This creep abides; I’ve never been more certain of anything in my life

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901Soccer@reddit

That's fucking interesting man. That's fucking interesting

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But, Walter was the one who convinced him to try and just talk to the Big Lebowski to see if he would compensate him for the loss of his rug, after it was micturated upon, since they were looking for him those two guys

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KoobsInABox@reddit

I know what happened, yes? Yes?

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HoboOperative@reddit

That's right, Dude. And later he expresses regret, "I could just be sitting here with piss on my rug," or something to that effect.

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2wheelsThx@reddit

Fucking Walter. Nothing changes.

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HoboOperative@reddit

Friends like these... right, Gary?

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sourdieselfuel@reddit

2 oat sodas.

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Born-Amoeba-9868@reddit (OP)

My thinking about this whole case has become very uptight

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Key-Contest-2879@reddit

It’s a fucking Swiss watch!

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philbert247@reddit

Far out

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Background_Swim_5954@reddit

Abide has multiple meanings. I never interpreted “The Dude abides” to mean he obeys or tolerates, but rather that he survives or persists. Anyone else?

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thejackash@reddit

Calmer than you are.

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datbackup@reddit

Right, now think about how Dude doesn’t mind the fact that his home gets broken into and he gets assaulted… what he minds is the rug.

Out of the rug, the b&e, and the assault, the rug is logically the least significant thing.

It’s almost like the Dude identifies with his rug…

And what is a rug?

It’s something that gets walked on

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ResourceOk8638@reddit

It really ties the room together

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skonthebass24@reddit

And they peed on it

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ResourceOk8638@reddit

Shut the fuck up, Donnie

(Happy cake day!)

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datbackup@reddit

If the room being tied together is actually important maybe he would stop people from breaking into it. Four times in the course of the movie

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thefruitsofzellman@reddit

Separate incidents!

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ResourceOk8638@reddit

FWIW, he did try to block the door, which incorrectly opens to the outside so anyone with a Phillips head could pop the hinges out, or slip a butter knife in and slide the latch back. He’s lazy, man! He’s not gonna get that door flipped around, and his LL definitely isn’t, even if the dude did come to his performance or what ever.

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BureauOfCommentariat@reddit

We had not considered that, Dude.

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2wheelsThx@reddit

Or in The Dude's case, pissed on.

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ResourceOk8638@reddit

Don’t kink shame

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Reppate@reddit

Human Paraquat!!!

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icanith@reddit

Did you not see the scene where he fell asleep on his sacred rug, listening to the sound of strikes on his walkman. Did you not see that it was Donny throwing heaters that night, and not the dude. The dude abides, just not anything that fucks with his game.
I mean come on, the Dude and his rug were the prototype for John Wick and his dog.

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Bombay1234567890@reddit

No, you're not wrong, Walter. You're just an asshole.

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ThenDoubt7980@reddit

Ok dude, I see someone doesnt want to be cheered up.

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CowPrestigious8447@reddit

We are sympathizing here, Dude!

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Remarkable_Peanut_43@reddit

Fuck sympathy. I don’t need your fucking sympathy! I need my fucking Johnson!

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strangeVulture@reddit

What do you need that for Dude?

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Bombay1234567890@reddit

Vagina?

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EuphorbiaSociety@reddit

The movie would cease to exist if this were the case.

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emeraldepiphone96@reddit

What has not occurred to OOP is that the Dude is so lazy that he can never be bothered to do what a protagonist is supposed to; be proactive. Every event he’s involved in throughout the story is someone else’s idea that he goes along with while hoping the situation resolves itself as quickly as possible. All so that he can get back to taking it easy for all us sinners.

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CowPrestigious8447@reddit

I thought the "old man said take any rug in the house" thing he pulled on Brandt was pretty pro-active. Clever, too.

Also in the end when he went to TBL's in Pasadena with Walter so they could call him out on his bullshit in person.

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emeraldepiphone96@reddit

That first one you mention is definitely pro-active. The second one is as well but that’s also because he wants out (his thinking was becoming very uptight). But the Dude abiding is the reason that the story is primarily driven through Walter’s ideas/fuckups and being kidnapped all over Los Angeles. He’s the protagonist who doesn’t want to be a protagonist (which is genius and hilarious in equal measure).

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sullyoftheboro@reddit

that had not occurred to us Dude.

very interesting take, one I'd not considered before. very interesting.

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LordButterbeard@reddit

Abiding isn't absolute pascifism to the point of being pushed over. Dude just wanted his rug back.

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thtsjsturopinionman@reddit

I don’t think new shit has come to light here, man; Walter convinced the Dude to get involved in the first place, and all he originally intended to do was ask the Big Lebowski to make him whole.

True, he escalated things a little when he lied to Brandt about having permission to take a rug from the mansion, but the whole thing kinda just snowballed from there.

He was ready to toss the briefcase at the bridge and wash his hands of the whole thing, but Walter intervened again.

And WRT the music in the cab: all the Dude did was complain; the driver threw him out. Am I wrong?

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Next-Independent-477@reddit

That rug really tied the room together, did it not?

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thtsjsturopinionman@reddit

And this guy peed on it!

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sullyoftheboro@reddit

you told Brandt on the phone, he told me. I know what happened, yes? yes?

ive thought about this before myself.

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stoneman9284@reddit

I mean it’s true and that’s exactly what the Dude would have done had Walter not talked him into confronting Lebowski

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DadGeekSupremeROC@reddit

But then he would have never met his special la…. I mean his lady friend. And then we’d never have the comfort of knowing that there's a little Lebowski on the way. I guess that's the way the whole darned human comedy keeps perpetuatin' itself, down through the generations, westward the wagons, across the sands of time until we-- aw, look at me, I'm ramblin' again. Well, I hope you folks enjoyed yourselves. Catch ya later on down the trail.

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Seven22am@reddit

I could just be sitting at home with pee stains on my rug.

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ResourceOk8638@reddit

Fucking Walter!

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MajinBlackheart@reddit

The Dude uses words and phrases he picks up from other characters throughout the film. Most of the time, he doesn't really know what they mean.

First character to say abide was the Big Lebowski.

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Born-Amoeba-9868@reddit (OP)

Would you just take it easy?

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