The Chinese D’Amelios | The Tim Dillon Show #371

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Tim. Dillon show. Here it is Thanksgiving. weekend. Uh we are pre-recording this show quite. a few days before the actual holiday. We have many, many things to do. We've. got a We've got a. a real special guest coming up. uh that'll come out on Monday. Yeah. Next week. Next week. And then we're taking a we're taking a a. little holiday. So you've got You're going to have two.

episodes. to binge. And then we'll see you in December. Probably, or late November. However that. works. Um. and uh I'm very excited about this. guest. Noa Tishby. coming back on. Why am I Why would I stop? Why would I. ever stop? I'll never stop. trying to get Noa to come back on this. show.

And tank it. further in views. That episode tanked so badly that I. should have Hezbollah. on. for every day for a week. because that thing ate it. What are you going to do? Timothée. Chalamet uh What's going on over here in. Japan or I think he's promoting the. Wonka film. I just don't love this. Let's just take a look at this here.

I don't I mean that is that. Are they in the film? No. So they're just making. It It It feels like. those children have been They've They've. had to do that. and food has been withheld from them.

until they did it just like that. Like I. feel like. I don't Even he seems like he's like. whoa, what's. what's going on? Wow. Yeah. One more. time here. It's just uncomfortable. Are they children or they like do they. have a disease where they're like 30? Like the Dobby girl. Like.

I am I will never I am a huge fan right. now. of uh. is it Zao Zao and Wu Long? Get up Zao. Zao and Wu Long. Zao Zao is a 36-year-old. Yeah, this one. Go to the third one down. there. This is a good one. Uh she is from a province in China and. she's big on Chinese Tik Tok and her. friend Wu Long is kind of a hunchback.

and Zao Zao has her own issues. But um. and this transgender. presenter in China. China seems kind of fun. Like I know. that we're all supposed to be afraid of. China. But if this is what's going on in China. count me in. They've got this transgender presenter. who's very polished and put together. uh who looks very good. She's like going. the full you know, she's really. she's going the full you know.

whatever it is, you know, doing it. I don't want to say right doing it well. It's nice. You know, I'm going to get in trouble. for saying this and I and people are. going to get angry with me and I don't. know I'm just saying. sometimes it's nice to see a transgender. person really try. Do you understand what I mean? Because I like effort. in every part of life.

Do you understand? It's not I'm only I'm not simply. requiring it. of someone who's. transitioning or changing genders. I want it all over the place. But I do like it. when I see someone who is transgender. really commit to it. Mhm. and really try. to the best of their own financial. ability. Mark Norman used to have a. great joke about that where he was like. people say this one's brave, she's just.

rich or whatever, you know? But. I like to see somebody try, which this. host in China is doing and this is kind. of like. I guess a Chinese American Idol in a. way. Mhm. I don't know I I don't know if that's. what it it is, but. let's give everyone a taste of this. If. you don't know who these people are, this will be. cultural prediction here. This will be more common. We are going.

to find people that are deformed. Cuz this is kind of the final phase. of society where it's really the. barbarism is coming. I every week I try. not to do this, by the way. Like every. week I go I drive here and I go, you. know, I know why I'm not as big as like. other people. It's just because it's. like how much can you take of this, right? Like even me like even me. sometimes, right? I'm like, how much can. I take? Like I want to do other things. Like I had a nice Friendsgiving. I talk.

about that. I could talk about. entertaining. I like I like throwing uh. you know, parties and seeing people get. together. Who cares, right? But I get it. Like like I was like today. on the way here I was like, I'm not. going to do the whole it's fall the. empire is falling and the climate. I I'm not going to do it. I really I sometimes I don't want to do. it. But it's just it's now what is. there. It's uh so if it's, you know, there's it's it's hard to infer anything.

else from the news is my point. It's. difficult. I tried to to infer. we're going to go later. Fox News. literally has an article that's like, "Here's how you can have a Thanksgiving. without killing people that you know.". Because they're so used to the people. that watch Fox News is being like, I. guess, like monsters that they literally every. line is like, "Well, you know, you don't you know, don't keep a loaded gun at the table.".

Like it's such a crazy. article. But what I mean here about Xiao. Xiao and Wu Long and I think why they're. an important, you know, I know that. I mean. even as I say this it seems insane. But what's important about Xiao Xiao and. Wu Long is that. we're I believe what's coming is a real. fascination with deformed people, kind of freaks. It's going back to the. 1920s as it was.

in the beginning as it shall be in the. end. I believe we are going back to the kind. of tent era. depression. tent era carnival sideshow circus. This is what I believe. This is kind of. the final form. of a lot of the trends that we've seen. on the internet. These people are probably being abused, they're being used, but they're getting. their fame. And, you know, people are. going to say this is a good thing. You. know, people.

people debate this. They go, "These are. these people are being abused.". And then other people go, "No, they're. not. They love it." And no one knows. what's going on cuz no one lives in this. crazy province of China, but I think her family's probably like, we're making a little bit of money here. People like that she's an oddity. She's. an oddity. Mhm. And this was the thinking behind the. freak show, right? This person is an oddity, but why not. pay.

uh money to see them? Because so this is. what a lot of Tik Tok. has become. We are putting humans on display and. human oddities. And we are. marveling at them. We're gawking. And the latest manifestation of this is. Zhaozhao and Wulong, who by the way, I. feel an affection for both of them,

and I enjoy what they're doing. Zhaozhao is a a kicks and hits, because. she's often angry. at others, which I often feel very. enraged, and I feel. kind of envious of her of her ability to. kind of just kind of. Wulong, her friend, who only I read. about them for several hours, and. Wulong I had a party is funny, you know,

I had this Friendsgiving, and I I you know, I you talk what I like. about it is you don't talk to anyone for. that long. You do your little thing with everybody. You go over to Caitlyn Jenner, how are. you? She's talking about patriotism, love it. Go over to Bari Weiss, what's your deal? The Jews? Good. Moving on. We go over to Tana Mongeau, like her, what's going on with the [ __ ]. You just quick, quick in and out.

