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Aristus

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8. Watching the 'comedy' "Idiocracy" was one of the most profoundly depressing media experiences I've

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 03:24 PM

May 2016

ever had.

I was in a funk for days after seeing it.

I haven't watched it all the way through after that one time.

I've tried to come back to it based on its guarded optimism; that even the idiots of the future know there's a problem and want someone smart to fix it.

But an America in which Donald Trump is a major-party candidate for the Presidency is too close to the film to want to go back and watch it.

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'Idiocracy' Realized: How Our Current Situation Is Worse Than the Film Predicted [View all] polly7 May 2016 OP

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Watching the 'comedy' "Idiocracy" was one of the most profoundly depressing media experiences I've Aristus May 2016 #8