Alpha. Why is that "cultural satisfaction" increases desire? When you come to watch a movie, you get satisfied and return home, or go to a restaurant, or just walk and talk.
Beta. I agree, you do not watch, and watch, and watch...
Kappa. Some people do.
Beta. Yea, some do. I would not call them people of culture, what do you think?
Teacher. Confused.
Gamma. Why? I understand that if you never watched movies, you wouldn't know whether you need it, or not. You probably wouldn't know this even after watching a few movies. However, if you don't eat for a while, your body starts to bother you and it is doing so until you feed it.
Delta. By the way, if you are getting more hungry, you become less selective.
Alpha. So?
Delta. Let's see...
Alpha. What? You don't know why you said that?
Delta. ...True.
Kappa. What kind of difference does it make? It makes sense. If you like certain music, say classical, you will not listen to something completely different, say rap, even if you have not had access to any music for a long time... We are differently selective with meals and with music, right?
Beta. This is kind of obvious. Music, or books, or paintings... they are all like people. The more you communicate with them, the more selective you become, value some and are disgusted by others...
Alpha. Isn't it the same about meals?
Beta. Do you value one more and more, or hate another more and more?
Kappa. I would say the opposite. You may like eating something for a while and suddenly get sick of it.
Alpha. Don't you change your preferences in arts?
Kappa. Hmm.
Delta. Interesting... Listen, food companies try to bring new products to the market pretty often. While entertainment companies keep some kind of stereotypes as long as they can.
Gamma. Do you mean movies? But they do not show you one movie for a long time, right?
Delta. One movie? No. But the same stereotypes you recognise all along.
Kappa. And this is boring. Boring entertainment, ha-ha-ha.
Alpha. Someone said a while ago that you can read the same book over and over again. Isn't it boring?
Gamma. Sure,.. if the book is boring... But you would not read it over...
Alpha. And if it is not?
Gamma. Then, yes, I can read it over and over again.
Alpha. I will not.
Kappa. I will.
Alpha. Baloney!
Beta. Why is it baloney? Because you do not understand it?
Alpha. Because you make it up. People do not do this!
Teacher. Some people definitely do. I do.
Kappa. People read the Bible over and over again.
Alpha. Some people do, because they are obligated to. It is their religion.
Teacher. And you are sure this does not make any sense beyond the obligation?
Gamma. It always does. It is like meeting old friends.
Alpha. Ah, like in a stupid TV series!
Kappa. Well, I suspect, not all of your friends are brilliant, but you may still like them. Don't you think?
Beta. Can one like a boring person, generally speaking?
Gamma. Say, parents are boring. Someone can have boring parents. But they still can be parental, kind, lovely guys...
Alpha. I bet their kids do not take every single chance to visit the old folks.
Kappa. Probably you're right, but this is not normal.
Alpha. Why?
Kappa. You can't measure people like things! This one's useful, this one's not!
Alpha. Who was talking about usefulness?
Beta. You're talking about boredom, it is close.
Alpha. Really?
Gamma. You can love a boring person, or a dishonest one, or a criminal, or someone helpless, or stupid, or plain a jerk, or whatever negative character trait you can only imagine. I read all kind of stories like this.
Alpha. Ah, it is fiction! I got it.
Delta. Do you think, if it's in fiction, it has nothing to do with reality?
Alpha. It probably has something to do with reality, but you never know what. Anyway, you cannot base a serious judgement on fiction. What do you think?
Delta. All right. Let's look at it at another angle: are all of your loved ones perfect people?
Kappa. It is not matter of perfection at all. You don't choose friends on these grounds... I mean, whoever you choose to make friends with, is perfect for you, this is it... I don't know what that means, really.
Beta. It is the same about books, music, movies...
Alpha. ...Meals, houses, cars, tools, parks, lakes, mountains, forests, barber shops, shopping malls...
Teacher. It is an impressive list.
Delta. But those things are different.
Alpha. What do you mean?
Delta. Remember, I said this before, I just lost the idea then. If you are hungry and cannot get your favorite meal you will eat anything else. Now, if you need a ride and your favorite car is not available, you drive another one. If your favorite park is closed you can go to another one. But if your friend is sick, even unconscious, you will not go visit someone else, you go visit your friend. If you cannot find your favorite book when you want it, you will not sit and read whatever gets in your way. If you want to watch a certain movie and it is not possible for some reason, you will hardly agree to watch another one... You will better wait until you can watch that one you wanted. Say, if you like comedies, you will not watch thriller under any circumstances... I said, it is different. It is obviously different. You would understand...
Kappa. Hey-hey, let's not go there.
Delta. All right, let us not.
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