Interview · moment 23 of 26
Being Irish Means No Hope
from Small Talk with Colin Quinn | The Tim Dillon Show #343 · #343
1 min
Guest
A short riff on Irish fatalism versus American optimism, joking that hope and enthusiasm feel disgusting and sociopathic to the Irish.
- Being Irish means not really expecting anything; Tim was raised without hope, which makes him antithetical to people who are drunk on it.
- Irish people don't believe in enthusiasm and hope—it's disgusting and gross to them, people look at you like you're disgusting for showing it.
- Tim argues that to be super positive in the current time, you have to be a little bit of a sociopath.