[QUOTE=tabo61;3198679]Never dry hump a statue in public[/QUOTE]
Man, aren't you a prude ;)
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[QUOTE=tabo61;3198679]Never dry hump a statue in public[/QUOTE]
Man, aren't you a prude ;)
[QUOTE=tabo61;3198679]Never dry hump a statue in public[/QUOTE]
Always do it in private.
[QUOTE=Osiris-Rex;3195479]I was curious what would happen if someone gets, say, 10 million upvotes. Do they get the key to the city, free meals and drinks at any bar or restaurant?[/QUOTE]
I'd imagine...a statue.
[QUOTE=Nate Grey;3199087]I'd imagine...a statue.[/QUOTE]
So I'd guess that the woman whose statue was humped got 10 million upvotes. Be kind of funny if that was the answer to the question LaMarr was asked.
I also wonder if that's the system for the entire planet, or if they have different countries with different governments?
It seems odd that the raw number of downvotes is all that counts, and not the differential between ups and downs. What if someone gets a million downvotes, but has two million upvotes? Maybe it's just assumed that someone that popular would have a successful apology tour? But it's easy to imagine a polarizing individual winding up with 10 million downvotes and 9.9 million upvotes, or something.
So this system doesn't really seem plausible as anything other than Seth's commentary on call-out culture.
If I were that barista, I would not know how to live my life any more. Seeing aliens, making friends with them, getting aboard their ship, helping them save their crew mate, and then a goodbye and never see them ever again? I can't tell anyone lest they think I'm making shit up to get attention and get downvoted to lobotomyville. I have to keep it all bottled up for the rest of my life.
[QUOTE=The Cool Thatguy;3198709]Man, aren't you a prude ;)[/QUOTE]
Kind of unprofessional.
[QUOTE=AndrewCrossett;3199814]It seems odd that the raw number of downvotes is all that counts, and not the differential between ups and downs. What if someone gets a million downvotes, but has two million upvotes? Maybe it's just assumed that someone that popular would have a successful apology tour? But it's easy to imagine a polarizing individual winding up with 10 million downvotes and 9.9 million upvotes, or something.
So this system doesn't really seem plausible as anything other than Seth's commentary on call-out culture.[/QUOTE]
And it seems to be permanent, no expiration on the up/down votes. And no explanation for the up/down votes. A downvote could be for something slight as stepping in dog poo and taking a while to clean it off and being downvoted for the smell or something as serious as egging people windshields on the highway.
Where the system really falls apart is how it deals with offenses that don't happen in front of people with smartphones. You can murder somebody with no consequences, as long as you do it in private where there are no witnesses to disapprove.
[QUOTE=AndrewCrossett;3202869]Where the system really falls apart is how it deals with offenses that don't happen in front of people with smartphones. You can murder somebody with no consequences, as long as you do it in private where there are no witnesses to disapprove.[/QUOTE]
I suppose lots of crimes would fit this category. Burglary, vandalism, hit and run, drug dealing, armed robbery by a masked gunman. Perhaps the police don't just depend on
the crowd to solve crimes, but instead do actively investigate crimes and then the suspects the police capture are voted upon. All we really saw of the police was just how they
handled people who had already come to the public attention.
I think some of these questions are answered in BLACK MIRROR.
But really it's an allegory. Something I've realized from some reviews of "Majority Rule" is that this episode works in a way others didn't because people can see the direct correlation. If the story had been too clever and constructed a world that exists independent of our current culture, a lot of the message would have been lost.
And when I think back to when I was a kid, many of the lessons I learned from THE OUTER LIMITS, TWILIGHT ZONE, STAR TREK were in those episodes where the allegory was obvious. And that's important to keep in mind--TV shows that aim too high over the heads of younger viewers are often preaching to the choir.
It's more important that younger viewers get the message, so they will hopefully make a change in the future.
[QUOTE=Photon Torme;3200603]Kind of unprofessional.[/QUOTE]
That depends on the profession!
Picked up for season 2.
No back nine for this season, though.
Good to know there will be a second season. Sad to think we're past the halfway point in the season.
I predict that in the time between this season and next, THE ORVILLE will pick up a lot of delayed views as word of mouth gets around. I just wish those nasty critics gave it a second chance. The split on Rotten Tomatoes is ridiculous, 18% vs 93%. What the hell!!!??