I like to think of Chidi’s wave line when I’m feeling down. We’re all just riding that wave until we’re back to being part of the ocean.
Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it’s there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It’s a wave.
And then it crashes in the shore and it’s gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it’s one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it’s supposed to be.
Be like water.
Thanks for that! I need more of the good lines distilled. People miss that there’s a ton of legit philosophy in the show (I mean beyond the scenes where Chidi is directly teaching of course). It’s not just a side bit to use here and there where it helps the jokes or the narrative or whatever. I really fell in love with that, like not only was the show hilarious and FULL of interesting and likeable characters, they really made it kind of a class in (or “love letter” about?) the strengths/weaknesses/clashes to different approaches to existential philosophy.
And they did it in a way that wasn’t ham-fisted, ya know? If you already knew some, you’d pick up on it, if not, maybe you’d pick up a few tidbits here and there but otherwise, just a great show without any of that! That’s so hard to do well, idk, I’m just so impressed lol.
It’s been a very difficult year for me mentally and I’m really glad I finally started watching this show. It’s had an impact I wasn’t expecting.
When AI images took off like a year or two ago, someone made this image of our favorite architect. I stole it, and when I had the lady watch the show, I showed it to her.
People who haven’t seen the show can be confused how TF this relates to architecture. Get rekt lmao go watch the good place it’s like second to Breaking Bad on shows I don’t regret spending time watching.
Bro I literally can’t stand either of those shows. It’s almost like taste is subjective
And I love The Good Place but did not get into Breaking Bad at all (I generally don’t get into shows where everyone is awful). It’s a big world out there!
Then you won’t get the reference or be spoiled. That’s why I didn’t need to spoiler it.
Your taste is your own.
that’s funny because while the good place is one of the best shows I’ve watched, breaking bad was one dragging slog full of abandoned plot points, inconsistent characters, and dei ex machina, only carried by amazing actors who acted the shit out of a script that didn’t deserve half their effort. 4 seasons too long.
I understand the problem of it being slow for a lot of people, but I was working long hours where the days ran together so it was like one episode a day and then bed, so it all kind of made the months go by faster and bearably.
That wasn’t fun at all.
The fun part is imagining him suffering for his crimes.
He never will, but it’s still fun to imagine it.
Spoiler below: (I cannot get spoiler text to work for me for the life of me)
I mean as true as that is, saying he’s in the bad place doesn’t really matter much considering everyone goes to the bad place in the show
Whoa spoilers!
The lead singer of Spinal Tap would totally go to the Good Place, though.
Who is Chidi? Why are there multiple Christopher Columbus memes today, is it a holiday for him or something?
is it a holiday for him or something
Technically.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day
It shouldn’t be though.
Watch The Good Place, it’s on Netflix.
I don’t have Netflix but thanks! Chidi is a character from that, I guess? :)
I missed the word “in” when I first read it and was wondering is the city was much worse than it’s reputation in ways I wasn’t aware of.
ol ted seems a bit taken aback, or hes wanting to take her a-back to his place
