rant · moment 2 of 31
Athletic Homeless People, Apothecaries, and the Confederacy's Silver Medal
from Episode 149 - Ron Bennington (Live from Moontower) · #149
3 min
Comparing New York's sick homeless to Austin's fit, parkour-capable homeless, riffing on old-timey drug stores, Uber service issues, and joking that the Confederacy won "silver" in the Civil War.
- Austin's homeless people are in incredible shape and can chase you down the street, unlike New York's sick and ill homeless
- Tim has seen Austin homeless people literally leap off the ground in maneuvers he could never attempt
- Homeless people with 'will work for food' signs are just engaging in basic capitalism like everyone else on job interviews
- Austin has apothecaries instead of drug stores—1950s style drug marts that close at 4 p.m. with actual mortars and pestles
- The airport here supposedly has its own Uber service, which is excessive and makes it feel like a wagon train
- Tim challenges the audience on whether Austin is the West or the South, and the crowd votes South
- The Confederacy got the silver medal in the Civil War, and Tim thinks they should have gotten endorsement deals
- Southern barbecue is overrated as a food, which will upset people who base their identity on it
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