WTF Happened to IDIOCRACY?

WTF Happened To This Movie? - The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites!
Mike Judge found massive success with his "Beavis and Butt-Head" TV series, but the transition to live-action proved far more difficult. After the box office failure of OFFICE SPACE in 1999, Judge's next effort IDIOCRACY fared even worse in 2006, with the studio practically burying his movie. But in the years since, the social satire found a cult following and became part of the pop culture landscape with its depiction of a moronic future. Mutilate your thirst and find out "WTF Happened to IDIOCRACY!"
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[@0xlamon]

"What's happened to the Idiocracy?" "It came true. You're lookin' at it."

[@dreimann]

I see we've got a Comedian here...

[@wheres_bears1378]

Exactly

[@jeffrentsch4318]

I thought that obamas first two terms. Worse with Cheatin Joe.

[@leeprochazka3705]

Fuckin A

[@TheRealSether]

I came to find a comment like this, and like it lol.

[@digitraxanr]

"Idiocracy" is one of the most underrated documentaries of all time.

[@jixxeo]

I agree

[@sarssars-hm2ox]

I'm trying to get away from bottle water cause the tap isn't toilet water

[@digitraxanr]

@just another human But, it's got what plants crave, electrolytes.

[@radhadamodaradasa755]

Don't forget 'Terminator '. Roomba arise!

[@jarrgeez]

It needs a re-release in theaters so people can see themselves today. I saw it in theaters and my two friends thought the movie was so awful they wanted me to reimburse them for the tickets. a few years later they realized the movie wasn't bad but just ahead of its time.

[@haveaday1812]

Idiocracy has always been a litmus test for my friendship with other people. If you don’t like that film, we won’t get along.

[@exoticalBecky_Miami]

I tell people Biden and Trump are similar. Both did good/bad thing for us... Cuz I don't want friends...

[@shacktime]

So few people want to live in reality but those very people are why it’s a disaster.

[@shacktime]

@@exoticalBecky_Miami States that rely on the most assistance from the Federal Government: almost all Republican. Majority of debtor states: Republican. States with the least job opportunities and prospects: Republican. States with the worst prevailing wages: Republican. States with the highest levels of poverty: mostly Republican. States with the most welfare recipients per capita: Republican. States with the most teen and single mothers: Republican. States with the highest rates of infant, child, maternal mortality: almost all Republican. States with the highest rates of domestic violence: Republican. States with the highest divorce rates: Republican. States with the worst overall health, highest obesity, and lowest average life expectancy: Republican. States with the highest gun violence and homicides per capita: almost all Republican. Rape capital of the US: Republican (Alaska). States with the most registered sex offenders per capita BY FAR: Republican. States with the weakest laws against rapists and pedophiles: Republican. States with the worst racism: overwhelmingly Republican. States with the lowest overall academic performances: majority Republican. Worst public school systems in the nation: nearly all Republican. Texas is the GOP’s top economic performer, yet the energy grid is a mess, gun violence is out of control, the state’s citizens are the least insured in the nation, and its homeless population is continually growing.

[@haveaday1812]

@@exoticalBecky_Miami Politics is for losers.

[@haveaday1812]

@@shacktime Identity politics is pure cancer.

[@vdcg2010]

I remember my wife and I looking for a bad movie in DVD at Circuit City and she found Idiocracy, we really thought it was going to be bad but we ended up loving it and recommending it to everyone we knew. I can’t remember how many times I have watched it but I can still watch it and still laugh my ass off!!

[@danieldaniels7571]

That DVD is pretty hard to get your hands on today. Hope y'all still have it.

[@iloveallthepeople]

Really? That's crazy. Every blockbuster had em out the waszu. But yes, same here.

[@brandonpetrisky2058]

Damn circuit city lol I feel old 😅

[@vdcg2010]

@@brandonpetrisky2058 tell me about it 🤣🤣🤣

[@gregorysagegreene]

"Shaddaaaarp!"

[@jameskrug9938]

I'm a chemist nearly 90 years old and I've see much of American History. This film is THE MOST on target piece of prophesy ever produced by the Arts. God help us.

[@juanvaldez5422]

You are nearly 90? Wow, that’s impressive sir

[@jc.1191]

Neat

[@Mythicregard]

Any particular highlight you'd care to share?

[@kirbyjoe7484]

Even at half your age, I can see the same writing on the wall. I remember seeing this movie when it came out. I bought it and I made all my friends at least watch that opening monologue. Most found it funny. I found it horrifying. The scariest part is I figured the future it depicted was still a good 50 to 75 years away. Now, just a decade and a half later, so much of it really has already come to pass, but the rest I have realized will be something I will likely live to see myself rather than it being the world of my descendants.

[@OrpheoTreshula]

It wasn't a prophecy. It was the game plan.

[@lindseyherter6116]

My husband and I were just discussing how this movie gets less funny every year, because it's becoming real

[@evanthesquirrel]

Every year i tell my wife reading this top comment on every discussion of Idiocracy gets less funny.

