Places/place
Thailand
2017-09-24, 1 mention2018-02-06, 2 mentions2018-03-20, 1 mention2018-08-09, 1 mention2018-09-06, 1 mention2019-01-12, 2 mentions2019-05-19, 1 mention2024-06-29, 1 mention2026-04-18, 1 mention2026-04-25, 1 mention
Tim’s take
He keeps coming back to one specific complaint: Thailand has brutal drug laws but tolerates child sex tourism, a contradiction he calls out directly 27:11. He repeats a version of that warning when talking about backpacking, telling young travelers to go anywhere but there because "they get crazy with the kids" 46:42.
Beyond that, it mostly functions as a stand-in for a certain kind of person with no real life — the couple narrating their whole trip like a commercial 57:16, the upwardly mobile professionals posting it on Instagram 28:34, and the housewife daydreaming about the beaches while doing nothing else all day 1:01:47. He also drops it in as just another stop in the outsourcing chain alongside China and Sri Lanka when opportunity moves around the globe 59:20 15:00.
Every Reference (12)
"security clearance. He was in the Air Force. And well, he was in Thailand. Okay. And I think that he might have been, I can't, I'm not"
Craig Spence's DC Blackmail House and Alicia Owen's Persecution — The Whole Thing Is Evil+112s into the segment"agency Mm-hmm, and he this kid travels all over the fucking world Thailand fuck he goes everywhere No, but he works in finance makes money"
The Great Travel Debate: Backpacking Europe vs. Staying Home — What Does Your Brother Do In The Navy+111s into the segment"Work your asshole out. You need to spray it. Not, listen, not Thailand, because they get crazy with the kids, but like, go to Argentina,"
Chatroom Check-in and the British Fan at the Stand — What Does Your Brother Do In The Navy+133s into the segment"He worked in the fucking Thailand, fucking torturing people in the ass probably. Well whatever"
Panko Breading and the Ideal Mozzarella Stick Size — Freedom Fingers"loves shooting his mouth off It was Tyler's Thailand that's it so Thailand Yeah, that's yeah, it makes sense because it's coming up."
Elon Musk, the Thai Cave Rescue Submarine, and Calling the Rescuer a Pedophile — Not A Fancy Man+83s into the segment"You're asking for too much money again Let's move from China to Thailand and Thailand to Laos and then probably Zimbabwe I don't know"
American Exceptionalism and Banana Republic Coups — Living on the Edge of Death+122s into the segment"only care about helping people. It's part of their culture. In Thailand, they try to get over on you a little more. So you gotta keep"
Thailand's Double Standard and Eating Dog Morality — Integrity Belongs In East Timor+35s into the segment"get back home. So Rogan just started going, I was talking about Thailand, and he was really enjoying it, his point was, the poverty there."
Late Start Traveling and Comparing Notes with Rogan — Integrity Belongs In East Timor+5s into the segment"opportunity you know follow the opportunities are in China sure or Thailand or Sri Lanka yes so that kind of makes sense 100% I care less"
No Shared National Identity Left — Episode 148 - Streak of Evil (with Yannis Pappas)+115s into the segment"article about Thailand so interesting do you know the beaches in Thailand honey they're very nice yeah I hear about that good Ty and those"
The Virtue of Drifting Without Money, and No Loyalty to a Corpse — Presidential Debate Reaction | The Tim Dillon Show #397+117s into the segment"traveling and going to places These are the people that go to Thailand and they post photos of Thailand on their Instagram cuz they"
Nancy, Cliff, and the Mass Layoff Email — Eric Swalwell, The Great Layoff, & We Endorse Katie Porter | The Tim Dillon Show #492+92s into the segment"in, but I also have to record it." So, we're not going back to Thailand. I mean, it's so far. But we'd actually really love to like if"
The Dying Unipolar World and the New Feudal Tech Oligarchy — The Palantir Manifesto & My Manifesto | The Tim Dillon Show #493+745s into the segment