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[–]IridescentAnaconda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I have a modest proposal: all members of society should be fully equal and not allowed to be smarter, better-looking, or more physically able than anyone else. To enforce equality laws, citizens should wear "handicaps": masks for those who are too beautiful, loud radios that disrupt thoughts inside the ears of intelligent people, and heavy weights for the strong or athletic.

[–]OPStolen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

based and HarrisonBergeronpilled

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This was a sci-fi short story that came out about 50 years ago.

[–]IridescentAnaconda 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, Harrison Bergeron. I view it as more of a recipe than a cautionary tale, don't you think?

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Never thought of it that way.

[–]greybeard 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Makeup is a superstimulus in the same way that modern drugs and porn are and harmful for many of the same reasons.