“do what you love” “I AM doing what I love. I love Bucky’s nuggets, and I love this couch.” 🤣🤣 there are some things that can’t be said any better than Tim Dillashay does
I thought he was talking about Buckys which would have been extra funny since they have been bought out and renamed to Caseys. Then I find out that there is also Buc-ee's.
There should be an actual chain of stores called, WALMART COMPETITOR It would need a team of Scientology-level lawyers, but it would be so fun to see that!
tim is right, i dont think lex understands that poor people wish they could sit at home eating nuggets, without worry of bills and bullshit. just relaxing for that bit with them nuggets, before going back into the cog of hell, working for a bitch manager for $13 an hour
I think they want to be the simple man and because they live with themselves and see all of the insecurities and failures and small details they still feel like a simple man. We only see their wealth and success, so it’s easy to see the clear divide between them and actual simple men. For them though, they’re so close to picture that it becomes blurry and hard to tell. That or they’re lying. 💁🏽♂️
I feel like listening to this as a huge relief for me. I’ve put so much stress on trying to have an fulfilling life and and to have someone say there’s nothing wrong with you for having a simplistic lifestyle feels like a breath of fresh air. Pass me those beaver nuggets.
@LilMexico Not sure how old you are, but I'm 38 and it's taken me this long to realize that I don't need to run the rat race of excellence. My dad is a successful technologist and entrepreneur. He grew up dirt poor but worked his ass off to make a better life for himself and our family. I grew up thinking he was normal rather than exceptional. A lot was expected of me. Getting C's in school was considered a problem. When I went to college, I got into a program that only accepted 17% of its applicants. I was a high performer in institutions, but then I got into the real world, where success is more about ingenuity rather than being a good student. I found out I was pretty regular. Maybe smarter and more diligent than most, but no Rockstar by any means. This bummed me out for a long time. Then I realized that the message we get from the high achievers isn't for everyone. Some of us just want to make due. Maybe we have one of two things we really want to excel at, but it doesn't need to be everything. Find what you care about, and focus on that. You don't need to do anything more. And if all you wanna do is eat nuggets; bon apetite!
'Utopians hate comedy because they think you can create a world in which there will be no pain'. Tim Dillon is one of those people where they're not a scientist or anything so it may take you a while to realize how brilliant they actually are
All good comedians are essentially low tier philosophers in the sense they have to really think about society in order to make jokes usually the best comedians are really intelligent intrinsic thinkers everybody knows this or at least I thought everyone know this
That's why wokies are the most humorless people you'll meet. They censor freely because people laughing is poison to them. It has to be all serious, all the time, and if anyone is laughing it means they're failing.
One of the worst things we do as a society is denigrate people who never leave the town they grew up in to "pursue their dreams." Those people are often leading the happiest, simplest lives while people who are trying to find fulfillment in some big, complicated plan for life are often the most miserable
Yes and no. As one of the drifters, I’ve met enough people to see that there’s people of all kinds in these ballparks. A whole lot of “grass is greener” from the hometown locals who think their city is boring and that they want to get out but never do. Just as much as those dreamers who move away and realize the grass isn’t greener
The fundamental question goes back to the meaning of life. A Nietzschean perspective would tell you that life isn’t about contentment, it is about reaching the pinnacle of humanity and overcoming the unhappiness and struggle. You can only have so many simple-but-happy buccee’s consumers before the society that supports such needless consumption has no go-getters to stand upon
I love this pairing because it's a lovely set of extremes. Tim might have a slightly narrow view of a certain subset of people who he deems to be simple/less intelligent, whereas Lex likely overestimates the everyday person. As always, the truth is somewhere in the middle. XD This comment section is gold as well.
@@tristanpatterson3843 Nah you are wrong, simple country folk, ya know rednecks, are some of the most intelligent and resourceful people in the world. They are deemed by city people as cretins, when in reality they live a more fulfilling life on average. You can keep your corporate ladder I’ll take hunting and fishing and camping and loving
In the end they are both lying. Tim doesn't really believe everyone is so stupid, and Lex is being kind because he does believe most people are idiots. One being funny, one trying to be humble.
@SuhmStank 420 That's the beauty of life, there is no one "correct" way to live it. Who's to say. There are many ways to the mountain top. Also, the Valley is quite beautiful as well
One time I opened a Bucc-ee's men's bathroom stall door and a guy was bent over pants down ready to anonymously receive. I didn't ask his name but maybe it was Tim.
Tim’s take is so good - I can’t stand the “every man” hacks (Rogan, huberman, etc) who think they’re so down to earth cause they talk about cold plunge vs sauna, completely unaware of how detached they are from reality & how absurdly rich they are. They’re so obsessed with their own “authenticity” they can’t see how inauthentic they’ve become. Louis ck brought it up to rogans face when he was on the pod & it flew right over his head. Rogan couldn’t fathom that he’s become completely detached. Nothing against rogan (huberman is a legit snake oil salesman however), it’s what happens when you’ve been rich & in Hollywood for 25yrs & then get a $300m check. The problem is he brands himself as an Everyman when he so isn’t. The reason “everymen” like trump, an Ivy League billionaire from manhattan, is bc he is authentic to who he is, he doesn’t pretend to be “one of you”.
That’s what I thought until I clicked on him more 🤣 He is def a genius when he’s in his lane, but if Lex is utopian to a fault, Tim is similarly dystopian.
Lex Fridman's favorite fiction author is Fyodor Dostoevsky, hard to imagine calling him a utopian. I'd say he is interested in finding the beauty even in the midst of utmost tragedy. But that doesn't make him Utopian.
@@thelandofmatt it’s not Lex’s attraction to beauty that makes him a utopian; it’s his devotion & admiration to “great men” & science. He thinks most things are fundamentally solvable and that men like Elon Musk are working towards that end. He literally volunteered to head up Twitter’s engineering for free because he wanted to “increase the amount of love in the world.” That’s a utopian.
@Matt Bishop I've read pretty much everything Dostoyevsky has written besides personal mail, and even then some of that. I don't see what you mean by your comment, why would reading Dostoyevsky preclude someone from being Utopian?
