Roger Dodger

Really? Like, what do you do all day? 283 00:22:09,828 --> 00:22:11,796 What do I do all day? 284 00:22:12,764 --> 00:22:15,494 I sit here and think of ways to make people feel bad. 285 00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:19,832 - I thought you wrote for commercials. - I do... 286 00:22:19,938 --> 00:22:22,907 but you can't sell a product without fiirst making people feel bad. 287 00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:25,006 Why not? 288 00:22:27,746 --> 00:22:29,714 Because it's a substitution game. 289 00:22:30,849 --> 00:22:33,409 You have to remind them that they're missing something from their lives. 290 00:22:33,518 --> 00:22:35,349 Everyone's missing something, right? 291 00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:37,388 - Well, yeah. I guess. - Trust me. 292 00:22:37,489 --> 00:22:40,083 And when they're feeling suffiiciently incomplete... 293 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:43,286 you convince them that your product is the only thing that can fiill the void. 294 00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:45,625 So, instead of taking steps to deal with their lives... 295 00:22:45,731 --> 00:22:49,462 instead of working to root out the real reason for their misery... 296 00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:52,469 they run out and buy a stupid-looking pair of cargo pants. 297 00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:04,712 - So... is it fun? - It can be. 298 00:23:04,816 --> 00:23:07,614 Look, I actually was about to call it a day. 299 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:09,687 That's cool. We can go get something to eat. 300 00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:15,918 - Fine. Let's get out of here. - Great. 301 00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:43,419 You gave me a scare. I thought you were having a narcoleptic episode. 302 00:23:43,522 --> 00:23:47,083 - What? When? - Back at the offiice, you know? 303 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,085 That's standing meditation. It calms me down. Thanks. 304 00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:53,596 Why should you calm down? You're a teenager. Thank you. 305 00:23:53,698 --> 00:23:55,666 My brain gets all sloppy when I'm stressed... 306 00:23:55,767 --> 00:23:58,429 so the meditation helps me focus and block out the bad stuff. 307 00:23:58,537 --> 00:24:01,301 - Bad stuff? - Like fear and pain, you know? 308 00:24:01,406 --> 00:24:05,137 It's a visualization. I picture a blue triangle, and that's me. 309 00:24:05,243 --> 00:24:08,838 I put all the other stuff outside the triangle in a red fiield. It works. 310 00:24:11,249 --> 00:24:13,046 So, how's your folks? 311 00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:21,149 - They got divorced. - What? 312 00:24:21,259 --> 00:24:23,284 Yeah. My dad moved out. 313 00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:25,795 - You're kidding. When did this happen? - A while ago. 314 00:24:25,897 --> 00:24:28,263 I haven't seen you since Grandma's funeral. 315 00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:36,499 -Jesus, Nick. I'm sorry to hear that. - It's no big deal. 316 00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:39,099 I still talk to my dad. He calls from the road. 317 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:40,701 How's your mom doing? 318 00:24:40,812 --> 00:24:42,177 She's fiine. You know. 319 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:46,514 - Surprised she didn't come with you. - Maybe she was afraid to see you... 320 00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:48,483 after what happened at the funeral. 321 00:24:48,587 --> 00:24:51,647 That happened because your grandfather's a king-size prick. 322 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:55,717 All right? 323 00:25:04,936 --> 00:25:06,699 So when's your interview? 324 00:25:08,073 --> 00:25:10,598 - It was today. - How'd it go? 325 00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:13,075 Fine, I guess. I did the interviews 'cause Mom wants me to. 326 00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:15,908 - You're not interested in college? - Why keep going to school... 327 00:25:16,014 --> 00:25:18,574 when anything I need to fiind out about I can look up myself? 328 00:25:18,683 --> 00:25:21,413 Dad didn't go to college. By the time he was my age, he was on the road. 329 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,818 - How is everything here? - First-rate. Thanks. 330 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:30,689 But... the good thing about college is you get to hang out a lot. 331 00:25:30,795 --> 00:25:33,195 - It's good for the social skills. - Yeah. 332 00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:42,568 So... my mom says you're kind of, you know, like a ladies' man. 333 00:25:42,674 --> 00:25:45,905 - She said that? - But she says it like it's a bad thing. 334 00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:47,979 That sounds like her. 335 00:25:48,780 --> 00:25:52,181 - Is it true? - What about you? You have a girlfriend? 336 00:25:53,985 --> 00:25:57,944 No. I mean, you know, not yet. 337 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:04,121 Look. I'm getting older, and there's a lot of stuff that I wish I could-- 338 00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:12,068 There's a lot of stuff that I haven't-- There's certain things I need to-- 339 00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:14,138 Yeah. I thought you said you could look that stuff up. 340 00:26:14,239