Goodbye World

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"I went to the woods

"because I wished to

live deliberately,

"and see if I could learn

what it had to teach,

"and not, when I came to die,

discovered that I had not lived."

That's Henry David Thoreau in 1854.

And it made sense to

me 150 years later.

So when you were still

in your mama's belly,

we sold our company,

left our old friends,

and moved here to

Northern California.

You see, I knew the great

collapse was coming.

Everyone says that now, but I knew.

It didn't take much

to tear us apart.

Just a quick ripping away of the

things we'd come to depend on.

Our world was like a

bubble waiting to pop.

And off you go.

There you go.

I had a rough day,

but that's life

It happens

Woke up on the dark

side of my mattress

I guess I forgot

to set my clock

Overslept, almost lost the job

Then to top it off,

I'm kind of hungry

Pick a good one for tonight, okay?

It's in my wallet but my

wallet ain't in my pocket

Great choice, Hannah-bear.

Show your mama.

And they don't want

me in a bad mood

Nice one.

Lily, do you think we

have enough basil inside?

I don't know.

Do you want to check?

I am working on something

important right now.

And the manager

really ain't sh*t

But I can't quit, so I'm

hiding in the basement

Holding onto to my face

like f*** this place

Every day can't be the best day

Do what you can right

now, don't hesitate

That's why we try to

make love and get paid

Take the bad with the good...

So I just want to know how

awkward it's going to be.

Has he already apologized

in the e-mail?

James doesn't apologize.

Then why are we going?

Well, he might take

some responsibility.

He just never actually says

the words "I'm sorry."

Baby, baby, not when

you're driving.

"Goodbye, world"?

Did you just text me?

Honey, you're holding my phone.

Oh, yeah. Weird.

Hey, what are you doing?

We are on vacation, remember?

We agreed...

we're only talking to each other.

I'mma be so cool

But for now I got cheap

shoes, so I keep losing

Girls give no love

to a poor man

It's a prison, the

clock is warden

And it won't get no

better when I get home

The system tells you three lies.

It tells you that you're free.

You're not.

It tells you that you can change

it from within. You can't.

And if you try to change

it from the outside,

it tells the rest of the world

you're a violent criminal.

The system sent me to

jail for five years

for burning down a factory farm

that was under construction.

Real change isn't

pretty, isn't safe.

But revolution is our

moral obligation,

and the only real expression

of freedom that we have left.

What good is freedom

if you're in jail?

What good is it being out

of jail if you're not free?

Didn't you miss having sex?

Not as much as I miss good coffee.

The better half is

talking about separate

You wish you could take

it back to yesterday

You not alone,

it's hard as hell

But don't waste no time

feeling sorry for self

We'll be right here with

you through your war

Cause you're the one...

Laura Sheppard is not a

name we can have associated

with a non-profit

donor-supported organization.

I can be very effective

behind the scenes.

The right people still

take my phone calls.

Look...

your rsum is very,

very impressive.

There are many fields

where your reputation

will not be a handicap for you.

You could make

substantially more money

in the private sector.

Which is exactly the

reason you should hire me.

I'm here because I believe

it's worth fighting for.

"It"?

Democracy.

I'm sorry.

You know, I find it really funny

that your program director

cheated on his wife

with the teenage babysitter,

yet I'm the one who's unhireable.

He didn't get caught

on camera, honey.

It was a disaster.

What? What do you mean?

Yeah, I know Lev Berkowitz.

- The text message

- "Goodbye, world"

has been received by over

a million cell phones.

And many of those phones

have actually shut down

because of the sheer number of

messages they're receiving.

The source of the virus still

a mystery at this point,

but as you can imagine

authorities now

are looking into it,

hopefully trying to pinpoint

exactly where it's coming from.

When we come back we'll

have our own tech experts

and hopefully shine some

light on the mystery.

Also, we'll have more on

the controversial decision

by the Supreme Court concerning

life sentences for minors.

All of that, plus news updates,

and your weather and

sports when we come back.

Now we're receiving

unconfirmed reports

that the nation is under a

large-scale cyber attack.

I'm told it's suspected

of being connected

to that "Goodbye, world" text.

There have been disruptions

in basic utility service

around the country in some

of the larger urban areas,

including New York,

Chicago, Boston and...

Well, my name, Zaakir,

I'm versatile

And plus I never eat

the cow if ain't Halal

While you rap or bit our

styles in the third degree

Can you turn that down a bit?!

What?

Showcase with the voice

that's oh, so fresh

And I can still serve a

brother in a minute or less

Could you turn it down?

Huh?

Save my breath

And let my nigga Mark

7even just do the rest

Do the rest...

So do you want to bring

it up or should I?

Either way, but I think it would

help if you apologized first.

And what exactly do you

think I should say?

Uh, I don't know.

How about, "Hey, Nick,

sorry I froze you out of that

company you founded with Lily."

That wasn't a very

friendly thing to do.

He wanted to sell our

user's private information

without their...

I know. Trust me, I know.

I'm just saying this

would go a lot better

if we play nice tonight.

We have all weekend to

talk about the house.

Benji.

Yeah?

You forgot something.

Hey, hey!

Jesus. You all right?

Yeah.

Someone just blew up

a truck on the 405.

No sh*t. Really?

Yeah. People are freaking out.

This pump's dead.

Nick?

Over here.

The pump's dead.

We should go.

No, no, no, no.

Come here. Come here,

you got to see this.

We're already late.

- No, no, no, no. Quick.

- Real quick. Come on.

Come on.

You're going to love it.

I can't believe they're

still doing this.

What? Selling vegetables?

This.

Just literally a box of

cash sitting on a table

by the side of the road.

So?

So, what's to stop

me from taking it?

The Ten Commandments.

I mean in the real world.

Just kidding.

No, no, no. Thou shall not

turn on their cell phone.

Well, you need to call them

to let them know

we're running late.

There's no service here, is there?

Hey, do you have any cash?

We should bring cucumber.

Lily loves cucumbers.

Well, then I'm sure she has some.

Let's go.

You stole that?

I left my sunglasses.

That's a $200 cucumber.

It'll be worth it, I promise.

Hope so, because it certainly

seems important to you

to impress your ex-girlfriend.

It's not like that.

It's an ice-breaker.

She has a really immature

sense of humour, trust me.

Ladies and gentlemen, this

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