As the world slides deeper into the pit of unsustainability, technology-fueled discontent, and a general Mad Max-esque immediate future, the Internet tells the story of our existential angst with it all through Lovecraftian interpretations of Garfield. With more and more posts from r/imsorryjon making their way to Reddit's elite rankings on the front page, we thought it was high time we dig into this bizarre trend, which coincides perfectly with u/itsyerdad's spiraling anxiety-induced depression...
Jun 08, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 112
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May 30, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 111
Typically we don't double dip on pod topics, but with Game of Thrones continuing to spiral below the 50% on Rotten Tomatoes line, those who bend a knee to no man, r/freefolk, have spiritually recruited DYR North of the Wall. Or more accurately, there are just too many good front-page memes from r/freefolk for us to not talk about it, going into the final episode of the 2nd best fantasy franchise Hollywood export of all time. In the Redditsphere, there is more than one Game of Thrones specific su...
May 17, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 110
Welp guys, our liberal interpretation of the word "weekly" continues to stretch its already loose boundaries. Following a few weeks of u/dogboobes sleeping away her will to live, and u/myfreeday and u/itsyerdad trying to regional radio rock jock their way through 7am construction sounds, we're finally back to our "3/5, good but it's no serial" Internet podcast. This week, we do our Podcasters union-mandated conversation about GoT, then less than promptly get into r/MarkMyWords, a sub for all Int...
May 10, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 109
When we were recording this episode, Notre Dame was post-lit. It's a real tragedy how many social influencers will never get the chance to ever take a photo in front of the spire, so we decided that the best way to pay homage to lord's monument is to talk about the lord's sub, r/dankchristianmemes. This sub is in many ways, a direct cousin of r/wholesomememes - one of the friendliest places on the internet. Instead of it being a sub for those god-fearing christians, it's more for people who have...
Apr 19, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 108
It's that time of year again everyone - international Reddit Day, aka April Fool's Day, when every sub tries to make some sort of inside-baseball joke or statement designed to stoked the mouthbreathers on the other side. A few years ago, Reddit made r/place, and what would become one of the greatest social experiments of the digital age. This year, they created r/sequence, a third-season of True Detective-esque social experiment in r/place's shadow. Along with Reddit, a whole variety of other su...
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 107
Crowd Clapping Sound You hear that? That's just a little preview of what kind of excellent pod sound effects you'll get to experience when u/itsyerdad hits random buttons on the brand new Ranch Dressing Studios mixer. After weeks of meth pods, we finally put that deep Capo Isetta podcast purse to use and bought a professional mixer that will hopefully solve at least a few of the issues that we seem to perpetually have, and right in time for u/dogboobes favorite sub too, r/letsnotmeet. Some may s...
Apr 01, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 106
This week, u/myfreeday decides to give us a surprise on which topic we decided to cover. Incidentally, considering all the legal hogwash the world's been involved in this week, we talked about r/prisonreviews, a subreddit semi-dedicated to Yelp reviews of actual prisons. Sometimes brilliant satire on the state of our prison system, sometimes actual reviews from journeymen of the prison system, r/prisonreviews is an accidental dystopia that feels much closer to reality than it should. Plus, u/its...
Mar 26, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 105
Well, this college admission scandal thing really makes us feel nice. Quite frankly, there's nothing we love more than watching rich white people get in trouble for being quintessentially rich and white. Which means that when we saw Felicity Huffman and that Mossimo guy get in trouble for hiring a full-grown adult to take their literally dumb kid's SAT test, we got pretty collectively aroused. And because we're now chasing the white pony of justice, we decided to dig into r/justiceporn this week...
Mar 19, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 104
After another meth-addled episode bites the dust, we're back. This time, we discuss one of the Internet's favorite ongoing daytime dramedies - Missed Connections. First made famous on CraigsList, Missed Connections is, of course, the home of all desperate romantics looking for their last chance to find that person whose passing glance left them feeling that their long-lost lover was seen in the Sears returns line. Or, more often than not, it's some guy named Carl looking for a Beej from a strang...
Mar 11, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 103
This episode we're trying something a little different. Sometimes, we just can't get all the hot and heavy news that comes out of Reddit on a given episode, so in light of u/dogboobes having an early morning client call with her new employee, the Wakanda Starbucks, we are exclusively covering the front page in a much shorter episode. So, we briefly touch on the latest and grossest YouTube conspiracy theory, Jussie Smollett's greatest ever performance as a victim of a seemingly self-designed hate...
