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[–] [email protected] 37 points 19 hours ago (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 23 hours 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!

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago (2 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.
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 28 minutes 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

That movie was extremely cathartic to watch

[–] [email protected] 247 points 1 day ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 57 minutes ago

Interlinked af

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I don't know whether to laugh or cry

[–] [email protected] 7 points 19 hours ago

Replicant detected

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Sometimes I laugh because it keeps me from crying.

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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

I mean, I absolutely agree. Was it life changing tho?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago

Thanks for sharing your story #inspirational

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

And smoke PCP. Not so keen on getting my shit pushed in, though

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

Punisher badges on police equipment.....

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

Eventually getting flushed into the gutter when the human battery's best before date passes?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 21 hours ago

If you keep the weight they'll be double right. If you lose the weight they'll only be half right!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Office space started me thinking about early retirement plans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Same. Glad I saw it as a kid. Now I'm retired.

[–] themachinestops 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 day ago (4 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)

[–] WeirdGoesPro 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (3 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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day 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.

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