Interview · moment 15 of 26
Austin as a 'C-List Town' and Learning Life Is Short
from #261 - Please, Die Alone | The Tim Dillon Show · #261
2 min
Guest
Tim delivers an extended takedown of Austin as a mediocre place for mediocre people, then pivots into reflecting that the pandemic taught him life is short and he's finally stopped over-identifying his self-worth with how a comedy set goes.
- Tim on Austin: it's a C-list town where the dullest people go, not the best and brightest.
- He wishes nothing but pain for everyone in Austin, though he'll still work Joe Rogan's club.
- Tim realizes during the pandemic that life is short and you spend most of it bullshitting yourself and others.
- The struggle for comics: fighting insecurity and self-worth, building yourself up only to knock yourself down again.
- Comics wake up with different feelings every day—one good set makes you feel like a king, then you compare it to better past performances and get unhappy.
- Tim's happiness was too tied to how his sets went, a trap he's realized he's too old for now.
- As you get older, it stops mattering how the sets go—you just walk away and don't care.