754

This nation has devolved into Tragicomedy.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 98 points 3 days ago

Future pizza delivery guy outruns fascist enforcers sounds like an awesome low budget 80s movie but it's not that much fun to actually live through

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It'd start good, but then there'd be chapter after chapter of exposition about the Sumerian language.

[-] DreadPirateShawn 13 points 3 days ago

As someone who loves linguistics, you're just saying that it starts good and then continues good. :-D

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Sometimes I feel like the only person in the world who genuinely enjoyed Snow Crash from cover to cover and it makes me wonder if my media literacy is suffering

[-] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

So it improves.

Good.

Hard to find movies that do that nowadays.

[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 days ago

Reminds me of the first chapter of Snow Crash.

[-] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

There is Smokey and the Bandit which is another example of the irony of the south.

[-] F_State@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

Smokey and the Bandito

this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2025
754 points (100.0% liked)

A Boring Dystopia

13946 readers
490 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--If a picture is just a screenshot of an article, link the article

--If a video's content isn't clear from title, write a short summary so people know what it's about.

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS