Touching Grass

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week James Ball discusses right wing pick me influencers, and Lucy Reade dives into dating app discourse. Pick me influencers:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBenSXzMqyMhttps://archive.ph/q1j7qhttps://youtu.be/W-N6XRhqXf0?si=lkRE5N4Cz8LqoOYN&t=1261 https://youtu.be/W-N6XRhqXf0?si=aZfdDgeJ3RdE5jKQ&t=1332 Dating app discourse:https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/sex-relationships/article/is-it-inappropriate-to-use-linkedin-as-a-dating-app-i-do-g2cxxsfs3https://x.com/graveair/status/1862142683260551365?s=20 https://x.com/SchrodingrsBrat/status/2093075305799791097?s=20Presented by James Ball and Lucy ReadeProduced by Matt WithersSubscribe to The New World for just £5 for five weeks here

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week Lucy Reade unpacks the latest discourse over Harry Potter fans, whilst James Ball tells us about the strange world of boyfriend simulator games.Harry Potter and Dobby’s grave links:https://x.com/kennixonette/status/2086887412433625294?s=20https://x.com/search?q=from%3Agregthesorcerer%20dobby&src=typed_queryhttps://www.tiktok.com/@arielleblack9/video/7627889810245504274?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7629351219308676630Love and Deepspace links:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qpkgenf7XtJWJLCnWrW1VN6_AFR2bn22MBBzHcuOJTg/edit?usp=sharing https://www.themarysue.com/love-and-deepspace-is-a-period-tracker-really-necessary-in-an-otome-game/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveAndDeepspace/comments/1uihl89/i_dont_think_valko_climbing_through_the_window_is/ https://x.com/ByteStix/status/2071599339068170662 https://www.polygon.com/love-and-deepspace-backlash-new-love-interest-valko-canceled/ https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/im-boycotting-love-and-deepspace-for-killing-my-virtual-boyfriend-and-so-are-251-000-other-loyal-widows/ Presented by James Ball and Lucy ReadeProduced by Matt WithersOFFER: Subscribe to The New World for just £1 for your first month.https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/touchinggrass/

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week James Ball discusses the very silly film that the internet has dubbed The Sex Purge Movie, whilst Lucy Reade dives into the controversial world of To Catch a Predator. One Night Only links:https://bsky.app/profile/dinfontay.com/post/3msdym6unbk2s https://bsky.app/profile/annabower.bsky.social/post/3msfvhd36tk2r https://bsky.app/profile/jessehawken.bsky.social/post/3msjm5cggzs2p https://bsky.app/profile/thenumbers.bsky.social/post/3msld7r7pf22e https://bsky.app/profile/discussingfilm.net/post/3msjtq2bbn225 https://bsky.app/profile/luxalptraum.com/post/3mshfk5akdc2w https://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mskwcskjvs22 https://bsky.app/profile/gregpak.net/post/3mskax4mdb22p To Catch a Predator links:https://x.com/airbagg3d/status/2085467442491326737?s=20 https://x.com/TheJakeChristie/status/2085387796282249343?s=20https://x.com/souljagoyteller/status/2085398957375582220?s=20Presented by James Ball and Lucy ReadeProduced by Matt WithersOFFER: Subscribe to The New World for just £1 for your first month.https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/touchinggrass/

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week Lucy Reade discusses the infamous ‘kissing lawyers’, our world of constant surveillance and trial by internet. Meanwhile, James Ball dives into how and why the influencers behind the ‘Magaverse’ are quietly losing their audiences.Kissing lawyers links:https://x.com/CasterNL/status/2080321741222518893?s=20https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8dPE8EJ/https://nypost.com/2026/07/30/us-news/lawyer-caught-canoodling-in-central-park-stands-to-lose-millions-as-lucrative-job-offer-reneged/https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/gen-z-age-gaps-relationships-dating-opinion-5HjdZZx_2/Presented by James Ball and Lucy ReadeProduced by Matt WithersOFFER: Subscribe to The New World for just £1 for your first month.https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/touchinggrass/

