43 Fahrenheit is 6 Celsius, in case you’re from a more progressive country than our main cast.
Timothy’s “it’s winter in Boston and the heat went out” plight is also inspired by personal experience (not the fault of a cheap landlord, at least not directly). It’s pretty miserable. Even if you have a warm coat, and a big thick comforter like Sparrow’s, and The Fluffiest Reseda to keep you warm.
Timothy: Nope. No, things are not going well.
The heat in my building is shut off. And my landlord isn’t responding to phone calls. Is there any chance we could . . . crash at your place tonight?
Bianca: . . .
Yes, but you’re gonna have to bring your own sleeping bag.
Can you find our address on Google Maps, or should I send Patrick to meet you at the T?
Timothy: Send Patrick. I only get online at work — I don’t have access to Google at home.
Bianca: You don’t have Internet at your place? How do you cope? What do you do?
Timothy: You know, some of us grew up in a different era, and we lived like this just fine.
Bianca: You’re six years older than I am!
Timothy: Also, I was raised in a cult.
Bianca: Ooh. Right, sorry.
Pretty clear that’s too cold inside.
Reminds me of a joke I saw recently about someone planning a trip to Italy to escape the heat as it’s 40 degrees there.
Yeah, plenty of cults live in 19th century because it was easier to control people back then. Nowadays it requires resources of government, although it scales well …
It absolutely doesn’t require the resources of a government to run a cult in the 21st century!