Jia Tolentino
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Like Patrick Schwarzenegger is, you know, he is sweating. He's gulping things. He's slapping bugs off his body. He's profoundly uncomfortable in his own skin.
Like Patrick Schwarzenegger is, you know, he is sweating. He's gulping things. He's slapping bugs off his body. He's profoundly uncomfortable in his own skin.
And Saxon is trying to blame his bad mood on the fact that Chelsea wouldn't fuck him. Right. And Chelsea's like so sincerely like, I could never because you don't have a soul.
And Saxon is trying to blame his bad mood on the fact that Chelsea wouldn't fuck him. Right. And Chelsea's like so sincerely like, I could never because you don't have a soul.
But she, like, I loved this Chelsea moment. And she's, you know, to a certain extent, like, she's completely right. Like, hooking up with sex would 100% be an empty experience, you know?
But she, like, I loved this Chelsea moment. And she's, you know, to a certain extent, like, she's completely right. Like, hooking up with sex would 100% be an empty experience, you know?
No, I mean, Saxon is the one that needs to spend a year at the meditation retreat. Like, I mean, if we're talking about what should happen, you know. Yeah.
No, I mean, Saxon is the one that needs to spend a year at the meditation retreat. Like, I mean, if we're talking about what should happen, you know. Yeah.
And in the conversation with the monk, there's like a strong insinuation that she has had a moral problem with her family's way of life for a long and perhaps unarticulated time. And she's maybe coming here to make sense of it. But yeah, so she's 21. But as if she's 12 or something, she asks the monk, like, can you just tell my parents that it's okay that I stay here?
And in the conversation with the monk, there's like a strong insinuation that she has had a moral problem with her family's way of life for a long and perhaps unarticulated time. And she's maybe coming here to make sense of it. But yeah, so she's 21. But as if she's 12 or something, she asks the monk, like, can you just tell my parents that it's okay that I stay here?
So Timothy goes in and asks, what do you think happens after you die?
So Timothy goes in and asks, what do you think happens after you die?
Yeah, I feel especially conscious of the fact that, like, you know— This monk is not saying anything about and here they will find it. Right.
Yeah, I feel especially conscious of the fact that, like, you know— This monk is not saying anything about and here they will find it. Right.
Like the point is just about what people believe that they're going to get here. It also kind of goes back to the way that Piper ostensibly what she wants is meaning, but she put it as happiness. And, you know, there's the way in which this entire framework has been imported as a 90 minute wellness seminars at AI companies in Silicon Valley. You know what I mean? Yeah. Right, yeah.
Like the point is just about what people believe that they're going to get here. It also kind of goes back to the way that Piper ostensibly what she wants is meaning, but she put it as happiness. And, you know, there's the way in which this entire framework has been imported as a 90 minute wellness seminars at AI companies in Silicon Valley. You know what I mean? Yeah. Right, yeah.
It's like you're either—unless you're off of it, you're still on it.
It's like you're either—unless you're off of it, you're still on it.
And we have the sort of classic, this visual of a drop of water kicking up in the sea spray and then melding back into the great consciousness. Right. But it's really kind of beautiful the way that it's played here because what does this mean to Timothy at this exact point in time? Like this is making him both want to die more.
And we have the sort of classic, this visual of a drop of water kicking up in the sea spray and then melding back into the great consciousness. Right. But it's really kind of beautiful the way that it's played here because what does this mean to Timothy at this exact point in time? Like this is making him both want to die more.