rant · moment 7 of 16
The Nutella Word, Planet of the Apes, and Racial Humor
from #286 - Tim Moves To Spotify | The Tim Dillon Show · #286
8 min
Tim dissects Joe Rogan's compilation controversy using 'nutella' as a euphemism for the slur, defends racial humor as a working-class bonding tradition, and argues people online who get offended by words need to toughen up.
- Tim describes a celebrity's Planet of the Apes joke made in an area with many Black people.
- People make racial jokes about virtually every group — Blacks, Jews, Puerto Ricans, Russians, Catholics, Irish, Italians, Finnish, Dutch, Mexicans, El Salvadorians, Armenians, white people, Koreans, Japanese, Chinese.
- The races are different, which is why people make jokes about different races.
- Tim's observation: racial humor depends on intent and is commonplace in low-wage jobs where people from different races make fun of each other daily as a way to bond.
- A Black coworker joked that a late employee's Muslim female supervisor was going to blow up the bus — it's funny and no one cares.
- Racial humor is somewhat antiquated; Tim doesn't do much of it in his act anymore as people have evolved.
- Making racial jokes doesn't make someone racist, just as joking about gay people doesn't mean you hate them.
- Society has become hyperliteral about everything; people have forgotten that humor's purpose is to make a difficult life lighter and more fun.
- If someone on the internet says something that deeply angers you and it's not a direct threat, Tim considers that a personal problem worth examining.
- Tim's advice: stop caring what strangers think or what words they say online — it's a miserable way to live a short life.
- People should ignore offensive online content rather than be affected by it, since consequences usually follow or the person will eventually evolve.
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