
Wonderful World
- Latte and mocha.
- Thank you.
Thanks.
- Vincent's merger's dead.
You'll be out of here in 6 months.
The "until" job.
How long you been
working here, Ben?
Jesus.
I know. Pretty pathetic.
At least I don't delude myself
with hopes and dreams.
He's against hopes and dreams.
He's the anti-everything dude.
The antichrist.
You think getting a job in a TV series
In 3 days, you'll realize
it's just the same old crap
in a new package--
you'll still be working for The Man,
same as everyone else.
The Man? Who's The Man?
You know-- society, the establishment,
the corporate super-organism.
Him.
You're one dark dude, man.
He's here.
Hi, dad.
So what's new in school?
I don't know.
Math and stuff.
A guru from an ashram
in social studies.
He could remember
That kid recognizes you.
Probably from one of your C.D.s.
What were his past lives?
In one he was a prince.
In the other he was a
slave leading a rebellion.
That's the trouble
with reincarnation--
Everybody was always
a prince or a warrior.
Nobody was ever a museum guard,
a paramecium or a bed of moss.
People want to think
they were special, I guess.
Yeah, well,
that's how they get you.
They figure if they can fill you up
with that pie-in-the-sky stuff,
maybe you won't notice how much crap
you've eaten in your own lifetime.
Ready?
I think I'm a lesbian.
Why, 'cause you like hockey?
I like boys, but...
Not to kiss.
I like hanging out with them.
I wouldn't jump
to any conclusions.
You haven't even reached
puberty yet.
You're programmed from birth.
They have studies.
So...
What do you want to do?
You wanna go ice skating?
Dad, I like watching hockey.
I don't even know how to skate.
Do you want to go to McRory's?
Sure.
Very good. Nice-- Nice guitar.
Hey, Ben, this just came in.
Brazilian.
So fine it almost plays itself.
You want to play it?
Go ahead.
Jim and Sweeny are in the back.
Do you mind?
Just for a minute?
Maestro!
All right. I see
you got the Brazilian.
Sweet.
It's a shame.
What is?
To be so great at something
no one cares about.
I think I want to sleep
in my own room tonight.
Ibu snores too loud
and I have a bio quiz tomorrow.
Hey, what's the matter?
She wanted to come home,
that's all.
I love you, dad.
Hey, sweetie.
What did you say to her?
For God's sakes, Ben,
she's 11 years old. She still wants
to think the world is a nice place.
Hey.
She wants me to feed her
that positive-think crap.
We just exited the bloodiest century
in the history of civilization.
We got terrorism,
atomic bombs,
genocide of mythic proportions.
And what have all
these horrors produced
as we go into the new millennium?
Positive fucking thinking.
You know what that's about?
It's about grabbing
as much as you can
with your greedy little fingers.
So why don't you do
something special with her?
Take her to a hockey game
or something.
The only crime left in the whole
fucking world is negativity.
Negativity is treason.
They even have a pill for it.
It is a world in which The Man
is the presiding authority--
The 2 worst inventions
in the past 20 years--
The TV remote and positive thinking.
You know, I-- I hear something
on the radio today.
It was very interesting.
It was about this game theory.
They say if a man acts
in his own interests,
that he would act in a way that is
beneficial to those around him--
if he acts intelligently.
Big "if."
I don't know.
So I went on the internet
to read a little more
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