rant · moment 18 of 19
Get Off Twitter or Get Murdered, and 20 Years of the Same Arguments
from #208 - Let's Have A Party | The Tim Dillon Show · #208
6 min
Tim tells listeners to log off and touch grass, argues nothing substantive has changed politically in 20 years except technology, and suggests people obsessed with reply-guy politics should just leave big broken cities like New York and LA.
- Tim rants about people constantly filming on their phones instead of confronting offensive situations directly or moving on.
- A high school classmate wrote an article claiming restaurants are racist, despite not finding much actual racism when examined.
- Tim mocks people posting about racism in niche industries like tattooing and equestrian sports from privileged positions.
- The article's first restaurant example involves someone being fired for racial slurs—a case where management acted decisively against racism.
- Tim misinterprets the acronym BIPOC as potentially meaning bisexual employees and jokes that would make for an amazing workplace.
- The author claims experiences with diversity were normal in 2009 but discovered things had changed by 2018 when she returned to restaurants.
- A trainer recommends octopus to Asian diners by saying they eat weird food—Tim questions whether this is actually racist or just an observation.
- The author claims to have responded sternly to the trainer, who then lied and immediately backpedaled with an excuse about Italian people liking octopus.