ICYMI - Unwrapping TikTok's Advent Calendar Drama
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3.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Madison and Rachelle examine two strange new phenomena taking over TikTok. First, Madison explains why Chanel’s advent calendars have become the subject of an internet furor. Then, Rachelle explores Hinge’s new voice notes feature, discusses the voice notes that have gone viral on other platforms, and explains why this not have been the dating app’s brightest idea.
Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John.
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| 0:00.0 | Who is responsible for this Hinge update? |
| 0:04.5 | Uh, yeah, here's Leonardo DiCaprio at the end of Titanic. |
| 0:13.0 | Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher. |
| 0:14.9 | And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I see why am I. |
| 0:18.5 | In case you missed it. |
| 0:20.0 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:22.5 | Happy holidays, Rachel. |
| 0:24.2 | Oh my God, thank you. |
| 0:25.2 | Happy holidays to you too. |
| 0:26.7 | How's your holiday season going? |
| 0:28.2 | Are you decking the halls? |
| 0:29.7 | The halls have been decked. |
| 0:31.6 | I have been wrecked. |
| 0:33.2 | It is approximately December 8th. |
| 0:36.4 | This doesn't vote well. |
| 0:38.1 | Yeah, I'm going to have to, like, roll you out of the hospital by the end of the month. |
| 0:43.6 | I just love to be festive, and I love that we can be festive around other people within reason once again. |
| 0:53.9 | I love that too. |
| 0:55.8 | I'm sending up a little holiday prayer for your liver. |
| 1:00.6 | My liver, my arteries. |
| 1:02.6 | I fried just an innumerable amount of vodka's last week. |
| 1:09.7 | Consumed most of them myself. |
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