In summer of 2011, Something Awful's fitness subforum hosted a thread obsessed with the concept of a diet low in carbohydrates not only as a way of losing weight but as a miracle cure for everything that ailed them. Then in fall of 2011, a previously healthy 21 year-old goon was prescribed statins by his doctor due to eating nothing but peanut butter, eggs, bacon, and hot dogs for weeks at the encouragement of the low-carb thread.

This episode is not an attack on the concept of a low-carb diet, it is a case study in the Goon tendency to let their geeky love of optimizing and minmaxing spill over into other aspects of their lives with disastrous results. And you better believe the low-carbers have some incredibly funny and unique takes on vegetarians!

You can review the Google Doc of this episode for sources and documentation.at https://tinyurl.com/CarbGoonPodDoc

For inquiries, contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://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

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The deceptive allure of the mystery box is something everyone has to learn to innoculate themselves from at one point or another. For most of us it is a metaphorical mystery box that confounds. like a TV show that keep stringing you along season after season without providing answer. But for an unfortunate few goons in the summer of 2010 it was a literal mystery box that was dangled in front of them like Lucy holding the football in front of Charlie Brown and assuring him that this time she would really let him kick it.

You can review the Google Doc of this episode for sources and documentation.at https://tinyurl.com/BoxMysteryPodDoc

For inquiries, contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://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.

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Resuming from last episode, Ben Solovey's restoration of Manos: The Hands of Fate is underway but the nefarious Rupert Munch continues to use legal threats and alleged subterfuge to keep the restoration of Manos: The Hands of Fate from eclipsing his own project. Will he succeed? Will the backers receive their Blu-Rays? Why did Super Hornio Brothers come up? All this and more in the exciting conclusion!

You can review the Google Doc of this episode at the link below for sources and documentation.

https://tinyurl.com/ManosRestorationPodDoc

You can contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://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.

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In 1966, an El Paso fertilizer salesman named Harold P. Warren created a movie called Manos: The Hands of Fate.

In 1993, the comedy program Mystery Science Theater 3000 released an episode dedicated to Manos that enshrined it in the pantheon of bad movies and created generations of fans.

Then in 2011, a Something Awful poster named Ben Solo found the pristine workprint of Manos: The Hands of Fate at an estate sale and kicked off a years-long odyssey of trying to get the film the restoration and preservation it deserved while fending off bad actors that wanted to turn his discovery into their payday.

Tune in next week for the conclusion of this story!

You can review the Google Doc of this episode at the link below for sources and documentation.

https://tinyurl.com/ManosRestorationPodDoc

You can contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://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.

Muerte is about to start his hike across America. How far will he go? Will he survive? Is this all a grift? All these questions and more may be answered on this week's episode of I'M FROM THE INTERNET!

You can review the Google Doc of this episode at the link below for sources and documentation.

https://tinyurl.com/MuerteMarchPodDoc

You can contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://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.

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For our first real episode, we discuss one of the most-requested stories from the Twitter account: The story of a bored mid-20s Californian who decided the cure for his mental illnesses and the ennui of comfortable middle-class life was quitting his job and walking across America coast-to-coast in the middle of summer with little preparation and ignoring the guidance of experienced backpackers telling him that he was ill-equipped and the route would likely kill even an experienced long-distance hiker. To keep a sustainable weekly release schedule, for the time being,we're going to be splitting episodes in two so tune in next Wednesday for the exciting conclusion to Muerte's saga!

You can watch Winslow's newest Thalia Hall opening set that he mentions in the episode at https://youtu.be/bbsIamivgCI

You can review the Google Doc of this episode at the link below for sources and documentation. Please be considerate of listeners who wish to remain unspoiled until the second episode has dropped and they've had a chance to listen to the conclusion. Seriously, if people are jerks about this I just won't post the doc until the second half of the episode drops.

https://tinyurl.com/MuerteMarchPodDoc

Also, the show has a YouTube channel now! I uploaded a video related to this episode, while you're there feel free to subscribe to get whatever other old internet content I archive there and possibly get some sneak peeks at the subjects of future episodes!

https://youtu.be/o5LRZ7xvM5E

You can contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://killhamster.bandcamp.com

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.

In our inaugural episode, hosts Winslow Dumaine and Jay Brandstetter introduce themselves and their internet bona fides. Jay gives a broad overview of the Something Awful forums, their historical significance, some baseline knowledge of the forum's culture and inner-workings, and a breakdown of each of the major subforums with some teaser of stories to look forward to in future episode.

The show's typical format is going to have each episode focus on a particular story or saga from the history of the Something Awful forums, so be sure to tune in next episode for your first taste of the show proper!

You can contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://killhamster.bandcamp.com

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.