ICYMI - The Subreddit Teeming with Crime, Complaints and Candles
ICYMI
Slate Podcasts
3.9 • 800 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.
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| 0:00.0 | At Pure Gym, whatever you're here for, we're here for it. |
| 0:04.0 | So whether you're here to meet your goals or meet your gals, |
| 0:08.0 | take a bit of me time, or a weight off, |
| 0:12.0 | getting back on the bike, |
| 0:16.0 | or filling the tea while you spin, they said what? |
| 0:19.0 | We're here for it. |
| 0:22.8 | With 50% off your first month and no joining fee for a limited time. |
| 0:25.3 | Whatever you're here for, we're here for it. |
| 0:27.8 | Pure Gym. |
| 0:28.7 | Terms and conditions apply. 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. |
| 1:27.8 | Whatever little cocktail of key words that Mark Zuckerberg has created for my profile is |
| 1:33.3 | entirely accurate. |
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