Outrage Factory

#What made the internet angry this year? Congratulations! You survived the angriest year in the history of the planet! Give yourself a hearty pat on the back, then get back to being pissed off about shit that doesn't matter! Dale and Derek cover their top 3 outrage-inducing stories of the year, compare New Year's resolutions, the world's fattest otter, Louis C.K. is back in the news AGAIN for bad...

#What made the internet angry this week? PETA is in the news for humiliating themselves again. Derek fondly remembers a seagull murder. We discuss what it takes to be a successful parent. People have awfully strong opinions about a song they hear three to four times a year as ambient music in department stores. We eat spotted dick, and this time it's the food! Teflon is making your genitals smalle...

#What made the internet angry this week? Hey, it's the episode number that is also a sex act! Speaking of sex acts, the most pretentious man alive has been #MeTooed! Speaking of #MeToo, a bizarrely popular Christmas song about date rape has been removed from the radio! Speaking of bizarrely popular, ordering kiosks at McDonalds are covered with feces! Speaking of feces, a bunch of kids in Hawaii w...

#What made the internet angry this week? In a very sexy episode of your favorite podcast, we discover the dangers of trying to spread Christianity to an isolated tribe of people armed with instruments of murder. We play 'monkeys or cousins?' and answer the eternal debate 'which breed of monkey is the sexiest?'. A murderous otter is on the loose in Vancouver and has somehow managed to outsmart nume...

#What made the internet angry this week? The midterm elections have come and gone, and the #BlueWave was more of a light splash. Donald Trump, noted troop-respecter, fails to commemorate World War I. People should only be allowed to vote between the ages of 30 and 50. Electoral reform is a hot-button topic in BC, but nobody really understands what it means! Young white males in Wisconsin are unsur...

#What made the internet angry this week? People have strong opinions about when it's appropriate to get excited about Christmas, and whatever you feel, you're probably wrong! We also discuss the folly of war, Dale drops some World War I facts, were Nazis fashionable?, even the seals in Scotland are terrifying, white people invent another persecution complex, boobs: no thanks. Talking points: The F...

#What made the internet angry this week? The Midterm elections are coming up and the Democratic party is destined to fail forever! Who could have guessed that letting a bunch of shitty opportunists prey on mentally ill peoples' paranoia would yield tragic results?! It was a big week for insane rightwingers with an axe to grind! Several thousand people are hiking thousands of miles for an inevitabl...

#What made the internet angry this week? Smoke 'em if you got 'em! And by 'em', we mean weed, which is now totally legal in Canada, unless you ever want to cross a border into the United States again! We discuss provincial weed sales, why smoking some things is good for you and smoking other things is bad for you, your online weed purchases are almost DEFINITELY being shared with US border agents,...

#What made the internet angry this week? Hiding bodies in the woods. Dale invents a jingle for Derek's single life. The far-right and far-left surprisingly do not get along very well! Join The Lost Boys today. Why do people live in Australia? SPF = spider paste (cures) face (cancer)! Why Derek didn't drink milk for two years. We are ruining our children. We explain the UK to Dale. RIP Big Dick Ene...

#What made the internet angry this week? Sexualized Mario characters! Anime body pillows! Supreme Court nominees! All men are trash! Believing women when they say they've been sexually harassed or assaulted is the baseline for basic human decency and you don't deserve a goddamn award for it! The world's best professional sports league welcomes a terrifying new mascot! All this, plus a four-year-ol...

#What made the internet angry this week? Dale loves clickbait. Communicable diseases are making a comeback in a BIG way. Want to feel old? 9/11 would be graduating highschool this year. We learn why Dale hates books. Why do people eat chestnuts? Ticketmaster is evil, but capitalism is great! A comedian expresses distasteful opinions conveniently at the same time they have a new show coming out! Ji...

#What made the internet angry this week? Apartment hunting in the Lower Mainland is a circle of hell, spite is the most powerful motivator on earth, conservatives hate black people so much they're lighting their shoes on fire, boycotts are making the world a worse place, CEOs love the GOP, Vancouverites complain about everything again, Dale and Derek share their outdoor pooping experiences. I can'...

