Companies/restaurant
Starbucks
2017-05-09, 1 mention2017-05-30, 1 mention2017-08-06, 1 mention2017-10-30, 1 mention2018-07-12, 1 mention2018-12-21, 1 mention2019-03-09, 1 mention2019-05-19, 1 mention2019-07-14, 1 mention2019-09-29, 1 mention2020-03-17, 1 mention2020-06-14, 1 mention2020-09-13, 1 mention2020-09-20, 1 mention2021-10-24, 1 mention2023-03-25, 1 mention2023-11-25, 1 mention2023-12-09, 1 mention2024-04-06, 1 mention2024-04-13, 1 mention2024-09-14, 3 mentions2024-12-07, 2 mentions2025-03-29, 1 mention2025-05-17, 1 mention2026-01-10, 2 mentions
Tim’s take
He mostly uses Starbucks as shorthand for corporate blandness and basic culture, dropping it into bits about oxycontin-laced snack food and TikTok-era conformity without building much of an argument 56:50 32:38. When he does have a specific complaint it's that the company squeezes out independent coffee shops with competing-business clauses, calling it part of "the corporate takeover of America" 20:52, and that its frappuccino-style drinks are sugar delivery systems he compares to running a genocide by blender 53:10 23:55. He also treats it as a stock setting for stories that have nothing to do with the brand — a screaming woman, a pedophile hypothetical, a failed ICE-agent commercial audition, a diarrhea emergency during a 9/11 tour 0:47 47:40 30:36 30:37. Late on he turns nostalgic, praising the CEO's plan to bring back comfortable chairs and sit-down coffee-shop culture as a return to what Starbucks used to be, contrasting it favorably with Dunkin' Donuts' scrappier vibe 23:42.
Every Reference (29)
"topping on them like you put on a fucking drink at Friday at Starbucks. And banana cream in the middle, it's bad. These things don't"
Chili Rellenos Challenge, Fat People's Menus, and the Alamo — Farting Down The River+213s into the segment"think that they should just suck it up and fucking get a job at Starbucks because their sexuality hasn't developed yet, they haven't grown"
Seeking Arrangements: Fake Profiles, Vetting Guys, and the Concubine Life — Seeking Arrangements (with Wendi Starling)+84s into the segment"like Chipotle McDonald's sweetgreen Arby's yeah Peter Lugar's Starbucks Amazon.com Dunkin Donuts Shannon my love if they want to send"
"digging their own graves in the field. While that was happening, Starbucks was expanding rabbit and giving people a lovely, nice treat to"
"just the process of making Shakes and Sundays you've been a Starbucks when they make the frappuccino They start banging the frappuccino"
"coffee, so I wanted to tell you and commend you that you're right Starbucks is just much better coffee. I know that some people don't want"
Holiday Greetings and the Worst Dunkin Donuts Coffee Ever — Bavarian Cream Pie+106s into the segment"to get in the market. Last week, they just opened the biggest Starbucks in the world in Tokyo. Wow, Japanese people devour coffee."
"caramel banana it doesn't even make sense look at the drinks and Starbucks you're like postive banana coconut mocha mint yeah nut it doesn't"
Buffalo Mac and Cheese: Keeping the Fat Population Docile — Episode 148 - Streak of Evil (with Yannis Pappas)+45s into the segment"Bistro to go is like a partner with Starbucks it's a glorified Starbucks where you can get food that was it's preheated in a bag and put in a box"
Marriott Courtyard, Bistro To Go, and Faking Paraplegia for Room Service — 156 - Some Of Our Faves+94s into the segment"memorial I had to run off the bus and just violently [ __ ] in Starbucks I had to run in a Starbucks he just starts screaming until they"
The Screaming Woman Next Door and the N-Word CVS Lady — #167 - Beach Corpse | The Tim Dillon Show+114s into the segment"a real rough one up there in Pacific Northwest it's real bad Starbucks won't save you I think they're going by County right now but"
Seattle and Portland's Outbreak, and Earth Frequency Nonsense — Live Stream #1 | The Tim Dillon Show+70s into the segment"remember those two years you went out for commercials look this Starbucks commercial what happened to it I don't know if it ever aired"
Hydrant Close and Mac Weldon Underwear Pitch — #204 - Katie Herzog | The Tim Dillon Show+525s into the segment"when you have a frappuccino when you're halfway down a starbucks frappuccino and you're in the front of your car and you got the air conditioning blasting on your face"
