Interview · moment 31 of 33

Failed Comanche Gift and the Empire of the Summer Moon

from The Joe Rogan Experience | #330 · #330

4 min

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Tim recounts trying and failing to buy a Comanche artifact as a Christmas gift, leading into a discussion of the book "Empire of the Summer Moon" and the Comanche's mastery of mounted archery warfare.

In this bit9 moments
  • Tim argues the Navi in Avatar are short-sighted for rejecting the sky people's offers of money and profit instead of pursuing progress and tourism.
  • Avatar made audiences depressed in 2009 because the Navi's lifestyle resonated with how people wished they could live.
  • Nature is actually terrible—getting bit by bugs the size of birds, skin cancer—which is why people prefer enclosed spaces like casinos and Dubai.
  • Tim promotes his website and live comedy tickets at timdilloncomedy.com.
  • He's touring clubs to build material before moving to theaters in the fall.
  • Tim says he never wants to work New Year's Eve but does it every year when offered the opportunity.
  • Someone advised him to do something on New Year's that he wants to do for the entire year ahead.
  • Don Lemon was criticized for missing the countdown on New Year's Eve.
  • New Year's Eve audiences want noisemakers and little horns to blow during the countdown.
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