rant · moment 18 of 21
Blue Origin's Celebrity Space Flight
from Mistaken Deportation & Women In Space | The Tim Dillon Show #440 · #440
4 min
Tim tears into the all-celebrity Blue Origin space tourism flight featuring Katy Perry and Gayle King, arguing famous people bragging about trivial luxury experiences looks terrible while regular people struggle.
- Tim issues a public service announcement to celebrities and the Democratic Party about winning elections
- Self-congratulatory messaging about importance doesn't work—people already know when something matters, like the Civil Rights Act
- If you have to tell people how important something you did is, it probably doesn't matter
- Space tourism looks terrible as things on earth get worse, sending the message that the wealthy can escape while others stay behind
- The attitude of space tourists landing and expecting gratitude for their sacrifice was crazy
- Jeff Bezos going to space with friends is just rich guy behavior in 2025, like a ninth-grader excited to party at a popular kid's house
- Bezos's wife calls up her friends and invites them on her spaceship the way you'd invite someone to a party
- Tim's main complaint: get the cameras out of it, because nobody knows how to keep things private anymore
Jeff Bezosspace tourismElon MuskKaty PerryKris JennerGayle King