Episode Ten: Anonymity | Violating Community Guidelines

[@friendlyinternetghost]

i love that they always bring up tumblr banning porn. we all miss it, you guys. 😭

[@lavableacide3330]

if u know what to look for its still on there

[@friendlyinternetghost]

@Lavable Acide oh i know, i still see quite a bit of it. 🤣

[@saulv960]

I miss the gifs randomly popping up in my feed🤣🤣

[@myriadofcolours9861]

All the porn and the artists migrated to Twitter in the Great Tumblr Porn Exodus But man, it's just not the same. Twitter's not great for storing massive amounts of pics and vids. I wish they made it easy to browse and sort media on Twitter

[@friendlyinternetghost]

@Myriad Of Colours "GREAT TUMBLR PORN EXODUS" I ABSOLUTELY FUCKING LOVE IT ❤️

[@cmarie2511]

the segment talking about the queer map definitely made me cry, I wish everyone can have a safe space to express themselves freely.

[@klownofkether6996]

Dude same💓💓it’s so easy to forget how lucky I am to get to live my truth freely. From the bottom of my heart I want that for everyone 😭

[@gavin8981]

same

[@natalia4955]

i fully shed tears at work i had to take a moment

[@angel4ever35]

As Sarah read the Nigerian entry on queer map it made me wanna sob, people deserve to be who they are openly without threat of persecution or death.

[@KingOfGaymes]

It makes me sad that people will kill or put someone in jail for who they love. What disgusting awful places to make loving someone illegal.. I feel terrible for any lgbt who live in those places.. 😞

[@mollysfamily914]

"Welcome back to the Joe Rogan experience, this is Frenemies" absolute gold.

[@xRedSpade37x]

I actually lol'd

[@raynesmith6889]

i hate when people spoil shit in the comments like come on girl

[@manny4574]

@@raynesmith6889 well don’t go to the comment section, girlie

[@emmah2919]

@@raynesmith6889 why are you in the comments if you don’t want spoilers then babes

[@raynesmith6889]

@@emmah2919 because it was at the top of the comment section on the mobile version...

[@aydencourage]

Y'all should talk about ipad babies or even young kids and their exposure to dark content online i.e. momo, the dark web... or even being exposed to adults with harmful intentions like grooming on kik. Just an idea, I think it'd make for an interesting episode and it's becoming a very prevalent topic. I know this was briefly touched on during the creepypasta episode.

[@Benheartsart]

Tw : gore OMG my bestie when he was a kid watched some lady get injected with bleach then have her limbs cut off it was wild

[@kreissthekeeper]

@@Benheartsart it's horrible how easy it is to find snuff films online

[@aydencourage]

@@Benheartsart that’s insane but honestly, unfortunately, i’m not surprised.

[@YT012334209]

Omg yes elsagate!!! I forgot that existed 😟

[@thenextnation4289]

yeah grooming culture needs to be talked about more because it's pretty common

[@myspaceuser]

Y'all make our Mondays just a little more tolerable 😌

[@mynameiskrysta]

Damn ok garfield

[@Alexandra-ng1ih]

U don’t watch h3??

[@emh6046]

@@Alexandra-ng1ih ayo

[@emh6046]

@@Alexandra-ng1ih waiting for the live! 🙏

[@tristcn]

@@Alexandra-ng1ih no

[@laurenl1088]

I’m crying over those anonymous love notes to partners they can’t share their love with openly Also “you’re unfuckable, it’s in Leviticus” is a fantastic merch idea.

[@rascal_rae]

I'm here for the chaotic energy brittany is bringing to her beverage selection. honestly, I get it. juice, caffiene, hot bev. we love the variety.

