rant · moment 4 of 38
27 Hyper-Specific Identity Hotlines
from Election Analysis & Turning Yourself In | The Tim Dillon Show #416 · #416
2 min
He mocks the proliferation of identity-specific helplines (bipoc, nonbinary Scottish, etc.) and contrasts it with someone posting a five-star tasting menu minutes after claiming to be at their breaking point.
- Tim surveys the proliferation of hyper-specific suicide hotlines organized by identity categories, questioning why there are 17 different numbers instead of one unified line.
- Examples of the absurd specificity: separate hotlines for Southeast Asian trans people, Quakers, and other narrowly-defined groups.
- A helpline for nonbinary Scottish people, supposedly staffed by those well-versed in that exact community.
- Tim acknowledges that people can be angry, sad, mad, and fired up — these are all valid emotions.
- The contradiction of posting a mental health crisis hotline and claiming to be at a breaking point, then posting a tasting menu from a five-star restaurant 13 minutes later for a friend's birthday.
suicide helplines