rant · moment 8 of 19
The Dark Web Red Room Pitch
from We're Gonna Get Ours · #37
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3 minTim describes researching the dark web for a planned live episode, explaining what a 'red room' supposedly is (paying Bitcoin to watch someone tortured) and pitching doing a comedic live show from one, debating the ethics and humor of it.
- 19:10Tim pitched doing the show live from the darknet, specifically from a red room where audiences could pay Bitcoin to watch torture.
- 19:52The dark web has become corporate now, just like everything else that seemed cool five years ago.
- 20:12Tim's pitch was to go into a red room and tweet out torture methods as a bit for the show.
- 20:35The full plan: sign on with Tor browser to the dark web, access a red room, watch someone be tortured to death, but frame it as comedy.
- 20:49The content would be behind a paywall on the podcast, adding multiple layers of paywalls to access the red room.
- 21:18Tim provides a description of the red room scene: a man in khaki shirt and jeans while someone scoops flesh out of his femur with a large sharp bowl.
- 21:51What impressed Tim about the red room operation was its organization and timeliness—the torture started exactly at 8 p.m. Eastern as scheduled.
- 22:07Tim clarifies they're not making fun of the dying man, just the absurdity of the situation being entertainment.