rant · moment 18 of 37
Future Generations Will Mock Podcasting Like We Mock Dahmer-Era Media
from Dahmer | The Tim Dillon Show #320 (ft. Yannis Pappas) · #320
4 min
Tim speculates that podcasting will someday be looked back on as a cringe historical curiosity full of people pontificating with no facts, then pivots to a bit about a water filter repairman trying to go viral and the accidental nature of internet fame.
- Media coverage of Dahmer's murders showed sympathy for his explanations of two killings—claiming he didn't remember one and accidentally killed another with a dumbbell.
- Tim imagines future generations looking back at podcasting the way we view Dahmer-era media—years of people talking for hours with no facts, just guessing or making things up.
- Future society might become so fed up with the podcast medium that even the sight of people in headphones at a microphone becomes as repulsive to them as Dahmer's crimes.
- Tim's water guy came and made a TikTok video for his boss, demonstrating how ordinary workers are now building content around their jobs.
- People working at places like Cold Stone Creamery can build millions of followers on TikTok and use that to escape their current situations, like one kid who opened his own ice cream shop.
- The system keeps people chasing content creation by elevating occasional success stories, trapping them on platforms where the CCP can harvest their personal information.