rant · moment 9 of 34
Rocky's Trailer-Park Family Vacations and Pool Poverty
from #298 - Puerto Rican Papi | The Tim Dillon Show · #298
3 min
Tim tells about his gay childhood friend Rocky whose "rich" family actually lived in a nice trailer and took him on cheap Atlantic City vacations, then defines poverty as having a pool too shallow to dive into, and recalls a humiliating memory of coveting a richer family's algae pool.
- Tim's childhood friend Rocky tried to suck his dick in sixth grade, which confirmed Rocky was gay early on.
- Rocky now sells real estate and is very openly gay, though they stay in touch.
- Rocky's family lived in a nice trailer despite being extremely poor, which Tim thought meant they were rich.
- Rocky's dad would throw them bones at Bally's in Atlantic City for family vacations.
- Tim's in-ground pool was only six feet deep, so he had to dive out instead of straight down when his richer friends had eight to twelve foot pools.
- The thought of worrying about how deep your own pool is defines poverty to Tim, versus not having to think about it at all.
- Their landlord Mary Leone's grandkids had an in-ground pool with algae in it, representing trashed people with toys but no real wealth.
- Tim remembers standing in that algae pool staring at those kids, wanting them to invite him in—a moment of shame he wishes he could go back and tell his younger self to have pride.
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