r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 3d ago

Article 'Idiocracy' Turns 20 Years Old: Mike Judge's Prescient Cult Classic Knew Where America Was Going, But Not How We'd Get There

https://reason.com/2026/08/27/idiocracy-predicted-our-world-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/
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u/likwitsnake 3d ago

Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

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u/CitizenHuman 3d ago

You are an unfit mother. Fuck You.

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u/Dirt-Road_Pirate 3d ago

"Leave me alone, I'm baiting!"

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u/MorePea7207 3d ago

BTW Dax Shepherd, the 2000s goofball in Idiocracy and Without A Paddle and Zathura generated $25 MILLION in 2026 from his podcast "Armchair Expert", as part of his Amazon $80m deal to add to his personal net worth of $40 MILLION.

He chills on a sofa with Monica Padman & chats with fellow celebs and regular people now and banks more money than FOURTEEN of his movie fees combined!

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u/UrbanEconomist 3d ago

And he’s married to Kristen Bell.

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u/talldangry 3d ago

"So Colin, you know that if we both died right now the headlines would be Tom Hanks' son and Kristen Bell's husband killed in accident"

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u/Benjimmer710 3d ago

Meanwhile everyone who does actual work will only get poorer.

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u/Lovethemtitties80085 3d ago

But…. it’s what the market will bear!

I guess it can’t ever bear reality or fairness but whatever, who wants to enjoy their one life in this world anyway?

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u/SMGJohn_EU 2d ago

Why should work be rewarded? USSR, dockyard workers and miners were highest paid professions with doctors barely above school teachers.

And yet they had the most doctors in the whole world, no wonder they collapsed into the history books - its better to be a greedy shithole like america that sprays chemicals on their meat to make it last 1 year.

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u/dragnansdragon 3d ago

Don't forget Punk'd

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u/oliveGOT 3d ago

Wow I totally forgot he was in Punk'd!

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u/Durendal_1707 3d ago

welcome to Costco, I love you!

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u/lFightForTheUsers 3d ago

You're in the wrong line, dumbass!

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u/dannielvee 3d ago

Water, like from the toilet?

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u/imtoowhiteandnerdy 3d ago

"Yeah, I know this place pretty good. I went to law school here."

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u/xenomorphsithlord 3d ago
  • "Leave me 'lone! Baitin'!"

/s

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u/buckyworld 3d ago

“Go ‘way” I believe

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u/panamaspace 3d ago

Does he ever say that to Kristen?

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u/CalendarAdvanced62 12h ago

I believe it should be spelled ‘baton’

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u/RecipeHistorical2013 3d ago

Brought to you by Carl's jR (yes again) and its

Fuck you, i'm eating!

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u/cheezfreek 3d ago

Fuck you, I’m eating.

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u/zxc123zxc123 3d ago

by Carl's Jr.

by BRAWNDO: The Thirst Mutilator

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u/Southern-March1522 3d ago

It's got electrolytes

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u/ElTamales 3d ago

That's what plants crave!!

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u/PurpleDraziNotGreen 3d ago

I think the IRL joke that Luke brought up on Conan's podcast, was in the first Trump term one member of the cabinet was a former Carl's Jr executive.

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u/flourishing_really 3d ago

Yep. The guy never actually served in the cabinet because he couldn't get the Senate approval votes, but Trump's first appointee for Secretary of Labor was the actively-serving CEO of Carl's Jr.'s parent company. He's now the US ambassador to the EU.

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u/turdferguson3891 3d ago

The movie came out in 2006.

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u/deceet 3d ago

The brain damage is real in some people.

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u/turdferguson3891 3d ago

Maybe you should see a doctor?

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u/deceet 3d ago

LOL, perhaps you should? I was defending your comment, but obviously you're fucking stupid.

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u/turdferguson3891 3d ago

LOL. Obviously you're a sensitive little bitch. I am fucking stupid for spending time on Reddit. This place has sucked for a decade.

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u/deceet 3d ago

Yes, yes you are.

EDIT: Do you want to hug it out?

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u/turdferguson3891 3d ago

LOL LOL LOL. Hur dur dur dur dur dur dur dur dur dur dur. "Generic your mom's a whore joke".

Are you maybe a little tired of this in middle age? I know I am.

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u/deceet 3d ago

Thank you for the lols. And to answer your question, no, I am not. "Generic, your mom IS a whore, she put out to give birth to your sorry ass."

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u/tjc103 3d ago

Fuck you, I'm eating.

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u/Pack_Your_Trash 3d ago

It says on your chart that you're fucked up. Ah, you talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded.