Interview · moment 13 of 29
Debating the Holocaust Death Toll as a 'Suspiciously Round Number'
from Ari Shaffir | The Tim Dillon Show #323 · #323
1 min
Guest
In a dark bit, they joke about the six million figure being suspiciously even, compare it to comedy club comp ticket counts, and pivot to comparing Holocaust remembrance to the lack of attention paid to the Irish Potato Famine.
- Tim finds it suspicious that the Holocaust death toll is such a round number, comparing it to getting exactly 40 comps on a comedy check.
- Why does the Holocaust get more attention than the Potato Famine, which killed many Irish people, he asks.
- The Irish are one step above Italians and have souls, stories, music, and the oral tradition of passing down information.
- If Africans were telling stories during slavery, someone was making money off it by writing it down.
- All these cultures brag about their past, but real cultures brag about the present—the Chinese and Arabs are the future.