After 9 months of absence, we now proudly give birth to another episode Bad Rapport. You’re welcome for that visual. The first segment of the show was recorded when Luke was visiting Carrie’s house in Chicago last December, which means that segment is chock full of interruptions from the outspoken (and recently puppeted) Alexann. This also led to the creation of a new mini-segment surely to return in future episodes called “Luke And Alexann Do A Bit”. The rest of the episode was recorded recently over Zoom, in which Luke & Carrie review the hilarious, filthy, and quite popular R-Rated Satanic musical animated series “Hazbin Hotel”, whose first season can be seen on Amazon Prime. And before the show concludes with the reading of listener comments, Luke did a “What’s Luke Plugging Now?” segment that was so long, he decided to manually speed up the sound file to 1.5x just to spare you all an additional 10 minutes of hearing him ramble and yawn through his interminable list of promotional messages. Yikes.
Episode length: 2:21:34
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Oh, man. I don’t want to take sides on the bet. But the other hand, I apparently have a reputation to maintain (at least in Carrie’s case). So here you go.
Much thanks for speeding up the plugs l, Luke!
Narrator: She would, in fact, quit the Naperville Chorus.
Episode 144? Gross.
(Sorry, I couldn’t help myself)
And now that I’ve had a chance to actually listen…
1) I’m no expert in the drug trade, but I think the term for somebody that delivers drugs without being involved in the money is a mule.
2) I usually listen to my podcasts at 1.5x speed, so “What’s Luke Plugging Now” ended up at effectively 2.25x speed. That was MOVING.
I paid for the upgraded version of a dating site once. Unlike with Luke, it didn’t go great. A few years ago, I bought a 6-month premium membership on OKCupid. Why I’m still on that site when I haven’t gotten a date from it since 2010 is beyond me really, but I learned something rather interesting about who I appeal to. See, I am not shy about the fact that I have zero desire to ever date a Conservative. If there’s anyone out there who may be confused as to why but somehow still listens to this show, just go read The Reactionary Mind (2nd Edition) by Corey Robin.
Anyway, I am open about this on my OKCupid profile, and for those who don’t use the site, at the top of the browser version (I never had it on my phone) there is a little icon that, when you have people who’ve liked your profile but you haven’t matched with them yet, has the number of likes/potential matches you got with it, kind of like Notifications on Twitter. The Premium version of OKCupid I got 6 months of allowed me to go look at these profiles directly, as opposed to the free version where it’s basically just chance. When I bought my membership, the number of potential matches was 63.
After I went through the Likes and removed all the self-identified Conservatives who had tried to match with me despite my profile telling them to pass, that number went down to 27. 63 to 27. Yikes. Here I am with a profile that states I am a vegan and an atheist and yet more than 30 women who say they desire a “god fearing man who knows how to barbecue” were trying to match with me.
I guess I shouldn’t be that surprised though in a sense. It’s kind of obvious if you read enough posts from Conservative men on social media that they feel entitled to access to Liberal/Leftist women’s bodies, so why would it not be the case that Conservative women feel that they are entitled to access Liberal/Leftist men’s bodies?
Oh, and of the ones who were left, some lived too far away for my comfort, some I tried to match with but they never got back to me for whatever reasons, and there were a couple who were upfront about having a degradation kink. I passed on them. Not on principle, I don’t kink shame, but I feel like that’s one of those kinks where you REALLY should get to know your partner for awhile before bringing it up as opposed to just openly broadcasting it on a dating app. I’m willing to keep an open mind about a degradation kink, but only with someone I’ve developed trust with. I don’t think that’s unreasonable.