[@UnderTheInvention]

I would like this 3 times if I could

[@robertoXCX]

There's no luxury in life I've experienced greater than having 4 or more beverages at the same time. Brittany knows what's up

[@PHYSHY47]

For real Literally me having 4-5 drinks out sometimes lol

[@maryjoyce1813]

At my college we used yik yak to expose students who SA’d other srudents and ultimately bullied a kid with 8 allegations off campus

[@aloeleaf]

Omg that’s awesome good work

[@sarahbearbabygirl]

it makes me wish it existed when i was in high school cuz there were so many athletes who had SA’d girls and since it was catholic school the girls were super scared to speak up, but if yikyak existed i bet those men would at least have been shamed more if not investigated further and had some repercussions

[@lexivanclarke6247]

I love that

[@LawnOrnament]

Yea we got a pedophile coach booted when i was a freshman

[@gueroconyoutube]

love brittany’s 3 beverages. one for hydration, joy, and power

[@paigerennie9613]

Brittanys got 3 drinks and crisps and Sarah’s got a bottle that’s it PAHAHHAHAHA

[@Cam-pk9in]

this girl in 9th said i was “arrogant” on askfm and honestly i was just relieved she didn’t call me fat

[@myssaalyssa]

LMFAOOOOO

[@tommyjenkins6615]

Fun fact: I came across a Whisper meme not too long ago that used an old picture of my very gay husband wearing over alls off his shoulder where the text said “Why can’t a country boy and a goth girl be together?” It had like 300k likes on Twitter. He still gets a kick out of it

[@victoriap1649]

This made me laugh! Thanks for sharing 😂

[@emh6046]

This is gold omfg

[@emh6046]

I think I just found the meme on google images omfg

[@KatBambi]

OH MY GOD I found it wait why is that phrase such a meme and how have I known nothing about it?????

[@emh6046]

@@KatBambi HAHAHA

[@xoxobrialee]

Awh when Sarah got teary eyed I did too. How Americans take so much for granted! We love you Sarah! 🤎

[@makenna5883]

Same I was crying cuz I can’t imagine risking prison in 2022 for loving who you love 🥺🥺

[@xoxobrialee]

@@makenna5883 seriously! Me too, it makes me sick! Love is and has always been LOVE 🤎

[@Sionnachuigim]

Don't speak for all Americans. It might not be illegal but im a gay man and the other day a men yelled he was going to kill me and my boyfriend as he drew by because we were holding hands in a line at a food truck(SC). And do everyone a favor and speak for your demographic. Maybe as American women, but thats it.

[@tristcn]

@@Sionnachuigim but it’s not illegal here 😭😭 ur not getting the death sentence for kissing ur man lol

[@Sionnachuigim]

@@tristcn yea getting lynched or beaten to death is the same thing and still a threat.

[@gabbiedoe6359]

Yikyak story. Went to a private baptist college, super small and super strict. Chapel was a required class for TWO YEARS, twice a week. And it just sucked. Slowly but surely everyone downloaded yikyak and used it to destroy the chapel experience every week - screaming at the same time, singing over the speakers, doing the hunger games whistle together, staging walk outs and waves and fights. My campus banned it, but we trolled the whole year

[@mickeyd201598]

This sounds like LU

[@sarahbearbabygirl]

bro the hunger games whistle LMAOOOO

[@gothgirlglittercrust7118]

sarah's signature early 200s soccer mom updo never ceases to make me smile.

[@carrrie_lynnn]

Not the 2nd century 200AD soccer mom

[@victoriap1649]

@@carrrie_lynnn LOL

[@gothgirlglittercrust7118]

@@carrrie_lynnn I love being illiterate :)

[@carrrie_lynnn]

@@gothgirlglittercrust7118 I just pictured her thousands of years ago with the banana clip

[@monroe8566]

same, i sure do miss the good old days when rome was falling 😢

[@nina.robbs565]

when I was a gay 12 year old on whisper, I got into a fight with some random person because I identified as genderfluid and went by slightly different names with my gender identity at the time, and they insisted I was suffering from Disassociative Identity Disorder. great times.

