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The Vonnegut Sociopath Theory and Prep for a Dirty Mad Libs Bit

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Tim theorizes that successful people are 'surface' people who don't overthink, citing Vonnegut's 'A Man Without a Country,' then pivots to plotting a pedophile-themed Mad Libs parody with Shannon and Ray as a joke about internet fame.

In this bit9 moments
  • 11:13Successful people are generally surface people who don't question what they're doing with any degree of regularity.
  • 11:37Kurt Vonnegut said the country is run by sociopaths because they just go do it.
  • 11:59Joe Santagata created an empire through silly Mad Libs videos, and now Tim and Ray are trying to become Vine stars by doing something similar.
  • 12:42Santagata's Mad Libs game requires him to hold water in his mouth without laughing while filling in parts of speech.
  • 13:19Tim marvels at how much money Santagata makes from these videos, calling him a sweet guy.
  • 13:37Discussion of a hypothetical ATM robbery requiring someone to hold a victim for weeks, since ATMs have a $2000 limit.
  • 14:02Tim and Ray plan to create a pedophile Mad Libs after Santagata tweeted out their episode.
  • 14:19Tim insists the pedophile Mad Libs is a place for everyone on all sides of the issue.
  • 14:37They're about to do a Mad Libs with Shannon, their producer, starting with one titled Summer Trip.
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