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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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In the movie average guy has been transported into society of stupids. But if you're genius, you see all the idiocies of modern society, all the stupidity of average Joe, and you have no choice but to play the stupid game of life in accordance with dumb laws that this dumb society managed to create

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[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I think the meaning is the less educated you are the more kids you make, the less you have to educate them etc. That does tend to happen, but we are not talking about inteligencd but just lack of education, so ignorance, and therr is a great antidote for ignorance, it's called Education

I agree with you I just think the movie missed that out.

Some people come from families where no one ever even finished high school, but they become doctors. If it was only about dna this would not happened

[–] missingno@fedia.io 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yes, Idiocracy misses that education matters far more than genetics. And education is something that has steadily gotten better for each generation. We stand on the shoulders of giants with access to the combined knowledge of everyone that came before us.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ypu vastly under estimate the number of flat earthers and spiritualists.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

I think you vastly overestimate the education level of previous generations.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Tge quality has but not everyone has access to it. Most of our problems (in the world as a whole) could be solved by givis everyone access to good education and critical thinking