[@13g0la5]

The moment I first saw an interview with Trump I immediately thought about Idiocracy.

[@davless152000]

Honestly I agree ever since this movies release I thought yeah right well for a few years I'm seeing it become real

[@bigbrisk8423]

@@13g0la5 rlly..... yaal got forfetful joe in office n u bring up trump? He was nothing like this movie lmfao he was ur best president in years...... like 10s of years

[@billwilson3665]

Spot on

[@marcgilpin9039]

Mike Judge is a freaking genius from the future. I love every project he has created

[@enerioffutt1881]

I honestly didn't even know this movie existed for the longest time, until it was mentioned in a book I was reading. So I asked a few people about, found out it actually existed and watched and LOVED it.

[@muffnman980]

Can I ask what book casually refrenced it?, I would be really curious to know

[@enerioffutt1881]

@@muffnman980 I really wish I remember. It was back when my stepdad got me a Kindle Fire and added a year of Prime and I was reading all over the place.

[@yannikoloff7659]

the books that you have to read instead is the ones that don't know there is a movies existed

[@iheartlofi]

“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” - George Carlin

[@combcomclrlsr]

Ain't democracy great?

[@dellowyog]

George Carlin smartest American ever.

[@swankybutters8371]

Welcome to Costco... I love you....

[@Changeling9au]

@@swankybutters8371 Enough to give me some free Extra Bigarse Fries?

[@swankybutters8371]

@@Changeling9au Go away, ...baten...

[@Vollification]

Back then: "Comedy" Today: "Advanced historical documentary"

[@rogerc23]

Anyone have the feeling they are clearly grooming The Rock to be President Comacho?

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

When I first saw crocks, I also thought that the ugly things would not catch on...

[@charleslacombe359]

@@rogerc23 Yeah he's a Perfect tool of the Globalists. He Definitely sells his soul too easily, with his SNL Robot Molester. Screw him !

[@Andronicus87]

NOthing happened to Idiocracy it has begun in real life.

[@trkolk]

@@FLPhotoCatcher f

[@WillardHewing]

I showed my wife this movie years ago and she thought it was stupid. She now is seeing the light. 😂😂😂

[@t2av159]

maybe because shes stupid?

[@helmkekitsune813]

My coworker kept quoting this, until i finally asked him what the hell he was referring to. He lent me his copy and I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard

[@JohnFoley1701]

Don’t forget that the movie also poked fun at “smart people “ for essentially opting out of natural selection.

[@kekfreedomheritage5633]

Hmmm, maybe we need to introduce Intelligent Sex Motivation.

[@billtoo4694]

This doesn't even address worldwide Communism that literally kills every single person with an education. After Communist took over Vietnam, they killed the "Bourgeoisie", after a power failure they sought international help after they realized they had killed every single person who knew how to fix it.

[@excitedbox5705]

@@billtoo4694 we found the idiot.

[@migeneral5759]

@@excitedbox5705 Whatever you say genocide denier.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

@@billtoo4694 I'm assuming you're mixing this up with the extreme but isolated, relatively brief, case of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia(which is no longer communist), which killed people viewed to be intellectuals. The Khmer Rouge was removed by.....the Vietnamese army. "worldwide Communism that literally kills every single person with an education" is transparently just bullshit, and there's no way anyone could truly believe that without a severe illness. There's literally nothing to back up this rhetoric. In reality Vietnam is held up as an exceptional example of education, despite being relatively poor, certainly ranks higher than the USA for example: www.apec.umn.edu/incomeveducationglewwe China dominates tech, construction etc, and they somehow manage this with all their educated people 'dead', and like all other communist countries for some reason they have education facilities. Send them to university, so you can kill them later... that's some pretty insane logic right there. It's pretty daft to label all countries that have vaguely the same poltitical system as all being the same anyway. Albeit there are a huge number...5 communist countries - China, Vietnam, Laos, Cube & North Korea(which is really it's own thing, more akin to a cult at the political level). The much more extreme North Korea & Cuba are doing the worst, Laos is so-so but seemingly improving, while China & Vietnam are booming economically - and are both highly capitalist as well as communist anyway Similarly many democratic/capitalist countries are very different from each other. I can't find anything relating to any particularly significant 'power failure', the rest of that phrase is obviously false, there's obviously no country that's done that.

[@X-Prime123]

They should be airing this on the history channel in about 10 years.

[@KaiHenningsen]

The history channel is to history like a teddy bear is to a grizzly. Very artificial, and almost entirely unlike the real thing.

[@kurtstergar1042]

Isn't it aried everytime they show the US Congress and senate, especially the Democrats?

[@jimivey6462]

Why wait? We now have President Kamacho (Kamala?) Biden.

[@marksavage1744]

It might air if there's anyone left smart enough to operate the equipment in ten years.

[@joshuapartridge5092]

bro i need my ancient aliens, there's no time for your conspiracy theories

[@frozenrobert5735]

My friends and I constantly are shocked at how closely "Idiocracy" has predicted life in the 21st century. One of the best hilarious critiques of modern society. Way ahead of its time.

