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The High School Guy With the Headphone-Grab and the Netflix Special
from The Men Behind The Boys · #102
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
4 minTim tells a story about running into an old high school acquaintance on the street who yanks his headphone out and awkwardly quizzes him about his Netflix special, tying into a rant about Long Island's culture of forced familiarity and jealousy over someone else's 90s cover band living at home.
- 6:32Tim's high school friend grabbed his headphone out of his ear instead of tapping his shoulder.
- 6:47People do this aggressive, unexpected physical greeting thing when they recognize him — hugging or removing headphones without warning.
- 7:13Tim admits he barely makes eye contact when speaking and looks at the bread on the table during dinners.
- 7:41High school friend said "your success is our success" and wanted to throw a viewing party for one episode.
- 7:57Long Island people's attitude: they could do what Tim did, and they could probably do a whole series instead of one episode.
- 8:46Friend bragged about another kid with a 90s cover band who lives in his parents' house, and they started shitting on him.
- 9:25Bed bug exterminator found babies on the mattress and told him it wasn't a big deal, just six hours out of the apartment.
- 9:38His roommate found an adult bug in his own bed, and his girlfriend has three bites on her neck after acting high and mighty about it.
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