(I moved this post over from !mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world because it fits better here)
I’m currently watching Futurama for the first time because i always kinda thought it was cool when i was younger.
I recognize now how much it sucks.
The major thing that annoys me is that it displays the world in the year 3000 as if people would still have to hold down a job to earn enough money to live. The idea of full-employment sickens me. In my mind, i exclusively do tedious things in the hope that some day, they won’t ever have to be done again. Like software development. Linux only has to be written once. Once functional, it basically lasts forever, or at least close to (only minor modifications need to be made, like adaptations to a new protocol or sth).
The very idea that people will still have to work in the year 3000 is very repulsive. It shows that society hasn’t matured enough yet. I hope this is not the future that we actually end up with.
So this is a comedy show. Heavy with satire. I don’t think that the writers had all of humanities aspirations for the future in the year 3000 in mind, so much as making a funny show. The future probably won’t have robots that smoke cigars and drink liquor either, in case there was any confusion about that.
It won’t?!?!