rant · moment 14 of 30
Defending New York Against the Kayaking Scandinavians and Skinwalker Ranch Tourists
from 159 - Bomb Disney World · #159
3 min
Tim contrasts New York's culture and history favorably against tourists who prefer sprawling cheap land elsewhere, riffing on Europeans who actually explore the city versus Americans who just walk Times Square.
- Octavius Spencer stabs people in a horror movie, and now he's an actor—Tim respects that, but some LA guys do mediocre work and get rewarded anyway.
- New York used to pride itself on things being good, so people get defensive when someone like Johnny Depp says he hates the city.
- LA is perfect if you're hot and don't care about books; New York is harder to dismiss.
- A couple on Tim's tour bus wearing Disney shirts admits they're disappointed in New York and regret not taking a Disney cruise instead.
- When pressed on why Disney World is "the best place on earth," the couple can only say "it's great" and "it's all there" without explanation.
- Tim counters that New York has the best museums, restaurants, Central Park, five boroughs, history, culture, beaches, and the Hudson River an hour away.
- Scandinavians actually do New York right—they take trains out and kayak in the Hudson River, unlike Americans who don't fit in kayaks.
- Americans just walk around Times Square eating street food, farting, complaining it's too busy and crowded, taking tour buses instead of walking.
- Tim owns 90,000 acres for $14, framing the contrast between rural and urban space.
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