The Darkest Dystopia Put On Screen

[@MeDicen_Rocha]

A single day doesn't go by where I don't think of the "resume viewing" screen when refusing to see ads, and how more and more likely it is for this to become a thing.

[@McLovin18-88]

isn't there already a patent for this kind of system?

[@marserly]

@@McLovin18-88 theres a sony patent that makes you scream or say the product or company's name to end the ad, which is not the same but somewhat similar

[@brownskin_girl6014]

I mean when I skipped an AD on KZbin one day, another one played instead of the video and I was like huh?! Am I tripping? Then i read near the skip button that it basically said “let AD play to see fewer ADs”

[@jojolafrite90]

@@marserly 🤢😱😖😥😢😩😓

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

KZbin’s terroristic approach to becoming a paid streaming service springs to mind.

[@zeroanonymity9736]

A lot of people dismiss the series offhand because they assume it's all "Technology BAD" but episodes like this and Be Right Back truly, TRULY contradicts that. It's where technology intersects humanity, it's a framework to explore the relationship we have with our culture and each other.

[@ErinJeanette]

Be right back makes me so sad and feel so weird every time. Also the one with the red head trying to fit in, I can't think of the name which is annoying. That's probably the one I've watched the most because it feels the most true to life right now. Also the white Christmas or whatever with John hamm, and then white bear is great the first time you watch it. I also loved the one with Josh harnette and Aaron Paul, that has become a favorite. Also shut up and dance is so perfectly horrifying. I've named half of the episodes at this point haha.

[@LaurentiuBadea]

The depressing vibe about this episode of Black Mirror isn't given by its prediction about the future, it's the metaphorical representation of the present. If you don't get it, you subconsciously understand it.

[@seventeenseventythirteen7465]

Yeah I didn't get it at first when this came out and I watched it for the first time. Then I had to get a job to survive... Now my life kinda revolves around waking up, doing menial tasks, going home and then what I have to show for it is a small amount of money after all my bills have been paid. Capitalism is honestly a failed system that only works for the rich and the blind who think one day if they work really really REALLY hard, then they'll magically become one of the chosen one percent who own nearly everything. Really how is this any different than a monarchy when you look at it in the right light?

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

​​@@seventeenseventythirteen7465what system could replace it. Me personally I think crony capitalism, corporatism and monopolies are what ruin it and ensure the rich get a lot more and stay in power

[@dr.archaeopteryx5512]

@@tiffanywyatt5137 Why are you asking questions you self-evidently know the answer to already?

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

@@dr.archaeopteryx5512 what

[@dr.archaeopteryx5512]

@@tiffanywyatt5137 "What system could replace it" + Proceeds to list varieties of capitalism = Very obvious glaring omission lmao

[@gematr14a42]

6:50 "The world presented to us in 'Fifteen Million Credits' is pretty different from our own" What do you mean that's literally the minimum wage job experience

[@marylouinprogress]

Yeah my thought exactly. Like it's barely even allegory

[@donovanwiebe2495]

It's pretty crazy to me that he never brought up capitalism. Like this is a very obvious capitalist-caused/end result of capitalism dystopia

[@SamSphinx]

​@donovanwiebe2495 my guess is that he's a lib. Or just doesn't want to say that words that trigger political debate.

[@SamGarcia]

The judges are a reference to the Bible: faith, hope, charity.

[@WobblesandBean]

Three of the Seven Virtues, warped and bastardized.

[@sudonim7552]

Judge "Wraith" also wears a rosary around his neck as jewelry, which any practicing Catholic can attest is a totally improper usage, further demonstrating how the judges uphold an illusion of virtue to maintain their own public image.

[@chrisS19019]

Also a wraith is the considered to be an entity you see soon before losing your life which in this case seems to be having your spirit broken. Makes sense!

[@mono6158]

​@@sudonim7552it's not improper to wear a rosary like this. It's a very common practice and in 2020 even the Vatican started to push it as a good thing

[@realmothchu]

@@sudonim7552 it's only improper if you aren't catholic and just using it as fashion which i think is what the character is doing

[@dullsunrise8820]

What I love is how regardless of why he decided to cave in, Bing had no reason to refuse. I like thinking it was partly because he has a chance at seeing Abi again but that still changes nothing. If he did it for her, that was only because it benefitted him. Really does highlight how some people will talk about sacrificing themselves for the greater good or to call out an oppressive system yet once they’re given the chance to make things better for only themselves they take it, making their initial advocacy amount to nothing. Absolutely chilling.

