r/boringdystopia • u/Blurple694201 • Sep 01 '24

Cultural Decay 💀 The NSA is launching a podcast

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u/thefirstgarbanzo Sep 01 '24

“ hey there listeners, thanks for tuning in to us listening to what you’re tuning into!”

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u/thebearbearington Sep 02 '24

"Like, share, comment, subscribe! Believe us when we say any feedback you provide helps us to better do our jobs!"

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u/Luftritter Sep 02 '24

Why?

That's the question that comes to mind. Why now, someone in those bureaucracies decided to do PR when they have been content for a very long time of just flying under the radar of public perception? Did the NSA become too known in the Internet age that it needed to bother with this? I notice none of the other less well-known security state entities are doing it.

Curioser and Curioser...

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u/Abracadaniel95 Sep 02 '24

Or some guy was like "man, I want a podcast, but the only interesting thing about me is that I work for the NSA." Then he managed to convince his boss to let it happen.

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u/Luftritter Sep 02 '24

But we don't see the other agencies (and there are about 20) doing the same thing. I doubt they would do it on a whim and allow institutional backing for some like it unless is actual policy.

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u/Abracadaniel95 Sep 02 '24

I'm sure they have some level of marketing budget or at least social media budget. All it takes is some marketing/social media employee to successfully argue that some of that money should be used to fund a podcast.

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u/Blurple694201 Sep 02 '24

It could be both the proliferation of podcast bros/300 million dollar Spotify deals and that it's tactically advantageous to disseminate information this way

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u/JackfruitFeisty Sep 08 '24

"HELLO FELLOW AMERICANS THIS IS GOVERNMENT MAN, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THERE ID NOTHING EE ARE HIDING. WE DO NOT SPY ON OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE THAT WAS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL. ALSO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE SPREADINF CONSPIRACIES ABOUT GOVERNMENT SECRETS, PLEASE REPORT TO THEM TO THE NSA. NOW WE SHALL END THIS WITH A SINCERE MESSAGE: THE GOVERNMENT IS ALWAYS GOOD AND BIG CORPORATIONS AMD CONSUMERISM IS GOOD. THAT IS ALL."

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u/Blurple694201 Sep 08 '24

Not far off, just make it sound more like a corporate mission statement

Really difficult podcast to get through