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Record Heat, Death Valley Tourism, and Climate Gawking
from I'm On Strike | The Tim Dillon Show #354 · #354
3 min
Tim talks about extreme heat waves hitting Vegas and Death Valley, riffing on tourists flocking to see 128-degree temperatures as a form of disaster tourism.
- Tim notes Vegas will hit 115° during his Encore Theater show on Saturday
- Death Valley temperatures peaked at 128°, one of the hottest summers ever
- Tourists are still flocking to Death Valley despite it being an arid hellscape where only tarantulas and lizards survive
- People go to Death Valley because it's cheap, willing to risk death for inexpensive tourism
- Tim predicted this disaster tourism trend where people find fun in watching the decaying planet
- Tourists at Death Valley are smiling and happy while experiencing record heat, treating catastrophe as entertainment
- Shift to litigious society complaint: people must sue others who have hurt or maimed them
disaster tourismDeath ValleyLas VegasEncore Theater