[@emmabrigham4211]

sarah getting emotional over that post about having to hide being gay actually made me tear up, my heart hurts knowing that there's people out there living in countries where they have to hide their love

[@hi-zt9sn]

y'all talking about religious trauma has helped me IMMENSELY. it is so refreshing to have it talked about, and Sarah, i appreciate when you comment on it because i am also a lesbian who has been through it with the southern baptist church. love this podcast

[@myssaalyssa]

[@fez284]

I hope you fully heal! I'm a gay man who grew up abandoned by my parents and had to be raised by a very strict and Catholic grandma. She attempted to send me to conversion camp and forced me to do all kinds of "pray the gay away" with priest. I was emotionally abused in many ways and it took a long time to heal. Just remember our community isn't perfect but we accept each other and help each other. I hope your chosen family keeps you safe and you get to heal as perfectly as you can. Sending good vibes 💜💜💜💜

[@hi-zt9sn]

@@fez284 Thank you so much. I needed to hear this right now :) I am so sorry for what you went through, but I am glad that you are far in your healing journey. sending good vibes back

[@karleevalentine7748]

Seriously I would love for them to do an episode/video talking about their religious trauma. Even if they are just making memes about it 😂

[@hi-zt9sn]

@@karleevalentine7748 Yes!!!

[@WickedRoze]

In my opinion, as a person with multiple psychology degrees, I feel as though the reason internet cruelty (especially when anonymized) is so deeply harmful is because we most often read those comments. Therefore, we read them in our heads in our own voices which makes it feel (unintentionally) like a typical day-to-day thought. So, it feels like we're telling it to ourselves thereby making us more likely to believe the cruelty. That's why I like the tip to read the bad comments in the voice of an awful 8 year old because then it separates the language from your voice. Idk if there's any research to back up this claim, but its something I feel like might have some backing in reality.

[@raquel-kk9gg]

This is a really interesting theory that would make a lot of sense

[@sammarie9077]

I like that idea of reading rude things like a shitty kid, it kind of makes it funny in a way

[@maiyakaeding3610]

okay but why did this information literally just change the internet for me. thank you

[@chloec4542]

This has Jenna and Julien Podcast energy and is exactly what I needed in my life

[@minnele3]

As a Latvian, I have to say, that probably more than 17 of us are watching you, Brittany. :D Greetings from Latvia ^.^ Love this pod and both of your content!

[@ieva.3806]

ayyyyy gang :)))

[@amandagrasmane9479]

I died at “all 17 of u guys”… there’s at least 23 Latvians tnx

[@kamackmac]

"I'd touch a dead body for free." Girl, technically I paid thousands to touch the inside of a man's skull. A&P I students in college were invited to see the higher-level classes' cadavers for dissection if they wanted. I (the quiet shy weirdo) asked if I could have some gloves to touch the inside of his head because his brain was out. The professor was ECSTATIC and immediately tossed me a pair of gloves. The good news is that a couple other students got brave enough to ask for gloves too!

[@SJisReading]

The professor was ecstatic to meet someone on their same level of weird.

[@KatBambi]

DUDE I am currently studying to become a forensic pathologist and I cannot WAIT until I get to the higher-level classes and it’s more hands on. It’s fascinating, and I completely understand.

[@gray9606]

So… how did the brain feel???

[@maliciousqueefer3427]

@@gray9606 I think it's probably squishy like wet earthworms

[@意地悪ちゃん]

my elementary school went to some science institute and let us touch a human brain for free. no cadaver tho :/

[@birdiehouse143]

1) you guys should make an lgbt episode and 2) I'm glad you guys are talking about the less fortunate countries that punish lgbt people, even if it's just a side rant while talking about anon websites. people need to talk about it more

[@drew2789]

I just looked at Queering the Map and its the most wholesome thing I've ever seen. One comment in Saudi Arabia was ''In another life I will love you as openly as I can'' 😭😭

[@casey.mcmahon]

never stop making this podcast, i would listen to you guys talking about absolutely anything.

