Aim at them with your finger

Kaylah 2022-03-19 09:01:02

If you work harder, the number of five stars will exceed four.

However, statistically speaking, this ratio should be basically constant. Five-star growth must be accompanied by a slightly faster growth of four-star. Of course, this constant can only be regarded as a short-term “constant” in the long river of human history.

The old man is so cool. The reason why I made the decision to finish watching this [boring at the beginning] movie was that I saw him use his fingers to make a pistol in a certain film review, "snap", "snap".

That's what I like to do most when I sit in the co-pilot position boringly and run on the freeway on the east coast of the United States under the big sun. Squinting his eyes, aiming at the tires of passing cars or the wood piled up on the side of the road with his fingers, and whispered "pop". I think of a poem by the famous centimeter. After going to Sun Moon Guanghua for a long time, I couldn't find it.

The old man went to a party at the neighbor's house, so I started to watch the movie. The old man's expression gradually changed from being so cool to a childlike innocence. The heart that I had been hanging gently let go. Watch him repair the dryer, talk to the girl, watch him eat Miao food, just like my elders. I looked at him full of filial piety and love, every move.

Watch him drink beer, watch him basking in the sun, watch him read Today’s Star Fortune to the dog, watch him drive his greedy son and daughter-in-law out of the house, watch him call Tao to repair houses in other people’s homes, watch him teach Tao to use swear words to become real Man, watch his hands and feet slap the stinky boy with blood... watch him walk towards death without hesitation step by step.

Which part of it, I almost cried. I forgot, but I think it’s too weak to cry.

Yeah, father, I'll listen to you. Be cool. Indifferent squinting passers-by, aim at them with their fingers and say "pop" or "pop". And love them.

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Gran Torino quotes

  • Walt Kowalski: I used to stack fucks likes you five feet high in Korea... use ya for sand bags.

  • Barber Martin: That'll be 10 bucks, Walt.

    Walt Kowalski: Jesus, what are you, half Jew?