rant · moment 10 of 21
Craigslist Personals Shutdown and the Raymond Bit
from Skin Pocket · #92
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3 minDiscussion of Backpage and Craigslist personals getting shut down leads into an improvised bit voicing 'Raymond' calling a Craigslist ad from a hot dog truck, plus talk of legalizing and unionizing prostitution.
- 32:21Craigslist personals, Backpage, and Reddit threads for meeting people have all been shut down.
- 32:46Tim used Craigslist back in the day to procure arrangements with ladies.
- 33:14He called a Craigslist number once and someone answered — then the bit shifts to a character called Raymond.
- 33:50Raymond character bit: "Hello, this is Raymond. I saw your ad on Craigslist. I want you to come. It's got to be in my car. I only own a car."
- 34:07Raymond pitches a group encounter at the potato bread warehouse parking lot because his coworkers are tired of fucking dolls.
- 34:22The bit escalates with Raymond making increasingly crude comments about the woman's body and past.
- 34:41Tim lands on the punchline: "Three times a Craigslist lady" — the song callback.
- 34:52Tangent about a woman who used to perform sex acts in a hot dog truck, and the lasting effect of that environment.
- 35:32Discussion turns to Seeking Arrangements and whether the humane solution is to legalize and unionize prostitution.
- 35:43Tim proposes starting a movement to legalize and unionize sex work.
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