This is a show where Francis, aka the Other Guy, some random dude on the internet trying to make friends through a podcast. Covering depression, pop culture, being an introvert, anxiety, social interactions, and just being a dope. This shows hopes to accomplish just one thing. Helping myself, and maybe you, understand that we’re not all that alone.
All good things, must come to an end. Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We’ve reached episode 100! What does that mean? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out. It’s a milestone and a crossroads for change. What is the future of the Online Friend Simulator? Come join the ride and…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. It’s Pi Day and also White Day in Japan, so I decided to talk about the not so awesome aspects of love. Well, not love itself, but finding love sucks. So I spend the episode on alternatives and just how difficult love is in general. It…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. It’s Valentine’s Day, and I deice to talk about love. Because, of course? We get into the romance and the changes in dating in the 21st century, and I thought I had so much to say about it, but I just run through it all, like…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time around and I have a little bit of a rant about the world today and how we used to just tell people, that if you didn’t like listening or watching something, change the channel. Like an old man yelling at the sky. Fist waving…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. 2022 has begun! So what are people doing to make their lives better? What can we do to keep our resolutions? I have a couple of ideas. But I think I had so many ideas, that it’s just a word vomit of things that may or…
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, And Happy New Year to everyone as we approach 2022. This is the final episode of 2021, so let’s talk Christmas, the past year, and the year to come. Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. The year is almost over, and what a year it was. But before…
We are in the holiday season, and it’s a time for positivity and not so much of the negativity that we see all around us. Do things actually get better though? Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. As we barrel through the holidays, I thought it was for some positivity. To talk…
It’s Thanksgiving time for those in the United States. Are there things worth being thankful for? I know one thing. I’m thankful for you, the listener. Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We are officially in the holidays season and we are starting with Thanksgiving. Once thought to be a day to…
We were told that this would not be the new normal. But maybe, the fear, the uncertainty, and the dread is…the new normal. Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We jump right into the new normal. We may never know what life will be like pre-Covid or pre-2016. It was a simpler…
Do we need real life friends, or can the likes and retweets of the internet enough? Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Thanks for being patient as life takes me away from recording shows. This time around I talk about Ron’s Gone Wrong, a cartoon about a robot that was built to…
Are we letting people underestimate us, or are we underestimating ourselves? Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Welcome back! Thank you to Anthony for the topic for today. I don’t know if I experience this and I may be a jerk for not knowing that. All I know is that I have…
Can we still be thankful in a thankless world? Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Welcome back! This time around we try to be thankful for what we have. The power of being grateful can have some positive lasting effects. But sometimes you look around and wonder, what’s there to be thankful…
Isolation can feel alien. Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Welcome back! It’s been a harrowing last couple of years, and I’ve been avoiding a topic for a very long time. There’s so much attached to the pandemic and how it has been weaponized. I try to avoid that but instead talk…
All aboard the Leader Ship! Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Welcome back! This time around we are talking about leadership. Now, personally, I don’t know much about leadership. I just know that it’s a thing. So I use the help of Psychology Today to help break down what is needed to…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. First off, a big thank you to RightCowLeftCoast for the recommendation for today’s episode. He was kind enough to recommend a bunch of topics for the Simulator. So we are starting with Friendship. We start right at the beginning with a little help from the Mayo…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time around, I get a topic recommendation from Anthony on my Twitter. The question is if the fear of rejection is a rational or irrational fear. I can see why people would see it as being either rational or irrational. We don’t like rejection and…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. It’s been a very busy last few weeks, and I’ve just recently returned from a vacation. So this time around it’s a travel episode, where I talk about my time in Mexico City, Mexico. If there’s any advice I can give, it’s that you take time…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Summer is in full swing. It’s so hot. And what’s hot right now? The art of manipulation. The people around us are ready to use us if they could. Not everyone mind you, but sometimes there are people who want to play us like a fiddle.