And it looks pretty sweet, actually.
(Besides the surplus of frozen yogurt stores and flying shrimp.)
We also now know that when it comes our pre-death time here on Earth, everythingcounts.
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But what we didnt know was that our next-world overlords are playing it strictly by the numbers.
You never know where your thoughts in L.A. rush hour congestion will lead you.
I remember thinking all the time, If anybody is watching, you just lost seven points!
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And then I started to do that as I walked around and live my life.
And its not just big things.
Its not like if you save a person from a burning building, you get into heaven.
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You dont get in.
You did that one good thing, but it doesnt make up for all the other bad things.
In the original pilot script, the system was explained in even more depth.
And they werent static.
He said, Save a child from getting hit by a car.
Thats plus 4,000 points,' recalls Schur.
And you actually saw that happen.
And then he said, Poison a river with dirty chemicals.
Uh-oh, thats negative 9,610.
And then he said, But its not just the big stuff.
He went through that argument and laid that out.
It explains the premise.
Once we had that idea, there were atonof jokes.
Good ones, too.
If you just eat vegan, thats just a personal thing that youre doing, reasons Schur.
Thats just a choice that youre making about the kind of food you want and where its sustainably sourced.
Keep in mind that the point calculations can vary depending on the individual.
The reality is there is no one fixed value for any of these actions, he says.
Theres no such thing in this system as a one-time-only objective final version.
2 team is calculated here as being much worse than harming nature or your friendly server.
(Sidenote: Remaining loyal to the long-suffering Cleveland Browns will earn you 53.83 points.)
The first argument would be that its sort of like rooting for Microsoft, says Schur.
I think its a sign of good character when people remain loyal to teams.
That really makes me laugh every time I see it.
A few oddly specific ones have even been culled from real-life events experienced by Schur and his writers.
Take, for example, Maintained composure waiting in line at water park in Houston: +61.14.
That is a real event from my life when I was 13, says Schur.
I used to spend the summers in Houston.
And he was like, Yep.
And how exactly will the point system factor into future episodes?
I would say that the point system is the fundamental basis for the entire universe, right?
In fact, you might have 630.20 points riding on it.
