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Sam Parr riffs on Elf on the Shelf as a Palantir-style surveillance system run by Peter Thiel. They joke about a stuttering toy Thiel and a carp on the shelf, using the bit to mock tech surveillance culture and performative contrarianism.

Sam Parr riffs on Elf on the Shelf as a Palantir-style surveillance system run by Peter Thiel. They joke about a stuttering toy Thiel and a carp on the shelf, using the bit to mock tech surveillance culture and performative contrarianism.
I will never do Elf on the Shelf.
It's so weird.
You are a wise and smart individual.
You're telling me that this elf is supposed to be watching the children at all times? Big brother. Let's just call it Palantir. Carp on the shelf. Yeah, carp on the shelf. Peter Thiel's in the house. He knows exactly what you did.
Better be contrarian this year.
Yeah. Fuck on the Elf on the Shelf. Have you been contrarian or consensus is the new naughty or nice? I just want a little, like a little doll of Peter Thiel and it just, you click a button and it like says, well, um, uh, well, um, uh, like, oh, it comes with the authentic stutter.
That's incredible.
Well, um, uh, well, you, uh, uh, yeah.