…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. With this simulator, I talk about personal responsibility. Now, I could be wrong, but I feel we no longer take responsibility for our own actions and our own self growth. So I do a little, do as I say, not as I do, as I talk…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. A big thank you to Anthony for the topic of anger management and anxiety. I hope I help in some way with recommendations and suggestions that helped me. But I also tie this to the concept of weakness and strength. An issue we have either ignored…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This episode, I find that I can’t always walk the line. That no matter what you do, you represent a side, whether you like it or not. Is there a culture war? Is there a culture battle? Maybe it’s just unavoidable, but it seems we may…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. After some time away due to illness and vacation, I’m back with a whole new idea. Let’s step away from doing our socializing online and get back to doing our socializing in person. I fear we may be so used to doing things online, that we…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We need to find a way to be well, at the very least. I feel we have found ourselves in a situation where fear controls us. And it makes sense. We need to navigate a world where we used to be able to make friends with…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This week, I felt like we needed to talk about you and me. We need to approach the world with not just an open mind, but with an idea of who we are. We need to know what we want from the world and from each…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This episode continues my train of thought on navigating the world today. It’s so tough when people are out to get you and you can just lose everything in the blink of an eye. Social media can be the bane of everyone’s existence, but yet it…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. I’m doing well myself, but I have NO idea what to talk about. So I ramble. I think it makes sense. So take a listen as I talk about what’s on my mind as well as respond to feedback from the last episode. As always, any…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. As kind of a continuation of the last episode, I talk about making friends again when things start getting more “normal”. There’s a mine field to navigate now. There is an expectation to act and think a certain way. Gone are the days of being open…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. With the world slowly opening up again and people getting their vaccines, it may seem we’ll be able to socialize again. So I talk about how I used to socialize, and I feel like I may be repeating myself, but I tell the stories anyway. I’m…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Many people aren’t doing well, unfortunately, as loneliness grows around the world. Japan needed to appoint a Loneliness Minister, there is an epidemic of loneliness, and well, some people can’t even stay in lockdown due to the need for someone else’s affections. As always, any and…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Better late than never I suppose, as I give you the Valentine’s Day Live Stream with the hosts of the Points of Interest Podcast, Josh & Savanna. We talk about Valentine’s Day of our youth and how it gets more complicated as an adult. POI Podcast…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time around, as we prepare for Valentine’s Day, I try to look at the trends of relationships during this weird time. Are more people getting together despite the pandemic? Are there more single people just ready to hook up? Well, if you looked at the…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This is episode 69, and it wasn’t a sexy episode! Instead, I talk about finding friendship online outside of the usual haunts, like Twitter and Facebook. Can you find a friend on Reddit? Can you find a friend on Discord? There are other options, but that’s…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Time to step away from the frustration of the outside world and go back in time. I talk about how I’m actually an introvert and how I have no idea what I’m doing, but when I do find myself in a situation where I need to…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. I, on the otherhand, may not be doing so well? I feel like the world has gone topsy turvy and that sanity is in short supply. I’m not a smart man, but I try to make sense of everything. And though it feels like I may…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This is the live stream from New Years day, where we talk about the year that was, and the year that will be. Oh, and we talk about food. A lot of food. As always, any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening.…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This is the live stream from Christmas Day, where we talk about the holidays and the end of the year. Take a listen if you missed it the first time. As always, any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening. Please leave a…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This is the final recorded episode of 2020, and it’s more or less like every other episode. I reminisce about the past year, a little. Then I mostly talk about how maybe we do need a sanctuary where we can find a friend who will not…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We’re almost at the end of the year and the holiday season is in full swing. It’s difficult to find a way to mend the broken ties that have happened over the last year. So maybe we, the friends looking for friends, have to be the…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This is the Thanksgiving live feed I did on Thanksgiving day to hopefully give some company for those celebrating alone. We mostly talk food, but it’s a good time, and I hope you enjoy it, because I hope to do more of it. Wishing you and…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. There’s a lot to unpack after the last few weeks, as we continue to struggle to find our place in the world. And as such, I missed a week of my promised once a week episodes. It was an interesting situation and I want to share…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. It’s been a week, and everyone has been feeling the ups and downs. And people are angry and retaliating and those folk who think they’re the good guy, might actually be Thanos. Or maybe I’m Thanos? It’s hopefully the last dive into what is affecting people…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We are close to some big events, like an election and the turn of the year. So what is happening as a result? We are becoming more divided and more alienated than ever. And no matter the results of this upcoming presidential election, the purge of…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Due to some injuries and recovery over the last few weeks, I did an episode and never posted it. As such, I