IDIOCRACY Opening Scene (2006) Mike Judge

[@huihuiev2329]

'The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.'- Charles Bukowski

[@grouchomarxist666]

Bukowski cribbed that from W.B. Yeats

[@huihuiev2329]

@@grouchomarxist666 Its true tho

[@grouchomarxist666]

@@huihuiev2329 Without a doubt!

[@paulfri1569]

Great point 👉

[@bratprince2007]

Also warning labels.... removing them is a step in right direction.

[@songohan3321]

I am crying inside because of the fact that this comedy has somehow transformed itself into a documentary.

[@ValerioRhys]

That's racist.

[@Arch497]

I wouldn't want to be living in Trumpistan right about now

[@jcvargas0982]

Son Gohan I know, but don’t be sad. I’d like to think we are long ways away from: “ButtFu-ers” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@magiv4205]

@@Noawen Oof

[@KJ-qc3qd]

Yes AOC and the Democratic Party

[@magiv4205]

Well this aged like wine

[@Stupiddumbmanditoryhandle]

Poisoned wine.

[@gstv8453]

@@Stupiddumbmanditoryhandle why?

[@cheapandeasy1715]

You spelt milk wrong.

[@MicroageHD]

Not all wine ages well...

[@magiv4205]

You misunderstand the concept of "aging like wine". It doesn't say anything about the quality of the wine, but about the accuracy. Milk ages poorly, so if everybody in America suddenly was a stable genius, this movie would have aged like milk because it would be very inaccurate. Wine on the other hand ages well, so because Idiocracy is unfortunately reality now, it aged like wine.

[@rawsupershow123]

Well, this movie is always becoming scarier...

[@hauscchildt6418]

Very interesting profile picture 😭😏

[@Zevis48]

Tired of redditors and liberals mentioning this movie. Niggas think they got 9001iq for mentioning the movie in comment sections.

[@Tahaha9]

really exponentially scary...

[@JoePedo]

I remember watching it when it came out and thinking "Mike Judge is too charitable to humanity. That's more like 50 years in the future". 15 years later I realize I was too charitable.

[@user-ss4qt8wr6v]

Haha brilliant comment!

[@JoseJimenez-vc7we]

Charitable is like "thats too complex to think abou"

[@Jean-Denis_R_R_Loret]

It's not the future, it's happening right now.

[@e.w.3989]

Hello random commenter, it’s me, a random commenter. Listen, I know the world can look grim at times. I know the world feels like the circus, but you have to remain optimistic. All the stupidity in the world is just noise. If you want the world to feel better, then find a quiet spot and read a book. You’ll realize how many quiet geniuses there are. Always remember that idiots are loud and geniuses are quiet; so if you hear about another gorilla glue girl story, just remember that it’s only noise and not a fair representation of the world. Have a nice day!

[@GreatNorthWeb]

eh. 15 or 50, what's the difference? "yeen"

[@holmesmoss540]

One of my favorite horror movies of all time.

[@pokr122]

HOLMES MOSS it’s a comedy!! Sheesh.

[@galaticpark]

Me too.

[@kjxnz]

Ughhh scary

[@Cornerstanding]

I think it's called reality

[@martinb.770]

@@Cornerstanding It's not CALLED reality, is IS reality. And truth hurts, but it hurts the wrong people.

[@knutthompson7879]

The saddest thing is how they thought it would take 500 years. It hasn’t even been 20

[@samuelcheung4799]

The creator said his prophecy was just 490 years too early

[@somethingtojenga]

The right leader of idiots can raise up every single idiot's reproductive appeal in society...

[@dddux]

Yes! I somehow remembered wrong that it was 50y into the future, but I've watched it recently and was surprised. But the point is it hasn't even been 50, not even 20... 😒

[@AgeismGoesBothWays]

Low intelligence isn't the main problem - dysfunction, irresponsibility and selfishness are. Even someone born with a high IQ can act like an idiot. The good news is we can act better, if we choose to.

[@dddux]

@@AgeismGoesBothWays Yes, society lacks more accountability, common sense, honour, compassion these days. All men traits... that's what matriarchy brings. Chaos.

[@jamesshaw6474]

I wanna find this funny but it's borderline disturbing because of how accurate it is. I genuinely feel like stupidity gets rewarded in modern society

[@teddy98100]

Just watch Adin Ross. In a normal world thst guy would scrub toilets.

[@daintydalmatian]

@@teddy98100💯💯💯💯

[@Rkenton48]

Yep, and the stupid almost elected a Queen.

[@andreistirbu2733]

This movie is like nothing else. Even its lack of success to the masses confirms its message.

[@fatpotatoe6039]

BAHAHAHA

[@meestersecure9060]

Hits too close to home for some

[@chinabluewho]

With one out of five people in America (the richest country on Earth) being on food stamps so they don't starve to death, this film is one of those ,"better not to remind folks how we screwed ourselves".

[@sadhu7191]

But whoever screws the most and makes most money is the smartest.

[@JukeboxWithJay]

Don’t look up is pretty similar

[@divefraggle]

This movie needs to go on a gold record and be launched into space.

[@christiancolossus5165]

@@retroactivecontinuity3622 Too bad the immense chasm between your ears isn't.

[@christiancolossus5165]

@@retroactivecontinuity3622 Baaa

[@ancylostomiasis]

We must hurry then, before anything could no longer be lauched.

[@marcusbrasilite]

Dunno if it's a good idea, have you seen that movie Pixel?

[@elvondrago96]

and that is one of the reasons why predictions of alien invasion will happen, because they will take advantage over our race! XD

[@overworlder]

Lol. Took 10 years not 5 centuries

[@jimmyjames8573]

Yeah well shut up

[@ubaygaper6349]

Sad but tru

[@jimmyjames8573]

@Soon Forgot u know I was quoting the movie right? Lol

[@hamentaschen]

@Michael Fisher: For a split second I didn't understand. Then it hit me. LOL. So freaking true!!

[@rupertmurdoch4750]

Everyone universally agrees this is the smart people versus Trump and his supporters right?

[@ILoveEndlessMike]

The fact that Crocs were the choice of foot wear for the movie cracks me up and also makes me want to cry. In 2006 Crocs were pretty much unknown. The wardrobe director just thought that they were dumb look and something idiots would wear in the future. Cut to about twenty years later…. And yeaaaaah. Ouch

[@3p1Kf41L]

Man you're really dumb, people wore crocs frequently back then too

[@tikusblue]

That's not exactly true. The story is that crocs were a new startup at the time they filmed the movie in 2004. The director was worried that they might become popular already by the time the movie came out in 2006, but they used them anyways thinking they wouldn't be popular anyways. Crocs launched their first large campaign in 2005. It went well and in 2006 the popularity of Crocs skyrocketed. So the director was right that by the time the movie was out, the shoes were already popular. But it didn't end up being an issue, because people just thought it was funny that he had the now popular shoe in a movie filmed 2 years prior. Of course like anything trends rise and fall, and by 2010 crocs were already losing popularity. Then recently they had a resurgence along with other early 2000s brands.

[@Atemar98]

They are comfy, wearing heels is much more dumb to me

[@dearlily325]

crocs walked so those bubbly sandals could run

[@sguzaki4545]

Crocs didn't make feet contort into full of foot problems

[@JK-yd5ro]

It's happening now as we speak

[@baileypaliolonga5620]

I expected to see this comment.

[@JK-yd5ro]

@@baileypaliolonga5620 makes sense

[@DendelionBlu]

@@baileypaliolonga5620 Well it is literally happening RIGHT NOW... you don't see it?

[@baileypaliolonga5620]

@@DendelionBlu Of course I see it... That is why I said I expected to see this comment.

[@uphorik]

Been saying this movie is a preview of the future since this movie came out. Now more than ever though, Mike Judge is proving himself to be a visionary.

[@kids123123123]

How did this not win an Oscar for Best Documentary ?

[@joedaylight]

it was ahead of its time as we didn't knew any better.

[@themoreyouknowfools4974]

Damn Oscars and their political correctness, am I right?

[@joedaylight]

@@themoreyouknowfools4974 this movie warned us and we didn't listen Also the only movie that will win oscars is the hit movie @$$

[@shefchenko111]

It went to the Matrix. :D

[@Bazzyboss]

@@joedaylight Warned us about what? There have been idiots and intelligent people for decades. If you compare things like maths teaching in many countries material that used to be taught in university has been moved forward to high schools. More people have access to higher education and world literacy rates have improved. By what metric has the world gotten dumber? IQ scores are quack science.

[@VV-iq6sh]

This movie was too optimistic, it won't take 500 years, it is already happening.

[@GregJoshuaW]

pretty much happened - past tense.

[@celieboo]

I remember seeing this movie in 2006 when I was 25/26 and going, "yup. We're waiting until the right time, too." Fast forward to 2015. We had our first and obly child when i was 36. We weren't able to have anymore due to secondary infertility. Through tears, I told my, husband "we turned into the smart couple from Idiocracy!" 😢

[@MatthewChristianMurray]

And he nodded while sipping his bottle of Brawndo, which has electrolytes!

[@froglover4203]

Even since I was a 4 year old in preschool I've wondered why people wait so long to have kids. What is "the right time" anyway? Shouldn't starting a family be more important than money? And, aren't you aware that having children later in life increases the likelihood of conditions such as ASD, Down Syndrome and Fragile X? Also, yea, I'm completely aware I'm being a pretentious аsshοlе.

[@MusicalMemeology]

Fertility drops massively in females the difference between 22 and 32 is something like 80% less.

[@grantcoleman8547]

@@MatthewChristianMurray It's what plants crave.

[@Ibl4m35oC13TY]

ha you know the truth... it actually happened...

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

A film ignored by the masses, buried by the studios and made very little money tells you one thing, posterity and relevance traverses any age once the message gets out there.

[@Shikuesi]

Like "a prophet is not without honor save in his own century" or something

[@paulfri1569]

Shut it down 👇 The g.o.y.s know....

[@edwardgill1882]

The studios decided ultimately not to mock their sponsors. The film took off and gained a cult following when it hit DVD.

[@AAWT]

@@edwardgill1882 As if Hollywood respects it's audience in any way.

[@Buckboy2024]

Yes! Agreed, so: Let’s vote blue and make orange the new fired!

[@RaiderDelic]

This great movie 🎬 went from being; -a comedy 😃, -to a horror 😱, -to a documentary 🤦🏽‍♂️.

[@dankyjoker]

It's called predictive programming.

[@rabbieburns2501]

not that bothered about the comment .. but, it was on 999 likes, I had to give you the thousand

[@hrothgarnogar]

HAHAHA what an original comment no one has ever said before!!!!

[@dankyjoker]

@@hrothgarnogar whatever you're talking about took 1009x more brain power than you'll ever be capable of producing.

[@hrothgarnogar]

​@@dankyjoker Are you serious? Are you from the Idiocracy or something? You couldn't comprehend what I was saying? How hard is it to comprehend: "IQ averages are rising globally"??? Are you stupid?

[@eagleowl833]

I gotta be honest, the president was pretty smart (for a politician at least) Instead of blaming his political rivals for the crop shortage only to act like its not happening, he Instead got the smartest man in the world to solve the problem.

[@shinjiuchiua7820]

True most politicians wouldn’t rely on it let an expert give his opinion they’d rather do whatever makes them more popular in the moment

[@Sentralkontrol]

Too dumb to be deceptive but the second smartest man

[@daflammingtoaster4212]

​@Sentralkontrol you act like deception and manipulation are positive traits to have.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

@@daflammingtoaster4212not at all. They suggest that you have to have a working brain in order to actually tell a lie. That is all.

[@boobo]

President is Biden level intelligent.

[@_therestlessbandit]

This ain't just a movie anymore, it's reality and we are in the middle of it now.

[@DarkAngelEU]

It's not reality if the masses prefer dipshits to be president over actually smart people.

