rant · moment 20 of 21
Everyone Has a Hidden Horror Behind Them
from 146 - Small Town Girl · #146
5 min
Tim and Devin reflect on how surface-level interactions hide dark backstories, discussing whether the driver is disassociating from her son's crimes and comparing it to shows like Taxicab Confessions and Beautiful Anonymous.
- Tim observes that behind many people's everyday interactions is a hidden horror you couldn't imagine.
- An Uber driver excitedly discusses getting a two-bedroom apartment while her son is a serial pedophile rapist.
- She talks about feeling free in California like a college girl, seemingly disconnected from her son's crimes.
- Tim questions why a mother in this situation would be going to school for makeup instead of dealing with the reality.
- She's saving money for a trip to Florida with friends rather than spending it on her son's legal defense.
- Tim considers whether people cope with such horrors through psychology or are just dumb, probably both.
- She tells the story as if her son was railroaded, when articles describe him hanging outside a middle school.
- One of the victims testified he had a knife and cut her, but she downplays inconsistencies in the accounts.
- Tim explains what he would have said in her position: nothing but an acknowledgment, then silence.
- Tim expresses relief he was hearing this Uber story instead of pitching TV pilots to comedy executives over brisket.
Shawn Colvin