forgot what I talked about, so I’m going to post it anyway. Enjoy as I rant and rave and probably have no two thoughts…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This week, we continue to make it through this roller coaster ride called 2020. And in 2020, we try to make sense of the madness, and some people try to use conspiracy theories to find some sanity. But maybe there’s more then that. Maybe it’s canceling…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. But unfortunately not everyone is feeling all that great. This time around, I talk about people who love misery. Everything they tweet and talk about is something negative, and though I appreciate that, it quickly becomes their identity. So I try to give some suggestions to…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. The world moves at you fast. This time around, it’s all about opportunity and serendipity. You never know when something good is around the corner, and will you be ready to take advantage of that? We never know, and I share some stories of when I…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Life continues as the pandemic moves on. This time around, I witness something I thought I would ever see in person. Someone so in denial of their own narcissism, that he alienates an entire community. It’s tough, but I needed to talk about it, as we…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time around I have Anthony Davis as a guest on the show. He wanted to talk about the Golden Rule, where you treat others as you’d like to be treated. We talk about the state of the world in regards to the rule, and yeah,…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Change may or may not be happening as society goes through protests, through a pandemic, and through all forms of emotions raging and swirling all over the place. The internet continues to tear people apart even in it’s attempts to bring people together. So hate, I…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time on the Online Friend Simulator, we find that life comes at you fast. No frills, just a talk, stuff to get off my chest, and things like that. What a strange time. I hope everyone is keeping safe, keeping well, and keeping sane. As…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy with Autumn the Author of Sad Things. How are you doing? We hope you’re doing well. As we find ourselves confined to our homes, Autumn and Francis talk about what we can do to keep ourselves entertained, meet new people. and maybe even date during this trying time. But we’re all in this together, and…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy with Autumn the Author of Sad Things. How are you doing? We hope you’re doing well. It’s a rough time right now, and sometimes we find that people disappoint us. This time around Autumn and Francis talk about people who we thought highly of, suddenly doing something that makes us sad. We also answer blog…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy with Autumn the Author of Sad Things. How are you doing? We hope you’re doing well. Happy belated Valentine’s Day. This time around Autumn shares all, by exposing the fraud that is her boyfriend, Francis, aka The Other Guy. In a flourishing display of romance, she got him his favorite candy and even a lovely…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy with Autumn the Author of Sad Things. How are you doing? We hope you’re doing well. Happy New Year us here on the simulator. Hopefully your holidays went well and 2020 is starting off strong. As it should. So we talk about latest experiences, answer some questions, and give some love and hate for a…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy with Autumn the Author of Sad Things. How are you doing? We hope you’re doing well. This time around we talk about Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker. Do Francis and Autumn love it? Do we hate it? Take a listen. Then we talk about how 2019 went for us and then the entire decade…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy with Autumn the Author of Sad Things. How are you doing? We hope you’re doing well. We are back with a brand new show, all about relationships! Who’s surprised by that? The former host of Geek Love Radio is talking about love, but this time, he brought a giiiiiirrrrrrrrrlllllllll. It’s all about new relationships, bleeping…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Here I go again, disappearing on you, like an absentee father. I didn’t know that pack of cigarettes was going to take so long. But I return, baring gifts, as I try re win your love. And this gift is in the form of another woman.…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. It’s been a while hasn’t it? My brain and body are still getting used to the new medication. It’s a little bit of a battle, but it’s all for the better. So this time around, I talk about what happened in September. From Persona artist signings,…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. On this Online Friend Simulator, I talk about feeling the green monster called envy. From there it’s the weird art of facial hair, getting “triggered”, and I go to my second ever baseball game. Then it’s all about drugs! Okay, well, legal drugs. I talk about…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. On this round of the Online Friend Simulator, it gets a little somber, as I bring up a recent tragedy with a fellow podcast. Then it’s about depression, then, about finding meaning, then…then…oh man. This is not a downer of an episode, I promise. There’s talk…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time on the Online Friend Simulator, it’s all about being positive and working hard and doing what you can to be the best. And…it’s also about how some jerks, like myself, is a killer of dreams. Then it’s about Karma. Does what comes around, go…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. On this Online Friend Simulator, I talk about my current games I’m playing and shows I’m watching, which is fun times. But the most important thing is that Spider-Man: Far From Home is out in theaters. I got to see it and I give a spoiler…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. On this Online Friend Simulator, I spend time talking about some “interesting” stories. Okay, they’re not that interesting, but I was thinking about them. Then I do a little review of the Danny Boyle movie, “Yesterday”. But that’s not all! I then talk about seeking therapy.