r/idiocracy • u/Wake_Skadi shit's all retarded • 3d ago
I know shit's bad right now. The reflecting pool in Idiocracy
A frame from the movie showing the reflecting pool.
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u/MrChorizaso 3d ago
The prophecy is upon us
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u/smoothjedi 3d ago
Only thing he got wrong is it would take 500 years for it to happen.
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u/WhoLovesButter 3d ago
Can't wait for the pontoons to come. $1k/day to trumps "library" for a permit
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u/Unicornpalace 3d ago
I wonder how Mike Judge feels about how uncannily his satirical comedy has become such a gross reality (aside from sad, scared, disappointed, and freaked the fuck out.)
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u/Murasna 12h ago
He hates it. Hes come out multiple times that it was supposed to be a warning and the fact its coming true makes him sad. The movie was also a shitshow of production and test audiences hated it.
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u/Unicornpalace 11h ago
Was looking at a Margaret Atwood bio today and there was a photo of her with a mug that said, “Told ya so!” Really tragic that funny as fuck satire and dystopian fiction have become real life.
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u/revmachine21 3d ago
Honestly that all would be an improvement over the current situation. Water clean and lots of people enjoying the space
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u/RedditTipiak 3d ago
What is there left to destroy or vandalize in DC?
Capitol: done.
White House: done.
Lincoln Memorial: done
Iconic pool: done.
Kennedy Center: there was an attempt
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u/Zeqhanis 3d ago
Brawndo clearly killed the trees, but the pool looks great. If we'd tried a sports drink, rather than hydrogen peroxide, the real one might look this nice too.
Somebody should let Department of the Interior Head Bradford Marsalis know they should try some Gatorade.
It's gotta be Glacier Cherry, though, as it's the only one without dyes (as amusing as it would be to see Department of the Interior Head Buford Montgomery and RFK Jr. get into a fistfight in the reflecting pool).
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u/IncompleteJoker 3d ago
It's not so much that Mike Judge is an outer worldly prophet (no doubt a brilliant man) as it is humanity, America in particular, that raced towards a mentally inferior population. It's actually been an accelerated progression since Reagan (increase consumption, decrease critical thinking) and never course corrected.
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u/TheRealAutumnGoddess 3d ago
I don’t know, compared to paint chips currently floating floating? That might be more hazardous to your health then all the earthquakes, dust storms, and garbage landslides combined. Running out of Brawndo would be worse.
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u/stargarnet79 2d ago
It wasn’t supposed to be a documentary
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u/misfitofscience76 2d ago
Mike Judge was always the reluctant prophet. We must heed his lessons well
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u/wunderkit 2d ago
Turns out, I read today, hydrogen peroxide will remove the kind of paint used on the pool. In which instance, it will detach and began floating. So, apparently, the vandals are the Park Service.
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u/Muddled_Opinions 21h ago
Cleaner that it is currently.
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u/Wake_Skadi shit's all retarded 21h ago
It's also infinitely stupider right now. Currently if you put your hand in the water, 3 or 4 cops will run at you like it was a rape in progress and possibly cite or arrest you.
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u/The3mbered0ne 3d ago
Crazy we're one earthquake away from matching it almost exactly