[@ColonelBumButt]

This was fantastic. I love Mike Judge and everything he does.

[@opraiderman904]

The only satirical comedy to become a documentary.

[@IARRCSim]

Not full length films but a lot of The Onion videos were mostly intended as jokes but ended up real too.

[@djmccullough9233]

The election: it has electrolytes!

[@5t0n3d-G4m3r]

IDK 1984 seems to be on point so far.......

[@toserveman9317]

In real life, society WILL become stupid AND CRUEL (...one coup against 'da man' at a time). BUT there will be a secret core of clever elites (possibly dames), breeding for those idiots -- a hive. (If not, a marginally smarter society would simply invade, which would start a pressure selecting for clever again.) If humans replace the giant caste of idiots with machines, then Idiocracy (fem-run or otherwise) WON'T happen. Problem is machines are more expensive than the males right now (as expensive as coups are [it's complicated]): A robo vacuum-cleaner-frisbee thing probably works for 87 cents a day for 6 years, while a human works for much less than that for longer [it's complicated]. When machines are created enmasse [labor bots and war bots] (once cheap), the most important skill in society will become hacker [guess hew]. Right now the most important skill is media cretin and "teacher" [...both are "hackers" programming children and the gullible].

[@Sarkli]

That were still watching

[@ItsThatKidGreg]

It feels like this movie was sabotaged for being TOO on the nose.

[@michaelmier9512]

It went straight to video for icon bashing. Remember how they bastardized Starbucks & Fudruckers?

[@PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude]

I mean, if anyone thinks this movie WASN'T undermarketed because of the corporate placements, well then you're why it's coming true. Sure, there's an early stated premise "dumb people breed more", but it's far from the actual point of the piece in the end.

[@ChrisM-wv4gs]

@@PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude well they do its a statistical fact

[@johnnymcblaze]

@@michaelmier9512 Not even close. This movie was hidden for the same reason that "they live" was hidden.

[@colinw7205]

For Real !!

[@jasonwhite5125]

Lol little did we know back when this came out, that this was indeed a documentary predicting our bleak future😆🤷‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@laserbeam1620]

Look at social media. THIS is what happened to "idiocracy" lol

[@StephenSchaal]

Mike Judge is so underrated, and criminally unutilized by Hollywood.

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

Mike Judge and Greg Garcia tend to make properties that are pretty great. I always look forward to whenever they make something new because there's a much higher-than-average chance that it'll be good.

[@manifesteddestiny.]

Bc he's too honest

[@Djp2987]

he likes it that way TRUST ME

[@ianrotten4453]

That is by design...

[@TyyTheFlyGuy]

I dunno. Beavis and Butthead were a very big deal when they came out. Office Space has one of the biggest cult followings, everybody quotes King of the Hill. I wouldn’t say he’s underrated, he’s rated about where he should be. He’s never gonna be treated like Scorsese or Ridley Scott, Kubrick or James Cameron..he’s very different.

[@amarnnmartin6791]

I seriously think of this movie EVERY time I think of the future that we're heading towards

[@michaelblaes9847]

That test audience with "Ass"" did not happen. That is hilarious. You made my day. Perfect.

[@patriciaellinghausen4365]

LOVE THIS! This history of Judge and his work, shows how hanging in there with ideas, and just doing it is the thing to do. and there IS an audience for those funny ideas we all have. AND in the end this movie will go bigger than the studio powers ever thought.

[@kaunas888]

Telling the truth in times of universal deceit becomes a revolutionary act.

[@krata467]

Fair choice of wise words I think, though I may say, when deceit is universal and brought about by the semblance of revolution, the truth is the outlier, and telling the truth is then a rebellious act. Though hopefully at some point revolutionary.

[@joshanonline]

@@krata467 As someone who was born in Socialism, I can tell you that telling the Truth was often Forbidden.

[@krata467]

@@joshanonline No doubt, an act of rebellion. Stay strong.

[@hillaryclinton2415]

Like 1984, people used this as a guide instead of a warning...

[@jotajmg]

underrated comment :v

[@mephiston001]

Your not wrong... it's almost like a combo of both right now

[@enemdisk6628]

True

[@thedoctor4230]

Wow, Hillary Clinton finally speaking some truth rather than her native tongue "Lies"

[@MyRoosterWisdom]

And demolition Man is their dream Utopia

[@jesseamaya4594]

Idiocracy was and still is the most frightening movie I have ever seen.

[@benjamindavidson632]

I had to come across idiocracy in a dvd store, fell into like with the idea then fell in love with the movie. Im a judge fan but i seen no ads for it in that time, glad i did. Its gold!

[@scottwagner646]

It was intended as a comedy but wound up a prophetic documentary. We're living in its prequel.

[@jarrgeez]

I was blown away by Mike's view of the future already seeing how rabid nationalism became after 9/11, I was scared we were at the cusp of what his movie was about and just 15 years later...we have arrived to idiocracy.

