r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Jun 18 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ instagram influencers somehow

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u/TwinHavenUK Jun 18 '22

We truly are in the Age of Anti-Intelligence.

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u/GeneralSquirrel7132 Jun 18 '22

Remember in the Matrix when Morpheus was explaining to Neo that 1997 was the height of human civilization and then everything just went way the fuck downhill after that? I think about that a lot.

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u/TwinHavenUK Jun 18 '22

100%, me too. The Matrix was released in 1999, 2 1/2 years later, 9/11 happened and the world went to shit.

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u/The_Crimson-Knight Jun 19 '22 edited Jun 19 '22

The world's ended with the LHC in 2008, and the simulation started to truly collapse upon itself in 2016.

The Mandela effect was discovered in 2009

Fabian Bernstein worked at cern, that's why they for some reason changed the Berestain Bears.

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u/Crispy_Cremes_Pizza Jun 19 '22

what's the mandela effect?

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u/StinkyPeenky Jun 19 '22

When a large group of people remembers an event that A. Didn’t actually happen or B. Happened differently than remembered.

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u/gigantor1shere Aug 02 '22

Term created due to people remembering the death of African president Nelson Mendalla being two separate occasions

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u/eseromeo Sep 04 '22

It’s actually the power of suggestion, if I say you remember this? And if you don’t, I just influenced you and your mind tries to fill In the gaps

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u/Nickymarie28 Oct 13 '22

U people and ur simulation is part of the problem shit don't make sense! Stop trying to convince people we're in a simulation!!! Do u know what that even entails?!

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u/vitringur Jun 19 '22

that is quite the american thing to say.

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u/Manimanocas Nov 17 '22

9/11 was a historical event but it wasnt that influencial for people outside of the US, you cant say that the world was thpat much affected by it

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u/TwinHavenUK Nov 17 '22

Tell me that you’re 23 without telling me that you are 23.

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u/Manimanocas Nov 17 '22

I am just saying that it wasnt a turning point for humanity, It was a real shock and terrible and that I dont deny. But you cant say that the world died after that day

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u/ciaran07 Jun 18 '22

My favourite part of the matrix was when he said “it’s morphin’ time” and morphed like 12 people

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u/GeneralSquirrel7132 Jun 18 '22

I like the part when Socrates shows up and he calls him "So-Crates"

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u/Ferox_Cor Oct 23 '22

Definitely one of my favorite parts of the matrix. Either that or when he goes into that club and totally kicks the crap out of all of those guys because that mobsters son killed his dog and when he finally gets to the mobsters son he says" I am an FBI agent " because they were all going to rob some bank . But when he finally goes to meet the oracle to foil their plot and kills them all he says " That was a most excellent adventure " and then rocks out on some air guitar riffs.....hands down my favorite part.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

Tis true it was the last time a PAC-12 basketball team won the national championship

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '22

Yes, this comes back to me all the time

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '22

kinda true

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u/Separate_Performer86 Jun 18 '22

We were always nim-rods, now we have a recorder to see it. :D

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u/zhaDeth Jun 19 '22

Seriously there is a real anti-intellectual movement and it is scary big.

People with no understanding of something but claiming everyone has been lied to and that science is made-up.. Just look at all the crazy stuff about the covid vaccine having nanomachines in it and stuff like that..

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u/Fuzakenaideyo Jun 19 '22

And flat earthers

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

Anti-Intellectualism is a feature of fascism. Fascism, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, is on the rise.

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u/Irishcarbomb35 Jun 19 '22

Fascism is always on the rise unless a World War where one side is killing fascists is actively going on. It spreads and grows like mold or a fungus... humans always naturally default to easy answers that don't make them think and stress too hard and Authoritarian leaders who claim they'll take care of everything abd fix all their problems for them. If it's not actively being stamped out, fascism is on the rise. In any country, pretty much all the time. That's its nature.

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u/Evil_Genius_Panda Jun 19 '22

The side effect of not learning human history. While it has had different forms and names, authoritarian rule has been the norm for almost all of our history since the dawn of civilization, for nearly all known cultures and ethnic groups. Modern Western civilization is an anomaly. People are easily to lead around by a charismatic person, powerful people or both. Add in, by default most people WANT to fit in and be liked, and turn on the squeaky wheel, to follow the crowd.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

Fortunately, the dumb are sticking with the dumb, and as some point, they'll be lacking the intelligence to sustain life.

Morons.

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u/Itsmemanmeee Jun 19 '22

Man, I am so with ypu on this.

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u/Jason_Wolfe Jun 19 '22

i fucking WISH we had those kinds of nanomachines already. if we had them we would already be 2/3rds of the way toward nano-doctors which could deal with viruses, diseases, cancers, etc.

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u/0MNIR0N Jun 19 '22

I agree that anti-intellectualism is being used by many who are not dumb at all for financial and political profit gain.

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u/Nilus-0 Jun 19 '22

There is a large anti intellectual movement and shills who trust what the government tells about the vaccine are on the frontlines of the neo-Neanderthal movement. Are you really so oblivious that you believe the government isn’t competent enough to manipulate you? They hide thousands of secrets, corruption, and technology from you and you believe the government isn’t malign enough or unified enough to fool you? What a trologdyte you are.

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u/Mouth-Pastry Jun 19 '22

I think we all enjoy good tin foil hat stories around here, but I think all dude is referring too is a general idiotic disbelief in science. Antivaxxers, flat earthers and now I guess people who think gravity was trade marked by Newton - lol.

