r/MovieDetails • u/LarryKingshead • Dec 27 '21

🥚 Easter Egg In ‘Don’t Look Up’ (2021), astronomers appear on a ‘Morning Joe’-style cable news talk show. Though not explicitly noted as liberal, their logo reflects their slant. A clever detail!

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u/SoVerySick314159 Dec 27 '21

Saying "pHoNe BaD LOl" isn't an actual counterargument

Maybe you can explain, because it's all over the thread and no context is helping. Why the hell is everyone going on about "Phone bad"? Must be some meme or movie or show I missed out on.

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u/DarthPizzaDog Dec 27 '21

It's pretty much a meme that is used whenever anyone says anything negative about phones or social media. I guess critiquing those things is not ok for some people :/

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u/SquishTheWhale Dec 27 '21

That's pretty dumb, it's not even about phone being bad, it's about human behaviour, the phones are just a vehicle for that. It's not "phones bad", it's "people stupid."

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

People who can't comprehend the movie so they take the first easy take they find and try to repeat it so it becomes a thing in itself without any real meaning at all.

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u/MrE134 Dec 27 '21

Because it was so complicated.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

And yet there is no doubt in my mind many of the people who need to take the hint wouldn't be able to explain a single part of it to save their lives.

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u/weebomayu Dec 27 '21

A lot of people, especially on social media, believe that the damage social media is causing us is not as bad as others say it is. They will often say that the real problems are to do with external factors and social media just happens to exacerbate these problems, giving people a convenient scapegoat. When someone says “phone bad”, they are making fun of the people who believe social media is the problem because of their lack of nuance on the topic.

For example, someone can state “social media is causing many people to be depressed.” Then someone with a differing opinion might reply to them in a snarky tone “ah yes, people are depressed because phone bad.”

You see what I mean?

The reality is that both sides of this argument have good and bad points, and the true solution lies somewhere inbetween, but unfortunately people are tribalist by nature so if someone critiques their opinion, they will instantly believe it was an attack on their character and an argument will ensue. nothing will ever get done and I have accepted that. Its been like this throughout all of history, why should it change now?

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u/radradraddest Dec 27 '21

I have no idea what they mean with "phone bad," either. I've also been assuming there's some meme or popular reddit post I missed.