[@ITGuy1970]

Yep, started in 2016... a bit of an ebb right now but it will be back in full swing when the repubs go back to the booth.

[@scottwagner646]

@@ITGuy1970 Clearly you're a cousin of Clevon.

[@DerekDominoes]

@@ITGuy1970 Nope. It started well before 2016 and it's not ebbing.

[@9WEAVER9]

Y'all we still have time, quit accepting Behavior of the people who f****** off and this won't be the future

[@robtech341]

"I was off by about 490 years". Can confirm.

[@jeffbrooks3832]

As I watch this there are 490 thumbs downs from "Real Americans" 😂

[@keinohrhasi79]

If he was he had made the Film "Ass"

[@simoncarlile4961]

Ow my balls is the show I want made.Get it made Mike Judge.Beavis and butthead,King of the Hill,Office Space brilliant.

[@thefunniestfarm4731]

@@simoncarlile4961 I've wanted Owe My Balls to be a real show for years lol. Good thing we have tons of nuts getting racked on youtube.

[@marcodallolio9746]

The timeline made sense in the movie. The premise was people were getting dumber out of biological evolution (stupid people having more children than smart ones), and evolution is slow and takes many generations. We are getting stupider out of technology and cultural (de)evolution, which are much much faster than biology, and accelerating as we speak, unfortunately

[@MikeHarris1984]

This is the best documentary ever created... It was just a documentary about our future. And so far, this is 100% on track. I thought it was going to be later, but this is coming to a reality faster and faster.

[@patwalsh1045]

comedy central showed this movie so much anyone who had cable from 2006-2016 stumbled upon this at one point and watched it

[@BlazePiffington]

Wtf happened to idiocracy? It’s becoming reality all too soon Mike Judge is the unsung hero of us blue collar fellas, King of the Hill is one of the best animated series of all time.

[@markriney5223]

Nice icon, S.A.

[@christiankrueger2330]

I think white collar working people also appreciate his wit and insight

[@huntress1013]

The worst part about "Idiocracy" is how painfully accurate it is despite being meant as a satire and comedy. Mike Judge deserves a lot more praise for his keen observation skills. "Office Space" truly nailed it too.

[@mall7202]

Silicon Valley, too...Judge has his finger on the pulse

[@paulnoecker1202]

especially with the gangster rap

[@stevensauer5597]

We had the exact model of printer at a place I used to work, and it was just as unreliable as the one in Office Space. It even had the "LP Load Letter" error message. Later, when I watched the film, I took great satisfaction from the execution sequence.

[@iamisaid2295]

I LovED Office Space.

[@markbrowning4334]

Office Space is a gem. Idiocracy.....not so much.

[@Pathless168]

this movie needs to be reclassified as a documentary

[@chrisburgess2398]

Glad I’ve found your channel. Great video

[@istyleonu]

Everything Mike Judge makes ages like fine wine.

[@user-hc9qv9yb9m]

But don't drink too much

[@chickenblood94]

What about The Goode Family?

[@tokemjuju8250]

Ya but it's fucked up cuz if they would straight up just try to do his films and shit right

[@caleboliver275]

Well said 👏

[@ryanschmit3948]

Extract not that great

[@slckb0y65]

Terry Crews was an absolute freakin' riot in this movie, made me laught to tears

[@guythatpaysforyourhandouts2478]

"I figured your head would be bigger. Let's get you sworn in"

[@profdc9501]

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is a much more inspiring and charismatic leader than anyone today. The truth is, if Terry Crews ran for president, he could likely win.

[@guythatpaysforyourhandouts2478]

@@profdc9501 Brought to you by Carl's Junior.

[@thegreyhound1073]

Terry Crews does over the top outlandish characters so well. Then he comes off the set back to being a normal American. If Reagan can become a governor and then president maybe he can to.

[@MsDoIIy]

​@@profdc9501 especially if he wore that suit 😂

[@ScramblerMagger]

Excellent analysis!

[@SuperBC1975]

What a classic film. Such a spot-on satire. "Welcome to Costco. I love you."

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

That's where I got my law degree

[@lutherheggs451]

Satire? that shit was practically a god damned documentary after 4 years of shit for brain Trump and his imbecile followers.

[@johnkrimmel1533]

@@lutherheggs451 you have that backwards

[@GARY84ROCKS]

@@lutherheggs451 You live in an alternate universe where you're the flawless hero and you are entitled to vilify others that you don't bother to engage civilly with.

[@LordLOC]

I can't believe you like money too.

[@lesnash6953]

"I didn't intend for this to be a documentary." Mike Judge

[@entangled31415]

One of my fav movie. Thank you.

[@cl6772]

One of the best future documentary's I have seen in a long time.

[@velkymuftu]

I didn’t even know that I loved all of his movies. Both Idiocracy and Office Space were pure gems.

[@davidyoung8521]

As an inhabitant of a cubicle farm, Office Space was all too true. Multiple RIFs, "Right Sizes," mindless mergers, doing more with less. Y2K . Constant management shuffling.

[@ramblerdave1339]

This is the first time I learned, that Silicon Valley, was related to Idiocracy. I should have known! 🤭

[@RKingis]

​@@davidyoung8521synergy

[@matthewatwood8641]

Damn it feels good to be a gangster

[@gregb6469]

Idiocracy is one of the most culturally important movies ever filmed.

[@empathyworks8890]

about the democrat party drones. Ironic

[@lisathuban8969]

Sounds like Brawndo is for you.

[@FUBARguy107]

@@empathyworks8890 Did you not watch the movie? Idiot President Comacho was compared to... who? Trump lol! You just can't stand it, can you?

[@relentlessmadman]

@Jim Eagle This comment makes you living Proof!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Raczoon]

@@empathyworks8890 I'm not sure if you had a failure to listen, or a failure to count, but he was clearly pointing at Trump and it's cult following.

[@mitchellheckethorn6003]

Definitely top of my all time favs, right next to Spaceballs and Caddy shack. Can you imagine kicking back with Mike Judge, Mel Brooks, and Harold Ramos. Hope I spelled that right... Anyway, comic genius!

[@erikl1447]

The first 5 minutes of Idiocracy are a scary and brutally honest look at reality.

[@FUBARguy107]

Can confirm. I'll be 33 in a few days. My ex wanted a kid but I didn't. I told her the world was just too weird. It hasn't gotten better and I don't think I will be having any kids. But no worries. 6 of the houses around me have like 5 or 6 kids each. They had plenty for the whole neighborhood!

[@That1776Show]

The love of a pimp is much different than the love you receive from a square.

[@_thechosen]

@@FUBARguy107 Seems you care about future generations more than yourself. That's rare.

[@FUBARguy107]

@@_thechosen I mean, I feel bad that my bloodline and last name dies with me if I don't breed and have a boy. The astronomical mathematics that go into the probabilities of my ever having existed at all are staggering. But I am not a rich person. I can barely afford to feed myself some days. Why would I subject a kid to this? In the end my ex left me for another woman anyway. So she isn't going to be having a baby there lol. But I am still looking into the "old snip" asap. It is reversible should I have a change of heart later in life and it just proverbially takes the option off the table. "I can't have kids so I won't worry so much about the obligation". The only true obligatory feelings, again, coming from my parents when they mention "I'm getting old I wish I had a grandchild."

[@soundmindtv2911]

“This one goes in your mouth. This one goes in your butt. No... wait... THIS one goes in your mouth...” “It’s just a swab test.”

[@ArcanePath360]

2 years after the movie, those plastic shoes, which they thought would never happen, became a thing. This tells you everything you need to know.

[@cosmicllama6910]

I can't wait for FuttBuckers

[@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy]

@@cosmicllama6910 you mean fudd ruckers?

[@cosmicllama6910]

@@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy yes but it devolves remember? lol

[@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy]

@@cosmicllama6910 i forgot to factor devolutionation

[@avoiceinthewilderness8978]

I don't think Crocs are dumb. They protect your feet, more so than flip flops, and are easy to put on and take off.

[@ashleytuesdays6442]

Mike Judge is just awesome. King of the hill and idiocracy are two of my faves.

[@annamossity8879]

I normally don’t like juvenile humor but this had depth. One of my all time favorites!

[@admtech69]

The first 15 minutes of Idiocracy are some of the finest movie moments committed to celluloid.

[@dankfuzzball]

I made my teenage children sit down and watch this with me a few years ago. It turned into an all time favorite of theirs. Years later we still crack each other up with quotes from the movie and are amazed at how real it's becoming..

[@licentiouslust5318]

... It's What plants..... crave? Metoo I sat my three teens down and used this as a lesson... had to track it down though was hard to find :)

[@krazedgunner]

Go away, baitin!

[@FukUNerd]

Welcome to Costco, I love you

[@upperdecker237]

"cause it has electrolytes"

[@upperdecker237]

@@krazedgunner 😂

[@ssherman]

After the events of the last 2 1/2 years...we are nearly there.

[@neslihanyukselici9020]

I watched Idiocracy a bit over 15 years ago and thought it had nailed it even back then. Social dumming down had been in progress much earlier but has gained increadible speed recently

[@houstoner]

Simpsons - Predicting events for decades Idiocracy - "Hold my beer"

[@wambam9062]

*Brawndo.

[@sammich8616]

at least the government is providing killshots for everyone that wants to die,

[@DoctorZisIN]

"Hold my Mountain Dew"

[@brim4brim]

@@wambam9062 We now have Lucozade Zero, a sugar free energy drink ...

[@DaPoopIsInDaPudding]

Oh man a hold my beer comment. Those never get old.

[@judsongaiden9878]

Demolition Man is another movie that was meant to be a warning, not a blueprint.

[@rosssivertson6339]

I'm sure the libs would love to have the police force in Demolition Man replace our current police.

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@rosssivertson6339 I'd join Edgar Friendly in a heartbeat!

