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Call Me

The girl I loved in high school was with the co-

captain of the varsity lacrosse team, and 

I wanted to take her from him. 

Club Scene | The Social Network

Sean Parker :

I read your blog. 

Mark :

You know, no, that was 

for web cretins. 

Sean Parker :

You know why I started Napster? 

The girl I loved in high school 

was with the co-captain of 

the varsity lacrosse team, and 

I wanted to take her from him. 

So I decided to come up 

with the next big thing.

Mark :

I didn't know that. 

Sean Parker :

Napster wasn't a failure. 

I changed the music industry 

for better and for always. 

It may not have been good business, 

but it pissed a lot of people off. 

And isn't that what your Facemash was about? 

They're scared of me, pal, and 

they're gonna be scared of you. 

What the VCs want is to say, "Good idea, kid, 

the grown-ups will take it from here." 

But not this time. 

This is our time. 

This time, you're gonna hand 

them a business card 

that says, "I'm CEO, bitch." 

That's what I want for you. 

So where the hell is Eduardo?

Mark :

He's in New York.

Sean Parker :

Sucking up to ad execs. 

Mark :

He's got an...

Sean Parker :

An internship. The Company's here. 

A billion-dollar company's here.

Do you live and breathe Facebook?

Mark :

Yes. 

Sean Parker :

I know you do. Wardo wants to be a businessman 

and for all I know he's gonna be a good one, 

but he shouldn't be in New York 

kissing Madison Avenue's ass. 

This is a once-in-a-generation, "holy shit" idea. 

And the water under the Golden Gate is freezing cold. 

Look at my face and tell me I don't 

know what I'm talking about. 

Mark :

Do you ever think about that girl? 

Sean Parker :

What girl…? 

The girl from high school 

with the lacrosse thing. No.

A Theory

You're not an asshole, Mark. You're just 

trying so hard to be.

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. 

Mark :

Did you know there are more people 

with genius I.Q.s living in China 

than there are people of any kind 

living in the United States?

The Girl :

That can't possibly be true.

Mark :

It is. 

The Girl :

What would account for that? 

Mark :

Well, first, an awful lot of people live 

in China, but here's my question :

How do you distinguish yourself in a population 

of people who all got 1600 on their SATs?

The Girl :

I didn't know they 

take SATs in China. 

Mark :

They don't. I wasn't talking 

about China any more, I was 

Talking about Me.

The Girl :

Yes. 

Mark :

I could sing in an acappella 

group, but I can't sing. 

The Girl :

Does that mean you actually 

got nothing wrong? 

Mark :

I could row crew or invent a $25 PC. 

The Girl :

Or you could get 

into a final club. 

Mark :

Or I get into 

a finals club. 

The Girl :

You know, from 

A Woman's Perspective, 

sometimes not singing in an 

a Cappella group is 

a good thing. 

Mark :

This is serious. 

The Girl :

On the other hand, I do 

like guys who row crew. 

Mark :

Well, I can't do that. 

The Girl :

I was kidding. 

Mark :

And, yes, I got nothing 

wrong on The Test.

The Girl :

Have you ever tried?

Mark :

I'm trying right now. 

To row crew?

The Girl :

To get into a final club. 

Mark :

To row crew? No. Are you, 

like, whatever, delusional? 

The Girl :

Maybe it's just -- sometimes you say two things at once. 

I'm not sure which one I'm supposed to be aiming at. 

Mark :

But you've seen guys 

who row crew, right? 

The Girl :

No. 

Mark :

Okay, well, they're bigger than me. 

They're world-class athletes. 

And a second ago, you said you like 

guys who row crew so I assumed 

you had met one. 

The Girl :

I guess I just meant I like the idea of it. 

You know, the way a girl likes cowboys. 

Mark :

Okay - Should we get something to eat? 

Would you like to talk about something else? 

The Girl :

No. It's just since the beginning of the 

Conversation about finals club, I think 

I may have missed a birthday. There are really 

more people in China with genius IQs 

than the entire population... 

Mark :

The Phoenix is the most diverse. 