[@WAX1138]

Except in the movie its presented as a natural process when in reality theres a large intentional element to this reality

[@DarkAngelEU]

@@WAX1138 That's a great philosophical question that might not have a single resounding answer.

[@marusdod3685]

@@WAX1138 it might've been intentional at first for political reasons and then trickled up to all elements of society

[@marusdod3685]

@Central Intelligence Agency i hate glowies

[@dibari22]

Combine this movie with Wall-E and we have a shockingly realistic look at the future.

[@jessecunningham4283]

Add the terminator franchise since people are so focused on Artificial Intelligence and to equip them with weapons

[@StrawmnMcPerson]

*present.

[@bleakambition495]

Hey maybe we’ll get a hint of Oppenheimer! 💀💀 💥 🌍

[@aron8949]

Combine it with the Lorax

[@ZeldaSam1]

God, kill us all now!!!

[@jj4483love]

The most important movie of our time, that everyone mistook for a comedy.

[@michaelweston1042]

Just like 1984 or Animal Farm.

[@johncook9392]

Oh its a comedy, regardless of whether or not you WANT to laugh :)

[@RhonnyTufino]

I know.. watching the whole thing today made me cry?

[@robertagren9360]

1984 became true this year.

[@michaelweston1042]

@Amtrakn Metalhead Classics, there was The Net as well.

[@MUISHAGGY572]

2006: its a funny movie 2023: its reality

[@flavoredwallpaper]

*It's

[@SZ-ed2gt]

👍🏼

[@thatpanfairy7176]

Damn

[@ayemane2828]

Hmm...17 years later...it's almost as if the kids that were being born then, are adults now.

[@MustHaveWine]

I don't know whether to laugh...or cry....

[@carsheaven]

Smart people think too much and dumb people think too little.

[@jankohrasko2224]

no shit

[@25thturtle48]

I agree because I am smart

[@jimmyjames8573]

And u tren hard eat clen anavar give up

[@serkg4672]

I can't fathom this statement. It's true, but it was said in way that it could be taken as sarcastic or it was really meant to sound super obvious. Man. Maybe I'm thinking too much.

[@georgivanev7466]

And every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes

[@accidentalmadness1708]

It’s painful how real this opening in. The few smart well off relatives I have only have a kid or 2 while all the trashy relatives have at least 4 each (6+ with multiple women in a few situations). If you think this movie is a joke it’s not it’s a warning. Edit: I’d like to point out I’m also an idiot

[@Tempusverum]

There’s a 17 year old kid in my dad’s trailer park who already has 5 kids and counting. I spent my entire 20’s studying in college and am just getting started with my career at 30. It’s not funny

[@Huia87]

I am from New Zealand originally (culturally and economically very similar to the USA) and it is similar there. My cousin who has the most children of mine used to use and deal crystal meth. His parents were alcoholics who my old money left wing grandfather gave control of a 5000 acre farm with 950 cattle and 7500 sheep to because he felt sorry for them. My cousin's mum once ran up a $100K tab on alcohol at a pub in a nearby town and she billed the farm account... no wonder they always struggled financially... anyway, their son has SIX children to three different women and abandoned his now ex wife with whom he had three of them. Dude is a sociopathic trainwreck and he's had more kids than most of my other, more sane, stable cousins put together. So it's not just the US 😳

[@aredub1847]

@@Huia87 hey can i have that farm though?

[@twiff3rino28]

@@Tempusverum 17 is an adult.

[@Tempusverum]

@@twiff3rino28 Not in his case

[@7napoleon]

2006 - Hahahaha, this movie is funny. 2021 - OH shit, this is happening.

[@timleith3794]

You mean, "2016 - OH shit, this is happening."

[@anonymeese]

You can now, in 2021, buy a thing that makes your firearm look like a lego gun.

[@Roenick272]

Yes, the humans in a few years!

[@DeadSpectre329]

*tearful chuckle* Eeyup.

[@delta250a]

Well since a lot of them aren't getting the vaccine they are thinning their own herd now.

[@KingVulpes]

This movie should be re-released in theaters

[@jwew7690]

and show it and trump's inauguration speech

[@leftymcshotty4784]

This turned from an outrageous comedy, into a warning about our potential future, into a documentary, into a wildly optimistic future where people recognize that intelligent people should be in charge.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

... ... I didn't think about recognizing intelligent people should be in charge as optimistic... I'm more horrified.... wow...

[@jasonbuford496]

@@TragoudistrosMPH Intelligent people should never be given power

[@chisalaneme3797]

If you think intelligence is all that is required to rule, you're not that intelligent.

[@brs4018]

@@jasonbuford496 And because of people like you progress stucks... You are a good point against democracy

[@si_w8201]

The key is recognising which are the actual intelligent people...

[@davids7550]

The most prophetic movie I have ever seen. The scariest movie I have ever seen. The only thing they overestimated was the 500-year thing. More like last Tuesday.

[@rlm4471]

It wasn't prophetic. The US has been on its current path since Reagan was in office. The rise of the Christian right, the criminalization of psychedelics, trickle-down economics, deregulation and deunionization, the abolition of the FCC's fairness doctrine, and so on - all of it could only lead us to where we are now.

[@b44rt]

The only comedy that turned into a documentary!

[@JohnDemetriou]

You must not know about Mike Judge at all friend

[@timpyrules]

Wow what an original joke. Comedic genius over here

[@zippyplow]

Boss Cat poor guy doesn’t realize disinfectant Donnie and his failed administration are the butt of this joke

[@TizerakYT]

@@zippyplow typical dumbass lib dem

[@larryhall7998]

@BIG ANTHO 'how many more liberal" English a second language?

[@nordstar2698]

Overshot by 482 years but otherwise a very good historical documentary!

[@Rob801]

yep, this is where we are at, and the world of V for Vendetta is where we will be within a couple years... starting Jan 20.

[@psyberdelicxp6042]

The opening scene hits so close to home. All of my dumbest friends have a pile of kids, amd no plan. My wife and I who are educated, generally level headed, planned for our future, waited until we could support a family, and are struggling to have a child later in life.

[@mac_o7]

You don't plan for kids. You accidentally have them and scramble to fix it later.