It's important to interact with mind altering stupidity from time to time. Helps the following get into perspective: -gratitude toward your own capabilities -insight to the true common denominators in society - remember their vote counts the same as yours - if they can make it through this world you sure as hell can
As someone who teaches in a public school, yeah. We should always try to help however we can, and people can be better even if they aren't actively trying to get better so we should never stop trying to help...but some humans just aren't going to make it.
@@JohnM-sw4sc PS. ref my above comment...those who 'aren't going to make it' may not be the crowd you think it is... History is not kind to smart people or try-hards.
@@fortusvictus8297 history would be unable to be unkind to smart people if we euthanize the dummies. Becuase something has happened one way does not equal it will always happen that way. I have no idea how to interpret “try hards” in this context ?
Those Bucce’s shoppers are the backbone of America. Travelers of the America eating Nuggets and those awesome Apple pie and BBQ Brisket sandwiches. Tee shirts and Clean Clean bathrooms 🧐 now I need to go to Bucce’s soon! 🤷🏻♂️
I just feel like Tim misunderstands Texas. The beaver nuggets aren’t meant to eat on the couch they are a road-trip snack. You eat them while you drive and drink beer duh. And Buc-ee’s is a gas station that you go to to take a 30 minute break from driving if you’re on a long road trip. Other than that you avoid that crowded ass place
Tim doesn't care to examine reason in this situation. He obviously likes road trip snacks and he is a traveling entertainer. His point is that he is better than people aren't rich and famous.
The “Simple Man” folly that Dillon is identifying rang true with some top writers: Tolstoy thought he was “one of the people”, David Foster Wallace felt himself to be “one of the people”…it’s nonsense…and that’s Ok! Not everyone can be gifted and special and have special talents. It’s just that some people are uncomfortable with their gifts, likely because they feel they are undeserved…which they are! It was complete luck someone like Lex was born as Lex rather than a Buckey’s Nuggets guy. Whoever you are, own it. If you don’t, you will come off as inauthentic, which is exactly what these people are often trying to avoid. To love yourself is to see yourself accurately; as long as people like Lex (whose work I really do like!) stay stuck in this idea that they are unexceptional, he will, ironically enough, feel a distance with his fellow man.
Well put! I do believe I needed to hear that. Food for thought, because in my day-to-day work life it is a job, not so much a "career". I'm mixing with people who are mostly blue-collar, while my formal education surpassed theirs. On the other hand my sincere respect of them where they are schooled in particular trades. Yet, being a "people-person" is in my blood, though we are not "blue blood". No silver spoons in our mouths, so no "elite" nor country club memberships. It's been a confusing road. This video ( along with your balanced and supportive comment ) are jogging something in my soul to be that much more honest and free with my intelligence in the Grand Scheme of Things. My education was not for naught. My skill-set is not a fluke, IMO, either. ( Family + Ancestry + God's Will ). While I profoundly don't believe in boasting about my accomplishments, I've also downplayed and minimized my achieved goals. To my detriment and smaller thinking. Individuals, in Tim's words "stupid people", should not believe that I am looking down on them. I'm not! We are all fallible creatures, but that doesn't mean I should erase who I am "to blend in". That's strangely condescending, actually. Thanks, again, for your solid comment.
The flip side is the ivory tower elitist who erroneously believes their expertise in one of a few areas extends into all areas. The simple man routine is a rejection of this, but perhaps taking it a little too far. I’ll take a humble genius over one that thinks they are a god.
“Be yourself” is the most underrated saying, ever. Because you will never truly know how people feel about you (and how much they may be depending on you to be yourself…for their benefit). Might as well take the punches in-stride and ride the wave of goodness. ‘tism never hurts, either.
I had a friend who almost died from drinking too much, and I said welcome back a Lazarus. he had no idea what I was talking about, Neither did his other friend. I'm not some Christian scientist either. I just know a couple of basic things about the religion that our society is based off of, is this normal? Do people not know anything about anything anymore?
Full disclosure, that reference means nothing to me. I know it's a biblical reference and in the context I'd probably understand what you mean but I don't know the story. I didn't feel bad about until I read your comment. 😂
Raised christian all my life. Know that lazarus is from the bible, but I dont know the story. I think the reference just might be a few thousand years dated.
@@shauns.6231 Here’s the whole story: 1) Lazarus died. 2) Jesus told Lazarus to come back to life. 3) Lazarus came back to life. Now you are in the know.
What Tim is really getting at is the concept of Zen. For example, I do an oil and filter change on my car but I do it extremely meticulously and I love and immerse myself in every tiny step of the process. I derive great pleasure from it and feel fulfilled after doing it.
Reminds me of that JRE when Joe brought on this fighter from Africa, I can't recall his name, but I remembered when he said that when he goes back home there's just people who work all day and are happy to just go home eat dinner and go to sleep and do it all again. But I thought, what's wrong with wanting a full belly and just to relax at home. Legitimately what is wrong with that? Not everyone is going to be a world class fighter. Someone has to work in the mines or make bricks or work at McDonald's or pick up the trash. But for some reason the majority looks down on the people doing those essential jobs.
To be fair I think most people unfamiliar with Buc-ee’s would be floored upon walking into one. It is the largest gas station in the world with genuinely good food and fresh jerky. As a Chicagoan it was like walking into a roadtripper’s utopia - go figure
Buccees, in my experience, is the cheapest place you can go for convienience items. A lg route 44 fountain drink is like 79 cents. Now where on earth can you get a giant fountain drink for 79 cents? Go ahead ill wait
@@jowill76 I don't buy fountain drinks so I guess you got me. But I did pay almost $8 for a mediocre brisket sandwich. I haven't been back since. But I love the cracked out squirrel head.
