rant · moment 8 of 31
Irish People and Money: Barclays Bros and Family Roast Beef Traditions
from #166 - You're A Disgrace | The Tim Dillon Show · #166
7 min
Tim, Ben, and the guests discuss why Irish and Italian families historically didn't prioritize financial education, contrasting with Jewish and Asian families, followed by stories about grandfathers, pool tables, and family holiday traditions.
- Tim explains Irish people are stupidly generous with money, citing his tendency to pick up checks for people much wealthier than him.
- Sales culture rewards appearing wealthier than you are, leading people to buy dinners for those who could 'buy and sell you.'
- Irish culture didn't prize education the way Jewish, Asian, and Indian cultures did—it was about government jobs and bars.
- The party atmosphere in Irish culture, with everyone drinking and money on the bar, doesn't lend itself to prudent financial decisions.
- Tim recalls seeing young Barclays bankers outside during a tour-bus job, marveling at how Irish people dismiss financial success because the workers are cooped up inside.
- Guests reveal they're white trash from Texas with mostly European heritage and 0.6% Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.
- The guests' family tradition was roast beef at Christmas, their grandfather's only real cultural marker after four generations of assimilation.
- Tim and Ben visited rich Jersey relatives and broke a $10,000 chandelier and pool table, terrified they'd be thrown in jail for it.
- Tim contrasts his grandfather's climb from poverty with Chelsea Handler interviewing white millionaires about white privilege from her Bel-Air mansion.