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week James Ball emulates Noel Edmonds and takes us through how choosing between £50,000 or a 50% chance of a million is actually very political. Lucy Reade meanwhile unpacks High Value Womanhood, the new genre of girls demanding men pay for everything in relationships.   £50,000 v a million links:https://bsky.app/profile/zachrabiroff.com/post/3mrgdqigcrc27 https://bsky.app/profile/nicholasgrossman.bsky.social/post/3mrg6f4mtk22x https://bsky.app/profile/jlray.bsky.social/post/3mrnf4jlza22g https://bsky.app/profile/zachrabiroff.com/post/3mrgdqigcrc27Gold digger links:https://x.com/aspenn_colorado/status/2079745872645284176https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/dating-car-uber-ella-freimann-9p33hh2plhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DY9yJQAN6Os/?igsh=MXBnYjJ6amdxbzB0bA%3D%3Dhttps://x.com/FindomCentral/status/2070476166113206508?s=20Presented by James Ball and Lucy ReadeProduced by Matt WithersOFFER: Subscribe to The New World for just £1 for your first month.https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/touchinggrass/  

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week Lucy Reade unpacks the very worst online reactions to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and James Ball introduces us to the Washington Post’s very bad YouTube channel.Odyssey posts:https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2079385765402833029?s=20https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/2018281925488631853?s=20https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2077320379748790543?s=20Make it Make Sense:https://www.youtube.com/@mimsshow https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3mqx6j3d2gc2r https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuxVLumbP5U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk9U88GJuSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slYGWyliHJ4 https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088 https://x.com/davejorgenson/status/1478840095499247621?s=21 Presented by James Ball and Lucy ReadeProduced by Matt WithersSubscribe to The New World for just £5 for five weeks here

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week James Ball manages to link the new Minions movie to questioning the meaning of God, and Lucy Reade discusses how climate anxiety around AI might be more of a moral panic than we think.Minions links:https://x.com/raissaverso/status/2052464875356532743 https://www.polygon.com/minions-questions-do-minions-reproduce-can-they-die-did-they-work-for-hitler/ https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2072809128918213119 https://www.instagram.com/p/DalTgM2mPAK/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D AI links:https://x.com/rayxkilli/status/2074958811874418989?s=20https://x.com/metajiini_klen/status/1983676664354669054?s=20https://www.tiktok.com/@zahra.earthh/video/7640892713721679117?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7629351219308676630Presented by James Ball and Lucy ReadeProduced by Matt WithersSubscribe to The New World for just £5 for five weeks here

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week Lucy Reade and James Ball talk about the highly controversial wedding of global megastar Taylor Swift, as well as the latest BookTok drama.Taylor Swift links:https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15956673/Taylor-Swift-tacky-wedding-Travis-Kelce-insiders-buffet-Alison-Boshoff.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=social-twitter_mailonlinehttps://x.com/baaulp/status/2073588363668451332?s=46https://x.com/kissmarrykill13/status/2073938886217134523?s=46BookTok links:https://youtu.be/R0TMtY_xdgU?si=XsALiawu9A_rfFFZ&t=173 https://youtu.be/R0TMtY_xdgU?si=FyLQfxaXCsktWEbd&t=313 https://youtu.be/R0TMtY_xdgU?si=kFod1gnFkc4IagZ3&t=631 Presented by James Ball and Lucy ReadeProduced by Matt WithersSubscribe to The New World for just £5 for five weeks here

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. In this week’s episode, James Ball delves into the terrible TikTok advice on how to commit credit card fraud via chargeback, and Lucy Reade unpacks the internet discourse surrounding whether perpetual lateness is a moral failing or a disability.Chargeback links:https://www.tiktok.com/@carrington.fisk/video/7501457984606899502https://www.tiktok.com/@scrunchieluxe/video/7605450123618962708 https://bsky.app/profile/sesmith.lol/post/3mp4ri524n52x Lateness links:https://x.com/dilrhubarb/status/2069348621208948746?s=20https://x.com/ShayWoulahan/status/2070019497809854697?s=20https://x.com/privatebirb/status/2070179903786655762?s=20https://x.com/Brien_Jackson/status/2070284553046884474?s=20https://www.tiktok.com/@chaotic_philosopher/video/7255063782970445098?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPresented by James Ball and Lucy ReadeProduced by Matt WithersSubscribe to The New World for just £5 for five weeks here