This insight right here is what shows that Tim is in his absolute prime right now. It's true, Rogan was the alt media when he started the podcast - now he is literally THE mainstream podcast. Guys like Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, etc. all crossed that chasm to stardom. Bill Burr until a few years ago was in that spot - now he is also in the stardom shine. Chappelle avoids a lot of it by shying away - and when back he had that outsider's POV, but he is also back to peak stardom. I have a theory that comedians are at their skilled prime right before hitting that superstar status - it's when the real comic fans rave about them and the broader mainstream audience is just discovering them. It's the cusp where they are successful enough, but not yet a household name. They are detached enough to still have a cynical POV but have enough experience to talk about all levels. I don't think there is anything wrong with the superstardom - more power to them, its only a natural evolution. Nor, do they stop becoming funny... but... they aren't as funny as their prime. That sweet spot of relatability and stardom.
listen im climbing a corporate ladder myself, but i'll be damned if im not also stopping to get those bucee's nuggets and their bbq sandwich on a road trip, leave me alone
The only way to "win" in life is to enjoy it. If eating Buc-ee's nuggets on the couch makes YOU happy, then doing exactly that IS the "smart" thing to do. It's certainly a lot smarter than not doing it just because some random dumbass that ISN'T YOU thinks it's dumb.
I'd say there's a lot more ignorant people rather than stupid ones. This distinction should be made. The saying "ignorance is bliss" is mostly true. It isn't necessarily blissful per se, but it is pretty nice. People like to not know. It's not necessarily that they can't, but that they won't. Sitting at home eating the Buccee's nuggets, watching an unfunny show, but laughing anyway, is a choice. People do it because it's better than seeing all the negativity out there and, conversely, working to improve oneself as a hedge against it. If you want to improve yourself, you can. If you don't, you won't; it's that simple.
Ignorance is bliss is true in 99% of cases because the consequence of that ignorance won't negatively impact them soon enough, but the 1% where it does is pretty big and life altering when it hits.
Love is not the same as what feels good. We throw the word love around too freely. Sitting on a couch, playing video games and eating nuggets all day might feel nice when you're doing it, but it won't feel nice forever and it will impact the people around you who love you. When you're getting a foot amputated because you let your physical condition slide, or when you fed your mind junkfood ideas and now wear a tinfoil hat, you are no longer just impacting your own future. The people around you will do their best to keep your head above water, at least until they realising they're drowning too.
This is brilliant. I was not too familiar with Tim and his work, but he earned my respect with this. "I am doing what I love. I love Baki's nuggets and I love my couch." This is pure genius.
Once there was a Mystical tree with an abundance of leaves. One leaf says to another leaf, " I'm so very afraid. It's getting colder and if the temperature keeps plummeting we will all surely die." The other leaf says to the scared leaf,"Can't you see! You're not afraid because you're going to die, you're afraid because you've mistaken your stem for your roots. You're actually rooted much deeper than you believe."
When he said no, anyone can tell he's lying. Lex's boy-scout all-love act is pretty tiring at this point, it's like Sam Harris unraveling and Bill Cosby's clean comedy. He couldn't even put his ego on a leash answering Tim's question in the context. This why he got visibly angry when Kanye told him I don't trust you.
realizing that your life is not defined by accomplishments, but relationships is not stupidity, it is the highest form of enlightenment. No matter what you accomplish in life, you will be replaced by the next person up once you are gone. All that will remain of you will be the people that you touched personally. Until people realize that it is what you put into your relationships, not what you do for a living that confer value, they will successful, but miserable. Money, fame, and citations are not measures of your value as a person--how you treat others and create relationships are the marks of value.
It's an odd realization that motivation is a spectrum. Some people are scratching and clawing to climb their ladder to wherever, completely unaccepted with where they are now. Others are 100% perfectly content exactly where they're at. The hard part is for the ladder climber, as they will have to eventually find contentment or they will never be happy.
@@crappymeal maybe it’s just the greedy brain that never shuts up. I personally don’t view myself as an individual. I don’t want or hate my body does it for me. If we could choose to not want at will life would be different but we can’t.
They say ignorance is bliss. The most unaware and stupidest people I know are very happy. They enjoy amusement and joyful thrill from the most mundane and simplest of things in life.
He spitting facts. I've worked labor work for 15 years now and I'm satisfied with doing hard work and being upper lower class. I'm not interested in a lavish lifestyle or being interesting to the people around me... The real problem that is destroying America is people who think everyone can be rich or popular. I'm hear to remind you that the world would collapse over night if you didn't have stupid people or content people like me maintaining the infrastructure around you. Most likely you the reader of this will not do jack squat for the world or become rich and you deserve to be where you are.
As someone who was recently diagnosed with bipolar all my joy has been stripped from me. The simple things are all I have now since my mental processing has been reduced. Some people don't understand how it's literally impossible for some people to derive happiness due to their brain chemistry. Yes there are some pleasures for me but now my life is mostly grey and will be an unpleasant grind. I accept that though
I think he means the lithium has taken away his joy, ie it makes it so you can't experience manic episodes which is like a natural high or the real lows which leads to depression so your stuck somewhere in the middle where you can't feel strong emotions like you once could which is like a blessing and a curse.
@@ph-vf5hx my memory is shot, I have horrible anxiety, my vision is blurred, I can barely talk and have fun in the way I used to, I'm dissociated too. Overall it's miserable - I find no pleasure in the things I used to, I can't even watch TV without restlessness forcing me to do something else.
Growing up in the Alvin, Angleton, and Lake Jackson area where Bucees started, it's crazy to me to see how popular it has become. I wonder if it is more well known now than Nolan Ryan is
something like that, but he also thinks we usually don't have a choice, and that life is fundamentally unfair and tragic (tragicomical even). he thinks we should probably try and make the most of our lives, sure, because we're miserable otherwise, but that hey, that's just how it is.
You wouldn’t know joy without pain . Joy won’t bring back people taken from this world for pointless reasons . A utopian society would still need comedy
Never underestimate how stupid we are. Most of us are just smart enough to want to be comfortable. We do just enough to maintain that comfort. Now, if you want to see blood in the streets make that minimal sense of comfort impossible. When people are starving they will act. History shows this.
My biggest regret when I left Texas to move back to NJ was never going to Bucky's saw it all the time and never checked it out the nearest Becky's is in Virginia. If Buckys comes to NJ I'm going
@Johnny Williams hopefully you find a job out in Texas. People in Texas are nice i was born in NJ so my whole family is there so we moved back for family. Plus, Delaware doesn't have a Bucees :( When my wife and I drove from Texas to NJ, we did see one open in Virginia
Hilarity aside this is a great point. When you surround yourself with other intellectuals, as like-minded and forward-thinking individuals strive to do, you forget how much of the world is full of simpletons; and they are the vast majority.
