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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.

In this bit8 moments
  • 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
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Jeff Bezosspace tourismElon MuskKaty PerryKris JennerGayle King

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