Bobby Lee, lovely to meet your girl. This one, that one, that one, you know, Santino, a a of people came. But for a lot of the party, I was. reading about Zhao Zhao and Wu Long. because I was kind of I'm transfixed. And they said. this all started because Zhao Zhao. they they they were doing some type of. benefit for Zhao Zhao. They brought her. out, she sang a song, and people liked. it. Supposedly Wu Long only spoke one word. before she started. doing social media.

These are the Chinese D'Amelios. You. know, we have Charli D'Amelio and Dixie. D'Amelio. This is what they have. And I take these. two over the D'Amelios any day of the. week. Without further ado, if you don't. know them, you will. They're going to be. household names. Uh is this show part of the problem or. part of the solution? I don't know. I don't know if there's a real.

difference. Zhao Zhao and Wu Long. Now, if that's what Wonka was, I'd watch. it.

Zhao Zhao and Wu Long. Find them, support them on all their channels. Wu Long doesn't sing often. She's chill, but she does sing sometimes. You know, this is what's happening. This is where. it where life is going. Fox News just ran an article. Fox News. likes to run articles occasionally where. they're basically like, "Listen, occasionally you're going to go into the. world and. um. you know, a friend of mine just lives. down in Florida, just opened a QAnon. store.

This is true. She opened a QAnon boutique in like a in. a old motel. In Florida, they just let you. transact business, which I like. So, they have these old motels. And we'll talk about the commercial real. estate crash in a little bit, too. But, she opened this kind of it's just a. QAnon store. It just looks like a. hoarder's house. She's got like games. from the '90s.

that kids can buy in like fun Trump. sweatshirts. Mhm. It's just a QAnon boutique. in Florida. for people that are older, that are in the area, and want to go to the QAnon store. You know? And. so, what. Fox News has to do every now and then is. run an article where they're basically. like, "Hey, you're going to have relatives that. don't shop at your QAnon store, and.

you're going to have to eat turkey with. them. How do you do it? How do you do it if someone. It's very funny cuz the whole premise of. the whole thing is like, "Someone's. coming to your house. They don't agree with you. How can you do it? How to handle combative relatives during. the holidays? Welcome to attend with. conditions.". And this is. on the Fox News website. Cuz Fox News,

by the way, for years. has been. promoting. all manner of crazy things, like a lot. of news organizations do. MSNBC, any of them. Their job, if you. watch the primetime lineup, is not to. inform you. The job is to wind you up. and send you out into the world uh like. a whirling dervish where you are just.

anywhere you can go spread the gospel. But now they're right every now and then. they'll throw out an article where. they're like, "Hey, it's Thanksgiving. So okay, there might be people that show. up at your house. that do not they're not. they don't get it like you get it. They're not in the program like you're. in the program. They don't know about. the underground tunnels. You do. So you're going to have to just make a.

choice. You're going to have to ban them. from speaking. or you're going to have to set. boundaries because it's your house. and you get to decide what's real and. what's not. in your house. This is your reality. They're stepping into your reality. So whatever you've decided. is the truth, they got to subscribe to that.

Quote, "If you're worried about the. possibility of fights or quarrels or. over any number of topics during the. holiday season, mental health experts, which by the way, what a great term and God only knows. Mental health experts shared strategies. and insights for how to diffuse. arguments and how to speak to relatives. about your concerns. Don't buy into the belief that you have.

a perfect family or that the holiday. will be perfect, said Jonathan Alpert, a. psychotherapist and executive. performance coach. Right. Right. Always, right? Right? Mhm. Go back up. Executive performance coach. It's always something else when these. experts weigh in. It's never like. just some type of doctor. It's like.

doctor and con artist. Like. psychotherapist. and. con artist and. uh you know, Primerica executive. Uh it's a psychotherapist. and sells Mary Kay cosmetics. Um this person has practices in. Manhattan, Washington D.C. And author of the book Be Fearless, Change Your Life in 28 Days, which you. know, I'm sure has a lot of valuable.

information on being fearless and. changing your life in 28 days if you'd. want to. By adjusting your expectations, you're. less likely to be disappointed and. stressed should something not go. according to plan and you'll be able to. take the pressure off yourself. If you know in advance there's bad blood. between relatives, what can you do? Talk to people ahead of time. Hold a. conversation with them separately about. your expectations of their behavior.

Said Amy Morin a psychotherapist and. author of. 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't. Do. Also, Fox just tells these people, "We'll plug your books. Mhm. Just weigh in. Yeah. Weigh into this article about how people. can behave. We got to give advice to our. regular viewers about how they can. behave like people for 2 hours out of. the year. Weigh in here. and we'll plug your book about uh 13.

Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do. Hint number 13, look at the poor. They don't do it cuz they're mentally. strong. Make it clear that they're welcome to. attend, but that arguing or rude. behavior won't be tolerated. After all, you have others to think about, including your loved ones at possibility. your and possibly your children, and. many other people you care about deeply.

Refuse to take sides. Reconsider serving. alcohol. Can you ever just pick one relative over. another? Yes. You can certainly just pick one relative. over the other. Sometimes family riffs stem from serious. issues, like childhood abuse, crime, or. substance abuse. You don't have to invite people to your. home just because they are related to.

you. Right. So, if someone in your. family. is uh raped everyone in the family, Fox. News is telling you you don't have to. invite them. But what if they agree with me? Well, that's tough. That's hard. If the rapist. is on your side politically, it becomes. different, you know? You're a neutral party who wants to. invite everyone, and you aren't. interested in listening to complaints. about the other person. You might decide to pick one relative. because you want them to feel.

emotionally safe, or because you want. them to attend the gathering and they. wouldn't if the other person was there. Do you warn both people to be on their. best behavior ahead of time? Who is this for? Who is this Who is this for? What person. is sitting at home going, "God, I just I. don't know. I don't know how I don't. know how to do it." Look at this. What. if the relative isn't at odds with a. particular guest, but just has a.

combative personality? Fox is They're. basically like, "What if this person. is going to come there and say something. you're uncomfortable with. What do you do? What can you do? How do you turn your. Thanksgiving table into a fascist. dictatorship. of which you are the dictator? That's. really what it comes down to. That's the whole article. The whole. article is like, "How do you" because. they they bury it in the mental health.

crap, which they don't care about at. all. And they're basically like, "Yeah, how can you avoid a disagreement?". How can you avoid disagreement? Now, several people have the benefit of. armies or intelligence services that. will disappear people that disagree with. them. Now, you may not have the. financial wherewithal to do that, or you. may live uh in in a in a a type of place. where uh murdering is outright illegal.

