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The next few weeks are going to have a brief interruption due to real-life happenings, so until then enjoy something from last year's Patreon! Fredrick Brennan, formerly of HBO's Q: Into The Storm and currently of Jay's off-mic life updates, sits in to talk about an interesting corner of the vinyl collectibles market he stumbled upon. Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.p...

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay arrives at Amy's Baking Company after years of minor controversy in the Scottsdale, Arizona restaurant scene. A year later, people are at deportation hearings and knives are being brandished in public. And the ravioli is still frozen! Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can review this episode's document with sources (a...

If you were online in 2013, you probably learned about Amy's Baking Company regardless of your reality television habits. This Scottsdale, Arizona restaurant achieved infamy both on and offline after its owners melted down on the reality show Kitchen Nightmares. In part one we explore some online conflict that lead to them being on the show, in part two we will explore the aftermath of their disas...

Snake, watch out! That's a fan theory! Whatever you do, don't internalize it! It could compromise your mission and make you do a whole bunch of real dumb stuff for no reason! Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodNeverBeGameOverDoc Submit episode concepts at...

A website about Nintendo? The wonders of the internet never cease! We're going back to the turn of the millennium to see what the unsupervised children of the Clinton administration were up to. I lost a friend over Pokemon cards, but I found Luigi in Super Mario 64 so everything turned out OK in the end. Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can revi...

Since 1996, The ChildCare Action Project has reviewed over 1400 films using the factually accurate and objectively correct WISDOM scale. From R-rated horror films to G-rated kids movies, lay pastor Thomas Carder has performed decades of cinematic kabbalah and selflessly shared the results with the internet. He may not have prevented satanic films like Matilda from corrupting a generation with sin,...

Car dealerships sucking has been a staple of comedy for as long as the automobile has existed, so why should the internet change that? When a Scottsdale, Arizona car dealership tried to back out of an eBay auction in 2003 it united the domestic and import automotive communities of America in a common cause: Making sure MarkD got his custom 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Get over 40 bonus episod...

Living in the age of high profile remasters and rereleases, it can be easy to forget how difficult it used to be to get old games. In the late 1990s a Thai woman named Sarinee Achavanuntakul launched a website that would give a generation of gamers access to thousands of classic titles for free, despite the best attempts of the video game industry's lobbying group to shut it down. If that wasn't c...

If you pay attention to the internet, you're probably really sick of hearing about Elon Musk. While his many public failures and embarassments have been making headlines throughout the 2020s, in the 2010s a slightly more respected Elon Musk bankrolled an internet satire startup helmed by former The Onion leadership. It was called Thud!, and there's a reason you've probably never heard of it. Get o...

In real life, a funny face was probably the first thing you ever laughed at. Things weren't much different on the early internet. A college student named Eric Wu achieved international stardom making faces for the internet, and has been living the hell out of life in the almost two decades since emotioneric.com last updated. Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com...

Welcome to the world of podcasting, where FMV means Funny With my Voice! We're going back to 2013, where FMV means "oops we forgot to tell a joke". Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodHorseeBooks Submit episode concepts at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodIdeas F...

After a year of teasing, we're finally going beyond the Something Awful forums to talk about all the rest of the old internet. Horse eBooks was a Twitter spambot in the early 2010s that developed a following due to the hilariously nonsensical fragments of text it would post. Behind the scenes, a creative director at Buzzfeed was seeing the opportunity to promote himself by destroying something bea...

The chickencheese thread is sent away from its culinary homeland to learn the ways of animal husbandry and firearm maintenance. Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodChickencheese Submit episode concepts at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodIdeas For inquiries, cont...

A new content recognition algorithm has rolled out, and in completely unrelated news we're currently in the process of re-editing our back catalogue to take out the music. So while we wrap that up, enjoy a bonus from the Patreon where Jay and Winslow play through the bonkers Christian web game The Angel Quiz. Super online listeners might recognize Cougar Interactive as the creators of 2007's Zoo R...

Despite what online recipes would have you believe, most meals don't have a particular interesting story behind them. This one starts from a mundane place: chicken, cheese, heat, embarrassing affected voice. But the cooks at Goons With Spoons rise to the occasion in celebrating the humble chickencheese. Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can revie...

The year is 2006. After some fiddling, you've got the stream loaded up in Windows Media Player. You're about to watch the guy who owns your favorite forum get beat up by a large German man in front of cheering crowds. He literally signed up for this. This week we are joined by Jason and Bryan from fellow internet history podcast 48 Minutes of Dogs Barking https://48-minutes-of-dogs-barking.podcast...

We've gotten to know Richard Kyanka, before we step into the ring we need to get to know Uwe Boll. This week we are joined by Jason and Bryan from fellow internet history podcast 48 Minutes of Dogs Barking https://48-minutes-of-dogs-barking.podcastpage.io/ Check out Bryan's photography portfolio at https://www.assholemusicphotographer.com/index Jason also voices Stephen King on Submitted for the A...

Todd Goldman is willing to reluctantly admit fault when his bottom line is threatened, but there's no negotiating with the march of time. This week we are joined by t-shirt expert and living internet history K. Thor Jensen. Check out his website at https://shortandhappy.com/ and buy his shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/kthorjensen Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://w...

Your shirt says "You laugh at me because I'm different" but we're clearly laughing at you because you're a shameless plagiarist. This week we are joined by t-shirt expert and living internet history K. Thor Jensen. Check out his website at https://shortandhappy.com/ and buy his shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/kthorjensen Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreo...

Eric Bauman is poised to cross over into television, but he stole from the wrong forums. Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodEbaumsWorldDoc For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Created and Hosted by Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowduma...

Hard to believe, but there used to be a time on the internet when content theft was broadly frowned upon. One such thief was Eric Bauman, a high school student whose personal website grew to a vast and profitable content aggregator on the backs of many uncredited and uncompensated artists and comedians. Next week you'll learn all about misplaced Yiddish Cups and his failed television pilot, for no...

Giant catcher's mitts and garage door springs have failed us. Unbelievably, they did manage to find a way to turn things around! Eventually. This week we are joined by comedy expert Kyle Kinane. You can check out some of his standup on his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDAukC261mCbmA3Ft9mLUoQ Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod Yo...

Force equals mass times acceleration. Many tragedies could have been prevented if the people involved remembered this simple secondary school equation. This is one of them. A summer camp building a zipline for their campers accidentally creates a Nothing But Trouble-esque bonestripping machine. Now they need to fix it, but they don't have a lot of money left over. Lives are hanging/zipping on the...

Being mad at payment processors has been a constant of the online experience. 20 years ago, the owner of Something Awful butted heads with Paypal over $30,000 in charitable donations to the Red Cross being held captive. Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodL...

It can be hard to remember that there used to be a time before usernames. When figures in pop culture were named Kurt and Bill instead of MrBeast and Big Balls. This week, we go back to that time to learn where Richard Kyanka got the name Lowtax from and revel in the dramatic irony. Kickstarter for The Restless: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/winslowdumaine/the-restless-a-hand-drawn-cooperat...