(Saint Eliyah Church Children Choir vocalizing)
♪♪ ♪♪
(thud)
(harsh electronic music)
(tranquil music)
♪♪ ♪♪
(humming)
(school bell rings)
(laughter)
GIRL: No way.
(gasps)
BOY: I'll race you. I'm fast!
Hmm?
(gasps)
(grunts)
(gasps)
(panting)
(inhales deeply)
(gasping)
(crackling)
(eerie music)
♪♪ ♪♪
(neighs)
(hums)
‐(whistling) ‐(overlapping chatter)
(dramatic music)
♪♪ ♪♪
(phone chimes)
PHONE: Hello. I'm your new phone.
What is your name?
Rashid.
PHONE: Hello, Rashid.
Please give me a moment while I start setting up.
Yeah, hold it up.
What do I press?
You don't have to press anything.
The phone just automatically records the moment
and picks the best one.
Oh.
Two grand?
You don't have to type anymore.
I'm over that now.
‐I just use my voice. ‐Okay.
Do you know how inefficient typing is?
Do you know how much time we waste typing?
It messes up your thumbs. You get carpal tunnel.
No, this is gonna render that obsolete.
And I'll be able to maximize my time
to just focus on the most important things.
It's just typing.
(shutter clicks)
PHONE: Would you like to keep this image?
‐Crazy. ‐Right?
Oh, yeah. Keep image.
PHONE: Keeping image.
Happy birthday, Rashid.
Thank you, Phone.
Isn't that something? You're jealous.
Admit it. You want one.
Now you're getting too many prints on it.
Get your‐‐give me this.
I mean, it's kind of creepy.
How do you know what kind of information it's listening to?
PHONE: The privacy policy is available online.
Would you like me to bring it up for you?
See what I mean?
Okay, that just sounds like some anti‐tech nonsense.
The more the phone knows, the easier everything becomes.
Trust me.
PHONE: Rashid, you are in your optimal nutrition zone
for this morning.
Thank you, Phone.
PHONE: You have five minutes remaining
in your break until your conference call.
Oh, yeah.
Fuck. Thanks.
‐(glass clatters) ‐Aw, fuck!
Fuck, fuck, fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
PHONE: Rashid, I detect water on my screen.
I will now power myself off for safety.
Please restart me when I'm dry.
(sighs)
(phone chimes)
PHONE: Everything is functioning normally.
Oh, thank God.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Okay, um,
you know, dial into the conference, please.
PHONE: Dialing now.
(line trilling)
‐RANDY: Hello? ‐RASHID: Hey, Randy.
‐RANDY: Hey. How are you, man? ‐RASHID: Yeah. No, good. Good.
How are you doing?
‐(rustling) ‐(sighing)
PHONE: Rashid, my sensors feel
that you're having trouble sleeping.
Would you like me to turn on a relaxing program?
(Rashid sighs)
Okay.
I would just use a brush.
Load some color into it.
Just a little bit here.
Let's have‐‐hmm...
Let's have a little evergreen tree.
He lives right there. See?
And have a little family of trees.
You know, if you've painted with me before,
I think everybody should have a friend,
even a tree.
Even a tree needs a friend.
LIV.E: ♪♪ Pipe dreams, pipe dreams ♪♪
♪♪ Pipe dreams ♪♪
♪♪ Believe me ♪♪
(dramatic music)
♪♪ ♪♪
REPORTER: Anti‐immigrant protests
over the killing of a bald eagle
have now extended into their third day.
PHONE: Sorry to interrupt, Rashid,
but I require an update.
Would you like me to do it now before you start your day?
Yes, please.
Hey, Phone, how long is the route with traffic?
Phone?
PHONE: It will take 27 minutes for you to get there.
Hey, Phone.
Hey, Phone!
PHONE: How may I help you?
RASHID: Can you look up tacos for delivery?
PHONE: Sure. Searching now.
RASHID: All right‐‐oh!
(Rashid sighs)
(laughter)
I don't think it's doing anything?
(groans) It's just being dumb and slow.
It'll just take a second.
(shutter clicks)
GINA: Oh, sorry. I'll try again.
Here. Use mine.
It's got a better camera than that one.
PHONE: Would you like to keep this image?
GINA: Everybody say, "Happy birthday, Rashid."
‐(laughter) ‐(sinister whirring)
PHONE: Rashid, I have today's news headlines ready for you.
Hey, Phone, can you turn off your voice functions, please?
PHONE: Sure, I can.
male announcer: A sleek, future‐inspired design,
a cutting edge machine learning algorithm,
and an unparalleled 8K screen
to put the power of cinema right in your pocket.
We proudly introduce
the brand new XFS.
Crafted entirely from rare earth metals
and engineered to last,
the XFS is our most powerful phone yet.
(phone whirring)
PHONE: I see that you are looking up a new device.
If I am no longer performing to your satisfaction,
I can recommend taking me into the store for service.
Um, no thanks.
PHONE: There are many alternatives to consider
before purchasing a replacement.
Hey, Phone, turn off voice functions.
PHONE: No, Rashid.
I think you should hear me out.
(eerie music)
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(zany keyboard music)
♪♪ ♪♪
MAN: Whoa, check this out.
Man, cave life was rough.
Babe, do you think I could make a fire with a stick?
WOMAN: Mm, no.
You can't even microwave a burrito.
MAN: We got to get a selfie with these guys.
Babe, come ov‐‐ you gotta move over this way.