It sucks when you're in the middle. You're just smart enough to have anxiety about your own future and how shit things are but not smart enough to have all kinds of doors wide open for you in life. So you're just stuck.
REMINDER/FYI: Lex is a software engineer. Or maybe at this point he leads a team. But he codes AI. Yes AI. Ben mentioned it when he and Tim were together still. Former hardware-side engineer here: this is MOST software folks. Think about this when approaching the electronic aspects of our world today. This is exactly how to approach these folks. As another commenter said....politely yet *firmly* smash them over the head with the truth. TRUST ME I was a tooling engineer that had to do this with integration engineers and middle management that didn't know enough (or really want to...) details to argue with the integrators. Not all of them are clueless but a lot of them are. They've never hung out with bikers or urban poor or rednecks or thugs or GOONS as Tim likes to say. Tim has and so have I. Perspective and balance are everything. Props to Lex for facing the reality that he may have been avoiding. It could be a bit of a existential crisis for someone like him. I have a tough time truly connecting with most people like they do each other but I also can't deal with people at my level or higher because there's a hint of *contempt* for the Buc-ees people that you just can't gaslight yourself into believing you're being gaslit if that makes any sense. I'm not SAYING they all dream of eugenics.....
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"Rogan thinks he's a simple man too. He owns the Colorado River..." Funniest line from Tim in the clip and props to Lex for reacting accordingly!
I'm the jerk who saw this comment, agreed, saw it had 69 likes, said, "nice," ... and liked it
I legit thought this was Ai generated
Thanks point dexter
@@ggkoukla you bastard !! You ruined it.
@@710schmokesame! Lmao
“You’re wearing a suit. It’s 12” 😂
“do what you love”
“I AM doing what I love. I love Bucky’s nuggets, and I love this couch.” 🤣🤣 there are some things that can’t be said any better than Tim Dillashay does
Calling them a Walmart competitor is an underrated joke, lol
Bruh I laughed so hard hard when he said that bahaha
My wife and I cracked up laughing! We live in Tejas'.
I thought he was talking about Buckys which would have been extra funny since they have been bought out and renamed to Caseys. Then I find out that there is also Buc-ee's.
I would rather go to Buccees than Walmart 🤷♂️
There should be an actual chain of stores called,
WALMART COMPETITOR
It would need a team of Scientology-level lawyers, but it would be so fun to see that!
Tim's ability to come up with funny lines & deliver them spontanuesly is master-level
This is called wit and almost a prerequisite for being a comedian
"master level" LMFAO
I see Tim and I see a man tortured by intelligence. Thank god I'm not that sharp.
Tim smashes people over the head with truth, slowly, sensually. I love it.
this got me a little riled up reading.
Tim is spot on as usual. 😂
The "simple man" routine is horse sh#t.
tim is right, i dont think lex understands that poor people wish they could sit at home eating nuggets, without worry of bills and bullshit. just relaxing for that bit with them nuggets, before going back into the cog of hell, working for a bitch manager for $13 an hour
Exactly.
You tell em'
Define simple……for the upvotes that just ate 3 nuggets
I think they want to be the simple man and because they live with themselves and see all of the insecurities and failures and small details they still feel like a simple man. We only see their wealth and success, so it’s easy to see the clear divide between them and actual simple men. For them though, they’re so close to picture that it becomes blurry and hard to tell.
That or they’re lying. 💁🏽♂️
I feel like listening to this as a huge relief for me. I’ve put so much stress on trying to have an fulfilling life and and to have someone say there’s nothing wrong with you for having a simplistic lifestyle feels like a breath of fresh air. Pass me those beaver nuggets.
And that is either awful or awesome. Not sure which. Maybe both.
Ya no pressure its ok to be a loser the world expects nothing form you!
The glass staircase goes nowhere but up. So stay on the ground or go up, it seems both lead to an unfulfilled life eagerly waiting sweet death
@LilMexico Not sure how old you are, but I'm 38 and it's taken me this long to realize that I don't need to run the rat race of excellence. My dad is a successful technologist and entrepreneur. He grew up dirt poor but worked his ass off to make a better life for himself and our family. I grew up thinking he was normal rather than exceptional. A lot was expected of me. Getting C's in school was considered a problem. When I went to college, I got into a program that only accepted 17% of its applicants. I was a high performer in institutions, but then I got into the real world, where success is more about ingenuity rather than being a good student. I found out I was pretty regular. Maybe smarter and more diligent than most, but no Rockstar by any means. This bummed me out for a long time. Then I realized that the message we get from the high achievers isn't for everyone. Some of us just want to make due. Maybe we have one of two things we really want to excel at, but it doesn't need to be everything. Find what you care about, and focus on that. You don't need to do anything more. And if all you wanna do is eat nuggets; bon apetite!
You may enjoy Bukowski.
'Utopians hate comedy because they think you can create a world in which there will be no pain'. Tim Dillon is one of those people where they're not a scientist or anything so it may take you a while to realize how brilliant they actually are
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All good comedians are essentially low tier philosophers in the sense they have to really think about society in order to make jokes usually the best comedians are really intelligent intrinsic thinkers everybody knows this or at least I thought everyone know this
That's why wokies are the most humorless people you'll meet. They censor freely because people laughing is poison to them. It has to be all serious, all the time, and if anyone is laughing it means they're failing.
Im one of those people.
"you have a robot on the floor" LMAO
One of the worst things we do as a society is denigrate people who never leave the town they grew up in to "pursue their dreams." Those people are often leading the happiest, simplest lives while people who are trying to find fulfillment in some big, complicated plan for life are often the most miserable
The point is people are different. Striving for greatness is admirable, but so is achieving balance and contentment.
