Subjects/subject
sharks
Tim’s take
He spends most of the conversation with Eli Roth pushing back on shark conservation with escalating, half-serious deterrents — electric fences, poisoning "the bad ones," bringing back seal clubbing — rather than engaging with the ecology argument 8:04 31:28. He casts overpopulated sharks as a geopolitical threat to be countered "the same way we would counter a threat of China" 8:04, and turns Americans getting fatter into a running joke about why sharks might start seeing them as food 31:28. Underneath the trolling he does land on a stated position — don't kill sharks because the ecosystem needs them, but don't pretend they aren't violent apex predators either 52:39. He presses Eli on whether sharks should face consequences for attacks while admitting he watches shark attack videos on planes for fun 20:32 52:39. By the end of the argument he names sharks his favorite animal 56:48.
Every Reference (15)
"people feel hearing my voice yeah and I'll just say this don't kill sharks thanks Tim no but here's why I wanted to have you want very rarely"
Introducing Eli Roth and Solitude Talk — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+29s into the segment"everything we know about sharks came from TV and movies because we had never encountered one in the ocean because why would you want to because a shark as far as I was concerned was just going to eat me"
Why Sharks Are 'Doctors of the Sea' — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+37s into the segment"these people are lying and I maybe you could look this up are sharks the doctors of the ocean yes they are I'll tell you why they are"
Shark Attack Statistics vs. Vending Machines — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+10s into the segment"we need I think to really not let sharks intimidate us and we need to see them as a threat and counter that threat the same way we would counter a threat of China or our country"
Seals, Balance, and Massachusetts Shark Documentary — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+78s into the segment"at beaches electric fences sharks are there they don't want anything to do with us they don't 99"
Algae Blooms and the Ocean Ecosystem Collapse — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356"know I don't like it I put it back but you're not attacking it sharks attacked five people over in the beginning of the summer yeah"
The Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo Tiger Shark Controversy — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+60s into the segment"documentary it could be as high as 270 million 30 000 an hour sharks take 11 years to reach sexual maturity they have like eight or"
RFK, Conservation Messaging, and Banning Shark Fishing — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+18s into the segment"you don't think if sharks could they would come on land and kill everyone if they wouldn't they don't want to kill anyone they would figure if they wanted to go on land they would kill everyone"
Should Sharks Be Punished for Attacks? — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+31s into the segment"shark populations are fine if you oh oh wait a minute if you ask Janice so they don't they don't agree with you the scientists no they think we're crazy write their names down"
Scientists Who Think Eli Is an Extremist — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+10s into the segment"indistinguishable from sea lions in the water this is very true this is a fact sharks will stop seeing Americans as bony and flashing and start seeing"
Americans as Marine Life and the Seal-Clubbing Ban — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+66s into the segment"without thinking of shrive paid enough money to so that these sharks should know this guy should not be touched and In fairness I haven't"
Hawaiian Spirits and Rich People's Beach Immunity — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+89s into the segment"understand that guys it's our Salient point that we're gonna be out of sharks in 10 years anyways if we don't stop now they're not going to"
Sitting Down with Chinese Shark Traders — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+60s into the segment"this idea that sharks Eli are not violent when they are apex predators is crazy but that's not my position my position is please don't kill them we need them okay but also how about please don't kill us two sharks"
Plane Wi-Fi Shark Attack Videos and Beach Etiquette — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+39s into the segment"the sharks are pelagic they they roam the globe so they're taking your sharks out of your way as much as it's like it's it's a problem that affects all of us"
Live and Let Live, Favorite Animals, and Being the Greatest Actor Alive — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356+40s into the segment"sharks on that set and eat them all I mean that's just you it's sad for me to see a lot of these franchises things I grew up with being destroyed uh for whatever reason or you know reinvented"
Willy Wonka and Ruined Franchises — The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356