rant · moment 13 of 15
In Praise of Fun, Dangerous People
from #186 - Blagojevich | The Tim Dillon Show · #186
7 min
Tim argues that everyone needs a few criminals and dangerous people in their life for excitement, drawing lessons from Blagojevich's chaos and dismissing moralizing about staying away from bad influences.
- Tim argues that people should stop complaining about what they should have said or done, since the outcome is inevitable anyway.
- Dating a stripper won't work out, but doesn't anyone care about fun anymore?
- Being in a car with somebody who's committed multiple felonies is entertaining and valuable in your late teens and early twenties.
- Everything in society is fake before it's real, a crime before it becomes legitimate, and you can learn from how criminals operate.
- There's something refreshing about criminals who see life as zero-sum and will rob you, which is partly why they're good in bed.
- Tim contrasts elite Ivy League lives spent on lacrosse teams and private clubs with the alternative of doing coke in Tampa pay-by-the-hour motels.
- Years spent doing cocaine in chilly flophouses was the best education he ever got.
- Fear is healthy; it's good to know that people want to kill you, and this understanding shouldn't make you paranoid but should temper your optimism.
- Dangerous people like Lacoya Dajoya kept Tim's life interesting by creating chaos and giving him stories to tell.
- Wealthy people who commit crimes are treated differently because society grants redemptive powers to the rich based on community contributions and money.
- You can't understand America without understanding institutional crime, not just street-level desperation.