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Tyrannical governments, natural disasters, crime, violence, poverty—mix these ingredients and you get a hopeless society where people don't live, they just exist.
Sounds like a nightmare, right? Something we would never wish to see on Earth. However, at the same time, such a predicament is quite easy to imagine. According to the subreddit r/ABoringDystopia, that is because humanity is already moving in that direction.
This online community unites 760K members and they regularly share real-life examples to prove their point. Here are some of the recent ones that seem pretty convincing.
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#1
Strange Priorities
Uncommon Boston 9 hours ago
The wealthy have tax loops so they pay less taxes, but we blame the welfare moms. Who costs the country more?
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#2
This Is Not Normal And Should Not Be Seen As A Wholesome Story Either
Andy Pandy 13 hours ago
What if America was actually the land of the free, the only thing they have freedom for is owning guns and that seems good enough for most
Before the subreddit was created in January 2016, there was a Facebook group of the same name.
The group was founded by the late philosopher Mark Fisher, the very person who originally coined the term "boring dystopia."
However, Fisher, widely known as the author of the cult classic Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, told Vice that the group "wasn't that well thought-out at the start" and that he hadn’t done anything like this before.
As a result, he closed it in November 2015. But apparently, the internet needed such a space.
#3
That Is The Truth Sadly
#4
'murica Never Disappoints
#5
Argentina New "Anarcho-Capitalist" President Announced People Would Lose Social Welfare Plans If They Blocked Streets In Protest. These Are The Streets Outside Congress At 3:00 Am
Originally, Fisher had noticed a common theme in pictures he shared on Facebook and wondered if it could be developed into a group.
"It was understood from the start to be a consciousness-raising exercise, encouraging people to perceive the actual state of Britain rather than the PR state," he said in December 2015, a month after he shut down the group and before the inception of the subreddit. "Which is surprisingly hard, because there's this mixture of Silicon Valley ideology, PR, and advertising which distracts us from our own aesthetic poverty, and the reality of what we have. Which is just all these crap robots..."
#6
The Oligarchic States Of America
#7
It Is So Over Goddamn
#8
So We’re Here Now, Do We Deserve Each Other?
#9
Bernie Asks, Billionaire Answers: The $7.25 Standoff
General Anaesthesia 9 hours ago
No CEO should get more than ten times the lowest paid employee's wage.
"Crap robots" were a common theme on his Facebook group. One typical post included a photograph of a broken vending machine, with a note attached to it saying, "The light inside has broken but I still work."
"It’s Californian ideology without Californian sunshine, isn’t it?” Fisher asked rhetorically.
#10
Heil… Wait, This Can’t Be Real?
Andy Pandy 13 hours ago
The fourth reich in America now, trump and musk make them burn!! Go back to South Africa and see how long you last there
#11
Housing Crisis Reality
Owen 12 hours ago
When I was homeless (Not in the US), I broke into an abandoned shop and stayed there at night. Just so I wouldn't die of exposure in a cold winter. I would urge every homeless person worldwide to do the same. If it's not being used, but it can save your life? Commit that crime.
#12
Palestinians Returning To Their Homes In Khan Yunis, Gaza After The Iof Partially Withdraw. This Was A City That Housed Approx. 400,000 People. Photo By Ali Jadallah
Andy Pandy 13 hours ago
Makes complete sense, to retaliate to terrorist acts Israel just wipes out cities and a whole lot of innocents and the Israelis support this calling for everything to be levelled! Disgusting, Netanyahu and Putin are new age hitlers
#13
It's A Trickle-Down Nightmare
To many of the three thousand members the group had, it's content was mainly entertainment, but it also served to illustrate "hauntology," the term Fisher used to describe the sense of a lost future—in this case, one where machines enhance, rather than hinder, our lives.
#14
The Human Internet Is Dying. AI Images Taking Over Google
#16
Economist Michael Hudson Warned That The Parasite Anti-Economy (Finance, Real Estate, Insurance) Would Devour The Real Working Economy. Article Link In The Comments
Bernd Herbert 12 hours ago
Then let the millionaires there figure out how to cook and clean for themselves.
#17
Ten Whole Thousand Dollars!
Scott Rackley 9 hours ago
I truly hope for jury nullification. He made a good start at least. Go for Nestle next.
