Can we get "We never spoke at the Spaghetti Factory, Larry" in random.txt??
Jesse did the Kiwifarms story, Katie did the one on Rick, that's why it was terrible and poorly researched. I started listening after Jesse did a pretty fair job on The Farms, but this was just terrible. You have to build the story with all of the small lies he tells, so by the time you get to him vandalizing his bike and SWATTTTTTtttturrrring himself, it's believable. This was presented as "this forum is SWATing this guy and saying he's doing it".
I knew a guy who worked at a record store that was closing down. Someone from the local paper went to interview him about it and asked, "Would you say this was a place for the local teens to hang out?" and he answered, "No, people pretty much come here to buy records and leave." The story quoted him as saying, "It was a place for the local teens to hang out." That was the vibe of this podcast.
Speaking of podcasts, can I stop following Obscura now? Is he done with the SFWA?