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The Arizona Kid Killed and Filmed for Snapchat
from Jessica Kirson & The Revenge Of The Basic | The Tim Dillon Show #387 · #387
5 min
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Tim tells the story of visiting the family of a kid killed by a group of teens in Arizona who filmed and bragged about the attack on Snapchat/TikTok, using it to argue social media is creating sociopathic kids.
- Tim discusses covering a story in Arizona where kids killed another kid at a party and posted about it on Snapchat and TikTok.
- One of the killers wrote on social media 'I just killed a kid I think I'm too strong.'
- Tim argues that social media and constant online engagement are creating a generation of sociopaths.
- Politicians no longer talk about kids; instead everyone's focused on AI, effectively giving up on the younger generation.
- The Arizona teenagers were conducting random blitz-style attacks on other kids with brass knuckles, hospitalizing them, then filming and posting the violence on TikTok.
- Tim contrasts modern kids' behavior with how previous generations handled anger—they fought but weren't trying to kill people and definitely weren't filming it for social media.
- Tim pivots to nostalgic bit about how people used to express emotions at coffee houses with dramatic, manipulative monologues instead of violence.
- Tim praises his guest Kieran as one of the few comedians he actually enjoys having on the show because she's funny.
social mediaJessica KirsonTikTokSnapchatyouth violenceArizona