When characters in The Walking Dead universe begin to give long-winded nonsensical and unrealistic monologues about why the world is different now and why that's okay. It often times is followed by or preceding some other philosophical babble to try and enhance the "philosophically" written dialogue which is mostly anything but. These are usually written by or match the tone directly of Scott M. Gimple. Avid showruiner of The Walking Dead franchise.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods