# We are literally living out Idiocracy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-literally-living-out-idiocracy/834981>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 3, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-literally-living-out-idiocracy/834981 "2019-06-03T21:43:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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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:** [June 5, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-literally-living-out-idiocracy/834981/41 "2019-06-05T22:26:04Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> I kind of feel like it’s closer to something like **Brazil** , but _disguised_ as **Idiocracy**.

> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> That’s a good one, specially considering that Brazil (the other Brazil, the one with the real Amazon) has now Bolsonaro for their own flavour of IdioCracy. Kudos.

Whatchoo talkin’ 'bout, Willis? _Brazil_ is available on [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Brazil-Blu-ray-Jonathan-Pryce/dp/B004V8W54Q/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=brazil+%28film%29&qid=1559773358&s=gateway&sr=8-2).

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**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-literally-living-out-idiocracy/834981/42 "2019-06-05T22:58:11Z")

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LOL

Talk about muddying the waters!

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-literally-living-out-idiocracy/834981/43 "2019-06-06T07:54:03Z")

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If you want to have really muddy waters the [confluence](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kLGiO-GfySI/UVej3ADlIgI/AAAAAAAAAEI/DhqF2IQMnrg/s1600/A86_6346_049.jpg)of the Amazon and the Rio Negro is a good place to look.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-literally-living-out-idiocracy/834981/44 "2019-06-06T22:55:40Z")

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[Rastafarian church co-founder asks for translator in court](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/rastafarian-church-co-founder-asks-for-translator-in-court/ar-AACv8kV)

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> “I require a translator,” Schworck said. “I only understand the language of my private society, the Rastafari society.”

it might have helped if you hadn’t told them this in your native English.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-literally-living-out-idiocracy/834981/45 "2019-06-07T02:20:54Z")

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> [@TimfromNapa](#):
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> I need to smoke me a Tarlyton. If you don’t smoke them, fuck you!

Do they have electrolytes?

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**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-literally-living-out-idiocracy/834981/46 "2019-06-07T03:58:53Z")

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> [@SlackerInc](#):
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> I love “Brazil”, but I think you are giving Trumpy too much credit.  
> \<Snip\>

[Trumpy, you can do _STUPID_ things!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW-5qrwsiOI)

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**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-literally-living-out-idiocracy/834981/47 "2019-06-07T19:23:41Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> Do they have electrolytes?

Of course. Electrolytes are what the body needs. Now please pass the Flatulin.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-literally-living-out-idiocracy/834981/48 "2019-06-08T14:43:11Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> Yeah, well, the other day I went to Starbucks to get a hand job, and they threw me out on my ass, so I don’t think we’re quite there yet.

You probably didn’t ask for “extra foam”. 😉

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