[@onecrazynewf9150]

I'm still waiting for the crash foam in cars, tickets for curse words and the 3 seashells

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@onecrazynewf9150 I have a theory on that three seashells thing. I think it works like a manually operated version of a Japanese toilet dispensing water, air, and talcum powder.

[@billkeithchannel]

Yeah the virtual sex and no touching thing was pushed hard for the lockdowns.

[@JohnpaulArt-gc6nm]

This documentary rocked my mind

[@comments.are.turned.off...]

2006: hahahahahahah It's hilarious. Imagine if it was really like that. 2021: DOH!!!

[@revolutionfrommahbed4246]

Oh no - Idiocracy was ALWAYS a horror film - a funny one, but it always was too close to reality to be taken lightly... Now where did I put my water - from the toilet???

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Yep. Especially the scenes of some police officers just pepper-spraying somebody as a one-size-fits-all reaction ... that was a lot easier to laugh at a few years ago.

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

2016.

[@Benjamin-xl6dl]

Hahaha, worldwide hahaha

[@badasssalsa]

2016 - 01/06/2021

[@skellys1948]

I now feel so prescient. I saw both "Office Space" and "Idiocracy," in a movie theater, during their initial releases. I had no idea how poorly the studio handled the two films. Perhaps the management at the studio recognized themselves and their families, in the characters, in both films.

[@zimriel]

Office Space was available to gen-X on IRC, so our generation (I'm 49) did see it. But then gen-X was a babybust so that meant fewer ticketsales as opposed to the kids and the boomers. Idiocracy was *also* mentioned in these circles but, in this case, it wasn't even released to many theatres. I had to drive from west Houston all the way to Baytown to catch a screening and, after like ten days, it wasn't being played even there.

[@robertmaybeth3434]

I saw "Office space" because of the ads on comedy channel and I knew it would be good. But Idiocracy I never knew existed until it was on cable.

[@-108-]

Extremely plausible scenario.

[@KingPBJames]

Man, props to Mike Judge for persevering as the underdog. I'm sure glad he did.

[@Justin-Outdoors]

The way it played out is a good thing. We needed it to be this way

[@maxminor496]

"Idiocracy" is not a comedy, but a prescient documentary that is playing out as we witness it daily.

[@LKaramazov]

No movie ever made looks closer to the truth.

[@killer008r]

@Puddin Tain just stop.

[@killer008r]

@Puddin Tain You're probably one of those bozos that think the Vaccine has microchips in it.

[@izzzy03]

not a movie.. but prophecy :)

[@izzzy03]

@Puddin Tain just take electrolytes... you will be fine

[@nukedaddy]

Scariest movie ever. We're living this movie right fucking now.

[@cantagiousca5220]

You may be,I'm not

[@hectorsanaifric343]

@@cantagiousca5220 the fact that you think you are not means that you absolutely are

[@jesuschristislord7754]

"plenty of tards out there living kickass lives"

[@brians7181]

@@cantagiousca5220 You may not on an individual basis, but the society at large is, which means you are trapped in it, unless you are living on a space station. It is quite possible that Idiocracy has also affected the international space station, in which case there is no escape from it.

[@mr.bigglesworth2952]

Luckily... No Dildozer 😂

[@kilmcm45]

My gf and i fell in love with this film... someone stuck it in our DVD case. A few weeks later she popped it in and we couldn't stop laughing.

[@robertstevenson1179]

We're living it... As we speak....!!!

[@ketamu5946]

Cryed from laughter back then when I watched it. Crying now because it´s all true

[@emitindustries8304]

"Cryed" is better, more like the movie.

[@d.j.9961]

Well said!

[@Necaradan666]

I cried because I could see it happening, when I wasn't laughing at the jokes that movie was very depressing.

[@ArcanePath360]

@fellatio rodriguez Proof that Idiocracy is coming true, lol

[@noquarteratall780]

I remember having an argument with a friend I lost in 08' about how I thought this movie was prophetic. Aside from missing my friend I wish he was around to see what he would say now.

[@smithsmithington]

Even though it was so long ago I'm sorry for your loss. You sound like you were a good friend.

[@kurtstergar1042]

He died just to avoid admitting you were right.

[@jongillett9243]

@@kurtstergar1042 Oooof, easy there fella..😮

[@kurtstergar1042]

@@jongillett9243 hey, I didn't die to avoid admitting I was wrong! Although it sounds like something I would 🤣

[@kekfreedomheritage5633]

Excellent ideas out there from the fans, and real life events. Anyone do some CosPlay based on this story? Do you have skills, or ideas about this movie? Would you mind playing a role, or working on a movie pilot called, "2nd Take IDOCRACY", which is a movie idea we plan to pitch to Mike Judge.

[@Derbyjackministry]

LOOK AROUND, YOUR IN IT!

[@ChuckHaney]

What happened to it? We are living it.

[@Pistol2040]

"he never dreamed he was making a documentary..." Oh, I'm pretty sure he really did see this coming, he just did not want to insult everyone by saying so!

