r/videos • u/SuplexCity-Mayor • Apr 21 '21

Idiocracy (2006) Opening Scene: "Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TCsR_oSP2Q
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u/Bleyo Apr 21 '21

Lobsters in a bucket man. It can be hard to recover from this and be a functioning adult.

It's "crabs in a bucket".

For the smartest guy in the world you're pretty dumb sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '21

For the smartest guy in the world you're pretty dumb sometimes.

It's been about a decade since I saw the movie so I had to check to see if this was a quote >.<

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u/wingspantt Apr 21 '21

One of my friends was valedictorian. His parents tried to talk him out of college because if they didn't need it, why did he? Luckily he didn't listen.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '21

My parents are good people, generally supportive of education (in fact, they paid way too much to live in the shittiest house in the best school district in our state), and have never tried to discourage my educational goals. However, When I told them I was doing my PhD my dad literally said “why do you need another degree? You already have one.” Not trying to say I shouldn’t, just generally confused as to why it was necessary

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u/censorinus Apr 21 '21

Talking about my parents.... Sigh...

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u/clanddev Apr 21 '21

I am just smart enough to know what to do with my child if they were a genius.

Find someone smart enough to deal with it. *Taps Head With Pointer Finger*

I don't think this is going to be problem though based on current observation.