Episode 331 · Post-Ben
Flood The Rich | The Tim Dillon Show #331
Jan 15, 2023 · 1:00:13 · 565,000 views · 18 segments, 108 moments indexed
In this episode Tim reacts and rants to Ellen DeGeneres's statement made responding to the California flooding. Tim also goes over the rapidly growing Ozempic shortage sweeping the nation.
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- 1 min
Tim lists his upcoming tour dates across the country, from Coachella to Huntington New York, with jokes about weather and locations.
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- Tim announces Coachella show tonight, notes no one will attend due to stormy weather and remote January location.
- Monterey California show scheduled for February 23rd, with Tim adding 'if it still exists.'
- 1 min
Cold Open: California Storm from Our Leader
#Tim frames the segment as a message from California's leader amid the storm devastation, setting up the Ellen DeGeneres video.
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- Tim opens the show from storm-ravaged California with a message from the state's leader
- 3 min
Ellen DeGeneres Controls the Weather with Her Mind
#Tim riffs on an Ellen DeGeneres video from flooded Montecito, joking she's magically causing the storm, and describes how Californians are numb to fires and droughts but unprepared for flooding.
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- Ellen DeGeneres is controlling the weather with her mind, creating storm conditions herself.
- Montecito is an elite area of Santa Barbara where Oprah, Ellen, and Harry and Meghan live—it got hit hardest by the flooding.
- When someone's yard lacks a retaining wall, their earth slides down into their neighbor's pool during heavy rain.
- California residents are so accustomed to fires that people won't evacuate even when flames are three houses away.
- People in California don't worry about droughts because there's always plenty of water available to shower and drink.
- 1 min
California's Drought-Flood Paradox
#Tim mocks the contradiction of California simultaneously experiencing drought restrictions and catastrophic flooding, and describes the state's bizarre non-tropical weather.
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- Governors are now restricting how much people can use their sprinkler systems.
- People are replacing grass with artificial turf or rock gardens to avoid watering.
- Californians accept droughts and fires, but nobody knows how to handle flooding and excess rain.
- If California can't use the rain water during droughts, it shouldn't complain about water shortages.
- Within two weeks of heavy rain, California will start talking about droughts again.
- 2 min
Tragic Deaths and Ellen's 'Be Nicer to Mother Nature' Plea
#Tim describes a child swept away in the floods, plays the rest of Ellen's video where she pleads to be nicer to Mother Nature, and mocks the irony given her wealth.
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- California weather has gotten noticeably worse — simultaneously flooding and in drought, with cold nights, hot days, and perpetual gloom over coastal communities.
- Kids are being swept away in tragic flooding incidents — biblical-level disasters that Californians were completely unprepared for.
- Ellen DeGeneres pleads with people to 'be nicer to Mother Nature because Mother Nature is not happy with us.'
- Tim notes Ellen's ironic lecture about respecting Mother Nature while sitting on a massive real estate portfolio.
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- 4 min
Tim reads an Architectural Digest article detailing Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's massive real estate holdings, including a 30,000 square foot Montecito property, mocking her environmental plea.
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- Ellen and Portia purchased four properties and sold three in 2022 alone, part of their endless real estate portfolio.
- Tim notes Ellen always makes good real estate choices and the properties are stunning.
- Ellen sold a Bali-inspired Montecito property for 33 million dollars on a 9.3 acre compound.
- Tim points out Ellen owns tens of thousands of square feet of real estate that needs constant heating and cooling.
- The contradiction of Ellen telling people to be nicer to Mother Nature while owning massive properties.
- One property alone has an 18,000 square foot main house and a 10,000 square foot guest house for a total of 28,000 square feet.
- Tim wonders what being nicer to Mother Nature would even mean if you own 30,000 square feet of real estate for a single home.
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- 3 min
Tim covers news of the rising California storm death toll, a sinkhole swallowing cars, and a man kayaking down a flooded Santa Barbara street, joking about how undignified dying in a flood is compared to a fire.
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- Kayakers paddling in flooded Santa Barbara streets, where wealthy people retreated to escape LA.
- California storm death toll reached 17; Tim notes dying in a flood is undignified and stupid compared to dying in a fire.
- Los Angeles sinkhole swallows two vehicles; Tim questions how dumb you have to be to drive into a massive hole in the street.
- People dropping like flies with 17 dead; the hope is the rain stops before dirt hills in LA slide into canyons.
- Derek took his kayak down a flooded city street in Santa Barbara, which happens every year despite community efforts to keep drains clear.
- 3 min
Climate Change as a Unifying, Kind of Fun Force
#Tim argues extreme weather might actually unify society by giving people something non-political to bond over, and jokes people will 'migrate from disaster to disaster.'
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- Tim finds it oddly exciting and fun to watch someone kayaking down a flooded street.
- Climate change is a double-edged sword: it will kill people and destroy things, but it might also be kind of fun and give people something to talk about besides politics.
- Extreme weather affects everyone regardless of wealth, which Tim suggests could actually unify society instead of dividing it.
- No one is arguing about drag queen story hour anymore because everything is flooded and people are losing everything.