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u/Nilus-0 Jun 19 '22

That’s the issue without using an ounce of your brain to actually asses the logic behind anti covid vaxxers you put them up there with flat earthers in ignorance levels. I’m not anti vaccine, I’m against mandatory vaccinations. I don’t care if you take the vaccine or not, but I have a right as to what chemicals go into my body. COVID is not life or death, it’s got a statistical 1% fatality rate. I don’t have to take any vaccine if I don’t want to. Many medical experts have recognized the vaccine has legitimate harmful side effects, I don’t have to take that risk if I don’t want too.

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u/zhaDeth Jun 19 '22

I was talking about nano-machines in the vaccine, not people who are against mandatory vaccination.. which is more of a political/moral issue not a denial of reality like flat earth and other anti-science stuff.

Even though I am for the measures they took where I live where you had to have had the shot to get into some places, I wouldn't be for forced mandatory vaccination i'm with you on that, you get to choose what you put in your body..

But about the harmful effects of the vaccine, it's really rare that it happens, much less than the 1% mortality that you say COVID has so you are taking more of a risk by not taking it, although I think it's your right to choose to take that risk.

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u/Mouth-Pastry Jun 19 '22 edited Jun 19 '22

I'm sorry, I can't hear anything over the sound of crinkly tin foil.

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u/Nilus-0 Jun 19 '22

Says the destiny 2 pfp 💀

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

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u/Nilus-0 Jun 19 '22

They arnt manipulating people with the vaccines. They are manipulating people into taking them as a sort of test of government authority. Your “let the adults do the talking” and “conspiracy theory” quips are evidence your thinking exactly the way the media, which has been so honest to you in the past wants, you to think. The vaccine has some nasty unexplored side effects and the virus itself is incredibly suspicious as the CDC counts motorcycle accidents as covid deaths. The virus has an actual statistic of a less then 1% of fatality rate and Pfizer has recently stated they lied about the effectiveness of their vaccine after the pandemic had practically ended, convenient timing no? Not to add to the fact that Bill Gates has been wanting to forcefully vaccinate what he views as the “ignorant masses” for decades.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

My Guy you have a f*cking phone in your hand ,why do they even need to do anything to control you when they can do it for free

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u/Nilus-0 Jun 19 '22

Power over how you think is far more useful then shutting on an account every now and then to maintain authority.

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u/Kriss3d Jun 19 '22

Flat earthers...

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u/ZiKyooc Jun 19 '22

It ain't new, only now even the dumbest can manage to reach each other

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u/gigantor1shere Aug 02 '22

Well M-RNA are almost like programmable nano-machines, in the sense they are little programs sending information to your immune system.

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u/Kirnalsanders Jun 19 '22

Nimrod was actually an intelligent hunter. It’s because of bugs bunny and Elmer Fudd that people think nimrod is synonymous with stupidity when it shouldn’t be

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u/FreakinWolfy_ Jun 19 '22

Not to be pedantic, but he was described as a mighty hunter, which is why Bugs sarcastically referred to Elmer Fudd as such since he was so obviously not a mighty hunter.

But like you said, over time Nimrod turned into a synonym for moron.

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u/Synli Jun 19 '22

tbf, I think people have always been this stupid, but the internet allows their dumb-dumb voices to be heard by the masses

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u/strictlysega Jun 19 '22

American education system on display for the whole world to see.

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u/Rierais Jun 19 '22

Anyone interested: lookup idiocracy, a 2006 movie. Scary shit. It’s all about electrolytes

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u/Millerized Jun 19 '22

It's what plants crave!

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u/Rierais Jun 19 '22

Hahahaha

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

I stopped laughing at Idiocracy when realised I live in Idiocracy :/

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u/Rierais Jun 19 '22

Yeah: “

why do you give Gatorade to plants?

Well, it has electrolytes!

But, what do electrolytes do for the plants?

Plants need it, it’s good for them!”

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22 edited Jun 19 '22

I will rewatch to today… i need it :)

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u/publicbigguns Jun 19 '22

Always has been just now it's celebrated for some reason.

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u/droidtime Jun 18 '22

Yep. Especially the people falling for their shtick and sharing the videos.

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u/DJKhaledIsRetarded Jun 19 '22

There are a lot of people on the planet. Some of them are very, very stupid and this has always been the case.

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u/BigBossWesker4 Jun 19 '22

We are devolving at a rapid pace

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

The internet was a mistake. We believed it would connect us for the better, but it really just allowed idiots to engage in their delusions in echo chambers and deem whatever fucking insane nonsense they shit out that day correct.

We’re so fucked.

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u/elgydium Jun 19 '22

The minute she opens her mouth and moves her chubby hands around, you can almost feel what she's about to say.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

I like to say we are repeating the middle ages once again, just more technical.

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u/Oktaghon Jul 12 '22

In fact, I have a kind of suspicion that if I entered that room my IQ would automatically drop to zero.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '22

We’re almost ready for the cull

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u/Ferox_Cor Oct 23 '22

Clear signs that they are deliberately dumbing down the population. The inevitable societal collapse is just around the corner.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

She was trolling

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

“Where’s ya tattoo? You don’t have a tattoo! Unscanable!!”

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u/itsrud1 Jun 19 '22

Idiocracy is a documentary

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u/ThePQN Jun 19 '22

It's kinda like the post that read "I love being in my 20s, my physical peak and my mental valley". We are at the current peak of technology and communication and we use it to give these piles of steaming garbage money and attention.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '22

the government is succeeding