"I'm sorry," Jamie said. "He sounds like he was pretty cool. My dad raised me by himself, he always encouraged me to do anything I wanted. Said he knew I had it in me."
He nodded. "Yeah, I hear you there. There's a line between funny and stupid/gross, and a lot of what comes out tends to pole vault over it. Maybe you'll be the first domino in the change that brings change."
"And we can't have that," Jamie said. "I'd like to hope it's the first one, but somehow, I can't help thinking that, like, 75% are given to the safe bet. Which, like you said, is sort of depressing."