Imagine you woke up tomorrow and found out you’d been in a Truman Show dome your entire life. How would you feel about the fact that they made the Jim Carrey movie and put it where you could see it?

  • tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
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    16 days ago

    I’d feel really bad for the actors they made me watch die. I’d also wonder how they got the cameras to follow me across the world (twice) without me noticing.

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    16 days ago

    I’d apologize to the viewers that the show has been so dull. I’d probably blame the writers, they obviously hired utter hacks.

  • SGforce@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    Too boring. Would have been cancelled when I was a boring little kid. Who’s going to watch someone play with Legos for 16 fucking hours straight?

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    16 days ago

    How would you feel about the fact that they made the Jim Carrey movie and put it where you could see it?

    I don’t think the Morisetteian irony of watching a movie that’s equally fucked up in its premise as you found out your life is would move the needle much. The rug would’ve been pulled out from under you and this wouldn’t cause more than a wry bored smile a couple of weeks later when the shock has subsided a bit.

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    16 days ago

    I was raised religious. I always felt that if there really was a God, I existed solely to be a subject of cruel comedy for it. I think if I found out I was being Truman Show-ed, I’d immediately feel vindicated. Then I’d feel incredibly nihilistic and let’s just say I wouldn’t bother trying to escape or let the show continue.

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    16 days ago

    If I found out today I was in a show, I’d do everything in my power to end the lives of everyone tangentially involved. It would mean my life was already meaningless, so there’s no risk in throwing it away.

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    16 days ago

    If I’d be honest, probably the first thing that I would feel is embarrassment, thinking that the thousand time plus that I beat the meat would look like the movie Shame from 2011

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      15 days ago

      Yeah! Fucking monstrous to not do anything after certain events that happened to me. Or worse, to have planned those? It’s horrible to even think of all the implications.

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    15 days ago

    I’ve always felt like the best lies have at least two layers. You think you’ve seen through something and can feel satisfied about it, so now you can stop looking. Otoh there weren’t people with “Truman Show psychosis” before that movie and there were after, so maybe it wouldn’t have been the best choice.