[@DontGoToHell]

Sometimes they use the word “Diversity” to cover their GENOCIDAL intentions No one says that Haiti, Japan, Liberia, or the NBA need “Diversity” Everyone says Germany, Ireland, USA, and NASA need “Diversity” “Diversity” is a code word for GENOCIDE against White people It really does sound like anti-racist is a code word for anti-White

[@AtmasImpaler]

Oh Yes Youre comment, while having some modicum of truth to it.... was so poorly laid out and just word-vomit... I can't help but think you're just a bot from a troll farm.

[@civilprotection3137]

@@DontGoToHell 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@codysmith5260]

@@DontGoToHell DIVERSITY IS SCARY OMG

[@mastemathedank4043]

@@AtmasImpaler *your

[@jimreuss]

"why do you keep saying that?" "Cause they pay me every time I do. You're so smart why didn't you know that?"

[@joeldukes303]

Well played Sir

[@joe_8699]

Bought to you by Carl's Jr.

[@jamesbrother9597]

I remember that movie. The only thing I kept thinking as I watched the entire movie was "when is it going to be funny?"

[@pedronoa1973]

We are living it.

[@alteredstateskustom]

“I was off by 490 years” - Mike Judge Sad but true! I watched this movie about a month ago. It’s crazy how close we are to this dystopian reality

[@badlaamaurukehu]

"trunalimunumaprzure."

[@karlsracing8422]

@@badlaamaurukehu 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Real talk. But that’s how BOTH sides of our government want us.

[@make_me7459]

@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 only one side is bending the truth. Was Covid a Democratic hoax?

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

@@make_me7459 No, it’s both. It’s called doing you research.

[@kaunas888]

The studio ignored it (hoping it would go away) because it was and is too real. The system does not want anything thought provoking.

[@steveo104]

First watched idiocracy in 2018. It was anxiety inducing.

[@ryoga8170]

I saw this in theaters since I loved everything Mike Judge made. I've still got Idiocracy on DVD and i still watch it every few years and cry at how accurate it was/is.....

[@jasonh9335]

“Idiocracy” became our real world today. Life has truly imitated art.

[@comdrive3865]

life imitates art imitates life. The cycle will never be broken

[@Juan_rivera]

Not quite there are still smart people out there but we're getting close

[@EllipsisTriangletrap]

Yes. This is because you have shifted your idea of what is smart and stupid. Perhaps you are stupid for not moving along with the rest of society.

[@Ipo024]

@@EllipsisTriangletrap society is moving along with the pr of multi billion dollar corporations and the few elites that run those. I think it's safe that no one has ever been dumb for blindly following those. If you're dumb it's smart to move along with this degrading west but when you're remotely smart you are nothing but weary of the future.

[@EllipsisTriangletrap]

@@Ipo024 "degrading west" care to expand on that? Is it indeed the west that creates all of the ills that any society may suffer? Interesting...

[@themetalone7739]

"Carl's Junior believes no child should go hungry. You are an unfit mother. Your children will be placed in the custody of Carl's Junior. 'Carl's Junior...fuck you, I'm eating.'"

[@onemoo1223]

Is this particular individual the unfit mother,ok this particular individual is unscanable!!!!!!!!!!

[@themetalone7739]

@@onemoo1223 I always loved that the jail was called "house of particular individuals".

[@alexkroezendijk8346]

No child left behind & child protective services

[@briangriffin8106]

@@themetalone7739 I always thought cops talking at press conferences was hilarious. I grew up in Boston. And the accent along with the guy trying to use three syllable words with proper grammar while trying to describe an incident was so funny. "The officers proceeded to pursue the perpetrator..."

[@jc.1191]

Welcome to Costco, I love you... That line killed me.

[@dustinatkinson6281]

Quite possibly the best documentary ever made.

[@user-vy6ux3vk3i]

We are living this movie today

[@EverettBurger]

I remember before this film came out, Newsweek did an article on it. One if the things mentioned in the article was that in the first draft of the film, the original reason why people became idiots was due to the education system in the US. Specifically, teachers no longer graded on what is considered "correct/incorrect", rather students were told if they "felt something was right, then it was". The example used was "as long as Timmy believes 2+2=5, then that's okay because we don't want to hurt his feelings." This was cut from the film because test audiences didn't think poling fun of teachers was okay. As a teacher, I wasn't offended by that at all.

[@snappycenter7863]

They should've kept that in; it'd make the film even more prescient.

[@yochp9693]

its because duh teachers and critical race theory duhhhhh

[@PF-gi9vv]

I wonder what the social science degree students think of this move? Anyone?

[@signa8]

in 2006, I could understand the argument that it was needlessly insulting to teachers. Today, it's more real than they ever could have predicted.

[@sheldondrake8935]

Bush's No Child Allowed Ahead program made damn sure nobody would learn anything useful, least of all critical thinking of any kind. The GQP made this movie into its playbook.

[@fergotti]

"I never seen no plants grow outta no toilet." 🚽🪴

[@dbergerac9632]

Should have seen my first apartment.

[@brandonbrinegar5316]

...it's playing out before our eyes as we speak.

