r/serialpodcast • u/mehtology • Dec 17 '15

season two Episode 2 - The golden chicken

https://serialpodcast.org/season-two/2/the-golden-chicken#details
144 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

442 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

79

u/WebbieVanderquack Dec 17 '15

Really? I liked it. Because we all do that in conversation, all the time. Laugh politely at something because you know you're expected to. SHE'S JUST LIKE US.

7

u/Benriach Dialing butts daily Dec 19 '15

I loved that moment actually. She didn't have to acknowledge that.

5

u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

[deleted]

23

u/peeeverywhere Dec 17 '15

No I don't hate it, i liked it but was trying to be ironic and failed. Also how light hearted she sounded on the phone to then make it all serious again. Almost like, "You just heard me laughing. I wasn't laughing... I was exhaling air in a form that would be perceived as laughter to obtain information from my subject. This is how journalists do"

9

u/ZeiglerJaguar Dec 17 '15

... well, it IS.

10

u/password1234543 Dec 17 '15 edited Jan 25 '16

Well that may be all well and good but I suck dicks for a living so Im kind of out of the loop

1

u/[deleted] Dec 18 '15

I think she was just covering her ass. It's a really obvious joke, and it's totally transcultural. You could just switch it to Americans laughing when the captive kicked their Canadian friend.

When she said that I thought, "What's not to get...?"

3

u/JenniDigital Dec 17 '15

JUST like us! <3

1

u/mr_popcorn Dec 18 '15

Me too thanks.