3: Illegal Drinking pt.3: AITA

Illegal Drinking pt.3: AITA

Get your bottles ready and your glasses prepared for the third podcast episode of the series Illegal Drinking where Maia and Grant explore various drinking anecdotes and events. In this podcast episode, sit back and listen to Grant and Maia reading out Am I The Asshole? (AITA) posts from reddit related to the theme of illegal drinking and sharing their own similar anecdotes as well.

And if this doesn't get your glasses clinking, then how about the fact that this is a comedy podcast that brings you knowledge in a wickedly engaging way? Tune in for the next hit in your podcast recommendations!

Key Highlights

Personal Anecdotes: The podcast starts with Grant sharing a personal anecdote from his life and discussing it with Maia to understand whether he was the asshole in that situation or not. He uses friendship humor and draws elements from a storytelling podcast to illustrate his tale of door-laden grief. Maia also shares her interactions with her therapist and telling stories from her personal experiences to break the ice with the listeners.

AITA Posts: Grant and Maia then move towards the main topic of the podcast, the AITA posts from Reddit. Maia reads aloud various kind of Reddit posts, from those with a drinking habit asking judgement from strangers regarding their family's disapproval to those on the other side, confronting their drinking associates about their habit or the results of those habits. The podcast contains discussions regarding each of the posts read in it and comments on who truly is the bad guy from the perspectives of Maia and Grant. There is also room left for listeners to form their own judgements regarding the various narrators.

Advisory Tales: After reading various posts on Reddit, Grant and Maia turn their attentions in the final section of the podcast to advice young minds. They talk about how teenage feels like forever and yet there is going to be inevitable change in the future. Grant keeps things light with jokes and comedic examples while Maia uses friendship humor during the discussion. They both draw examples from their own experiences and what they have observed to help their young listeners come to terms with their personal struggles after hearing the podcast.

Key Quotes

“When you are drunk and no one else is drunk around you, you don't feel that drunk. It's when you encounter someone drunker than you that you are like oh…that person is drunk.”
“Much like a new religion, I believe every word of this, kind off anatically because Reddit, I find, is the truest form of crowd source information.”
“When people post on AITA it is usually that they are victims and they feel guilty and want reassurance so it's not as common that Reddit calls people the asshole on AITA since assholes usually do not feel that they are in the wrong.”

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Maia's AITA Picks: AITA for purposefully giving alcohol to Mormons

AITA to getting mad that my friends left me out because I am "alcoholic"

Grant's AITA Story: Personal story on not answering the door for a door-to-door salesman

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