“You said it was a ‘lost cause.’”

“I didn’t mean let go of the rope while she was still in the water!”

“Then what did you mean?!”

“I meant the trivial nature of life means the infinite will always be beyond us as finite, mortal beings.”

“… Greg, this is the last time I tell you to stop with the unneeded existential crises. That was the third boat hand we’ve lost out here. What is the marina going to think?”

“That life is ultimately meaningless and we should explore the thrills of life through substance based debauchery?”

“No. They’re going to think we murder these poor people. Instead of what actually happens— which is that we’re just fatally incompetent.”