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David Hogg's Vague Tweets and the Suicide Bomber Cousin Bit

from #177 - Sober December | The Tim Dillon Show · #177

5 min

He mocks David Hogg's empty activist tweets, then riffs that he'd find a dinner companion's cousin being a suicide bomber more interesting than one working at Hulu, clarifying he's not endorsing violence, just noting the novelty.

In this bit7 moments
  • David Hogg tweets are vague and general—'racism's bad,' 'empower women'—offering no actual ideas beyond platitudes.
  • Tim contrasts respectability: he'd rather have a dinner companion whose cousin is a suicide bomber than one who works at Hulu, because it's more interesting than corporate employment.
  • The suicide bomber cousin bit expands: at least it's a conversation starter about a different world, whereas everyone in media works at the same streaming and cable companies.
  • If someone mentioned their brother was a serial killer at dinner, you'd be interested—that's what makes for real human connection, not corporate job talk.
  • Tim clarifies Gaza was just an example and doesn't want DMs about the specifics of Middle Eastern conflict—he's Irish from Long Island and not invested in solving it.
  • Irish people come to America, make movies about knights and dragons instead of dealing with their own country's actual problems.
  • Jamie Vernon is lazy and makes his research look harder than it is, constantly claiming everything is too much work.
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Gary VaynerchukMegan McCainDavid HoggJamie Vernon

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