rant · moment 17 of 25
Glasgow Stand-Up Etiquette and Rugged Individualist Instagrams
from 160 - The Ballad of The Fat Girl With The Clean Car · #160
2 min
Tim describes the drink-free, attentive audience culture at The Stand in Glasgow versus rowdy American crowds, then admires listeners who live solitary, self-reliant lives based on their sparse Instagram photos.
- Tim describes Glasgow venue etiquette: no drink service during shows, multiple intermissions, and audiences getting hammered at the bar between acts.
- Tim performs in San Diego and heckles audience members talking about their cocktails instead of watching him.
- Americans would panic if forced to sit quietly with drinks and watch a show without service interruptions, treating it as freedom lost.
- People need constant reassurance that food will arrive or they'll have a panic attack; blood sugar stability drives the demand for constant waiter attention.
- Tim says he follows listeners on Instagram and deeply respects the ones with sparse profiles: just a cat photo and a picture of themselves in the woods with a gun.
- Other followers post large friend groups and vacation photos, which Tim sees through as performative; he prefers the solitary rugged individualist aesthetic.
- The ideal Instagram account has three photos: an animated cat, a man with a gun in the woods, and a caption reading simply 'I'm ready.'
- Tim speculates the man is just waiting in the woods with his gun, ready for something unspecified.