rant · moment 4 of 34
Marlboro Miles Catalog Nostalgia and Buying Stupid Things
from #298 - Puerto Rican Papi | The Tim Dillon Show · #298
2 min
Tim riffs on how buying nice things is inherently dumb but brings joy, comparing his own taste to what you'd redeem with Marlboro Miles, and Louis explains the used but "certified pre-owned" nature of his Bentley.
- Everything you buy is kind of stupid, but it makes you feel good and that's all it is.
- Worthwhile investments are your home and car — places where you spend time alone with your thoughts, which matters more than people realize.
- Driving a shitty car makes you feel like shit; Tim used to own an Oldsmobile 88 where pressing the brake too hard would shut off the engine.
- For years he would just buy the cheapest car at the used car lot — not a certified pre-owned Toyota, but a guy's beat-up trade-in.
- A 2018 Bentley is barely different from a 2022, and there's no point claiming otherwise to people.
- A Bentley isn't high-tech like a new BMW or Mercedes with their pink and purple lights designed by Puerto Ricans — it looks ethnic.
- It's an English gentleman's car with a normal horn, not some idiot beep.