[@bananamanchester4156]

Another thing to consider is that the Hot Shot judges had already won by essentially AGREEING with him and offering him a platform to continue spreading the message. If he refuses the platform, they can spin it as, "huh. Well I guess he didn't really believe what he said, otherwise he'd take the chance to continue advocating for it." If he used the glass the way he intended to, they could say, "but we agreed with his message and offered to help him spread it! His demise had nothing to do with us trying to silence him, he must have just been unstable." And of course, if he agrees, they can control and regulate the message he spreads. The judges masterfully manipulated the situation so that no matter what, they would come out on top.

[@steinisteinkraut]

My way to getting to know the show was that my english teacher from 5 years ago had us watch the episode 15 million merits and make it a focal point. Unfortunately I've never finished the first season in full but I just have to thank him for introducing me to the series and this ep especially

[@MrMetalforever5]

I think this episode has the most powerful message in the entire series: It doesn’t matter how altruistic you are, everyone has a price. You and I WOULD trade our cage for a bigger one given circumstances that would not paint a pretty picture for what we’d imagine that we’d do in these kind of scenarios.

[@WobblesandBean]

It's true. We see it every single day. The bullied becomes the bully, the poor are happy to join the bourgeoisie in hating other poor people if given the chance to join the glitterati.

[@VodShod]

It depends. What do you mean a price? Some of us are idealistic where we have goals that are the most important thing for us, and there isn't really a price for betraying those goals, because anything that would be worth it would be in furtherance of those goals.

[@bodkie]

​@@VodShodyou just said it yourself, you'd do anything that furthers your goals, because it'd be worth it. It's not about "anyone will betray their core principles if you offer enough financial incentive". The draw of money isn't the money itself, it's what it represents, people with money often lose it. Look at lottery winners for an example. People with power know how to prey on what people want, it just so happens that money is a prime motivator for many thanks to the structure of society. If you were offered the chance to achieve your goals, with the only caveat being a small sacrifice of something that means very little to you, it'd start to look pretty attractive. Even if what might be a small price to you would be a big negative in the eyes of others.

[@josephmatthews7698]

Not everyone. Sometimes the only way to win the game is not to play.

[@elderscrolls8442]

@@josephmatthews7698 💯

[@ravenblackwing7888]

It feels like Cyberpunk Edgerunners. David chromed up and became just as much part of the system as the corpos. It wasn't until the very end when he looked Adam Smasher dead in the eye and told it to go f!ck itself that he was finally free... there's no true escape. The powers that be will win regardless. The best any of us can do is be true to ourselves.

[@swiperthefox777]

Small thing you may have missed.. the video he skipped costs less than the amount of money it cost to skip the video.

[@kutkuknight]

Giant corporations be like: yes yes, this piece of art warning about the horrible way it could go, we should take it as a guide!!! In all seriousness its absolutely vile, disgusting and horrifying to see how capitalism is evolving in just this direction... every time youtube adds more ads I think about the day when they will implement thisy

[@dr.archaeopteryx5512]

Get adblockers, get the privacy possum extension, sail the sea and throw tomatoes!

[@clockworkcookie]

The bikers despising the cleaners even thought they're also trapped in this shitty system - that is one of the many things in this episode that got to me, because that is our reality right now. Whenever I see ppl on social media saying shit like "oh i work 3 jobs and sleep 1 hour every day because i'm a badass who is grinding, unlike you peasants complaining about minimum wage" --- it's literally the bikers. They are one tiny emergency away from becoming homeless. But they will still defend this system because they think they're only "temporarily embarassed millionaires", brainwashed into thinking rich people and CEOs got to where they are through hard work.

