rant · moment 22 of 23
Boomers Doing Racist TikToks and the Stages of Life
from #198 - I'm A Hero | The Tim Dillon Show · #198
4 min
Tim imagines his aunt discovering TikTok and expressing racist, pro-Trump, anti-abortion views through dance routines, then expands into a theory of life's stages ending in a passive "spectator phase" epitomized by pointless Facebook political fights.
- Young people in late teens exist in a dream-like wonder phase where anything seems possible, even though most possibilities aren't real.
- Tim thought he'd become a Navy SEAL or work in government because he liked debate team, not realizing he hated physical work.
- The 20s are the working phase where jobs feel exciting and you're figuring out who you are and what you want.
- By your 30s you figure out who you're not—you won't work that hard, won't be nice to your brother, won't call your parents enough.
- Eventually people become spectators; life distills into clever posts, and people on Facebook fight about nothing.
- Tim mocks people who think voting is the answer, joking about drag queens showing you the polling location at the library.
- After your candidate wins, you sit in glory like you rode into town on horseback, murdered all the men, and stole all the gold.
- Smart people claim Facebook fighting is fun, but Tim argues it's not that fun and suggests getting a different hobby.
- Three hundred comments in a Facebook thread change no one's mind and nobody cares about the outcome.