#What made the internet angry this week? Energy drinks are bad for you, but great for podcasts! Instagram is probably not an accurate representation of people's lives! 'Influencer marketing' is widely misunderstood and poorly executed! Dale walks back his love of Jordan Peterson! Louis CK is probably not ready for a redemption tour! Is there such thing as an accidental boob grab? Let's find out! A...

#What made the internet angry this week? Derek and Dale get personal. Vancouver, the only city in the world where it's possible to get seasonal depression during summer. John McCain died, and people have opinions. Trump and Mexico team up against evil Canada. Dale teaches us about dairy farming. We share our love of Chinese culture and bizarre Oreo flavors. Alcohol keeps making people do dumb thin...

#What made the internet angry this week? Statues get removed! Racism gets excused! Dale does research! Another celebrity gets chased off of social media by people who care too much about works of fiction! Grownups play Pokemon! All this and more in this totally free podcast! Talking points: John A. Macdonald statue removed Is John A. Macdonald guilty of war crimes? Ruby Rose quits Twitter Songs: '...

#What made the internet angry this week? The first casualty of the INFO WARS is the truth. Alex Jones gets scrubbed from the internet, the SeaTac plane theft, the perfect candidate to play James Bond, and we spend 30 minutes discussing Will Smith movies. Talking points: Alex Jones gets banned SeaTac suicide Will Smith should be James Bond

#What made the internet angry this week? We do our best to explain the batshit insanity that is the QAnon conspiracy theory, an argument in favor of regulating misinformation, a bunch of dumb internet challenges are hurting people with hilarious and tragic consequences, why you don't find porno mags in the woods anymore, Big Condom strikes again, and with Steven Seagal's new diplomatic post we off...

#What made the internet angry this week? Another famous guy got chased off the internet for doing something offensive! You can't call your partner your partner, unless you're gay! Cartoons aren't as sexy as they used to be! People are drawing on horses for heartwarming and/or nefarious reasons! Mayonnaise ice cream! Plastic straw bans are ableist AND sexist! All this and more! Talking points: Dan...

#What made the internet angry this week? Facebook takes the brave and totally comprehensible step of defending Holocaust deniers' feelings, we start a new survivalist cult, and the inevitable downside of cultivating a world where roving mobs of angry people can get anyone fired from their job. Also: Dale and Derek share their problematic tweets! Talking points: Facebook thinks holocaust denying is...

#What made the internet angry this week? We decide which book is the ultimate 'white dude owns this but has never read it' book of all time, Elon Musk makes a hard left turn to Bond villain after his advances are rebuffed by a bunch of Thai boys, Dale turns on his hero Jordan Peterson, we sell out to the alt-right, Amazon fails to keep up with demand on the shopping holiday they invented, why reta...

#What made the internet angry this week? Extra-special guest host and friend of the pod Julie Robertson joins us to discuss gender reveal parties, the perfect shitstorm of internet outrage that was the #PlaneBae fiasco, share some Jordan Peterson takes, and explain when it's okay to drown a 16 year old in a vat of fast food soda. Also: all the sensitivity training in the world can't cure Philadelp...

#What made the internet angry this week? It's our fiftieth episode extravaganza! Also, in honoUr of Canada Day, we look at Canada's greatest and most-not-great contributions to the world, discuss our now-official trade war with the U.S., and talk about why Yelp is now the political weapon of choice for people with holes in their brains. Talking points: Things Canadians did Buy Canadian! The Red He...

#What made the internet angry this week? What made the internet angry this week? On an internet outrage-related podcast, we can only go so long without talking about Trump; specifically, this week, his practice of throwing children in cages. And then the First Lady wore a $50 jacket to make a point about...something? Also: The Republican Party is just gaslighting us all, we're socialists now, libe...

#What made the internet angry this week? Dale and Derek spend five minutes sampling the best (only?) Scottish contribution to international cuisine, the breakfast place that also serves burgers now serves more burgers, a stern dad goes overboard getting his child to eat brussels sprouts, we reminisce about the good ol' days of child discipline, Chris Hardwick gets exposed, hell hath no fury like a...