• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s only eugenics if the solution is to interfere with human reproduction. The movie is about an average person living in a stupid world. Not a call to euthanize useless eaters.

    Lets see if you can propose a different 2 minute introduction that allows the same world building but satisfies your sensibilities. I suspect you won’t be able to beat the directors choice.

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      3 months ago

      easy. you don’t tie it to breeding at all.

      “education was systematically enshittified so most of the world is dumb now”

      done.

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          3 months ago

          that was a great turnaround from your challenge, wasn’t it?

          “oh I’d like to see you do better”

          “yeah this would be better”

          “well do it for yourself!”

          yeah i can, but then again i could watch movies that are already not stupid instead of buying dumb ones and fixing them manually.

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            3 months ago

            Not really a turn around. I’m demonstrating how the details of the first 2 minutes are inconsequential to the rest of the film.

            If those 2 minutes offend you, skip them, invent your own opening and enjoy a hilarious comedy that makes no further comment on the fact that richer, better educated couples statistically have less children.

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              so, what, the movie was not edited? if it didn’t have anything to do with the movie they could just remove it. of course it’s consequential; it’s the basic premise of the movie.

              again, no one is disputing the FACT itself so you don’t need to emphasize it. my whole point is that the FACT is completely irrelevant to what drives intelligence in a community.

              love that you added the richness aspect though. yeah if all these fucking poors didn’t have too many children we’d be in much better shape. don’t think about systemic issues, it’s all about individuals!