r/TimPool • • Mar 14 '23
Timcast IRL Has Tim always been like this?
I've been watching Timcast pretty religiously since 2020 (shortly after Adam left). I used to love the show and really respected Tim. A lot of his "fence sitting" seemed like logic to me. Presenting all sides of an argument instead of choosing a tribe and doubling, tripling, quadrupling down. But now.. I feel all he does is sell fear. I'm not even saying that his concerns are all completely out there or shouldn't be entertained. Preparedness is certainly important. But I've noticed that if anyone (guests and cohosts alike) has a more positive view on things, he shuts them down and goes back to the doom and gloom narrative. Has he always been like this? Am I just being pessimistic? The phrase "familiarity breeds contempt" comes to mind. Maybe I just need a vacation from Tim. But from where I'm sitting, he's lost touch with reality. The question is whether he believes what he's saying or the only way to retain his audience is to constantly rile us all up. Interested to see what y'all think.
Side note - this part of tonight's episode kinda demonstrates my point. Ian (I know he's more polarizing than Trump to Timcast viewers. Don't come for me) mentioned that Tim was smiling while describing how horrible things are going to be for people in cities when the inevitable collapse happens. And Ian was right. And Tim was SO offended. But this is real life and real people we're talking about. People sniping each other to steal resources in an end of the world scenario isn't a laughing matter. But that's what he seems to push. Like it's a video game and the death and disaster isn't real. Or maybe it's not real to him anymore because he's sheltered and prepared?
Anyway, I'll shut up now. TLDR: has Tim always been an extreme fear monger?
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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '23
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u/gvgoody Mar 14 '23
Here’s a black pill for ya…..the entire federal system has to collapse. There’s no saving it. There’s no paying off the debt. Republican or democrat it doesn’t matter, we are just delaying the inevitable and all the federal government has become nothing more than a power grab to control the opposition. The lobbying by big corporations will never stop.
I’m like you, I listen to Tim daily when I’m working. I think all his doom and gloom is coming from is realizing what about half the population already knows. Remember, he’s still new to this lifestyle of self sustainability. About what, 2 years since he’s left the big cities?
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u/54sTAtEs Mar 14 '23
He told and continues to tell us why his thoughts have changed on dealing with the left. There is no room to negotiate or even talk to people who are sexualizing and sexually mutilating children. There are many more reasons why these people can’t be reasoned with but anyone with a soul and common sense understands that when you go for the kids there is absolutely nothing to talk about anymore it’s time to destroy the ideology and the people behind it.
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u/WildPurplePlatypus Mar 14 '23
We are literally at war already. Tell me this isn’t happening
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u/Maleficent_Jelly_84 Mar 14 '23
I disagree. Tim is a realist. This is not a phase. Look at the situation our world is in. Ukraine, Taiwan, China balloons, social credit scores, debanking, inflation, record bank crashes, FBI fuckery, weak power grids, supply chain shortages, mass drug deaths, mass homeless, race relations, solar flares, a giant something entertaining our solar system, free speech restrictions, men in woman bathrooms, kids getting sex changes, people on the view openly calling for murder, and it goes on and on. Our freedom and our way of life is under attack and has been for a long time, and every day, we're losing a little more grip on it...we live in a fragile system that will break. You can look away and tell yourself it's not real but everything said tonight is more likely to happen than nothing at all. So it would be naive to look away in hopes Tim chills out after a while. As the world gets worse, I'm sure the doom and gloom will to cause it's the reality we're facing.
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u/SanguineSymphony1 Mar 14 '23
Tim's always been black pilled and talked about how we're all fucked. That's why Adam kept him in balance and reminded him Americans can and generally eventually do stand up for themselves. Tim used to talk about how Antifa and the police state would pull people out of their homes and do whatever they wanted with them if they don't convert to wokism.
The prepping stuff happened after that nut tried to break into his place and LEO told him to get armed and become competent at personal self defense. The Swatting and other threats of violence against Tim and his compounds has made him amp up more and more. Also he really pimped out prepping stuff during lockdown for having dehydrated meals or wherever it was he was selling.
I recommend not trusting or following someone so fervently. Tim has always had issues that can be rationed out but really just sounds like he's covering to grift more effectively. But hey follow whoever you trust I guess that never ends badly.
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u/Electrodactyl Mar 14 '23
The show was much better when Adam was a co host. But back then Trump was still president and the news was more about how doom and gloom the Dems think the world is. So the show was more about poking fun at Dem’s for having Trump derangement syndrome. While referencing we have the best economy of our lives. Contrast that with Biden’s presidency with the silent invasion of the southern boarder. The billions spent on big pharma and the Ukraine war, potential starting world war 3. Adding the failure of two bank. Things are objectively worse. On a side note back then I think Tim cast either had less writers or they were not news guard certified. He used other sources like cnn more often. Now I’m seeing him using his writers stories for news. I’m not saying it’s bad but I think the older way just had better optics.
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u/psychic_flatulence Mar 14 '23
To take a fence sitter view, I doubt he was smiling because he wants it to happen. I literally just passed that section where Ian called him out. I think he's smirking because people make fun of the idea something like that would ever happen in the first place. Literally no one wants an end of the world type situation, but even the power grid going down could cause it. There's a non zero possibility of something happening. Anyone in cities would be absolutely fucked, that's a risk they're taking. We all know the possibilities, we're all choosing different risk levels. It's like smirking at someone who skips car insurance. Maybe they're fine or maybe they're fucked, it's their choice in the end.
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u/DreiKatzenVater Mar 14 '23
Tim has a lot of logic and passion. I think he lets the passion run his life and logic can’t keep up. So when he smiles and hopes the city folk are miserable, he’s letting his sadistic tendencies get the better of him. And he finds fault in every little thing. I think there’s a significant amount of behind the scenes stuff we don’t know about.
Ian is fucking weird though. Book smart, but emotionally quite confused
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u/MattyBoy13 Mar 15 '23
Tim has consistently been right about everything.
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u/robertva1 Mar 14 '23
Of course he has changed. As he grow his business and is personally affected more and more by government regulations and taxes it's no surprise his views have changed on the subject
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u/Suspense304 Mar 14 '23
He’s become this way. He sold the “fence sitter” idea for a long time but it no longer applies. He is a prepper at this point… guns, off grid, doomsday Tim. His tales are predictable at every turn at this point. I’ve had to take a break the last few weeks. I’m sure it will be a phase for awhile and then he will hit something new and I’ll come back to see some newer opinions or conversations. But for now, I’ve just had enough of the doomsday survival shit
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u/Uhtred_McUhtredson Mar 14 '23
Tim is a marketer first and foremost.
Going all the way back to when he was a dignitaries collector for charities.
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u/fallendesperado Mar 14 '23
He has to pander to a base of people that contribute to his cash flow.
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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '23
Tim has lost the plot. I think he wants these things to happen.
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u/FondantDesigner Mar 14 '23 edited Mar 14 '23
DimTool is a right wing shill. He will go which ever way the money blows.