So, what you have to do is find. different ways to shut down anyone. that would disagree with you about. anything. Cuz we here at Fox, we know what you. want to do. We know what you want to do. You've. hosted the event, and you've hosted the. event because you want to basically. get everyone around the table and and. yell and scream about the Guatemalans. Now, that's fine, but someone might ruin.

this. by going, "Hey, they're they're people, kind of, right?". Like the softest defense. They might provide like the. thinnest defense of, for example, like. like somebody at the kitchen table might. be like, "You know, it feels like. 12,000 people's a lot of people to kill. in Gaza." And then people ARE LIKE, "YOU'RE OUT OF LINE! YOU'RE TURNING THIS. HOLIDAY upside down, you sick fuck!".

Fox News, how do you turn your. Thanksgiving into a fascist dictatorship. where everyone is afraid to have a. different opinion. Look at this. I love. this. How do you keep hot topics out of. the conversation? This is very Fox goes, this is very difficult to do as we. cannot control other people. By the way, this is not there's no idea here like. so we're supposed to believe. that the person who's reading this on.

foxnews.com. is it just a innocent wallflower who's. terrified? This is the Fox News watcher. They're terrified about people coming to. their house and starting up. It's very difficult to do as we cannot. control other people. However, if and when hot topics come up, you can set a boundary by saying. something like, let's not get into XYZ.

It could be controversial and we're all. having a good time. Why don't we talk. about ABC instead? Can you say to a relative, I can't have. this in my home again? I can't have this in my home again like. last year. And by end, I mean your mixed-race. child. I think it would be better if you. visited another day. As challenging as it may be to tell a. relative not to come to a holiday, it.

might be worth it. It It's just the. premise of this is hilarious. The idea. that like a a Fox News watcher is like, well, we just like to have a. Thanksgiving. that's uncomplicated, but then people. come in with all their ideas. All their ideas and. me and my husband just sit there and. we're just sitting there and serving. everybody turkey and reading Mein Kampf. But then these kids come in with their. ideas. Think about what is in the best interest.

of the group. How Orwellian is all this? That's it, yeah. So Orwellian. A conversation like this can lead to. hard feelings, but having a relative. come over who does not get along with. other relatives can also lead to hard. feelings. What is it? Like, what world are we. living in. where there's articles being written. about like, "Hey, man, someone might. come to your house and you might have a. disagreement. Here's a 10-point plan.

to make sure that doesn't happen.". I mean, how crazy is that? And then everybody's like, "Well, everybody's in a bubble. EVERYONE'S IN A. WHY IS EVERYONE IN A SUCH A BUBBLE?". Everyone's in a feedback loop. Nobody's. a Yeah, because you have articles. telling people if the mildest disagree. like, "Make sure draw the lines, draw. the battle lines before they get there. Let them know." It's like, guys, let.

[ __ ] fly. Let it [ __ ] happen. It's. Thanksgiving. That's what it's supposed. to be. People are supposed to disagree. and fight. It's supposed to be. uncomfortable. People are supposed to sit on a couch, you know, in that tryptophan haze, you. know, in a coma from the turkey, and. they're supposed to just, you know, start fighting, you know, about nonsense. That's the. whole point of the holiday. They're. supposed to.

argue. Everybody is so ill-informed. at a holiday party. It's great. And then. they're all tired and drunk, and they. don't really know what they're talking. about. And that's when you get real raw. fun collisions of bad ideas that both. parties have. And that's what we should do. Why are we. trying to avoid that? It's the literal. point of the holiday. It's the point of. the You don't care about seeing your. cousin for the most part. It's fun to watch stuff pop off.

When my father and his wife brought. their dogs. to my to my grandmother's house and my. uncle flipped out and screamed about it. and he was in the right by the way. You. just stop bringing your dogs places if. they're not invited. It's just what it is. I love my father. and his wife, but I'm just saying I in. this. uh. you know, particular instance, I thought. my uncle had a point there. You know, that's that that I think. that's good. Why avoid that? You know, I grew up in an Irish family.

where people fought a lot, sometimes. physically. There was a lot of uh you. know, a lot of loud people, a lot of. opinions, a lot of hostility being. expressed. I think that's incredibly. healthy. I I I don't think avoiding all. of that. is uh good. I think it's the part of the. fun. Part of the fun of a Thanksgiving. is to get it going. Like if you're a young person, tell them. tell them you're in Hamas.

at Thanksgiving. Go, I am in Hamas. Can be Show up in a. hijab. Give your grandmother a stroke. And then just go, I'm kidding. Tell them you converted to Islam in the. car on the way over. Have fun. You only live what These are. the memories. You're making memories.

I mean, what's the point? Everything that has any value is a. controversial topic for the most part. So, I mean, I guess you could just talk. about yourselves like a bunch of. narcissists. But immediately get it immediately get. into the Middle East. It's why they're. fighting over there. So, we can talk. about it at our Thanksgiving table. That's why it's happening. What do you.

think Hamas did it? With a bunch of. paraga- You think they did it for. nothing? They did it so that you could. talk about it while you stuff. marshmallows in your face. That's the. benefit of living in America up until. the point everybody nukes us, which is. coming. But, the benefit of living in. America. is being able to discuss things that. have real consequences for other people. And you get to discuss them quite. flippantly and casually.

You get to discuss life and death. decisions pretty casually with no. information. You're We're all It's all like kind of. Game of Thrones-y with the goblets of. wine and eating the turkey. "You got to. better You got to kill him. Well, you. got to kill him good. They got They got. to. Well, they have to do it cuz they're in. a hospital They're under the hospital. That's why you don't know cuz they're in. school, those people. So, the kids are. at the school, but you got to kill the. people. under the school. That's where it is.".

