Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week James Ball discusses right wing pick me influencers, and Lucy Reade dives into dating app discourse.
Pick me influencers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBenSXzMqyM
https://youtu.be/W-N6XRhqXf0?si=lkRE5N4Cz8LqoOYN&t=1261
https://youtu.be/W-N6XRhqXf0?si=aZfdDgeJ3RdE5jKQ&t=1332
Dating app discourse:
https://x.com/graveair/status/1862142683260551365?s=20
https://x.com/SchrodingrsBrat/status/2093075305799791097?s=20
Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade
Produced by Matt Withers
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