Failed Comedians, Milo, and Gavin McInnes

• 54:16Tim discusses Patton Oswalt's claim that many alt-right figures are failed comedians, and counters that many comedians are also failed comedians.
• 54:32The ability to get on stage and make diverse audiences laugh regularly, then ask to be paid for it, is something very few people can actually do.
• 55:02Tim argues the job of comedy has changed—it's now about constant content generation, trolling, and being the heel rather than actually entertaining.
• 55:29Getting on stage without knowing what will happen and having to be likable enough to make people laugh is what Tim finds fascinating about comedy.
• 55:57Milo Yiannopoulos and feminist gender theory majors screaming at each other on college campuses represents a world Tim doesn't want to be part of.
• 56:27People making money online through outrage and trolling are doing very well financially, with hundreds of thousands of followers across platforms.
• 56:57Tim says Gavin McGinnis is a nice dude, though he disagrees with some of his views, and notes that McGinnis has respect for comedy.
• 57:30Gavin McGinnis went to The Stand comedy club, took his dick out on stage, did a rape joke, and got banned—proving comedy is hard.
• 58:23People who publicly talk about helping others, the poor, and climate change often turn out to be monsters in their private lives.
• 59:02Tim observes that different online factions treat every day like a war, driven by tribalism and the rush of us-versus-them dynamics.

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