#156 – Tim Dillon: Comedy, Power, Conspiracy Theories, and Freedom

Tim Dillon is a comedian and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – NetSuite : http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour – Athletic Greens : https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil – Magic Spoon : https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get $5 off – BetterHelp : https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – Rev : https://rev.ai/lex to get 7-day free trial EPISODE LINKS: Tim’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimJDillon Tim’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timjdillon Tim’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4woSp8ITBoYDmjkukhEhxg Tim’s Website: https://www.timdilloncomedy.com Tim’s Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-tim-dillon-show/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (08:00) – Tim Dillon’s tombstone (09:55) – The horrible people are the most fun (14:06) – Charles Bukowski (19:46) – Robots (22:56) – YouTube algorithm (29:04) – Parler and Amazon (33:32) – Social media (36:09) – Alex Jones (54:42) – OJ Simpson (59:22) – Politics (1:05:52) – Donald Trump (1:13:09) – Humor (1:20:44) – QAnon (1:27:13) – Conspiracy theories (1:32:50) – Bill Gates (1:35:20) – Elon Musk (1:37:35) – Jeffrey Epstein (1:40:14) – Ghislaine Maxwell (1:47:55) – Greatest comedians of all time (1:57:53) – Love (2:01:24) – Fear (2:04:38) – Mom (2:08:10) – Mortality (2:10:13) – Advice for young people (2:16:47) – Moving to Austin (2:24:40) – Meaning of life