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Reanimated Parkland Victim's Anti-Gun PSA

from #220 - Hail Mary | The Tim Dillon Show · #220

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An ad plays featuring the parents of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin "Guac" Oliver, who used deepfake/AI technology to bring their dead son "back" to deliver a voting PSA about gun violence.

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  • Patricia Oliver introduces herself and her husband Manuel, whose son Joaquin was killed at Parkland two years ago.
  • Nearly 100 families lose someone to gun violence every single day, she says, but people don't listen.
  • The Olivers found a way to bring back someone no one will ignore — their dead son, reanimated for a PSA.
  • The ghost of Joaquin appears, frustrated that nothing has changed in two years despite everyone knowing about gun deaths.
  • Joaquin would have been able to vote in the upcoming election but will never get to choose the world he wanted to live in.
  • He directs viewers to unfinishvotes.com to register and vote for politicians who prioritize people's lives over gun lobby money.
  • Tim's closing reaction: "well that was fun."
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