourage vaccine hesitancy—which is all the more disappointing since there are actually some pretty informative TikToks out there about COVID-19. Next, they speak to a few Slatesters who might not have purchased vaxx merch but definitely made their own reckless online purchases, by buying things through targeted Instagram ads. Do these impulse buys ever bring us the joy we think they will? Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John. Support ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads. Sign up to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Jonathan Braylock, I'm Dra. Milligan, and I'm James III. And we're those of Black

0:09.2

Pink and Jump in Hollywood. It's a comedic podcast that reviews films with leading actors

0:13.6

of color and analyze them in the context of race and Hollywood's diversity issues.

0:17.7

Yeah. Listen to new episodes on Mondays. Find us wherever you get your podcasts. I don't

0:22.7

care where you get them. I just want you to listen. Don't threaten the people we need

0:26.9

them to listen. Okay. Okay. Okay. Sorry, guys. Listen. Listen to us. Yeah. Yeah. Put

0:32.1

on a happy voice.

0:41.0

They're called COVID-19. They have four cans and they're coming. Four cans. Please.

0:48.0

Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton. And I'm Madison Malone Kircher. You're listening to ICYMI.

0:59.2

Incassion misted. Slates podcast about internet culture. Today's the day, Rachel, I finally

1:05.1

understand NFTs. I am fully up on non-fungible tokens. And I'm going to explain them.

1:11.6

Honestly, thank you so much. I don't understand what they are. And I feel like it's an important

1:17.3

part of my job to know what they are. So thank you, Madison. I felt the same way, which

1:22.5

is why I took it upon myself to learn what they're all about. And I really found that there

1:29.0

was a single tweet that summed them up for me perfectly. And I'm excited to share with you.

1:33.0

Just one tweet? Yeah. It is from a user whose handle is at Girl mode. And the tweet is,

1:39.9

yeah, I have NFTs. Nice fucking tits. Madison, I thought you were actually good.

1:49.8

No, I'm not. This is the last we're going to talk about NFTs on the podcast. That's probably a lie.

1:54.3

And I reserve the rent changed my mind. I feel like you should know what they are, but okay.

2:00.8

I just, it was a really good tweet. But we're not actually talking about NFTs today. We're

2:05.2

going to talk about vaccines and all the ways that Instagram is built to convince you to shop.

2:11.0

And all the weird shit convinced us, me, you to buy in the last year while we were stuck at home.

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