…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. For this OFS Show, I talk about being a mess. Which isn’t fun, so I talk about Pokemon Go, Pokemon Sleep, and just talk about the weirdness of it all. I end it on another downer note, because Father’s Day is weird. As always, any and…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. For this OFS Show, I talk about the unpredictability of life. How things change in the blink and helps give perspective on hope, expectation, and the predictability of life. Afterwards there’s some listener feedback and a nice iTunes review. As always, any and all feedback is…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This OFS, I talk about my time in Japan. The sights I saw, the people I talked to, and the cultural differences I noticed. I hope I’m not boring anyone with my absolute fascination and enjoyment of this country. But I really had a good time,…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time around, I’ll be talking about the Great Philadelphia Comic Con. What’s great about it, the people I talked with, and the shenanigans that happened. It’s a good time. I also talk about the new feature that Facebook is coming out with at the end…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This episode is a lot about Wondercon 2019. I’m also exhausted during the entire recording. I mean, I am tired. I just recently returned from the Great Philadelphia Comic Con, which I will be doing a separate episode soon. I can’t remember what else I talk…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This episode, I catch you up with what I’ve been doing the last month, as I do everything I can to appear like a regular human being. From my first convention of the year, to the Mushroom Rally Go-Kart racing, to the escape room like experience…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? More than a simple greeting? Well, I talk about sharing how you feel with someone, and how it could be a good thing. Then I give a little catch up with what’s been going on with me as I talk about Alita Battle Angel and a Final Fantasy concert. This time…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Valentine’s Day is around the corner, so I talk about something I recently found that was all about love. But before that, it’s a fandom that my friend’s aren’t into, and then it’s all about flirting. It’s confusing, it really is. But you know what? Let’s talk about it anyway As always, any and all…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. This week I talk about things that have been upsetting me. It’s not something I normally do, but I’ve just felt compelled recently. Not that I’m trying to change anything. Just kind of pointing it out? Then there’s the topic at hand as I talk about robots and AI being the friends and lovers of…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Happy New Year! This episode is a little late, as it’s coming at you in the middle of the January month, but it’s fine. Because it’s a new year and a new episode and a new me…and you. It’s all about change, things to remove from life, and trying something different. We look to the…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a joyous winter festivities to you all. This time around, I talk about the holidays, the Christmas spirit, being alone during this time of year, New Years as well, and my latest discovery: reaction videos. Then I try to instill the values of having a tradition to make the most…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. The holiday season is in full swing, and in this episode, it’s all about reminiscing about this year’s Thanksgiving, getting written out of Friends-giving, spending time with an in-law, and so much more. A lot is going on, a lot is happening, and for good, or for ill, we all keep moving forward. So let’s…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so in odd fashion, I share what I’m thankful as a little reprieve from the rough week my state has been having, as well as the world, as I talk about fires, Stan Lee, and tragedy. I also share a little story about a very angry man. It hurt…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Today is a big day. People are voting, candidates are coming and going, but it’s not about the politics. It’s about something else. What is it about? I don’t know. Maybe I have a strong opinion, but take a listen and please let me know what you think. But that’s not all. There’s some stuff…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. In this episode, I talk about LA Comic Con and experiencing the con solo. I also talk about being a larger person, about my cool Darkwing Duck T-shirt, and how nice people are nice. It’s a weird one this week, but you know what? That’s all right. You can tell me how terrible it is,…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. This time around, I talk about living life on Auto-Pilot recently. Feeling like a zombie, I change up the show a little bit. Trying not to stress about time, just want to share some stories, some thoughts, and hopefully let people know, that they’re not alone. So sit back, take a listen, and let’s be…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Time is fleeting, and as you get older, time becomes more precious. This time around, I talk about the weight of that time and how it determines how we spend it. Who’s worth our time? Is everyone worth our time? Can time slow down please? I also talk about growing up, which is the worst.