ICYMI: The Subreddit Teeming with Crime, Complaints and Candles

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle dives into one of Candice’s most treasured subreddits: r/bathandbodyworks. They trace the boom of candle consumption during the pandemic, how sale culture keeps the store in business, and Candice’s definitive rules for curating your haul. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Candice Lim 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.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
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.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video. Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
0:44.5	And I'm Candice Lim, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.
0:48.3	In case you missed it.
0:50.0	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:52.9	And today, we're talking about one of our most feral addictions.
0:59.6	Shopping.
1:00.7	Shopping.
1:06.0	We are both susceptible to something called the internet, which feeds us when we don't need nor want to be fed.
1:15.2	But with that said, Rachel, what is the last thing you bought because of the internet?
1:20.7	As longtime listeners of the show will know, I love Instagram ads.
1:25.2	Instagram ads are perfectly tailored to me.
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