I'M FROM THE INTERNET

Winslow Dumaine & Jay Brandstetter
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I'M FROM THE INTERNET

SomethingAwful.com is one of the foundational websites of modern internet culture: the earliest memes, inside jokes, and modes of communication that grace and plague the internet today can trace their roots back to the sprawling forums of this illustrious website. Hosted by Jay Brandstetter and Winslow Dumaine, this podcast dredges up the most notable threads from the depths of the forums. We delve into the absurd architecture of Groverhaus, explore the very beginning of 4Chan, the early days of master poster Dril, examine the discovery and ruination of Chris-Chan, and recount the day when the despised owner of the website, Richard “Lowtax“ Kyanka fought the disgraced filmmaker Uwe Boll in a boxing match, and more. We’re diving into the archives so you don’t have to. Winslow Dumaine is a comedian and illustrator out of Chicago. He’s opened for Kyle Kinane, Dave Ross, and Sam Tallent, and toured with Derek Sheen. His debut work of fiction is The Tarot Restless, a hand illustrated deck of tarot cards and a book of short stories. His next work is a cooperative tabletop card game called RESTLESS, the discord for which is available here. Jay Brandstetter is an internet historian and online content creator out of his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. In addition to a lifetime of firsthand research on the Something Awful forums and elsewhere, he created the popular Twitter account "crazy ass moments in Something Awful history", has over 100,000 views on YouTube, and over 3 million on TikTok. His ongoing work is The Greymuzzle Archives, a series of long-form interviews of elder members of the furry fandom. This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Heroin and HondaRider271 (Part Two)

    Right at the beginning of the third wave of America's opioid crisis, the moderator of The Heroin Thread makes a series of bad calls that will define the rest of his online life. You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0 You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIHeroinHondaPodDoc Bumper Music: ALL - World's On Heroin Everclear - Heroin Girl Grandmaster Melle Mel ‎- White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About Youtrr Neil Young - The Needle and the Damage Done For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Created and Hosted by: Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/ Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter PO Box 2750 Ventor City, NJ 08406 Produced and Edited by: Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 25m

  2. FEB 20

    Heroin and HondaRider271 (Part One)

    I'M FROM THE INTERNET and The Crackhead Clubhouse go together like morphinane alkaloids and acetyl substituents. Just like the subject of our episode! This one is less of a science lesson and more a reminder that you definitely should not do heroin. You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0 You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIHeroinHondaPodDoc Bumper Music: Alice in Chains - Junkhead Ministry - Just One Fix Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell Marilyn Manson - Dried Up, Tied, and Dead to the World Nine Inch Nails - Hurt (Quiet) For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Created and Hosted by: Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/ Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter PO Box 2750 Ventor City, NJ 08406 Produced and Edited by: Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 22m

  3. FEB 12

    Korn.jpg

    Imagine a dangerously large image. Big enough to crash a browser. Big enough to destroy websites. Over two decades ago, this image existed. And it came from the Yorba Linda Water Disctrict. You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0 You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIkorndotjpegdoc For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Created and Hosted by: Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/ Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter PO Box 2750 Ventor City, NJ 08406 Produced and Edited by: Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 10m

  4. FEB 5

    Texarrakis (Part Three)

    Fort Awesome is being erected. Storm clouds loom on the horizon. Forget your crysknife, we've got katanas. You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0 You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodTexarrakisDooc For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Created and Hosted by: Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/ Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter PO Box 2750 Ventor City, NJ 08406 Produced and Edited by: Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 29m

  5. JAN 30

    Texarrakis (Part Two)

    The Texarrakis are finally setting out on their trip to build Fort Awesome. The Goons are getting stir-crazy long before their subjects ever get the chance to. Bumper Music: Astral Projection - Ambient Galaxy Meat Puppets - Plateau I Am X - The Stupid, The Proud Tool - Hooker With A Penis Nine Inch Nails - The Great Destroyer The Black Mages - J-E-N-O-V-A You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0 You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodTexarrakisDooc For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Created and Hosted by: Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/ Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter PO Box 2750 Ventor City, NJ 08406 Produced and Edited by: Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 24m

