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🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, Rachelle and Candice are joined by Slate staff writer Luke Winkie. The three go back in time to 2010 when a lucky few creators of Tumblr blogs like Hipster Puppies, This is Why You’re Fat and Garfield Minus Garfield were able to leverage their popularity into book deals. They discuss the blog to Urban Outfitters pipeline and the optimism that colored the memes created in that era, an optimism that starkly contrasts against the layered irony of today’s memes.

And at the top of the show, Rachelle and Candice revive an age-old debate: Team Edward vs. Team Jacob.

This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.

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0:00.0	Notification from Monzo You've spent $54 at Crystal Spray-Tan.
0:06.4	You've spent $67 at Crystal Spray-Tan.
0:10.2	You've spent $86 at Crystal Spray-Tan Welcome to L.A.
0:16.8	Welcome to fee-free spending abroad.
0:19.5	Welcome to making your travel money go further with your Monzo Mastercard.
0:24.8	Search Monzo Travel Today.
0:27.2	UK Residents, Terms and Conditions Apply.
0:42.7	Hey, I'm Candace Lim.
0:44.7	And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I See Why Am I.
0:48.4	In case you missed it.
0:50.4	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:53.1	And Candace, I have an important question for you.
0:56.9	We're still on our getting to know each other phase.
0:59.6	So I'm just going to be peppering you with questions for the next, for the April future.
1:04.0	And I think the question I'm about to ask you is maybe one of the most important I've asked so far.
1:17.2	So you mentioned in your introduction interview that you were a twilight early,
1:20.9	specifically that you answered Yahoo answers questions about why the Cohen family in twilight
1:26.5	plays baseball during thunderstorms, which means that I have to ask,
1:31.2	are you team Edward or team Jacob?
1:34.8	Oh my god.
1:37.0	I think we should do like we did for the Robert De Niro versus Al Pacino debate where we just
1:42.8	answer on three, okay?
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