rant · moment 9 of 18
Nice People Are Frauds, and Roast Battle Nightmares
from Nice Means Nothing · #4
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5 minTim expounds on his theory that overly nice people are usually hiding something (using a predatory salesman anecdote), then discusses roast battle's rise in popularity and his own horrific bombing experience at Dan St. Germain's roast in 2014.
- 20:38Tim argues that niceness is a front people use and means nothing.
- 21:02If you're a rich person, be a rich person instead of pretending to be something else.
- 21:56Excessive niceness is a red flag that signals desperation and having nothing going on.
- 22:46Every nice salesman Tim knew was trying to take homes from elderly people.
- 22:59Story of Douglas calling an old lady named Edna, positioning himself as her boyfriend to get her to send documents and avoid lawyers.
- 23:47Roast Battle is now the hot thing in comedy and everyone asks if he roasts.
- 24:15Tim bombed horribly at Dan St. Germain's roast in 2014 in front of Fox executives and agents.
- 24:28That roast bombing was a gut punch that kept him from getting back in the saddle with roast battles.