23 quotes
Denial and Confession in Bugonia
Teddy Gatz
Everybody denies it at first. And then they confess.
[after slapping Michelle]
Recognition and Understanding of Identity
Teddy Gatz
I know who you are. I know what you are.
Confrontation with a personal enemy
Teddy Gatz
That's for Don, you fucking virus.
[bashing Michelle in the kneecap]
Acknowledgment of Effort and Humanity
Michelle
You're a credit to your species, Teddy, truly.
Teddy
Well, I'm just... trying to help.
Understanding Differences in a Hollowed Society
Don
How can you tell them apart?
Teddy
Well, you have to know where to look. There are signs.
Don
What about these people?
Teddy
No, no, they're fine. I mean, they're not fine-fine, but hollowed. You know, like the rest of us. Harmless. Hopeless. And that's the way they planned it. To make us the same as the bees. A dead colony, atomised in a trillion directions with no way home again.
Hair Shaved Off in Unexpected Moment
Michelle
Where's my hair?
Teddy
Your hair has been destroyed.
Michelle
You shaved off my hair?
Teddy
Yes, we've shaved off your hair.
Michelle
Why have you shaved off my hair?
Teddy
To prevent you from contacting your ship.
Michelle
My ship?
Teddy
Your ship.
Michelle
What ship?
Teddy
Your mothership.
A Struggle Between Grief and Professionalism
Teddy Gatz
I want you to know... this is really difficult for me as well. You killed my family, you killed my community, you killed my co-workers and you killed the bees. So given that, you should really appreciate how professional I'm being by not gutting you.
The Complexity of Bee Society and Exploitation
Michelle
About bees? Uh... Complex society. Work ethic. They do their duty, they build their worlds without complaint or piety or self-obsession.
Teddy
Mm-hmm. All true. Which is why they're so easy to exploit, right?
Michelle
I just admire their resolve. That's all. Even in the face of peril.
Leveling the Playing Field, Not Torture
Teddy Gatz
We're just leveling the playing field. It's not torture. Torture is what it's done to us.
Strict Diet and Therapy for Aging Gracefully
Michelle Fuller
I mean, I follow a very strict reverse-aging diet and therapy program. It's very expensive, as you can imagine, but I'm not an alien.
Winning and Losing in Life
Michelle Fuller
You can't beat me because you are a loser and I'm a winner and that's fucking life!
Grammar as a False Construct in Bugonia
Michelle Fuller
I guess grammar is a false Andromedan construct as well.
Critique of University Credentials and Privilege
Teddy Gatz
A degree from a university? From a credentialist scam for laundering privilege? Amazing.
Critique of Modern Activism and Authenticity
Teddy Gatz
99.9% of what's called activism is really personal exhibitionism and brand maintenance in disguise.
Confrontation and Frustration in Bugonia
Michelle Fuller
You miserable fucking idiot, do you know what you've done?
A Conversation About Past Mistakes
Casey
Look, Teddy, um, I know it was a long time ago, what I did to you, man...
Teddy
It's fine.
Casey
No, it wasn't fine. It was wrong, but I promise you it's not because I liked it. It was just, you know, probably some weird power thing. I was-I was young and lost, and I promise you, dude, I never, ever did that to anybody else.
Teddy
Just forget it. It's done. Seriously.
Casey
Really?
Teddy
Mm-hmm.
Adjusting Work Hours for Flexibility
Michelle
The 5:30 thing.
Corey
Uh-huh?
Michelle
Look, I know you sent the e-mail already, but I need you to let everyone know that they're free to leave at 5:30 from now on, starting today, okay? But do it in a way that's, you know, what we talked about.
Corey
Yeah, of course.
Michelle
We need to send the message that we have a new culture here now. Where people should, of course, feel free to leave at 5:30 and be with their families. No one is going to be overworked like in the past. No more unpleasant incidents. But, of course, it's not compulsory. And obviously, if people still have work to do, they should absolutely stay and continue to work. But it's not strictly enforced. Although we still do want to meet quotas. So if we can do that, just remembering, you know, we are running a business here, so "let your conscience guide you" kind of thing. Yeah? Good.
Corey
I'll definitely let them know.
Challenging Norms and Institutional Beliefs
Teddy Gatz
Because I know exactly what you're going to say. You're going to say that I'm in some kind of Internet-induced autohypnotic feedback loop, and-and gatekeepers, and-and norms, and all that weak hegemonic horseshit. But that is precisely the limp-dick rhetoric that you've been instructed to counter the human insurgency with. That's the fucking hyper-normalized dialectic by which you've convinced seven and half billion people that they're not your captives. To keep us believing in these fucking false institutional, fucking shy-boleths'.
The Beauty of Nature's Simple Connections
Teddy Gatz
It all starts with something... magnificent. A flower. Just a flower. Then a honeybee. Very fragile. Very complicated. The bee gathers pollen and deposits it in another flower's stigma. It's like sex but cleaner. And nobody gets hurt.
Human Resistance and Ethical Principles Explained
Teddy Gatz
Welcome to the headquarters of the human resistance. Despite our general suspicion and disavowal of all extant governing bodies, and despite the fact that you, as an Andromedan, are not subject to the human rights guidelines detailed in the Geneva Conventions, we nevertheless endeavour to adhere to those guidelines out of the humanist principles to which they aspire.