rant · moment 5 of 24
The Twink Phone Call and Kids in the Toxic Future
from 165 - Please Come Kill Us · #165
3 min
A call from someone Tim jokingly calls his "twink" interrupts, leading into a riff about how you're supposed to tell kids to work hard and master a craft when the future is a toxic casino, and joking about how future generations will judge them.
- Tim clarifies he's not owning the caller like property, pushing back on the dynamic of possession.
- If politicians answered like the caller does, deflecting with nonsense instead of real answers.
- Tim describes telling his kids the future is a casino with toxic air in ten years, rather than pretending meritocracy works.
- Kids today will judge this generation the way we judge boomers—or burners, as Raymond says.
- Living through collapse is like a Terry Gilliam film; might as well enjoy it rather than panic.
- Tim argues boomers poisoned the world and left no money, so lying to kids about meritocracy while they inherit chaos is fair turnabout.
- Tim pivots to ask Raymond if he's ever run a business.