rant · moment 10 of 19
Only Children, Sibling Envy, and the 24-Month Friendship Contract
from The Advocate · #143
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
5 minTim and Devin discuss being only children and whether they regret it, before Tim explains his theory that he only keeps friends for about 24 months like a subscription, comparing it to a writers' room renewing contracts.
- 40:14Tim says he doesn't respect women, very few of them.
- 41:01He insists everything he says is satire written by a room of Harvard and Yale liberals.
- 42:57Tim reveals he wanted a hot brother he could have sex with, walking around the house naked.
- 43:40He thought siblings liked each other more than they actually do — most people are just indifferent to theirs.
- 44:12Having an only child means the parents were selfish and didn't want siblings around.
- 44:37Tim envied sibling bonds more as he got older, though most of the siblings he knew just argued and were jealous of each other.
- 44:51He substitutes close friends for siblings because he's an only child.
- 45:05Tim keeps friends for about 24 months, like a subscription — the writers room told him to keep the cast moving.