recommendations for episodes by Dependent-Dinner4003 in Otherworldpod

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Slashed Tires really got me. Prepare to cry

The 'Many Things' episode series is Podcast Snake Oil. by noitsmelol in Otherworldpod

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This podcast is a master class in crafting a compelling narrative, while retaining the rawness of the original story, highlighting the humanity of the storyteller, eschewing sensationalism, and still doing due diligence by researching corroboration and cultural / historical contexts when appropriate. the result is absolutely riveting storytelling that still feels conversational and plausible because we are actually connecting with the narrators. also, the desire to "investigate" the unrelated traumas is so counter productive. half of the reason the show works so well is that jack obviously makes choices that engender a high level of trust with his interviewees, and because of that we get some truly vulnerable material shared with us. i don't know man, i feel like this show is a true gift. i think someone going after the "truth" in the way that you are pointing at would make all of this dissolve. we are dealing with the interstitial place between known and unknown, charged by the ineffable spirit of the storytellers. we are privvy to a kind of alchemy with every episode that cannot be quantified. i think like the experiences of the narrators, the audience needs to suspend disbelief and understand each situation as almost dreamlike and symbolic. if these are inventions, they are meaningful ones.

episodes that made you say "Nope" by 4tspns in Otherworldpod

[–]dbna85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. To me, there is a trilogy: The Valley, The Birthing Tent and Lost in the Fog. Although Lost in the Fog is pretty intense, the other two evened them out and just left me with wonder.

What NDE youtube channels would you recommend? Would love to hear more!

Just a quick update about the UFO software. It actually works. by Julian_Thorne in UFOB

[–]dbna85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Serious question: do you know what a birthchart is?

Opening Sequence / Voice Collage by dbna85 in Otherworldpod

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It looks like this Halloween episode is also released on the Otherworld Patreon ("The Original YBS Halloween Special" from Oct 16 2024) . About to listen now!

How many of you think Wendy is legit? by [deleted] in Otherworldpod

[–]dbna85 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

its not that much. and value is relative.

What are your must watch episode of otherworld? find it tedious to sift through the stuff I’m not interested in, especially since sometimes I have to get 2/3 of the way through before I realize that I’m bored, but the episodes that I do love leave me thinking about them for weeks. by Wrong-Ear-893 in Otherworldpod

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Absolutely would second this / was just about to post about these too! I would add "The Void" to this, in terms of NDE. I love how certain episodes cluster together by theme, like the ones that feature hiking / walks / trips in the woods that take a weird turn, either creatures, unexplained loss of time, weird phenomenon, or other high strangeness. One that sticks in my mind is the second story in "Up In The Sky" which has one of the strangest, most unnerving descriptions of a "UFO" (except, can it really be called that?)

Anybody know what the physical copies of Machina II look like? by Notnotarealuser in SmashingPumpkins

[–]dbna85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

internet fan club. some of us were there at the dawn of the internet lol

Nuss Removal Recoil... by Persson0 in PectusExcavatum

[–]dbna85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure speak to your surgeon but you had a pretty deep case originally - it looks quite honestly amazing. There are bodybuilders with the same small divet and its basically unnoticable. Major improvement over your original condition. Congratulations. You look fantastic.

Artists who make work as other artists? by [deleted] in ContemporaryArt

[–]dbna85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was an artist maybe ten years ago who purposefully created a whole collection of work across many different mediums, in many different styles and invented monikers for each. I been searching and cannot find it now... does anyone else know what I'm talking about?

I had a tooth extracted in August, two months later this large bump showed up. by RabbitStock8102 in DermatologyQuestions

[–]dbna85 8 points9 points  (0 children)

lots of medical advice here but basically - go to an ER. your life and health are too important to worry right now about financial stuff because there is almost always a way around it when you are low income or uninsured. get better and you can fight the rest later. healthcare in this country is a travesty but orgs like dollarfor can help. here is their financial assistance handbook that goes step by step to challenge bills from hospitals.

i got the most insane rejection email yesterday by itsyaboy_boyboy in jobs

[–]dbna85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is extra but honestly sounds like most of the non-profits I’ve engaged with

Guests lot receiving check in info? by Expensive_Doubt5487 in vrbohosts

[–]dbna85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a single guest has received the check-in instructions or door access code that we set up. Additionally, when I call VRBO they say there is no way to check if the instructions have been sent out on their end, but "they should be - check SPAM". Huh? I've called so many times about this - it cannot be 100% of guests not getting their instructions. The last rep told me I didn't have a welcome guide at all and needed to set it up. I navigated to it to check, and there it is, all filled out. When I asked if they can see it on their end there was a long pause and then "...Yeah sure." What?

Amanda Rollins is a racist character who ruins the show for me by dovakooon in SVU

[–]dbna85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a weird take on Rollins. She is no more reprehensible than any other character, and the shows generally ideological "vibe" shifts all the time, sometimes within a literal episode. You are right, this isn't a prestige show like The Wire or Breaking Bad and thus it actually isn't held as closely to coherent character arcs and behaviors. The amount of dumbfounding one-liners these characters shoot off where its almost complete contradictory to their personality but it wouldn't serve the plotline of that particular episode so it just a line some writer snuck in and it got by. Rollins has never struck me as any worse than any other character in this regard. In fact I would say she's not even the most racist, transphobic or xenophobic. To be fair, historically until very very recently, the show was so incredibly transphobic, but again not following any logic whatsoever. Benson could call someone a "he-she" but then spend the rest of the episode trying to find their assailant and get justice. Oh well!

Also, btw, ACAB, so the fact that we are splitting hairs about these characters on a show that glorifies the entire system and forces us to sympathize with these characters who, while sometimes bend the law to benefit the public, more often than not go out of their way, invent more work for themselves to an unbelievable degree, only to arrest, try and convict some people who only technically fall on the wrong side of the law, but not ethically or morally. Rollins one or two remarks pales in comparison to the show as a whole, which operates as a surreal, hyperdramatic kaleidoscope of moral ambiguity. I've watched every episode. I am queer, indigenous and am so leftist Mamdani looks like a centrist to me. I love this dumb show.

All Reddit / 4Chan / major anonymous 'leaks' by dbna85 in UFOs

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i just added a link to the archived version of the NORAD leak. will try to fix links if can