[@meseyc]

Great documentary

[@NickoMcbrainRules]

"What happened to Idiocracy?" It became real.

[@Pimp-Master]

Especially when the US President Trump was seen doing pro wrestling videos.

[@lewisirwin5363]

"I used to think my life was a tragedy, but I now realise- it's a comedy!"

[@Z0MBM0Z]

"It's all a joke, it's all a fuckin joke."

[@joshuapalmer69]

Almost the exact opposite line is in Stranger than Fiction after keeping track of things that were more comedic or tragedy, "This may sound like gibberish to you... but uh... but I think I'm in a tragedy.

[@pmuppuehtemulov]

It is a miracle these movies saw the light of day. What would I be without Office Space?

[@andrewdunbar828]

This movie is pure genius and Terry Crews's President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is utter genius.

[@fireblast133]

Honestly Camacho would be an actual solid choice if he were real and running. An idiot, but priorities are ramrod straight.

[@setcheck67]

@@fireblast133 No one ever said we wanted a smart president. Just one that doesn't bullshit us.

[@singerkgreen]

I kind of feel like we owe it to Terry Crews to elect him in 2024

[@ontherocks23]

With his recent bad experiences with the "woke" culture, he may be ready.

[@jaymethodus3421]

Fuckin better than we got now

[@plasticweapon]

HOLD ON, VATO!

[@jc.1191]

I mean, at least he cared. Better than the first orange president.

[@singerkgreen]

@@jc.1191 orange president? Is that a racist joke? Must be if you're talking about someone's skin color. Odd thing, to bring racist comments onto a comedy movie. But it's the internet so racists with no profile pics and not real names are abound I guess.

[@tiddiesattic]

We're living it

[@leelane7437]

Mike Judge is a comedic genius, plain and simple.

[@eddiegesch8645]

Idiocracy is one of my favorite documentaries lol

[@JBob08]

It's one of my favorite movies in general.

[@DerekFullerWhoIsGovt]

"Dogma" and "Idiocracy" should be a box set.

[@eddiegesch8645]

@@DerekFullerWhoIsGovt I would buy it tomorrow if it was and I own both movies separately.

[@Beefsupreme63]

What’s this dogma? Beef hasn’t heard of this.

[@alanbryant8457]

Well Said

[@RizenAbility]

Idiocracy became reality… that’s what happened. Also this was a great timeline of Mike’s career and his genius

[@amj514]

But weirdly no mention of King of the Hill.

[@nghtwtchmn129]

@@amj514 Or Daria, the one good thing to come out of Beavis and Butthead.

[@nghtwtchmn129]

Another film that doesn't seem so far-fetched today: 1987's The Running Man. In the titular television game show of the future, condemned criminals run for their lives. Did you ever see Fear Factor?

[@asahutchinsonsuckslittledi1056]

F****** Terry crews man he ate that role up I mean he dominated every scene he's in

[@andrewblanchard2398]

we lived in IDIOCRACY from 2017 to 2021

[@AtZero138]

We are living this Movie..

[@Albert87nl]

"Idiocracy 2 is already out.. just look out the damn door!

[@gil10mtn]

First time I watched Idiocracy, I laughed my ass off. I'm not laughing today.

[@supernova582]

Yup shall I mention the people in there cars alone wearing masks like there afraid to catch covid from there car! Or wearing a mask alone wille juggling I'm just getting started lol this is just one topic of the year 2020

[@MLBlue30]

@@supernova582 I admit some have taken it overboard by being too cautious, but the society of Idiocracy doesnt strike me as people concerned about their health and well being. More like the Maga crowd that wants to shoot of their guns and party till they die cause 'Murica and fReEdOmS.

[@thomdilling5855]

Lol yeah people in idiocracy would definetly be anti maskers. Hell, the idea of injecting bleach into your arm to fight off a virus would be seen as too outrageous to put in a movie back then.. And here we are. Also from my understanding most people that wear a mask alone in their car are people who sanitized their hands properly before donning the mask. They don't want to compromise it but taking it on and off every five minutes because they actually want it to work properly.

[@TheAngiepangie424]

@@thomdilling5855 Exactly!!!

[@supernova582]

@@thomdilling5855 actually the whole bleach thing was just a stupid remark by Donald Trump im sure no one is Stupid enough to drink bleach that's like eating tide pods and if you don't have a Compromised immune system you really don't need to go that extreme after all in my state for example the case count was proven to be artificially inflated just so the governor can keep the lockdowns and play queen for longer so can you really trust the numbers? And it was during an election so ya how much was fearmongering for votes and Control? Things get complicated when there is the Potential for politics

[@willd3rbeast]

Mike Judge the unsung hero of the last 20 years.

[@Spider-Too-Too]

Office space prevented my suicide.

[@berryreading4809]

I had never even heard of "Extract", just watched it a few days ago and it was great, had no idea it was also by Mike Judge 👍

[@natalie2070]

This is a great movie. If I had known about it when it released I would have gone to see it.

[@windridermaui]

We are living it...