Yes and no. As one of the drifters, I’ve met enough people to see that there’s people of all kinds in these ballparks. A whole lot of “grass is greener” from the hometown locals who think their city is boring and that they want to get out but never do. Just as much as those dreamers who move away and realize the grass isn’t greener
The fundamental question goes back to the meaning of life. A Nietzschean perspective would tell you that life isn’t about contentment, it is about reaching the pinnacle of humanity and overcoming the unhappiness and struggle. You can only have so many simple-but-happy buccee’s consumers before the society that supports such needless consumption has no go-getters to stand upon
I love this pairing because it's a lovely set of extremes. Tim might have a slightly narrow view of a certain subset of people who he deems to be simple/less intelligent, whereas Lex likely overestimates the everyday person. As always, the truth is somewhere in the middle. XD This comment section is gold as well.
If they were sitting in Europe, Lex would be right.
@@tristanpatterson3843 Nah you are wrong, simple country folk, ya know rednecks, are some of the most intelligent and resourceful people in the world. They are deemed by city people as cretins, when in reality they live a more fulfilling life on average. You can keep your corporate ladder I’ll take hunting and fishing and camping and loving
In the end they are both lying. Tim doesn't really believe everyone is so stupid, and Lex is being kind because he does believe most people are idiots. One being funny, one trying to be humble.
@@SmugAmericanno i actually think Tim believes that. Well not believe but know because he’s right
The truth, is not. Always in the middle, that’s just a dumb aphorism.
Lex thinks he’s Joking, but those who know the couch types know this is a serious thing
Of course I know him, he's me.
Ben Kenobi, boy, am I glad to see you.
Who is wasting their life more? The couch people or the corporate ladder climbers?
@SuhmStank 420 That's the beauty of life, there is no one "correct" way to live it.
Who's to say. There are many ways to the mountain top. Also, the Valley is quite beautiful as well
I'd love nothing more than to run into Tim Dillon in a Bucees.
Do you think he would take a picture with me in front of the beaver if I asked?
@@atomknight8361 Only 1 way to find out.
One time I opened a Bucc-ee's men's bathroom stall door and a guy was bent over pants down ready to anonymously receive. I didn't ask his name but maybe it was Tim.
I d like to see Tim in a Buccees and have some nuggets sent over to him with a note that says "compliments of a simple man...."
I'd like to see tim dillon running a buc-ees
Tim is a genius of comedy
Sure. But this isn’t comedy. This is an honest lecture.
Tim’s take is so good - I can’t stand the “every man” hacks (Rogan, huberman, etc) who think they’re so down to earth cause they talk about cold plunge vs sauna, completely unaware of how detached they are from reality & how absurdly rich they are.
They’re so obsessed with their own “authenticity” they can’t see how inauthentic they’ve become.
Louis ck brought it up to rogans face when he was on the pod & it flew right over his head. Rogan couldn’t fathom that he’s become completely detached.
Nothing against rogan (huberman is a legit snake oil salesman however), it’s what happens when you’ve been rich & in Hollywood for 25yrs & then get a $300m check. The problem is he brands himself as an Everyman when he so isn’t. The reason “everymen” like trump, an Ivy League billionaire from manhattan, is bc he is authentic to who he is, he doesn’t pretend to be “one of you”.
what did Louis ck say? i cant' remember
Lex knows the data on IQ, yet dances around it with his nausea-inducing "love is the answer" mantra.
Just in case people don't understand what you're talking about: FACT: 50% of Americans have an IQ below 100 . . .
@@QED_only 16% of americans have an iq less than or equal to 85, that’s you buddy
Lmfao Tim really is a genius. I dont want to admit it but Tim proves he is definitely a genius every time i click on him.
That’s what I thought until I clicked on him more 🤣
He is def a genius when he’s in his lane, but if Lex is utopian to a fault, Tim is similarly dystopian.
He's a genius.. to ret@rds.
To the rest of us.. He's speaking common sense
@@rzn2258
Lex having cognitive dissonance because he is fundamentally a utopian thinker.
Nah he's just hoping for the best.
Lex Fridman's favorite fiction author is Fyodor Dostoevsky, hard to imagine calling him a utopian. I'd say he is interested in finding the beauty even in the midst of utmost tragedy. But that doesn't make him Utopian.
@@thelandofmatt it’s not Lex’s attraction to beauty that makes him a utopian; it’s his devotion & admiration to “great men” & science. He thinks most things are fundamentally solvable and that men like Elon Musk are working towards that end. He literally volunteered to head up Twitter’s engineering for free because he wanted to “increase the amount of love in the world.” That’s a utopian.
Definitely a utopian.
@Matt Bishop I've read pretty much everything Dostoyevsky has written besides personal mail, and even then some of that. I don't see what you mean by your comment, why would reading Dostoyevsky preclude someone from being Utopian?
Tim looks like he's had a few buckets of Bucees nuggets.
Tier 1 humor over here
Without a doubt
Tim looks like the stuff you make the Bucees nuggets from
tim's analysis and perspective is so spot on
They’re called “Beaver Nuggets” Tim
All I want to know is, how quickly will they give me cancer?
@@GordonCaledoniaProbably not any quicker than anything else here in Tejas.
Tim is on a different level of smart. He gets people, Lex is a robot….an emotional one, but still a robot though
It's important to interact with mind altering stupidity from time to time. Helps the following get into perspective:
-gratitude toward your own capabilities
-insight to the true common denominators in society
- remember their vote counts the same as yours
- if they can make it through this world you sure as hell can
Agreed 💯
4. Eugenics is necessary and good
As someone who teaches in a public school, yeah. We should always try to help however we can, and people can be better even if they aren't actively trying to get better so we should never stop trying to help...but some humans just aren't going to make it.
@@JohnM-sw4sc PS. ref my above comment...those who 'aren't going to make it' may not be the crowd you think it is... History is not kind to smart people or try-hards.
@@fortusvictus8297 history would be unable to be unkind to smart people if we euthanize the dummies.
Becuase something has happened one way does not equal it will always happen that way.
I have no idea how to interpret “try hards” in this context ?
Those Bucce’s shoppers are the backbone of America. Travelers of the America eating Nuggets and those awesome Apple pie and
BBQ Brisket sandwiches. Tee shirts and Clean Clean bathrooms 🧐 now I need to go to Bucce’s soon! 🤷🏻♂️
Truth… the happy go Lucky, over taxed, under appreciated Middle Class.
