Show Notes
Are social media trends just a thinly veiled strategy to collect data on us? Comedian and friend of the show Will Miles joins Langston and David to discuss that possibility, as well as answer a voicemail about how antidepressants are more prevalent among white people.
0:00 Robots kicking children in China
8:45 Conspiracy: Every social media trend is a psy-op
36:00 Racial slurs and their rules
41:50 What’s wrong with industry plants?
56:10 Voicemail: White people know secrets about SSRIs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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