[@ReiSilver]

It's funny how on the nose to story is about capitalism without a lot of people coming out and saying "Look it's an episode about capitalism being bad" instead the take away is "technology bad". It also shows how by keeping people isolated: their homes are individual boxes, their bikes point at screens to keep them from talking to each other, the rewards dangled are all about personal advancement, it keeps the populace from ever actually changing anything. Bing could not conceive of making connections beyond one that addressed his individual needs, the way a lot of people will feel isolated and think "If only I had a girlfriend/boyfriend then I wouldn't be lonely". He didn't consider the bargaining power of all the cyclists to smash all their screens, refuse to bike, refuse the buy. Because he had no frame of reference to even conceive of such a thing. Hotshot also does what capitalism does in taking anything that challenges the status quo and absorbing it into itself. Abi shows something that was passed down through her family without any transactional benefit and then takes that and hides it under the sex industry. Bing challenges the system with how it has hurt him and they offer him comfort and safety to commodify that anger into something that reinforces the system. Yes he could have refused it but even that would only be an individual action and would not have changed the system. That can only be done through solidarity and group action.

[@Angel_4574]

Applause 👏👏👏

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

Wya to justify sellouts lol

[@jthb]

It seems to me at this point there truly is no way of governing a population of people as to be human is to live in dystopia as everything will have it's perceived good and bad.

[@SpecialInterestShow]

Books, Movies, the entire Sci Fi genre pretty much: "hey the Torment Nexus is bad don't build it" Every corporation: "so this is our new product, the Torment Nexus version 5.0, this time with the exact same features as the previous, but with one more camera!"

[@ElCheMc]

You asked why everyone is inside pedalling? It's because it's an extreme response to climate change. People are living in self sustainable towers while the environment recovers. They mention early in the episode having population control this is so the population maintains at a sustainable level, the food is grown from cells as agriculture especially large scale is very resource intensive. The people pedal to produce electricity, a green renewable electricity and fat people are shamed as they consume more resources than they output so they are used as entertainment to gain some resource back. Bing says "Going where? Powering what?" in his monologue raising the question that has been at the back of the episode the entire time, which is why is society like this, what is this for. The final shot of the forest is showing what it's all for.

[@dr.freshmemes3696]

thats soooo fuckin stupid. if they can afford all the screens they can afford turbines and geothermal electric

[@ElCheMc]

@@dr.freshmemes3696 Black Mirror is full of illogical extremes.

[@dr.freshmemes3696]

@@ElCheMc so basically more "Wot If Ya Mum Ran on Batteries" honestly, black mirror gets to caught up in its own ideas and ends up getting its metaphors crossed with whatever fucked up hypothetical its trying to do

[@ElCheMc]

@dr.freshmemes3696 it started to get a bit wanky, during the netflix seasons. But in truth it was always there it was just now cause they were doing more than 3 it was more obvious. I stopped watching around season 4 and it seems like the zeitgeist started to turn against it a bit and the whole "wot if phones were evil" meme started. IIRC Charlie Booker even acknowledged it as a problem with the show.

[@saucevc8353]

@@dr.freshmemes3696 It could be intentional. Like in 1984, making society run too efficiently gives people too much free time, which means they have time to think, which means they might turn against you. If you keep them constantly working, exhausted, and downtrodden, while also convincing them what they do is in the name of a greater cause, they're much easier to control. That's how I see it at least. Edit: Furthermore, by forcing the lower classes to work so laboriously, it makes the escape presented by the TV shows like Hotshot all the more desirable.

[@jenkinsjrjenkins]

🐧 penguin to boost the algorithm gods

[@waterwaveybaby]

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[@NoobishRandom]

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[@quriline]

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[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Detritus.

[@destroyerofeps2714]

I know this might be implied in the episode, But I think hotshot is more of a way of Determining who the most entertaining are, so they can continue making their shows and stuff. Look at bing, he was given a show specifically because he's saying things that sound entertaining and get attention and get people to watch.

[@shcdemolisher]

Yeah, making money instead of advancing forward and getting BETTER as a society.

[@mattgilbert7347]

The use of a permanent underclass to keep the working class scared and, in their place, that's in Marx. Pretty much all of this is in Marx, just not the specific tech used to maintain class relations.

[@Yuumiiiiiiiii]

Well thats reasonable. We live in capitalistic world so media/story criticising the economy model we live in (capitalist) will have similar tones to anti-capitalistic works, especially famous ones.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@Yuumiiiiiiiii I do think that the writers and producers have read or are at least familiar with Marxist thought.

[@ivanbluecool]

I enjoy seeing future ruined worlds and how each writer has humanity adapt or collapse to that timeline.