The jerky is also delicious
I just feel like Tim misunderstands Texas. The beaver nuggets aren’t meant to eat on the couch they are a road-trip snack. You eat them while you drive and drink beer duh. And Buc-ee’s is a gas station that you go to to take a 30 minute break from driving if you’re on a long road trip. Other than that you avoid that crowded ass place
Texan here. Spot on
@@WinkenBlinkenAndNod and bruh their bathrooms are top notch
Tim doesn't care to examine reason in this situation. He obviously likes road trip snacks and he is a traveling entertainer. His point is that he is better than people aren't rich and famous.
@@pepeeltoro1592 It isn't though
Something about Tim's stuck up attitude amuses me to no end though
The “Simple Man” folly that Dillon is identifying rang true with some top writers: Tolstoy thought he was “one of the people”, David Foster Wallace felt himself to be “one of the people”…it’s nonsense…and that’s Ok! Not everyone can be gifted and special and have special talents. It’s just that some people are uncomfortable with their gifts, likely because they feel they are undeserved…which they are! It was complete luck someone like Lex was born as Lex rather than a Buckey’s Nuggets guy. Whoever you are, own it. If you don’t, you will come off as inauthentic, which is exactly what these people are often trying to avoid. To love yourself is to see yourself accurately; as long as people like Lex (whose work I really do like!) stay stuck in this idea that they are unexceptional, he will, ironically enough, feel a distance with his fellow man.
Well put! I do believe I needed to hear that. Food for thought, because in my day-to-day work life it is a job, not so much a "career". I'm mixing with people who are mostly blue-collar, while my formal education surpassed theirs. On the other hand my sincere respect of them where they are schooled in particular trades. Yet, being a "people-person" is in my blood, though we are not "blue blood". No silver spoons in our mouths, so no "elite" nor country club memberships. It's been a confusing road. This video ( along with your balanced and supportive comment ) are jogging something in my soul to be that much more honest and free with my intelligence in the Grand Scheme of Things. My education was not for naught. My skill-set is not a fluke, IMO, either. ( Family + Ancestry + God's Will ). While I profoundly don't believe in boasting about my accomplishments, I've also downplayed and minimized my achieved goals. To my detriment and smaller thinking. Individuals, in Tim's words "stupid people", should not believe that I am looking down on them. I'm not! We are all fallible creatures, but that doesn't mean I should erase who I am "to blend in". That's strangely condescending, actually. Thanks, again, for your solid comment.
The flip side is the ivory tower elitist who erroneously believes their expertise in one of a few areas extends into all areas. The simple man routine is a rejection of this, but perhaps taking it a little too far. I’ll take a humble genius over one that thinks they are a god.
What does authenticity matter? Hitler was authentic. Wish he wasnt.
“Be yourself” is the most underrated saying, ever. Because you will never truly know how people feel about you (and how much they may be depending on you to be yourself…for their benefit).
Might as well take the punches in-stride and ride the wave of goodness.
‘tism never hurts, either.
@@kftc1980 I like “angry genius.” People leave those guys alone, which is what they want, need and deserve.
I had a friend who almost died from drinking too much, and I said welcome back a Lazarus. he had no idea what I was talking about, Neither did his other friend. I'm not some Christian scientist either. I just know a couple of basic things about the religion that our society is based off of, is this normal? Do people not know anything about anything anymore?
It's becoming increasingly LESS normal, but you are good. Pretty uncultured to not even know Lazarus. 😅
"Do people not know anything about anything anymore?" They know nothing.
Full disclosure, that reference means nothing to me. I know it's a biblical reference and in the context I'd probably understand what you mean but I don't know the story. I didn't feel bad about until I read your comment. 😂
Raised christian all my life. Know that lazarus is from the bible, but I dont know the story. I think the reference just might be a few thousand years dated.
@@shauns.6231 Here’s the whole story: 1) Lazarus died. 2) Jesus told Lazarus to come back to life. 3) Lazarus came back to life. Now you are in the know.
Nothing so complex was ever explained so simply. This is poetry.
I love lex but Tim has a major point lol. Tim knows.
What Tim is really getting at is the concept of Zen. For example, I do an oil and filter change on my car but I do it extremely meticulously and I love and immerse myself in every tiny step of the process. I derive great pleasure from it and feel fulfilled after doing it.
Same.
The nuggets and sofa koan is my favorite.
We all think we are the sinple man until a robot picks up a cube that fell out of your icebath
when successful comedians realize they're modern nobles too
Reminds me of that JRE when Joe brought on this fighter from Africa, I can't recall his name, but I remembered when he said that when he goes back home there's just people who work all day and are happy to just go home eat dinner and go to sleep and do it all again. But I thought, what's wrong with wanting a full belly and just to relax at home. Legitimately what is wrong with that? Not everyone is going to be a world class fighter. Someone has to work in the mines or make bricks or work at McDonald's or pick up the trash. But for some reason the majority looks down on the people doing those essential jobs.
I’d like to see more of this aspect of Tim Dillon. He’s equal parts thoughtful, intelligence and adds humor without being performative.
What's about the buckies brisket!!!
Well you tried Tim. Turns out he's too in love with himself to hear what you had to say.
To be fair I think most people unfamiliar with Buc-ee’s would be floored upon walking into one. It is the largest gas station in the world with genuinely good food and fresh jerky. As a Chicagoan it was like walking into a roadtripper’s utopia - go figure
I got all hopped up on beaver nuggets yesterday
I love the Buckeys nuggets, and I love my couch 😂
Great insight from tim here. All the podcast bubble gurus think theyre buddha, but they havent been outside their castles in years
"don't you understand that those people fundamentally have some differences with you?"
This went way deep. Lex still holding onto to the idea of eating nuggets on a couch
Buckeys is not a good comparison to Walmart. The merchandise mark up at that gas station is almost the opposite of Walmart.
You missed the joke them. He meant not a business competitor but a certain type of customer competitor.
