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      The problem with fucking idiots is that they’re always fucking other fucking idiots and creating more fucken fucking idiots!

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      I fucking hate this comparison.

      The government in Idiocracy actually tried. They were just idiots. The bad guy in that movie is stupidity.

      When these comparisons started that wasn’t even a fair comparison. And I mean like, it was common enough when W. was still in office, among the like 10 people who had seen it by that time.

      We have actively malicious state actors who love that you’re so willing to believe they’re only stupid.

      Also Mike Judge is terrified of poor people.

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        I mean… the bad guy in Idiocracy is actually “inferior genetics” and “the poors”, Like… I find it hilarious but holy fuck did that movie do a lot for advancing eugenics among the cultural zeitgeist…

        But yeah. President Comacho actually cared and was trying to make the world better. And once Not Sure showed them that toilet water worked, they used it. Rather than insisting on shoving horse medicine up their asses out of spite.

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        It’s an apt reference when talking about the population rather than the government. But you’re right. Camacho was an infinitely better president that actively listened to the smartest person in the world. He was surrounded by idiots too, but he tried.

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        Care to clue in those of us who aren’t celebrity watchers, and know nothing about Mike Judge?

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          Mike Judge is the creative mind behind Idiocracy, king of the hill, and office space. A core theme behind the first two is “poor people are stupid and crazy.”

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            It’s been a LONG time since I watched either of them, so I’ll have to rewatch some with that perspective in mind. Seems a bit exaggerated to me, but I suppose it’s possible. Thanks for explaining.

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              Just think of the IQ/reproduction sequence at the start and the kinds of people that were used to represent high and low IQ.

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        The government of idiocracy is decades after the stage we’re in now, but we seem to be in the prologue part of that movie, if not further in.

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      mehhh, they realised they were idiots and consulted the smartest dude around. We wish it was Idiocracy

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    I just can’t. No one ever suspected that there were a group of people who could be so fucking brain dead and stupid that it would become some sort of superpower. Like the dumbest most inept motherfuckers. MAGA are pedophiles accomplices and idiots of the highest order.

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    In other words, Pete Hegseth introduces mandatory gender-affirming tests as part of servicemember health evaluations.

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    He seems to be obsessed with the purity of bodily fluids, just like Jack D. Ripper. Even looks a little like him.

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    Yes, let’s also pump them full of methamphetamine and we’ll create good little Sturmtruppens to do the füeher’s bidding.

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          I don’t know why I’m scandalized by anything anymore but I’m scandalized by this.

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            I mean, it is long stretches of night flying (generally staring into bright NVGs for extra eye strain) where they have to stay on edge for hours at a time. And it has the same culture of special forces where “it is a privilege to do this and only the best can earn it” which pushes people to push themselves even further.

            So… think about that when you hear about helicopters and planes mysteriously crashing into each other or failing on missions.

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    This guy is such a pussy. He overcompensates all the time and clearly has an inferiority complex. Must have a rather tiny penis to think being that macho is somehow important or a good thing. Probably an incel, too.

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        Crazy to me that they don’t want the military mandating that they have to take the flu shot, but these weird macho dudes are just fine getting their hormone levels checked and submitting them to the army. I am at such a loss with society

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          It’s all based in insecurity, it’s gay to prevent illness because your already too manly and strong to get sick, but showing off how T’ed up you are is a privilege

          Edit: autocorrect is stupid

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    This is an aspect of totalitarianism. When a government attempts to subordinate all of society to a single ideology and state control. This is an attempt to elevate the idea of the strong, virile, white male as one of the solutions to all of our problems. It supports the approach in Iran where all we have to do is bomb them back to the stone age in order to “win”. Another example is when Hegseth made all the generals come to Washington, in person, to dress them down, or to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, or to stop the promotion of women to higher ranks. Not only does it tie in nicely with the incompetence of the administration, because, what is the need for thinking through things or considering the consequences of actions when all you need is might, but it also serves as a distraction to the dangers happening behind the scenes like Russell Vought dismantling the federal government or the unimpeded creation of the surveillance state or the rise of unelected oligarchs who have far too much influence on society. And don’t even get me started about the complete inability of the democrats to meet this moment.

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      As this trickles down into American culture at large, the US is going to become a violent society. Casual violence, fights and road rage shootings, will be common. And the entire mentality will be dog-eat-dog, if you help someone you’re pussified.

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        Heh, We already live like this. Thanks to the few the majority have to suffer through this without any hope that the powers that be will do anything useful to curb this behavior.

        This morning I took my usual route to work. Its not the most popular route taking five to ten minutes longer from day to day than the main route. Its a two lane road with three spots where the lane expands to two lanes. For the most part its stress free which is worth more to me than five or ten minutes a day of my time.

        Today however I was honked at and flipped off for four miles because the type A(Asshole) was mad because when the extra lane ended he didn’t race to me in time to go around me. In this fools mind I had done him wrong by not pulling over to let him by. Four miles later the road expands in to a large two lane with a turn lane going both ways.

        I blew him a kiss as he flipped me off when he went around.

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    In fairness, TBIs can cause long term testosterone deficiency. This isn’t the worst idea for combat veterans… assuming that the reason is to get them proper medical care

    Narrator: that was not the reason.

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      In thst case the best call would be screening for symptoms and possibly including sex hormones in any regular blood tests. The symptoms are necessary for the diagnosis because plenty of people are fine at below average levels

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      The fine article says that low testosterone occurs in like 2% of men, and screening is not recommended (as opposed to testing due to some symptoms).