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This week, Merlin introduces John to a thriving culture of internet busybodies. What happens when we\u2019re only ever exposed to people who look or think like we do? What would we do with free access to an all-you-can-eat Fun Dip buffet?\n\nIn follow-up, John learns about \u201cBay Lake,\u201d but badly confuses his celebrity folk heroes. Around a YouTube series Merlin a perimeter creates. Your hosts debate which movies really are mostly terrible. (_Murrrrrph!_) Also, Merlin\u2019s Netflix account gets borrowed for a morning.\n\nThe main topic this week is _Merlin\u2019s documentary obsession_. Turns out: there are a lot of turns-outs. John and Merlin explore what\u2019s so tantalizing (or off-putting) about some documentary films\u2014as well as the whole genre as a thing. \n\nMerlin suggests watching A Meditation on the Possibility of Romantic Love In the South During an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation, and John is very reluctant to recommend 18 hours of New York history.\n\nMerlin learns how Jesus died.\n\n(_Recorded on Tuesday, December 20, 2016_)