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[–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I don’t get how the rich and some politicians can just become the stereotypes they’ve been cast as in movies for…like forever!

“Hey that thing you’re doing is evil”

“Yeah but if I don’t do it first, some other guy will.”

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Best movie ever made without colour IMO.

It's a good one. Might not be in the #1 spot for me but probably top 5 unless I'm forgetting some absolute masterpieces.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in case anyone scrolling by is unfamiliar. Something about whippersnappers, back in my day, uphill both ways, ouch my joints, so on.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's how human psychology works.

It was found that super-rich individuals legitimise their wealth acquisition and spending by presenting themselves as psychologically superior to the less affluent and as a result, deserving of their extreme wealth. By drawing upon meritocratic ideology, individuals managed their moral identity as their wealth and consumption is warranted as earned

Source

Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior

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And in our society, wealth is what matters the most. This in contrast with older (smaller) societies where status is derived from generousity.

Describes Musk and his god complex perfectly.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

They're stereotypes for a reason.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s more like, when they watched those movies, they kind of got inspired by the villains and thought the negative portrayal was the fictional part.

They have always been waiting for the opportunity to do villain stuff and do it as long as they can get away with it (like doing a certain salute).

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Remember the time Robocop shot that dude in the dick?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)
[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Haven't seen the original, so this is canon for me now 👍👍

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've seen both, this one is still canon.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That is how I unmember it

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You have ten seconds to comply! [Mechanical Growl]

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

User declines using the application and escapes downstairs, robot pursues, falls down and can’t get up [mechanical tantrum with loud pig squealing]

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

This is the right answer! 🤣🤣🤣

And now I want to see the CEO doing just this.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yah except in reality it's just a drone with a taser and an explosive charge. It doesn't give you a warning, it already has your face in a database of known "opposition members" and you've been targeted as a radical terrorist for laughing at that meme someone posted to your facebook. It doesn't care about stairs and can wait patiently outside your house for you to open a door or window.

Your violent death will be celebrated on state media along with everyone in your terror cell. (Family.)

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

Quick, run down some stairs!

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I love robots, but ED209 scared the shit out of me as a kid.

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"By next year, i will have a million of fully autonomous ED209s on our streets to protect me from wokism!" - Elon Musk, probably.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I think I see why mainstream culture was so goddamn earnest and antisatire in the 40s and 50s.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Sorry, the verification can that I'm drinking from is in front of my face at the moment.

[–] Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)
PIRACY DETECTED. PLEASE COMPLETE THIS ADVERTISEMENT TO CONTINUE.
[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Stands up

McDonald's!

Sits back down

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

BURMA SHAVE

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The difference between this and reality is the asking for consent.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did you not agree to the ToS?

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For all the cameras in the street? For Ai using my data? For companies trading in my data?

Hell no, what ToS, I've never got one.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

I thought the scenario at hand was going to a cinema.

For the public space, sure, there's only laws.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If only there was some way to watch classic movies without using a corporate streaming service.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 points 1 month ago

Seems all the classic movies on corporte streaming are "Leaving soon" because of profit optimizing licensing anyway.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Is this the old version or the new version

[–] edinbruh@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago

You know, Hideki Konno predicted all this

[–] capcool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Its a good run discord. Have fun!

Rated R for Robot

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Asking for consent is already better then what we’re seeing now

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

He's not really asking.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

And then Omnicorp's OmniSeer age verification system (alongside with ChatOCP and OmniCasso Art servers) get hacked, leaking a ton of user information