I’m doing myself out of work here but we need fewer pieces about the relevance of Nineteen Eighty-Four and more about Idiocracy - ThreadSky

dorianlynskey.bsky.social • 6 days ago

I’m doing myself out of work here but we need fewer pieces about the relevance of Nineteen Eighty-Four and more about Idiocracy

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michael-cycle.bsky.social•6 days ago

Ow! My balls!

davidpattie.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yep. We need to keep on remembering that this is the guy who said 'what about injecting bleach?'

steelycitydan.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thinking of investing in Brawndo futures right now

sananda.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s got what plants crave

infamousgrouse.bsky.social•6 days ago

Still sounds like another Origin Story episode to me ☺️

jtatlife.bsky.social•6 days ago

To make it more classical, I might put up 'Are we in 1984 or Brave New World?' in the next OS Patreon Q&A...

padstowwhis.bsky.social•6 days ago

Kakistocracy.

dorianlynskey.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yes but Idiocracy is a film

kellyapostol.bsky.social•6 days ago

Between that and Office Space, there's an argument to be made that Mike Judge is a prophet.

toxicavenge.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'd like someone to write a piece on why Mike Judge makes everything he does so difficult to watch. I had to pirate Idiocracy.

dorianlynskey.bsky.social•6 days ago

Seems to be on Disney+ in the UK at least

wadeywade.bsky.social•6 days ago

It was a good year for pop

robmanuelyeah.bsky.social•6 days ago

Idiocracy is pretty great on a Trump like figure as president, but it's got a eugenics vibe in all the stuff about, we got this way because only the stupid had kids

dorianlynskey.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yeah that’s not great. I remember having an album in 1992 called Stupid People Shouldn’t Breed

thurberteam.bsky.social•6 days ago

We are speed-running Brave New World, I will die on this hill.

0-adrian-0.bsky.social•6 days ago

indeed

jamesh1977.bsky.social•6 days ago

My take is that Green Day’s American Idiot is the most prophetic protest song of all time.

pilkijam.bsky.social•6 days ago

How about Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We"? Would that be better than 1984?

dorianlynskey.bsky.social•6 days ago

I love it but it’s nothing like Trump’s America

pilkijam.bsky.social•6 days ago

True. US is a cross of The Purge and The Handmaiden's Tale. Self imposed travel ban until who knows when.

blaisepascal25.bsky.social•6 days ago

Don't forget Back to the Future II

awildkaelin.bsky.social•6 days ago

why not both

kellypardekooper.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yes! Idiocracy + WALL-E

danielbayley.dev•5 days ago

Could call the podcast episode ’Ow My Balls! What Now?’

frankraymondtia.bsky.social•5 days ago

Luke Wilson being the new George Orwell may the best thing that happened this week.

charley62.bsky.social•6 days ago

Less like 1984 and more like the beginnings of the Depression and that did not end well.

rheidae.bsky.social•6 days ago

You mean what we’re witnessing isn’t 257 dimensional chess?? How can u be sure…??? I mean apart from that…and that…and that…and that…and that…and that…I mean I could go on

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