[@leonas1201]

anonymity amongst online eating disorder forums is something i could talk about all day. in someways proana sites helped me out so much it made me feel less alone i could be so deeply honest with the girls on that forum but my god did the fact that we could say whatever we want get exploited. there's a website where people are registered as nothing other than a number on a thread and that website rips people to absolute shreds like just random people off the internet not even with massive followings there's pictures of random people in public there's so so many dark and dangerous tips and tricks (which by the way is HEAVILY looked down on). in my opinion proana isn't always pro anorexia as in promoting anorexia it's just not pro recovery. when you're stuck in the limbo of feeling lonely and lost in your disorder not wanting to get better but wanting support and help from people who understand exactly what you're going through it's a godsend and is definitely keeping people from ending their lives it definitely did for me. obviously there's always the black sheep who do use it to get worse or turn to it for tips but those people are not the people i'm talking about. anonymity in this environment was my saving grace for so long and as toxic as it can be without that anonymity i think it's safe to assume i wouldn't be here. in no way am i promoting this to people i am not looking to be chief of PR for these sites because of course they aren't promoting recovery which i always will encourage now. i feel like i've completely lost my point now lmao but anonymity is fully keeping people alive.

[@blaaarrgggggg]

Brittany's assigned FBI guy must have the greatest time watching her google history

[@lizsamyra9760]

I love how the way this podcast is outlined is similar to a school presentation only that it’s acceptable to go off topic and make jokes in between

[@alohomora0x]

I secretly listen to podcasts throughout my work day and I can’t listen to this one bc you guys are so effing funny and I lol everytime

[@mykahanderson9599]

😂love this

[@victoriap1649]

Hahaha there is literally no listening to this quietly, I have tried and failed too

[@t.c.4999]

So I listen at work a lot and my boss is always like - what are you loling so much about. I’m like - uh a podcast. But I can’t say what podcast cuz like, how do you explain this someone??

[@allana1997]

@@t.c.4999 make it sound professional “a social media manager and content creator discuss online spaces, social media regulations, long term trends, as well as emerging internet topics” idk what their job titles actually are but like you get it

[@mynameiskrysta]

I would love to see an episode about specific phobias

[@mynameiskrysta]

@Bones of Sire … anyways

[@dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348]

I‘m so confused at these comments

[@Mayannaise4]

its not internet based?

[@ejbeardall4370]

sometimes when i'm mad at my dad I go to his company's glassdoor and read the bad reviews about him

[@winedrinksitself]

I love watching these episode chronologically and watching brittany's laptop get more and more stickers

[@kayleemansfield2959]

As someone who also has 18 years of religious trauma, never stop making jokes about it. 🖤

[@emmaledesma7656]

omg absolutely wild that I was adding stories to queering the map right before this video! me and my friends love doing it on our campus bc we go to a catholic college. makes people feel less alone :,)

[@ArkadianDream]

I'm legitimately crying like a baby at the queer map segment. Sending my love to all our brothers and sisters and siblings living in places where they can't be who they are and love who they love freely 🌟

[@emclaire7027]

That one Nigerian entry from queering the map that Sarah read-oof. I had to pause so I wouldn’t start crying.

[@mentallyill.millenial]

As a millennial with childhood religious trauma, I say go full tilt and do a whole episode 😅 But fr, to those upset about their opinions and experience, maybe this isn't the space for you 😬✌️💜 with peace & love

[@mackenzieplumb3761]

I love how whenever one of them asks a wild or confusing question, the other tries to answer before admitting they have no idea.

