Bring Out The Snacks!: Endless Thread Shares Two Incredible Stories From Reddit

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February 26, 2021

Frank Hernandez

We're cooking up a new season of Endless Thread as we speak, dear listeners. But in the meantime, we realized we could probably all use a "snack" to hold us over. In this episode, we hear about a Redditor who created a fake press pass and found himself in a war zone, and another who accidentally assembled an army of crows.

Thanks to Redditor Handicappedfruit for this week's featured art,"Sunset crows." You can find more of their work on Instagram @urbanique_art.

Original music in this episode by Paul Vaitkus.

Show Notes:

- Ben's story from r/OldSchoolCool (now deleted): Circa 1992 - I decided to see what war was truly like. At 21 I made a fake press pass for a fake newspaper and pretended to be a real journalist. I was too dumb to understand the risks and too convincing to be denied. The UN put me on an aid flight out of Zagreb into the besieged Sarajevo by redditor u/TJH48932
- u/TJH48932 re-uploaded his series of posts on to his own profile
- Amory's story from r/LegalAdvice: [oregon] I accidentally created an army of crow body guards. Am I liable if my murder attempts murder? by redditor u/cranne
- u/cranne's update on their crow situation: [oregon] I accidentally created an army of crow body guards. Am I liable if my murder attempts murder? UPDATE: The crows saved a life
- A step-by-step guide on how to befriend crows from WorldBirds.org

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