rant · moment 11 of 22
9/11 Nostalgia, Consumerism as Patriotism, and Long Island Thievery
from #193 - Fun Easter Foods | The Tim Dillon Show · #193
7 min
He revisits how 9/11 made getting drunk and consuming patriotic, recalls stealing money from family as a Long Island kid, and predicts people fleeing cities for the suburbs and traditional life after the pandemic, with a warning to competitive comedians listening.
- Tim on the nostalgia of 9/11 as a time when being young and alive felt genuinely fun.
- Going out and getting drunk after 9/11 was patriotic duty—if you didn't, the terrorists won.
- President Bush told Americans to go shopping because consumption is patriotism.
- Tim lists the actual advice: buy a dress, get a car, a panini press, a waffle iron—gorge yourself because otherwise the terrorists win.
- Stealing money from parents on Long Island was part of the routine, especially from purses and mantlepieces.
- Long Island is full of klepto maniacs—people stealing sober, which Tim finds hilarious and deeply wrong.
- Jobs on Long Island exist through nepotism; you sit watching people almost drown at the Rec Center while your life becomes meaningless.
- Tim doesn't expect much will change in the country; people won't get serious about moving to suburbs or having real families.
- If you're going to move to a city and pursue art, you better really want it—because you could get stabbed on the subway.
- Tim predicts the pandemic will bring back the pull of traditional life: suburbs, property, real responsibilities, and escape from New York and LA.