Anthropocene Reviewed Megathread

Damn, blow him out of the water fam. I wasn't crazy about this ep either, even if it did have some connection to the events at hand

Wasn't the husband, like, an awful person?

I don't have the context but I think being awful isn't legal grounds for being killed in most cases...?

There is reasonable logic being posted on this forum and I absolutely will not stand for it

Loved to hear about the history of Monopoly on the last episode. It really seems fitting that the game of capitalism was stolen from those who created the idea.

The story about the Academic Decathlon made me understand why John Green writes young adult fiction. It seems he remembers his past quite fondly for the most part. He has a interesting way of couching memories in a narrative, remembering things as a story and describing it as such. I can't say that my memory works that way - there aren't narratives that I build in my head, just fleeting moments I can recall. It's like a film roll taped together and all I get are 5 frames of a scene with my friends on a bench at high school, 12 frames of my eagle scout project, 1 frame of me on a boat as a young kid visiting Seattle for a trip. Beyond that, murky environments and dulled emotions. I wonder how my life would be different if my memories of the past were clearer.

Framing sports as the luxury to care about something that doesn't really matter was spot on.

I imagine that I, like most listeners, find the history that John gives about the various topics to be the most interesting aspect of this show. Since this episode was mainly one-off ratings with little history to provide, I was less than interested in this one.

I did learn about dazzle camouflage though, which is pretty cool

The finale, for now, I thought was appropriate. John is very aware of his quirks and embraces them when it helps, and points them out when it doesn't. I have respect for how vulnerable he allows himself to be, despite how vulnerable he is. (Woah...) And I am very glad they are making a book.

When I saw that he was reviewing himself I rolled my eyes a bit thinking it was a bit too "meta", but I thought that the ep turned out really great. Echoing the thoughts on vulnerability - despite saying that he hates how open it makes him feel, the sheer honesty he gives here is touching. Glad to have listened to this series! But now my podcast feed has more room for godmakespoop.com