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Comedians Are Mentally Ill and Nobody Cares

from The Pauper Is Just Working · #113

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8 min

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Riff on comedians being narcissistic, mentally unstable people who've forgotten their place, contrasted with rich people's boredom-driven interest in stand-up, leading into why Long Island culturally refuses to be impressed by fame or money.

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  • 1:12:54Comedians are mentally ill people who are lucky to have charisma and people wanted to listen to them.
  • 1:13:05Without comedy, comedians and their friends would be staring at walls, reciting facts, counting napkins, or engaging in worse behavior.
  • 1:13:35Tim on comedians becoming activists: they don't shit on themselves anymore and don't understand they are the village idiot.
  • 1:13:57Comedians are so narcissistic they forget they're people who can't function, pay their bills, or keep their clothes off the floor.
  • 1:14:23Rich people dismiss comedians with Netflix specials, comparing performing in front of cameras to getting paid by someone wealthy enough to be bored.
  • 1:14:52Tim quotes Bronx Tale: nobody cares, you got your mother and father and two or three friends, and that's it.
  • 1:15:24In LA at the end of every week, if you're not famous, hot, or rich, you have to go home because nobody gives a shit about you.
  • 1:15:51No poor person is selling comedians as talent agents; only rich, bored people become agents and get their wealth from fucking or family connections.
  • 1:16:30Long Island residents don't care about Seinfeld or Amy Schumer; you can't get famous enough for these people to respect you.
  • 1:18:36Long Island people's response to celebrity and wealth is fuck you, we don't need it, we're happy here, which scares others because nobody there is striving and climbing.
  • 1:19:06Long Island people fuck each other's wives and husbands as their main source of adrenaline and excitement in married life with kids and houses.
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