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Look I consider myself a realist all rightbut in philosophical terms I'm what's called a pessimistUm okay What's that meanMeans I'm bad at partiesHeh Let me tell youYou ain't great outside of parties
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True Detective

I'd consider myself a realist, all right? But in philosophical terms I'm what's called a...

Detective Rust Cohle:
I'd consider myself a realist, all right? But in philosophical terms I'm what's called a pessimist... I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware. Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself. We are creatures that should not exist by natural law... We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, that accretion of sensory experience and feelings, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody's nobody... I think the honorable thing for our species to do is to deny our programming. Stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction; one last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal

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Look I consider myself a realist all right
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but in philosophical terms I'm what's called a pessimist
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Um okay What's that mean
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Means I'm bad at parties
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Heh Let me tell you
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You ain't great outside of parties either
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I think human consciousness
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was a tragic misstep in evolution
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We became too self aware
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Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself
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We are creatures that should not exist by natural law
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Huh That sounds god fucking awful Rust
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We are things that labor under the illusion
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of having a self
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this accretion of sensory experience and feeling
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programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody
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when in fact everybody's nobody
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I wouldn't go around spouting that shit I was you
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People around here don't think that way
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I don't think that way
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I think the honorable thing for species to do
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is deny our programming
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stop reproducing
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walk hand in hand into extinction
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one last midnight brothers and sisters
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opting out of a raw deal
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Duration
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Timestamp in Movie
00:15:46
Uploaded
Mar 08, 2026
Season
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Movie Summary

Seasonal anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

Actors

Matthew McConaughey
Detective Rust Cohle