The Matrix made me realise my whole reality was a lie and now I’m pro-Patriarchy, pro-Authoritarian and pro-conformity just like the characters.
Anon watches The Whale
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NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I think people don’t realize you’re making fun of manosphere and alt right creators co opting the terms from the movies like red pill and others.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think Flight Club is a better idea of the right people walking away with the wrong message.
kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Exactly! Cypher is the only sensible person in that whole world. /s
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
All he wanted was a nice steak. What’s wrong with that?
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
He does make sense. What does it matter to you if you don’t realize it is all fake
kepix@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
office space had some great eye opening lessons:
- you can say no to overtime
- some tasks are totally not important, and its insanely important to have a priority order, otherwise you go insane.
blarghly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I mean, I feel like the real lesson from Office Space is the importance of having an exit strategy.
People work in grey cubicals or Applebee’s because they feel like they don’t have a choice. Everyone in these jobs is unhappy, because if they believed in their ability to find happiness elsewhere they would already be gone.
fishy@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I set low initial expectations at my job, automated and simplified nearly every task. I work less than 20 hours a week on average. I have time for basically all my hobbies and get to spend tons of time with my kid and wife. It may be a grey cubicle and annoying but it pays well and i can get fulfillment elsewhere. Feel like anybody trying to get fulfilling experiences from work is looking at the picture upside down
LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That movie was extremely cathartic to watch
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Office space started me thinking about early retirement plans.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Yep that movie is depressing, especially that traffic scene, I go through that every day.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I used to as well. Glad I can commute by train now.
blarghly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Same. Glad I saw it as a kid. Now I’m retired.
ThoGot@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I couldn’t even finish that movie and had to stop after about 30 min (not because it was bad, but just way too depressing lol)
Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That kind of sounds like a reason to go back and finish it
HollowNaught@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I honestly get where they were coming from. My “I couldn’t finish it because it made me too sad” was oyasumi punpun
I only finished the second of 13 total volumes and I wasn’t tearing up or anything, but I developed a sense of… dysphoric dread, I guess, from reading it
ThoGot@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I mean I don’t really want to spend my free time feeling like absolute shit because I chose to watch a movie
nebulaone@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Had the same thing happen to me with the movie Hereditary (although I later finished watching it, because of the praise it was getting). I thought “Yeah it’s good, but why would people watch this, why would they do this to themselves?”.
I never understood miseryporn and honestly MFW people are enjoying it:
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Midsommar left me depressed for about a week, so I emotionally detached myself while watching Hereditary by playing on my phone lol. I totally skipped Beau is Afraid.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I hated just about everyone in The Whale. Everyone who was enabling him was an accomplice to a murder, in my opinion. I also found the main character to be so revolting that I couldn’t muster much sympathy beyond my aforementioned blame towards his enablers.
I love challenging media, but that one had nearly nothing redeemable about it. I’d rather have a crack problem than a food problem after seeing that movie.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wondering if I should just never see that movie. I know a whole household of co-enablers that I’m trying to distance myself from. Three people have died from being overweight so far since I’ve met them and a fourth collapsed and shit himself while at my place in what looked like a diabetic shock. He then had the nerve to criticize my home.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
I often eat my dinner while watching a movie.
This is not a movie I’d recommend for that.
psivchaz@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Unironically, Street Fighter. That scene where he says, “For you, the day Bison graced your village was one of the most important days of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.”
I think about it a lot in dealing with other people. It was supposed to make him sound like even more of a jerk, but I actually think it’s a good commentary on what it’s like to deal with the public. Imagine being a doctor. Sometimes, you get to deliver good news. Sometimes bad. Sometimes you can do something, and sometimes you just can’t. If the doctor tried to care as much as the patients, they’d be emotionally destroyed in short order. For them, it HAS to just be a Tuesday.
jeff@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Mad Men: I feel bad for you. I don’t think about you at all.
Similar vibe, but I think about this scene/meme a lot as well.
Likewise, Don Draper is being an asshole in the scene. But, in reality most people don’t think about you.
They could say something that offended you. They are going to forget about it. So there is no need to be upset, chances are they forgot about it.
You could say something dumb or embarrassing. People are going to forget almost immediately.
Stowaway@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
If only I could forget all the dumb shit I do or say…
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Welp, guess it’s time to re-watch Mad Men.
svtdragon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There’s a scene in Scrubs about this.