America's Sinful Food and Sugar Comedowns — #217 - Cuties | The Tim Dillon Show+99s into the segment"well you know they don't want a coffee shop in there because starbucks there's a competing business clause so starbucks doesn't want"
Fake Business: Prank Calling Realtors as a Hobby — #218 - Fake Business | The Tim Dillon Show+48s into the segment"go after what they want but i also want to get in and out of starbucks in less than an hour and a half somebody has to work at starbucks"
The Great Resignation and Working at Houlihan's — #274 - Tourettes Gang | The Tim Dillon Show+182s into the segment"Chicken they [ __ ] love it there okay McDonald's Burger King Starbucks dude they're we got I think they got Pizza Hut too they have"
Fighting China Back With Fast Food — Baby's Gotta Go | The Tim Dillon Show #339+56s into the segment"They're going to They're like, "Fuck it, dude. I'll work from Starbucks. I don't give a [ __ ] I don't care. It's going to be a thing"
San Francisco Vacancy Rates and Donna Getting Slashed — The Chinese D’Amelios | The Tim Dillon Show #371+14s into the segment"what McDonald's has realized they look at Starbucks and they go Starbucks is killing people with drinks it's much easier look look at any"
McDonald's Cosmic Concept and the Death-by-Sugar Drink Strategy — The Sugar Algorithm | The Tim Dillon Show #373+128s into the segment"very basic there it is there it is Starbuck yeah yeah it's like Starbucks it's like the Tik toks too yeah it's just very basic I I think"
The Revenge of the Basic B****es — Jessica Kirson & The Revenge Of The Basic | The Tim Dillon Show #387+47s into the segment"of their questions was what if we all caught a pedophile in Starbucks like you see a pedophile like one of the guys asked a question"
The Starbucks Pedophile Hypothetical — Mike Recine & Lizzo Be Quitting | The Tim Dillon Show #388+12s into the segment"story of any uh coffee Centric concept ever comes out of Seattle Starbucks has been on the decline and shrinking sales as it moved from"
Starbucks Wants to Be a Coffee Shop Again — The Presidential Debate & Eating Cats | The Tim Dillon Show #409+10s into the segment"hey hey so the Starbucks CEO is trying to get people to come back into Starbucks to hang"
The Starbucks CEO's Commute and Peak-90s Nostalgia — The Presidential Debate & Eating Cats | The Tim Dillon Show #409"Bill sorry we love you but 911 was it you know and it sucks Starbucks needs another 911 because people would be in Starbucks drinking"
Bush's Bullhorn Speech and "We Need Another 9/11" — The Presidential Debate & Eating Cats | The Tim Dillon Show #409+148s into the segment"the shell casings found at the scene the killer was smiling at Starbucks before the shooting the killer was elated he was happy he very"
The Killer's Starbucks Smile as a Holiday Story — CEO Assassinations & Christmas In New York | The Tim Dillon Show #420+41s into the segment"it's a great commercial for Starbucks it is the fact that you're going to go shoot a CEO in the head"
Starbucks Gets Free Advertising, and CEOs Are Now Terrified — CEO Assassinations & Christmas In New York | The Tim Dillon Show #420"rooms eating lemon cake that their daughter brought them from Starbucks and they're just just going going the bombs are dropping they're"
The Bombing Group Chat Is Just a Job — Leaked Group Chats & Door Dash Debt | The Tim Dillon Show #437+137s into the segment"give a [ __ ] I don't want to be here watching 28-year-olds in Starbucks scratch the skin off their face in an aderall frenzy. I don't"
Wanting to Marry a Fatima and Leave America for Dubai — Qatar, Kanye, & The Gift Of Luxury | The Tim Dillon Show #444+67s into the segment"It could have been, maybe it never could have been as big as Starbucks, but it was bought by a private equity company and they focused"
Cold Open: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's Ice Blended Mocha — ICE In Minnesota & Venezuela Without Maduro | The Tim Dillon Show #478+67s into the segment"them. The other thing is that Coffee Bean never got into food. Starbucks got into food. They started doing little sandwiches, little egg"
Minnesota Casinos and Coffee Bean's Missed Food Menu — ICE In Minnesota & Venezuela Without Maduro | The Tim Dillon Show #478+93s into the segment