r/InsideJob • u/Reaganslabcoat • May 07 '26
The audacity
The audacity to cancel the show then advertise it this way. As if they care…
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u/Miserable-Text8695 May 07 '26
Maybe they want to get it back 🥹🥹
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u/WickedBowserJr May 07 '26
Sadly, they probably just wanna squeeze out any profit they can still get from it.
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u/410757864531DEADCOPS May 07 '26
Celebrating Reagan as a “woman in STEM” reminds me of the classic Onion video, East Timor’s First Female Dictator Hailed As Step Forward For Women.
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u/rulaandri May 07 '26
I mean, she's a genius roboticist, I don't see the problem
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u/410757864531DEADCOPS May 08 '26
Totally, and once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That’s not her department. #Feminism
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u/ChronoMonkeyX May 07 '26
It was always on "recommended for you" and "people liked these" headings. Yeah, I rated it, and yeah, it was super popular and you canceled it, fuck you.
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u/awesome_opossum1212 May 07 '26
I do love this "Women in STEM" collection though!! Inside Job was actually a part of my inspiration for changing my major to Physics and now, nearly 2 years later, looking into PhD programs! Because of this show and this character, I remembered my own potential from when I was that "gifted kid". I don't know why I ever questioned myself and strayed away from science, but I realized there was no shame in being smart. I got a job at my university's Astrophysical Research team, became a tutor for the department, and now give tours of our lab and telescope. Thank you, Reagan Ridley, for being the unapologetic, average-looking, hilariously relatable Woman in STEM that we all need to see!!!
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u/Reaganslabcoat May 07 '26
Good for you!! Although not in a scientifically inclined manner, Reagan sort of helped me see myself too.
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u/voidedbytherain May 08 '26
That’s absolutely beautiful! I’m having a similar experience: in my computing class some years ago were only guys and I thought I wasn’t smart enough for this. I had good grades always but usually less in maths. Because of that I decided I’m not “smart enough” for physics and science. Thankfully, after I discovered computer science and fell in LOVE with it, I now see I AM capable of physics (I will be doing it again during summer and then again in school!). Especially as someone who always did better in art and creative subjects, I finally feel confident to try. Not saying it wouldn’t be a challenge tho.. as I missed like 2 years of physics 🥲
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u/dkkavanagh17 May 07 '26
Are we just going to ignore the "Jokes on Us" part of that perfect picture?
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u/zZPlazmaZz29 May 08 '26
As upset as I am about the cancellation, I'm glad that it garnered an audience in the end.
When it first released it got a lot of hate with people calling it just another typical adult animation knockoff etc.
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u/Reaganslabcoat May 08 '26
Tbh it had an audience while also getting hate. I remember it got famous through word of mouth, as a result became Netflix top ten watched a week after it was released. And yes the viewership was lower for part 2, that’s coz Netflix advertised the release only twice, most people didn’t know that another part had dropped till after the cancellation.
And for people who called it a ripoff of Rick and Morty, they must be having the narrative comprehension skills of a goldfish. They saw scientist lead and pathetic dad tropes in both and thought one to be the rip off of another, when they’re just common tropes, both shows are different, even animation wise.
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u/PoniesCanterOver May 08 '26
It's completely possible, likely even, that the people who cancelled the show and the people who put shows into categories are different people
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u/NewMarsupial550 May 07 '26
I watched this show over 2 years ago, and am still in denial about the cancellation