That's what you have to do. This is the. benefit of being an Ameri- The benefit. of being an American is that you get to. engage. quite casually in the discussions and. topics that. they have real consequences. for people all over the world, and you. get to just sound off on them. From the minute you can talk, you're. allowed to do this. And there's no. better time to do it.

than the holidays. There's no better. time. There's a captive audience. Everybody's eating and drinking. You. don't see these people a lot. It's good. to see what they're into and about. Why not? Why avoid it? What are you going to. [ __ ] talk about? It's so boring. if you're if you're going to like I like. a little bit of. And you know, we were pretty.

we would fight about personal things my. family more more so than political. But I don't think there's anything wrong. with having a knockdown drag out what by. two ill-informed people. on either side of an issue that don't. really have any facts. and are arguing to mask the emotional. problems that they are having that don't. have anything to do with this issue that. they don't really care that much about.

I don't think there's anything wrong. with masking. the emotional pit of despair you were in. because you're in a loveless marriage by. screaming about Gaza. I don't think there's anything wrong. with it. I I think it's as American as. American as apple pie. If apple pie is. American going to Thanksgiving with your. loveless wife. uh your loveless marriage, your wife who. hates you and you hate her and you just. you know you're just doing it you're. doing it because you've been doing it.

for a while but you know it's coming to. an end and you know dating after 40. ain't great. Then you know there's going to be a lot. of lonely nights you're going to have to. get back on the horse and you know your. wife. uh you know is basically she's going to. rebound a lot quicker than you and that. bothers you too and you know that you. know this. You know it. And as you drive. your moderately expensive SUV. uh to your brother's house who always. had more money than you. He was always a. little better looking than you. His. family's a little better than yours. He.

cheats on his wife. She doesn't really. mind or maybe she doesn't even know. She's dumb. She's from the South. You. should have married a southern woman but. you didn't you married a a New Yorker. and she was smart. She went to Vassar. She was smarter than you. She pretended. she didn't want or care about money, but. you know deep down deep she did. And you. know deep down deep she looked at your. brother's house and his car and things. like that. All the things that you. pretended not to care about, well, it. turns out she was a [ __ ] liar cuz she. makes a lot of passive-aggressive. comments about your income level and it. bothers you. And you don't find her.

attractive and you haven't had sex in 8. months and 8 months ago was you you. could barely get hard for her. You're. just not into it anymore. But you can't. go into that at Thanksgiving. So you have to scream and YELL ABOUT. GAZA. OR TRANS KIDS or uh I don't know what's. uh guns. Because you're you're you're in a pit of. emotional pain and despair. And it can only and it can only be.

solved one way and that way. is by coming in with talking points. and getting on a high horse and feeling. morally superior. And there's nothing wrong with that. That's the point of the holiday. Is to mask your pain. I think it's a beautiful thing and you. can know when you were at your. Thanksgiving this is coming out after. Thanksgiving. But you can tell somebody's getting. really into something go this isn't.

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crisis is deepening, um, and it's something that. suggests. a reckoning is coming. After COVID, people did not return to. work. They didn't. Vacancy rates are high. Um, what's the big one that just went. out of business? WeWork. Mhm. WeWork was like.

Airbnb for companies. They would just have these, uh, office. spaces, thousand, tens of thousands. of square feet for people that needed to. work. Now, everybody's working from home. People. don't go into offices as much. People do not, you know, have those, um, communities that they used to have. I. mean, offices are huge. There are. workplace comedies in America. There was.

a hit show called The Office, right? It you're amputating a major part of. American culture if you just send. everybody into their house. The office is where people meet. their friends. It's where people meet. people they're going to marry. It's where, you know, they have a lot of the. formative experiences. as a younger intern or as somebody. You're looking at these old people in. your office and you're going,

"Fuck, I don't want to end up like that. guy." Or, "God, you know, what I. wouldn't give to end up like that guy.". And I worked in tons of them and I and I. know exactly that that is what's. happening and I I worked with them as a. young guy having those things. When you. it's very interesting to look at. the evolution. of a physical society into a digital. one, which is what's happening, where.

the new office is a Zoom meeting. It's a. Microsoft. meetup or whatever it's called, Google. Hangout, whatever these things are. called. And that's the new office and and and. people are not going into a physical. structure and they are. staying home and they are, you know, more isolated than they've been and they. don't they don't know their coworkers as. well as they would have if they sat next. to them or went to lunch with them. When. you are.

face-to-face with somebody, the. relationship you build is different than. the one that you build digitally. This. is just Mark Zuckerberg might he might. not want to hear that. The people that are making billions of. dollars shutting everybody into their. homes and it, you know, hooking them up. to a computer like an IV, don't want to. hear. that it is significant to be in. someone's physical presence sitting. there talking to them. hearing them. Instead.

diminishing uh everything to online. is uh I think going to be. quite a negative for people. I don't. think it's good for people to work. Number one, I don't think it's good for. people's marriages. And this we saw this during the. pandemic. I think people have to get. out. Get out of their house. You know, I have lots of friends that. work from home and.

some of them it works out, but but some. of them. it's not working out. It's it's it's uh. it's putting a strain on the marriage. to be. in the same house. every minute of every day. And they're they don't have the social. you know. community that they had. But commercial real estate is going to. is probably going to collapse.

Uh people cannot get loans. The way the. commercial mortgages work is that. people are constantly refinancing them, they're constantly modifying them, and. if they can't get new loans, those. things are hard to do and they head into. foreclosure. Um this is from the post. The commercial. real estate market is headed for a. severe collapse. due to in large part sky-high interest. rates and declining property values. Nobody wants. these properties anymore. because they know it's not boom times,

they know they're not going to get. the rents that they would want. They. know that a lot of these properties are. going to sit vacant. When asked when they believe the price. of office properties will hit bottom. 44% said they expected that to happen in. the second half next year, while 22%. said it'll be in the final 6 months. of 2024. Just 6%. of the 919 respondents said that prices. would bottom out this year. So, people think this is a long.

slide. 30% of people are saying it won't bounce. back till 2025 or beyond. The Fed has raised rates aggressively. over and over again, and there is just less, which is why. you know, it's like, you know, my friend. who's got a little QAnon boutique in. Florida, you know, it it's in an old motel. And it's kind of clever what they're. doing there, because they have this old motel.

where you can. put set up a boutique. of the maga [ __ ] and the the QAnon. memorabilia regalia. Why not? Why not? You know, I'm telling you right now, some 270 billion in commercial real. estate loans held by banks are set to. mature in 2023, according. to Trepp. Over the next 4 years, commercial real estate properties must.

pay off debt maturities that will peak. at 550. billion, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley. They can see rates. are at 30-year highs in many American. cities. Q1 of 2023, New York City vacancy rate. 22.2%. That is. the most dynamic city in the world, the. largest central business district in the. world, New York.

