the satirical film "Idiocracy" (Mike Judge, 2005) was probably funnier as well as more far-fetched at the time of its release in a pre-MAGA America in which the political leadership of George W. Bush was evidently viewed, by some observers at least, as the prelude to an era of profound ignorance & stupidity. how unnerving to see a film in which a grotesque administration in a ramshackle White House includes brain-damaged cabinet members & a rap-star president & the slack-jawed dull-eyed populace is riotously amused by crude games/executions on the White House lawn that resemble gladiatorial combats. Mike Judd & cohort were naively optimistic to set their satire of a vulgar, intellectually diminished America in 2505; little did they know that by 2026 America an anti-intellectual, anti-scientific, anti-education & anti-democratic cult would have established political power & that satire itself--humor, comedy--would be challenged by each day's breaking news.
@BugRib@MikeBenchCapon This song is a decade older than that movie. If Fight Club can be your introduction to Where Is My Mind, then Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, and Thor: Ragnarok probably introduced great music to a bunch of kids that otherwise didnโt know music like ELO & Alice Cooper
Does wisdom always come with old age? | by Nigel Warburton (โฆ@philosophybites)
Cicero famously said that old age is the final act in the play of life. But that doesn't always mean wisdom plays a part in it. https://t.co/gj1G5nmt1A
Tonight, California voted NO on the recall and YES toโฆ
Science.
Womenโs rights.
Immigrant rights.
The minimum wage.
The environment.
Our future.
We rejected cynicism and bigotry and chose hope and progress.
Thank you, California.
A question that has nagged me for most of my life is: why am I such a bad chess player?! It doesn't square with my image of myself. I should be at least average, surely? But, no, I am shockingly bad. I'm a disappointment to myself.