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Story of how HI sparked one of my best friendships

It’s been years since I last opened this sub, but I recently got curious about HI and decided to check in. It’s cool to see so many posts, but most seem to be about the mod policies, hiatus, and general frustrations. I wanted to share something a bit more wholesome: how this podcast sparked one of my closest friendships, one that’s remained strong nearly a decade later.

The story starts in 2017, when I was in high school. We were on a field trip, and I ended up sitting next to someone who was, at the time, more of an acquaintance than a friend. The night before, I’d stumbled across the fact that CGP Grey had a podcast. I’d never really listened to podcasts before, but I decided to give it a go, and the latest episode at the time was “Break Glass in Case of Emergency.”
For those who don’t remember: it’s an episode where Grey and Brady work through a book of hypothetical questions, pausing to discuss each one. Right at the start, there’s even a little disclaimer recommending you listen with someone so you can discuss the hypotheticals together.

So when I heard that, since none of us had much to do I suggested we listen and discuss together. It might sound stupid, but that shared experience was genuinely the spark that turned an acquaintance into a friend. Over the following months we each worked through the back catalogue and talked about episodes constantly.

Eventually the hiatus came, and we slowly moved on. But the friendship survived. Today, even though we live in different countries and have completely separate lives, we still call each other every week, and He’s one of my closest friends.

I just wanted to put that out there, a reminder that media can have an outsized impact on people’s lives in ways the creators would never expect.

Thanks, Grey and Brady.

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u/balbecs — 2 days ago
▲ 48 r/HelloInternet

I would recommend the gl;hf podcast

For anyone left with a vaguely Hello Internet shaped hole in your podcast apps, I’d recommend the podcast GL;HF. It featured two YouTube creator types chatting about video creation, games, random current events, and awkward social interactions. Half of each podcast is even feedback on the comments from the last one. Austin is also a tiny bit unhinged in his world views which understand is an essential part of the two dudes talking formula. Austin even does a planecrash corner every so often, though he doesn’t call it that.

Highly recommended, they post an hour each week to both YouTube and RSS, so it’s a proper podcast.

I’m keen to hear other podcast suggestions too.

https://youtube.com/@glhf-podcast?si=RF1HT7IZi7xVQ2nu

u/EeveeDinah — 3 days ago
▲ 79 r/HelloInternet

For the flag fans - new "Unofficial" flag candidates for Boulder, Colorado

So while the Flaggy Flag may have risen here, other new flag designs are arising elsewhere

Would love to hear what the community thinks about the ten flag finalists for Boulder Colorado. As a proud Tim, I was very excited when one of my designs got selected to be a finalists!

Read more here!

After an overwhelming response of more than 100 submissions, the Museum of Boulder’s Unofficial Boulder Flag competition has been narrowed to 10 finalist designs. A Review Panel of designers and community members selected finalists through a blind evaluation process, first identifying top entries individually before coming together to refine the field. These designs now move into the final phase of the competition, including a live design forum hosted by volunteers from the North American Vexillological Society, where concepts will be further refined before one winning design is selected.

u/VertigoOne — 13 days ago
▲ 30 r/HelloInternet

In future, I will try to always include a Bonus Picture Round (i.e., flags).

Also, in future, no quiz questions will be reused. But I only just found out about the emancipation of the sub, so here is HELLO INTERNET RELISTEN QUIZ EPISODE ONE!!!

Take the quiz here: https://forms.gle/faeMASUnFJkefa1z8

(Later episodes will have more room for questions that interact with the back catalogue. So get started now, comment any feedback, and the quizzes will only improve.)

u/10from19 — 14 days ago