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Today, this is what's important:

Bensalem love, pre-internet rumors, Kyle being too comfortable, grandmother names, divorced dads, Kermit, bullying, the house computer, the mall, Adam continuing to live regardless of his choices, hot topics, Q&A, & more.

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Diane and Sean discuss the rom-com of all 90's rom-coms, Nora Ephron's classic, You've Got Mail. Episode music is, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Harry Nilsson, from the OST.

-  Our theme song is by Brushy One String

-  Artwork by Marlaine LePage

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SOURCES: 

22-Year-Old New York Man Murdered After Being Drawn Into Internet Love Triangle | Fox News

An IM Infatuation Turned to Romance. Then the Truth Came Out. | WIRED

TalhotBlond (TV Movie 2012) - IMDb

Talhotblond (2009 film) - Wikipedia

Tall Hot Blonde Picture | PHOTOS: Talhotblond in Hollywood: Who Plays Who in Blood-Soaked Online Love Triangle - ABC News

This was a wide-ranging conversation.

We talked about mIRC WWE roleplays, the impossibility of creating a genealogy of bodybuilding forums, how trolling evolved from Usenet to Twitter, the implicit similarities between Aimee Terese and Zyzz, why the digital invites body modification, male-to-male transsexuals, and the lasting impact of what the New York Times’ once dubbed “the male fitness internet.”

Read Oliver’s EXCELLENT reporting here:

The Unheard History of Bodybuilding Forums

Steroid Solidarity

Muscle, Smoke, Mirrors

The Life of a Jacked Guy in 2019

How Selfies and Social Media Shaped Modern Bodybuilding

What Could Have Triggered Elliot Rodger?

Books referenced:

Muscle, Smoke, and Mirrors by Randy Roach

Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder by Sam Fussell

Theme: I Should Have Walked Away by KAAZE 

In this episode, Dean and Mike discuss legal issues with the living dead of India, Mike explains what you owe the council if you live on a boat, they muse over the legal implications of inciting your own murder via chatroom and finally they ponder the damage one can cause adding peanut butter to your fist before punching someone with nut allergies!

SmartSocial.com's Omegle Guide for Parents and Educators: https://smartsocial.com/omegle/

What is Omegle chat?

• Users go to Omegle.com to instantly start a text or video chat with strangers
• Visitors can use keywords to find people with shared interests
• College students can enter a .edu email address (which the site uses for verification) to find other students
• There is also an “adult” section
• The website is free to use and is available in multiple languages
• A graphic on top of the website shows how many other users are online at any (it’s often 40,000+)

Where is Omegle available?

• Omele.com is available on any web browser
• The website shows users how to easily use add Omegle to the home screen of their phones to make it mobile-friendly
• Omegle’s Privacy Policy
• There are several apps, include Omega in Google Play and OKAY in the iOS App Store, that have similar logos and offer the same random chat features

Why should parents care about Omegle?

• Age verification is not required to use Omegle
  • The website says all users must over 13
  • It also says anyone under 18 should ask for parental permission
• Strangers can easily ask for personal information, share explicit messages, or appear on screen nude 
• Strangers often send usernames to connect on other apps, like Snapchat, Kik, and Discord
• Although your student might feel like their chat is private, anyone can record their screen or take a screenshot
• Omegle.com offers “moderated” chats, but says “Moderation is not perfect. You may still encounter people who misbehave. They are solely responsible for their own behavior.”

What can parents do?

• It’s important to not only tell your children not to visit sites like Omegle, but also to explain WHY
• You can use settings or a parental monitoring app to block Omegle.com, but kids can often find ways around that (For example, visiting banned websites at a friend’s house)
• Teach your kids to never share personal information with strangers online
• Remind them about the dangers of meeting up with someone from the internet in real life
• Tell them they can always come to you (or a trusted adult) if they ever feel uncomfortable about something that happened online

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• Learn the latest Teen Slang, Emojis & Hashtags: https://smartsocial.com/teen-slang-emojis-hashtags-list/
• Get ideas for offline activities for your students: https://smartsocial.com/offline-activities-reduce-screentime/
• Get Educational Online Activity ideas for your students: https://smartsocial.com/offline-activities-reduce-screentime/

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Why do some online communities thrive, and the others fizzle out? What is the secret sauce? Our guest today is the awesome Courtland Allen, the founder of Indie Hackers. You'll learn how to start a community from scratch, choose the right format, handle the mechanics, make it safe, and much more.

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Show Notes

• Indie Hackers — the famous online community we're talking about
• The 37 signals Manifesto — Basecamp's original site from 1999
• Acquired by Stripe! — a blog post from 2017 about IH acquired by Stripe
• Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp — good platforms for starting a community as a chatroom
• Discourse — popular forum software
• Nomad List, Hacker News, DEV — popular communities that inspired IH
• The Slow, Deliberate Process of Making a SaaS Business Work with Jane Portman of Userlist — Jane's interview on Indie Hackers
• The Indie Hackers Podcast
• Start Here — a guide for new users at Indie Hackers
• Follow Courtland on Twitter: @csallen

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