Interview · moment 13 of 17
Confessional Comedy, Syria, and the Sex Recession Study
from The Big Booth (with Devan Costa) · #141
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3 minGuest
Tim riffs on comedians treating sets as therapy versus real adversity, then pivots to a new study showing a sharp rise in young people not having sex, floating porn and abortion-as-personality as causes.
- 52:34Tim argues that new comedians shouldn't do confessional material—comedy should be about making the crowd happy, not working through your own shit on stage.
- 53:04Tim imagines trying to explain an open mic to someone in a bombed-out Syrian hospital, comparing comedians complaining about bombing to real adversity.
- 53:29Some people get paid a lot of money to share their thoughts and they're still not happy.
- 53:50Tim says he doesn't have kids because he thought a family would get in the way of his career.
- 54:06A new study shows a massive decline in people under 30 having sex, possibly lower than any previous time measured.
- 54:56Tim identifies porn as a major factor in the sex recession, and discusses other reasons young people aren't having relationships.
- 55:17Tim jokes that comedians now open with 'I'm on antidepressants' and close with 'but I killed a baby.'
- 55:38Tim clarifies he's pro-choice and believes abortion should be legal, but he's not comparing it to flushing a toilet.