The Fly Club... Roosevelt 

punched the Porc. 

The Girl :

Which one? 

Mark :

The Porcellian, the Porc. 

It's the best of the best.

The Girl :

Which Roosevelt?

Mark :

Theodore. 

The Girl :

Is it true that they send a bus around 

to pick up girls who want to party 

with the next Fed chairman? 

Mark :

So you can see why it's 

so important to get in. 

The Girl :

Okay, well, which is the 

easiest to get into?

Mark :

Why would you ask me that?

The Girl :

I was just asking. 

Mark :

None of them. That's the point. 

My friend Eduardo made $300,000 

betting oil futures one summer and 

Eduardo won't come close to getting in. 

The ability to make money doesn't 

impress anybody around here. 

The Girl :

Must be nice. He made 

$300,000 in a summer?

Mark :

He likes meteorology.

The Girl :

You said it was oil futures. 

Mark :

You can read the weather, you can predict 

the price of heating oil. 

The Girl :

I think you asked me that because you think the final club that's easiest to get into is the one where I'll have the best chance. I... 

The Girl :

What? 

Mark :

You asked me which one was 

the easiest to get into 

because you think that 

that's the one where 

I'll have the best chance. 

The Girl :

The one that's the easiest to get into would be 

the one where anybody has the best chance. 

Mark :

You didn't ask me which one was the best one, 

you asked me which one was the easiest one. 

The Girl :

I was honestly just asking, okay? 

I was just asking to ask.

Mark, I'm not speaking in code.

Mark :

Enca. 

The Girl :

You're obsessed with finals clubs. 

You have finals clubs OCD and you 

need to see someone about it 

who will prescribe you some sort of medication. 

You don't care if the side effects 

may include blindness. 

Mark :

Final clubs. Not "finals clubs." And there's a difference 

between being obsessed and being motivated. 

The Girl :

Yes. There is. 

Well, you do. That was cryptic, so 

you do speak in code. 

The Girl :

I didn't mean to be cryptic. 

Mark :

I'm just saying I need to do something substantial 

in order to get the attention of The Clubs. 

The Girl :

Why?

Mark :

Because they're exclusive. And fun, 

and they lead to a better life. 

The Girl :

Teddy Roosevelt didn't 

get elected president 

because he was a member 

of The Phoenix Club. 

Mark :

He was a member 

of The Porcellian, 

and yes, he did. 

The Girl :

Well, why don't you just concentrate on 

being the best you you can be? 

Mark :

Did you really just say that? 

The Girl :

I was kidding. Just because 

something's trite 

doesn't make it less true. 

Mark :

I wanna try to be straightforward with you 

and tell you I think you might want to 

be a little more supportive. 

If I get in, I will be taking you to the events 

and the gatherings, and you'll be meeting 

a lot of people you wouldn't 

normally get to meet. 

The Girl :

(horrified) You would 

do that for me? 

Mark :

We're dating. 

The Girl :

Okay - Well, I wanna 

try and be straightforward 

with you and let you know 

that we're not any more.

Mark :

What do you mean?

The Girl :

We're not dating any more. 

I'm sorry. Is this a joke?

The Girl :

No, it's not. 

Mark :

You're breaking up with me? 

The Girl :

You're gonna introduce me to people 

I wouldn't normally have the chance to meet? 

What the... What is that supposed to mean?

Mark :

Wait, settle down.

The Girl :

What is it supposed to mean? 

Mark :

Erica, the reason we're able to sit here and drink right now 

is 'cause you used to sleep with the door guy. 

The Girl :

"The door guy"? His name is Bobby. 

I have not slept with the door guy. 

The door guy is a friend of mine, 

and he's a perfectly good class of people. 

And what part of Long Island 

are you from, Wimbledon?

Mark :

Wait. Wait, wait. 

The Girl :

I'm going back to my dorm.

Is this real? 

The Girl :

Yes.

 Then wait, I apologise, okay?

I have to go study.

Mark :

Enca?

Yes?

Mark :

I'm sorry, I mean it. 

The Girl :

I appreciate that, but I have to go study. 