[@joeborek33]

I once brought an app exactly like yik yak to my collage campus. I was the one to spread the word about it and in 24 hours it went from having 2 people on there to 2,500. The university found out it was me and assigned me 25 hours of community service to complete 1 month before I graduated

[@Weewoo5562]

legendary

[@basicbrittani]

Hell nah, you pay money to be there. They could’ve kissed my whole ass

[@aloeleaf]

Why would they do that LMFAOOO

[@ushijimas]

Talking about anonymity, when I was in middle school I used to use Facebook a lot, and most kids my age would too. I remember that some kids (never found out who, but I honestly have a feeling it was one kid who always used to bully me and countless others). They used to be called "Live Like [City Name]" and the such. They used to make photo albums with people in it, categorizing them by "the hottest", "the nerdiest", "the ugliest". I was put in the ugliest and it took a huge toll on my mental health and self-esteem. People truly don't know the repercussions if their actions. I still don't know who it was that put me in the category. But I was also called and commented that I looked like a "monkey" and that I was "ugly" by the guy I mentioned before. It just sucks and it contributed to a lot of stuff I feel about myself today. So to anyone reading this, think twice before saying something unkind on or offline.

[@TheGinaChan]

Yeah, that happened to me too.. it's so easy to crush a kid's spirit like that, I'm sorry it happened to you

[@Poisonousivie]

Please I need to hear Britney talk more about how fuked up tumblr made us all and personally herself obviously 😭😭😭😭😭

[@ariwilsonx]

15:25 I started crying. It's so sad and horrific that people have to live in so much fear...

[@morganhardin5219]

the parasocial I have with them is growing stronger every podcast, they are my besties

[@aliciau.6955]

literally omg

[@cheeriotomato]

Britney!!! I also am afraid of large things! Like airplanes in hangers, large displays at museums, everything! Everyone makes fun of me Also: I remember in high school I was in a really bad place mentally and anonymously put in an ask to a tumblr account asking for confessions and I said no one at my school would give me a chance and be my friend. Later someone else put in anonymous ask and said they would give me a chance. Probably the sweetest internet interaction I’ve ever had

[@spencerwilliams4413]

This episode made me understand why I would make up acts of bullying against me to tell my friends and loved ones. I never understood why I would lie about these things, let alone recognize it as a form of self harm. Thank you Brittany, thank you Sarah, this has genuinely helped me so much

[@purlshark1856]

I love this channel so much. It’s like hanging out with friends at a sleepover but I’m not emotionally exhausted after

[@JW-cvnt]

i love the increasing amount of beverages and snacks on the table each episode

[@roux5021]

As someone who is religious, I find it very helpful to hear about your religious trauma. Because there’s no doubt that many Christians have twisted Christianity to fit their hypocritical, personal agendas. It’s sick and so frustrating. So to me, it’s actually very helpful to get insight on where individuals feel the most hurt by organized religion so that I can prevent from making their mistakes. I want to have open, loving conversations with people about our faiths and understanding how some people might interpret or react to that is actually very beneficial!

[@Unhingedpistachio]

The part about queer mapping really both touched and hurt my heart 🥲 thanks Sarah for mentioning it 💖

[@roux5021]

My college frequently uses Yikyak. During warmer days, our campus Spiderman will let us know when he’s going to be walking around in costume. Really nice guy.

[@aspen1713]

Kept hearing Brittany's disembodied laugh in my dreams last night. :') I was just going around, doing my dream thing, and then out of nowhere I'd hear these omnipresent, surround sound scream-laughter. Guess my brain was really looking forward to a new episode, or something.

[@haley2176]

I realized I had megalophobia when I was driving through west Texas on the way to Lubbock on a 3 hour long country road and trucks hauling windmill turbine blades began passing me. I had to pull over mid panic attack, tuck into a ball and process reality until it passed. I was sweating, crying, shaking and gagging until they stopped. They’re fucking HUGE.

[@raemonahan7715]

as a transgender person, the queer map made my heart hurt and I wanna give all those people a huge hug. YALL ARE VALID

[@rosaknecht]

i love how they always talk about Brittany being a maximalist and Sarah being more of a minimalist and their desk sides are the best example. Like Britney has three types of Drinks, a bag of Cheetos and a polaroid on her side and Sarah has one singular waterbottle.

[@caitlynedwards7614]

At my college, there was always a survey at the end of the class (sort of like Rate My Professor but with actual paper) and it was anonymous. It was basically so the school could determine if the class and/or teacher would be at the school the following year.