Feb 24, 2019•38 min•Ep. 102
Well everyone, the end of Reddit as we know it is nigh. This week, news broke that Chinese cyber heavyweights Tencent are investing 150m fat ones into our favorite Internet orifice, Reddit. Does this actually mean that Reddit is going to dramatically shift into some weird Chinese censorship experiment? No. Does it mean that Reddit will host a lot more one finger challenges? Here's hoping. Either way, this news meant that the entire week was dominated by posts reminding China that not even the mo...
Feb 18, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 101
Somehow, despite all the many microphone issues, our lack of a sincere TrueSwords sponsorship, and our overall "charming" lack of pod professionalism, we've made it to our 100th episode. So to celebrate this historic milestone and proof point in the success of mediocrity, we're covering one of our white whale heavyweight subs, r/trees. And since we're finally discussing r/trees, it only makes sense that we become ents ourselves to make for a thoroughly interesting conversation on the current cul...
Feb 11, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 100
This week, we've got a big one for you guys. We've been itching to do r/trashy for a long time now, as it's collectively one of our all-time favorites, but thanks to a new documentary about how Dupont is poisoning Dad's hometown, and a particularly controversial post from the Reddit front page, the time is nigh. r/trashy is on the surface, Reddit's greatest collection of hilariously ill-mannered people, living their best lives in the worst way possible. It's ultimately a celebration of all that ...
Feb 05, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 99
Thank god our beloved u/dogboobes is back, and just in time to tell us that evidently, she is also an IMDB politics messageboard celebrity. Somehow for the entirety of this podcast, she's failed to mention that she was at one time, left-wing Internet royalty. So somewhere between learning that u/DogBoobes is basically Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and u/myfreeday briefly deciding that he's an anarchist, we enter the Officialish Reddit Judiciary system known as r/amitheasshole, where people debate on...
Jan 30, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 98
Well, u/dogboobes is nowhere to be found. Some say she's in New York making content for Nabisco crackers. Some say she's in sipping on opiates after a spider bite. Either way, she isn't with us to talk about the great egg of Instagram, fast food, modernfarmer.com, and a whole variety of other topics that occur after a few Capo Isetta red blends. With all the insanity surrounding Instagram's new president, @World_Record_Egg, we thought it was fitting that we revisit an Ep 1 random button, r/weird...
Jan 23, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 97
Welcome to 2019 guys. New Year - basically the same us. So obviously it makes sense then that we start the first episode of 2019 by talking about Abraham Lincoln deep fake pornography, followed quickly by another u/dogboobes diet attempt. Evidently, u/itsyerdad got some incredibly durable new boots, so we decided to check out r/buyitforlife, a sub dedicated to similarly durable purchases, like Kitchen Aid mixers. In this extremely popular sub, users discuss the best of consumer goods, all with t...
Jan 09, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 96
We're changing pace a little on episode 95, and instead of using a specific Subreddit as a launching point, we're taking a deep dive in the top posts from the 2018 front page. From the Mexican restaurant that moved into an old Chinese restaurant and painted sombreros on the Pandas, to the Zuckerberg robot memes, to the many ups and downs of Elon Musk, we take a tour of this year's greatest hits. Then, we take a hard right turn and discuss u/myfreedays story of when his neighbor god murdered. But...
Dec 29, 2018•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 95
Everything just sounds a whole lot better when we're in Ranch Dressing Studios. That, and when u/dogboobes is on her version of a juice cleanse, which is basically other peoples' version of casually drinking juice sometimes. Yet despite things objectively sounding and feeling better when we can actually use our fancy microphones and all the technology that the 21st century affords us, we still can't help but empathize with the many OG neckbeards trying to find the man by not ever learning how to...
Dec 19, 2018•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 94
Well everyone, it's finally the time you've all been waiting for. After about 8 straight episodes of mediocre pod quality, we're back in full swing at Ranch Dressing Studios, creamy as all get out. To celebrate, we talk for a good 15 minutes before ever even addressing the mere concept of Reddit. But don't you worry, we cover your second favorite topic in the meantime, Doggie Boobies' dad issues. After we cover our bases on that important topic, we jump over to r/nostupidquestions to address a p...
