ICYMI - The Yassification of the Internet
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🗓️ 17 November 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
You might have seen a bot on Twitter tweeting out facetuned versions of anybody you could think of, like Robert Pattinson or Mrs. Doubtfire, and wondered where they’re all coming from. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison explain this weird trend, known as yassification, and why it might already be over. Plus, the the return of High Speed Downloads on Shailene Woodley defending her boyfriend Aaron Rodgers, and a neverending feud between Vin Diesel and the Rock.
If you’d like to see some yassified photos, head to @ICYMI_pod on Twitter.
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| 0:00.0 | Yes, queen. Yes, queen. Yes, queen. Again! Yes queen! Yes queen! Again! Yes queen! Yes, queen! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher. And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I see why I'm mine. In case you missed it. Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:22.9 | Did you see Adele? |
| 0:24.2 | I did see Adele. I saw someone got proposed to at the Adele concert and I was like, is love |
| 0:30.7 | real? |
| 0:32.5 | Specifically, did you see Adele and Oprah? |
| 0:35.1 | I saw that it was a two-hour special and I thought, I'm going to wait for the highlights |
| 0:40.1 | to resurface on Twitter. |
| 0:42.7 | Did you, did you watch them? |
| 0:44.7 | I did the same thing mostly because I simply knew that at some point they were going to |
| 0:48.8 | talk about Adele's weight loss, and I just didn't want to ruin my Sunday night. |
| 0:59.9 | Oh, you mean Oprah? |
| 1:06.4 | Queen of WW Weight Watchers, whatever the fuck that is now. |
| 1:08.3 | Loves bread. |
| 1:10.5 | Well, the wagon load full of fat. |
| 1:12.4 | Of course, I'm going to talk about her weight laws. |
| 1:17.1 | They inevitably did get into it during that interview with Adele that aired Saturday night along with that concert. So we thought we would bring you the most important voice in that whole |
| 1:21.1 | conversation. I was body positive then and I'm body positive now. But it's not my job to validate |
| 1:26.7 | how people feel about their bodies. |
| 1:29.3 | And that's the only person we need to hear from on Adele's weight, ever. |
| 1:33.9 | But since we're speaking about physical transformations, |
| 1:36.5 | on the show today, we're going to talk about yassification, |
| 1:39.2 | a funny trend that may already be past its prime. |
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