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I saw the Lord of the Rings as a teenager and now all I wanna do is sit around barefoot, smoke pipe and cook, eat and drink with friends. And everyone has to leave their bullshit at the door.
No wizards!
BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I can relate so much, I’m getting a little closer to that dream life everyday.
Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
A wizard every now and then as a little treat?‽!!!‽‽
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They always bring their stick and they never leave their bullshit at the door.
absentbird@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Yes wizards.
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wizards are disturbers of the peace. NO WIZARDS
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Training day made me realize I wanted to be a dirty cop
lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Thanks for sharing your story #inspirational
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
And smoke PCP
steeznson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
shit pushed in? Sign me up!
Quadhammer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Note how anon states they weigh the same, but they feel healthier. Being healthy isn’t about looking like a model, being healthy is about literally being healthy. You don’t need to do crazy ass workouts, chug protein mixes, and gain muscle like a TV star on steroids. You just need to get enough cardio in your day (or throughout the week) from chill/fun activities (biking, swimming, dancing) and have a balanced diet to do your body right. Don’t fucking starve yourself please, you look fine the way your are ♥️
kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Even though you misread the comment as a fat fuck, I have to reply to you and say, fuck spreading whatever idea you are spreading.
Your comment reads like a delusional HAES cult members.
Being obese is objectively worse for your quality of life and your longevity, just because someone wants to better themselves doesn’t mean they do it to look like a model.
Your comment is objectively wrong, putting on muscle is by far the best way to increase your health and longevity, not doing cardio.
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I see what you were going for. ♥️
Hugs!
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I know it’s violent, campy, and corny, but it’s a damn good lesson in what Narcissistic Personality Disorder is and what it does to people. It helped me frame my own abuse and trauma at the hands of abusers NPD, in ways that helped me break free from those people later on. Moreover, once you’ve been victimized this way, one has a tendency to fall back into bad habits with abusers. The film just gave me something profound to recall when exercising mindfulness around this cycle, and how to exit quickly.
stray@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Similar experience for me with the Babadook. It illustrates that you will never be rid of your mental problems and trauma, that trying to be cured or normal is a fool’s errand. They’re things you’ll have to deal with forever, and the more you confront them the less they’ll control you.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
But if I lose weight all the people who called me a retarded fatass my entire childhood win.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you keep the weight they’ll be double right. If you lose the weight they’ll only be half right!
ikidd@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But have you avoided getting smarter too? If not, then they’ve already won.
steeznson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The Whale is probably going to be an artefact of its time very soon. Now that everyone has started on ozempic it was probably the last time they could film that story and have it be relatable/recognisable.
rabber@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Food industry will never allow ozempic to be easily available
steeznson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Patents are expiring next year for semaglutide
usrtrv@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’s not how the drug works. It just suppresses hunger (in some people). Not all eating disorders are because of feeling hungry. People will continue to have eating disorders.
laserm@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Welcome to tthe NHK made me try to be more social. I’m still pretty anxious but it’s slowly getting y little better.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The best part about this movie was the build-up to the pizzas. They shadow mention the pizzas a few times, and you see him really take down other things. Hard to watch, but when they finally DID show up. I was fucking ready to watch this guy take down two larges.
It was almost a magical moment. The movie is awesome. Everyone else refuses to watch it with me. Personally, I have only seen it once, but will take the journey with another willing human. Its a great film.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Death Race 2000 made me realize what I want to do with my life.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
flow is the best movie!
steeznson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I didn’t enjoy it that much. Found it overly sentimental and saccharine. Although to be fair I got the impression if I were a parent it would resonate with me more.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’s funny, I found it terribly sad, with a distant backdrop of optimism. Given that it was an allegory, set within a mashup of 3 different mythologies, I suppose it makes sense that it would have multiple interpretations. But yes, it was terribly sad, to my eye.
duoduo@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
Wow, Anon sounds like quite the character – definitely a wild ride! It makes me think about how some things just need a good cleanup to make sense. On a totally different note, I just got some old family photos looking amazing thanks to photo restoration. It’s incredible what they can do!
SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I saw Bladerunner as a teenager and it affected me so much I’m now a grown-ass man living in a cyberpunk dystopia. Follow your dreams.
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sometimes I laugh because it keeps me from crying.
Sidenote: I am often told that I laugh too much.
whostosay@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve got a hint for you, look at his username. It’s sick as fuck.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Replicant detected
slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
See homeless man dying on the streets below the neon skyscraper
“Omg, literally me”
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Interlinked af