The “Am I the A**Hole” Economy Is Thriving

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3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

“Am I the asshole?” The provocative question lies at the heart of a wildly popular subreddit whose reach has spread far beyond the platform. On today’s show, Rachelle and Madison dig into the history and legacy of the 4-million-subscriber-strong advice forum that is the “Am I the Asshole” subreddit. They speak with Mallola Khalidi, a TikTokker who’s blown up on the platform after she started filming herself reading AITA posts. They discuss how she got started, how her videos have been received, and some of the wildest stories she’s ever read aloud. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.6	Am I the assail for getting upset with my husband after he told me nothing will change while I'm pregnant?
0:43.1	Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher.
0:44.8	And I'm Rachel Hampton and you're listening to I see why I'm I.
0:47.8	In case you missed it.
0:49.2	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:51.5	It's a new dawn. It's a new day. it's a new week, Rachel, we're back.
0:55.1	It's a new life and I'm feeling good.
0:58.7	Thank you for picking that up so seamlessly.
1:00.9	Of course, I mean, Nina Simone, an icon.
1:04.0	Is that a cover of a song?
1:05.3	I don't know and I don't care.
1:07.0	If it is, I don't care to know because it didn't exist before Nina.
1:14.9	Today, however, we're here to talk about something that existed after Nina, which is TikTok.
1:27.9	I was going to say there's a lot of things that existed after Nina Simone did, but TikTok is definitely one of them. But what's going on over on the clock app? So over on TikTok, over the weekend
1:33.5	earlier this week, I started seeing tweets from various people who were pretty angry and were claiming
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