rant · moment 14 of 15
Feeling Your Oats and the Ruthless Bit
from A Nuanced Man · #40
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3 minA tangent about the phrase 'feeling your oats,' looking it up on the spot, and Ray insisting he's a ruthless person despite owning one hat and eating off the floor of his car.
- 57:03Tim explains that a young man could be "feeling his oats" for about two days.
- 57:26Producer Shana looks up the phrase: to feel energetic, frisky, or behave in a vigorous or bold manner.
- 57:36Tim dismisses the definition as meaningless because nobody actually says "feeling your oats."
- 57:47Tim launches into a bit as someone accused of raping 17 people, defending himself by claiming a bug was on a woman's back.
- 58:06The bit escalates: he bit her neck trying to remove the bug and then ate her by mistake at a Golden Corral.
- 58:21He frames the violence as maintenance of his personal empire, comparing it to geopolitics between countries.
- 58:36Tim goes on a rant dismissing everyone as losers, claiming he wrote a play and loves Stanley Kubrick while others like generic entertainment.
- 58:54Tim admits sometimes he feels bad criticizing people far more successful than he is, but he still does it anyway.
- 59:20He argues he has a more nuanced approach and can appreciate things on a higher level, defending his critical stance.
- 59:36Despite criticizing successful people's work, he occasionally feels something about it because they've accomplished tremendous things and made millions.
- 59:58Tim identifies himself as ruthless, like Gordon Gekko, claiming he takes what he takes without shame or the guilt lawyers experience.