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No. Listen.

Listen, I call people, myself

mostly, gutty, all the time.

You're insane.

I'm not. I'm not,

I'm telling you, I'm not.

All right. Sh*t. I'm

still not getting any bars.

This is getting really freaky,

how are we gonna figure it out?

Have you heard of

something called a dictionary?

I mean yeah, I've,

I've got that app.

Well the app was based on a

real thing. And I'm sure there's one

in the house.

I've never seen one.

Mom just Kindles everything.

Are, are you seriously telling

me that there's not a dictionary

in this entire house?

No, I mean don't get on

my case about it. I'm only 16.

I don't believe this.

Little miss art critic doesn't

have a dictionary in this house?

That's really, really sad.

Why is it sad?

I, I don't know, I just

feel like every house ought

to have a dictionary, even

if nobody uses it.

Why?

Because it's a part of

the infrastructure of a home.

You have the roof, you have the

front door, you have cable, and

you have a dictionary.

Maybe I should start a blog.

Judy's failed life dot com.

And this will be

the inaugural entry.

Your life is not a failure, okay.

You've got really

nice kids. You've got a cozy

house. Your career is about to

break through again. I mean

you've got a bright mind and a

really warm heart. You've got it

all as far as I'm concerned.

Well then how

come I'm not happy?

Well I'm gonna sound like

an ancient Chinese proverb, but

the best we can do is be

content. You know, happiness

only comes in brief,

brilliant flashes.

It's been a long f***ing time

since I've had one of those.

They seem to be happening

less and less for everyone I know.

Will you help me?

I mean I've got all those people

to feed and I don't know, we can

find takeout or something.

I mean how, how do

we even know what's open?

I can't call or, or search.

Well how did we

search in the old days?

I don't remember.

I remember. We used

to go to Korea Town and we

would go and we would find a

restaurant that we had never

been to before. And we would

just walk in, the sign wouldn't

even be in English. And we would

ask for the most popular thing.

On the menu and it be-became

sort of a tradition, you know.

It was like a family

bonding ritual.

And you don't do it anymore?

Never. Not since the divorce.

I mean we tried to do

it a couple times,

the girls and I, and Zoe would

find a bad review online...

But then we'd, you know,

we wouldn't go. If it's

one thing the Internet is good

for, it's convincing you

not to do something.

I used to go to all those

Korean places when I was growing up.

It feels like a really long time

since I've been down there.

In Korea, we have a

Thanksgiving called Chuseok.

You visit the tomb of

your ancestors, offer

them food and drinks.

Doesn't it seem, I don't know...

Nobody really

seems to do it anymore.

Really quiet?

Mm-hmm.

It's like all the ancient

traditions are being lost.

How long do you think

we've been out here?

I don't know.

My phone's black.

Is your battery dead?

It won't start.

Here, use my phone.

Mine's dark also.

Maybe it's an omen.

An omen.

Mm-hmm. You

want to go for a walk?

Yes. Yes, I do.

David? Huh, well. Hello? David?

It feels so strange not

to have a specific destination.

We may not have a destination,

but we have a mission.

Yes.

We will not go

hungry on Thanksgiving

Here we go.

There's like this weird

nostalgia for inconvenience.

I mean listen, were paper

letters and paper newspapers

so much better? Or

like having to wake up at six

a.m. to go wait in line to buy a

concert ticket? Oh it's so

great. Come on. Life is

so much better now.

You guys really had it hard.

Look, I'm not saying that I don't

like those conveniences. I just-

No, it's true,

something is lost.

Yeah.

No, but so much is gained.

No, but I'm not

sure it's worth it.

I mean I feel it too.

Like something has been lost.

Uh-Your silly. I-What is lost?

What is it?

I don't know,

it's hard to explain.

I mean I-I'm just curious. I'm

not trying to be difficult.

Okay, maybe it's like-

it's like the pleasure of

something was directly related

to the inconvenience.

There were little victories

that came from trying

to figure something out and

feeling needed. Like

the dictionary needed us. Maps,

newspapers, needed us.

Stores needed us. You know, I

mean you could only find the

word when you participated

with the dictionary.

It was your knowledge of the

alphabet and the time

and the care that you

took to look through it. And,

you know, dealing with all these

pages that were so thin and you

go too far this way. And then

this way. And then where is the

- - and then there it is. There

it is. You know. I mean it took

something. It meant something.

It meant something to find a

word and look it up. And now

it's just click. Just a click

and it's all the same clicking

with the same amount of

non-effort. A click to make a

reservation, click to pay your

bills, click to buy something. I

mean we've totally convenienced

our self out of being needed.

And the worst part is, is we

have taken the most sacred thing

in the world, and that's finding

love, finding a relationship

and we have reduced it

into a one-click game.

This device is, it's

trapped us inside. I never go

out anymore. I miss going out. I

miss the random sh*t that would

happen when I would go out.

I don't get it, why

don't you just go out?

Oh my god, look.

What?

Right here.

Gout.

No, go out. It's a sign.

Hello, I just said that. Go out.

I know and there it is.

Go out. We need to go out.

This, this is my new mantra.

Go out.

We need to go out.

Let's go out. We're going out.

Yeah, let's go out.

Come on, you coming?

No, you guys are weird.

- We're going out.

- I am so excited.

We're gonna go out.

We don't know what we're

gonna do, we're just gonna see.

Yeah.

We're going out.

We're just gonna go out.

Okay you're going

out of your minds maybe.

See what happens, life.

Life happens out.

What are we gonna do?

We're gonna buy, - buy a CD

We're gonna buy a 20 cent CD

for twenty - twenty two dollars.

We're gonna wait

in line for something.

We could get a dictionary.

We could get a

dictionary-Just go.

You are not

living to your full potential.

I'm not.

You spend too much

time taking selfies and

looking at yourself.

Is that a good or a bad thing?

'Cause people are always telling

me that I have a good look.

A good look is meaningless.

What is important is inside yourself.

When you say inside,

inside myself, like,

like inside myself?

What? What's in there?

Much more than your

selfie would suggest. Don't you

want to find out how much more?

Okay. How do I do that?

Your true self

will be found with quiet reflection.

Go forth now, dear Bertram,

in quiet reflection.

It's sort of beautiful out.

Yeah, it's still light.

Where are we going? Oh look.

What, really? Yeah.

Shut up.

You are not.

Look.

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