…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Today it’s playing catch up to comments in the blog, and what’s going on in my life. It’s figuring out why I’m lacking motivation, but at the same time, seeing how kindness has had some positive benefits. We need more kindness in the world, so please be kind, and rewind. As always, any and all…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. This time around I’m responding to comments on Sincere Sarcasm. From looking fit, to confidence, to what’s considered attractive, I promise not to turn this podcast into another Geek Love Radio. It just happens to work out that way at the moment. So take a listen, keep sharing with your friends and neighbors, and feel…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Well, that didn’t last long. So with some alcohol in hand, I do a nice little podcast, answering comments from the blog and a voicemail as well. Just because I haven’t done this before, I decided to not edit this episode aside from just making it a little louder and getting rid of some background…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. This time around I talk about hope. Hope for something better. Hope that things turn out well. I have recently found a friend with whom I feel something I haven’t felt in a long time. It’s difficult to explain, but I hope I do a good enough job in this episode. I also talk about…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. I’m back from San Diego Comic Con, and I only have a few things to say about it really. I missed out on much of it as a result of some socializing with folk and not knowing what I’m doing. Most of the show is what’s up with me, and I hope to hear what’s…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. This time around, I talk about things that are going on in my world. Sharing some of what I’ve done, what I’ve experienced, and the like. Then it’s onto the topic at hand. Some people overthink, and I know I’m one of them. Then there’s the shame of being who we are as people, and…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. I took a couple of weeks off to get my mind right, and now that I’m back, I go right into the heavy stuff. I talk about the recent celebrity suicides and mental illness. From there I play a bit of voicemail from Tony, and talk about some of the topics he was interested in.…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. This time around, it’s all about fandoms. Now, I’m using that word loosely, as it’s all about how friends, loved ones, and family, have been torn by opinions, ideas, and thoughts that are different from their own. And it’s not only that, but it’s also the people online who love to hate. So what happens…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Here is an unedited and scattered episode of OFS. This time I’m talking about regret, I think. I regret that I don’t remember. Either way, it’s a good time. I do know I talk about people hating on the opposite sex in regards to dating, based on some Twitter posts. Anyway, it’s a good time…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. This time around it’s all about rejection in all it’s shapes and forms. It’s unfortunate that I have a hard time keeping on track as I jump around the subject, talking about rejection in finding work, in being part of press at a convention, rejection amongst friends, and eventually, rejection in love. It’s hard to…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Somehow I’ve made it to ten whole OFS episodes. I don’t know how it happened, but I want to give a big thank you to all those who are listening. This time around, I’m talking about the future, and about expectations, and about what we want from the world. Who needs things when you have…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. It’s story time on this episode of OFS. I share what happened when meeting a new friend, my experiences at the Great Philadelphia Comic Con, and an article about loneliness. Then I give a dramatic reading of what happened to me with my marriage and inevitable divorce, answering questions of what I learned, sent to…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. With the past few episodes being downers, I figured I should turn it around and talk about the ways we can take care of ourselves. Yes, it’s a little do as I say, not as I do, but I’m trying to take my own advice. I’m going to work on myself and work on being…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. This episode is all about the feedback. I figured I had a few bits of feedback that would be good to provide feedback on. Wait…feedback on feedback. Like a feedback loop? I’m going to dedicate regular episodes to e-mails, voicemails, comments, and tweets. So if I have a lot of these types of feedback, I’ll…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even if it’s online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. Well, this is probably going to be the first part of a several part-er regarding depression. I don’t think I covered everything in the almost hour of talking I did. But hopefully it gives people some insight into myself as well as some insight into what others may or may not be struggling…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even if it’s online. I’m Francis aka The Other GUy We all can use a little confidence, but where does it come from? This time around, I talk about where I think confidence is formed. I also talk about staying away from toxic people. Unfortunately, I happen to be one of those toxic people. Take a listen on the regular if you have…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even if it’s online. I’m Francis aka The Other GUy Episode number 4 has me talking about what a friend is. What is expected from someone who’s considered a friend? I also talk about my time at Wondercon 2018, meeting new people, and the power of an empty table. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. I’m getting more comfortable riding solo, but…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even if it’s online. I’m Francis aka The Other GUy Three episodes in and I may be getting the hand it? Though after listening to this one, I may just like to ramble. I hope I got across the power of social media and streaming sites to curb loneliness. That maybe that is why we go to these places to find someone to…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even if it’s online. I get a little more comfortable doing a show alone. This time around I talk about the weather, what I love about rain, and how I stepped out of my comfort zone. From there it’s just music, and the power of said music. I don’t cover all the songs I listen to, because I think it’s weird just to…
Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even if it’s online. This is the first episode of Online Friend Simulator, where I talk about what the hell this podcast is all about. I don’t know how well I can properly articulate it here in the description, but hopefully you don’t mind listening to this first episode and telling me what you think. Me, as in Francis aka The Other Guy.…
