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[–] AlSweigart@lemmy.zip 6 points 21 minutes ago

The scene, for context:

Will: [both leaning on a pick up truck while drinking beers and smoking cigarettes on a construction site] What do I wanna way outta here for? I'm gonna live here the rest of my fuckin' life. We'll be neighbors, have little kids, take 'em to Little League up at Foley Field.

Chuckie: Look, you're my best friend, so don't take this the wrong way but, in 20 years if you're still livin' here, comin' over to my house, watchin' the Patriots games, workin' construction, I'll fuckin' kill ya. That's not a threat, that's a fact, I'll fuckin' kill ya.

Will: What the fuck you talkin' about?

Chuckie: You got somethin' none of us have...

Will: Oh, come on! What? Why is it always this? I mean, I fuckin' owe it to myself to do this or that. What if I don't want to?

Chuckie: No. No, no no no. Fuck you, you don't owe it to yourself man, you owe it to me. Cuz tomorrow I'm gonna wake up and I'll be 50, and I'll still be doin' this shit. And that's all right. That's fine. I mean, you're sittin' on a winnin' lottery ticket. And you're too much of a pussy to cash it in, and that's bullshit. 'Cause I'd do fuckin' anything to have what you got. So would any of these fuckin' guys. It'd be an insult to us if you're still here in 20 years. Hangin' around here is a fuckin' waste of your time.

[–] DrPop@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

I've never actually seen the movie, just the reference to it in Jay and Silent Bob Strukes Back. I heard good things though. Is it worth it?

[–] eaterofclowns@lemmy.world 30 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

This is a good joke but it's worth pointing out that while Boston has always had the universities, it was a very different kind of city 30 years ago. The tech boom completely changed the character of it from a roughneck working class city to a wealthy one.

If you want to see what Boston was like up until about 2000 or so, The Friends of Eddie Coyle did a great job of it. Technically it takes place in the south Shore but since we're calling Cambridge Boston here we can let that one slide as well.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 30 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

That, and he's not saying "Will, you need to go do good math." He's saying that if he's still here in 20(?) years, he'll fucking kill him. And that's because he recognizes Will, thanks to his extreme intellect (which we see isn't nearly limited to math), can go wherever he wants and do basically whatever he wants. He recognizes that unlike himself, Will chooses to stay there because he's living in fear of the unknown – that people will hurt him, something he doesn't have to worry about with his three Southie friends.

He's talking about emotional growth and self-actualization for Will, recognizing that staying stuck in the place where he grew up and was brutally abused is keeping him trapped, because that's where he feels "safe".

I know this is a joke, but it's completely misrepresenting the scene to get there, and it doesn't even seem like obviously ironic misrepresentation.

Edit: IIRC, he doesn't even say that he needs to leave Boston, just that Will still hanging around with them would be the problem.

[–] Ertain@feddit.online 2 points 7 minutes ago

Thanks for explaining.

[–] CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I just realized Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society have been the same movie in my mind, but now I realize they are two different movies.

[–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Both excellent works with Robin Williams as a primary character

[–] MrNobody@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago

Capable of such a wide range and not just being “Robin Williams”

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 62 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Have you ever driven through Boston? It truly is a feat to get out of that town

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 38 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You need a math degree to navigate those roads.

[–] dvlsg@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

My favorite part of driving through Boston is seeing icons on maps apps I've never seen before.

I like to think there's a maps dev somewhere who got requirements, and reacted with "Oh why the fuck would we need an icon with a road configuration like that? God damnit, its Boston again, isn't it"

[–] Ertain@feddit.online 1 points 10 minutes ago

I'm sure Boston has kept the Open Street Map people on their toes.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Explain to a non-American why that's funny/interesting?

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 62 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

MIT and Harvard are there, which, depending on specialty, are two of the best places in the world to do math. In addition, it's a big finance and tech town, so plenty of non-academic math to be done, too.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 32 minutes ago (1 children)

MIT and Harvard are in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is a different city on the opposite side of the Charles river.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

I mean, technically, but that's splitting hairs. It's surrounded on 3 sides by Boston, and closer to downtown Boston than a lot of Boston is.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 75 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

Boston is where MIT is.

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 1 points 33 minutes ago

MIT, Harvard is basically there, Northeastern… no shortage of places for smart people to land in Boston.

[–] Dialectical_Specialist@quokk.au 19 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

As a cheezeburger patriot, I needed this comment, thx

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 15 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I also had to double check to be sure. I thank myself for my service.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, plenty of people good at math there. Go to DC. Politicians suck at math.

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 17 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No, they're good at math, they're just doing nefarious calculations

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

I can concur

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

I thought of that (after posting my question) but according to Wikipedia:

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Cambridge == Boston?

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 minutes ago

No, Cambridge isn't Boston.

Cambridge is very close to Boston, but it's a different city. They're on opposite sides of the Charles river. These days the river is very narrow (it used to be a lot wider in colonial times, but they've drained swamps and built over them since then). The two cities have integrated mass transit systems, and it's a short walk across one of the many bridges to go between the two.

But, they're not the same city. The two places have different characters. Boston has "Southie", the Red Sox, the Celtics, the Bruins. Cambridge is much smaller and has MIT and Harvard. It has no sports teams (other than the school teams) and is a very rich and diverse city because of those rich and diverse schools. Politically it is very different from Boston. People jokingly call it the People's Republic of Cambridge because even by Massachusetts standards it is very left leaning.

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Cambridge borders Boston, and is basically surrounded on 3 sides by Boston. Harvard is about 5 km from Boston's downtown, and MIT is about 3 km.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 minutes ago

Which 3 sides? To the North-East of Cambridge is Somerville. To the North is Arlington, to the West is Belmont and Watertown. Boston is basically only to the South-East.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 5 points 2 hours ago

Yeah. It's part of the greater boston area and is across the river from the boston borders. In the cities that's close enough to be wrapped up as part of the bigger city.

[–] dog@reddthat.com 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

"You need to get out of [major American city that is one of the best places in the world to be if you're good at Math due to the universities]“

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago

Well, used to be one of the best places in the world. Now the fact that it is situated in the US kinda makes it a not very good place to go.

[–] Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Hehe "titular"

[–] ErrorCode@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

Best use of titular character is Barb Wire