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"A character is literally named 'Upgraydd' with creative spelling. In the future, names have become increasingly absurd — just random syllables, product names,
by yen223 6mo ago
"A character is literally named 'Upgraydd' with creative spelling. In the future, names have become increasingly absurd — just random syllables, product names, and numbers."
Upgraydd was from our time wasn't he
- dudefeliciano 6mo agoYes he was. Or maybe he was a Nick Landian AI from the future facilitating its own creation
- kombookcha 6mo agoHe was! Frito Pendejo (Joe's lawyer) and the cop Beef Supreme are better examples. Or of course the wrestler-president Camacho whose middle name is literally Mountain Dew.
- fuglede_ 6mo agoI forget; did he receive anything in turn for taking that name? These folks did: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6157612.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6157612.stm
- kombookcha 6mo agoI don't remember if it's ever explicitly stated, but I certainly took that to be the implication. Maybe it's actually funnier if they're doing it pro bono, now I am suddenly unsure.
- roysting 6mo agoThe irony is that it only implies we have be in the proto-Idiocracy stage for a while, regardless of whether people who live in bubbles do not understand that “Upgraydd” type characters are not exactly a new or invented thing.
- mrweasel 6mo agoThere's a scene where Rita, in the future, tries to call Upgraydd, but there are 9726 listings for people called Upgraydd at that point.
- jacquesm 6mo agoFun movie trivia: Maya Rudolph (Rita) is the daughter of Minnie Ripperton.
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- abhikul0 6mo agoMore at https://www.reddit.com/r/tragedeigh/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tragedeigh/
- cbm-vic-20 6mo agoThis reminds me of one of my favorite scenes in the movie, wherein our protagonist is given his new identity credentials. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAUcSb3PgeM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAUcSb3PgeM