Mark :

Come on, you don't have to study. 

Let's just talk. 

I can't. 

Mark :

Why? 

The Girl :

Because it is exhausting. 

Dating you is like 

dating a StairMaster. 

Mark :

All I meant is that you're not likely to... Currently... 

I wasn't making a comment on your appearance. 

I was saying that you go to BU. 

I was stating a fact, that's all, and 

if it seemed rude, then I apologise.

The Girl :

I have to go study.

Mark :

You don't have to study. 

The Girl :

Why do you keep saying 

I don't have to study? 

'Cause you go to BU. Do you 

want to get some food? 

The Girl :

I am sorry you are not sufficiently 

impressed with my education. 

Mark :

And I'm sorry I don't have 

a rowboat, so we're even.

The Girl :

I think we should just be friends.

Mark :

I don't want friends. 

The Girl :

I was just being polite. I have no intention 

of being friends with you. 

Mark :

I'm under some pressure right now from 

my OS class and if we could just order 

some food, I think we should... 

The Girl :

Okay, you are probably going to be 

a very successful computer person. 

But you're gonna go through Life thinking that 

girls don't like you because you're a nerd. 

And I want you to know from the bottom 

of my heart that that won't be true.

 It'll be because You're An Asshole. 

We're Smegged.

Red Dwarf - Series 10 - We're Smegged - The Making Of Series 10

"We were in some holes --

We were in some holes, 

that... y'know --

We could quite easily have 

had The Walls cave in."

-- Danny John Jules

Maybe Your Arm is in Valhalla

Lady Sif Death Scene | Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Thor :

Sif, it’s me, Thor.

Lady Sif :

Odinson?

Thor :

You’re missing an arm.

I’m gonna get you home.

Lady Sif :

No! Leave me here.

I want to die A Warrior’s Death.

On The Battlefield. In battle.

And then I can claim 

My Place in Valhalla.

Thor :

Oh, I hate to break it to you, 

but for A Warrior to get 

into Valhalla, you have 

to die in The Battle.

You survived.

Lady Sif :

Oh, shit.

Thor :

Maybe your arm is in Valhalla.

What happened here?

Lady Sif :

(SIGHS) I’ve been hunting a madman.

I followed him here, but it was a trap.

Thor :

Who is this madman?

Lady Sif :

The God Butcher is coming.

He seeks the extinction of The Gods.

Asgard is next.

The Labyrinth of Death

WALKING DEAD SEASON 6 EPISODE 4 "HERE'S NOT HERE" - The art of peace.

(bleats)

Eastman :

You shot at me. I fed you.

Please don't hurt her.

Good night.

(goat bleats)

Shh. Shh.

(door closes)

(lock clicks)

(snarls)

(squelches)

Eastman :

16 hours in 19 on the floor.

( he samples the goat's cheese )

Oh! Oh, that is-- oh, 

that's terrible!

That-- oh, God, that is-- 

that is terrible. (gags)

Eastman :

I just wanted to wait a little 

while before we talked.

I'm from Atlanta.

I'm a forensic psychiatrist.

The State employed me to determine 

if certain people who did very bad things 

would do them again if they were 

released from prison.

That was my job. 

Now I live here.

Because of the state of The State 

and the whole world.

What did you do or 

what do you do now?

Morgan :

I Clear.

Eastman :

What the hell does that mean?

Morgan :

Walkers, people, anything that gets 

anywhere near me, 

I kill 'em. I Clear.

Eastman :

Why?

Morgan :

Because that's why 

I'm still here.

Eastman :

Well... that's the biggest load 

of horseshit I ever heard.

Here's your lunch.

(tab snaps)

(goat bleats)

Eastman :

It's PTSD. You've been 

through trauma, right?

Morgan :

You see that blood on 

the end of my stick?

At the sharp end?

That was two men.

Father and son, maybe.

I stabbed one through the throat.

He just fell to the ground with it 

stuck in him trying to breathe 

through the blood.

Other one I strangled. 

No rope, just my hands.

That was the day before I came here.

Maybe-- maybe the same day.

