Video | Too much TV leads to questions

[fire_punk]

Tyrion, did this really happen? [Kevin holds up a pair of DVD cases. Remember that port in LA? Well, someone decided to go shopping. Take a look at the result: Game of Thrones, seasons 1-2.] Is this real?

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[yeahscience]

'Cause someone should have. It's supposed to be part of the, you know, intro process.

[fire_punk]

Well, no one did.

[yeahscience]

That's messed up, then. But... okay, whatever, now you know, right? 'Cause how'd you like it if somebody told you everything you did was fictional in some other world? You know? That'd suck ass.

[fire_punk]

[He shrugs.]

Yeah. I won't do it again. [Or he'll try to remember not to. He doesn't make a habit of thinking before he acts so it's not exactly a guarantee.]

Maybe it is. But that wasn't what I meant. I wanted to know which it was, not tell him he's not real.

[yeahscience]

Yeah, well, it is and it isn't, that's the point. It's real for him, it's... on Bluray for us. Just like the Bats. Just like whoever else.

[fire_punk]

Is it like that for all of us? That there's stories about us in where someone else is from? Or just some of us?

[yeahscience]

Nah, I don't think it's all of us. Just some. [Although he'll reconsider this in a few days, when he realizes how entirely possible this is for himself.] It's just... sorta one of those things that doesn't get talked about too much.

[fire_punk]

[He thinks about that for a while.] Why doesn't anyone talk about it? It's not like it's a bad

[yeahscience]

It's... you know, uncomfortable. Like, knowing somebody knows everything about you. Like you said, it's like the files, except if you're in a comic book or whatever then it ain't just your warden, it's like, everybody.

[fire_punk]

But it's not always the same, right? So it might say you did something you didn't or something like that. And if everyone knows anyway, what's the point in hiding it?

[yeahscience]

I didn't say everyone knows. I said everyone knows it happens sometimes. To some people.

[fire_punk]

And you said no one talks about it anyway. Like it's supposed to be a secret even though it's not.

[yeahscience]

Yeah. It's just... you know, etiquette. It's like rude is all.

[fire_punk]

Etiquette's stupid. [And it reminds him of his stepmother.]

[yeahscience]

Look, it's just about not trying to screw with anyone's head, okay?

[fire_punk]

Oh. [He thinks about that for a minute.] Okay, I guess.