It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television.
“Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I'd hide my face in the dark, I wouldn't want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday.”
“If you see swarms of guys coming around you, you have to try and avoid being stuck on the kerb.”