[@Barakon]

18:35 This sounds like when humans turn their own species into livestock.

[@marysebergeron5102]

Honestly this episode hit me in the feels, because Abe looks just like a female friend of mine and seeing her get used and abused and imagining if I saw my friend being sedated and doing porn and not being able to do a thing about it, it’s heartbreaking

[@shadquirk607]

He didn't hate the system, he hated being at the bottom, it's a cynical attack on humanity.

[@AkariNeko3131]

This is an incredibly deep analysis. You left few, if any, stones unturned. Well done.

[@barrosooliv]

I believe that's one of the most horrifying episodes of Black Mirror. I mean, (31:35) imagine being in his place.

[@cascharles3838]

Imagine being in hers

[@TheForbiddenChode]

@@cascharles3838Even worse, he got a bigger cage and all he did was threaten his own life. She got a bigger cage and her cost is… horrifying.

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@cascharles3838 I know. And she had to be drugged in order to do it. Now she's trapped, forever sedated and essentially graped day in, day out. It's too much for me to think about. :/

[@caitlynsoto4863]

If you do another Black Mirror episode, can you do "Nosedive"? I love that episode and enjoy the world that is portrayed. Love your work!

[@WobblesandBean]

To me, THAT episode is the scariest, cuz we're seeing that happen irl. In China it's already the status quo. Yes, I know China is a dystopian hellhole of human rights violations, but it's not that difficult to see it happen here.

[@alfredandersson875]

@@WobblesandBean​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠your comment reads a parody. “It’s not that difficult to see it happen here”. Inform yourself about your own country’s extensive surveillance network and status quo preserving measures. If you live in an English speaking country, especially the US, UK, CA or AU then it’s already well documented since the 1900s. China didn’t develop domestic control or mass surveillance. The US has more surveillance cameras per capita than China and while you might feel as though you aren’t at risk, that’s because you’re not a threat to the status quo. The US and “friendly nations” has a much deeper and more horrifying history with invasions of privacy than any other country/bloc.

[@mysteryyoshi4917]

If black mirror ever wants to tackle this concept, they could do the janitors perspective just to give another perspective in how much human desperation happens even in a technological future. Not saying going back to this setting but it’s concept of a dystopian future.

[@PL4GA21]

0:18 galvanized square steel

[@OurPFjourney]

Names water but all he spits is fire 🔥

[@m1hfn2f]

i haven't really thought much about this episode before. but now i can see how the show talks about the s*x work industry. almost all the women there have been coerced in some way, and new recruits are encouraged to join showing how attractive it is. the episode also points out fatphobia, lookism etc. you also pointed out more things i didn't notice before. so props for the commentary!

[@_foxpuppet]

The point of Black Mirror is supposed to be that humans are their own worst enemy. It's not "technology bad," but rather, technology isn't a magical fix for human failings. Whether an episode conveys (or even understands), that point is very dependent on the writers, directors, editors, etc. And, of course, whether or not the audience will thoughtfully engage with such media

[@alylikespurple]

Your analysis videos are always so good! I really liked this one about Black Mirror even though I hadn’t watched it before, but it definitely captured my interest.✨💕

[@BernicePanders]

I think Black Mirror gets a bad wrap & deserves better. The first 3 seasons are undoubtedly the best & once the BBC sold it to Netflix, it did start to go downhill, though it still had a great episode or 2 in each season. No matter how many times I see it, this episode and the SanJunipero episode will always make me cry & are a punch in the gut of feeling. I kinda wish BM had kept going with BBC, so they could keep all these amazing looks into the future coming, and alot of people need to see. But, all the best things end too soon...

[@TranswealthyTrillionaire]

This is by far by favorite episode. The montage scene is legit one of the most motivational things I've ever seen, and I come back to it whenever I need motivation.

[@Redralphred]

Good analysis; I remember this episode, and it was so confusing; not the story nor themes, but how believable it was for Bing to realize his price to move up. From one enclosure to a better one, with better food and space. Enjoyed your words! Subbed due to it!

[@joaovitorreginattodasilva8840]

"You will own nothing, and you will be happy".