According to a new survey from book publisher The Folio Society, around 26 percent of American men and 14 percent of women feel like they are already living in a dystopia.
At the same time, only one-third of Americans believe the nation has a functioning democracy, and younger people were increasingly convinced that democracy had failed in the U.S.
Americans are particularly concerned over free speech (60 percent) and government surveillance of personal and family finances (45 percent).
#18
Picture Sent To Me From A Friend That Works In An Amazon Distribution Center
#19
So I Happaned To Rewatched Don't Look Up, And This Scene Hit Pretty Close To Home
#20
Top 1% Of U.S. Earners Now Have More Wealth Than The Entire Middle Class
Sergy Yeltsen 13 hours ago
The middle class has just about been wiped out in Australia. Soon there will only be poverty-level poor and obscenely wealthy rich.
#21
Guerrilla Poster On The Subway
However, why did Fisher close 'Boring Dystopia' 1.0 if his thoughts are proving to be so relevant to people?
"For me, the point at which the group started to go downhill was when it became like every other Facebook group. It was just recirculating 'content' and sending links, keeping people inside what I would call capitalist cyberspace instead of looking outside at their own environment," the philosopher explained. "It felt like it was reinforcing the condition it was intended to displace."
#22
Whistleblower Found Dead
#23
...and Some People Are Afraid, That A Class War Might Be Imminent
#24
17,000 Tourists Arrived Today With Cruise Ships In Santorini, A Small Greek Island. Santorini's Total Population Is 17,000 Citizens. Overtourism Is Real And It's Scary
Bernd Herbert 11 hours ago
Cruise ships are the worst. Those destinations have put limits to daily visitors. Venice started it and other surely will follow.
#25
I Can't Even... (Link In Description)
The alternative to closing it was endless policing by him and Rumi Josephs, an artist who served as the group's second admin. "It didn't work at that scale, and you could feel that it wasn't the right place for it… It was just an experiment, and Facebook probably wasn't the right platform. I didn't want it to be diluted."
#26
This Ad Looks Like It’s From A Dystopian Movie But It’s Real
Roni Stone 12 hours ago
Then, Alx, you and Musty spit those babies out your own asses and stay the hell out of our uteri.
#27
The Official White House Page On The Us Constitution Just Went 404
#28
Russia In The 90's But It's Argentina Today
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 12 hours ago
Anyone glucose or lactose intolerant r gonna be f****d lol
Earonn - 6 hours ago
Well, you know the saying: pay peanuts, get monkeys. Pay milk, get (insert baby mammal of your liking here).
Michael None 2 hours ago
Its Argentina. Getting food as pay would be better than money. They're monthly inflation rate has been over 100% for years. Goods would be more stable as an income than their money.
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 12 hours ago
Im really scared for the Americans here, i wish you guys good health and luck during these next 4 years (and beyond really)
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#29
Drones Luring Civilians To Their Deaths
Fisher cast Facebook as a distorted reality following an alternate sense of time, where old news is endlessly recirculated and human nature is subject to automation. At that time, the filter bubble had already felt developed enough to rewrite reality by what companies paid for us to see. Which hasn't really changed since, either.
Because of this, in 2023 (over 6 years after Fisher's passing), the subreddit's team eventually released a statement saying it wanted to honor his stance and committed to removing social media content unless posters get approval from the moderators. It will be interesting to see how well they will manage to enforce the rule.
#30
Yet Again The Us Vetoes A Un Resolution For Ceasefire
Bernd Herbert 11 hours ago
There are some certainties in the world. One is, that every time an UN or Security Council resolution is voted on, the US, China or Russia will veto. Especially if you thought:"Huh, yeah, that resolution makes sense or would be the right thing to do!"
#31
Used Meta AI To Edit A Selfie, Now Instagram Is Using My Face On Ads Targeted At Me
#32
Improvised Shelter Made From Condo Sales Signs
#33
Even A Paying Customer Is Considered Loitering If They Stay Past 30 Minutes. What Happened To Hanging Out At Diners?
Bernd Herbert 11 hours ago
Funny, how I never ever saw a sign like that in Europe. Ah, I know. We're not as free here as in the US.
