a ridiculous idea
Each individual has this absurd notion of this predisposition - Hey, looks like John Hinckley.Slacker · 1990 — 第 18 / 22 章 · 3'13" · B2
Oblique Strategy Cards on the Street, Explained：blaze of glory
One man hands over a dubbed tape and rants about the myth that most of the brain goes unused. Then a woman offers oblique strategy cards, asking a passer-by to think of something and draw one. The cards deliver lines like "It's not building a wall, but making a brick."
あらすじ
A man passes on a dub of a tape and argues that the idea of dormant potential, of unused brain power, only frustrates people. He praises a film where a man goes out in a blaze of glory. Later, a woman offers oblique strategy cards and lets people draw one at random.
注目の表現
dormant potentialblaze of gloryfast-forwardonto something
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このシーンの表現
blaze of glory
a spectacular final success
He describes an ideal life: short and simple, ending in a burst of brilliance.
The old car went out in a blaze of glory.
このシーンの他の表現
- dormant potential
unused inner ability
- fast-forward
skip ahead
- onto something
close to a discovery
- a dub of my copy
a copy made from mine
- water weight
fluid retention
このシーンのメモ一覧
50 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
limitless ability
He has this-this unending potential, this dormant potential...appositive clause: The that-clause spells out what the idea is rather than describing it.
this stupid idea that 95% of the brain is unused...access and use
and that if we could tap into that we would just have...unreal conditional: If plus could with would marks a hypothesis that is not actually true.
and that if we could tap into that we would just have...Link tap, into and that into one run.
and that if we could tap into that we would just have...the only thing it does
All it does is frustrate man.emphatic all-clause: All it does is stresses that this is the only effect, followed by a bare verb.
All it does is frustrate man.a made-up mix of lies
It's just a concoction of lies...destroys with a gun — Violent slang; keep it out of formal descriptions.
Let me fast-forward to the part where he blows away his camera.a constructive step
Every action is a positive action.rhetorical question: The question is not asking for an answer; it asserts that nothing is better.
What could be better than a short, uncomplicated life?rock music, or a cheer — A casual cheer between friends, not for formal use.
Rock 'n' roll.The v in must've nearly disappears in fast speech.
He must've been onto something, man.a copied recording — Music and film fan jargon; formal text uses copy.
So this is a dub of my copy. You think you'd want a tape of this?unlicensed broadcasting here it means illegal underground broadcasting
Yeah, I have some friends in Kansas City. Pirate TV, man.release or circulate
If you think you could get this out, I think it really should be shown.continue searching for
- Keep looking for those TVs. - Yeah, TVs.an unstated purpose
Hey, you got "Honor thy error as a hidden intention."none are the same
No two cards are alike. Think about whatever you want and take a card.out of revulsion
"Withdrawing in disgust is not the same thing as apathy."using up room
And that's taking up a lot of space this month.Run as many as together without pauses.
Oh, sure, yeah. You can have as many as you want.hold an idea aside
You can buffer your last thought or think about something new.construct a whole wall
"It's not building a wall, but making a brick."my whole day
That's right, man. That's been my day entirely today.a day of progress
I can't believe it, man. I told you I was having a breakthrough day today.「Oblique Strategy Cards on the Street」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a portrait of a subculture built on borrowed ideas and used objects. The first man is handing out a dubbed tape and a theory he half understands: everyone believes in unused brain power, he says, and it just makes them unhappy. His praise for a film that ends in violence — "What could be better than a short, uncomplicated life?" — is the closest the film comes to a creed for its drifters. Then the scene turns to the cards, which are the perfect object for this world: random instructions that feel like wisdom. "No two cards are alike. Think about whatever you want and take a card." The advice, "It's not building a wall, but making a brick," lands on a day he calls a breakthrough, which is funny because nothing has happened.
Theme
PhilosophyThe scene trades in half-digested theories of potential and action, and offers random cards as if they were guidance.
AbsurdityA man treats a violent ending as a noble creed, and a card that says make a brick is called a breakthrough.
このチャプターで学べること
- A slogan can make destruction sound positive.
- The tape becomes proof that a strange idea worked.
- Cards here are a way to reset your thoughts.
- He talks about a body like it is a machine.
発音のポイント
- tap into that — Link tap, into and that into one run.
- must've been — The v in must've nearly disappears in fast speech.
- as many as — Run as many as together without pauses.
Every action is a positive action.His attempt at a philosophy: no act is wasted, which lets him praise even a pointless, destructive one.
What could be better than a short, uncomplicated life?His romantic idea of an early, dramatic death, offered as both a question and a way of life.
No two cards are alike. Think about whatever you want and take a card.The rule of the game: the randomness is the point, and any personal question can be answered by a card drawn at random.
"It's not building a wall, but making a brick."The card he draws, which he reads as advice to take things one piece at a time and then calls his whole day.
このシーンについての質問
What is the man ranting about?
He says the belief in dormant potential, especially the idea that most of the brain is unused, is a lie that only frustrates people. He calls it a concoction of lies that drives people to act.
Why does he praise the film?
In the film he is passing on, a man destroys his own camera and goes out in a blaze of glory. That romantic, violent ending is what the man admires.
What does the woman do with the cards?
She shuffles them and offers one to anyone who passes, asking them to think about something first. She says no two cards are alike and they can draw as many as they like.
What does the man say about the card he draws?
He reads it as a perfect description of his day, and says he is having a breakthrough day. The card simply says it is about making a brick rather than a wall.
What does the woman explain with the cups?
She uses them to show a menstrual cycle, with twenty-eight cups and different colours for the days before a period. It is part of the scene's mix of theories and everyday facts.
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