- Tim proposes that the next 30 to 50 years of biblical fires and floods might actually be lovely because nobody will be fighting about anything.
- Real estate shows are going to be fun to watch as people migrate from disaster to disaster, moving from mountains to low-lying areas to plains.
- 4 min
Wanting to See Rich People's Mansions Flood
#Tim argues there's a cathartic upside to climate change: watching wealthy Montecito residents like Ellen and Harry and Meghan panic and flee, tying it to class resentment and the coming recession.
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- Tim claims he's not pro-mass death, preferring a slow trickle rather than everyone dying at once.
- Watching wealthy people like Oprah face flooded rivers reminds everyone they're subject to the same natural forces as everyone else.
- Recent movies like Triangle of Sadness and The Menu tap into collective desire to see wealthy people suffer.
- If Montecito mansions get damaged by floods, it could be cathartic for people facing a coming recession and layoffs.
- Tim identifies an upside to climate change: chaotic destruction will affect rich people more than poor people.
- News of Harry and Meghan ordered to evacuate their mansion exemplifies the visceral satisfaction of watching the wealthy flee disasters.
- Extreme weather serves as a unifying force in society and should be encouraged, whether natural or manufactured via HAARP technology.
- Government should manufacture extreme weather to destroy wealthy areas and improve overall social happiness long-term.
- 2 min
Tim reads a sponsor spot for AG1 by Athletic Greens, describing his morning routine and touting the supplement's health benefits.
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- Tim takes AG1 every day for gut health, energy, and immune support instead of dealing with multiple pills and vitamins.
- Morning dose of AG1 before coffee makes him feel unstoppable, like he's on the drug from Limitless.
- One supplement replacing a complicated routine of many vitamins accomplishes all those goals simultaneously.
- Each scoop contains 75 vitamins, minerals, and whole food sourced ingredients that deliver energy, mood support, and healthier skin, hair, and nails.
- 7 min
Tim explains how Ozempic chemically repulses users from food, then details TikTok star Remy Bader's story of stopping the drug and spiraling into ravenous binge eating.
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- Ozempic creates chemical revulsion to food, making users vomit if they eat too much.
- The drug works like medications that make alcohol intolerable—it makes food look like heroin: something to avoid completely.
- The problem: food is necessary for life, but Ozempic users can only manage a bite or two before vomiting.
- Shortage of Ozempic because rich people and celebrities are taking a diabetes drug meant for people who caused their own condition.
- Rich and poor fat people are having a civil war over Ozempic as the hot new weight-loss drug.
- Plus-size model Remy Bader went on Ozempic, lost weight, then stopped taking it.
- Once you start Ozempic you cannot stop it—most of the Kardashians and Hollywood are on it, claiming lifestyle changes instead.
- After stopping Ozempic, Remy Bader started binge eating like a zombie, attacking taco trucks with ferocity she'd never experienced before.
- Taking off Ozempic is like removing glasses where food looked like excrement—suddenly everything looks edible again and hunger returns violently.
- Remy Bader became a danger to herself going around mall food courts like a ravenous animal chained in a warehouse and finally smelling steak.
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- 1 min
Tim Vows Never to Get Off the Drugs
#Tim jokes that unlike Remy Bader, he would never quit a drug like Ozempic once he started.
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- Tim explains his commitment to staying on drugs—once you make a lifestyle choice, you don't get off it.
- The curvy model became afraid of losing her identity if she wasn't heavy anymore.
- 2 min
Tim reads a sponsor spot for BlueChew, joking about showing off erections to family and friends and touting the discreet online prescription process.
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- Tim endorses taking BlueChew whether or not you're having sex, saying guys just want to get hard and there's nothing wrong with that.
- At a birthday party, you should take BlueChew and show your dick to family and friends to prove the blood is working.
- Don't be the guy who says he doesn't need it—be the guy prepared and ready to go.
- The process is all online with no doctor's office visit, no awkward conversation, and no waiting at the pharmacy.
- BlueChew is offering listeners a special deal: try it free with promo code TD, just pay five dollars shipping.
- Tim claims he's been with BlueChew for years and it's been integral to his family, helping relatives diagnosed with ED and changing their lives.
- 9 min
Noma, Renee Redzepi, and the Decapitated Duck
#Tim discusses the movie The Menu and its inspiration, chef Renee Redzepi's restaurant Noma in Copenhagen, defending Redzepi's shocking decapitated duck dish as a bold statement about class, nature, and wealth.
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- Noma in Copenhagen, chef Renée Redzepi pioneered foraging-based Nordic cuisine using local ingredients and even ants as salt.
- Tim tries to get a reservation at Noma before it closes in 2024, partly motivated by anger at the rich dining while the world burns.
- Redzepi served a decapitated duck dish that outraged people—a statement about power and dominance, not food.
- Tim jokes that if Redzepi could serve a Yemeni child at Noma, he would, and wealthy diners would eat it.
- Tim recounts his childhood dining at Le Bernardin and other fine restaurants, establishing his familiarity with tasting menus.
