Wow If True

We recommend making yourself a cheese toast before listening so that you don't get hungry for cheese toast, because we're talking about a 60-year-old retiree's cheese toast Facebook group. Also: SVB and the internet's reaction to SVB melting, FTX influencer lawsuits, and why English majors will inherit the earth. And no, we don't talk about the SAT for 30 minutes. No, seriously, our editor cut that bit. You're welcome. Links Cheese Toast: https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/15/a-retirees-group-for-cheese-toast-lovers-is-an-earnest-glimpse-of-weird-facebook/ FTX influencers gettin' sued: https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/16/finance-youtubers-sued-over-promotion-of-ftx/ GPT-4 takes AP exams: https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1635700173946105856 Find Us Online  Buy our merch! https://wowiftrue.com/merch/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown.  

In this episode, we discuss scifi magazines getting spammed by AI submissions (ironic, yes, we know), we talk with Jess (@whyjesswhyjess) about 1.2 million people seeing her naked, be-tatttoo'ed butt on twitter, and Iz's mom buys her an American Girl Doll even though she is twenty-seven. Normal Wednesday morning for Wow If True.  Tattoo butt posting: https://twitter.com/WhyJessWhyJess/status/1627230364623335429

Real life archivist (and our editor!) Allison Mills tells us how we preserve the internet, prompting Amanda to have an existential crisis about memory. Then, we return to the "maybe NFTs are bad, actually" corner with an update on Metabirkins, the overpriced NFTs of the overpriced handbags, which met their fateful end in an historic court ruling. Links Metabirkins: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/hermes-gets-win-over-metabirkins-in-first-nft-trademark-trial Loewe Howl's Moving Castle: https://www.loewe.com/usa/en/loewe-x-howls-moving-castle/discover-the-collection Allison :3 https://allisonmillswrites.com/ MERCH! https://wowiftrue.com/merch/ Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

We have merch now. But also we talk about events like the shutdown of twenty-year-old forum Stripperweb, that Seinfeld AI thing, the Korean spa, Brandon Sanderson, and how Amanda is now close personal friends with Brennan Lee Mulligan. Sort of. Also how the internet is simultaneously permanent and ephemeral at the same time and that's really a mindfuck, isn't it!? Most importantly, buy our merch. And vote for Isabel in the Locus Awards! Links: MERCH!!! https://wowiftrue.com/merch/ Vote for Isabel (three stories in short story category!!!!): https://poll.voting.locusmag.com/ Stripperweb mystery: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/31/stripperweb-forum-shut-down/ Seinfeld AI: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/03/nothing-forever-ai-generated-seinfeld-twitch/ Just kidding: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/06/ai-generated-seinfeld-suspended-on-twitch-for-ai-generated-transphobic-jokes/ Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown.  Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

Well folks, there's no getting around it, this one's mostly about D&D. AKA the OGL two, sequel to OGL, 2 OGL 2 furious, dropped ten hours before we recorded and so of course we have to talk about copyright, derivative content, and how not to alienate your entire fanbase with one simple trick. Also, Shrek is there. Also, the pink sauce is back. You're welcome! Links D&D Creative Commons: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/12/dungeons-and-dragons-ogl-wizards-of-the-coast/ Did Shrek name himself? https://www.tumblr.com/aryashi/706291086771011584 Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

It's our first episode of 2023, and that can only mean one thing: it's time to talk about new entries to the public domain! Noted Gamesman™ Eric Silver stopped by to play some games to honor the absurd internet stories of the year, but already, the new year is just as absurd as the last. To quote the undead indie romance writer Susan Meachen, let the fun begin!  Show Notes Author who faked her death: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseyweekman/susan-meachen-author-alleged-death-hoax Public domain day! https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2023/ It's Eric! https://twitter.com/el_silvero Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

This week, ChatGPT and Lensa AI each took over the internet, which begs the question: why is the AI always so horny? Amanda and Isabel go back and forth between talking about grief and the social implications of AI art way too quickly. Isabel rode on a bike cab blasting Numa Numa through New York City. Amanda went to a live comedy show based on a meme page. Everything is fine. 

In this special episode, Isabel and Amanda discuss the greatest mafia movie ever made.

In this episode, we talk to Alex Cohen AKA tiny snek comics AKA the mastermind behind being rat verified on twitter, which is superior to regular verified, because you don’t pay $8 and you also get a rat. But hey, if you’re really thirsting for that blue checkmark, tumblr’s got you covered—they’ll give you two, and it even comes with crabs. Also a guy in Philly ate 40 rotisserie chickens, and Jamie-Lee Josselyn explains why this is a sport. PETA’s going to have fun with this one.

It happened: Elon Musk ordered that thing from Amazon late at night and then it arrived at his home and it wasn't what he expected but it was too late to return it. In other words, he owns Twitter now, but we'd rather not talk about the implications of that. Instead, let's talk about the memes spawned from this historic transaction. Also, we talk about the lawsuit surrounding Disco Elysium. May the pale wash away Elon & ZA/UM's sins. Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown.