Who’s Invited to the Cookout?

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3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle is once again joined by Daisy. The pair dive deep into the digital etymology of the phrase “invited to the cookout” which, in the past few years, has been applied to figures from Bill Nye the Science Guy to Justin Timberlake. They discuss the phrase’s roots in African American Vernacular English and the future of The Cookout. This podcast is produced by Kevin Bendis, Rachelle Hampton, Daisy Rosario and Daniel Schroeder Thanks Avast.com! Learn more about Avast One at Avast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And Jamie and Marlon Brando used to also.
0:05.0	So we used to have sort of a teasing contest as to which one of those boys would be a better rumba dancer.
0:12.4	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
0:14.2	And I'm Daisy Rosario, and you're listening to I see why am I.
0:17.6	In case you missed it.
0:19.0	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:22.6	Hello, Daisy. Hey, Daisy. Hey, Rachel.
0:23.6	I'm so glad you're here.
0:27.6	I mean, I'm always glad you're here.
0:30.6	I do want to say that, but I'm especially glad that you're here for today's episode.
0:35.6	Before we start, though, I have to ask,
0:38.3	did you spend, like, a lot of time online this weekend?
0:41.3	No wrong answers.
0:42.3	I just, I need to know.
0:48.3	I mean, honestly, I really tried to not, like, not too much at all.
0:52.3	I logged on about twice a day just to see if there
0:54.5	were any big updates on Twitter's sprint into chaos. Yeah, boy, is it a sprint. It's a sprint.
1:03.0	Just headlong into chaos. Yep. Speaking of, we will be explaining that chaos with a tech
1:10.2	reporter at some points, but that episode has been temporarily delayed.
1:14.1	So again, if you all have any questions about like the FTC or consent decrees or whatever, send them our way.
1:21.3	But in the meantime, Daisy, I want to show you a video that I happen to see on Twitter this weekend that just
1:28.7	broke up whatever the fuck else was happening that I can't get into.
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