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The Social Network · 2010 — 第 13 / 23 章 · 2'22" · B2

Erica Confronts Mark Over the Internet, Explained：written in ink

Erica comes to the club not to forgive Mark but to make him hear it: what he wrote is permanent. "The Internet's not written in pencil," she tells him, "it's written in ink." He tries to move the conversation somewhere private; she refuses, tells him off, and leaves. The meeting that follows shows him already expanding.

あらすじ

At a club, Erica confronts Mark about what he wrote online and refuses his attempts to move the conversation somewhere private. Then the team meets, and Mark lays out an expansion to Yale, Columbia and Stanford, handing out jobs to Dustin and Chris.

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このシーンの表現

written in ink

Permanent and impossible to undo

Erica 在酒吧对 Mark 说 The Internet's not written in pencil, Mark, it's written in ink，把他发出去的话判成收不回的账。

Once you put it in the group chat, it's written in ink.

このシーンの他の表現

  • in charge of

    Responsible for something

  • end up

    Finally arrive at a result or place

  • video game

    A farewell that belittles the whole project

このシーンのメモ一覧

54 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · B1come to a place a lotI saw you from over there. I didn't know you came to this club a lot.
表現 · B1talk to someone aloneCould I talk to you alone for a second?
表現 · A2just for a secondCould I talk to you alone for a second?
発音talk to you

liaison

Could I talk to you alone for a second?
表現 · B1hear about somethingI don't know if you heard about this new website I launched.
表現 · A2on the Internet- The Facebook? - You called me a bitch on the Internet, Mark.
発音on the Internet

weak form

- The Facebook? - You called me a bitch on the Internet, Mark.
スラング · B2bitch- The Facebook? - You called me a bitch on the Internet, Mark.
表現 · B2end up doing somethingI didn't end up doing that.
表現 · B2stop someone from doing somethingIt didn't stop you from writing it.
文法 · B2stop you from writing

verb + object + from + gerund: The structure pins the person and the blocked act together.

It didn't stop you from writing it.
表現 · C1tumble through one's headAs if every thought that tumbles through your head was so clever
文法 · C1As if every thought that tumbles through your head was so clever

as if clause: As if plus past tense marks the comparison as false.

As if every thought that tumbles through your head was so clever
表現 · B2it would be a crime to do somethingit would be a crime for it not to be shared.
表現 · B2be written in ink

Permanent and impossible to undo

The Internet's not written in pencil, Mark, it's written in ink,
発音written in ink

liaison

The Internet's not written in pencil, Mark, it's written in ink,
表現 · C1make a crack about somethingright before you made some ignorant crack about my family's name, my bra size,
文法 · B2before you made some ignorant crack

before time clause: The time clause fixes the order of the two insults.

right before you made some ignorant crack about my family's name, my bra size,
表現 · B1based on somethingand then rated women based on their hotness.
スラング · B2bullshitYou write your snide bullshit from a dark room because that's what the angry do nowadays.
スラング · C1snideYou write your snide bullshit from a dark room because that's what the angry do nowadays.
表現 · B2torture someone for somethingI was nice to you. Don't torture me for it.
表現 · B1be rude to someoneI don't wanna be rude to my friends.
発音wanna

elision

I don't wanna be rude to my friends.
表現 · A2good luck with somethingGood luck with your video game.
表現 · B1be in charge of something

Responsible for something

Chris, you're gonna be in charge of publicity and outreach,
表現 · B2start by doing somethingand you could start by getting a story in the BU student newspaper.
表現 · B1depend on somethingChris is director of publicity, and his compensation will depend on how much work he ends up doing.
文法 · B2how much work he ends up doing

embedded question clause: The clause keeps question order but works as an object.

Chris is director of publicity, and his compensation will depend on how much work he ends up doing.
表現 · B2it's time for someone to do somethingIt's time for them to see this in Palo Alto.

「Erica Confronts Mark Over the Internet」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is built on one contrast: Erica treats words as permanent, and Mark treats them as negotiable. She will not let him relocate the conversation or apologize his way out, and her line — "The Internet's not written in pencil, Mark, it's written in ink" — is the film's cleanest statement of consequences. What he published cannot be unsaid, and she will not pretend otherwise. The meeting that follows makes the point again from the other side: Mark turns the same certainty into empire building, assigning titles and expanding to new campuses. He is most in control when he stops explaining and starts issuing orders, which is exactly what makes him hard to like.

Theme

LiesErica forces Mark to face what he published, insisting that online words cannot be taken back.
PowerIn the meeting, Mark rewards loyalty with titles and expands the site to new campuses, treating people as roles to assign.

発音のポイント

  • talk to you — liaison
  • on the Internet — weak form
  • written in ink — liaison
  • wanna — elision
The Internet's not written in pencil, Mark, it's written in ink,

Erica's thesis about consequences: what goes online is recorded and permanent, unlike a private remark that can be smoothed over.

I was nice to you. Don't torture me for it.

She refuses to be punished for having been kind, turning his rudeness back on him as an accusation.

It didn't stop you from writing it.

A precise distinction: not posting the worst version does not excuse having written it at all.

You write your snide bullshit from a dark room because that's what the angry do nowadays.

Her summary of his habits: cruelty typed in private, presented as cleverness, which is what anger looks like online.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Erica confront Mark at the club?

Because of what he published about her online. She is not there to reconcile; she wants him to understand that the words are permanent and that he cannot talk his way out of them.

What does "written in ink" mean in this scene?

It means something that cannot be erased or taken back. Erica contrasts ink with pencil to say that online words are recorded and final, no matter how casually they were written.

Why does Mark want to expand to Yale and Columbia?

The site is working, and he wants it to spread to other campuses rather than stay a Harvard project. The expansion is also a way to keep control, since he assigns every role himself.

Why does Erica refuse to go somewhere private?

She does not want to make it easy for him. Staying among her friends keeps her in control, and it denies Mark the chance to smooth things over without really answering her.

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