rant · moment 17 of 19
Kids' Rites of Passage: Egg-Throwing, Milk Gallons, and Teeth Filing
from Baby's Gotta Go | The Tim Dillon Show #339 · #339
5 min
Tim defends dangerous TikTok trends like the gallon challenge and DIY teeth filing as harmless kid rites of passage, comparing them to his own childhood pranks like throwing eggs at a gym window.
- Tim's childhood rite of passage: throwing eggs at a Bally's gym on Long Island while people worked out on treadmills.
- His friend group had a name based on a Tim Allen movie and pulled pranks like throwing things off overpasses.
- These are the memories kids will cherish, even if some friends end up dead from drinking and car accidents.
- Tim sees nothing wrong with kids trying to black out by the side of the highway as a rite of passage.
- DIY teeth filing with a nail file is fine—kids filing their own teeth for fun.
- Kids having fun pretending to have Tourette's, passing out, and filing their teeth is normal childhood behavior.
- Tim's sister thought she was a hawk, and kids should be allowed to do whatever they want with their bodies.
- The gallon challenge involved drinking or smashing milk in grocery stores, just like the cinnamon challenge in school.
- Kids smashing gallons of milk, passing out by highways, and filing their teeth—it's all just goofing around.
- Tim dismisses concerns about kids' behavior as excessive sensitivity when they're just having harmless fun.