#34
AI Company's 'Stop Hiring Humans' Ads All Over Sf
#35
Tik Tok’s Ban Comes With A Side Of Propaganda
#36
Today, For The 32nd Year In A Row, The Entire World Voted To Condemn The Us' Illegal And Cruel Embargo Against Cuba - Except For Three Countries
#37
Removing Slavery Was On The Ballot In California. It Literally Had No Opposition Campaign At All, And It Still Lost
#38
Went To A Bar To Watch The Olympics. Everyone Pledged Allegiance To The Trump Flag Before Starting
NetworkMan 12 hours ago
God, you Americans terrify me. I know it's not all of you, but I'm just using a blanket term. If someone here in England said they start their day pledging allegiance to a cardboard cut-out of Kier Stamer, I'd request to have them sectioned. Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it, and the last time people started to salute the man and not the flag, there was a 6 year war that engulfed the world.
#39
A Police Sniper Stationed On The Roof Of The Indiana Memorial Union Overlooking A Student Encampment At Iu Bloomington
#40
A Company Box Lunch That Comes With Simulated Cookie Printed Out
#41
Tire Particulate In Your Bloodstream
#42
Idk If They’re Joking With This Survey? Or What? Prolly Trying To Make A Point I Hope
#43
A Perfect Snapshot Of America In The Trending Articles From 12/6/24
#44
What's The End Game Here?
Jrog 11 hours ago (edited)
The spelling mistake was made on purpose to get clout online with this image going viral while they were undergoing a round of capital seeding. It was just a marketing stunt. The company's product is a barely functional "AI sales assistant" demo, they gathered about 11 million in capital round last September (that is chump change when it comes to venture capital). Their financials are sketchy to say the least, it's a very small company and they are entering late into a market that already have established players ten times as big.
#45
What's Next Gambling How Many People Die?
#46
I'm Going To Celebrate Today As A Holiday
#47
Absolutely Speechless Right Now. Am I Being Trolled?
Nils Skirnir 12 hours ago
Trump pushed for TikTok to be sold and Republican Congress passed it. Then Democrats approved it. Now Trump is backtracking or has plan for one of his lackeys to buy it
#48
It Isn't A Threat, The Casings Are Empty. It's A Reminder Of How Far Society Is Being Pushed By Profit Over People
#49
There Is No Privacy Or Freedom In Tesla
#50
Sad Times With No Reprieve On The Horizon
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Disgruntled Panda 11 hours ago
I think I'm gonna curl up into a ball and rock back and forth while making little mewling noises
Captive 12 hours ago
I'm surprised there were a few posts showing Israeli war crimes and their procedures since most of the times it's swept under a rug. Don't turn a blind eye on genocide
Donna Peluda 2 hours ago
Not a fan of the Israelis but not a fan of the terrorist either. I had a family of Palestinians living in my block. Practising Muslims who had to flee Palestine in the 2000 because he refused to send his children to the Iman ( can't remember the name, like religions schools) to be indoctrinated. He refused to have his daughter clítoris cut of and married at 14..I lost contact, they were trying to get to Sweden. Woman in Palatine have no rights. I make me laugh when I see western woman defending the PLO or whatever the call it now. If that had been born there they would have the clitoris cut off and ) or raped by now. He was a professor at some university. He wanted his daughters to study.
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Luke Branwen 8 hours ago
Don't. You have to see and celebrate the day Donald Trump dies.
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General Anaesthesia 9 hours ago (edited)
Thank you for turning Bored Panda into a sensationalist, US-centered tabloid schittwhole. It used to be an oasis of positivism, okay, escapism in a depressing world.
Auntriarch 9 hours ago
I went through my old email notifications last month, and it appears that Bored Panda did indeed used to be mostly about having a laugh, learning something interesting, meeting decent people, and of course the obligatory cute animals. I don't suppose there's anything we can do about it though.
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LB 11 hours ago
I want to go cry in a bathroom somewhere. Some days it's so hard to even feel any of this is real...
SaladSpinner3000 5 hours ago
If the middle class disappears and robots/AI take all the jobs, who then will buy all the stuff the manufacturers need to sell to keep making their billions? I know very little about economics. PS more babies is not the answer.
