rant · moment 25 of 27
Quarantine Nihilism: Betray Everyone, Steal, and Survive
from #195 - Take Me To The Moon | The Tim Dillon Show · #195
4 min
Tim delivers a dark, extended riff urging listeners to abandon friends and family, embrace theft and crime, and reject entrepreneurship gurus like Gary V in favor of ruthless self-preservation, comparing it to 'The Talented Mr. Ripley.'
- Easter meal advice: roast meat, au gratin potatoes, spring pastries and glazed fruit instead of chocolate.
- Tim on quarantine revealing the truth: money is the only thing that matters, love and family are obstacles.
- You should betray everyone close to you—family, friends, partners—by whatever means necessary within 24 months.
- Whether Tim's suggestions about pushing people in front of trains are metaphorical or literal is up to the listener to decide.
- Ignore entrepreneurship gurus like Gary Vee and instead get a simple job where you can steal.
- Small crimes are essential survival skills; start with ketchup, escalate to someone's pension.
- Tim would rather have murdered someone and assumed their identity, as in Talented Mr. Ripley, than pursued comedy.
- To succeed in America you need to become comfortable with death, murder, extortion, blackmail, violence, corruption, and betrayal.
- Imagine a priest delivering this as an Easter sermon to the congregation.