# Should I keep watching Dark Mirror?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 18, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-keep-watching-dark-mirror/824719 "2018-11-18T04:03:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-keep-watching-dark-mirror/824719/41 "2018-11-20T22:57:57Z")

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Just to add to what **YT** is saying I started on season 3 and then 1 and 2 before finishing with 4. It all makes sense even if you don’t get some of the references initially.

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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-keep-watching-dark-mirror/824719/42 "2018-11-21T11:43:50Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> I came in to mention this one.
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> “The Entire History of You” is what science fiction should aspire to be. It is the best kind of sci fi, positing a technological advancement and then spending its time examining how real people would act as a result.

I liked it, but I was amazed from the beginning that the entire world had not descended into what happened at the end.

Even in today’s society it is not uncommon for untrusting spouses to check your cellphone or your laptop to see who you have been talking to. The show explored the reaches of that.

During the job interview, the interviewers mentioned something about “minimal” or “acceptable” deletions, but it seems that you would spend half the day deleting yourself going to the restroom, tossing one off in the shower, or having sex or arguing with your spouse. Imagine if you those people at the party were going to a job interview and having to explain why they hang around a douchebag like the antagonist.

I cannot imagine why anyone would want one of those devices, but of course, had you told me fifteen years ago I would carry a device in my pocket that tracked my every movement, I would have said you were crazy. It does make you think.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-keep-watching-dark-mirror/824719/43 "2018-11-22T00:35:19Z")

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Slightly OT, check out the alt-text [here.](https://xkcd.com/2072/)

Spoiler for those who can’t get the mouseover text to display:

Also known as the Black Mirror-Mythbusters scale.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-keep-watching-dark-mirror/824719/44 "2018-11-22T23:52:26Z")

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The majority of comments on the YouTube of “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday” are references to Black Mirror.

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