[@kathrineici9811]

That opening-overpopulation fearmongering is always funny to me considering that birthrates fall as standards of living / levels of technology go up

[@Trencher1375]

No the birthrate is going up everywhere except the western world

[@CharlotteRoberts-gu1dc]

@@Trencher1375 That's not true at all. South Korea and Japan both have rapidly declining birthrates. It's not just the 'western world'

[@josephnarvaez9507]

​@@CharlotteRoberts-gu1dc Yes, even in developing countries, the birth rate is falling

[@Da_bear-ij9gm]

The number one factor correlated with birth rates falling is availability of education and legal rights for females, not tech

[@johnynoway9127]

also.... money. You cant support a big family if you can barellu support yourself.​@@Da_bear-ij9gm As for Japan specific: Its mainly because their beliefs (religious and otherwise) are at odds with the modern world. So the younger generation is leaving Japan because they cant live in a world their predecesors dictated to them.

[@9000ck]

Abi's fate is the fate of artists under capitalism. Bing's fate is the fate of the rebel under capitalism.

[@SamSphinx]

Pretty bang on. The rebel is hushed and/or repackaged, fully astroturfed into serving the status quo And the Artist is sucked into unfair deals where they are exploited until they break.

[@Acehigh-Jenkins]

This reminds me a bit of Harrison Bergeron. I haven’t read the story just watched the 1995 adaptation where he works at the tv station. This reminded me of that.

[@anewdawn2545]

underrated af dude, great content

[@johnscott6481]

Did you say "pooing out a piss"... most dystopian thing ever

[@cameronwebb5621]

in the far future we will all poo out piss 😔

[@tipennya]

This is absolutely my favorite Black Mirror episode!

[@StudioKelpie1993]

What's scary is this is actually becoming a reality, with social media being in our faces and AI rampant, we are going into that Cyberpunk Future whether we like it or not

[@josephmatthews7698]

Sometimes the only way to win the game is not to play.

[@Triforcebro]

Sometimes not playing doesn't work.

[@dr.freshmemes3696]

sometimes the winning move is radical political violence but black mirror isnt ready for that

[@Yuumiiiiiiiii]

do you mean dying? if not, how else would you be able to live in the system without participating?

[@josephmatthews7698]

@@Yuumiiiiiiiii I can show you if you like. Drop out and only engage on your terms. Accept the childish dreams of being a millionaire was at best a lottery ticket and at worst an aspiration to abuse. Take a couple years to raise as much money as you can while cutting expenses to nil. Quit your job and downsize everything. You'd be amazed at how little a human can survive off of. Be homeless if you have to and constantly seek like minded people. Generosity and the adventurous spirit will get you through this transitional time. Live in your car or with mom or friends. You'll pay them back one day. You're not suffering for fun here. You're suffering to test your limits and figure out what you actually need to survive. If you beg listen to the hate and harassment and see how they've been conditioned to treat their fellow man. Not what you've been told you need to survive but what you as an individual can and cannot live without. It's scary and hard but you'll learn to savor it, one of the lucky few to endure true freedom and you will be hated for it. Now phase 2. Use your time experimenting with new passions and discover what makes you happy. Like REALLY happy. Not, "have you tried Vinnie's pizza?" Happy. I mean "woke up with coffee I brewed on a deck I built on a chill foggy morning watching the hares in the tree line under a blanket the love of your life made." Happy. The real stuff. You don't need half the crap you were told you needed. Internet is cheap, almost free if youre clever. No one has it all figured out and anyone who claims to is a liar or a thief But I do know one thing - how I die - happy and surrounded by the people and projects I love - or as a revolutionary. Either way, totally worth it.

[@josephmatthews7698]

@@Triforcebro when the game is, "harm others so that you can prosper." It's the only thing that works. I don't begrudge anyone still busting their butt trying to make ends meet but I'll always wonder when do we fight back? When do we say, "making a stranger ten dollars so I can have a penny makes no sense and I won't take part." Or has the cattle rancher perfected his art? You don't have to be violent, go to jail or even quit your job. Heck you might even be able to fight back better thanks to your job. Learn the system and Robin Hood that joint. Pour sugar in a Hummers gas tank. Key a Tesla. Get some fire insurance money. Make life anonymously miserable for your jerk boss. It's like we gave up, besides Ukraine and the Arab spring we haven't had a good revolution in forever. I'm not judging I feel it too. Just sucks all of this pain and aggression never gets to the people who deserve and instead ends in record depression med sales, record sewer slides and addiction rates and even when people DO snap they get brainwashed into shooting up some poor kids at a school or a scapegoat minority. The people responsible never feel the pain they cause. Sad really.

