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Flirting With Being Fat and the Birthday Call

from No Friends of Anyone · #29

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1 min

Tim riffs on the different social stages of being fat, then tells the story of his 32nd birthday and an awkward, meaningless phone call from his manager.

In this bit4 moments
  • 0:45Tim describes the phase of "flirting with being fat" — when you're just getting chubby and people's comments about it are still kind of funny.
  • 1:03The difference: when you're a little fat, people don't make you sad yet; now they just tell him he's killing himself.
  • 1:13Tim's manager called on his 32nd birthday and asked how old he was in a worried, accusatory tone.
  • 1:37Tim joked that he has two years to "make it," and his manager responded by saying it's "on" him — implying responsibility for Tim's success or mortality.

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