For today's episode, we did something deeply unwise…

We turned the Glitch in the Matrix stories into a drinking game, and the universe absolutely punished us for it.

In this chaotic After Dark episode of Overheard Online, Erin & Sara read some of Reddit’s weirdest, most mind-bending stories - from time slips and Mandela-effect moments to doppelgängers, shadow figures, parallel lives, and full-on reality breaks - while following a set of rules that guaranteed instant disaster.

Every time a time slip, a doppelgänger, or shadow figures is mentioned, they both drink. If someone describes seeing a light, floating, or a tunnel, they drink. Any time theres a tech issue, anyone doubts a story, they have goosebumps, they both drink...

Spoiler: it escalates FAST.

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🔗 REDDIT STORIES:

• [Serious] Reddit, what is your strangest glitch in the matrix moment that cannot be explained?
• Repost: A Parallel Life / Awoken By A Lamp
• I died last night... But I'm still here.
• I didn't exist for an entire afternoon when I was 16
• i am losing my fucking mind
• My eyesight corrected itself until I realized I wasn’t wearing my glasses.

🥂 OFFICIAL DRINKING GAME RULES:

• Time Slip → BOTH drink
• Doppelgänger → BIG sip waterfall
• “I have chills” / “I have goosebumps” → That person drinks
• Erin mentions aphantasia → Erin drinks
• Sara mentions her boyfriend → Sara drinks
• Expressing doubt → drink
• Tech glitch → BOTH drink waterfall
• Light / tunnel / floating mentioned → BOTH drink
• Shadow figures / silhouettes → BIG sip waterfall
• Feeling peaceful while dying → Sara drinks
• Interrupting the story → both drink

…We told you it was a disaster.

👁️‍🗨️ WHAT TO EXPECT:

• unhinged laughter
• glitchy existential fear
• chaotic storytelling
• Erin malfunctioning on camera
• Sara losing the plot
• way too many waterfalls
• theories, overanalysis, and bad science
• and somehow… heart-to-heart moments too

If you love Reddit stories, paranormal glitches, reaction chaos, and gin-fueled philosophy, this one is for you.

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⏰ Timestamps:

• 00:00 — Intro
• 05:25 — The Drinking Game Rules
• 09:40 — Reddit Thread: “What is your strangest glitch in the matrix moment that cannot be explained?”
• 09:55 — Reddit Story 1: “Mom, Call Nana!”
• 12:20 — Reddit Story 2: The Red Apartment Door
• 13:25 — Reddit Story 3: Where Was Everyone?
• 15:15 — Reddit Story 4: People Keep Running Into My Doppelgänger (and It Makes Them Sick)
• 18:15 — Reddit Story 4 (Edit)
• 20:50 — Reddit Story 5: Gas Station Debit Card Disappearance
• 21:30 — Erin’s Story: Glasses Cleaner Appeared Out of Nowhere
• 23:50 — Erin’s Story: Duplicate Boating License
• 26:05 — Sara’s Story: A Brand New Bra Glitch
• 49:00 — Reddit Story 6: Man Without a Face
• 49:40 — Reddit Story 7: NPC Simulation Photo
• 52:00 — Sara’s Story: Kid in a Balaclava
• 54:10 — Sara’s Story: Baby Blue Delivery
• 55:30 — Sara’s Story: Almost Drowning at Age 6/7
• 1:14:00 — Reddit Story 8: A Parallel Life / Awoken by a Lamp (Reread)
• 1:24:00 — Reddit Story 9: I Died Last Night… But I’m Still Here
• 1:33:00 — Reddit Story 10: I Didn’t Exist for an Entire Afternoon (Age 16)
• 1:36:00 — Reddit Story 11: I Am Losing My Fing Mind*
• 1:39:00 — Reddit Story 12: My Eyesight Corrected Itself… Until I Realized I Wasn’t Wearing Glasses
• 1:41:00 — Wrap-Up