Escapist Podcast: 069: Surviving the Apocalypse and "Fake" Geek Girls

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069: Surviving the Apocalypse and "Fake" Geek Girls

This week, we discuss Susan's new neighbors, what life would be like after the apocalypse, proper movie watching etiquette and the belief that girl gamers are "fake."

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bdcjacko

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Even though this is new, I feel like I knew what everyone was going to say about the popcorn...obviously I am obsessed with the podcat.
 

Migs

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HOLY CRAP!

Super EARLY!

Thanks guys, much appreciated.
At time of writing, 7:13PM Friday the 30th, I can listen to this podcast while the majority of the nation goes to see Lady Gaga.

W00t!
 

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What you described wasn't the Marshall Plan, it was the Berlin Airlift.

The Marshall Plan was a political policy of rebuilding Europe from WWII. Its focus tended more towards basic infrastructure like sewage, rubble-clearing, electricity, and getting internal industry working again. Many countries, what would become West Germany among them, adopted the Marshall Plan. It came to be used as an insurance against the spread of Communism when Communist nations interpreted the effort as a way of covertly spreading Capitalist ideals and (no joke) ruining Communist ones. One of the early rhetorical talking-points intended to reinforce the East-West split was that agents of the Marshall Plan (who were US military men) were airdropping beetles on Communist farms.

Anyways, point: Berlin Airlift: narrow, 1 year thing. Marshall Plan: Broad, international, 5-8 year thing.

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Susan, if you are trying to connect Newvians to Old Who, what I would find absolutely invaluable would be highlighting classic Who episodes/stories that are either important for a Who-fan or just plain good. One of the things that really puts me off from wading into classic Who is that there is a lot of content to wade through and I know that some of it is really REALLY bad and I don't want to blindly suffer through it without knowing where the bright spots are.
 

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DrRockor said:
So has this become a 2 weekly thing now?
The podcat is still a weekly thing, but occasionally stuff comes up that takes priority. Last week we were out due to Thanksgiving, and a couple weeks before we had a perfect storm of our regular podcast crew being out of town on business, and our home team having just too many projects going on at once to make time for it. Thankfully this rarely occurs!
 

Kross

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In regard to chickens: All birds are jerks.

Also, as far as cans of popcorn go, chocolate covered popcorn in a can is tasty AND HEALTHY every time. EVERY TIME.
 

Susan Arendt

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bdcjacko said:
It is the new Madrid fault. It is real and dangerous. It is in Missouri.
That's it! Yeah, he's info was completely legit, and his fear really wasn't particularly far fetched at all. He's a bit wackadoo, no mistake, but he's no fool.

silverhawk100 said:
Susan, if you are trying to connect Newvians to Old Who, what I would find absolutely invaluable would be highlighting classic Who episodes/stories that are either important for a Who-fan or just plain good. One of the things that really puts me off from wading into classic Who is that there is a lot of content to wade through and I know that some of it is really REALLY bad and I don't want to blindly suffer through it without knowing where the bright spots are.
Oh, that's a great idea! I'll start working on that. :)
 

bdcjacko

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Susan Arendt said:
bdcjacko said:
It is the new Madrid fault. It is real and dangerous. It is in Missouri.
That's it! Yeah, he's info was completely legit, and his fear really wasn't particularly far fetched at all. He's a bit wackadoo, no mistake, but he's no fool.
Being from the area, I have heard things all my life about it. Most people from the area have a health apprehension about it. So this could be a chicken and egg thing is he wackadoo because he is thinking about this fault zone or the other way around.

The chicken egg statement was also ment as a call back.
 

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Here's the thing I don't quite understand about doomsday preppers/apocalypse fanatics--they're essentially hoping for the end of human society/existence. I mean, I'm psyched for humanity and glad we've developed all sorts of cool technology and medicine and have a vast amount of collective knowledge; I'd not be eager to see all of that disappear, nor would I particularly want to live in a world where I had witnessed the entirety of human civilization be destroyed. I'm guessing it comes from a desire to feel significant in an indifferent universe, but your time and money could still be better spent on something practical (or at least more entertaining). Oh well.

(Although I fully understand the 'fun' of daydreaming about a zombie apocalypse, at least with the usually-unspoken assumptions that: a) you aren't immediately killed or infected, b) the people you love the most aren't immediately killed or infected, c) you don't have to worry about access to clean/dry clothing, clean water, food, sleep, exhaustion, or the lack of medical care for things that would seem extremely minor to us prior to zombies [cuts, scrapes, etc.], and d) it wouldn't be traumatic to shoot/hack/beat random zombies.)

