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The Gripe Line

Something bugging you? Tell us. We read the best ones cold at the top of the episode, no context, no mercy. Petty is encouraged. Petty is the point.

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File a gripe

No gripe is too small. Smaller is usually funnier.

Write it how you'd say it. We're reading this out loud.

If you give us a first name and city, that's how we'll credit you on air. Leave them blank and you stay anonymous.

We don't add you to anything. There's nothing to add you to.

Gripe received

It's in the pile. If it makes us laugh, you'll hear it at the top of an episode.

Go watch an episode

In case you hate forms.

What happens next

Three things, in order

01

It lands in a real inbox

Everything filed here goes to gripe@becomingfriendswith.com, which an actual one of us actually reads.

02

The best ones get read cold

No prep, no context, no idea what's coming. That's the whole bit. We find out at the same time you do.

03

You get credited, if you want

First name and city, or nothing at all. Your call — leave those fields blank and you're anonymous.

Calibration

This is the energy we're after

Not injustice. Not trauma. Just the small stuff that lives in your head rent free.

"Every streaming app puts the season you already finished at the top."

The correct amount of angry

"Restaurants that make you scan a QR code and then the menu is a PDF."

Yes, exactly this

"My friend says he'll 'circle back' and then never does. He's a plumber."

Specificity is a gift

Also open

Need a movie instead of a vent?

Tell Chris the mood and he'll prescribe you something strange and obtainable. Dosage instructions included.

Go to bfw.doctor