[@Doc_89]

"....to have a child later in life." And there-in lies your problem, "later ". A man can produce offspring, well into his 80's A woman on the other hand (yes, lefties, that's a XX chromosome - woman ), well she is limited. To successful at 16-25, mediocre at 30-35 *and unable after 38-40.*

[@MrFrankFurter]

Life is what happens when you're busy making plans.

[@SamM-gl9zc]

Sounds like your friends weren't so dumb, after all.

[@YouTubeAreCommunistScum]

Bwa hahHhahhahahhHHHHAahahaha. Never have kids why bring someone into this sht world. Bye bye lineage idgaf

[@shaunguffey9199]

In 2010 I was sharing my thoughts with a coworker how it seems the under-educated and criminal elements of society are by far out-breeding the more intelligent, higher morals elements of society, and what the future might look like because of it. He said, "idiocracy." I laughed because I thought he just cleverly thought of that. He said, "the movie, Idiocracy." I was like, "Huh?!" He told me about the movie and I watched it just as soon as I could.

[@Moose803]

That sounds racist 😕

[@shaunguffey9199]

@@Moose803 Well there is zero mention of race in my comment, sooooooo I guess you should do some self reflection on whatever stereotyping you're doing in your mind.

[@chimei-tekinaneko8318]

@@Moose803 Uh oh.. did someone default to colored people while reading "under-educated and criminal", or why is it racist?

[@Moose803]

@@chimei-tekinaneko8318 poor kids are just as smart as white kids. Thank you president Biden

[@chimei-tekinaneko8318]

@@Moose803 good joke.. the education system prefers money, especially on the upper end (private universities etc.). .. only the basic shit is for free..

[@johndonwood4305]

I just don't know anymore. I can't tell the difference between this film and reality.

[@peterpetrov5831]

This movie is so much more hopeful than reality. People respect the smart one in the movie. People are willing to better the world. I wish I was in the movie, instead of what we have.

[@terrorbilly1]

@@peterpetrov5831 they respect him so much that they want to kill him at the end lol 😆

[@rodrigomateodelgadodelacru8154]

The century

[@Electrowave]

Reality show...

[@Ericasentertainments]

Agreed! And it’s only getting worse

[@Shentao83]

I am here after election day for a preview of the next few years.

[@striezlmuc]

Unfortunately half of the Americans are dumb enough to screw up the whole world. This will not just affect the US. Not only will he f… America, but also the world economy, his allies, the Ukraine, political balance of power,… 😢

[@BladeAddict8]

This is the 1984 of our generation.

[@definitelynotyuribezmenov7611]

1984 still immortal lo. This idiocracy is to predict liberals and 1984 is to predict communists

[@B75-u7c]

@@definitelynotyuribezmenov7611 It's the general republic; not fucking liberals. Dumb fak

[@definitelynotyuribezmenov7611]

@@B75-u7c what

[@fluxcapacitorproductions2064]

Was 1984 really that bad

[@theonejackal89]

@@definitelynotyuribezmenov7611 No, 1984 was to predict what would happen if either extreme happened. Idiocracy doesn't show liberals or democrats. It just shows what'll happen .

[@amperro]

While this is a funny (and terrifying) movie, too many people get the wrong idea that an actual Idiocracy will be caused by "smart" people not having enough babies. The real problem is that intelligence is often wasted or even shunned, while morons are given too much publicity.

[@billybobferguson3946]

Yeah, the premise is great but it's setup is suuuuper reliant on the idea of eugenics and the overwhelmingly unfounded belief that intelligence is a genetic trait and not an environmental one (which feeds into a *ton* of racist BS). It's pretty much my only criticism with the film though

[@Ikajo]

@@billybobferguson3946 There is quite a lot of issues in this movie beyond implicit racism. Like assuming that intelligent people are stuck up or the blatant sexism.

[@billybobferguson3946]

@Unabashed Hedonist IQ isn't the only way of measuring intelligence, it's just the most commonly-known one. Even then, those supposedly hereditary IQ correlations aren't proof of genetic intelligence as much as they are proof that parents raise their kids in similar environments to the ones they themselves grow up in. It's an extremely complicated topic

[@korykent5645]

they're not wrong about "smart people" thinking they need a billion dollars and a 20,000 sq ft mansion to have one child. like get over yourself.

[@amperro]

Nobody seriously thinks that. Otherwise, "smart" is not an accurate descriptor.

[@DixieBanjo]

Came out as a comedy in 2006, became a documentary in under 15 years.

[@kevin-cx3ro]

We already have people like this.

[@DixieBanjo]

@@kevin-cx3ro They are everywhere.

[@kevin-cx3ro]

@@DixieBanjo only in america, but not here on philippines and dubai ❤️

[@FreedomFTW]

@@kevin-cx3ro It's pretty worldwide dude.

[@throwacnt7603]

​@@kevin-cx3ro Cause you are already there, lol. Philippines has an avg IQ of 81 and Emirates of 82. The main reason Emirates has what it does is due to oil and foreign elite investment. The two main factors that can move a country above others in spite of IQ are oil and tourism. The main factor that can keep a country down in spite of high IQ, even after decades, is communism. Even WW2 had far less of an impact than communism. Japan and Germany are already leaders while every other country with a history of communism is lagging far behind. I know this is horrible to hear because it's.... quite catastrophic, but reality is what it is.

[@Wriggs74]

The writer owns a real-time machine. How else wouldn't they have known that the film has become a reality.

[@XxInfinityxXTimer]

Teachers are now struggling to teach Gen A and they can't even read/write while being in the 6th grade

[@g_rr_tt]

@@XxInfinityxXTimer why should they? we have autocorrect and AI now. Learning to spell is a waist of time!

[@josecipriano3048]

​@@g_rr_ttthey way you talk and the way you write has an impact on the way you think. Being sloppy with speech and writing is usually a sign of someone who's sloppy with thinking.

[@VinluvAntonHandesbukia]

Man,for the smartest guy in the world you sure are stupid.

