Unexpected Absurdity

Poobette

A video podcast where we explore the world unconventionally, and seek unexpected absurdity. Take a digital road trip to strangely named small towns, fall down the Wikipedia Clickhole, and ponder strange crimes and news. Videos al on YouTube: https://youtube.com/poobette

  1. 06/09/2022

    I Read an Insufferable 6,400-Word Profile Piece on Meghan Markle

    Yes, I really read aloud the entire 6,400-word article. As we meet at the crossroads of wry sarcasm and insufferable celebrity worship cringe, we will ask: on which of these two paths is this piece? What were these people paid $125M for? And why do they want to believe they're suffering so badly? I was left basically speechless, so this is a bit of a one-off with no commentary. The Original Article Meghan of Montecito by Allison P. Davis, published in The Cut on August 29, 2022 To Allison P. Davis: please take no offense at this video/attempt at humor; I enjoyed reading your article and found it to be an interesting window into Meghan Markle :) To my three viewers: please appreciate the writer and don't be hating. Best bits 00:00 Intro 02:23 Climate-controlled and marshmallowy 02:47 Meghan Markle's secret 06:35 The tiny Bachelor producer 07:04 Content, babyyy 09:48 Bombshells, and racism against babies 11:04 Blowouts and orgies 12:09 A tony typo 12:24 Millionaires feel poor 13:07 Romantic palm trees 13:40 Healing for $14.65M 14:25 Advice to little girls 15:43 Harry earns himself so many points 16:31 World's weirdest office 17:57 What $125M in contracts gets you 18:33 WTF were they paid for? 20:33 Creepy 21:22 Did you learn this? I didn't 24:49 The hard life of a millionaire 27:26 Endless humblebrags 28:33 This paragraph followed by this photo 29:35 "Uncomfortable" 30:14 More pretending to be poor 30:21 Meghan = Mandela 31:10 The writer predicts this video 33:10 The most mundane paragraph of all time 33:51 Generosity, caught conveniently by a reporter 35:10 The beatboxing bit from the intro 35:41 Still healing 35:52 "Do you like that?" 36:24 The hilarious conclusion

    37 min
  2. 21/02/2022

    IRL Fight Club: More Funny Crimes in the Citizen App

    🚨 The Citizen app alerts you to nearby crimes, but it's also where Fight Club happens in a grocery store basement, toads get arrested, and people upload videos of their feet. So come - let us tour some of the funniest incidents together. For the third time! Let me know if you enjoyed the best of the Citizen app. Which crime was most funny to you? 👍 Please like or subscribe if you enjoyed! Previous Citizen app videos with more funny crimes: ------------------ Busted 1: WHAT DID YOU GET BUSTED FOR?? https://youtu.be/yRSqH0x7dok Busted 2: Crazies Out In Full Force https://youtu.be/gPmkjnN-GbU ------------------ 🗓 Partial itinerary ------------------ 00:00 Welcome! 00:35 First crime of the day 01:15 Wooden sticks 02:24 Fashionable theft 02:43 Drive-by fruiting 03:31 Raccoon vs. world 04:02 Toxic masculinity 04:59 Rock, Paper, Scissors 06:01 Public works protest 06:44 Fight Club 07:00 A lucky 420 07:25 Good boy goes to Walgreens 07:53 A bar fight 09:09 Best unfounded report ever 09:42 Foot-age 10:07 How to make a spear 10:34 Rogue toad 11:38 A chair wielder ------------------ 🎵 Music (all licensed through Epidemic Sound) ------------------ Intro and outro music: Eastern Shades by Matt Large ------------------ 🎨 Resources ------------------ Select images and other content licensed through Envato Elements, Pexels, Wikimedia Commons, and Pixabay. Memes are... well, memes. ------------------ ❤️ Special Thanks ------------------ Big thanks to the Citizen app from which to make content. This video would be quite literally nowhere without it.

    13 min
  3. Life's a B*tche: Small French Town vs Facebook

    11/02/2022

    Life's a B*tche: Small French Town vs Facebook

    🇫🇷 Today we head to a wonderfully named small town in France that recently went head to head against The Zuck to revive its Facebook page. We’ll explore its medieval history, revel in Google Translate working hard on its official website, and sample a local tattoo parlor in street view. 👍 Please like or subscribe if you enjoyed! ------------------ 🗓 Itinerary ------------------ 00:00 Hello world 00:47 BBC news article about their FB page 02:41 Rohrbach-les-Bitche 03:37 F***king, Austria 03:57 The Bitche Wikipedia page 05:14 Some photos of the town 05:51 Google maps 06:41 Street view 07:18 The official website 08:42 CELTIC NIGHT meets Google Translate 09:25 Medieval festival photos 09:50 The scene of the crime: the Facebook page ------------------ ♥️ Follow Poobette on social media ------------------ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poobettetv Twitter: https://twitter.com/poobette Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/poobettetv Website: http://poobette.com/ ------------------ 🎵 Music (all licensed through Epidemic Sound) ------------------ Title and end card music: Eastern Shades by Matt Large ------------------ 🎨 Resources ------------------ Thumbnail image of College Saint-Augustin de Bitche © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) Select images and other content licensed through Envato Elements, Giphy, Pexels, Wikimedia Commons, and Pixabay. Memes are... well, memes.

    11 min

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A video podcast where we explore the world unconventionally, and seek unexpected absurdity. Take a digital road trip to strangely named small towns, fall down the Wikipedia Clickhole, and ponder strange crimes and news. Videos al on YouTube: https://youtube.com/poobette