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Remembering Carl Ruiz: The Guy Who Loved Working-Class Food
from #188 - Best of Patreon Vol. 1 | The Tim Dillon Show · #188
2 min
Tim reflects on the death of chef Carl Ruiz, praising his genuine, unpretentious love for working-class people, food, and hospitality, contrasting it with entertainers who only perform solidarity with the working class.
- Tim reflects on moments when you realize you need to escape wherever you are—a party, bar, relationship, or job.
- Carl Ruiz was a genuinely funny character who was passionate about food and loved working-class people without pretense.
- Carl would travel everywhere to eat—chip beef sandwiches upstate, fast food reviews—because he actually loved those places and the people in them.
- Tim notes that many people in entertainment pretend to like working-class people, but he's never done that.
- Tim claims he's only interested in the super-rich and has been consistent about it.