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Dahmer's Dad's Reaction and Midwestern Monotony as Motive
from Dahmer | The Tim Dillon Show #320 (ft. Yannis Pappas) · #320
1 min
They joke about the stereotypically calm Midwestern parental reaction to finding out your son is a cannibal, then theorize that the sheer boredom of Midwest life pushes people toward psychopathic experimentation.
- Dahmer's father's Midwestern apology—'I love you son'—upon learning about the murders
- Tim contrasts his own father's reaction to cannibalism with the acceptance shown in the Dahmer case
- Midwestern boredom as motive: the monotony of cornfields and routine pushes people toward extreme acts
- Tim jokes about Red Lobster fatigue as catalyst for considering cannibalism as novelty
- Psychopathy is innate, not nurtured—bad environment alone doesn't produce someone willing to cannibalize