“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
areakode@riskeratspizza.com 2 hours ago
That’s why It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is my favorite show. 100% idiot plots all the way down. They represent some of the worst human beings on Earth, and it’s more fun to laugh at the morons than think about how much they’re fucking up life for the rest of us…
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Seinfeld is also like that. The best ones are where all their individual idiocy ends up making a spectacular fireball of stupidity.
Though I hope Earth gets a better finale.
myrmidex@belgae.social 19 minutes ago
Wouldn’t Arrested Development fit in here too?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
No, they’re not just idiots, and not just “bad people” like in Seinfeld, but powerfully stupid and actively hateful. I just can’t stomach that show.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I can only watch it in small doses
ramble81@lemmy.zip 34 minutes ago
Isn’t this most horror movies? “Oh I’m going off alone”, “let’s check this really dark and creepy area”, “let’s go find the source of that errie noise!” As that all drop one by one.
miraclerandy@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Does this include the plot points where there’s a misunderstanding in a relationship? Like where a girl sees her boyfriend hug another girl but doesn’t know it’s his cousin or something and instead of talking about it just ignores him and so he ignores her and it’s just dumb and entirely avoidable?
ratel@mander.xyz 19 minutes ago
I feel like there are so many plots that stem from simple miscommunications or a lack of communication between two charatcers which would easily resolve the whole situation.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
“wait! I can explain!”
No waiting or explaining ensues
leagman1@feddit.org 1 hour ago
Ah that’s end of season 2 or beginning of season 3 of every series that has a couple in it, right?
Canconda@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
Only if 3rd parties who witnessed the context of such misunderstanding re-enforce the stupid. Otherwise that’s just your average contrived romance drama.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 59 minutes ago
They already said idiot plot
saltesc@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
That’s similar to the one where they couple breaks up over a misunderstanding and all it takes is one of them explaining in like 10s. But instead someone storms off while the other pleas, and deep down you’re like, “That motherfucker so wanted it to end anyway.” But then we deal with post-break up scenes and you realise they’re just idiots that still haven’t even thought to clear up the misunderstanding via a single text, call, or friend like that afternoon.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Isn’t this the plot of C-SPAN?
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Yeah, I don’t think I’ve seen another TV show jump the shark so quickly. Still, it’s kinda on brand if you read the series it was based on.
abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
it’s also known as life
db2@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
In
literary criticismworld politicsThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
The plot of Lucy could have been avoided with a set of bolt cutters
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 45 minutes ago
LUCY!!! YOU GOT SOME SPLAININS TO DOOOOO!!!
WAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Snatch
scytale@piefed.zip 9 minutes ago
See: Alien Earth.