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Because the real horror of Idiocracy wasn't the bad TV. It was that everyone forgot there was ever anything else. idiocracy television

The camera zooms out to reveal that the TV screen is actually a giant Brawndo dispenser, which starts pouring Brawndo into the room. The episode ends with a shot of the entire population, now completely brainless and Brawndo-soaked, cheering and chanting "Brawndo! Brawndo! Brawndo!"

You don’t need to cancel Netflix and join a monastery. You just need a few rules of engagement. The Ineffable Subtleties of “Ow

Our protagonist, Joe Bauers (played by Luke Wilson), wakes up from his 500-year nap to find that the world has changed. He stumbles upon a group of people watching a bizarre TV commercial for Brawndo, a sports drink that's become the de facto currency and food source for the population.

Not all junk is equal. One episode of Love Is Blind has actual social dynamics and human emotion. Three hours of Pimple Popper followed by a "mukbang" compilation is a different beast. It was that everyone forgot there was ever anything else

Joe tries to reason with the group, explaining that Brawndo is actually just a sugary drink that's causing people to become morbidly obese and stupid. But no one listens. They're too busy watching TV and drinking Brawndo.

The danger isn't watching it. The danger is only watching it. When your entire media diet consists of shows that assume you have an 8-second attention span, your real-world attention span starts to match.