rant · moment 6 of 13
Leaving Austin, Turning 36, and Earning the Right to Not Be Adaptable
from #266 - Lightfoot Strikes Twice | The Tim Dillon Show · #266
11 min
Tim reflects on moving out of Austin, Texas, ties it to turning 36 and knowing who you are, describes cutting off a visiting friend after an hour, and riffs on COVID vaccine side effects, Biden's presidency, and not liking Ethiopian food, all under a philosophy of refusing to be "adaptable."
- Tim is leaving Austin, Texas soon after movers took out his furniture.
- A biblical snowstorm knocked out power when he first arrived in February—a sign he should have heeded.
- At 36 years old, you don't have your whole life ahead of you and must know what you like and can tolerate.
- By 36, you should know your sexuality, gender, what makes you come, what movies you like—if you don't know, you're probably insane.
- Tim pulled over and kicked out a younger person who flew in from Miami after less than an hour because he didn't like them.
- He's not adaptable and has earned the right to not be adaptable—calling someone adaptable is an insult.
- Laying in bed with COVID after being vaccinated; the vaccine's promises have steadily lowered with each passing week.
- Biden's presidency hasn't been inspiring—a dementia patient in a flesh suit delivering remarks after servicemen were killed.
- At 36, Tim has earned the right to dislike things like Ethiopian food without needing to prove he's not racist.
- Austin is schizophrenic—a collision of the worst red state morons and the worst liberals, full of wide-eyed people with big dreams like Brooklyn in 2012.
- Tim himself was once wide-eyed, believing standup comedy was medicine that would save everyone; it doesn't work that way.
- Austin will become nothing but a fucking LA that smells like pork chops, and dreams eventually hang you from a tree.
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