rant · moment 20 of 23
You're Not Going to Ruin My Life: On Not Caring
from #222 - Running Out The Clock | The Tim Dillon Show · #222
6 min
Tim declares he refuses to let politics, quarantine rules, or election anxiety control his life, urging listeners to stop fighting with family over politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Amy Coney Barrett who don't care about them, and to instead enjoy the time they have.
- Tim's philosophy: you're not going to ruin my life, and he refuses to waste his remaining time on things outside his control.
- New York quarantine absurdities—filling out forms and putting them in suggestion boxes that no one reads.
- The U.S. government is too incompetent and obese to become truly fascist; the restrictions don't have real teeth.
- Tim won't waste the unknown amount of time he has left reading tweets about Amy Coney Barrett or political outrage.
- Hunter Biden smoked crack and had fun—the one who didn't smoke crack died, which Tim finds darkly funny.
- His aunt sent him a pumpkin with an "I voted" sticker, treating activism like a civic costume.
- Go swimming, hiking, fishing, and enjoying dinner with friends while you can—we might not have that many years left.
- COVID-20 might be the strain where you collapse in the street; nobody knows what the next pandemic will bring.
- Most activism is fake; actual friendship with people like Dan the Patreon guest matters more than Twitter arguments.
- Tim travels doing stand-up and laughing with his opening act, refusing to waste energy hating Nancy Pelosi or fighting family over politicians who don't care about them.