Internet Oddity

The Doomsday Subreddit | April 30th 2015

92.9 The Torch | February 14, 2025

Join me for a look into the Doomsday Subreddit, April 30th 2015, where an apocalyptic roleplaying game was taken seriously by some. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Stock footage credit: CACAOMEDIA Some stock footage provided by Mário J.R. Matos Footage provided by https://goo.gl/dhzYHQ Daniel Moraes Music: Epilog – Ghostpocalypse by Kevin […]

NEWS & CULTURE

The Internet’s Self-Taught Soldier

92.9 The Torch | January 7, 2025

From 2011-2012, a poster from the Something Awful forums taught himself emergency medicine, purchased combat gear, and flew to Libya and Syria in order to document and fight in two civil wars. This is the story of Kevin Dawes. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Sources: NPR Interview: https://www.npr.org/2011/10/24/141646227/u-s-aid-worker-took-up-arms-with-libyas-rebels GQ […]