[@carlnorris2392]

@@g_rr_tt "waist of time" point taken 😉

[@HallyVee]

I cracked up so hard when their genetic line actually DECREASED.

[@jrmetmoi]

😆😆😆

[@WhoDat1976]

Bruh this movie is a hidden gem. Totally underrated

[@mostlyharmless88]

Not really, it's well known to anyone older than 35 and younger than 70

[@username7735]

@@mostlyharmless88 It was an utter failure at release but later people started realizing how good it actually was so it became a cult classic.

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

@@mostlyharmless88 I'm 38 and had never heard of it until someone mentioned it on reddit...

[@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman]

@@Dreadpirateflappy I knew it since I'm 10 year old lol

[@wilburpost7977]

Bruh!! I think I saw you in the movie, yo!!

[@mase8444]

That first scene has remained so vivid in my mind ever since I was a child. Haunts me. I now know it to be true.

[@robertagren9360]

The president of united states: Barack Obama with a machine gun. Joe Biden:I'm the smartest guy in the world?

[@kf5806]

and here we are 🫤

[@Yul-Uhlu]

So a couple of weeks ago the news was going on about a ketchup shortage due to the pandemic and all I could think about is President Camacho talking about the condiment shortage and how Not Sure was going to fix everything. It made me laugh at first and then suddenly I got scared at the thought...then I realized it's too late. We are already living this movie.

[@raskult]

Lgbtq don’t even know which bathroom to go in

[@paracosm-cc]

@@raskult What exactly were you trying to achieve with this reply?

[@chimei-tekinaneko8318]

or the mass buying of toilet paper for whatever reason..

[@shrek19yearsago78]

@@paracosm-cc that they don’t know what bathroom to go to

[@paracosm-cc]

@@shrek19yearsago78 i don't know if we've been following the same news, but from what I've experienced they know exactly what bathroom they want to go in

[@mrbeans2425]

NEVER in a million years did I EVER think this movie would actually come to be in reality! Holy fuck they predicted the future!

[@hulahula6182]

Luckily we found a way to prevent this scenario from ever happening though, we managed to convince idiots to get vasectomy to support woman abortion rights LMAO

[@jackmehoff2420]

Well I just found out what I’ll be doing today. Never heard of this movie until five mins ago.

[@mrbeans2425]

@@jackmehoff2420 holy shit you are in for a treat! I am honestly jealous of you! I wish I could see it for the first time again!

[@333jjjjjj]

Very original and insightful comment

[@beelzebootthecanadiandevil9600]

@@mrbeans2425 You'd forget you were watching a movie made 20 years ago. You wouldn't be able to appreciate the predictions they made about internet and flat screen TVs.

[@gkprivate433]

Absolutely the best opening to a movie ever and so true it is almost not laughable. I was born in 1957 and remember when people were proud to learn, admin when they did not know things. Now, people are so superficial in knowledge and education it is sad to see

[@yashsinghal1023]

:(

[@stickvortex]

Fake it till you make it is almost the norm these days. Act confident enough and whatever you say will be right, and if it’s not? Well you just make something up or you tell the other person to shut up. I’m only in my 20’s and I’m afraid of what’s to come with the way things are going.

[@ThatFire9oNe6]

Dunning-Kruger Effect

[@duckens2001]

@@ThatFire9oNe6 The first rule to Dunning-Kruger Club is that you don't know you are in Dunning-Kruger Club.

[@ThatFire9oNe6]

@@paulaharrisbaca4851 I hate that guy. He blocked me on Twitter because I called him a wannabe Christian, and a hypocrite. Screw that guy. He's another right wing grifter.

[@jwew7690]

now trump thinks he found the smartest man in the world with elon musk. just when i thought this movie couldnt more accurate

[@eyecontrol4900]

this movie aged like wine! Terrycrews himself said in an interview that people have mentioned this movie is so prophetic its actually scary.

[@nicolasmahone9303]

This isn’t a movie. It’s a live recording of current events with music and sound effects editing.

[@STho205]

So was "Satiricon" about 2000 years ago in the Roman Empire. Every generation thinks their situation is unique.

[@parkla4098]

Also known as a "documentary".

[@CorvusCorax.]

The family tree-thing is f**king priceless 🤣👍

[@boristhespider4879]

"With no natural predators to thin out the herd..." That's our problem right there. We should all go hunting. It's Trumptard season!

[@ronensuperexplainer]

@@boristhespider4879 You're basically calling for a civil war in The US. Guess which political group has more guns for that situation?

[@lucialu833]

@@ronensuperexplainer :🤣🤣🤣

[@mkultravibes7763]

@@boristhespider4879 let all the trumptarda and lefties kill each other off . Both are stupid for following controlled Zionist puppets

[@boristhespider4879]

@@mkultravibes7763 Wow. Ok, ok. I feel you. Sure.

[@huntress1013]

There are comedies and then there are the movies by Mike Judge that really painfully nail it. Office Space was such a movie and so is Idiocracy.

[@oobaka1967]

Has anyone seen my stapler?

[@mturner2584]

Except for the fact that it’s just “stupid Southerners” having kids and acting like idiots. I am from Alabama, was a flight attendant, lived in NYC, (for the most part ) ATL,& BOS. I’m a Christian married to a Jew. I’ve seen it all from every standpoint. What this movie didn’t show is all the other groups of people mass procreating including the millions of illegals with at least 5 kids each.

[@caronstout354]

I could burn the place down...

[@NevilleBamshu23]

2 ov my fave films..

[@Nazareeni]

This film was once considered too dumb to be funny. Not even 20 years later and it's now considered a terrifying prophecy.

[@Hadouken9000]

Side note: All of the "AI and social media controlling the world and dividing people!!" stuff in Metal Gear Solid 2 seemed like complete nonsense back in 2002, as well. Now people are like "Holy shit, they actually got it completely right."

[@jasonbrown467]

and difficult to understand

[@fingerprint5511]

Americans

[@fleatactical7390]

@@fingerprint5511 Nope, don't worry, it's happening all around the world. The stupidity and laziness just isn't as blatant elsewhere... yet

[@Buckboy2024]

Let’s vote blue and make orange the new fired!

