Idiocracy — the movie about an average man who wakes up in a future where society has become catastrophically stupid — turns 20 years old this year, and its vision of a future where humanity has grown very, very dumb already looks prescient.
Honestly, can you look around and NOT say things have seriously devolved in the last 20 years? Anyway, here are a bunch of absolute dolts who prove we’re all doomed:
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First, a bunch of people in Kentucky tried to vote against Zohran Mamdani for New York mayor…the only problem was, you know, they lived in Kentucky:
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This person pumped gas into plastic storage bins without seeming to have a clue how freaking dangerous it was:
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And whoever wrote this bonkers obituary thought it’d be appropriate to mention the deceased’s belief in conspiracy theories, the greatness of Donald Trump, and the earth being flat:
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This girl was ECSTATIC she got Ariana Grande concert tickets (please note she did not, in fact, get concert tickets):
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Speaking of brains (or lack of), this florist really sent flowers to someone with this message on the card:
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I would like to think “to take photos” isn’t needed, but maybe it is nowadays:
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They’ve got some real geniuses running Lake Lanier:
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Even worse? This HR rep’s math:
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And good lord, folks, 3.3% is NOT a “third”:
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This Rhodes Scholar (or “Roads Skaler” as he’d likely spell it) has made us all dumber just by existing:
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Also dumb? This attempt by Trump — a president STRAIGHT out of Idiocracy — to hide whatever the hell is going on with his hand:
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And here is a real letter from the United States’ Trump-appointed Secretary of Education (yes…EDUCATION), which an English teacher ripped to shreds online:
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Our brains are just dripping out of our heads, aren’t they? Just look at how this track was designed with 90-degree angles:
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And this grown-ass man thinks women can control their cycles:
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This whole exchange cost me some precious brain cells:
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This city tried to let its citizens rename an elementary school…and it 100% feels like a scene out of Idiocracy:
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And this guy tried to pick up on a girl using dumb puns, but it didn’t seem to register with her (not sure who is dumber here, tbh):
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This high IQ individual tried to make a strong political statement…but ended up with this confusing mess:
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This sign programmer tried to use teen slang…in the dumbest way possible:
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And we’re now struggling to even make soda cans:
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People today also have a hard time with basic cooking, like, this baked potato is not supposed to be thermonuclear:
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Even making a grilled cheese is flummoxing people:
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And this person tried to make a pizza…and I honestly don’t know how this is possible:
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Cooking isn’t this difficult, people:
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This police officer tried to find a suspect…but was clearly missing the plot:
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And this “clever” police officer’s attempt to go undercover didn’t fool anyone:
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For the love of Thor, Tony Stark is not a real person, people:
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This teacher tried to grade a test…and proved they don’t know WTF they’re talking about:
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And Mike here tried to clown Bernie Sanders…but ended up the one wearing clown shoes:
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In the olden days this exchange would’ve been an Abbott and Costello routine, now it’s unironically real life:
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This man — who apparently isn’t aware lesbians exist — thought this shirt was appropriate for public:
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And this student’s intro paragraph brought shame upon their entire family:
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This is how we challenge children in 2026:
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One nice thing about our present predicament — most of the crooks are too dumb to pull one over on us (they didn’t think we’d see the $219.99 underneath?):
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This is a resume now, I guess:
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And here’s another one about the death of math in 2026:
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You talk to them, you nimrod! With your big, dumb mouth!
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This person is even more clueless:
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And this person has never heard of a vanilla bean:
Gah! What a time to be alive!!!
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