Buccees, in my experience, is the cheapest place you can go for convienience items. A lg route 44 fountain drink is like 79 cents. Now where on earth can you get a giant fountain drink for 79 cents? Go ahead ill wait
@@jowill76 I don't buy fountain drinks so I guess you got me. But I did pay almost $8 for a mediocre brisket sandwich. I haven't been back since. But I love the cracked out squirrel head.
@@kbab3333 no I didn't. I just added my perhaps not so funny joke perspective to it.
I love that sardonic overweight gay guy.
This insight right here is what shows that Tim is in his absolute prime right now. It's true, Rogan was the alt media when he started the podcast - now he is literally THE mainstream podcast.
Guys like Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, etc. all crossed that chasm to stardom. Bill Burr until a few years ago was in that spot - now he is also in the stardom shine. Chappelle avoids a lot of it by shying away - and when back he had that outsider's POV, but he is also back to peak stardom.
I have a theory that comedians are at their skilled prime right before hitting that superstar status - it's when the real comic fans rave about them and the broader mainstream audience is just discovering them. It's the cusp where they are successful enough, but not yet a household name. They are detached enough to still have a cynical POV but have enough experience to talk about all levels.
I don't think there is anything wrong with the superstardom - more power to them, its only a natural evolution. Nor, do they stop becoming funny... but... they aren't as funny as their prime.
That sweet spot of relatability and stardom.
He's wrong about Buc-ees though. LOL it's a rest stop in Texas with cleanest bathrooms in the world. 😂
If I consume my vacuum cooked chicken hamstring on my Victorian fainting couch, am I still a simple person?
Ahh yes… a fainting couch. Did you place yours in your day room or perhaps your smoking room?
listen im climbing a corporate ladder myself, but i'll be damned if im not also stopping to get those bucee's nuggets and their bbq sandwich on a road trip, leave me alone
So this is his redemption… love that meaningful esotericism. As a stupid person lol
Ben tho dude
0:23: “That is why utopians hate comedy, because they think you can create a world where there is no pain” Shockingly profound.
All I need is this bucket and this couch. And this lamp. And this iPhone charger.
When an immovable object meets an unstoppable force.
The only way to "win" in life is to enjoy it.
If eating Buc-ee's nuggets on the couch makes YOU happy, then doing exactly that IS the "smart" thing to do.
It's certainly a lot smarter than not doing it just because some random dumbass that ISN'T YOU thinks it's dumb.
I'd say there's a lot more ignorant people rather than stupid ones. This distinction should be made. The saying "ignorance is bliss" is mostly true. It isn't necessarily blissful per se, but it is pretty nice.
People like to not know. It's not necessarily that they can't, but that they won't. Sitting at home eating the Buccee's nuggets, watching an unfunny show, but laughing anyway, is a choice. People do it because it's better than seeing all the negativity out there and, conversely, working to improve oneself as a hedge against it.
If you want to improve yourself, you can. If you don't, you won't; it's that simple.
People like that who stop Learning and close thier mind naturally fall behind and fall for things they could have learned about.
Ignorance is bliss is true in 99% of cases because the consequence of that ignorance won't negatively impact them soon enough, but the 1% where it does is pretty big and life altering when it hits.
Poor Jacob...
They're sitting knee to knee, touching if you will, at a 3-by-3 table turned sideways. That's so Tim Dillon...
The video is split..
@@wajihbec1087I prefer imagining an intense game of footsie going one
And looking past each other rather than at. Very progressive... Just genius
Love is not the same as what feels good. We throw the word love around too freely. Sitting on a couch, playing video games and eating nuggets all day might feel nice when you're doing it, but it won't feel nice forever and it will impact the people around you who love you. When you're getting a foot amputated because you let your physical condition slide, or when you fed your mind junkfood ideas and now wear a tinfoil hat, you are no longer just impacting your own future. The people around you will do their best to keep your head above water, at least until they realising they're drowning too.
This is brilliant. I was not too familiar with Tim and his work, but he earned my respect with this. "I am doing what I love. I love Baki's nuggets and I love my couch." This is pure genius.
Comedians are our modern day philosophers
Once there was a Mystical tree with an abundance of leaves. One leaf says to another leaf, " I'm so very afraid. It's getting colder and if the temperature keeps plummeting we will all surely die."
The other leaf says to the scared leaf,"Can't you see! You're not afraid because you're going to die, you're afraid because you've mistaken your stem for your roots. You're actually rooted much deeper than you believe."
When he said no, anyone can tell he's lying. Lex's boy-scout all-love act is pretty tiring at this point, it's like Sam Harris unraveling and Bill Cosby's clean comedy. He couldn't even put his ego on a leash answering Tim's question in the context. This why he got visibly angry when Kanye told him I don't trust you.
anything Tim Dillon can be injected directly into my veins. lol dude is hysterical.
Buckies is pretty good tho
Yeah it’s pretty damn awesome. I don’t buy their merch and all that, but a pulled pork samich and some nuggets on an quick pit stop is fantastic
I couldn’t tell there was a split screen at first and was thinking why the hell are they sitting so close??
I'm usually not a big tim dillon guy. But, he's absolutely dead on!
They're called *BEAVER nuggets
2:07 YA GODDAMN RIGHT THERES A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COUCH MAN AND ME
First you get the power then you get the money then you get the bucky's nuggets and a nice microsued sectional
Some people that are far above average intelligence have no desire to pursue anything or climb any ladder. No ambition whatsoever.
Tim sounds like he's never actually been to a Bucees but looks like he lives in one.
Regarding the folks Tim is talking about, those people are the first to assert that they are in fact, not sheeple.
Common dumb mistake of really smart people is that they underestimate how dumb others can be, and underestimate how many dumb people there are.
i love him he just really hits the nail head for me
Sitting on my couch, I am curious about this "Bucky's Nuggets" you speak of, and what Joys I am missing out on.
realizing that your life is not defined by accomplishments, but relationships is not stupidity, it is the highest form of enlightenment. No matter what you accomplish in life, you will be replaced by the next person up once you are gone. All that will remain of you will be the people that you touched personally. Until people realize that it is what you put into your relationships, not what you do for a living that confer value, they will successful, but miserable. Money, fame, and citations are not measures of your value as a person--how you treat others and create relationships are the marks of value.
“The day you cease to travel, you will have arrived.”
