rant · moment 19 of 23
Poisoned Apples, Xenophobia, and Fentanyl Celery Joke
from #274 - Tourettes Gang | The Tim Dillon Show · #274
3 min
Continuing the candy myth riff, Tim connects poisoned food fears to industrial-era xenophobia about food made by strangers, then jokes about handing out fentanyl-dipped celery and healthy snacks to kids.
- Boomers told children everybody's going to kidnap you, poison your candy, gangs are good — this is how Tim grew up.
- The poison apple scare is straight out of Grimm's fairy tales, not based on actual candy poisoning.
- The xenophobic roots: food scares intensified during the industrial revolution when production moved from local trusted makers to strangers using unknown ingredients and unfamiliar machines.
- Why aren't xenophobes talking about poison burritos instead of poison apples?
- Tim notes apples took a beating with the poison and razor blade myths.
- Processed food corporations should be inspected before people eat their products, but Americans love unhealthy options.
- Sketch idea — door opens, Tim gives kids healthy food, they reject it because their mom said salad is poison.
- Kids want candy like Cadbury cream eggs, and it's an unhealthy country but that's what people want.
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