Wow. San Francisco, I mean, forget it. The vacancy rate in San Francisco is. I don't know exactly what it is, but I. imagine it's. very high. Oh, yeah. And this is um. This is a. This is a bigger story I think that. people realize. because what it signifies. um is the collapse of.

a way of life for many people for a very. long time. It doesn't mean that it's. going to be. 33.9%. vacancy rate San Francisco. 34%. vacant space office buildings just. sitting there. nobody working. They go, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm good. I'll do it from home. Yeah, Don Donna. came in to work yesterday. She got.

slashed. What? Don, you know Donna? Well, Donna came. into the office. She got slashed across. her face. Yeah. So, wait, listen, Tris, if you're going. to come in, be careful. Yeah, I think I'll just work from home. That's fine, too. But if you're going to just come in like. We're We're telling everyone to use the. Market Street entrance because um you. know. Donna used the kind of main entrance and. somebody just came up to her and and and. and slashed her.

Thank God it was you know, it wasn't a. knife, it was a pen. But she has ink poisoning. They just. kind of jabbed at her with a pen a few. times, but you know Donna, she's not a. small woman and she fought back. So, I. mean, they're saying it's not nearly as. bad as it should have been. Well, anyway, get me that report when. you can. Like it's not a good time in. San Francisco. to get people into the office. But I don't know where it is. Like I. don't know where it. where people are you know, obviously.

there's certain jobs you have to be in. an office. But there's a lot of jobs. People are doing them on the fly. They're not 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 of the past to. go there, sit there, you have an office. People used to take pride in their. office. They used to sit. all day. and they'd [ __ ] their back up and they'd.

order big lunches. and they'd. do nothing, really. I mean, they would. work for an hour or two and then But. this was people's life. This is a a big part of the Americana. Going to the office, the crazy. secretary. The boss who's riding you. Your buddy Steve. The fantasy football group. Crazy secretary Doreen. You know?

This is what. Americana We're losing. Americana. The hot receptionist you think you got a. shot with, but you don't. All of these things are being traded in. for these sterile. horrible. Zoom culture. We're a bunch of disheveled people. from their disgusting homes.

log on to a hellscape. It's It's really depressing to me. I was a You know, I'm a big proponent of. work. And I think offices are great. You know, a lot of people don't like. that. My. socialist comrades hate this cuz they. envision that work has no meaning and. life would be better if no one had to. work. Just like during the pandemic when.

no one had a job. remember how peaceful. that was? Remember how peaceful and. ideal that was when nobody worked? But I love offices. I love them. I like. being in them. I like being in them now, and I know it's a terribly unpopular. thing to say. People hate them. They're miserable. I've been miserable in them, too. But you got to plot your way out. or your way up or something. But they're. not nearly as bad as it as it could be.

When you look at the way. you know, there's a hell of a lot of. people. in developed countries, even countries. like Russia is a developed country. A. lot of those people would love to go do. data entry in a Long Island office. and drink a cup of coffee with French. vanilla creamer in it and sit their fat. ass in a chair. and just click. I mean, listen. Is it particularly inspiring? No.

But when you look at the realities of. lots of people's lives, it gives you a purpose. We had this guy. George used to deliver mail. He had like he was like deformed, but. or he had cancer like melanomas on him. But he came every day. He was so happy. to deliver the mail to the office. He wasn't some schmuck. delivering mail on the street. Those. people are pedophiles. He was delivering it to the office, and. sometimes the big guy would come out and. go, "Hey, George." And.

they remembered his name. And like, where do people like that go? Where do. people like that Natalia fat Natalia? She was so big. But she waddled in and sat her and she. was good at what she did. Where do these people go? Where do. people go who derive a sense of purpose. and belonging from their job? Which is. again something that a lot of people. don't understand.

because they live in a fantasy world. that everybody's going to have a Disney. adventure on the planet. and get absolutely everything they want. and they have all of these passions. that they just they're like this JOB'S. KEEPING ME FROM MY PASSION, MAN. I got. to go out there and show the world how. special I am. But like a lot of people actually derive. a certain amount of fulfillment and.

meaning. from their job. In an office doing nothing. It's not that important what they're. doing. They're just not sitting in their. kitchen. It's forced social interaction for a lot. of these people. And it worries me. because I think if you get rid of these. spaces and you just send people. back you know in back to their kitchen. tables and companies hire less people.

you just end up with a. a lot of disaffected. unemployed. people. that are even more isolated than they. were before. And that bothers me. It's not a bad world. uh. the corporate world in in in the sense. that. it's miserable in the way like I have. friends in it and all they do is. complain how much they hate it.

But if you measure their lives against. people's lives all over the place, they. have superior lives. They have. superior lives to a lot of not everybody. but a lot of people. And I know it's the coolest thing in the. world to be like. [ __ ] the corporate world, it sucks, everything sucks, the [ __ ] elevator. [ __ ] losers. Guys on my back. He. wants this report or that.

But, you know, listen. Compared to what? What's the. alternative? What's the alternative? I I don't know. Sitting in your home? Sitting in the office you've made in. your den? I don't know, dude. That just seems. I know people with a lot of freedom. And sometimes too much freedom's a bad. thing. I would love even though I do what I do. here, I would love to.

I would love to work a couple of days a. week at a Geico. I would love that. I would absolutely. love for a couple of days a week to just. work at. uh either a car car insurance. or something to just kind of have a to. have that feeling. of like getting in there. You get your. cup of coffee. Sit down. You open. folders. You open a couple of files. You. get on the computer. Here comes the. emails. We're all rolling each other. We're all rolling eyes looking at each.

other like, "Can you [ __ ] believe Can. you believe this? Can you believe this cunt?". You know, you go out. You smoke a. cigarette with somebody. You talk about the company. You talk. about the business. Nothing better than. that. There's nothing better than being. in a dead-end job with other losers. I'm. telling you. All I'm around right now is. successful wealthy people. It's. terrible. It's miserable and horrible. Horrible. They all just want to take ayahuasca. It's all these people want to do is.

