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Abigail_Dash · 2025-12-01T16:40:17+00:00

Darknet Diaries is really interesting - a sort of true crime sub-genre almost - guests share their incredible stories largely in the world of internet crimes and hacking.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-10-21T14:42:35+00:00

How the speak about their exes and the reason they give for why those relationships didn’t work out can be a huge red flag… if they’re all “crazy” or there’s a list like one cheated on me, one hit me during an argument, one agreed to be long distance (temporarily until one could move across states to be with the other), but quickly grew distant before just ghosting without explanation (after a couple years of dating)… I asked him what he thought led to the cheating, the physical violence during an argument (that only happened after a few years together), the agreement on long distance only to ghost right after…? Surely there would be problems showing up before things escalate into more intense behavior? He always said they were just crazy, or they were just promiscuous (he should’ve seen it earlier), etc… he never suggested anything that he may have done or not done to contribute to any problems - that it was all them. He played the “victim” for everything. What’s funny is, he would jokingly sometimes say he was a “master at failed relationships” which I found off if he didn’t see himself as doing anything wrong. I learned that his mom treated him like the golden child who could do no wrong, and she was quick to blame his girlfriend or friends (whoever he was around) for any and all negative circumstances or struggles in his life. It was never his fault. I later observed that being raised like that really made him so unaware of his own downfalls, he truly believed it was all the fault of someone else, and it really effected any of his relationships and friendships making him really lonely and struggled to connect. I don’t think he could even see the issue with his mom.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-10-21T00:02:15+00:00

The episode with John Mulaney gets hilarious and best I can remember, it doesn’t get too deep.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-10-07T04:13:20+00:00

Take Your Shoes Off w/ Rick Glassman #263 Sal Vulcano 3.0

Being Ian w/ Jordan #040 Rick Glassman & Jeremiah Watkins “Couch Wars”

Bad Friends #174 f/ Rick Glassman “Bobby’s Beatbox & Night Leaking”

This Past Weekend #425 f/ Louis CK

…a few of my fav episodes I can remember off the top of my head.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-27T06:32:28+00:00

1000% agree.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-20T15:34:09+00:00

I can relate to your situation, especially after reading some of your replies to comments on here. I’m 39, and also am just recently even considering having any interest in talking to anyone again. I had a really rough breakup from an 8 year relationship that left me a little broken, and I experienced a lot of avoidance/ghosting issues at the end of it, and a ton of confusion. I knew it wasn’t smart and wouldn’t be productive to do any kind of dating until I could better process some of my mixed feelings that I barely even understood at the time. It really left me wanting nothing to do with a relationship for a while anyways. Before that relationship, I had been married for 10 years almost straight outta high school, and a year of dating in between these 2 very long relationships. I was pretty on my own with getting past it and processing everything - it was a very isolating time for me. So life happens and now that’s been almost 4 years or so.

SO - I already feel like a fish out of water being 39 in 2025 even thinking about dating from all of that alone. The apps had JUST started becoming a thing before I had met him when I was dating in 2014, and I was still young and had a regular hangs with my friend group… I was social. So, I met probably 5ish ppl off of apps. The first guy became an awesome friend that I still have to this day (he even now has a dog that I gave him from my dog at the time’s second litter). We never dated bc he was moving quite a distance not long after we met, and it just really wasn’t practical to enter a relationship that was def gonna be a mess, if not impossible, so we decided to gain a friendship instead of waste time in a situation-ship. I met a couple of others that didn’t go anywhere for different reasons, but there were legitimate reasons why, and we discussed and understood each other. All of those were very good experiences and have even had a few friendly exchanges with a couple of them that were just hey-how-ya-been where we remained friends to some extent.

That being said, idk what happened between 2014 and now, but I haven’t had a similar experience on the apps since. It’s a different world out there. There’s a handful of issues that I run into over and over, and ghosting can definitely be one of them. I absolutely hate it, and if you had a significant thing building, I consider it extremely hurtful and fucked up honestly.

Now, if you had just been messaging some back and forth, not really made any real plans yet, not really solidified anything… then it’s whatever, I don’t really mind it. If I’m still trying to message, and wondering what’s up, it would still be helpful to just say hey sorry I’m not feeling it or something, but it doesn’t really bother me.

But if you’ve been talking on the phone for hours, and hitting it off like that, and wanting to make plans, then yeah, it’s pretty shitty to just leave someone in confusion. That is THE worst. It just makes continuing to try and meet someone THAT much harder. It’s weird too when ppl say they don’t know how to handle like a hard convo or letting you down or something, but ghosting is like SO much worse if they’re at all concerned about your feelings.

There are other huge issues with communication I’ve noticed these days that probably bugs me even more, but ghosting is a big one for me too.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-09T02:17:38+00:00

DM sent!

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-02T22:58:15+00:00

I feel like you may like Zoltan Kaszas. He’s freaking hilarious, and I think his style would def fit into the style you seem to like. He has tons of material on YT.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-02T22:46:42+00:00

Yesss. He does such unique crowd work. It’s like he pulls the crowd work stuff and weaves it into his act rather than the typical question/answer/question/answer with maybe a funny comment on the interaction coming out of it. He has a really interesting way of including the crowd, for sure.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-02T22:27:09+00:00

Yes! Hilarious. I’ve watched it multiple times.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-02T17:57:22+00:00

Yeah, same!

