rant · moment 5 of 19
Advice for Offended Listeners: Go Get a Drug Addiction
from The Advocate · #143
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6 minRiffing on the outraged listener bit, Tim escalates into a full sarcastic rant impersonating the guy's outrage over his "platform," then pivots into sincere advice that no one has any real power or influence and offended people should find better things to do, like drug addiction, than write him paragraphs.
- 11:21Tim admits he didn't do anything noteworthy academically past eighth grade.
- 12:03He won't block people for abuse unless they're hacky or attack someone he knows.
- 12:37A listener sends him "you were obese" every week, consistent enough that Tim finds it funny.
- 13:01People who get offended at something on the podcast and send paragraphs in response mystify him.
- 13:43Tim mocks the idea that he's influencing national debate, especially about Venezuela.
- 14:15He points out the absurdity of someone lecturing him on responsibility given his own on-air stunts like the Meghan McCain bit.
- 15:06Tim's serious advice to upset listeners: go get a drug addiction to fill the time you're wasting on anger.
- 15:53He argues that people don't understand the fundamental truth that nobody in power cares what they think.
- 16:12Voting and arguing on Twitter are meaningless; the people who run things ignore public opinion.
- 17:11Being meticulously right about everything, like people who predicted the Iraq war would go badly, changes nothing.
- 17:34Tim concludes that accepting powerlessness is the only honest position available.