Interesting observation
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Cara
Speaking of the 90s, I’m starting to think we should’ve been more alarmed by all the bored affluence movies of that era (American Beauty, Fight Club, Office Space, etc).
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I personally knew a lawyer who quit lawyering and became a bricklayer. He was very happy. And he's a good dude.
IF MAGA can't get anything else, MUTUAL misery is good enough. Trump stepping on others is all bonus sadistic 'payback' joy
It's not rocket science. It's human nature.
MAGA got scammed. And likes it better than reality
I'm in the wealthiest suburbs of Atlanta every week: mega mansions, stables, private lakes. Trump banners, flags, billboards. Have never seen even 1 Dem candidate yard sign.
Now you shift to the ol' "listen to them" rhetoric. Shall I sit down in a diner with some? 🙄
https://www.avclub.com/south-park-raised-a-generation-of-trolls-1798264498
(...and Heath Ledger's version of the Joker is a third.)
The writers of shows like SP & Futurama see the world clearer than most
Every generation puts out its own edgy, thought-provoking media.
Some members of those generations heed the true warnings of the works while others are too stupid and miss the message for the spectacle.
Same as it ever was.
That's what I think about many of the responses here.
The answer to that will probably predict a lot of your choices since
2) Ppl who don’t fit her description, can also love B&B. Both can be true.
3) You aren’t going to like my comment.
South Park and especially Family Guy have had an infinitely harsher impact.
Really, they were LIVID at Al Gore, basically for existing. They didn’t even show that rage for Streisand.
Seeing moral corruption as rebellion against inherently corrupt systems, maybe.
Oscars Rewind: How ‘American Beauty’ Lost Its Luster https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/movies/oscars-american-beauty.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk4.CUsr.1y0yLLykz8q1
Walter White, whichever Roy sibling you pulled for or Billions character, the Russian spies of the Americans. We went through a period when our best TV asked us to empathize with monsters, not just flawed characters—monsters.
Bored Americans amused at sadistic elimination of the "enemies of the state".
Robocop - mechanized police state.
Total Recall - gaslighting, everything is possible, nothing is true.
A Delorian.
A Deplorian?
Please. Not everything was invented last week.
… ridiculous.
The bad thing about the 90s is that they were great.