Tommy Metz III
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It's because I don't know where I'm going. I guess what I'm saying is there's a good chance that I am greedier than I think I am. And I don't know it because of normal life and the trappings of normal life hide greed as something else. They hide greed as ease or access to. Yeah. So it doesn't feel greedy because I didn't have to do anything for it.
It's because I don't know where I'm going. I guess what I'm saying is there's a good chance that I am greedier than I think I am. And I don't know it because of normal life and the trappings of normal life hide greed as something else. They hide greed as ease or access to. Yeah. So it doesn't feel greedy because I didn't have to do anything for it.
That's exactly how I was defining greed when we were talking earlier. Okay. This is all staying in. Okay.
That's exactly how I was defining greed when we were talking earlier. Okay. This is all staying in. Okay.
There's a hole in you. And you're just trying to fill it up.
There's a hole in you. And you're just trying to fill it up.
That reminds me of a movie that I just rewatched for the 9,000th time. And I just now realized, oh, it can just be a complete study of greed in personification. Is it Wall Street? I just figured it out. Hey, I think this movie might be about green to a certain extent, like the dumbest guy in the world. No, there will be blood. Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood.
That reminds me of a movie that I just rewatched for the 9,000th time. And I just now realized, oh, it can just be a complete study of greed in personification. Is it Wall Street? I just figured it out. Hey, I think this movie might be about green to a certain extent, like the dumbest guy in the world. No, there will be blood. Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood.
Because Daniel Plainview is just acquiring to acquire. And at the risk, I mean, he loses his family. He loses all friends. And at the very end, he just commits murder in a bowling alley and then goes, I'm finished. That's an incredible, that's someone who is completely leaking. and doesn't have anything to fill up his life with, right?
Because Daniel Plainview is just acquiring to acquire. And at the risk, I mean, he loses his family. He loses all friends. And at the very end, he just commits murder in a bowling alley and then goes, I'm finished. That's an incredible, that's someone who is completely leaking. and doesn't have anything to fill up his life with, right?
Because it keeps not solving the problem.
Because it keeps not solving the problem.
yes i took a class in college it was called on death and dying it was a real retreat of uh of a class and all we talked a lot about how the accumulation of wealth of art is just a denial of death that you're trying to have some sort of a legacy that look if i own this if i have this then somehow i am going to live on for forever
yes i took a class in college it was called on death and dying it was a real retreat of uh of a class and all we talked a lot about how the accumulation of wealth of art is just a denial of death that you're trying to have some sort of a legacy that look if i own this if i have this then somehow i am going to live on for forever
Right. You know what? Do you feel does it make any difference of the fact that you legitimately like the phone and like using all of the knobs that you're not just putting it on a shelf, you will actively use it and use the heck out of it. Like you're such a tech and device guy. Does that give it more worth to you? Does that help placate your or no? Because it's still a thing.
Right. You know what? Do you feel does it make any difference of the fact that you legitimately like the phone and like using all of the knobs that you're not just putting it on a shelf, you will actively use it and use the heck out of it. Like you're such a tech and device guy. Does that give it more worth to you? Does that help placate your or no? Because it's still a thing.
And I don't just better. I mean, that does feel like not a rationalization that feels like a justification in effect. Okay.
And I don't just better. I mean, that does feel like not a rationalization that feels like a justification in effect. Okay.
Yes. I, well, yes, it was important to, There's no real reason for these two bookcases to be where they are behind me. One is filled with DVDs and Blu-rays. One is filled with books and plays and things that I've read.
Yes. I, well, yes, it was important to, There's no real reason for these two bookcases to be where they are behind me. One is filled with DVDs and Blu-rays. One is filled with books and plays and things that I've read.