I-- I don't know.

But that's What I Did.

That's What I Do.

Eastman :

You killed a  lot of people?

Morgan :

Yes.

Eastman :

They were threatening 

you, attacking you?

Morgan :

Not all of them.

Eastman :

You save anyone?

You saved people.

Pointless acts.

Morgan :

Everybody turns.

Eastman :

I saw a wedding ring.

You had someone 

you loved, didn't you?

Children? Oh. 

You loved them.

You loved them a lot 

if you're like this.

You saw it Happen.

That's how this 

started, right?

It's all happening right in front 

of your eyes over and over.

Your Body's here, but
Your Mind is still there.

There's A Door and 

You want to go through it 

to get away from it, so you do 

and it leads you right back 

to that moment.

And you see that door again 

and you know it won't work,

 but, hell, maybe it'll work.

So you step through that door 

and you're right back in that 

horrible moment every time.

You still feel it every time.

So you just want to stop 

opening that door.

So you just sit in it.

But I assure you, 

one of those doors 

leads out, my friend.

Morgan :

I don't have any friends.

Eastman :

Get to know me.

Morgan :

Oh, I'm gonna kill you.

Eastman :

Why?

Morgan :

Because I Have 

to Clear.

Eastman :

See, that's the thing. You don't.

(scoffs) We're not 

built to Kill.

We don't have claws 

or fangs or armor.

Vets that came back with PTSD, 

that didn't happen because 

we're comfortable with Killing.

We're not. We can't be.

We feel. We're connected.

You know, I've interviewed over 

825 people who've 

done terrible things --

I've only met one evil person.

Some of them were born with bad brains.

Some of them got sick along the way.

The rest were just damaged people.

Traumatised themselves like you, 

but they could heal.

Some more, 

some less, but 

they can.

We all can.

I know it.

It's all A Circle and 

everything gets a return.

The Door is open.

That Door right there. 

The cell door, it's open.

I threw The Key in 

The River a while back.

I'm not gonna hold you anymore.

I can't stop you. Go, clear.

Or stay, crash on the couch, and 

we'll try to find you 

another way.

The Door's open.

It's been open all along.

You stay or you go.

Those are the choices.

I will not allow You to Kill Me.

I will not allow that.

Morgan at The Crossroads

Fear walking Dead 4x01 Morgan, Jesus scene part 2

( pounding on door )

The Jesus : 

If you're gonna hit me with 

Your Stick, don't open The Door.

Well, you know... if 

you're gonna try.

( sighs ) Looks like you've 

settled in... out here.

I thought maybe we could 

continue our acquaintance.

"Here" and "there" are just labels.

It's all one place.

You could do all this 

somewhere else.

Or... well... in 

the same place... 

somewhere else.

( chuckles ) Come on.

The reason we fought is 'cause 

you wanted to protect people.

You care about people.

You should be with them.

♪

( pounding on door )

Carol : 

It's me. Come back 

to The Kingdom.

You helped me. You did.

Let me help you.

I don't want to tell you 

what to do. ( sighs )

But you know who I am... 

and I know who you are.

You belong with people 

who care about you.

( banging on door )

Rick Grimes, The Sheriff :

Come on, Morgan!

You can hide... but 

you can't run.

Look, I wouldn't be here if it 

wasn't for you. I wouldn't.

I was hurt. ( sighs )

You brought me in.

You didn't have to.

Morgan, you don't have a gunshot 

in your side, but... you are hurt.

Come back with me.

Don't wait this time.

Don't...waste one 

more second.

You're alive.

You're part 

of The World.

Look, I'm here now -- a lot of people are 

here now -- because you helped me.

Right at The Beginning.

Morgan :

That's not Me anymore, Rick.

Rick Grimes, 

The Sheriff :

It is.

You'll end up with people 

one way or another.

You're connected.

It'll be a shout from 

outside that door.

Me askin' for Help... Maggie.

You're a part of The World already.

You'll find your way back to it,

'cause it will find its way 

back to you, so just... 

come back. ( chuckles )

Well, like I said, you can hide... 

but you can't run.