I still don't understand how anyone's confusing Greg's voice for anyone else's, given the different accents (if that's the right word?) and pitch (again, hopefully that's the right word) of his and Justin's voices. Maybe on bad headphones or something it's not so obvious or if you're from a particular region it's harder to differentiate between their accents/ways of speaking? If you're a listener who has a hard time telling Greg apart from other Escapist Podcatters, I'm curious to hear your thoughts/feedback.
 

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It sometimes happens to me to mix up Justin and Greg, but only when everybody chimes in on something more or less at the same time. Outside of accent, which I don't really differentiate (not being familiar will all US accents), Greg's voice has a lower register than Justin's, so when Justin speaks lower or Greg higher, they can overlap a bit. Everybody else has quite distinct voices. Schuyler's the one that I can't really recall most of the time, but that's because he isn't on as much. Mike was a hoot, even with all the unconventional eating regimes, and his voice is also very distiguishable,as is Paul's.

The Podcast needs more female input. I say, why isn't Janine Bonano invited in more often? I remember at one point you said you were going to do some sort of rotation to introduce different people from the staff, one at a time. What ever happened to that initiative?
 

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It is nice that they talked about survivalism. I disagree that it is expensive, it can be, but we have the Internet. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!! Go online and learn some crafts (ie leather-working, first-aid, hunting, wood-making, other manufacturing).

Store as much as you can afford. Then when SHTF go work for the ones (like me) who have built bunkers. I am still looking for harvesters for my fields, learn agriculture and work for me. I will supply all the hand tools, seeds, water, and most importantly security to keep you feed. Western Kansas, Southwester Nebraska, and Northeaster Colorado are the best people because you wont have as far to travel when SHTF, but all are welcome.

Contact me for more info.
 

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I don't mind someone talking to me while we're watching a movie/playing a videogame......as long as they keep looking at the screen. Public speaking 101 has you looking right at people when you talk at them, but when you are watching something that rule is off. You can talk to me without looking at me, cause I sure as hell ain't looking at you. Because if you look away, then you miss stuff, and now that you've missed stuff you'll look away again to ask about what you missed and the cycle continues.

Moral of the story: When you are watching a movie....WATCH THE DAMN MOVIE!

Also, related note to the running joke this podcast....the word "beaver" is censored in SWTOR. I find it rather odd. If euphemisms get censored, you would think chat would end up being little more than asterisks.
 

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As a person who has laughed during horror movies i really feel that if a movie is bad enough that it elicits my laughter it's the movies fault i think that's fine.

The talking thing is different, i don't mind if its like whispering and quiet but if its loud that's not cool.
 

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silverhawk100 said:
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What you described wasn't the Marshall Plan, it was the Berlin Airlift.

The Marshall Plan was a political policy of rebuilding Europe from WWII. Its focus tended more towards basic infrastructure like sewage, rubble-clearing, electricity, and getting internal industry working again. Many countries, what would become West Germany among them, adopted the Marshall Plan. It came to be used as an insurance against the spread of Communism when Communist nations interpreted the effort as a way of covertly spreading Capitalist ideals and (no joke) ruining Communist ones. One of the early rhetorical talking-points intended to reinforce the East-West split was that agents of the Marshall Plan (who were US military men) were airdropping beetles on Communist farms.

Anyways, point: Berlin Airlift: narrow, 1 year thing. Marshall Plan: Broad, international, 5-8 year thing.
Doh, I had the feeling I was getting something horribly wrong while relating it. Thanks.
 

Susan Arendt

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Phantom Renegade said:
As a person who has laughed during horror movies i really feel that if a movie is bad enough that it elicits my laughter it's the movies fault i think that's fine.

The talking thing is different, i don't mind if its like whispering and quiet but if its loud that's not cool.
Sure, it's all about context, though. Is everyone else having a similar reaction? Are you just laughing when prompted, or are you also making comments, etc? You can hardly be held accountable for a natural, spontaneous reaction, even if other folks don't have the same reaction, but if you're just going all MST3k the entire time while others are enjoying themselves, that's a bit rude.
 

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In response to your chicken conversation, chickens are effing awesome. After raising them for over 10 years I can tell you that chickens have great personalities, and I've had plenty of chickens I could call and they'd fly up onto my shoulder or follow me around. Take away message: raise chickens, have fun.