Disaster movie joke (Moonfall specifically)
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“I believe the trope is based on the idea that the scientists would make all kinds of sims and visuals way before telling the dumb politicians so they have them ready to go to be as convincing as possible…
Scientist: The world is going to end sir! <presents much data supporting claim>
Politician: That’s nice, we need to ban the use of books in schools but we can get to that next week.
Scientist: Sir, there won’t be a next week! <Points to stack of papers frantically>
Politician: My vacation starts next week, trust me, it will happen. Don’t be so dramatic now.
Scientitst: Look at this!<pulls up vfx simulation of the world going boom, but the globe is centered above where the politician lives>
Politician: That’s where I live! This affects me: we must take action! <storms out of room to go make things happen>”
“I can easily imagine a junior engineer getting told to go quickly develop a dashboard with a 3D simulation so the suits can understand that the fucking moon is going to crash”
“What made the moon fall in moonfall?”