♪

( door clanks, hinges creak )

( door closes )

I lose People, and then

I lose My Self.

Venusian Aikido

Venusian Aikido

1911

 

"Advertisers ‘judge the character of The Reader 

by the character of The Periodical’."

-- George French, 

Advertising : The Social 

and Economic Problem, 1915

"The argument of the broken window pane 

is the most valuable argument in modern politics."

-- Emmeline Pankhurst, 

Votes for Women, 23 February 1912

The Suffragettes, Black Friday and two types of window smashing

Katherine Connelly 

18 November 2010

History

The photograph the government tried to hide. Suffragette Ada Wright collapses through police violence on Black FridayThe photograph the government tried to hide. Suffragette Ada Wright collapses through police violence on Black Friday

‘The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics’, declared suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst

A hundred years ago today (on Friday 18th November 1910) a suffragette deputation to the House of Commons met with a six hour onslaught of police brutality resulting in the Suffragettes beginning a huge window smashing campaign in protest.

The attack was so horrendous, the Suffragettes remembered the day it happened as ‘Black Friday’.

Today, when the government and right-wing press are declaring moral outrage at the smashing of a window in the Milbank Tower, many activists have been looking back to the inspiring examples of suffragette direct action.

The anniversary of Black Friday gives us an opportunity to ask why the Suffragettes attacked property and whether the tactic helped the movement.

Black Friday, police violence and the cover-up

On 18th November 1910 the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), the main militant suffragette organisation, had called a ‘Women’s Parliament’ to challenge the legitimacy of the Westminster Parliament which excluded all women.

They had recently discovered that the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, who was deeply hostile to women’s suffrage, had announced that no more time would be given to a Bill which would give the vote to some women.

In response the ‘Women’s Parliament’ sent a deputation of 300 women to the House of Commons where they were met with ranks of police. For six hours women were batoned, beaten, punched, thrown to the ground, kicked on the floor and had their faces rubbed against railings in full view of the House of Commons. There were also widespread reports of police sexually abusing the demonstrators. They repeatedly pinched and twisted their breasts, lifted their skirts, groping and assaulting the women for hours.

The true cost of Black Friday would only be known some time after the event. At least two women died as a result of their injuries that day. Another woman who had been badly treated by the police and was arrested for stone throwing a few days later died after being released from prison on Christmas Day 1910. She was Emmeline Pankhurst’s sister, Mary Clarke.

The cover-up followed swiftly after. When the Daily Mirror published a photograph of suffragette Ada Wright lying collapsed on the ground, her hands clutching her face, the government tried to stop the newspaper being sold and ordered the negatives to be destroyed.

To add further shame to the government’s record, the Home Secretary, one Winston Churchill, refused to permit a Government inquiry into the events of Black Friday.

From the introduction of the Bill that Asquith sabotaged until Black Friday the WSPU had called a ‘truce’ on militancy. Now that truce was well and truly over as the WSPU launched a campaign of window smashing.

Black Friday – a turning point

The window smashing campaign and the suffragette attacks on property were in part a tactical response to police violence. Why let yourself be hurt and abused for hours before being arrested on a demonstration when you could shorten the whole process by smashing a window and obtaining instant arrest?

It was also a political statement. The suffragettes were exposing that the government cared more about a pane of glass than a woman’s life (force feeding for hunger striking suffragette prisoners had been introduced in 1909) or a woman’s political rights. If property was the government’s priority, then property was a target.

However, it was also part of a move away from the collective action and mass mobilisations that had characterised the early years of the militant suffragette movement. Christabel Pankhurst, one the of the leading figures in the WSPU, had become completely dismissive of the capacity of working-class women to fight for their rights. She now looked to heroic individuals or influential (generally rich) women to win the struggle.

Her sister Sylvia Pankhurst, a socialist suffragette, later recalled that Christabel felt ‘a working women’s movement was of no value: working women were the weakest portion of the sex: how could it be otherwise? Their lives were too hard, their education too meagre to equip them for the struggle’. [1]

It was not, however, the end to all suffragette demonstrations although they changed in character considerably. In June 1911 the WSPU organised a Coronation Procession in honour of the new King. The modern equivalent would be the anti-cuts protestors of last week suddenly deciding to celebrate Prince William’s already-tedious engagement!

