The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #914

Carl, Callum, and Jess Gill discuss the new "city people" and how they're just like the old ones, how straight is the new gay, and the hilarious fall of Dr Who.

Reading List

• City People

  • Average bus users - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • Why no queueing? - AscendedYield - Twitter

  • Who remembers queueing? - PaulEmbery - Twitter

  • If only you knew - anglofuturist - Twitter

  • Old pic - en5elect - Twitter

  • Found online before - AkkadSecretary - Twitter

  • Southall irl - YouTube

  • Compare to outside - Discord

  • Southall History - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • Indian guy with medals - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • Least aggressive Southall road rage - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • Job search - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • Eid - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • Misc chairs - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • Southall candidate - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • Speeding tickets for running - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • London crime - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • Health freaks - UB1UB2 - Twitter

  • Bradford traffic mystery - fietsprofessor - Twitter

• Straight Is the New Gay

  • Tate Is the New Gay - cobratate - Twitter 

  • Andrew Tate: Sex is for making children. Any man who has sex with women because it 'feels good' is gay. - cobratate - Twitter

  • Billie Eilish: "I should have a Ph.D. in masturbation." - HuffPost

  • Billie Eilish: "I’ve been in love with girls for my whole life, but I just didn’t understand — until, last year, I realized I wanted my face in a vagina." - Cosmopolitan

  • "Lily Allen has said she would like to be buried with her phone to hide her 'dark p*rn habits'." - Instagram

  • Are there moral standards when it comes to sexuality? - PiersUncensored - Twitter

  • Bumble’s Anti-Femcel campaign - HeyLeslie97 - Twitter

  • "Thou Shalt Not Give Up on Dating and Become a Nun" - BlobWithAGob - Twitter

  • Reaction to Bumble - kierabreaugh - TikTok

  • A San Diego State University psychology professor who reviewed the data for her book “Generations.” - Los Angeles Times

  • "Those using it for casual sex said they would rarely use it to find a relationship." -Vogue

  • Jamie, a 24-year-old photographer from Manchester, says he worries about “the danger that someone would feel offended, or even wronged were you to change your mind upon your or their arrival” - Vogue

  • 45 men don’t approach women - datepsych - Twitter

  • Anti trad - Instagram

• Dr Who, Lmao

  • Most popular Dr Whos in recent years have been Matt Smith and David Tennant - Collider

  • 8 million viewing figures under Tennant - BlogtorWho

  • Female Dr Who, 5.4 million viewers on average - not bad - Express

  • Disney bought the rights to stream Dr Who - Radio Times

  • First black doctor who - Ncuti Gatwa - Metro

  • Apparently it began with a huge info dump to try and get Disney+ viewers up to speed - ScreenRant

  • Apparently it just isn’t good writing - Bristol Post

  • Doesn’t exactly look like Dr Who really - DaveAtherton20 - Twitter

  • Weren’t there Daleks in this? - ItsHippyPotter - Twitter

  • Villain uses they/them pronouns - Nerdrotics - Twitter

  • Are they just trolling at this point? - BradRTorgersen - Twitter

  • Woke media really pushing this hard - Critics should touch grass - Variety

  • Dr who wasn’t made for straight white men! Asyia Iftikhar - Metro

  • Deleted their account - Metro - Twitter (account deleted)

  • She privated her account - Asyia Iftikhar - Twitter (account privatized)

  • Not exactly great ratings - Digital Spy

  • Ncuti feels sad for you - Yahoo News UK

  • Apparently Ncuti is leaving after season 2 and Matt Smith is returning - Doctor Who TV