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I"M FROM THE INTERNET

Jay Brandstetter & Winslow Dumaine

SomethingAwful.com is one of the foundational websites of modern internet culture: the earliest memes, inside jokes, and modes of communication that grace and plague the internet today can trace their roots back to the sprawling forums of this illustrious website.Hosted by Jay Brandstetter and Winslow Dumaine, this podcast dredges up the most notable threads from the depths of the forums. We delve into the absurd architecture of Groverhaus, explore the very beginning of 4Chan, the early days of

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All Episodes

1:02:37

Todd Goldman Is Stupid, Throw Rocks At Him (Part Two)...

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2025/09/18

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/kthorjensenGet over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at

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1:10:13

Todd Goldman Is Stupid, Throw Rocks At Him (Part One)...

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2025/09/10

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/kthorjensenGet over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at

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1:08:23

Lowtax vs eBaum's World (Part Two)

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2025/09/03

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/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodEbaumsWorldDocFor inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.comBumper MusicLemon Demon - Ebaum's World Dot ComJane's Addiction - Been Caught StealingNirvana - Return of the RatPink Floyd - MoneyAlex Reed - Hit 'Em

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54:28

Lowtax vs eBaum's World (Part One)

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2025/08/27

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 now you'll get to see just why almost every funny person online in 2006 hated this dude. Get over 40 bonus

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47:17

RIPline: A Machine To Kill Children (Part Two) (with...

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2025/08/20

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/UCDAukC261mCbmA3Ft9mLUoQGet over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at

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1:13:06

RIPline: A Machine To Kill Children (Part One) (with...

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2025/08/13

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 unqualified crowdfunded engineering advice of the Something Awful forums.This week we are joined by

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1:07:07

Lowtax vs Paypal

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2025/08/06

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/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodLowtaxVsPaypalFor inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.comBumper MusicAC/DC -

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1:21:04

The First Lowtax

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2025/07/30

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-cooperative-tabletop-horror-gameGet nearly 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 a month at

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56:31

The Life and Times of Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka (Part...

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2025/07/23

A leased sports car. A strip mall office. Mangosteen juice. This Scarface-esque montage of glamor and success is tragically cut short by the hammer-like punches of German filmmaker Uwe Boll and the decade of bad business and life decisions that followed. The ending is a bummer, but there's light to be found in a community coming together to right the wrongs of its founder.This week we are joined by combat journalism expert Robert Evans, host of the podcasts Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen

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58:00

The Life and Times of Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka (Part...

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2025/07/16

We've been holding off on covering the founder of Something Awful, but with Winslow's Kickstarter in full swing it's the perfect time to rip off that bandage! We'll have some more focused narrative episodes featuring Lowtax in the future, but for now we're introducing the man with a classic chronological biography. We begin with the rise of a Vanderbilt engineering dropout into an outsized figure of power and influence on the early internet, back when messengers used numbers instead of usernames and

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58:39

The Fred Durst Society Of The Humanities And Arts...

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2025/07/09

Fred Durst takes being the butt of a joke very well and the city of Austin deals with an unexpected amount of participation in local civics.This week by are joined by Adam Bumas, internet expert and Head of Research at Garbage Day.https://www.garbageday.email/https://bsky.app/profile/bumas.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/adambumasGet nearly 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpodYou can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at

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1:17:25

The Fred Durst Society Of The Humanities And Arts...

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2025/07/02

We're almost a decade out from Boaty McBoatface, but there used to be a time when online polls getting brigaded was still novel. In 2011, a city of over 800,000 people let the internet vote on what to name their sanitation department. Tthe Something Awful forums decided the funniest outcome would be to memorialize the 1999 chart-topping nu metal icon Fred Durst.This week by are joined by Adam Bumas, internet expert and Head of Research at Garbage

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1:32:22

Let's Get A Goon A Date

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2025/06/25

If trolling 4chan is pissing into an ocean of piss, then trolling PlentyOfFish is pissing into your own mouth: even if you succeed, nothing good comes of it. In 2014, a group of posters from the Something Awful forums learned this hard way.You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at

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1:39:00

CPS Took My Kids This Morning

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2025/06/18

This has a happier ending than you might expect, but you have to step over a lot of soft spots in the floor to get there.You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodGoonCPSDocFor inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.comBumper Music:Ministry - Filth PigThe Ramones - The

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1:24:30

Floor Pizza Goon Wife

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2025/06/11

Oh so when George Costanza eats out of the trashcan it's comedy gold, but when I eat pizza off the floor it's "unsanitary"? You're just jealous I'm being served a goblet full of cough syrup by my r/hottiesfortrump wife.You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodFloorPizzaGoonWifeDocFor

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1:13:25

Mathilde's Steampunk Octopus

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2025/06/04

Grab your coal shovels and power up your whimsical steampunk flying machines, we're going back to the SA-Mart to talk about doing arts and crafts for fun and profit.You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodMathildeOctopusDocFor inquiries, contact the show directly at

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52:14

I live at the library - and you can, too! (Part Two)

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2025/05/28

Months of living out of the library is starting to wear on Centripetal Horse, but with support from the forums he might be getting a new career for Christmas.You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodLibraryGoonDocBumper Music:Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)Tracy

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1:08:30

I live at the library - and you can, too! (Part One)

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2025/05/21

The only thing worse than unexpectedly having to live out of your car is having to live out of your car in the middle of summer in Las Vegas. With food poisoning. And no income. But at least the library has wifi, so poster Centripetal Horse can find an unlikely support network through the Something Awful forums.You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0You can review this

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1:34:36

When Goons Attack!

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2025/05/14

What happens when you combine simmering resentment, a fear of confrontation, and the smallest public annoyance? Some very entertaining, if not slightly improbable, stories of goons using their quick wits and physical prowess to provide instant karma in the form of thrown pizzas and awkward pickup lines.You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0You can review this episode's

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48:36

Submurdered (Part Two)

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2025/05/07

Frumpykvetchbot returns nine years later in the aftermath of the murder of Kim Wall to reflect on his time with the Nautilus and dispel some of Peter Madsen's flailing excuses.You can review and comment on the document for expanded show topics at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-tyrzJOXF0m4lIrL49EW-1jIveX-4j2y14UNrnYG_Y/edit?tab=t.0You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodSubmurderedDocBumper music:Meat Beat Manifesto - Nuclear BombThe

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