rant · moment 14 of 20
Something's Off About This Year's Thanksgiving Day Parade
from Post-Thanksgiving Extravaganza | The Tim Dillon Show #419 · #419
4 min
Tim describes feeling unsettled watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year, calling the balloons creepy, the mood joyless like a Soviet military parade, and everything overloaded with brand sponcon.
- Tim notes the Thanksgiving Day Parade felt off this year, something dark about it that he can't quite place.
- The parade balloons look scary now—unnerving creatures that don't feel right compared to years past.
- Tim compares the parade's aesthetic to the creepy opening of a Batman film, questioning if the rain alone explains the disturbing tone.
- The parade lacked warmth and wholesomeness this year, replaced by something disconcerting Tim can't ignore.
- No one investigates the parade anymore—it feels like a Soviet-era military parade in Moscow, with conscripted participants who don't look happy.
- Tim has watched the parade every year since childhood and felt genuinely weird about it this year, unable to shake the feeling something was off.
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