[@baddielaptop2714]

Y'all are so right about there being way too many anonymous apps! If someone wants to send someone hate, they will. That's a different type of salt and hatred. They shouldn't exist in the first place, its just a way to exploit our cowardliness.

[@kathrynwolfe1287]

So much respect for Sarah for doing her aunt's funeral makeup! I watch a lot of Ask a Mortician, and one of her big things is that more people should be involved in death directly like that, especially with their family/loved ones. So that kind of thing really gets me excited lol.

[@TacoAmigo777]

I cannot wait to listen to this episode. I swear y’all make our weeks all the better :] love y’all so much! This idea might already be on your to-do list, but an alpha male phenomenon episode would be so funny. Toxic stan culture, history of men /neg, education in the U.S., and pretty privilege are also some other ideas.

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

Sarah making me laugh hysterically at the Jimin burner account to making me cry over queering the map is a perfect example of why this pod is so good. We got LAYERS of experience here 💅✨❤️

[@stickinug]

Omg trolls would be so much more entertaining if they doled out riddles what a great idea

[@alexusmorrison4195]

every so often we must reinvent the riddler. who’s gonna be the batman of the internet?

[@daniela1206]

My university does something similar, they have an anonymous rating system and a list of questions you have to fill out about the professor, and I've noticed the professors that aren't very good tend to not encourage students to take these questionnaires while good professors I've had want to know what they can do better. If your university or college does this tho, be honest in the forms, I've heard from professors that no one can get fired for negative questionnaires but they might change the class they teach or take some other actions to try and improve their classes.

[@kaemincha]

i go OFFFFF in our student surveys!! if a professor is horrid, i let em know, but at the same time, if a professor is wonderful, i sing their praises! its the one time you really get to give your college feedback, so make use of it people!

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

@@kaemincha me too haha every year I end mine with something like "AND YET AGAIN ___ IS CARRYING THIS PLACE THANK YOU ___ AND ____ FOR BEING MORE THAN WE DESERVE" bc some staff really do be picking up the pieces of their colleagues' lack of support

[@kaycem]

OMG I DIDN'T KNOW MEGALOPHOBIA WAS A THING when i see cruise ships up close it freaks me tf out. it's mainly only man-made stuff but being close to mountains or on the ocean gives the same feeling. i didn't immediately clock that those were _humans_ on the chains 😮‍💨 hate that

[@alysonford8491]

I watch/listen at the gym, and do not allow myself to do it unless I’m at the gym. Thank you, as this is a significant portion of why I come. SAVING LIVES

[@juliahardt9573]

My boyfriend of 2 years and I actually met through whisper! I never felt comfortable talking to anyone I knew about my mental health, so I used to vent/talk to people about it on whisper. He sent me memes one day to cheer me up, and eventually after talking for a while we decided to meet (:

[@mads6412]

no bc an episode on like trendy internet fears would be everything. How many ppl would say they have fears of little holes if we didn't learn that on tumblr!!!

[@kaitlyyyynnnnn]

omg this episode brought back this incident that happened in my high school 6+ years ago where a bunch of people were using the after school app to target this one girl who was 2 grades above me by making a literal thread of posts saying she slept with a handful of guys at a party and left with another guy, slept with her best friend’s boyfriend not long after, threatening to send out her lewds, etc. it got so bad to the point where the girl who was the subject of the posts borderline severely assaulted this guy after he called her out in front of everyone during class switch. not long after she moved away and ever since then i haven’t seen or heard of her, given that all of her socials at that time became deleted. the whole situation was just so f--- from start to finish. it goes to show that people will do and say anything harmful as long as there’s an anonymous option for them.

[@mackenziecwill]

We’re all crying with Sarah over Queering the Map, right?

[@hopkinar]

I am an assistant professor of journalism at Augusta University in Georgia, and I used this podcast as part of a lecture for my Social Media and Audience class today. We had a great discussion on the pros and cons of anonymity online, and discussed whether it should be considered a first amendment right protected by free speech. Thanks for the inspiration and the fun and informative content. I very much enjoy your podcast each week.

