rant · moment 7 of 25
Tom Foolery's Viral Pandemic Poem and Pollyanna Optimism
from #209 - Don't Curse Me | The Tim Dillon Show · #209
2 min
He mocks a viral British poet's saccharine quarantine-era rhyme about humanity healing through baking and dancing, contrasting it with how quickly things actually turned dark.
- Tom Foolery's viral Facebook poem about the pandemic went mainstream, featuring a British guy reading a book to a child about tall buildings and people not listening to each other.
- The poem describes people getting sick, then starting to listen, dance, and bake—a Pollyanna view of what happens when a country is told it can't go to work.
- Tim notes that this optimistic scenario works for a week, then quickly turns dark.
Tom Foolery