- Food is about race and class—poor people live in food deserts with only fast food, while the wealthy get access to foraged ingredients.
- Noma's real lie: it claims to celebrate the environment and vegetables, but it actually restricts good things to a small wealthy group.
- Tim describes the physical superiority of Scandinavians—their hairless bodies, swimmers' builds, and depression living by canals.
- Noma is closing because labor practices are unsustainable; they had unpaid interns.
- Redzepi, a psychoathic lunatic chef, is now making cheeseburgers for slobs—guilted into abandoning his vision.
- Tim defends Redzepi's humiliation of the duck as an act of genius that made diners feel like kings, before criticism destroyed it.
- Noma represented the last time humanity could control nature and sit like royalty eating everything before the coming ice age.
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- 9 min
Noma's Closure as the End of an Era
#Tim laments Noma's announced closing and transformation into a food lab, framing it as chefs being 'guilted' by critics of labor practices and elitism, and compares it to post-9/11 changes in NYC fine dining culture.
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- After 9/11, French restaurants fell out of favor in New York City both because France opposed the Middle East invasion and because three-hour tasting menus felt grotesque when 3,000 people had just died.
- The Green Market movement and raw industrial aesthetics replaced opulent fine dining as restaurants became more authentic in response to cultural shifts.
- René Redzepi spent a decade showing people that nature must be tamed, presenting it in the most refined way at Noma.
- A former Noma intern described working there as akin to being kidnapped from life due to the grueling schedule.
- Scandinavians have a cultural concept meaning don't stand out, yet Redzepi dared to be exceptional and show people that eating precious things is the most regal feeling.
- Tim had wanted to visit Noma as his Mount Everest restaurant before it closed, comparing it to El Bulli which also shut down.
- He discussed his fascination with Noma with opening comedian Sam Talent, noting that staff fear Redzepi.
- When critics say working at Noma stole their life, Tim asks what else they were going to do anyway, defending Redzepi as a genius doing extraordinary things.
- Noma represents total dominance over the natural world before it kills us, and Redzepi has been bullied by critics and influenced by films like The Menu.
- Noma's closure signals the end of an era of fine dining built on humiliating and abusing the natural world, which Tim sees as integral to great dining.
- Since peace with Earth is impossible, people should fully dominate nature before the Earth takes its revenge, which is why Noma's closure saddens him.
- Noma was the only reason wealthy people and anyone at all thought to visit Copenhagen, making it perhaps the greatest restaurant of all time.
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- 1 min
Tim reads a sponsor read for DraftKings Sportsbook promoting NFL Wild Card weekend betting offers.
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- Tim explains why he loves betting and considers it important to everyone he knows.
- New DraftKings customers can deposit five dollars and instantly receive two hundred dollars in free bets.
- Existing customers get a daily no-sweat bet during Wild Card weekend—place any NFL bet and receive a free bet back up to ten dollars if it loses.
- Tim promotes the promo code 'Tim Dillon' and emphasizes the deal's implausibility: five dollars in, two hundred in free bets out.
- 3 min
Tim reacts to Sam Bankman-Fried starting a Substack to defend himself against FTX collapse allegations, mocking his claims of solvency, and briefly notes Bitcoin's price uptick.
5moments
- Sam Bankman-Fried started a Substack to defend himself, claiming FTX's US division was fully solvent and he didn't steal funds.
- Tim critiques Bankman-Fried's Substack approach as boring, suggesting he should make it more entertaining by talking about betrayal instead of just saying things are fine.
- Bankman-Fried's post claims the DOJ arrested him the night before his scheduled House Financial Services Committee testimony, preempting his defense with a different news cycle.
- Tim notes the irony: Bankman-Fried is now admitting on his Substack to a complete failure of corporate controls and absence of trustworthy financial information.
- Logan Paul released a video trying to apologize for the FTX situation, acknowledging he made a mistake promoting it.
- 5 min
In Defense of Exclusivity and Excellence
#Tim closes by defending Noma and elite exclusivity in general, arguing society shouldn't tear down excellence just because only a few can access it, before wrapping the show with final thoughts on the California weather.
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- Tim was excited about the idea of NFTs granting access to secret exclusive restaurants.
- Exclusivity is not a horrible thing; you can visit Noma in Copenhagen if you make choices and prioritize it over other spending.
- Tim argues that the modern push to destroy excellence and make everything common will make society ugly and base.
- An 18-course tasting menu is not the enemy; it's ideal and shows respect for the planet.
- Society must strive for better and great things that mean something, not restrict appreciation to common experiences.
- Not everyone can appreciate fine dining like Noma, so why restrict those who can from enjoying it.
- Don't shame people based on wealth, privilege, or taste—it's as wrong as shaming fat people or poor people.
- Renée Redzepi, the chef at Noma, has dedicated his entire life to creating the world's best restaurant and is trapped in his genius.
- Tim warns against forcing violent geniuses like Redzepi to be neutered and make cheeseburgers for ordinary people.
- Tim pivots to weather in California and hopes for either improvement or destruction that brings happiness to others.
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