[@ninjyatinything]

Really enjoying your views and insights into these darker shows/games/movies! Subscribed!

[@jojolafrite90]

The darkest dystopia was never put on screen,just watered up versions or different ones. The darkest one is playing and we're actors in it.

[@herecomemacOnTT]

This was legitimately the episode that sold me on this show. Probably won't ever be topped.

[@Apollo9898LP]

One thing I don't really like about this episode is that Abi i basically treated as a prop for Bing's character arc, rather than being given a proper arc for herself. She gets fucked over by the narrative and it's only for the purpose of driving Bing to his point of desperation. The writers seem dreadfully uninterested in her story, even though I honestly think her story of being coerced into a life of "stardom" that's largely exploitative and for someone else's benefit is much more interesting than Bing's ultimate conclusion of becoming Joe Rogan.

[@mmastoryline623]

Yessa!! New video! Love this channel

[@Catherine-lq2dl]

I wish you would update more often as I love how you present things and (having never watched this show) made me want to watch Black Mirror.

[@myronnet0]

Hiiii! I love your content, keep going my man.

[@waterwaveybaby]

Thank you so much! Got a lot of videos coming soon

[@myronnet0]

@@waterwaveybaby Thank you very much for talking to me! i have been watching your videos for 2 years now, my favourite videos are the ones about Dont Hug me Im Scared

[@waterwaveybaby]

@@myronnet0 aye no way, thanks so much for watching, at some point over the next few months I wanna do a ranking so I can talk about the web episodes a little bit because that’s still my favourite series

[@StarrChild.]

This is one of my absolute favourite Black Mirror episodes and I'm so glad for this video. I love this episode most of all because it feels so real. It's honestly not that far-fetched to believe as it doesn't really have any crazy technology, everything in the episode is something that exists in our world. There is even talk and development for ads that can track if you're watching so we might be headed closer to this than you think.

[@afxmnstr]

The world is lush and green now, and here we are on the computer.

[@brownskin_girl6014]

This episode is what really got me into black mirror. One of my favorites besides nose dive.

[@lyndas.8765]

If you watch this and do see the parallels to modern capitalism I don’t know what to tell you. The chubby dude being the meanest to the marginalized workers is right on the nose. We *are* living a a dialed down version of this. Working class people look down on those less fortunate as if they have a moral failing. But the reality is that we are all parts of a system where we work for credits to keep the system going and no one benefits like the ones who constructed it all.

[@Angel_4574]

Yup absolutely

[@seventeenseventythirteen7465]

I swear to god every Conservative Capitalist loving loonatic I've met, including my mother in law and grandpa, look at the homeless like they'd be better off melted into biofuel and not as people like themselves. Shit, my mother in law is a few bad days away from homelessness and so stacked with medical debt that their collectors come after her children for fuck sake. Yet she STILL praises us as the "best medical system in the world". Once I suggested affordable health care would be nice and she went off as if I said "IT'd be really cool if I personally robbed what little money you have right now and give it to some random homeless man to spend on drugs and hookers." then praised America for being so amazing. Then in the next breath complained about how Canada is cucked for not having enough guns... I genuinely hate America.

[@owenparris7490]

I like to think that as long as we have stories like this to warn us, we won't fall to dystopia.

[@SpoopySquid]

[Glances at the news] Yeah, about that

[@EmberTheShark]

I would 100% choose the same as Bing. Humans are survivors, pushing each other down in order to stay above the water. Not all humans but 99.98%. Solid video my dude.

