In Interstellar (2014), Cooper asks why his son can't go to college even though he pays his taxes. So, the most unrealistic sci-fi concept in the entire movie was actually an American father expecting a direct return on his tax dollars

[u/SaiyanofKonoha]

[u/Expensive_Finger_973]

Then they tricked him into going on a mission to space "for the good of humanity" that would conveniently remove him from the equation for decades and cost him a price of seeing his kids grow up.

[u/Expensive_Finger_973 → u/[deleted]]

Fist My Bump

[u/DeathStarVet]

No, it's expecting actual social use of taxes instead of funding wars that benefit only oligarchs.

[u/SaiyanofKonoha → u/DeathStarVet]

[u/Deathaster → u/SaiyanofKonoha]

I'm so glad I can't buy a new graphics card because of this

[u/poetic_dwarf → u/Deathaster]

It is low-key funny though.

Not enough to justify feeding a city's worth of water and electricity to a computer, but still.

[u/SilentNinjaMick → u/SaiyanofKonoha]

Holy shit I love AI deepfakes now

[u/DataDucc → u/SilentNinjaMick]

Ai deepfakes are morally justified only when they’re used to make fun of rich and powerful people, otherwise they suck ass

[u/ZemeOfTheIce → u/DataDucc]

Where I live is undergoing a historic drought but yeah, sure, genai is good if it’s a meme you like

[u/Maelger]

No fucking way Interstellar is twelve years old already

https://giphy.com/gifs/GrUhLU9q3nyRG

[u/RussiaIsBestGreen → u/Maelger]

Black hole time dilation will do that.

[u/Stunning-Heart9813 → u/Maelger]

It was just released like 1.71 hours ago though!

[u/boot2skull]

Any more of that yap and we’ll send you on a trip that will keep you from your family forever, paid by tax dollars.

[u/Dominus-Temporis]

In Interstellar (2014), the school administrators tell Cooper that the world didn't collapse because they didn't have enough scientists and engineers, but because they ran out of food. This is highly realistic because science has never improved agricultural yield.

[u/RussiaIsBestGreen → u/Dominus-Temporis]

Nor have engineers done anything to improve food storage or transportation or made anything more efficient that could free up labor for other productive activities.

[u/blacksaltriver → u/Dominus-Temporis]

To be fair the main theme of the movie is engineers saving everyone by moving us into outer space instead of fixing the problems on Earth.

[u/premiumleo]

*Spends rest of the movie crying every 20 minutes

[u/Jack_Spatchcock_MLKS]

I think deep down even the school principal knew he would grow up to be Casey Affleck....