They're all so god damn rich. All they. want to do is take um ayahuasca and open. their third eye and fourth eye and fifth. eye. They want to all keep um. uh just taking uh different forms of DMT. until the aliens get so sick of them in. hyperspace. They keep going, "You. again?" These aliens are in the other. dimension going, "WILL YOU GO TO WORK? GET A JOB.". ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST every every. need you know every like uh.

every need has been removed from their. lives, so they're just like. endlessly trying to explore their inner. child. They're like fingering their. inner child all the time. It's like it's. so annoying like you can barely have a. real conversation with any of them. because they they they're they're up. their own ass so far. that they're like. it's crazy. So, there's nothing better.

than being in a dead-end job with broke. losers. who have given up. because then you're going to actually. have the best conversations. Some of the. deepest. realest conversations I've ever had with. anybody. have certainly not at my Friendsgiving. but. the the deepest realest conversations. I've had with anybody have been outside. of like a call center. or a mortgage office or whatever smoking.

a cigarette in an empty parking lot. going, "What the [ __ ] are we going to. do? How are how does this. You become like war buddies. In a shitty job. where people aren't going anywhere, you. actually have it it becomes fun. Now, yes, there's negatives to that. I'm not an idiot.

But what I am saying is like. you close down all the offices, you. throw away all the French vanilla. creamer, you throw away all the Keurigs. what do you think happens? What do you think happens to people. when you send them back to their. domiciles and tell them to work from. home? We would have fundraisers and. stuff. You know, this is. uh. And people hate it. People hate it. It's. uh.

uh. roundly criticized. as being a meaningless a meaningless way. to spend your life. It's what they all. say. What a meaningless What a. meaningless way to spend your life in a. corporate in corporate America? It's. meaningless. It's so meaningless to. provide for your wife and kids. God, it's meaningless. Didn't you ever. want to paint? And this idea that everybody is just. shoving all their dreams.

uh down deep into them and then going. And there's some of that, for sure. But. also, we're try It's a sit We're running. a society here. Someone's got to work. Not everyone can [ __ ] around all the. time. NOT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE be a. millionaire cuz they invented a sock. company. People are going to need to. work. Someone's got to be a cog in a. machine. Someone's got to be that guy. Someone's got to be the guy that walks. into the office you go, "Oh god, it's.

him." Someone's got to be that. Someone's got to Someone's got to be. that the mail guy. George, who's happy to give you the. mail. St- Where do these people go? Everybody's not going to This whole. ethos of like. online hustler culture that we think. that like everybody is just one crap. psychology book away from being the CEO. of their own empire is got to stop.

It's got to go. A convention is It's. Going to a corporate convention with. other losers. is nice. Trying to get laid in a corporate. convention in in Cleveland, Ohio is a. good life. You're not going to be a Kardash It does. not happening. It's not going to happen. You're You're. You're There is things that are.

good. The most fun you're going to have. is at a bar. in Cleveland, Ohio at at at the. convention. for paralegals. I don't know what people. do. But the the point is. this is a good thing. I I'm telling you. that the demise of commercial real. estate is I I worry about it. Nothing would make me happier than for a. day or two to just be part of a of a. corporate culture again. To go in and get a get an email.

Get an email. Turn around to my buddy like, "Hey, man.". He goes, "You You You were out. yesterday.". Oof, Deb was on a tear. Deb was on a tear. Dude, Deb was on a [ __ ] tear. Maybe trouble at home or something, but. that [ __ ] is sick. Sick. Like. those conversation It never happens. You're not allowed It's like.

when you work in those jobs, you're. you're allowed to hate. It's encouraged. You're allowed to hate. You're allowed to be bitter, resentful. And and then you know it. How How are you going to do that at. home? That'll ruin your marriage. Your wife doesn't care about your job. She doesn't want to hear about how much. you hate everybody. That's why you have an office. You have. friends. You have buddies. You get a cocktail after work. You're allowed I mean that's that's got. to go somewhere. That that resentment,

that ball of the the angle you have. inside of you, it's got to go somewhere. It's got to go to your buddies, to the. left, to the right. What's wrong with. Deb? She's a sick [ __ ] Deb's a sick. [ __ ]. She's sick. Couple of weeks ago she thought she was. having a stroke. That's how [ __ ]. wound up she gets. One day she is going. to have a stroke cuz she's sick, man. That has to go somewhere. You can't say that to your wife at your. house. Remember Deb?

Get Debs. She's an under rider. Well, she's sick. No, not not No, not physically. She said. some She's Something's wrong with her. I. hate her. I hate her. Will you talk to me about. how much I hate It'll never work. It'll. never You'll be on the street. Your wife will leave. Your wife will say something like, "Maybe she's going through something.". And you're like, "Oh god. Oh god. Well, what's this?". I'm telling you people go, "Oh, it's. just a commercial real estate crisis.".

It is amputating. an essential part of American society. and civilization. That is not good. It'll only be replaced, by the way, by. further entering the dark comas tunnel. of the internet, which is not good. We're at We're at 55 already? Yeah. God. So much else I want to talk about. But does anything I'm saying make sense? It does. This is a great defense here of. dead end jobs. They're important but.

they are important. Yeah. They are really important. And I know. that you don't agree with anything I say. because you you you know, you drink the. Kool-Aid. What do you mean? Meaning that. people your generation has been. everything I'm saying about the embrace. of the dead end job, the embrace of the. sterile corporate culture is. antithetical to everything that you have. been told and everything that I have. been told too, which is to follow your.

dream and the rest of all that horse. [ __ ]. Mhm. Yeah, we're supposed to aspire, yeah. Right. But don't you But don't you agree. with me? Yeah, I mean there's got to be pawns, too. I mean we all heard that phrase. It's not even about pawns. It's the. happiest you'll ever be in your life. they're telling you. Well, does anyone. listen to me? The happiest you'll ever be in your life. is in a dead-end job. You go, "You know, Deb I hope Deb gets shot in the head.". I would love to see her shot in the.

head. Everyone's laughing. Nothing's. better than a a laugh at work. Mhm. A laugh at work. Your buddies go, "Chuck's hilarious." He did this whole. thing. He acted out Deb getting raped. But it's I'm just telling you I'm. telling you right now. Uh. I I love I wish to God I wasn't rich. And I didn't live in this goddamn. mansion. I wish to God I worked at. Geico.

