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The Starbucks CEO's Commute and Peak-90s Nostalgia

from The Presidential Debate & Eating Cats | The Tim Dillon Show #409 · #409

2 min

He notes the Starbucks CEO commutes by private jet from Orange County to Seattle, then wistfully describes 90s coffeehouse culture and the carefree Gen X vibe before 9/11 ended it.

In this bit5 moments
  • Starbucks CEO commutes daily via private jet from Orange County to Seattle, required three days a week in office.
  • Tim recalls the 90s when people would sit in coffee houses for hours drinking oversized cappuccinos with no particular agenda.
  • Friends exemplified the era—an actor and waitress casually affording Manhattan apartments while nobody cared about anything.
  • The 80s cocaine-and-empire-building drive had subsided; people were wandering around in a Gen X wasteland of nothingness.
  • Nobody appreciated how nice the 90s were until 9/11 happened and ended that entire era of history.
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