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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.

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  • 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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