• Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Fuck

    Idiocracy went from funny because it’s so unbelievable. To unfunny because it’s too real. But now it’s starting to get unbelievable again as it portrays a future that’s too good to be true.

    Will that make it funny again?

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      I don’t know how to tell you, but it was always very believable.

      Like everything apart from them choosing the smartest guy in the room was very spot on.

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        6 hours ago

        the only problem with it was the weird eugenicsy angle it had. You don’t need to “breed dumber people” if you just brainwash all but the top .01%.