[@ciaranzornes6759]

I love how y’all hold Christian’s accountable for the shit we say and do there needs to be more of it in day to day life

[@lindseyw3392]

I knew I had megalophobia when I went to the national air and space museum where they have actual rocket engines you can stand next to. They're big enough for an adult to comfortably stand inside, and I imagined it turning on spontaneously and completely disintegrating my whole body. It doesn't help that the lighting in that room is super spooky and dark to remind you of space.

[@ruthbeirnes8231]

y'all need to do an episode purely on the tumblr era in 2014, its not a want, its a need :)

[@fob4life85721]

When I was about to finish up 8th grade in the spring of 2011, I found out that my “best friend” at the time was the one anonymously telling me to kill myself on FormSpring every day, amongst other horrendous things. From January to May I had someone tell me to kill myself every day, make fun of my trauma and other things I was going through that year, and just generally bullying me. I would often to go a few of my best friends upset about this, especially this one girl. I turned to her at my breaking point when the messages almost became too much. She knew how hurt I was. I later found out at the end of May when one of my other best friends used the other girls iPod touch to check her own FormSpring. She saw that the other girls account was still logged in and managed to see every message she ever sent anyone else, both public ones and anon ones. Sure enough, it was flooded with the girl I thought was my best friend bullying me relentlessly every day, as she was the one I would turn to when I was hurt and at my breaking point over those messages. I’m now almost 25 and to this day I wonder what she gained from doing all of that, as well as why a website like that was ever up and running. My heart aches for everyone else who has been hurt by the hands of someone anonymously on websites like Ask FM.

[@katietye3673]

Every time you do the criminally listed voice I lose it 😂

[@nmgentzz11]

as someone with religious trauma and all my friends either weren’t raised religious or are still religious and don’t have trauma from it. when y’all talk about religion or religious trauma i absolutely LOVE it bc no one else gets it

[@lucyhouse]

“ I’d touch a dead person for Free!” … All I needed to hear this week!! Sarah Rocks 🤘💜🤘😂😂 My Best backhanded and forward handed compliment I get .. “ your pretty for an old lady 👵🏻 “ 😌😁

[@ez6025]

i’m 21 and yik yak was a very big issue during my sophomore year of high school. it ended up being banned from our wifi and since the school was deliberately a dead zone without wifi, no one could use it on school grounds unless they wanted to bring their own source of internet entirely. this rumor started that this one girl had “blue waffles” and this one guy in athletics had people speaking in iambic pentameter about his ass (and a smaller group of fans wishing he were gay and speculating abt his sexuality.) the school set up its own app service specific to our district to report bullying/general scary behavior (like a kid discussing the trials and tribulations of the trench coat mafia a little too boldly or someone possibly planning to hurt themselves,) anonymously. everyone was scared about just how anonymous it was, regardless of what we were promised. i don’t think it was used more than four times with results by the end of the next school year.

[@aliciairis2157]

i did not expect to ever cry to one of these podcasts. i really just shed tears over queering the map.

[@thisisabookchannel]

Sarah tearing up talking about Queering the Map also made me tear up 🥺

[@annalese135]

I remember, when I was in middle school, a girl in the grade above me was getting cyber-bullied on one of those apps (I think it was Whisper). Her brother ended up getting in a fight with someone over it and he got his head slammed into the concrete. They both got suspended for a while. I don't remember who was doing it. Middle school was crazy...

[@haley9629]

It's really interesting to hear the perspective of someone who is afraid of giant things while, on the flip side, others take a lot of comfort from it

[@mdunn8096]

genuinely started screaming when sarah said "you're unfuckable and its in Leviticus" and when brittany started doing the Chills voice 💀

[@jhobbi9255]

We had an anonymous app called street chat when I was in high school. They banned it from my high school when we got #1 in the country. They did not like the shit we were posting and told us we shouldn’t be proud of our #1 status.

