rant · moment 23 of 23
Closing Riff: Halloween as the Simulation That Won in 2016
from #224 - American Chainsaw Massacre | The Tim Dillon Show · #224
2 min
Tim closes the show tying Halloween's theme of simulated, controlled horror to Trump's 2016 win, concluding that the simulation of horror actually won that year.
- Tim attributes quote to Benjamin Franklin about blaming the game rather than the players, not just the conspiracy theorists or the game show host president.
- Halloween appeals to Tim because it lets people pretend all horrors are fake and controllable for one day.
- Tim sees Halloween as a simulation of something that truly terrifies people deep down, letting them experience fear in a controlled environment.
- When Donald Trump took office in 2016, the simulation won.