S5 Ep453: Passive-Aggressive Comebacks for Thanksgiving + Funny Old Apocalypse Predictions

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

It’s almost here: that Thursday in November where we gather together, give thanks, and dodge invasive questions about our love life and rude insinuations about our political beliefs. To help cope, Kathleen has some comebacks you can have in your back pocket when Aunt Helen has tee many martoonies. Then, Bethany is fascinated by people predicting the end of the world, and there’s something kind of comforting about knowing it’s been going on since the year 66. She runs down some of the best doomsday predictions. Plus, Kathleen has sort of already committed a Thanksgiving faux-pas and her mom is probably going to be mad….

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What We Talked About:

10:16 - Am I The Asshole Thanksgiving Role Pay
38:35 - Funny Old Apocalypse Predictions

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BETHANY’S SOURCES:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2012-05-02-ct-talk-end-of-the-world-poll-0502-20120502-story.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events#cite_note-9
https://www.britannica.com/list/10-failed-doomsday-predictions
https://www.amazon.com/Predict-1985-Who-Will-Survive/dp/0937580376
https://popcrush.com/top-40-pop-songs-october-2011/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_W._Armstrong

KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:
https://thoughtcatalog.com/melanie-berliet/2018/01/30-passive-aggressive-comments-that-are-definitely-worse-than-outright-insults/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/yqa78w/aita_for_pointing_out_i_didnt_invite_someone_to/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/s095c8/wibta_for_buying_a_self_cleaning_litter_box/
https://www.yourtango.com/2014235609/passive-aggressive-friendship-quotes-we-all-say-out-of-love
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/reys5d/wibta_if_i_added_a_credits_slide_to_my_group/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Stop laughing, this is erotic.
0:02.0	I'm on a new medication and I think it's making me lose to me.
0:06.0	I would have been a Ted Bundy victim.
0:08.0	Yeah, I had no idea that so many people out there felt the same way.
0:12.0	I did.
0:13.0	Now I want a peanut colada.
0:15.0	An acquired taste.
0:18.0	This is an acquired taste podcast.
0:20.0	I'm Bethany Watson, your caffeine mainlining.
0:24.0	Foggy brain having.
0:25.0	I don't know what's happening.
0:27.0	I've been off all week friends.
0:29.0	Ooh, and I'm Kathleen Haney, your, the Christmas tree is going up this weekend.
0:34.0	I've started a dating service on our acquired taste fan page called Kathleen Mingle.
0:39.0	I made a Thanksgiving faux pas and I need advice friend.
0:43.0	And every week Kathleen and I get together to discuss our lives and what's weird in the world.
0:47.0	And we invite you to join us.
0:49.0	Kathleen, in a sleek pony today, what is your topic?
0:53.0	I am talking about passive aggressive.
0:56.0	Am I the asshole role playing for Thanksgiving?
0:59.0	I love it.
1:00.0	I'm so excited.
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