[@Benheartsart]

#1 in what lmao

[@jhobbi9255]

@@Benheartsart idk just in votes or activity or something on the app. idk how they decided who the number 1 school is

[@arenrose_]

When I was in highschool, everyone but me seemed to have Ask FM. Apparently there was someone on there saying I was gay(which was true), but everyone thought it was me testing the waters with people about my queerness😅

[@LostLifetimes]

I feel like Yikyak got shut down for one other reason besides cyberbullying too…the amount of people who used it to make drug deal connections was IMMENSE

[@leileibear981]

When Britney looked up the cloaca I died for a good 5 minutes. Her reaction was priceless

[@AbbyAwesomebubbles]

No joke, this has finally filled the space left by the Jenna and Julian Podcast.

[@hayleyquinnx94]

So I went to the school that Hannah Smith did, though I didn't know her personally, but I know that Ask FM looked into the IP addresses of the people who sent her the messages and it was revealed she sent them to herself the entire time, like you mentioned with the self bullying. She had been both a bully and a victim of bullying at various stages and had been ideating for some time on social media where her friends but not family could see it so it seems there was a lot of things going on in the background. Her sister had also gotten into fights with other students on behalf of hannah I believe, so I think there's likely more going on at home than was ever reported. All schools have bullying but I know that that area is mostly okay for it but its not hard to do things out of sight of teachers honestly the class sizes are big enough and the schools big enough that it wouldn't be seen. There's a lot of kids there from middle to low income backgrounds and there's consequently a lot of kids dealing with rough shit that they come to school and take out on others. It's not a physically threatening environment so much as the bullying is very catty and bitchy and sort of psychological in nature. I was mostly ignored and not noticed but I still had a horrible time there.

[@DiMagnolia]

THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT RELIGIOUS TRAUMA. I have so much trauma from growing up Mormon in Utah that still gets me even though I stopped going 7 years ago when I was 18 and moved out. I'm queer, AFAB, and a person of color so the amount of self-hatred and internalized homophobia, racism, transphobia, misogyny they instilled in me is incredible.

[@hiehlplol]

Whisper is so unhinged and chaotic I love it 😆

[@Rayneworld]

I love the religious jokes as a lesbian who also has religious trauma. I don't think I've ever seen anyone online talk about it, so it's nice to hear others talk about

[@cantstopthewind]

As someone with a ton of both resolved and unresolved religious trauma from growing up in the bible belt and deep in the Appalachian mountains, please don't stop sharing about your own religious trauma. It helps to hear from other people.

[@georgiakuchinsky]

the fact that brittany's only been to one funeral is absolutely wild to me. i've been to two a year since i was a little kid, people in my life are dying at a rapid pace i guess.

[@ElpSmith]

I can’t believe we’re already on Episode 10! So hyped 🥳

[@amishprincess28]

as someone with religious trauma who still considers herself religious i love when yall make jokes about it. the homophobia and double standards and general awfulness needs to be called out!! pls keep doing it

[@marthag6708]

When I was in Uni we got a bomb threat through YikYak. We were on lock down for 2 hours. I was in psychology of sleep class so we got to sleep if we wanted to. BTW, i was the only one in my class that knew what to do about active threat protocols because of where I went to high school...

[@Doodlehummingbirdspittle]

The slight reference to Sarah's mom on Facebook it's my favorite thing to listen for

[@jessebeeson29]

Brittany and Sarah talking about crypto currency gives off the same vibe as walking into a university class that you forgot about until half way through the trimester. love these two ❤️

[@m.s.flores]

52:04 Sarah's silent reaction has me DYING

[@tommardel9792]

Sarah getting teary omg I’m sobbing

[@hayleebondora2827]

The dead body in a controlled setting legit made me scream out loud. I love you guys. Ughhhh

[@brittanyhepfer1255]

Exactly what I needed today!!! 💖 Thank you and never stop the podcast lol 😆😅