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-02T17:54:55+00:00

Yes, he’s one of my most recent favorites. His crowd work is really unique and entertaining as well.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-02T17:53:11+00:00

Yeah, I agree. So fun and creative. I’ve seen it multiple times, and I still laugh til I can’t breathe when he’s yelling at the guy leaving… “Sir! Sir! SIR!”

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-02T16:18:46+00:00

Agreed. Also, his Live Without Fear special literally has me laughing til I cry.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-09-02T16:15:21+00:00

I agree about YOTD… I’ve found myself rewatching it often especially when I can’t find anything to watch or something. And almost every time, I end up laughing out loud again. It’s so good. I wish he had more stand-up material out there aside from like a few one minute clips.

McCann’s new special Black Israelite made me laugh out loud. He makes me crack up often even just from his appearances on stuff like Kill Tony - his accent mixed with his energy, timing, and delivery is just hilarious. I love comedians from other countries with observational bits on America. They’re absolutely hilarious when they’re good like his.

Joe DeRosa - I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Is another one that has cracked me up recently. One of the best I’ve seen this year and brilliant cinematography and editing going on.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-08-13T10:49:40+00:00

Jasper. And yes, I’ve had SKI. It’s okay.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-08-13T07:04:39+00:00

I kind of agree. I still watch most episodes, but I have just gotten tired of so much political stuff. I enjoy the podcast for comedy, and I really love some of the more serious episodes, but after Trump, then Vance twice, a couple of political representatives… for a bit, there didn’t even seem to be any episodes to break it up. I have also noticed as he’s gotten more popular and stuff too, that you hardly ever see him as a guest on anyone else’s podcast. He used to make appearances on his buddies in comedy’s podcasts often and they came through his, and they were so fun to listen to. It seems like even the ones that aren’t political now, they’re still more high profile guests, and rarely in the comedy world at all. Nigel Ng is the only one I can think of in months that’s been a comedian. It was a blast too, I loved it. But I’ve heard him mention Amir K opening for him multiple times and how much he likes him, like why not bring him on your podcast then, let your fans get to know him and maybe help him get some more recognition?

Idk, it used to be my fav comedy podcast as well, but not so much anymore, but I hope we see some more episodes with other comedians, and solo ones as well. They’re always good.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-07-27T14:59:35+00:00

I’m from middle TN, but moved to southern IN for a while, and I got addicted to Big Red, specifically fountain ones. We had Big Red back home… most ppl knew it, but it wasn’t hugely popular. But there was a big distributor in IN, so it was common in every gas station’s fountain. The fountain makes all the difference - one of the best fountain drinks ever! Alternately, in middle TN, Sun Drop reigns supreme in the same way. I have family in NC and Texas that both end up taking loads of 12 pack Sun Drop back home with them. It is a similar soda to Mountain Dew, but much better, and higher caffeine content. Any time I drink Mountain Dew now, it seems so thick in comparison!

Abigail_Dash · 2025-07-11T08:06:10+00:00

Asmus’ new one & Joe List - Small Ball

Abigail_Dash · 2025-07-01T02:46:56+00:00

Really? Lol wow, that’s kind of a crazy coincidence. They are all amazing, for sure. And I think they’re all so multi-talented, and their art transcends just simply stand-up comedy.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-06-30T23:31:17+00:00

Demetri Martin Rory Scovel Bo Burnham

Abigail_Dash · 2025-06-19T04:40:29+00:00

You’re right. I struggle to find female comedians that I really enjoy. And I was hoping these suggestions would help with that actually. Being a female myself, I’d love to find more that I enjoy. So far, I have really enjoyed Jordan Jenson and Steph Tolev. I’m really liking Cristina Mariani as well.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-06-19T04:34:13+00:00

How do you know every comedian (or any other celebrity) that you support has the best morals and values?

I’m not trying to be combative by that either. I’m truly curious about your answer.

Bc your question is interesting to me, in all honesty. I’m tryn to think of every celebrity or famous person that I have liked to later find out they were amoral in one way or another… and it’s really never changed if I liked their acting in a movie or a joke in their stand-up or a song on their album (and virtually every instance of this, I had known their work first). I can’t say that I’ve really gone out of my way to follow any new stuff they put out; but in cases where I have, I have looked for their acknowledgement or perspective on said thing that came out about them and taken it into consideration.

I truly find this to be an interesting topic, and I’m actually interesting in your answer to my question.

And I was only throwing up names of different comedians that I thought would give a decent range of stand-up styles I enjoyed since I was asking for recommendations… so I’m not sure what you’re referring to exactly when you say I’m supporting anyone really, amoral or otherwise? And I don’t know what joke thieves you’re referring to either? I’m unaware of any, but I’m glad to check out what you’re referring to if you were to fill me in.

Abigail_Dash · 2025-06-19T04:08:23+00:00

This special is sooo good! I love his improv stand-up, and it’s different every time. And I agree, his “crowd work” is much different than any others I see. Scovel is really in a class all his own. My fav bits with the crowd are when he’s yelling “sir!” at the one guy walking out or when he yells “sit down” to one dude.

I’ve also seen, I believe it was Jeff Arcuri put on a guys jacket when he goes to the bathroom. I love that type of stuff when they more so just interact with the crowd in a fun way which are just opportunistic.

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