Wintermute 3 hours ago
Our state shut down all DEI funding, which in turn shut down a women's center at the local university. A female MAGA coworker got really mad about that, and I got to be the person to ask her who she thought DEI was for. She just assumed it meant taking jobs from decent American folk and giving them to brown gay people. Never realized that SHE was who it's for, and she just voted it away. The schadenfreude was strong with me that day.
Wintermute 3 hours ago
Or the people who discovered what tariffs were AFTER they voted for them, and were shocked that it was going to make groceries cost more. Morons.
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Rae Reyn 6 hours ago
SO this link will show you how to get rid of Ai images, https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtistHate/comments/1ah4340/here_is_how_to_avoid_ai_sites_on_google_images/ I use Firefox, but there ways to remove that annoying Ai answer bot that pops up with misinformation on every search. I installed a third party plugin creatively named "Hide Google AI Overviews"
Jacqueline Dartley 7 hours ago
These are heavily slanted and many are not true, however, many people will believe anything put in front of them without doing proper research on the topic.
firecrackershrimp 3 hours ago
Just trying to compete with the retrumplican side...their posts are. Heavily slanted and not true soooo
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sturmwesen 3 hours ago
Hans Rosling: Factfullness....I highly recommend this book for putting the perceived decay of the world in perspective...
Disgruntled Panda 11 hours ago
I think I'm gonna curl up into a ball and rock back and forth while making little mewling noises
Captive 12 hours ago
I'm surprised there were a few posts showing Israeli war crimes and their procedures since most of the times it's swept under a rug. Don't turn a blind eye on genocide
Donna Peluda 2 hours ago
Not a fan of the Israelis but not a fan of the terrorist either. I had a family of Palestinians living in my block. Practising Muslims who had to flee Palestine in the 2000 because he refused to send his children to the Iman ( can't remember the name, like religions schools) to be indoctrinated. He refused to have his daughter clítoris cut of and married at 14..I lost contact, they were trying to get to Sweden. Woman in Palatine have no rights. I make me laugh when I see western woman defending the PLO or whatever the call it now. If that had been born there they would have the clitoris cut off and ) or raped by now. He was a professor at some university. He wanted his daughters to study.
Load More Replies... Luke Branwen 8 hours ago
Don't. You have to see and celebrate the day Donald Trump dies.
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 9 hours ago (edited)
Thank you for turning Bored Panda into a sensationalist, US-centered tabloid schittwhole. It used to be an oasis of positivism, okay, escapism in a depressing world.
Auntriarch 9 hours ago
I went through my old email notifications last month, and it appears that Bored Panda did indeed used to be mostly about having a laugh, learning something interesting, meeting decent people, and of course the obligatory cute animals. I don't suppose there's anything we can do about it though.
Load More Replies... LB 11 hours ago
I want to go cry in a bathroom somewhere. Some days it's so hard to even feel any of this is real...
SaladSpinner3000 5 hours ago
If the middle class disappears and robots/AI take all the jobs, who then will buy all the stuff the manufacturers need to sell to keep making their billions? I know very little about economics. PS more babies is not the answer.
Wintermute 3 hours ago
Our state shut down all DEI funding, which in turn shut down a women's center at the local university. A female MAGA coworker got really mad about that, and I got to be the person to ask her who she thought DEI was for. She just assumed it meant taking jobs from decent American folk and giving them to brown gay people. Never realized that SHE was who it's for, and she just voted it away. The schadenfreude was strong with me that day.
Wintermute 3 hours ago
Or the people who discovered what tariffs were AFTER they voted for them, and were shocked that it was going to make groceries cost more. Morons.
Load More Replies... Rae Reyn 6 hours ago
SO this link will show you how to get rid of Ai images, https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtistHate/comments/1ah4340/here_is_how_to_avoid_ai_sites_on_google_images/ I use Firefox, but there ways to remove that annoying Ai answer bot that pops up with misinformation on every search. I installed a third party plugin creatively named "Hide Google AI Overviews"
Jacqueline Dartley 7 hours ago
These are heavily slanted and many are not true, however, many people will believe anything put in front of them without doing proper research on the topic.
firecrackershrimp 3 hours ago
Just trying to compete with the retrumplican side...their posts are. Heavily slanted and not true soooo
Load More Replies... sturmwesen 3 hours ago
Hans Rosling: Factfullness....I highly recommend this book for putting the perceived decay of the world in perspective...
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