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[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 260 points 4 days ago (3 children)

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 48 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I don't know whether to laugh or cry

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes I laugh because it keeps me from crying.

Sidenote: I am often told that I laugh too much.

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[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

I've got a hint for you, look at their username. It's sick as fuck.

I wish the d was capitalized but still awesome.

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago

Replicant detected

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[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

See homeless man dying on the streets below the neon skyscraper

“Omg, literally me”

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 95 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 80 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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 24 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I think Flight Club is a better idea of the right people walking away with the wrong message.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

RoboCop and Starship Troopers (by the same director, no less) are other examples of people completely missing the point, and taking the film at face value.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Robocop’s message was pretty simple, I thought. If you do crime, you’ll get your genitals shot off by a cyborg.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

And if you're a cop, you're gonna work after death

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[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Not a movie, but RATM is my favorite example of this. Or the Punisher.

[–] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago

Punisher badges on police equipment.....

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[–] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Exactly! Cypher is the only sensible person in that whole world. /s

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

All he wanted was a nice steak. What's wrong with that?

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[–] kepix@lemmy.world 71 points 4 days ago (3 children)

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 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 63 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Office space started me thinking about early retirement plans.

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Yep that movie is depressing, especially that traffic scene, I go through that every day. Even the changing lanes part, too relatable.

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

I used to as well. Glad I can commute by train now.

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[–] ThoGot@feddit.org 56 points 5 days ago (8 children)

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 33 points 4 days ago (2 children)

That kind of sounds like a reason to go back and finish it

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days 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

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[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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:

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 4 days ago

I often eat my dinner while watching a movie.

This is not a movie I'd recommend for that.

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[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 51 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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 23 points 4 days ago (4 children)

collapsed inline mediaMad 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.

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[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 45 points 4 days ago (5 children)

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!

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[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Training day made me realize I wanted to be a dirty cop

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago

Thanks for sharing your story #inspirational

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[–] xep@fedia.io 8 points 4 days ago

If Anon is anything like me, my advice for next steps would be to start learning about metabolic health.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Renfield.

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 abuser's 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.

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[–] laserm@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days 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.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

But if I lose weight all the people who called me a retarded fatass my entire childhood win.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days 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 6 points 4 days ago

But have you avoided getting smarter too? If not, then they've already won.

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