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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

1:02:52

Jennifer Murphy Wants To Be A Ninja (Part Two)

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2026/02/04

It's 2016. You work at a Murphy Bed store. You have to go to an after-hours the party the owner is throwing for his business partner. And then she makes everyone watch her sing a four minute long story song in a racist accent. For you, this was just a bad evening. For Jennifer Murphy, this is going to be the rest of her life.This was originally a bonus series we recorded in October of last year, the editing is a little looser than our usual.Get over 50 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at

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1:12:20

Jennifer Murphy Wants To Be A Ninja (Part One)

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2026/01/28

The internet is for everybody, even pretty people. That said, when you see a three-parter focused on 2003's Miss Oregon you know things are going to get weird. After an appearance on Donald Trump's 2000s reality show The Apprentice, professional pretty person Jennifer Murphy found her new calling as a professional fame hound. And with the 2000s reality boom on the way out, an exciting new frontier of fame is reaching people like her: YouTube.This was originally a bonus series we recorded in October

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1:40:40

Axe Cops Are Bastards (2009-2015)

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2026/01/21

You don't have to be Jean Piaget or Lev Vygotsky to appreciate how amusingly off-kilter a child's view of the world can be. In 2009, an emerging independent cartoonist named Ethan Nicolle teamed up with his five year-old little brother to illustrate the wacky stories he would make up. The internet loved it, but Ethan's later projects turned out to be a little less universally-beloved. This week on I'M FROM THE INTERNET, a cautionary tale about how promising young talent ends up working with Rob

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39:14

UNLOCKED: Funko Fandom, with Fredrick Brennan

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2026/01/15

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.patreon.com/IFTIpodSubmit episode concepts at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodIdeasFor inquiries, contact the

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1:20:44

Amy's Baking Company (2013) (Part Two)

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2026/01/07

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/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodAmysBakingDocSubmit episode concepts at

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1:03:16

Amy's Baking Company (2013) (Part One)

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2025/12/31

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 disastrous episode and where they are now.Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at

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1:25:21

Never Be Game Over (2015)

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2025/12/24

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/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodNeverBeGameOverDocSubmit episode concepts at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodIdeasFor inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.comCreated and

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57:21

The World-Of-Nintendo Complaints Box (1999)

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2025/12/17

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/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodCAPAlertDocSubmit

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1:37:05

CAP Alert and the CAP Movie Ministry

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2025/12/10

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, but we can't say he didn't warn us!Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at

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1:33:09

Mark Mitsubishi

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2025/12/03

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 episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with

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1:35:03

Home of the Underdogs

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2025/11/26

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 cool enough, she's been spending the past couple decades fighting to make the internet a better place for

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1:30:48

Elon Musk Goes Thud!

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2025/11/19

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 over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's

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1:15:39

Eric Conveys An Emotion

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2025/11/13

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/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at

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59:36

Horse eBooks (Part Two)

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2025/11/07

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/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodHorseeBooksSubmit episode concepts at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodIdeasFor inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.comCreated and Hosted byWinslow Dumaine -

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1:13:19

Horse eBooks (Part One)

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2025/10/29

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 beautiful.Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpodYou can review

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51:16

Chickencheese (Part Two)

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2025/10/22

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/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodChickencheeseSubmit episode concepts at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodIdeasFor inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.comCreated and Hosted byWinslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/Jay

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1:25:33

UNLOCKED: The Angel Quiz (Patreon Bonus #34)

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2025/10/15

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 Race, the Noah's Ark themed racing game.Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at

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1:02:15

Chickencheese (Part One)

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2025/10/08

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/IFTIpodYou can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIUweBollPodDocSubmit

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1:17:46

Lowtax vs Uwe Boll (Part Two)(with 48 Minutes of Dogs...

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2025/10/01

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.podcastpage.io/Check out Bryan's photography portfolio at https://www.assholemusicphotographer.com/indexJason

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1:41:04

Lowtax vs Uwe Boll (Part One)(with 48 Minutes of Dogs...

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2025/09/24

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/indexJason also voices Stephen King on Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals https://www.midnightpals.com/Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at

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