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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The only movie that seems to have really moved the dial on public policy is Idiocracy, the inspiration behind Elon Musk and Peter Thiel’s quest to get more IT people to fuck.

And even then I have to remind people that saying "Idiocracy is a documentary!" that they're being too optimistic.

We are NOT in a fully-automated sex-positive polygamous future with leadership that acknowledges society's problems and places its best and brightest towards a solution, one where free speech is so alive you can even name your restaurant "Buttfuckers" and no one's even slightly offended, one where even the least educated people in our society can get good quality high-paying jobs in everything from the arts to medical, one where sex work is no longer demonized and is considered so valid a profession that you can get your ass rimmed at Starbucks while waiting for your coffee.

And I don't understand why people think we have it anywhere near that good.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

We haven’t gotten dumb enough. The buttfuckers restaurants are still right around the corner.

Once AI lets us get too dumb to read we’ll be closer than ever.