[@wilwhimsey]

The opening of this film comes to mind frequently these days. The film itself is pretty silly, but the concept is prophetic, and the film's opening (here) is painfully brilliant.

[@paulmasters8666]

I agree Paul.

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

Genetic changes via evolution take many, many, many generations. Hundreds of thousands if not millions of years. Intelligence is also not strictly genetic. There's nothing prophetic or brilliant about the opening. It's the same nonsense eugenicists used to say to justify their beliefs back in the early 1900s.

[@paulmasters8666]

@@BigMikeMcBastard Don't you have a party somewhere that needs to be destroyed captain Killjoy...

[@joeygirl314]

*SIGH*

[@paulmasters8666]

@@joeygirl314 That's a great point, why don't you expand on that position so people with functioning brains can understand where you are coming from.

[@nw7696]

Mike Judge is obviously a time traveler! This "is" our future!

[@davidbolha]

John Titot indeed. 😂

[@PerryWhyte]

Nope, It's our present.

[@ArcheologistLlama]

We all belong to the dumb genepool, brother.

[@highrob7399]

.....and that's how you breed mindless workers who don't question anything, and the best part about it is that we can make them fight each other over the smallest things while we profit off of it.

[@jdubsvr6]

Well, here we are in 2024...

[@APEXoftheAVATAR]

2006 Idiocracy: Look how stupid you will be. 2020: Hold my beer!

[@Nhamp2000]

Hold my Brawndo. I need to get some extra big-ass fries.

[@floridaarmyvet3613]

We now have 300 genders 🤣

[@JE-ng4ty]

And it gets even stupider! At least in the film the tried to listen to smart guy instead of firing him lol

[@mgtowmonger2729]

@@JE-ng4ty Only because they couldn't kill him fast enough...

[@rainerwinkler8635]

2030: Hold my Brawndoo

[@adrianortega1431]

2:14 Love the look on the doctor's face when Clevon starts complaining. Like he realizes he's made a horrible mistake.

[@joeswanson733]

unfortunately for the doctors hypocrathic oath such as save people.

[@live4marilyn]

That Doctor looked like Christoph Waltz

[@morathehollow4797]

​@@live4marilynthanks I can't unsee it now

[@DeanMasello]

Mike Judge can do no wrong! In Office Space, he perfectly captured the present and Idiocracy predicted the future. When it came out, it seemed preposterously over the top. Watching it now, it’s better than ever. It brings me comfort and joy. Thank you Mike Judge!

[@alejandromorinigo9951]

He's The Same Guy of Office Space?. I remember that one. That was a Great movie.

[@MatthewChristianMurray]

@@alejandromorinigo9951, yep! Also Beavis and Butthead, King of the Hill, and Extract. He voices a lot of his own characters, too. Dude’s a genius - hopefully he also has some kids!

[@alejandromorinigo9951]

@@MatthewChristianMurray Beavis and Butthead hahaha they are Funny 👍

[@jwew7690]

and they wonder why we think they're stupid

[@mrsinister6687]

I woke up from sleep with the TV on and thought I was watching this movie, but it ended up being the nightly news.

[@tomtrick7051]

😂😂😂

[@fleatactical7390]

Very, VERY underrated comment.

[@joneslt]

So accurate its frightening. This wasn't a movie, this was a prophecy that I'm watching unfold today.

[@laurocoman]

If you are a teacher, PLEASE, show this film in class.

[@paulfri1569]

Should be mandatory.. Teach young woman to stop trucking the idiot meat head jocks.. Islam is still right 👍 they have it all figured out and that's why they will still be around 💪🤲

[@GabrielofAdonai]

They are too busy dressing in drag for their students now.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

That should be mandatory viewing.

[@kugelweg]

Won't make a difference....

[@billyherrington5112]

My history teacher showed me this in middle school. Bless to her!

[@nejcdebevec]

This was basically a documentary for 2024 - 2028

[@Zachc895]

Had a guy voting to bring back all day breakfast at McDonald's it's happening

[@phoenix-radar]

My thoughts exactly

[@rikuzonex]

This is documentary of MURICA not the world

[@amywong6618]

I didn’t realize how frighteningly accurate this movie was the first time I watched it 10 years ago.

[@HeavyMetalBarpiano]

I've watched it yesterday, for the first time...

[@AUniqueHandleName444]

@@HeavyMetalBarpiano are you doing okay? :(

[@r.h.1400]

Im a 39 college educated man. My 1st wife is a doctor we used to sound exactly like the responsible couple in the beginning.. Fast forward 20 years later and we're both childless looking at 40 in the near horizon.. Hmmm.. Can't say im very happy with my "smart" decisions

[@yonnylayna9768]

Well you can be a donnors.

[@sabin97]

that's called "analysis paralysis". dump people fuck up all the time. but when we fuck up the consequences are extreme.....

[@Palownica]

Life is much more fufilying without kids. You are lucky ones.

[@bigrocc3925]

@@Palownica that's bs

[@SrslyJelly]

I'm 34 f, married for 10 years almost and at a certain point in my life I decided it would probably be better not reproduce myself. Husband never wanted kids in first place so he was totally cool with that and got himself steralised at age 30. When I see people with kids around me I never ever regret our choice, I only consider myself very lucky not having them and that feeling gets stronger everyday. I think if you reallllly want kids you just know this by heart, and it's sad to hear you made the 'wrong' decision. I was always like, yeah well we see, maybe when I'm older or something so I think I never wanted them for real in the first place. If you feel bad for not having kids, then visualize all the nights without sleep, all the worries you have for them being oke, all the money you spend on them and them never being satisfied or thankful to you for raising them. And when you are old and alone they will probably be too busy with their own lives to even take care for you.

[@Maarten8867]

How prophetic this movie has turned out to be. And it only took 16 years!

[@dallaswood4117]

It wasn’t prophetic it was telling how things were even back then for decades very few intelligent people have large families while trailer park folks crank them out without a thought

[@davidlegrice4207]

More like 10 years

[@MrCrystal09]

@@davidlegrice4207 nah. Trump was great

[@AlmostaFlipinSkater]

ITS ALWAYS BEEN RELEVANT you children. Welcome to reality. Not everything is new just because you now exist in this world. 2006 was the height of the IRAQ WAR, AFGHANISTAN WAR, a crumbling RECESSION in the making.

[@TheAed38]

People have been talking about this movie coming true since at least 2014.

[@f1l4nn1m]

I guess lots of us are coming here today, specifically. :(

[@jagpilotohio]

It’s like Mike had a crystal ball 18 years ago.

[@randomuruk7230]

The sad part is you don't understand this is applicable to you.

[@Cptsimian33]

@@randomuruk7230 NU UH !!!

[@jasonoshima6839]

We can learn a lot from this film during these times...

[@LazyLoonz]

Eh

[@andrewkennaugh4974]

Brawndo's got electrolytes!

[@daverockwell1996]

Sorry - we're now too stupid to learn anything.

[@WiseSilverWolf]

@@andrewkennaugh4974 Its what plants crave!

[@c0nstantin86]

Radicalize humanism and you got the exact same religion said to have persecuted non christians. Go on! On depopulation you had something to say..

[@CLabmusic]

Yet again America proved this is a documentary

[@Lycan3303]

This movie was a documentary

[@shacktime]

I’m 56. I knew in my late 20’s this is where we were headed. It’s also when I first started to seriously question having children. Seeing how things played out to date I obviously made the right choice.

[@history_addict136]

Best documentary ever!

[@georgealex19]

As a parent, seeing smart couples around me doing almost the same as the smart couple in the trailer (only difference is that they finally have 1 child), while the other imbeciles have a dozen, I can only say this movie is so true to reality that it’s both funny and sad a the same time 😂

[@surfdocer103]

You do not understand demographics

[@VVeremoose]

It's a good thing natural selection doesn't work that way

[@Dornenkrone]

@@surfdocer103t. 85 IQ

[@georgealex19]

@@surfdocer103 obviously I don’t understand a lot, so I must have more children

[@JohnV170]

I have hope you'll be a better parent than these on the video, the world needs them desperately!

[@KaitlynRyanwantsyou2laugh]

It’s November 5th 2024.

[@lacroix8987]

Social media,memes and „independent journalism” make this.

[@dylanwesley3964]

"Trump prices low, kamala prices high" An actual political sign recently. We are doomed

[@comprehensivecow6679]

When I see people on tiktok... I become damn sure this is where our future is heading

[@random_meta]

The gorilla glue hair woman, that is also a teacher

[@cowharris1349]

@@random_meta wait she is a teacher????? dammmmmnnnnnn...... you'd think education taught you to READ the warning labels.....

[@ronearlsoncoronel8818]

Yes tictok

[@Canarka1]

What you're not realising is that by using tiktok, you're becoming one of them/are just as bad as them.

[@peanut2112]

*Boomers on Facebook

[@mattz9268]

This was supposed to be a comedy... not a "how to" manual I want out of this timeline.

[@CFmurse]

Time flies America

[@jaylopes8489]

Had to pull up this movie - yesterday a lady put Gorilla Glue on her hair - today a guy sealed his lips with that glue

[@jaylopes8489]

@@christhomas1904 My friend, humans are herd animals with enough advertising/propaganda we will buy whatever product or ideas the 1% tells us to follow . . . I know I know that sounds terrible but it's a ugly truth . . . The 1% now wants the herd to buy electric cars what can we do but follow . . . 👋🇵🇹

[@jaylopes8489]

@@christhomas1904 🎯 "Old farts" hahaha !!! As I red your reply I thought of George Soros

[@stevepalpatine2828]

@@jaylopes8489 Humans are not "herd animals." We are pack based predators. We originally lived in small tribes. Most of the problems faced by large cities are caused by the fact people are not evolutionarily suited to live in huge overcrowded groups of strangers. If we were herd animals we would be peaceful and larger groups of us would not see a rise in interpersonal conflict like you see in any large city. The propaganda thing you're spot on though.

[@jaylopes8489]

@@stevepalpatine2828 Our Google master removed my reply . . . 👋🇵🇹

[@stevepalpatine2828]

@@jaylopes8489 Censorship sucks buddy. Fu k gOogle.

[@justine_holloway]

I watched this film for the first time at the very start of 2020. Within weeks it seemed that the whole film had turned to reality before my very eyes.

[@boobiedefloop6097]

Super original joke

[@wsemenske]

And it's barely even true, people love to think it's much worse today, when it was just as dumb I'm 2006

[@boobiedefloop6097]

@@wsemenske it's not true at all. Just people with superiority complexes

[@onepalproductions]

@@boobiedefloop6097 I think your facemask might have starved your brain of oxygen.

[@boobiedefloop6097]

@@onepalproductions very rarely did I ever have to wear a facemask. Being self employed and rich has a lot of benefits.

[@DigitalSaiyan9001]

Anyone else here on or after Nov 6, 2024?

[@BradGroux]

This election reinforces this film even more.

[@muhammadshehreyarkhan1851]

The world has already entered the era of Idiocracy.

[@brahim119]

*@Muhammad Shehreyar Khan.* 👍It definitely has. Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Vladimir Zelenski are the pioneers of such future.

[@chadsteelman2145]

​@@brahim119 Even if it were political or some higher power, it is all the idiot masses that perpetrate it. People idolizing influencers peddling products. The plethora of energy drinks. Social media in general and even you tube paying people to make pointless videos. Everybody is an influencer or streamer now. We are liking and subscribing our way to idiocracy. The fact that it is 2023 and we have to tell people browsers use cookies. Everyone getting their feeling hurt over the most basic things so they can get their 15 minutes or try to milk the system for some money. Microtransactions everywhere. Poor education, gov handouts, etc. etc. It has been going this way since the internet was invented, social media is just accelerating the process. The irony in someone willing to pay $5+ dollars for coffee and then complaining their reward is gonna cost more points. Ad placement everywhere you look. I can at least control it on the computer with uBlock Origin (ublockorigin.com/) so I don't see them and nobody gets any revenue from it. At least in America, we are seriously already on the path.

