bo burnham’s inside sentence starters
change tenses/pronouns as needed !! some lines have been edited for clarity / length / ease of roleplaying
tw : mental health , depression , suicidal thoughts , nsfw , language
‘and so today I’m gonna try just getting up, sitting down, going back to work.’
‘might not help but still it couldn’t hurt.’
‘what the fuck is going on?’
‘I wanna help to leave this world better than I found it.’
‘the world is so fucked up.’
‘I self - reflected and I wanna be an agent of change.’
‘maybe I should just shut the fuck up …. I’m bored.’
‘should I be joking at a time like this?’
‘that’s the deepest talk we’ve ever had.’
‘it’s similar to a constant state of sleep paralysis.’
‘don’t you know that the world is built with blood! and genocide and exploitation…’
‘don’t burden me with the responsibility of educating you. it’s incredibly exhausting.’
‘this isn’t about you. so either get with it, or get out of the fucking way!’
‘I hope you learned your lesson.’
‘I can’t believe it. it’s been a decade since you’ve been gone.’
‘still figuring out how to keep living without you.’
‘it’s got a little better but it’s still hard.’
‘can any single person shut the fuck up about any single thing for an hour? is that possible?’
‘the coffee is free, just like me. I’m an unpaid intern.’
‘I’m being a little pretentious.’
‘it’s pretty unlikable that I … that I have this need, this desperate need, to be seen as, uh, intelligent.’
‘it’s a defense mechanism. I’m so worried that criticism will be levied against me that I levy it against myself before anyone else can.’
‘look at where you came from. look at you now.’
‘sexting. it isn’t sex, it’s the next best thing.’
‘we’ll talk dirty like we’re ancient egyptians.’
‘jesus fucking christ, I guess I never learn.’
‘I was a kid who was stuck in his room. there isn’t much more to say about it.’
‘there isn’t much more to say about it.’
‘when you’re a kid and you’re stuck in your room, you’ll do any old shit to get out of it.’
‘you went out to look for a reason to hide again.’
‘now come out with your hands up, we’ve got you surrounded.’
‘isn’t anybody going to hold me accountable?’
‘I tried to hide behind my childhood and that’s not okay. my actions are my own, I won’t explain them away.’
‘and I’m really fucking sorry.’
‘I turn thirty in less than a minute.’
‘I used to wake up with a smile, and go to bed at night with a dream. but now I’m turning thirty.’
‘oh fuck. how am I thirty?’
‘I used to make fun of the boomers. in retrospect, a bit too much.’
‘and now my stupid friends are having stupid children.’
‘I’ll be honest with you, didn’t love it.’
‘we shouldn’t be dead forever, yet. so let’s not, right?’
‘nevermind, I don’t wanna know.’
‘I thought it’d be over by now. but I got awhile to go.’
‘I’m holding the flashlight like a cop. why am I doing that?’
‘are you feeling what I’m feeling? I haven’t had a shower in the last nine days.’
‘staring at the ceiling and waiting for this feeling to go away. but it won’t go away.’
‘well, I feel like shit. feeling like a saggy , massive bag of shit.’
‘my current mental health is rapidly approaching, um. an ATL. which is, uh, an all time low. not … not atlanta.’
‘I feel okay when I’m asleep.’
‘could I interest you in everything all of the time?’
‘you know, it wasn’t always like this.’
‘and if we stick together, who knows what we’ll do.’
‘it was always the plan, to put the world in your hand.’
‘and that has made me completely freak out.’
‘one should only engage with the outside world as one engages with a coal mine. suit up, gather what is needed, and return to the surface.’
‘in honor of the revolution it’s half - off at the gap.’
‘there it is again. that funny feeling.’
‘hey, what can ya say? we were overdue.’
‘but it’ll be over soon, just wait.’
‘don’t be scared. don’t be shy. come on in, the water’s fine.’
‘I’ve been hiding from the world and I need to reenter.’
‘you say the whole world’s ending, honey, it already did.’
‘you’re not going to slow it, heaven knows you tried.’
‘so this is how it ends.’
‘I’m slowly losing power.’
‘has it only been an hour? no, that can’t be right.’
‘am I going crazy? would I even know?’
‘oh shit. you’re really joking at a time like this?’
‘it’ll stop any day now.’
