After enough time in the field, enough immoral things either seen or done, the character finds themselves now utterly desensitized to any form of compassion and understanding, only left with the pain and anguish of previous experiences.

Whether it’s in drugs, habits, lifestyle choices or otherwise the “high” or delightful feeling gained can come from pure or impure actions. In this self-destructive context, this is a feeling that cannot be subsidized, replaced or even maintained for long but will still leave the individual yearning for more, almost in the sense of a heroine addict’s need to get that high again by any means necessary.

Referring to Hollow Da Don’s infamous loss to Arsonal at Fight Klub, spelling out Hollow’s name to emphasize he ate (took) his loss while trying to act like it wasn’t part of his battle record.

• H-O [ate yo']

• L [loss]

• On the LOW [final letters of HOLLOW]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNOH4Dxsa_4

To understand the movie, much isn’t needed except for an open mind to philosophy.

At first it’s mainly dealing with the protagonists monotone life of working routine and apathy towards most aspects of his lifestyle until the grand intervention of someone on the other side of the tracks. They both hate the jobs they work, and continue to try finding some sense of meaning in their lives which ends up generally connecting all the participants in Fight Club, evaluated through Tyler’s speeches which could be cited with a form of nihilism and the general idea of “hitting bottom”, eliminating all fear and finding freedom in yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfDVLsBXYcM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo-wkv8gW6k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox7K43oQtVA

This opens the floodgates to the very basics of anarchy, working against a system influenced by consumerism that causes people to be infatuated more with the traditional “Keeping up with the Joneses” idiom than human and community growth.

Though the first known conversation with Tyler Durden appears during the protagonist’s business trip there are flashes of his figure before then, foreshadowing his entire arrival before the film even digs into it’s main plot.

“Soap. I make and I sell soap. The yardstick of civilization.”

“Tyler was a night person. While the rest of us slept, he worked. He had one part-time job as a projectionist.”

“Tyler also works sometimes as a banquet waiter at the luxurious Pressman hotel.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga8o9eepj5s

In this scene Ving Rhames‘ character, Melvin goes off on Tyreese Gibson’s character Jody for the modern perception of the spending of the average urban black male, often depicted as using wealth first on short-term material objects (butter) such as cars, clothes, and jewelry instead of something that benefits long term (guns) such as health security, artwork, insurance, stocks & bonds, business careers and otherwise.

“Guns and butter” is a model used in macro economics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_versus_butter_model

These lines are taken from The LOX song “Fuck You” including a sample of Jadakiss‘ verse at the very end.

In normal context, the line depicts a sense of untrust against most with their own devious intentions and plans to screw someone over. It becomes a metaphor for keeping your grass cut or being aware of your surroundings to spot the “snakes in the grass” – shady, conniving people that could strile at any time