r/LPOTL • u/BobbyTables829 • 17h ago
Informal poll: do you want Ed and Henry to cover the Bend Oregon shooting on side stories, or is it just too dark and messed up to want to listen to?
First off, RIP to those poor kids, and it legit freaks me out how that situation could have been so much worse. It's one of those stories that I find myself randomly thinking about throughout the day.
Last Side Stories they brought up some of the darker stories in the news really quick, and Ed was like, "Let's not talk about that stuff," and they did a great show from there. This made me wonder: it seems like they should be the show to talk about mass violence and those sorts of terrible stories, but it's also a comedy show and sometimes a story is so dark there's just no way to make it "entertaining" the way a podcast needs to be. Thinking about what happened at that elementary school just makes me sick, and I would probably skip them talking about it if they brought it up because it just makes me want to cry.
That said I'm curious how other people feel about this. Are you okay with them wading into the darkest of dark stories on side stories, or do you want them to keep it more weird (like the fake substitute teacher, butt sniffers, etc.). Obviously there's no wrong answers, I'm just curious how many people have a "too far" switch when it comes to side stories.
