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ICYMI - Trisha Paytas Wants to Be Frenemies

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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison explain the latest drama surrounding online provocateur Trisha Paytas. They recap Paytas’ history online, how they’re connected to David Dobrik’s Vlog Squad, and why their podcast Frenemies is in predictable turmoil. Then, two new High Speed Downloads, first on the grifting of internet chef Darius Williams (aka @DariusCooks) and then on the woman who got arrested for disguising herself as her daughter and going to school in her place.

Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John.

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0:00.0

I woke up this morning feeling like a chicken nugget.

0:05.0

When you feel like a chicken nugget, you feel like fried and fake on the inside.

0:12.0

Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher.

0:16.0

And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I see why am I.

0:19.0

In case you missed it. Slate's podcast about internet culture

0:22.8

before we do anything else we need to explain a tweet that we sent out recently from our account

0:28.7

that made some of you concerned that we were shutting down the podcast it's finally here our first

0:35.2

apology I'm so sorry.

0:38.6

I see why my listeners for tweeting this tweet without any context.

0:45.3

Pretend this is in the notes app.

0:46.8

And just to be very clear, we are not shutting down the podcast.

0:51.5

To understand the tweet in question, we have to first listen to a song by Doja Cat.

0:59.8

Hey, I'm getting ripped tonight.

1:02.0

All I be that pussy.

1:03.7

Hey, I'm going in tonight.

1:06.0

See, I can like an addict on ticker than Andy Rick.

1:09.5

That voice you just heard was Starboy 3.

1:11.9

And if you were on TikTok, you heard that voice many, many times, which became a dance challenge.

1:18.9

And then turned into a different trend altogether.

1:23.7

The crux of that edition is just that people say, I'm getting ripped tonight, RIP that,

1:28.9

and then you say anything, like any cultural item, a monologue from a movie you like,

1:35.3

other song lyrics, the voice at the beginning of a Hulu episode, you know, this,

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