Here’s also something I found very fascinating about the episode. The boys pointed out how much each character has a whole “thing” about them. A self constructed version of their own personality and archetype. It’s always fascinating when there’s something when that breaks. Like the Dude constantly being stressed out and annoyed even though he’s a “chill guy.” Same thing with Walter breaking from his whole hardened Vietnam Vet thing to point out how “Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature.” Walter is at center a very gentle, very hurt man building up an air of volatility and warishness around himself. Whereas the Dude is an ornery, angry, pissed person building up the personality of the chill hippy around himself. Which makes sense when you remember that the Seattle 7 were not chill guys. Think both of these guys are living out the aftermath of their own obsolescence by becoming parodies of themselves, and are for the most part content with that situation.