rant · moment 5 of 20
The End of Humanity, The NeverEnding Story, and 'The Nothing'
from 156 - Some Of Our Faves · #156
5 min
Tim spirals into an existential riff about the end of the human era and posthumanism, then does an extended breakdown of the plot of The NeverEnding Story as a metaphor for despair, including the turtle's 'we don't care' line.
- Tim on the end of humanity: the posthuman era where phones will be implanted in your body within ten years.
- An ex-president denying ever visiting the pedophile island—something Trump would actually say.
- Tim predicts the eventual revelation that Alex Jones was right about Sandy Hook, ending with him getting the Medal of Freedom.
- Instagram fitness models just take pictures of themselves putting their breasts in front of French toast all day.
- There's a clawing feeling inside each person—something eating away at the part of you that believes in love and a better world.
- The Nothing from The NeverEnding Story: not a big evil character, just the absence of good eating away at everything.
- Tim quotes the turtle Orla: 'We don't care whether or not we care'—the answer to every question.
- The Nothing is eating you and there's nothing you can really do about it.
Alex JonesDonald TrumpThe NeverEnding StorySandy HookAtreyuBill Clinton