rant · moment 21 of 21
What Kind of Help Does the Son Actually Need
from 146 - Small Town Girl · #146
5 min
Tim and Devin speculate on whether the driver's son can ever be rehabilitated, joking about needing a Hannibal Lecter-level criminal psychologist, and wonder about the driver's own culpability as a parent.
- Taxicab Confessions worked because passengers knew they'd never see the driver again, creating vulnerability.
- Tim notes that riding in an Uber is like free therapy—people unload on strangers they'll never meet again.
- A story takes a turn: the Uber driver thought the passenger's son was a rapist, but pulled up information showing he's a child predator—worse than suspected.
- The first 25 minutes of conversation was about a woman escaping small-town life, moving to Vegas, building a life with someone she loves.
- Tim questions whether the mother's main focus should have been getting her son to a place where he couldn't hurt people anymore.
- The mother doesn't explicitly believe her son is a rapist, but might secretly believe it.
- Tim thinks something happened to the kid—the help he needs is beyond what most people can offer.
- This situation requires someone like Agent Starling from Silence of the Lambs—a criminal psychologist truly educated in the field.
- The son isn't going to be solved in his lifetime and probably can't be reformed if he's that deeply twisted.
- The mother mentions knowing a teacher who had similar problems but now has a normal life, suggesting reform is possible in some cases.
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