Hey, I'm Candace Lim, and you're listening to Icy YMIMIMI.

In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. And joining me on the show today

is former Rolling Stone senior writer E.J. Dixon. Hello, E.J. Hi, I'm so excited to be here.

We're so excited to have you here because we love your writing. We have used your reporting

often while researching for this show. But the thing is,

I have one question that remains, which is, what is your first internet memory?

I will give you my first safer work. Oh, okay. I believe my first safer work internet memory is going on. I can't remember if it was like Yahoo or tripod pages, but like a full house fan community page that loaded extremely slowly in like 1997 or 1998.

Oh my God.

Okay, I was also a huge full house person.

Can we talk about this?

Where did your obsession start?

Did you love someone specifically from the show?

I think it was just sort of the general 90s aesthetic.

I think I was an Uncle Jesse stand.

Oh, okay. If I recall correctly, but like, who wasn't? Honestly. Okay. I also was an Uncle Jesse person.

Have you met anyone that's an Uncle Joey person? Not a single solitary soul. Right? He's the Kevin Jonas of that townhouse. Well,

I wish we were doing an episode about John Stamos, because it would go on for three hours. But instead,

I think it is time for us to get into the meat of today's episode, because we are talking about the Costco guys, a father-son duo in Boca Raton, Florida, who have gained around 2 million followers on TikTok

for reviewing and loving their favorite warehouse chain. And what is great is that you, E.J.,

actually talked to them for a Rolling Stone profile, and so I cannot wait to get your take on them.

So let's take a break. When we come back,

we'll explain who the Costco guys are and how they turned TikTok virality into a family business.

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