[@vermis0161]

you're describing snakes, and if this accurately describes your sense of morality then you are also a snake

[@BoneheadGirl_]

You say that as if you personally know most of the planet and what they believe in. 💀

[@blumiloh9218]

@@BoneheadGirl_you don’t need to personally know people to make claims on basic, hardwired, human survival psychology. It’s like how you can claim 99% of ppl aren’t cannibals despite not knowing every single person on earth. No one wants to eat another person unless they’re severely psychologically fucked, or they were raised in a remote area where that’s not taboo. Our brains are wired to make us feel extreme trauma if we were to eat another person, so other than out of morals it’s natural for us to avoid it, just like our brains are wired to have us choose options that benefit us most, especially in extreme survival situations like bing was in. If you were a prisoner in North Korea and you could get out of the prison but your cellmate was stuck in there forever if you left, you would still leave, you’re wired to do so, if you chose otherwise you may be able to say “look how morally great I am” but both you and your cellmate will still be stuck there to rot forever and all you did was shoot yourself in the foot.

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

​@@BoneheadGirl_ its true, you just dont have enough life experience to know it yet.

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@BoneheadGirl_ The others are right. There's a very big study that shows pessimists have the most accurate view of the world. Your optimism is admirable, but completely naive and not at all in line with objective reality. The truth is, even the most virtuous person you know, would gladly trample their own mother if it meant saving their own skin.

[@willramirez75]

The episode is about pimps. Yes, I said what I said.

[@eduardoribeiroucv9630]

I have no mouth and I must scream...

[@Pendejoguey]

This episode feels like a modern retelling of 1984

[@mikethegoo]

I think it may also subtly be alluding that women are preyed upon even more than men I this kind of system. Because Abby, the woman was a victim in this episode, basically being sex trafficked without ever even having chosen for this life at all, but Bing, as a man, ended up benefiting from it all by choice after getting the same offer while completely sober.

[@Catzbe]

You could do a breakdown on each episode, and I would watch each one.

[@lesliemartin3]

This was lovely I subbed straight away

[@Triforcebro]

In reality, Bing would be considered an incel or at least social media's representation of what an incel is. He feels alone and craves more until he meets a woman and then he wants the woman, once the woman has been stripped from his life he no longer values life and seeks either revenge or general attention.

[@TheMrEcks]

Pretty sure Hope and Charity were the only things left in Pandora's Box when she opened it, indicating they are far more insidious than the more obvious "Wraith"

[@snbsixteen6stars201]

Really makes me want to move to the woods in isolation forever if this is the future of the so called civalized people

[@cabra5455]

Okay, I will ignore everything beside the last shot and the self-sustaining part of the episode. I can see this as a sort of good intention gone wrong. Possibly humanity advanced enough, so that they have pseudo infinite energy, as long as everyone is working, which prompted a mayhaps life conserving minded government to get the whole of humanity inside a big box, where they will reside until the end of it all. In short, Humans suffer, so the planet don't have to.

[@WhymeObie]

THIS FIRE JUST DROPPED🔥

[@cheng9260]

Me watching this video from my box: °_°

[@tutuwalling235]

I love watching your videos. You deserve more subscribers!

[@S...O___S...]

"Black Mirror Shines" woulda been a sick band name if it weren't for the show.

[@WatPatat]

Love you, too, bud

[@cameronwebb5621]

"we live in a society" - Black mirror writers

[@StephaniedeBritoLeal]

San Junipero is my fave episode, but I agree wholeheartedly that 15 million merits is the best episode of the entire series. It was the one that made me pause and stop because i needed to process it.

[@meinschmerz6074]

I think its the best episode of Black Mirror. And its it is da damn good show. The Sellout at the End...it broke me. How this system co-opts evrything. Its like some rich companies have learned to deflect any critics with a weird unique kind of irony. I cant really describe it. An Example would be Twitter and the kind of comments they write there. I hope people know what i mean with that, this disarming ,"innocent or harmless" kind of humour or self-irony. Which is in the end a calculated strategy.

[@Dragon_named]

Man Can we all agree this guy is underrated

[@starvinmarvin1200]

22:08 the bee movie script😂😂😂

[@THambrough]

"Oi bruv, petri dish innit?" 😂😂 Yes!

[@doubledeeez3688]

I love the idea thats its truly forcing us to face ourbown self centered altruism, i think its a great story to encourage us to question the sincerity of our (and others) own altruism. And tbh its a direct reflection on late stage capitalism love the vid!

