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Closing Riff: Embrace the Unimpressive Real People in Your Life

from #185 - Stunning Estate | The Tim Dillon Show · #185

5 min

Tim closes with a sincere-sounding riff urging listeners to cherish the flawed, ordinary people actually present in their lives rather than idolizing distant icons like Kobe Bryant, using the dead local kid from a car accident as the realistic hero.

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  • Tim urges listeners to cherish the real, unimpressive people in their lives rather than chase inspiration from distant figures.
  • Most people around you won't buy estates in Beverly Hills or lead championship teams, but you can actually reach out and touch them.
  • Tim argues that real people are there to disappoint you and fail alongside you, making them genuinely important.
  • The kid from your town who died in a car accident should inspire you more than Kobe Bryant ever could.
  • Tim says he's inspired by people who own convenience stores, like the Indian guy with a shotgun behind the counter.
  • His closing advice: avoid oxys, don't smoke weed, go into real estate if you can—anyone can do it brain dead.
  • Embrace the fat woman who puts up with your IBS and lack of money instead of chasing celebrity heroes.
  • That beast of a woman who loves you because her father damaged her—that's America and that's beautiful.
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