Dystopia is a world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, and fearful lives.
If you need a more vivid example, think of the novel The Children of Men (1992), by P.D. James where the human population has become infertile and lost all interest in politics, allowing the authorities to install various regulations such as mass “voluntary” suicides by the elderly, rampant cruel treatment toward prisoners of the state, and mandatory sperm testing and female inspections. Fatalism, boredom, crime, and religious hysteria are abundant, and it’s not that pretty.
While such an environment might seem possible only in fiction, there is a subreddit whose members think we’re actually on our way to making it a reality. It’s called ‘A Boring Dystopia‘ and these folks regularly share real-life examples of what they believe to be societal decay. Here are some of them.
#1 One Of The Two Remaining Northern White Rhinos In The World, Guarded 24 Hours A Day To Guard Against Poachers
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#2 A Gallery Owner Was Arrested After Leaving A 10-Foot Heroin Spoon Sculpture Outside Oxycontin Maker Purdue Pharma
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#3 Three Socioeconomic Classes In The Philippines
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#4 First Time I’ve Seen A Message Like This On A Vehicle
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#5 There’s Nothing Good About Goodwill
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#6 Cheerfully Snipping Some Plastic Soda Packaging To ~save The Turtles~ And Realizing I Fully Expect This To End Up In The Ocean
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#7 Imagine getting hit by a freakin’ UwU shell
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#8 The Wheel Of Fugitives
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#9 Nike Sending Plastic They’ve Taken From The Environment To Show They Care About The Planet. Wrapped In Plastic
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#10 The System Is Broken
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#11 The American Dream
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#12 Passenger Photo While Plane Flew Near East Palestine, Ohio … Chemical Fire After Train Derailed
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#13 Why We Have Curfews, Can’t Make It Illegal To Protest, But Can Make It Illegal If There’s A Curfew
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#14 U.S. Wealth Inequality
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#15 A Beer Bottle Discovered At Challenger Deep, The Deepest Point On Earth At -35,000ft
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#16 Ah The Good Old Times
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#17 Words Fail Me
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#18 Findings From An Undercover Shein Investigation
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#19 Huangjuewan Interchange
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#20 McDonald’s In The 1980s Compared To Today
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#21 Won This At The Xmas Bingo At Work
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#22 Malthus Would’ve Blushed Looking At This
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#23 Feel Like This Fits Too Well. The Rich Stay Rich/Get Richer
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#24 Privatized Prisons Lead To More Inmates, Longer Sentences, Study Finds
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#25 Mumbai, India. The Divide Between The Richest People In India vs. One Of The Poorest. Extreme Wealth Inequality On Display
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#26 My Wage Cage. Nature Is Begging Me To Leave!
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#27 Silicon Valley Everyone
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#28 I Can’t Put The Feeling Of This Picture Into Words
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#29 Middle Class Neighborhood In Dubai, UAE
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#30 Crime Against Humanity, But Ecological
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#31 Not Even Death Stops Work
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#32 This Old Toys R Us Is Now A Gun Store
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#33 A Stroll Through The Ruins. Parisians Rioting Against Pension Reform
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#34 Most Grateful Employer
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#35 UK’s Oldest First-Time Buyer Finally Gets His Own Bungalow Aged 86
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#36 Local Supermarket Has Started To Put A Protective Barrier Around The Employees Whilst They Put The Reduced Food Out On The Shelves. Out Of Shot Is A Horde Of Eager Pensioners Ready To Pounce
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#37 £2100 Per Month For This Airbnb In Central London
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#38 Get Back To Work Toilets
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#39 Londoners Trying To Survive Like
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#40 “Finally, No Human Employees At Our Grey Minimalist Mcdonalds”
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#41 Can’t Even Get A Bathroom Break At Home
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#42 No Worries
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#43 Sacred Advertising
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#44 It Will Cost An Extra $50 To Use The Fridge In My Hotel Suite
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#45 The Matrix Is Here
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#46 El Salvador – Center For The Confinement Of Terrorism (Cecot)
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#47 We Steal Your Water And Sell It Back To You
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#48 This Packaging Uses An Optical Illusion To Make The Vegetables Look More Green
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#49 Paid Toilets With Ad Displays Instead Of Mirrors
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#50 When A Billboard Is More Important Than A View. A New Way To Crush The Souls Of Office Workers
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