[@yeethittter1285]

I prefer to think the window at the end is a screen, because A: with how hyper-artificial this world is the outside world would undoubtedly be polluted and have all it's resources used up (the petri dish line), being right near a giant untouched forest would make no sense, and B: it would make for a better representation of Bing's place in the world at that moment. All throughout the episode he picks those basic cartoony depictions of the outdoors to represent his yearning for freedom and escape from this system, and at the end he's definitely in nicer conditions but the same system nonetheless. Even though he's a bit further up the ladder he's still doing and saying exactly what the people in charge want and is inside the same articicial walls. So like always he's looking at this artificial idea of nature that probably no longer exists, he just gets to pick a fancier version now

[@StarrChild.]

Time to clear my entire schedule for the next 50 minutes. it's Water Wave time.

[@seventeenseventythirteen7465]

This episode says more about Capitalism than it does screen time honestly.

[@evanmarschand9930]

Can you do the Black Mirror episode "Nosedive" next?

[@Ivyrigs]

This is a really well made video but I dont think you really understand the point of the episode if you think it's just a hypothetical warning of what COULD happen to humanity. The episode makes it pretty obvious that it's not about what CAN happen but rather what's ALREADY happening. The whole episode is a pretty direct allegory for how capitalism works and how rich people prey on poor people's desire for wealth and comfort in order to make a profit and keep themselves above. The fact that the girl is coerced into being a pornstar by the end isn't just to shock you; its a direct commentary on what it means to be rich and famous and what success is for people who aren't born into it. The metaphor is that all celebrities are essentially whoring themselves out to corporations in exchange for a slightly better experience than the rest of us while still facing the same dreadful cycles of manipulation and obedience. Its really silly how you act like the whole thing is just speculative fiction as if it isn't literally just what real life is like. This isn't me hating or anything but I think the approach you took to analyzing the episode fails to account for the actual commentary present in the story and instead treats it more like something that is unimaginable. Its just kind of a privileged thing to be able to overlook something that obvious. This isnt what COULD happen to us, its just our current reality.

[@SamSphinx]

Yeah, to me his analysis comes from of a place of not-quite class consciousness. How we're all riders hoping to be stars.

[@cyupidcandy]

A NEW WAVE VIDEO YESSSSS!!!!

[@Robustacap]

Charlie Brooker (creator, head writer for Black Mirror) has said the series isn't about tech bad, but about humans and human society put in these states tech might create. So really it's a suggestion to take a look at that Black mirror and possibly act accordingly?

[@funk_meister]

Thinking of it, this future might be very sustainable, ecologically 🤔 nature seems to thrive outside

[@irumthe]

YIPPEEE 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@waterwaveybaby]

Yippee Yippee

[@b1mbap]

I thought Black Mirror is a movie man who has time for 6 seasons

[@Beeyo176]

What is that cartoon at 1:50? I swear I've seen it before

[@BLOMBO-ENJOYER]

When the wind blows a movie about nuclear war

[@natisfreezing]

What would they do if you are disabled tho, like would they just kill you. Like I could do the bike but only for a wee while as I have chronic pain. I just wonder what they do with people like that, cos it's not like they can't be talented too. Also side note the main guy was also in psychoville a great show. Also a show those people do is inside no.9 which is fantastic and tbh better than black mirror.

[@KiwiFromChowder]

The least pessimistic Brits: 0:10-0:40

[@adammcclelland5746]

Do an episode on the Waldo Moment.

[@bates1675]

loved it E

[@land3021]

1:07 I disagree. 1:39 I agree 2:25 Atleast you don't get to see people protesting over something that's... ridiculous... but damn... 4:24 Yikes... classism... 5:08 Oh god yeah... the class system reinforces itself via making there be a representation of "worse off" than the exercisers... and motivates people to progress of course as was said, scary how this works... it's like homeless people vs people with homes, but with propaganda that enforces the status consciously for everyone...

[@marinaramirez1959]

Fiiine. I'll watch black mirror

[@so-calledpunk323]

Before Bing he was Posh Kenneth 😅

[@D14n4gv]

You definitely need to do all the other black mirror episodes 🙏

[@meighan.leenetta]

...the song is not about resilience. Its about staying with someone that abuses you. I wouldn't call that resilience.

[@RogueBeatsARG]

The Class system makes no sense tho, if you put the Unfit people on the bike they will become fit

[@theredpill7511]

Black Mirror doesn't come close to the dim and grim dark future of Warhammer 40k.