Exactly this. In terms of the metaphor: you can know what you are going to get in life if you read the instructions.
I hate the way that film falls into the trap of confusing the virtue of simplicity with the dubious virtue of being an idiot.
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Dammit, I knew someone would ask this...
(Er, it was a further metaphor for, um, education?)
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