PJ Vogt

Is Buster a weird word? Like, is Buster, like, an obscure slur that you've never heard of?

And then what's your second order of theories?

And then what's your second order of theories?

And then what's your second order of theories?

Okay. I'm going to look into it. But I also want to say the other thing that's kind of cool about this, right now you and I are in this glorious window in which if you've forgotten to write someone back and you've offended them, all you have to say is, I'm so sorry. I left you a voice memo. I happened to mention Dave and Buster's. And you're never going to believe this.

Okay. I'm going to look into it. But I also want to say the other thing that's kind of cool about this, right now you and I are in this glorious window in which if you've forgotten to write someone back and you've offended them, all you have to say is, I'm so sorry. I left you a voice memo. I happened to mention Dave and Buster's. And you're never going to believe this.

Okay. I'm going to look into it. But I also want to say the other thing that's kind of cool about this, right now you and I are in this glorious window in which if you've forgotten to write someone back and you've offended them, all you have to say is, I'm so sorry. I left you a voice memo. I happened to mention Dave and Buster's. And you're never going to believe this.

There's this little known error.

There's this little known error.

There's this little known error.

We're going to take a short break, and then an investigation that will take us to some strange places, some dark places, and of course, through the gates of Dave & Buster's itself. All that, after these ads. Welcome back to the show. Before I tell you anything else, I want you to know that this week we found an explanation. We've solved the Dave & Buster's anomaly.

We're going to take a short break, and then an investigation that will take us to some strange places, some dark places, and of course, through the gates of Dave & Buster's itself. All that, after these ads. Welcome back to the show. Before I tell you anything else, I want you to know that this week we found an explanation. We've solved the Dave & Buster's anomaly.

We're going to take a short break, and then an investigation that will take us to some strange places, some dark places, and of course, through the gates of Dave & Buster's itself. All that, after these ads. Welcome back to the show. Before I tell you anything else, I want you to know that this week we found an explanation. We've solved the Dave & Buster's anomaly.

I'm going to tell you the path we followed. There were clues along the way, although I didn't always recognize them when I encountered them. Maybe you will. Our journey began online, where there was surprisingly, a little thrillingly, almost nothing. There was that original Facebook post, which Nicole had written January 29th, that had garnered 13 comments.

I'm going to tell you the path we followed. There were clues along the way, although I didn't always recognize them when I encountered them. Maybe you will. Our journey began online, where there was surprisingly, a little thrillingly, almost nothing. There was that original Facebook post, which Nicole had written January 29th, that had garnered 13 comments.

I'm going to tell you the path we followed. There were clues along the way, although I didn't always recognize them when I encountered them. Maybe you will. Our journey began online, where there was surprisingly, a little thrillingly, almost nothing. There was that original Facebook post, which Nicole had written January 29th, that had garnered 13 comments.

And right there in those comments, I saw theory number one. Theory number one is that this was a corporate feud. Here's the Facebook comment, quote, I'm cracking up thinking about this beef between D&B and Apple. I need answers. The theory that this was a feud seemed like it imagined a pretty petty world, but we are living in a pretty petty world. Tech CEOs do all sorts of strange things.

And right there in those comments, I saw theory number one. Theory number one is that this was a corporate feud. Here's the Facebook comment, quote, I'm cracking up thinking about this beef between D&B and Apple. I need answers. The theory that this was a feud seemed like it imagined a pretty petty world, but we are living in a pretty petty world. Tech CEOs do all sorts of strange things.

And right there in those comments, I saw theory number one. Theory number one is that this was a corporate feud. Here's the Facebook comment, quote, I'm cracking up thinking about this beef between D&B and Apple. I need answers. The theory that this was a feud seemed like it imagined a pretty petty world, but we are living in a pretty petty world. Tech CEOs do all sorts of strange things.

Still, why would a multi-trillion dollar company be feuding with Dave and Buster's? I shelved this idea for a moment. Even in our timeline, it seemed too absurd. I moved on to theory number two, which both Nicole and Eric had considered, tech company censorship. The idea that there was something in the phrase Dave and Busters that the iPhone software was blocking. To me, this also seemed unlikely.