Zinging zingers

Joe writes on his computer.  Brinkley on the floor next to him.
And cut between Joe and his computer screen.
     JOE (V.O.)
Do you ever feel you become the worst
version of yourself?  That a Pandora’s
Box of all the secret hateful parts –
your arrogance, your spite, your
condescension — has sprung open.
Someone provokes you, and instead of
just smiling and [...]