rant · moment 10 of 22
Peanut Allergies, Park Slope Lawsuits, and No Vigils for Tim and Giannis
from Bay Ridge Boys · #133
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
2 minContrast between a Park Slope peanut-allergy lawsuit culture and a Bay Ridge shrug-it-off attitude, then a bit about how no one would hold a vigil if Tim and Giannis died, unlike the outpouring for Kevin Barnett.
- 25:15Tim contrasts Park Slope parenting—teaching empathy—with Chinese children being drilled in math to dominate the world.
- 25:44In Bay Ridge, someone baked peanut brownies for a class despite knowing a kid had a peanut allergy, forcing an EpiPen use.
- 25:56If that peanut incident happened in Park Slope, it would be a lawsuit and front-page news; in Bay Ridge, nobody cared.
- 26:11When Kevin Barnett died, Tim noticed all the nice things said about him and started thinking about his own death.
- 26:29He and Giannis would refuse a vigil anyway because it would require treating everyone nicely with respect until your death.
- 26:40Instead of eulogies, people would just say they were funny and ask if anyone saw Bill Burr's new special.
- 26:52Nobody would write that Tim and Giannis were great people—there would be none of that sentimental stuff.
Kevin BarnettGiannis PampasPark SlopeChinaBill BurrBay Ridge