ICYMI: The Internet Wouldn’t Exist Without Sex

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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On today’s episode Rachelle interviews Vice senior editor Samantha Cole about her forthcoming book How Sex Changed the Internet. The two talk about the role of sex in internet technology like videoconferencing, affiliate links and online credit card transactions. Cole also explains how lifecaster Jennifer Ringley is a predecessor to modern vloggers and livestreamers. This podcast is produced by Kevin Bendis, Daniel Schroeder, Daisy Rosario and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
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0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.4	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Were Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video. Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I-C-Y-I-M-I.
0:47.3	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:51.1	And it is day 2,567 in the long Twitter siege.
0:57.0	For now, I still have a blue check.
1:00.0	It's unclear how long that will still be true.
1:03.0	George Bush and Tony Blair have been resurrected as verified,
1:07.0	but presumably unofficial accounts, and they're reminiscing fondly about the Iraq War on Twitter.
1:12.9	A verified Nintendo account tweeted out Mario flipping us off.
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1:21.6	Morale is low. The vibes are chaotic.
1:24.3	It's unclear how long provisions of posting energy will hold out.
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