[@brahim119]

@@chadsteelman2145 You posted top notch comment, the best so far on this thread. 👍👍👍👍👍 to you.

[@jeeves903]

@@brahim119 uhhh whats wrong with Ukraine's President?

[@brahim119]

@@jeeves903 he is the Petain of our time, only with much Lower IQ, hope that answered your good question, let me know.

[@Lonestar70blue]

Who knew “1984” and “Idiocracy” would become non-fiction.

[@markoofski]

I agree on the "Idiocracy" but not that the world today is "1984" (at least if you don't live in Russia, China or North Korea)

[@Lonestar70blue]

@@markoofski History and historical figures lives are being re-written. Words are being eliminated and replaced. The truth is twisted and/or not reported. The guilty go free. The innocent jailed. Youth are being brainwashed by government and education system. "Media" outlets compromised and used to push government's agenda.

[@zloktopod]

@@markoofski ye evil russia china and north korea... stop living in ur capitalist bubble of western media bias and manipulation. 1984 is way more applicable to usa and west then to china and north korea

[@vuntybears3777]

@@markoofski absolutely !

[@michaelbujaki2462]

Message on library door reads "The post apocalyptic fiction has been moved to current events."

[@BigK-2001]

After the election, safe to say we have reached Idiocracy.

[@Draeber]

Its not even a joke anymore. this is reality now.

[@phoenix-radar]

Seems more like a documentary now.

[@perunplague9794]

To this day, this movie had the most accurate prediction of the future

[@Windermed]

i don’t know man.. i mean Darwin’s theory of natural selection is still working 🤔

[@paulfri1569]

Demolition man also..

[@ChrisBrown-ir6sf]

1984 says hi

[@keithadler4671]

Hey look at this, it's coming true

[@Turco949]

Majority of the people are not becoming dumber, it has always been that way but now, thanks to social media, they are becoming more exposed.

[@PADARM]

But Smart couples not having babies is a reality

[@a54109]

IQ rates are falling worldwide.

[@luciferboi9059]

Thx for tiktok

[@Retard634]

Nah they are look at the rate at which iq points are dropping overtime

[@stormclouds4291]

Underrated comment

[@alexander_al]

It's both a prophecy and warning wrapped in form of comedy. I've seen this film in different languages countless times, love it.

[@_RUINR_]

Me too, both in American and English

[@alexander_al]

@@_RUINR_ there are subtitles for you, bud. I just love this movie that much.

[@brat_paq]

This movie made me laugh while crying deep inside, because I realize it's actually happening. 😂 😭

[@JD-nr8hf]

Who knew so many people would believe techno-color screens telling them to be afraid? It is happening, and at a frightening clip while some Bohemian Grove grads are laughing their asses off - "It's working!"

[@alinbirliga948]

Americans today, 6 november 2024... This movie is pretty much a prophecy of our current society.

[@Idrathernot13]

This clip has so accurately predicted where we are in 2024.

[@DylanWatson1]

Fun fact: this movie got all these ok’s for licenses of there company names, but when they saw what they would be used for they demanded they be removed from the project. When Mike Judge refused the production companies after being pressured by the companies made it to where this film would have a small scale release in theaters, while meeting the minimum requirements for the movies and Judge’s contract. Very few theaters where allowed to show this movie and only stayed for a week. This is why it has such a low worldwide gross but yet is what people might refer to as a ‘cult classic’

[@FakedStick]

so the actual idiocracy started long time ago

[@buenaventuralosgrandes9266]

@@FakedStick 2006/2007 if I'm not mistaking it

[@APsGTG]

@@FakedStick the idiocracy already happened. We’re in the sequel now.

[@matwol1365]

Who's here after the 2024 election results?

[@lamontjones8004]

🙋🏽‍♂️

[@robertolemus3053]

At this juncture President Camacho would be an updgrade

[@pizzaeater8905]

Yep.

[@hal90001]

All of Europe.

[@brianchapman8531]

Sadly...

[@husky3g]

As someone who's worked closely with the government/fed, the most accurate part of this entire movie is that the government forgot they had people in cryo for 500 years and just didn't care at all.

[@adrtho]

it's clear now, this was a documentary sent back from the future :D

[@peterpetrov5831]

But who sent it??

[@choma90yo]

Not sure

[@davidbolha]

Biff Tannen made a new 1985. 😂

[@masternoob9673]

@@peterpetrov5831 Probably aliens venturing through a wasteland and found a dvd in the sand 🤷‍♂️

[@Raidmasterprod]

When my little brother got hooked by THIS opening scene after I introduced him to this movie, that's when I realized that this is truly one of the most inconic opening scenes of all time.

[@heybrandyrae]

Anyone else here after the 2024 election? 🫠

[@hometoroostchickens]

[@spambot1683]

Me. The opening scene is scarily accurate.

[@antipop885]

Yep

[@optimusprimum]

The intro to this movie isn’t even a joke. It’s scientific fact.

[@rentslave]

It needs to be in living color.

[@minnemon110]

its not

[@ramblinbob1918]

I mean, I’m not saying this film is a subtle argument for eugenics, but this film is definitely a subtle argument for eugenics

[@cecilkorik]

I mean, I'm not saying the way eugenics was implemented in the past hasn't always been pretty totalitarian and horrific, but maybe it's worth at least discussing whether there might be some other more morally acceptable ways to shift things in that direction.

[@sheepketchup9059]

@@cecilkorik eugenics theory is bullshit. It's nature vs nurture.

[@Underworlddream]

You see it too, back in the past In the US it was used as a argument to sterilize people.

[@EroticOnion23]

Genetic engineering is our only hope, too bad those with 'ulterior motives" (*cough cough creation of a slave race in order to become masters of the world *cough cough) will never let it pass...maybe China or Russia can figure it out... :/

[@sabin97]

there's no need to resort to something as drastic as eugenics. just educate people, and make condoms readily available even to teenagers. they are gonna fuck anyway. it's better they use a condom than not use a condom.