Episode 198: The Dead Internet Theory feat. Strange Familiars (plus Aliza Kelly of Horoscope Weekly)

SKIP TO 00:24:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! The Dead Internet Theory posits that the internet we are all using to communicate with one another is no longer a digital message board meant to connect us across the globe. Instead, what we perceive as being an organic community of humans is actually a wasteland of ads, AI generated content, and bots farming engagement with one another. According to this conspiracy, high level influencers, corporations, and "the powers that be" are purposely constricting our ability to communicate with one another. Join us this week as Nat presents Aly and special guest Tim from Strange Familiars podcast with the internet’s creepiest theory! Plus, we even take a look at Mark Zuckerberg's birth chart with celebrity astrologist, Aliza Kelly of Horoscope Weekly! TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - INTRO & BIGFOOT SIGHTING STORY 00:16:06- MIRACLE MADE AD  00:24:00 - THE STORY BEGINS 00:28:18- NUTRAFOL AD 00:31:24 - SHRIMP JESUS  00:44:30 - APOSTROPHE AD 00:47:18 - HOW FACEBOOK KILLED THE INTERNET 00:55:10 - ORGAIN AD 00:58:30 - UNCANNY VALLEYS 01:14:53 - MARK ZUCKERBERG’S HOROSCOPE WITH ALIZA KELLY 01:35:50 - THE FUTURE OF AI 01:54:01 - DONOR SHOUTOUTS GUEST INFO Strange Familiars: https://linktr.ee/strangefamiliars "Horoscope Weekly" with Aliza Kelly: https://bit.ly/4h6nUpt THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below! MIRACLE MADE- MIRACLE MADE- Go to TryMiracle.com/HAUNTED and use the code HAUNTED to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF.  NUTRAFOL- For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners TEN DOLLARS OFF your first month’s subscription plus FREE SHIPPING when you go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code HAUNTED. APOSTROPHE- APOSTROPHE - Get your first visit for only five dollars at Apostrophe.com/LETSGETHAUNTED when you use our code: LETSGETHAUNTED. That’s a savings of FIFTEEN DOLLARS! ORGAIN- If you want to get in on the delicious protein-packed nutrition today, head to Orgain.com/HAUNTED and use code HAUNTED for 20% off your order. — Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted  LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com    Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted   Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: [email protected] —— SOURCES [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2024/04/28/facebooks-surreal-shrimp-jesus-trend-explained/ [2] https://theconversation.com/the-dead-internet-theory-makes-eerie-claims-about-an-ai-run-web-the-truth-is-more-sinister-229609 [3]https://www.acma.gov.au/articles/2024-02/acma-research-reveals-australian-news-consumption-trends [4]https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/10/599808766/i-m-responsible-for-what-happens-at-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-will-tell-senate [5]https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/mark-zuckerberg-builds-roman-statue-of-his-wife-in-garden-husbands-everywhere-are-shaking/ar-AA1oMahH [6]https://uk.news.yahoo.com/whats-going-mark-zuckerbergs-glow-160043772.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACnLnCJQcp_mmER7THZcpY6V2sETX1w9jJdBxylsPPCzTqFksIgbrZ14t9HrewVpT3yLOfht-8yfp-0c3EITkGmfEG_guRY1XzPiRQ38VJp0zH4-lNFPIkDuYVdi6intYuK6hqaOE8xdSrs3Jxf6iPRHxAUf4VoOqwGLT2ghTqJQ [7] https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104413015393571 VIDEOS [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPABtlr-rM  BACKGROUND MUSIC [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6UU2FyLHiw [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8KbrohBzRY KEYWORDS: Simulation theory, mark zuckerberg, zuck, facebook, meta, spying, CIA, FBI, Congress hearing, campaign, AI, bots, data farming, conspiracy, coverup, uncanny valley, lgh, lets get haunted, horoscope, Aliza Kelly, strange familiars, bigfoot, cryptid, boomers, dead internet theory, deep fake, technology, robots, science fiction, horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices