butterflycoffin:

 TT: A man can only spend so much time in the middle of the damn ocean with nothing but popcultural detritus and his own thoughts to keep him company.

It’d probably be a lot more Dirk-like if he fished with a knife and his bare hands but this method of fishing is the one you use to pass time. And reflect on the crap your ancestor made wishing he wasn’t so dead so you could rag on him about it.