Bonding Over Submechanophobia

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