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The podcast is similar to the ‘Mirror of Erised’ from the Harry Potter series.

On the outside, it looks like an ancient mirror that has a standard function: to reflect an image.

Harry looked at the mirror and saw a reflection of his deepest, most desperate desire. The reflection was his mother and father standing by his side during times of turmoil.

DVDASA is the Mirror of Erised. As members of this community/family, we watch and listen to a three hour podcast that has the same message, but we all interpret its content in a unique way.

The show was never meant to change anyones life. The viewer is supposed to change his/her own life with the assistance of the show. An interesting note for any Harry Potter fans: The word 'Erised’ is desire spelled backwards.

Dave complains about a certain number of fans that fail to realize the effort he put into becoming the best. This happened to me at the peak of my DVDASA addiction.

I’ll use the same Harry Potter analogy. When Harry was staring into the Mirror of Erised, Dumbledore shared a significant piece of advice that can be applied to all DVDASA fans:

“Men have wasted away before it, not knowing if what they have seen is real, or even possible.”

Wizards of the past were in awe of the Mirror of Erised’s function. They were so mesmerized that they spent their entire lives just staring at their deepest, most desperate desires. I used to watch DVDASA so much to a point of exhaustion. It took me a while to realize that even though I was enjoying my time listening to the show and their awesome stories, my own life remained stagnant and I felt a wave of depression as the episode ended to the tune of “Gook Boy”.

I absolutely love this show. I almost ruined my life by watching/replaying it everyday and night. I’m not entirely free from the bliss of DVDASA, but I’m learning to manage my addiction.