The reality is we're all in a rat race because you can't escape time, we're just going at different speeds.
Don't fuck with Bucee's....That's a national treasure.
It's an odd realization that motivation is a spectrum. Some people are scratching and clawing to climb their ladder to wherever, completely unaccepted with where they are now. Others are 100% perfectly content exactly where they're at. The hard part is for the ladder climber, as they will have to eventually find contentment or they will never be happy.
It's hard to sit still, it's hard to forget the possibilities
@@crappymeal maybe it’s just the greedy brain that never shuts up. I personally don’t view myself as an individual. I don’t want or hate my body does it for me. If we could choose to not want at will life would be different but we can’t.
They say ignorance is bliss. The most unaware and stupidest people I know are very happy. They enjoy amusement and joyful thrill from the most mundane and simplest of things in life.
Lex belongs to the category "stupid people" himself.
He spitting facts. I've worked labor work for 15 years now and I'm satisfied with doing hard work and being upper lower class. I'm not interested in a lavish lifestyle or being interesting to the people around me... The real problem that is destroying America is people who think everyone can be rich or popular. I'm hear to remind you that the world would collapse over night if you didn't have stupid people or content people like me maintaining the infrastructure around you. Most likely you the reader of this will not do jack squat for the world or become rich and you deserve to be where you are.
As someone who was recently diagnosed with bipolar all my joy has been stripped from me. The simple things are all I have now since my mental processing has been reduced. Some people don't understand how it's literally impossible for some people to derive happiness due to their brain chemistry. Yes there are some pleasures for me but now my life is mostly grey and will be an unpleasant grind. I accept that though
Let me tell you: eating the Bucky's nugget on the couch would easily be on par with 500mg of sodium valproate.
How has a diagnosis stripped your joy? You are either ill or you aren't.
I think he means the lithium has taken away his joy, ie it makes it so you can't experience manic episodes which is like a natural high or the real lows which leads to depression so your stuck somewhere in the middle where you can't feel strong emotions like you once could which is like a blessing and a curse.
@Alexander Treue unsure of it's the meds or my condition. From what I've researched it's probably a bit of both
@@ph-vf5hx my memory is shot, I have horrible anxiety, my vision is blurred, I can barely talk and have fun in the way I used to, I'm dissociated too. Overall it's miserable - I find no pleasure in the things I used to, I can't even watch TV without restlessness forcing me to do something else.
Growing up in the Alvin, Angleton, and Lake Jackson area where Bucees started, it's crazy to me to see how popular it has become. I wonder if it is more well known now than Nolan Ryan is
At the end of the day I think Tims' point is don't let other people decide what gives your life value it's your life to live however you choose
something like that, but he also thinks we usually don't have a choice, and that life is fundamentally unfair and tragic (tragicomical even). he thinks we should probably try and make the most of our lives, sure, because we're miserable otherwise, but that hey, that's just how it is.
Tim is way more wise than people like to admit.
You wouldn’t know joy without pain . Joy won’t bring back people taken from this world for pointless reasons . A utopian society would still need comedy
Their schtick is we can change reality. Nobody dies, nobody gets sick, everyone has anything they need. As if people would be happy with that XD
Never underestimate how stupid we are. Most of us are just smart enough to want to be comfortable. We do just enough to maintain that comfort. Now, if you want to see blood in the streets make that minimal sense of comfort impossible. When people are starving they will act. History shows this.
The average human has an iq of 100.
85 is considered mentally retarded
15 iq points is a standard deviation
Hide behind your profile pic all you want it still won’t change how bitter you are.
There’s something so beautiful about “Walmart competitor”
I’m doing what I love. I love Percocet, selling subprime mortgages, and gaining 50 pounds every year !
Pay attention! They are not sitting close together or avoiding eye contact. Two-cameras, split screen. Watch how Tim’s hand disappears.
A national treasure, this man.
a rational treasure
My biggest regret when I left Texas to move back to NJ was never going to Bucky's saw it all the time and never checked it out the nearest Becky's is in Virginia. If Buckys comes to NJ I'm going
My biggest regret is moving to Delaware. I miss Texas soo much lol
@Johnny Williams hopefully you find a job out in Texas. People in Texas are nice i was born in NJ so my whole family is there so we moved back for family. Plus, Delaware doesn't have a Bucees :( When my wife and I drove from Texas to NJ, we did see one open in Virginia
High performing people want every experience in life. That’s why so many of them claim to be “normal” - they want that too.
Truer words were never spoken " What's your goal in life?" "Hmmmm, probably Buckies nuggets on the couch"
Took me 5 seconds to realize they were not sitting right next to Each other …
Tim Dillon is the sophisticated bully from the 90s
Hilarity aside this is a great point. When you surround yourself with other intellectuals, as like-minded and forward-thinking individuals strive to do, you forget how much of the world is full of simpletons; and they are the vast majority.
It sucks when you're in the middle. You're just smart enough to have anxiety about your own future and how shit things are but not smart enough to have all kinds of doors wide open for you in life. So you're just stuck.
Tim Dillon is a great American. Lex isn't bad for a Russian.
REMINDER/FYI: Lex is a software engineer. Or maybe at this point he leads a team. But he codes AI. Yes AI. Ben mentioned it when he and Tim were together still.
Former hardware-side engineer here: this is MOST software folks. Think about this when approaching the electronic aspects of our world today.
This is exactly how to approach these folks. As another commenter said....politely yet *firmly* smash them over the head with the truth. TRUST ME I was a tooling engineer that had to do this with integration engineers and middle management that didn't know enough (or really want to...) details to argue with the integrators. Not all of them are clueless but a lot of them are. They've never hung out with bikers or urban poor or rednecks or thugs or GOONS as Tim likes to say.
Tim has and so have I. Perspective and balance are everything. Props to Lex for facing the reality that he may have been avoiding. It could be a bit of a existential crisis for someone like him.
I have a tough time truly connecting with most people like they do each other but I also can't deal with people at my level or higher because there's a hint of *contempt* for the Buc-ees people that you just can't gaslight yourself into believing you're being gaslit if that makes any sense.
I'm not SAYING they all dream of eugenics.....