Bonding Over Submechanophobia
Show notes
In this 50th episode of Queernecks, queer rural Appalachian LGBTQ hosts Beck and Dash chat about pets, junk food, and digestive issues, then reflect on smoking—how early they started, how it was normalized, and how quitting saved Christmas. They discuss teaching, student pass/fail options, rate-my-professor culture, and gaps in student literacy, tech skills, and civic knowledge, plus the poverty-simulator game, Spent. They share fears about cruises and the ocean, mention Netflix’s Trainwreck and the “poop cruise,” and touch on end-of-life planning, wills, and transfer-on-death paperwork. A sponsor segment celebrates nostalgic Wishbook catalogs and their digitized archives. The Appalachian noun of interest is “Fiesta Ware,” and its cultural labor history, before closing with travel and food plans and a one-year anniversary tease.
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00:00 Podcast Welcome
00:20 Pets And Treats
00:40 Taffy And Tummy Talk
02:06 Quitting Smoking Benefits
03:47 Smoking Habits And Movies
05:13 Starting Young Stories
08:15 Poverty Simulator Spent
11:06 Privilege And Coping
12:30 Ashtrays And Nostalgia
13:46 Small Town Oddities
15:19 No More Political News
15:57 Pass Fail And Ratings
18:06 Teaching New Course Prep
20:05 Travel Plans And Cruises
22:24 Ocean Fears And Rivers
26:26 Lakes And Submechanophobia
29:28 Claustrophobia And Burial
30:31 End Of Life Paperwork
31:28 Dad’s Final Wishes
32:35 Probate Planning Nightmares
34:04 Wishbook Sponsor Break
36:39 Digitized Catalog Rabbit Hole
40:31 Devil Wears Prada 2
43:21 Literacy and Life Skills
47:33 Teaching Boundaries and Absences
50:50 Yesterwear Fiestaware History
54:16 AI Scraping and Analytics
56:04 Road Trips and Treats
58:35 Episode 50 Wrap Up