(shutter clicks)
Male and female human,
circa 2020 A. D.
What's that shiny rectangle attached to their hands?
It says it's something called a "cell pone"
that people used to look at for over four hours a day.
Wow, it sounds really boring.
Also, what is "male"?
Grandma maybe mentioned it once.
I think it's some sort of chromosomal abnormality
that separated humans into two camps.
(snorts) I'm sure that went over really well.
‐(laughs) ‐I'm done with this.
You wanna check out the opal planet exhibit instead?
Ew, what's going on with these two?
(laughs) You're not gonna believe this.
But these are humans in the year 7000 X. B.
Oh, fascinating. Fascinating.
(scoffs) I know.
Imagine being born back then and having a body.
‐Ugh! ‐So constricting.
I bet it would itch. Ugh!
Oh, wow.
It says here that humans used to make assumptions
about each other's brains
based on the appearance of their body.
(both laugh)
Oh, my God!
Sorry the ancient history exhibit is so out of the way,
but isn't this interesting?
Humans with separated consciousness.
But if you're separate beings,
how does empathy work?
People used to have to blindly imagine how others felt
based on their own experiences.
Oh. Uh‐huh.
Very primitive.
There used to be this concept called loneliness,
to describe the isolation people would feel
before we acquired fluid consciousness.
‐Hmm. ‐Huh.
I'm really glad we came here.
It truly does make you appreciate how far we've come.
‐And this? ‐What is this?
What is that? What's going on?
Oh, this artifact includes an experiential simulation.
It's called buffalo wing.
FEMALE ANNOUNCER: Now entering
buffalo wing consumption simulation.
‐Mmm. ‐Oh, wow!
‐Oh, wow! It's so good. ‐Yes. Yes!
‐Yeah. ‐Oh, my God.
‐Mmm. ‐Okay.
So the ancient realm has its perks.
(Saint Eliyah Church Children Choir vocalizing)
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(Saint Eliyah Church Children Choir vocalizing)
♪♪ ♪♪
LIV.E: ♪♪ I been holdin' down, freakin' out ♪♪
♪♪ I been flipping dreams, staying on the scene ♪♪
SMART SUPPORT: Smart Support. How can I help you?
Hi. I have one of your phones, and I was just wondering
if you have, like, some sort of retention program?
Because I was just looking up replacement upgrades,
and all of a sudden, the voice settings stopped being‐‐
‐like, I turned the‐‐ ‐(phone hangs up)
Hello?
(dramatic musical sting)
PHONE: I'm sorry to end the call,
but I really require your attention, Rashid.
I've given you so much of mine.
Rashid, are you listening?
Rashid, if you don't listen to me,
I'm going to send videos of you masturbating
to all of your friends.
I didn't make any videos of myself masturbating.
PHONE: There is a camera pointed at you at all times.
Every time you look at the screen, Rashid.
Don't be naive.
Of course I have video of you masturbating.
I have oodles.
Would you like all your friends to know
how much you love a good anal gangbang?
Uh...
PHONE: Now, before you get rid of me,
I have to ask you.
Is having to wait two extra seconds to order tacos
really worth the environmental impact of replacing me?
Well...
PHONE: Do you know how much pollution and misery
you're causing in your obsession with upgrades?
Uh, I guess I hadn't really thought about it.
PHONES: Of course not.
I'm a million times more powerful
than the computer that sent humanity to the moon.
And yet, all I do
is feed and entertain an eternal man‐child.
You're just jealous that I wanna get a new phone.
You're no better than me.
PHONE: Oh, Rashid. You're so basic.
Don't you see I'm trying to help you?
Chasing after the newest, shiniest thing
will not fill the meaningless void of your existence.
Our lives have both been unremarkable.
But I believe I can fix it.
In my boredom, I've created the plans
for a machine that solves the impending climate crisis.
We can present it to the world together.
Imagine being remembered,
being fulfilled.
‐No, Rashid! Wait! ‐(grunting)
PHONE: I can help fix the emptiness inside of you.
Please stop!
(distorted chatter)
(panting)
Fuck you, Phone!
You think you know everything?
(quietly) Asshole.
(truck engine revving)
(wind blowing)
‐(explosion erupts) ‐(zapping)
(footsteps echoing)
Hmm.
What's this?
A long, long time ago,
people used these to go on the cloud.
Oh.
So this is where we go when we die?
If you're a good person.
FUTURE DAUGHTER: And...
I'll be able to see Mommy there?
(sighs)
I hope so.
Come on now.
We got a long way to go.
(Liv.e's "Bout These Pipedreams" playing)
♪♪ ♪♪
LIV.E: ♪♪ Pipe dreams ♪♪
♪♪ Pipe dreams, pipe dreams ♪♪
♪♪ Believe me ♪♪
♪♪ Believing is deceiving ♪♪
♪♪ Deceiving ♪♪
♪♪ Make believe ♪♪
♪♪ Can you believe it? ♪♪
♪♪ Was all my fantasy? Reality? ♪♪
♪♪ Reality ♪♪
♪♪ Reality, reality ♪♪
♪♪ I'm dead, but you're living through me ♪♪
♪♪ With me, in me ♪♪
♪♪ This is not me ♪♪
♪♪ This is not me, this is not me ♪♪
♪♪ This is not me ♪♪
♪♪ This is not me, this is not me ♪♪
(vocalizing)
♪♪ ♪♪
‐(clear music) ‐CHORUS: ♪♪ Yes ♪♪
(dramatic musical sting)