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Going to the Jordan Peterson Show with Ari Shaffir

from Get Off, Get Off, Get Off! · #90

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4 min

Tim recounts going to see Jordan Peterson live with Ari Shaffir, getting bored, craving diner nachos, and observing the intense fan devotion in the crowd and backstage.

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  • 17:45Tim agrees to go to Jordan Peterson's Beacon Theatre show with Ari Shaffir.
  • 18:09Corinne Fisher from 'We Fucked' is in the green room discussing doing Molly with Peterson's daughter.
  • 18:27Peterson has good things to say, but his messaging about miracles and parenting doesn't resonate with Tim.
  • 18:59Peterson's self-help book for young people is good for some, but Tim at 33 chose comedy and doesn't need that message.
  • 19:54Twenty minutes into the show Tim is already thinking about the diner next door's steak nacho appetizer.
  • 20:18Tim's website designer Alex attended the event with his mom, which Tim finds culturally odd for a 19-year-old.
  • 21:05Tim refuses to get a photo with Peterson because he doesn't think Peterson wants to meet him.
  • 21:31People genuinely tell Peterson he changed their lives; Tim imagines how awkward it would be if he said the same thing.
  • 21:51Tim's concluding take: people really into politics are losers.
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Jordan PetersonBeacon TheatreCorinne FisherJerry Seinfeld

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