rant · moment 5 of 14
Why Do We Shoot the Baby in the Face?
from Harvey Weinstein's Overturned Conviction & TikTok Ban | The Tim Dillon Show #390 · #390
4 min
An extended surreal bit where Tim voices a parent explaining to a crying child why the military has to 'shoot a baby in the face,' spiraling into a bleak monologue about loveless marriages and resignation.
- Young people on TikTok are asking uncomfortable questions about US military interventions worldwide.
- Tim argues the US government is trying to suppress young people's voices and control information flow.
- Tim performs a bit as a parent explaining to a child why a baby got shot in the face, comparing it to natural phenomena like the moon and sun.
- The parent's logic: shoot enough babies in the face and eventually babies won't have to worry about getting shot in the face.
- Tim shifts to the mother's perspective—a jaded woman no longer attracted to her husband, drinking Pinot Grigio and masurbating to women.
- The mother explains she's learned not to ask questions, and will teach her daughter the same resignation in loveless marriages.
- Tim concludes the bit: the baby getting shot in the face is what it all comes down to—the consequence of resigned, miserable lives.
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