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lazzer grardaion?:
This is a podcast which, occasionally, deals with some super gross things, so it might not be the sort of thing you'd show your parents and/or grandparents (unless they're cool parents and/or grandparents). However, some people we meet in our daily lives might be more internet-savvy, or jaded, or whatever adjective might conceivably prepare somebody for the possibility of dickbugs. This can lead to stories.

My story comes from back when I was in undergrad, I think senior year. There was this girl I ran into occasionally, whom I'd chatted with her a few times in the hall, and with whom I shared a couple friends. One day, she was sitting alone in the cafeteria at lunch, and I asked if I could join her, and we hit it off. We were into a lot of the same kind of movies and she started talking about Silent Hill, and it was all a good time, so I asked her out for coffee. That day, we ended up on the topic of podcasts, and as she'd talked about weird stuff she'd found on reddit or whatever, I decided that F-Plus might be in her wheelhouse. I rattled off a few topics about episodes I'd listened to recently, Robot-Dragon micronations, Dolphin/Bigfoot enthusiasts, and Asexuals. The date went fine, but it was a little awkward, which I figured was basically standard first-date nervousness.

So, later that night, curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to look her up on facebook. The first thing that popped up wasn't actually her personal page, but the page for her artwork. That led me to her deviantart page (!), which led me to her tumblr account (!!!) which was dedicated to an anime which was apparently about a 13-year-old boy having sex with his ancient demon butler [freakout]!!!!!!!!![freakout] I have since been told by people that the anime in question isn't actually about this, but all I had to go by at the time was this lady's fanart, complete with a long post about why a 13-year-old having sex with a demon butler isn't creepy, because he's extremely mature for his age! [freakout][freakout][freakout][freakout][freakout][freakout][freakout].

Also, the punchline to this is, obviously, that she was asexual. And she made a loooooong post on her tumblr about me, and how there was a 'radio show' I listened to where people 'called in' to make fun of asexuals, and how she bravely stepped in to defend the integrity of asexuals everywhere against my insults. To be perfectly honest, I do feel bad about that whole thing, and wish I hadn't made that particular faux pas (I hate to make anyone feel like something the cat dragged in), though that's slighty mitigated by all the other stuff.

So, does anybody else have any good F-Plus introduction stories?

Caroline:
Once I was listening to the F Plus in a cafe, and the waiter asked me what I was smiling about. Usually when that happens I lie and say I'm listening to Radio 4, but in a fit of honesty I told him about the podcast. I described the general premise and some specific episodes. I may have mentioned some of the gross ones. About halfway through my explanation I could see panic start to set in, but I kept going anyway. When I was finished, he just said, 'Well, that sounds like fun.' And I haven't been back to that cafe since, even though I really like their coffee.

Gyro:
I may have mentioned some of the gross ones. About halfway through my explanation I could see panic start to set in, but I kept going anyway.
Caroline, May 07, 2016, 03:28:33 am
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See that's why you introduce people by talking about really inoffensive but wonderful stuff like Joan Ocean and that one guy who thinks his wife is a genie.

LINDA:
I have introduced it to a whole bunch of people because I really can't help myself. I play it for friends sometimes when they visit. Everyone has liked it a lot, but you can never really tell if they like it to the point where they listen to it on their own, especially if they're new to podcasts. But then recently a friend of mine told me about a skype date he had with his new girlfriend... to introduce her to fplus. And lo did the virus spread.

I also will never forget the one time I had to pause the penis enlargement episode to google an anatomical diagram of the penis for someone, who had never thought about his taint before as much as he did that day.

Frank West:
Well apparently ky dad showed the youtube video of me reading Bipartisanship around to everyone at last thanksgiving when I wasn't there.

It's fine though, I don't like any of those people anyway.

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