Hey, I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I, or in case you missed it, Slate's

podcast about internet culture.

And today we are joined, finallyate's podcast about internet culture.

And today we are joined finally by Ryan Broderick.

Welcome, Ryan.

Thanks for having me.

Huge fan.

Excited to be here.

Yeah, I say finally because Ryan is the writer of the newsletter, Garbage Day, and host of his own podcast, Panic World.

I have been reading Garbage Day.

I'm pretty sure since your first dispatch. And so I actually really can't believe this is the first time we're having on the pod because I reference you a lot. I'll drop things in Slack. But since it is your first time, we have to ask you the question. We ask all first time guests. And I'm preparing myself because what you cover is quite bizarre sometimes. so I wonder if this will be reflected in your answer to,

what is your earliest internet memory?

I feel like this is not super bizarre.

I feel like this is kind of a common thing for a lot of people in my age group.

I feel like my earliest internet memory is falling for some misinformation, actually.

Oh, wow. Okay.

I was told via the game FAQ or game fax message board that there was a secret island in Pokemon red and blue that you could access by

like moving your character in a certain combination and then you could go to like I think it was

called like Cloud City and it was like above the map and they had like special Pokemon that

you couldn't get in the game and And that, and I spent like a week

trying to unlock it and realized I had been lied to. That's difficult, but I actually think

in the long run, you're probably better off for that being your first internet memory, rather

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