Dec 13, 2018•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 93
Well, we're officially back in the garage recording pods at 7:00am. Oh, you thought that would mean crystal clear audio quality and an unwavering professionalism? Well clearly you still don't know who you're listening to - what we lack in professionalism, we constantly make up for in our on brand inpredictability. Since we last recorded in the garage, u/itsyerdad got a new computer, incompatible with our previous setup, so we had to proverbially duct tape and bird feather this episode together. ...
Dec 04, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 92
Listen. We're sorry. We get that we've become comically inconsistent, but isn't it nice to get a surprise from time to time? Do you REALLY want your foremost Reddit-centric podcast to be timely and on a regular schedule? Yeah, us either, which is why u/itsyerdad decided to go to Asia for three weeks, making pod scheduling comically difficult. BUT, here we are, truly trans-global, to talk about all things in u/itsyerdad's temporary home, most notably, the dWeebs who over-idolize its culture. That...
Nov 21, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 91
Well hello casual listeners of DYR, how nice to see you again. At this point, our inconsistency is getting comical. People say that the path to success is built by leaning into your strengths, and I think it's safe to say that our strengths lie in designing schedules that transcend convenience, and creating episodes that are virtually impossible for u/itsyerdad to edit in a timely manner. So, here we are, at our best, revisiting one of our favorite evergreen subreddits r/outoftheloop, where we t...
Oct 28, 2018•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 90
Hey guys. Obligatory apology for again not posting this podcast on time. But if it makes you feel any better, u/dogboobes is back from Tanzania to talk to us about the civil liberties of robots! We've been meaning to talk about this sub for a long time, but with Houston trying to ban sexbot brothels, and California banning bots that try to be humans, it's a better time than ever to stand up for our half-sentient brothers and sisters of steel. r/botsrights is a cross between sarcastic programming...
Oct 10, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 89
First of all, apologies for a slightly belated episode posting. Let's be honest, we use the term "weekly" very loosely. That said if there was ever a reason for us taking longer than usual to post a new episode, an interview with both a tulpa and their possibly Austrian host is a pretty good reason as far as we're concerned. In episode 87, we dug into the perplexing world of r/tulpas, a community dedicated to coming up with imaginary best friends for adults. This description definitely does the ...
Sep 22, 2018•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 88
Hey listeners, we're not above saying that we all get lonely sometimes. We all have tendencies to sulk in the $400/month studio apartment of our mind and wish that we could calm our existential anxiety by just having someone to watch King of the Hill reruns with. But sometimes, that someone just isn't there. Which, amongst other philosophically more important reasons is why Tulpas exist. A Tulpa is the ancient mystical concept of creating a sentient being through mental or spiritual concentratio...
Aug 31, 2018•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 87
You’ve probably heard a lot about QAnon lately. To some, the QAnon movement is a mystifying right-wing conspiracy led by Floridian baby boomers who would fall on the sword for president Trump to help reveal the ring of Barrack Hussein Obama pedo-pizza loving Deep Staters. To others, it’s basically also that but with aliens involved somehow. And to some, it’s Trump’s team of personal journalists. Either way, it’s a really complicated and confusing political movement built on a group of people sha...
Aug 21, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 86
Oh how the mighty have...gotten into unnecessary Twitter feuds and called some dude a pedo because he saved some kids from drowning first. To some, Elon Musk is the a real life Batman/Iron Man, building an empire on life-changing technological innovations for the future we all imagine is possible. To others, he's a really annoying capitalist, masquerading as a do-gooder with a quirky creative girlfriend and an weird need to fit in with nerd culture that he clearly transcends. It's hard to say wh...
Jul 31, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 85
This week's Internet was overwrought with stories of Putin and Trump's bizarre meeting of the minds in Helsinki, most notably Don's amazing response to the question of whether or not Russia intervened in the election. BUT, was all of this tomfoolery one big slight of hand distraction from the truth, that the home of the meeting "Helsinki, Finland" ISN'T ACTUALLY A REAL PLACE? Wake up sheeple, the Japanese-Russian fishing trade is sweeping the truth right under your normie-noses, and we're here t...
Jul 24, 2018•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 84
When the World Cup final happens, the whole Internet talks about it. So, using the World Cup final as an excuse, u/myfreeday leads us into the world of football conspiracy theories, which then segues into a conversation about Russia's hilariously overt tampering of ordinary laws, which then obviously led to a conversation about the broad weirdness of Russia in general by way of r/anormaldayinrussia. Plus, Papa John has been ousted from his pepperoni throne, and part 1 of r/finlandconspiracy. Thi...
Jul 18, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 83