What do you mean stop? THERE'S THERE'S NO WAY. I'M SERIOUS. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NO. WAY? I MEAN YOU HAVE. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT. HUMAN NATURE, the complexities of it. You want to go back is what you're. saying. If I could just work at a in a corporate. in a corporate environment. Mhm. You know? I'm just saying for a day, a day or two.

And I would No, you know? But But you. I'm say I'm saying. it's fun I would love to get a fun laugh. and. as corporate it's a corporate. environment. We're all in there. This. [ __ ] company. Not what it was. Mhm. We're all sitting there. We go, "It's. not what it was this company, huh?". Used to work here. Used to be treated. differently. They don't treat us They. don't treat us well anymore. Just to be. a bunch of bitter losers bitter. resentful losers again. Getting mad at a company they barely. understand.

Being angry eating big sandwiches and. being angry with people hating. [ __ ]. that person. [ __ ] him. How did he get. that deal? Well, his father is of. course. God damn it, of course. You know, it's great. I RUINED MY GODDAMN LIFE. I WANT TO GO BACK. I WANT TO work for a. shady. financial company not like really bad, but just kind of like, you know, just have those moments again. The. corporate moment. Your lunch has.

arrived. Your lunch has arrived. Your lunch has arrived. Chicken cutlet, honey pesto mayo, roasted red peppers on. ciabatta, a little side of macaroni. salad or tomato salad, and hatred. Hatred and anger. And pomposity to be pompous and to know. better. And when the young guys come in, you go you don't really know how it. works. I'll tell you how it works. You.

seem like a good kid. Like. the paramilitary structure of it all. It's beautiful. It's [ __ ] It's actually be It's. actually beautiful. Compared to Hamas? Compared to. the other options, you know? Sex trafficking in Thailand or whatever? Yeah, I'm I'm telling you. In certain countries they put their own.

children in sex trafficking. I think it's better to work. at IBM. I know it crushes your dreams. I know. you want to be Fiona Apple. I know everybody wants to be Fiona Apple. out there. And everybody's uh just wants to go to. Fiona Apple and be deep. I know. Or Phoebe Bridgers.

I'd respect Phoebe Bridgers more if she. worked at IBM. Mhm. Personally. If she had all the talent she did but. still. like she worked at she would never quit. she wouldn't quit and she worked at. American Express. Like like Phoebe Bridgers and she sold. American Express cards at her concerts.

Like all these people you know wandered. in and they're all sad and she's got. great music but she's making them sadder. with that you know Sullivan or whatever. she sings that street song about the. street and it's very good. It's like a. nice sad Christmas song. She's got a. bunch of them and. and she's like after that and then she. goes and then she goes now you all know. also know. that I work at American Express and. everyone's. And she goes I want to tell you about a. few of the benefits of this card and.

then she like you know starts doing. interest rates and points and everything. and. Why do you have to why do you have to. choose one or the other? Why do you have to choose one or the. other? Kevin Hart's not he's Chase he's got a. card out now. Mhm. He's got a card what did you God I'd. love a card. What about the Dylan card? Chase wouldn't do it. Who would do it? Amex. No. We'd have to go we we got to go we. got to go low. We got to find like a teacher like a. teachers credit union.

For like you know I mean we got to find. like some real. scumbag arrangement. I'm just telling you like I this was a. very the depth of this episode is going. to escape people because. people don't know how lucky they are. This is my point. My point is this and. it's pretty it's a pretty salient point. People do not know how lucky they are. when they're this this this mundane life. that you've created.

is actually great. This life of nothing. is actually good. This life of like someone brought donuts. is actually good. It's actually peak. civilization. How about that? How about. that? It's actually peak civilization. to just get up, roll out of bed head. into some office with a bunch of clowns, eat a donut. and then just email somebody that. they've been denied for new liver or. whatever whatever the whatever the work. is. It doesn't even matter what the work.

is. You just email someone and you go, "We're not paying for that operation. Figure it out.". And then you have a lunch with the guys. This this is peak. It's peak and we're past peak. Not to be. the bearer of bad news, but that's peak. Peak civilization is like, "I'm bored at. work.". I'm bored. Don't you think the people in. Gaza want to be bored at work? Don't you think they want to be the. choosing which coffee creamer to use?

You know? It it really is. Sometimes I think I'm too smart for the. for to communicate with others and that. I should just sit. Kind of like the. giver. Remember him? He didn't even. speak. No, he just took it all in and. that's where I think sometimes I am. because I keep trying to. communicate with others and I'm at a. loss because. who would defend American Express? Who. would defend Geico? Who would say that. that's the meaning of life? But it is. All these people write about. the meaning of life. It really is to.

work at Geico. That's the meaning of like like the the. of life. Not not, you know, you know, there's a lot of meanings of. life, but one of the meanings of life is. to figure it out. To figure out how to just have food and. shelter. You need your basic needs that need to. get met. And sometimes you meet like no matter. what you end up doing, there's going to.

be periods of your life that you're. going to work at places you don't like. You know, this is what's going to. happen. You're not ev- everybody's not. going to be uh. I don't know. The the the the people on. Stranger Things, those kids. Like. and they'll they're going to pay late. They're going to pay later. They're going to pay later. And everyone. pays. Everyone pay You don't get out. without paying, you know? So, uh what I'm saying, and then and a. lot of people might disagree with me, is. that a a dead-end corporate gig.

where you're not too low and you're not. too high, and you're just kind of riding. in the middle, and you're going. uh you got a couple of free tickets to. the game. You're taking some client. He's a real schmuck. But, you know, he might re-up with you. You realize that's it. That is every You. did it. You did it cuz the war the world. is war and hell and famine and chaos and. you know, or or people. taking ayahuasca in their Rolls-Royce.

try to figure out how deep is it? How do. I I need to actualize. more? But, that's what it comes down to. So, when you look at the state of chaos. that's all over the world, the idea that. you have some boring dead-end corporate. job is actually quite an accomplishment, not only of you, but of the people. around you. Yes or yes? Be happy with those things. Fight for. them. Uh fight for the office. We're We're.

back. WE'RE GOING BACK. WE'RE GO WHERE'S. THAT ENERGY? It's all for Israel and. then Palestine. Where's the energy to go. back into the office, to crawl back into. it? Crawl into it. We're going back. We're going back. Protest. Get your fat ass back in the office. Cuz Deb IS A SICK [ __ ]. AND YOU WANT TO TELL someone about it.

