the e-boy's guide to e-dating, e-girls, and e-ating disorders ft. vers and lukas
Vers and Lukas drop by and talk about e-dating, e-girls, e-ating disorders, and secret political Facebook groups.
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Explore " default friend" with insightful episodes like "the e-boy's guide to e-dating, e-girls, and e-ating disorders ft. vers and lukas", "we met online: catfish", "Chat-GPT: Lonely When It's Alone?", "Clam Chowder for Idiots ft. Perry Abbasi" and "The Ghost of Adam Lanza ft. Gio Pennacchietti (Pt. 2 of 2)" from podcasts like ""The Computer Room", "The Computer Room", "The Computer Room", "The Computer Room" and "The Computer Room"" and more!
Episodes (11)
we met online: catfish
we met online. is a new show from Katherine Dee and Naama Kates. On episode one, Katherine and Naama discuss 2011’s seminal documentary, Catfish: the movie that started a show, a phenomenon, and a prolific career for its star, Nev Schulman.
Listen here.
Follow on Twitter: @wemetonline
Chat-GPT: Lonely When It's Alone?
Is Chat-GPT sentient? What does it think about when you log off? Steff and Katherine explore new developments in AI, as only non-technical people can.
Clam Chowder for Idiots ft. Perry Abbasi
Katherine and Steff are joined by Perry Abbasi, a Chicago-based lawyer whose Twitter presence recently "made headlines" -- in other words, revealed just how reliant on Twitter modern-day journalists are. Katherine has also, once again, fucked with the theme. Someone help her.
Pieces cited:
Police district candidate’s social media full of racist and misogynist posts
How the Online Right gave up on reality
The Computer Room
enFebruary 16, 2023
The Ghost of Adam Lanza ft. Gio Pennacchietti (Pt. 2 of 2)
That's right, I win! ft. Meme Analysis
From the “glow up” to main character syndrome, the internet loves a hero (or an anti-hero, as it were). I sat down with my dear friend Meme Analysis to talk about what this has to do with the persistent popularity of MGMT’s “Little Dark Age” on TikTok.
Theme: Little Dark Age by MGMT
Welcome to the Group Chat ft. Nymphet Alumni
On this episode, I talk to the hostesses my favorite podcast, Nymphet Alumni. We talk about the lolcowification of TikTok, Marshall McLuhan, what would happen if Tavi Gevinson met Curtis Yarvin, incel ascension, digital game, and a hell of a lot more. One of my favorite episodes yet.
Also, I quote a hypothetical Russian person at some point. I'm not Russian. The person I made up for my example is!
Listen to Nymphet Alumni here.
Other relevant links:
https://sherbert.biz/selected-work
https://www.reddit.com/r/aliceandfernsnark/
https://defaultfriend.substack.com/p/incels-incel-ascension-incel-chasers?s=w
https://defaultfriend.substack.com/p/the-inverse-of-the-fuck-boy/comments?s=w
Theme: Lolita Ya-Ya by Nelson Riddle
I Am Jack's Emergent Fandom
Jack Crum of 404Tales joins me for a conversation about internet ethnographies, the history of Tumblr, and what nobody had the balls to say about #GamerGate.
Raking Muck in the Metaverse ft. Peter Ludlow
WARNING: This episode's audio quality is exceptionally, exceptionally bad. Special thanks to Will Kraus for cleaning it up. In future episodes, I’ll be using a better mic.
Is a journalist who reports on virtual events that happen in a virtual world still a journalist? If you choose to present yourself as a rabbit online, does that say anything meaningful about who you really are? I spoke with Peter Ludlow, founder of The Alphaville Herald about living your life—fully online.
Referenced articles:
Raking muck in "The Sims Online" by Farhad Manjoo (Salon, 2003)
Evangeline: Interview with a Child cyber-Prostitute in TSO by Peter Ludlow (2003)
A Real-Life Debate On Free Expression In a Cyberspace City by Amy Harmon (2004)
Alt-Lit and Indie Sleaze Redux with DefaultFriend
We discuss the evolution of "alt lit," the formative experience of "indie sleaze" for millennials, why party photography went out of fashion, and the gathering wave of sex negativity.
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Neighborhoods Are Better Than Nothing ft. Tao Lin
Somehow, we never posted this excellent episode. I think this might be the last episode that we recorded together before the hiatus. -- Default Friend
The birds are chirping, the Gchats are pinging, and Default Friend and the Personality Girl interview the inimitable Tao Lin. TPG and Tao talk glyphosate; DF mixes up Terence McKenna and Timothy Leary; the three reverse engineer themselves into accepting Traditionalism wholeheartedly.