rant · moment 9 of 26
Austin as a City for Losers Chasing Freedom
from #280 - Nervous Neurotic Animal | The Tim Dillon Show · #280
4 min
Tim argues Austin attracts people who are 'behind' in life, chasing a fantasy of freedom and fame they couldn't achieve elsewhere, and contrasts the self-important Austin/LA transplant mentality with Elon Musk's own fame.
- Austin attracts people in their mid-to-late 20s who are novices to life, like a college town for people behind in the race.
- Tim explains what people mean by 'freedom' in Austin: they want to make horrible decisions and have them work out, when they failed everywhere else.
- You can't be about yourself if what you're selling is garbage—you have to be about another version of yourself.
- Tim critiques Joe Rogan's claim that Austin is better than LA because it's free of fame-chasing, when his neighbors are Elon Musk and Sandra Bullock.
- Austin residents are actually more self-important and fame-hungry than people in LA, despite the mythology of being simple country folk.
- Everyone in Austin wants money and notoriety like LA people do, but they're completely incapable of getting anywhere near that goal.