You I'm telling you your life will not. get better. Fight for this. No one's. going to listen to me. God, they'll play this years from now. Years from now after the people in this. town have had me killed. Years from now. someone will hear this and they'll go, "God, he was [ __ ] right." God, he was. right. We should have fought for the. shitty little deli in the basement of. the building. We should have fought for. our office. We should have fought for. the break room. We should have fought. for it, for civilization.

We should have fought. When we had the. chance, we didn't cuz we were all. pompous. And we all thought we were better than. that. And we didn't need it. We didn't. need to see each other in the flesh or. talk to each other. That life was a. series of gigs or schemes. Jobs were for losers. Schemes were better. Gigs were better. Even though they only enriched the. [ __ ] apps on our phones and kept us.

on a perpetual wheel, offered us nothing. in the way of cohesive social. environments. We all became lonely. freaks in our cars or houses or. apartments on messenger bikes, TaskRabbit, showing up, installing a TV. and then leaving. All of this stuff, we didn't fight for. the great American office, the great. dead-end job, the great middle-class.

mediocre God, I wish I had [ __ ]. applied myself in college, and I. wouldn't be in this dump. The great backyard. beer with your neighbor. [ __ ] this place 30 years, they tell you. to [ __ ] off at the end. I'm telling you, you didn't fight for it when you had the. chance. The biggest regret of my life. is that I don't work.

in an insurance company. in Ohio. The privilege. the privilege. You think I like driving this Bentley? It ruins every other car. I'm in a rental right now. It's It's. insane. It's an Infiniti. It's insane. I don't EVEN KNOW HOW it even happens. THIS INFINITI TRUCK IS HORRIBLE.

AND MY GREATEST REGRET IN MY life is. that I do not work in insurance. in Ohio. Be smart. Fight for these things. I'm telling you. So many of you are not smart enough to. understand this episode. It's very hard. It's very hard for me. How do I have a career at all? You're wrong. You're wrong because now I was killed in. a tunnel.

by. MI6. and the Mossad. All right. All right. You keep doing this all the time. But you're right. I actually believe. that. the happiest I've ever been is not when. I was going to Africa pretending to care. about the babies. The happiest I've ever been. was when I was in a bank with my. girlfriends and we was all talking about. who had bigger dicks. The all the bankers. Which bank had the.

biggest dick? That was really fun. I. didn't like Africa. It was depressing. That's Princess Diana. Saying what we all know. Well, I I hope do do you understand what. I'm saying? You you've shook your head. multiple times, but is it it's be it's. so hard I think to fully grasp if you're. not a full genius. I'm not as as enlightened as you, but I. I do see where you're coming from. I do. see, you know, how the the mundanity can. be enjoyable.

It is it is not only is it enjoyable, it. is it. That is it. That is it. That is. it. That is it. Enjoy that. There's a few great moments and a few. terrible ones, but in that, in what you. do every day is what your life is. Mhm. People don't realize that. And they don't realize the purpose it. serves. They're always looking for. something else. It's very American Do. that, by the way. This holiday season, just don't treat yourself to a one-time. gift. Give the gift that keeps on giving. all year round with Box of Awesome from. Bespoke Post. Every month, the Box of. Awesome is filled with carefully chosen. gear from the best small brands around.

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We have We're recording an episode with. our special guest, surprise guest. Hopefully it will make some people happy. and some people won't be happy and these. are. This is the thing, right? Isn't that the. thing? And I I'm going to sign off now, but I. wish I wish Let me tell you what I wish. I was doing. What I wish I was doing, I wish I was logging out of my computer, pushing back. I still have a similar. chair. I have this very similar chair in. my office. Pushing back from my desk,

getting up, you know? Someone's look at me, they go, "Ah, quitting time, huh?". I go, "Yeah.". They go, "Hey, you're in late tonight.". You know, 6:15, they're being a wise. ass. Oh, you're in late tonight. I'm burning. the midnight oil. I go, "Yeah, you know, we're just a couple of. guys that are going to go get a drink.". They go, "Yep.". You walk out, you stand in that in that. parking lot, that that that that kind of. empty parking lot, you get in your car, it's not the nicest, but it's not the. worst.

You you turn on the radio and your your. song's on, and one of the songs that you. like is on, that you really enjoy, and. you try and you listen to classic rock, and you drive out of the little. industrial park, and it's a pretty good day. It's a pretty good day, because you're living you're living your. dream, and you don't even realize it. You don't even realize that you're. living your dream. That's actually the. only dreams you can live are the ones. you don't realize. And. you're driving in your car, and you're.

happy, and this is not going to end with. you getting killed on the highway, which. is every story I tell ends with like, "Oh, you're you're sideswiped on the. highway.". Um. but you get to the bar, and there's a. couple of the guys at the bar, and. you're sitting there, and you have a. cocktail, and you have a drink, and you. know, you're sitting there, and you're. you're just joking around about nothing. And you're like, "It's all nothing. Everything we do is nothing.". And the breeze hits you in a certain. way,

and. you put your phone down for a minute, and you're just kind of watching the. game, or having a drink with a few. people, and maybe you got a couple of kids, maybe not, maybe you got a wife, maybe. not, maybe there's a maybe you're a. single guy, and you're young, you're. starting your thing out, maybe you're in. between people, or whatever, but for the. moment, things are fine. You're you're. you're there. You're alive, and you need nothing else on the planet. That's all you need. And all we have.

done is told people that they need much, much more than that. That's the problem. All you need is life. That's not all I. need, but it's all you need.