  6. JAN 22

    Texarrakis (Part One)

    I said I would not mock them, and I shall not. But Texarrakis is Texarrakis. And the desert makes a mockery of us all. My forum. My post. My Goon. Four optimistic but woefully unprepared Boston Hipsters are about to try their hand at building an off-grid settlement on a budget with the whole internet watching. Bumper Music: Hans Zimmer - Paul's Dream Orbital - Desert Storm Underworld - Texas The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds Powerman5000 - 20 Miles to Texas, 25 to Hell You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0 You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodTexarrakisDooc For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Created and Hosted by: Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/ Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter PO Box 2750 Ventor City, NJ 08406 Produced and Edited by: Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 27m

  7. JAN 16

    Bushman's Feral Hog Bloodlust (Part Two)

    I know we're not great about content warnings, but seriously if listening to someone breathlessly describe skewering animals with a mail-order spear would ruin your day skip this one. But remember: ultimately, it's for the environment. Bumper Music: Nine Inch Nails - Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) Michael Boyd and Gary Malkin - Unsolved Mysteries Theme Ministry - No W Space Cat - Space Cats KMFDM - A Drug Against War Utah Saints - Utah Saints take on the theme from Mortal Kombat You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0 You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIBushmanHogBloodDoc For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Created and Hosted by: Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/ Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter PO Box 2750 Ventor City, NJ 08406 Produced and Edited by: Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 39m

  8. JAN 8

    Bushman's Feral Hog Bloodlust (Part One)

    Being a nerd means sometimes you're in the right place at the right time to be on the cutting edge of an emerging field. In the early 2010s unmanned aerial vehicles were taking off, and one enterprising model rocketry nerd was in the right place at the right time to ride them to hog heaven. Or hog hell, depending on how you look at it. Lots of (invasive) animal death in this one! Bumper Music: Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs Pig Destroyer - The Torture Fields Slayer - Killing Fields Pink Floyd - Pigs (Three Different Ones) Fear Factory - Acres of Skin You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0 You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIBushmanHogBloodDoc For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Created and Hosted by: Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/ Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter PO Box 2750 Ventor City, NJ 08406 Produced and Edited by: Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 8m
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SomethingAwful.com is one of the foundational websites of modern internet culture: the earliest memes, inside jokes, and modes of communication that grace and plague the internet today can trace their roots back to the sprawling forums of this illustrious website. Hosted by Jay Brandstetter and Winslow Dumaine, this podcast dredges up the most notable threads from the depths of the forums. We delve into the absurd architecture of Groverhaus, explore the very beginning of 4Chan, the early days of master poster Dril, examine the discovery and ruination of Chris-Chan, and recount the day when the despised owner of the website, Richard “Lowtax“ Kyanka fought the disgraced filmmaker Uwe Boll in a boxing match, and more. We’re diving into the archives so you don’t have to. Winslow Dumaine is a comedian and illustrator out of Chicago. He’s opened for Kyle Kinane, Dave Ross, and Sam Tallent, and toured with Derek Sheen. His debut work of fiction is The Tarot Restless, a hand illustrated deck of tarot cards and a book of short stories. His next work is a cooperative tabletop card game called RESTLESS, the discord for which is available here. Jay Brandstetter is an internet historian and online content creator out of his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. In addition to a lifetime of firsthand research on the Something Awful forums and elsewhere, he created the popular Twitter account "crazy ass moments in Something Awful history", has over 100,000 views on YouTube, and over 3 million on TikTok. His ongoing work is The Greymuzzle Archives, a series of long-form interviews of elder members of the furry fandom. This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Winslow Dumaine & Jay Brandstetter
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    80
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jay Brandstetter & Winslow Dumaine
  • Show Website
    I'M FROM THE INTERNET

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