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<a href="https://blog.juliobiason.me"><h1>Julio Biason .Me 4.3</h1></a>
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<p class="lead">Old school dev living in a 2.0 dev world</p>
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<h1 class="post-title">The Sad Life of Walter Mitty</h1>
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2015-03-28
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<a href="https://blog.juliobiason.me/tags/movies/">#movies</a>
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<a href="https://blog.juliobiason.me/tags/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty/">#the secret life of walter mitty</a>
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<a href="https://blog.juliobiason.me/tags/rethink/">#rethink</a>
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<p>I once wrote about <a href="http://juliobiason.net/2014/11/13/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty-2013/">The Secret Life of Walter
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Mitty</a>
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and how nice story about a guy outgrowing his daydreams.</p>
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<span id="continue-reading"></span>
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<p>But today I realized I see everything wrong.</p>
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<p>The second time I watched the movie, in the scene Walter talks to Todd (from
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E-Harmony) on the top of the Himalayas, I thought "Well, that's one hell of a
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mobile company, they have signal on the top of Himalayas".</p>
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<p>The third time I realized <em>how</em> the signal was that good: Walter never went to
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the Himalayas.</p>
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<p>Let's assume that, in the story, Walter really went to Greenland and Iceland
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and came back. And then he got fired by losing the negative #25. This is where
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I believe everybody is tricked. At that point, Walter actually lost his only
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connection to the real life (his job) and descend into a full time illusion.</p>
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<p>That's why the recluse Mitty went to Afghanistan and had to give cake to guys
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with guns. That's how his call is crystal clear on the top of Himalayas. That's
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why Tood, who never really knew Walter, went to the airport to rescue him.
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That's how his E-Harmony profile suddenly was the hottest profile ever. That's
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why the piano check was so large, so he wouldn't need to worry about his
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unemployed life. That's why his mom saved the wallet. This how he finally
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manages to face Ted. That's why Cheryl is right there when he gets his
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severance check. And that's how his damn face appears on the cover of Life.
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That even explains why Sean never took the picture -- if there is no picture,
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there is nothing to show that the whole thing was a dream.</p>
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<p>When you pick the "he's in complete disconnection with reality and he lives in
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his imagination now", the whole ending stops being a succession of lucky
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happenings and starts to make sense. A sad sense, but a sense, nonetheless.</p>
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