in the two barrels:
you engineered things purposefully to go up that tree. You could just have followed the custom of 5 meters but oh no, you know better. As an aside, it’s not clear the 5 metre thing was particularly excessive either. I’ve read expert opinion saying the two meter thing should really be 7 metres. But that’s by the by. You didn’t join in to be provocative. You were provoking your further remove from the world, you were provoking this very situation.
Wow etc.
so steve comes back.
Fists off, no, I didn’t provoke anything. I was following the government scientific advice. People are getting irrationally scared. I’ve been up to see Mam, and I’m getting lots. Despite the fact that if you are a carer, you can continue to travel and do your job.
You’ve been up to Mam’s? Jesus Christ Steve.
« 38 minutes
Steve
Well, you really gave it to me there. And you're right. I've got to come down off my high horse.
David
I'm really sorry bro, but you know, I cares for ya sorry ass. And the thing is, you're completely capable of doing it.
Steve
I know. I am. I will.
DAVID
Good man.
Steve
I need to take a leaf out of your book. You did it. So can I.
« 3 minutes
David
There's a practical side to life that binds it into something. It just makes things work, dude.
Steve
I know. I agree. Clean your godamn room! What bloody business do you have with the inemistable intracacies and insuperable complexities of global politics if you can't even find your bloody shoes?
David
Is that Jordan Peterson meeting Jean Claude Juncker?
Steve
Hahah! Very good.
« 18 minutes
Steve
Then there's also accepting loss. You know, moderating ambition. I mean this: how you've lived your life, your adult life, is exemplary. You're an example to anyone on how to pick things up again.
Sure. But I'm 150 miles away and don't have a ladder. You're gonna have to get those ankles working.
STEVE
Haha. I'll probably just hang and drop and break the ankle that way, get it over and done with quick. Here's my question: Ok. There's this. I am SICK and TIRED of feeling stupid in your eyes. I'm not having it anymore. You don't get me.
should be more like:
I agree to most if not all of what you said. I have to get over this blinkered view, this tunnel vision about pursuing this single goal free from the burdens of other work, normal work that everyone does, normally. I need to get it through my thick skull that 99% of people who have very personal goals like me are nonetheless prepared to do what's necessary to have a life in the meantime, and why the fuck should I be special in that regard? You know, who the fuck do I think I am? Leonardo Da Vinci?
