anything goes with emma chamberlain

my neighbor hates me

February 19, 2026

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  • The central narrative of the episode, "my neighbor hates me," revolves around the host's confrontation with a chic older neighbor who accused her of suspicious activity during a routine morning walk. 
  • The host shares several bizarre, unexplainable anecdotes from her neighborhood walks, including a man emerging from a bush without acknowledging her and the mystery of an abandoned house surrounded by eight junk-filled vintage cars. 
  • A highly unusual interaction with a young man resulted in him making surprisingly accurate psychological observations about the host's self-perception regarding femininity and her use of glasses as a protective shield. 

Segments

Morning Routine and Walk Setup
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(00:00:00)
  • Key Takeaway: The host incorporates journaling on the toilet as an efficient and spiritual practice for releasing negative energy.
  • Summary: The host details her morning routine, which includes writing two pages in her journal while using the restroom, finding the practice efficient and spiritually beneficial. She consistently takes a long morning walk route, a habit maintained for the last month.
Neighbor Confrontation Incident
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(00:01:29)
  • Key Takeaway: A chic, older female neighbor aggressively questioned the host’s presence on the street, accusing her of suspicious activity despite the host confirming they live in the neighborhood.
  • Summary: While nearing the end of her walk, the host was stopped by a neighbor backing out of her driveway who, despite the host’s calm explanation, insisted she did not belong there due to recent neighborhood robberies. The neighbor eventually drove away, leaving the host feeling angry about the rude and baseless accusation.
Man Emerging From Bush
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(00:05:24)
  • Key Takeaway: A man inexplicably walked out of a bush on a completely empty street without acknowledging the host, creating a bizarre, almost magical impression.
  • Summary: On a quiet, residential street, a man suddenly emerged from dense foliage, acting as if he materialized from another place, as he did not interact or acknowledge the host’s presence. The host found this event deeply odd given the non-city setting.
Mysterious Decrepit House
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(00:07:45)
  • Key Takeaway: A large, whimsical, yet decrepit house at the top of the hill remains seemingly abandoned, yet its parked vehicles have updated license plate stickers.
  • Summary: The house is visually striking with pastel, retro paint but is falling apart with chipping paint and spiderwebs, showing no signs of life for the 200 times the host has passed it. The mystery deepens because eight old cars are parked out front, filled with random, unmoved junk, yet their license plates are current.
Dog Peeing Dispute
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(00:15:23)
  • Key Takeaway: The host witnessed a neighbor yelling at another dog walker to pick up dog urine, highlighting neighborhood etiquette conflicts.
  • Summary: During a walk, the host heard shouting from a window instructing a man to clean up after his dog, who had just urinated on a lawn. The man argued he couldn’t pick up urine, but the person in the window insisted he do so.
Encounter with Confident Young Man
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(00:16:40)
  • Key Takeaway: A confident young man recognized the host, complimented her, and metaphorically suggested she was no longer a ‘hurt little girl’ based on her short hair and sunglasses use.
  • Summary: The host was stopped by a young man who knew who she was and offered unsolicited, deep commentary, including stating her glasses act as a spiritual shield and that her short hair symbolized overcoming past hurt. He threw her a hair clip, telling her to return it when she grows her hair out, which unsettled the host due to the accuracy of his observations about her internal struggles with femininity.
Swiss Army Knife Mix-Up
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(00:26:36)
  • Key Takeaway: After checking a Swiss Army knife at a concert coat check, the host received the wrong one back, engraved with the name ‘Wanda,’ leading to the realization she had used Wanda’s toothpick multiple times.
  • Summary: The host checked her Swiss Army knife at a concert security checkpoint and received a different, engraved knife back weeks later. Upon discovering the engraving ‘Wanda,’ she realized she had used the toothpick on the stranger’s knife approximately ten times, which she found repulsive as mouth bacteria can live on plastic for weeks.
Embarrassing Glasses Lie
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(00:29:59)
  • Key Takeaway: The host accidentally claimed her non-prescription fashion glasses were prescription readers at a party, leading to embarrassment when another guest tested them.
  • Summary: While wearing a non-prescription pair of glasses intended for fashion, the host confirmed they were prescription when asked by a stranger, only to realize her mistake when the stranger tried them on. This mortified her because she felt it confirmed the public controversy surrounding wearing optical frames without needing vision correction.
Week of Wasp Harassment
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(00:35:21)
  • Key Takeaway: The host experienced two separate, intense wasp encounters in one week—one in New York City and another at home—leading her to dub it ’the week of the wasp.'
  • Summary: In New York, a wasp aggressively targeted the host while she ate frozen yogurt, ignoring her food offering and requiring a bystander to kill it with a shoe, revealing it was a dangerous wasp, not a bee. Upon returning home, a similar wasp incident occurred while she ate lunch outside, attracting over fifteen wasps, forcing her to retreat inside and have her mother retrieve the food.