Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week Lucy Reade and James Ball talk about the highly controversial wedding of global megastar Taylor Swift, as well as the latest BookTok drama.

Taylor Swift links:

https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15956673/Taylor-Swift-tacky-wedding-Travis-Kelce-insiders-buffet-Alison-Boshoff.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=social-twitter_mailonline

https://x.com/baaulp/status/2073588363668451332?s=46

https://x.com/kissmarrykill13/status/2073938886217134523?s=46

BookTok links:

https://youtu.be/R0TMtY_xdgU?si=XsALiawu9A_rfFFZ&t=173

https://youtu.be/R0TMtY_xdgU?si=FyLQfxaXCsktWEbd&t=313

https://youtu.be/R0TMtY_xdgU?si=kFod1gnFkc4IagZ3&t=631

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Produced by Matt Withers

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Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. In this week’s episode, James Ball delves into the terrible TikTok advice on how to commit credit card fraud via chargeback, and Lucy Reade unpacks the internet discourse surrounding whether perpetual lateness is a moral failing or a disability.

Chargeback links:

https://www.tiktok.com/@carrington.fisk/video/7501457984606899502

https://www.tiktok.com/@scrunchieluxe/video/7605450123618962708

https://bsky.app/profile/sesmith.lol/post/3mp4ri524n52x

Lateness links:

https://x.com/dilrhubarb/status/2069348621208948746?s=20

https://x.com/ShayWoulahan/status/2070019497809854697?s=20

https://x.com/privatebirb/status/2070179903786655762?s=20

https://x.com/Brien_Jackson/status/2070284553046884474?s=20

https://www.tiktok.com/@chaotic_philosopher/video/7255063782970445098?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Produced by Matt Withers

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Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week, Lucy Reade tells us about the cult of the Starmtroopers and how they’re coping with the prime minister’s departure, while James Ball discusses why the online Looksmaxxers need some serious lessons in biology.

Links to Starmtrooper posts:

https://x.com/NondescriptRed/status/2069016131419914646?s=20

https://x.com/ChristianHeiens/status/2069204137191825571?s=20

https://x.com/fortnitebigboss/status/2068987930853380444?s=20

https://x.com/orm0nde/status/2068017037507514483

https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/2069118961149460740?s=20

Clavicular post:

https://x.com/Clavicular0/status/2069045565766185289

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Produced by Matt Withers

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