Meanwhile, Christabel Pankhurst ensured that suffragettes kept their distance from the new social movements that were emerging. 1910 also marked the beginning of the Great Unrest – a huge wave of strike action which included women workers and which terrified the government. If the WSPU had wanted to co-operate with this new movement it is very likely their combined strength would have forced the government to concede.

The East London suffragettes around Sylvia Pankhurst did attempt to link up with the new movements, working with socialists and attending the May Day rally as suffragettes alongside huge numbers of East End workers. In the end it would be Sylvia’s attempts to unite with other progressive movements that would see her forced out of the WSPU by Christabel who was unable to tolerate Sylvia’s appearance on a platform alongside Irish trade unionist James Connolly at a meeting protesting at the employers’ lock-out of workers in Dublin.

Militancy from below

Was direct action, then, inevitably incompatible with collective action? In fact window-breaking emerged as a response to the government’s failure to listen to mass action.

In 1908 the government challenged the suffragettes to prove that votes for women had popular support. When the suffragettes organised one of the biggest demonstrations ever seen at that time in Hyde Park the government refused to alter its position. It was immediately after this, and an earlier bout of police violence, that the suffragettes threw their first stones – through the windows of 10 Downing Street.

Much of the direct action undertaken by suffragettes was pioneered by militants since described as ‘freelance’ [2] – they acted without the permission or foreknowledge of the WSPU’s more conservative leaders. These women were often closer to socialist ideas than their leadership.

Mary Leigh was one of the first two window-smashing suffragettes. She was a working-class woman with a deep commitment to militancy, and she was one of the first suffragettes to endure forcible feeding. She was also a socialist who worked with Sylvia in the East End campaigns and publicly spoke out against the WSPU leadership’s support for the British state in the First World War.

Her closest friend was Emily Davison – who committed the most famous militant act of all: disrupting the Derby Day race by running in front of the King’s horse, an action that, in collision with the horse, cost her her life. She too was sympathetic to socialist ideas and was involved with the newly-formed Workers Educational Association (WEA).

Sylvia Pankhurst herself was amongst the most militant of the suffragettes, suffering repeated imprisonments where she undertook hunger, thirst, sleep and rest strikes.

There were many other suffragettes with socialist sympathies who, like these examples, were at the forefront of the struggle, undertaking some of the most famous militant actions. For them, however, the individual acts of vandalism or sacrifice were part of a wider struggle against a system that not only excluded women from its political institutions but also oppressed working-class people and indulged in unjustifiable wars.

Suffragette militancy continues to inspire today. The broken pane at Milbank Tower has brought the suffragettes charging back into political debate. Activists insisting that smashing education is far worse than smashing a window are right when they point out that the Suffragettes did not win the vote by asking politely or avoiding windows.

However, there were two traditions of militancy. One began to substitute individual heroism for a mass movement and moved away from wider questions of equality in society. Its focus became increasingly narrow and began to reflect the politics of the richer women who Christabel sought to lead it.

The other tradition is the tradition that Sylvia Pankhurst stood in. Militancy was a part of the movement, not in opposition to it. They used militancy to capture peoples’ imagination and to pull them into a wider struggle against oppression everywhere. That is the tradition that can help us build the resistance today.

Notes

[1] E.S. Pankhurst, The Suffragette Movement An Intimate Account of Persons and Ideals (London: Virago Press Limited, 1977 – first published 1931), p.517

[2] See L. Stanley and A. Morley, The Life and Death of Emily Wilding Davison (London: The Women’s Press, 1988)

Katherine Connelly

Kate Connelly is a writer and historian. She led school student strikes in the British anti-war movement in 2003, co-ordinated the Emily Wilding Davison Memorial Campaign in 2013 and is a leading member of Counterfire. She wrote the acclaimed biography, 'Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire' and recently edited and introduced 'A Suffragette in America: Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change'.