rant · moment 12 of 25
Why Office Christmas Party Jokes Hit Harder
from #177 - Sober December | The Tim Dillon Show · #177
9 min
He explains why jokes land better among coworkers who share context, describes the fleeting camaraderie of the smoking-break office party huddle, and reflects on how transient work friendships really are.
- Tim explains why office jokes hit harder than most comedy: everyone knows the shared premise, like knowing Doreen is full of shit.
- Some of his biggest laughs have come at office Christmas parties, where everyone's drunk and understands the shared misery.
- The magical moment at an office Christmas party where you have a genuine conversation with someone you'll hate again the next day.
- The cigarette huddle outside an office Christmas party, where the boss shares a year-in-review moment as if you're a human being instead of a piece of shit.
- The boss at the party is drunk enough to relate to you as a person because he needs you to stay at the company, not kill yourself or move to another country.
- Tim admits he misses office Christmas parties now that he doesn't drink, and he remembers being at bad ones where morale was already destroyed.
- If you're stuck at an office Christmas party in your office, you're fucked—you need to be somewhere else, somewhere better.
- You need to change your life, remove negative toxic people, but also get rid of positive people because they weigh you down too.
- Ridge Wallet is a minimal front-pocket wallet designed to streamline your life and force you to evaluate what you actually need.
- The Ridge Wallet is the first step to reevaluating excess in your life—your wife, your kids, your job, your entire state of existence.
- Tim argues you need a revolution of the soul and spirit, starting with a sharp wallet, because you're bogged down by everything you carry.