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Bonesmen's Kids, Nassau Community College, and Suffolk PD Recruiting

from #178 - Secret Society | The Tim Dillon Show · #178

6 min

Continuing the Yale bit, they wonder what elite kids know about their parents' secret dealings, then pivot to joking comparisons with Nassau Community College and its actual recruiting pipelines.

In this bit10 moments
  • Tim discusses whether children of Skull and Bones members realize what their fathers do and start understanding the implications.
  • Speculation about whether Bonesmen's kids bond over the darker aspects of their parents' involvement in the society.
  • Tim argues that Skull and Bones initiates aren't true sociopaths but rather lack the ambition of genuine ones.
  • Harry Potter character analogy applied to wealthy elite kids—whether they're Malfoys or Rons.
  • Rich kids' difficulty building independent wealth without relying on family money, leading to drug problems and boundary-pushing.
  • Skull and Bones children get hints from their fathers but aren't actually qualified for serious power plays, though they think they are.
  • Arrogance of thinking you're bred for power is what transforms someone into the kind of sociopath who eventually acts on it, via Kurt Vonnegut.
  • Tim jokes about infiltrating Skull and Bones by posing as hookers and popping out of a box, comparing it to March of the Wooden Soldiers.
  • Nassau Community College described as where success actually starts and continues, claimed to be the top community college in the nation.
  • Tim describes the food court at Nassau Community College as phenomenal, mentioning a past Taco Bell with grilled stuffed burritos.
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Nassau Community CollegeGoldman SachsYaleKurt VonnegutSkull and Bones

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