I get very quiet and very still. And I say to myself-- Everyone in the world is as miserable and empty as I am.
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Wow. This is, uh, a lot to take in, Nadine. I-- I wish I knew what to say. Well, I was actually just drafting my own suicide note just now. "Dear everybody. As some of you know, I have 32 fleeting minutes of happiness per school day during lunch, which has been eaten up again and again by the same... especially badly dressed student, and I finally thought, you know what? I would rather have the dark, empty nothingness. I really would. It sounds... relaxing.
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I just thought that someone should know. I don't know how this works. I'm probably gonna jump off an overpass in front of a semi, so-- Or a U-Haul. Not a bus. I'm not gonna be a dick and make people watch. But it has to be big. It's gotta be so big that it just-- Done. Kills me. Lights out. 'Cause if it just maims me and I'm like-- Well, how's that good for anyone? Then I gotta find a nurse to smother me. How am I gonna get across "smothering" if I'm-- We don't need to get caught up in the minutia. I just thought that an adult-- You should know.
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There are two types of people in this world. The people who radiate confidence and naturally excel at life-- Yes! Yes! And the people who hope all those people die in a big explosion. [man] All right, knock 'em dead, kiddo. My brother Darian was a winner from day one and had about a million fans. Bye. His biggest one-- my mother.
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[Nadine narrating] Let me start from the beginning. Around second grade I had a realization.
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-Bye, sweetheart. -[door closes] Oh, check it out. Okay, boss lady, see you tonight.
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Nadine, we're not doing this again. You promised. Now get out of the car.
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[tires screech]
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1.9s
Are you okay?
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Over here! Run! [Nadine narrating] My childhood had become a raging Dumpster fire, and I couldn't take one more second of this intolerable, unlivable nightmare of a-- Excuse me.
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10.7s
-What are you doing? -It's going to Goodwill. All of it. Everything that's on the floor, gone. -Mom, why don't you just calm down, okay? -I'm done putting up with it.
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[cheering] That's two cups! You made it! Oh, it's in! That's two cups!
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Anyway, do you maybe wanna go for a walk or something?