rant · moment 8 of 16
Gender Fluidity Nerds, Being Bit, and Both-Sides Radicalization
from Episode 152 - Feral · #152
7 min
Tim argues both left and right online radicalization (alt-right YouTube rabbit holes vs. 'other kin'/furry-adjacent gender identities) are equally symptomatic of being 'bit,' and complains that people are inventing infinite made-up genders inspired by Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones nerd culture.
- Tim on gender fluidity: people claiming to be different genders throughout the day based on reading fantasy novels like Narnia.
- The trans community has a lot of nerds in it, but Tim respects the old-school transvestites who actually went out clubbing and fighting.
- People today are incapable of holding two conflicting ideas simultaneously, which Tim sees as essential to being intelligent.
- Tim imagines his close friends getting into car accidents and taking their last breath before bed, yet loves them more than anything.
- Staying at a friend's house in LA while her family dissolves, Tim acknowledges both the sadness and the opportunity to benefit from their dissolution.
- People who want to eat the rich usually just want to be rich themselves—they're not principled, just envious and ambitious.
- Tim refuses to pretend his comedy career is altruistic charity for the poor; he does it because he's good at being funny.
- Getting bit means adopting a savior complex, claiming your career choices will solve world problems instead of admitting you want success and money.
- Tim jokes about introducing himself in meetings as Miss Dillon after coming out, then waiting for the check as his entire career strategy.
- Tim's next special is supposedly about solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, though he admits he has no material on the subject yet.