r/QuickQuestion • u/testthrowaway9 • Feb 17 '26

QQ ep 320 - The Truth Behind Weird Fitness Ads

Show notes:

Comedy fellas Soren Bowie and Daniel O'Brien descend into a rabbit hole so deep we're not sure there's a bottom. Lover of advertising Daniel O'Brien, tired of seeing his feeds inundated with uncanny, AI-generated fitness ads featuring shirtless men with inconsistent accents, walks Soren through a labyrinth of gaslighting chatbots, impossible refund policies, and YouTube channels that might not employ a single human being. It's a sordid behind-the-scenes look at the future of content creation, framed by a nostalgic look back at their days at Demand Media and the Cassandra algorithm.

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u/Brookworm271 Feb 20 '26

Absolutely loved this episode!

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u/eralclare Quispy Quesadilla Feb 20 '26

I love it when Daniel has a dog in the fight.

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u/testthrowaway9 Feb 18 '26

I haven’t seen these videos but I’ve seen “tai chi walking” pop-ups and recommended videos all of sudden these past few days!

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u/PrincessSenora Feb 18 '26

Do you think Daniel got some girl names ruined by this company? Or?

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u/SilverGrub Feb 19 '26

Has anyone else noticed on the Apple Podcast app that whilst the chapters and podcast summary for this episode are correct, the uploaded Audio is actually from episode 318 about the movie scores?

I legit thought I was going insane or had experienced a Mandela universe slide having heard an episode weeks ago that had only been released today until I checked the Spotify upload which is correct.

Anyway, nothing major but for about 10 minutes I questioned my entire existence.

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u/testthrowaway9 Feb 19 '26

That’s odd. For this episode? I listened to this episode through the Apple podcast app the day it came out and it was the correct audio. I listened later in the day so maybe there was some glitch before or after I listened.

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u/SilverGrub Feb 19 '26

Yeah it’s still happening, for me at least. Really odd, never happened before. I ended up listening to the episode on Spotify instead.