If you stop and look around you, you’ll see how many things that are happening are quite a bit off. The rich are now disgustingly rich and detached from the rest of the world. The climate is in shambles. Also, no one bats an eye at surveillance, which is becoming more and more normal. It’s all beginning to look like we are living in a dystopian world taken straight from the pages of a fantasy novel.

The following list contains dystopian gems collected from the “A Boring Dystopia” subreddit. Sad, uninspiring, and absurd, these images are bound to make you feel awful about the state of the world. So, proceed with caution.

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#1 When Will The Increase Of The Number Behind X Be Stopped?

With so many dystopian novels speculating the possible future of our society, there must be one that reflects our current world the best. But which reality do we live in? Is it Gilead or Panem?

Well, if we’re trying to [butts] that, the most logical place to start the analysis would probably be George Orwell’s 1984. That’s both because of the book’s popularity and how often we hear the word “Orwellian” these days.

#2 What’s Wrong With The Trees?

#3 sigh

George Orwell’s 1984 is an exploration of a society that has completely given into a totalitarian regime. It shows how censorship and the lack of free thinking is bound to damage the world. It emphasizes the propaganda, manipulation of truth, and the ridiculous amount of power that the government has over everyone. It does sound a little familiar, right?

The most recent example of censorship getting out of control is the 2021-2023 book bans that rippled through the US. Libraries around the country are being asked to take specific books off their shelves. In fact, 2022 set the record for the most inquiries ever made. And 2023 is on track to break it.

#4 The USA Is The Only First-World Country Without Paid Parental Leave

#5 98 Years Worth Of Progress

#6 My Favourite Calender

What separates this wave of censorship from others is that this time politicians are the ones stoking the flames. Instead of communities raising the questions directly to schools and libraries, they are getting support from conservative advocacy organizations, which smells a little of 1984.

#7 Such Wholesome Child Laborers

#8 Make ‘Em Rich Forget About You

#9 Sad? Just Buy A House

Many of the challenged books discuss race, [intimacy], and gender. Interestingly enough, though, they are often challenged because of profanity and sexual imagery in it, not politics. So, at least they are trying to conceal their censorship with the thin “oh, think of the children” veil. At least we’re not in Fahrenheit 451 territory yet. But we are getting there.

#10 A Plastic Bag

#11 Gotta Pay The Bills…

#12 We Do Not Pay Our Employees Enough To Survive

What about another popular dystopian title, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World? Well, this book also explores a loss of freedom under a totalitarian regime. In it, people are encouraged to consume as much as possible and seek for pleasure and instant gratification instead of higher meaning. This is also not too foreign for us, right?

#13 Indistinguishable From The Real Thing!

#14 What’s Worse Is That The Wild Doesn’t Even Look Like That Anymore

#15 Something For The Sub All The Way From The Philippines

Instant gratification is everywhere these days. In essence, the term describes giving up something that would benefit us in the long run and choosing something that benefits us right away instead. How can that be bad, you say? Well, it usually leads to pretty unhealthy habits.

#16 Poor? Have You Tried Starving?

#17 Olga Schubert, A 5-Year-Old Girl, Photographed After A Days Work Picking Shrimp At Biloxi Canning Factory

#18 Supreme Court Of India Just Gave Permission For These 100s Of Years Old Trees To Be Cut For A 4-Lane Highway In West Bengal

Phones make it especially easy to choose instant gratification over long-term benefits. We spend time we could be spending socializing on social media. The likes and the validation we get replaces real-life interactions. Dating apps are also guilty of that. It used to be that casual dating was seen as too instant of a gratification. These days, this has been replaced with swiping only. So, yes, the brave new world is here.

#19 Amazon Anti Union Posters Put Up By The Company

#20 I Don’t Even Have To Read This Article To Know There’s Going To Be Some Olympian Level Mental Gymnastics Going On To Rationalize Why It’s Okay To Live Like This

#21 Why Are People So Obsessed With Dubai? It Seems Like A Dystopian Hellscape Birthed From The Spawn Of Satan And Adam Smith

Dubai’s wealthiest figures can flex their wealth by the license plate they own on their car. The lower the number the wealthier they are.

All of that to say, it seems that dystopia is here. We are living it. The question right now seems to be whether the sequel of this reality is written in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road or Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: Space Odyssey.

#22 I Mean, Payback For Them Ruining The Economy?

#23 Everyone: You Should Support Your Local Economy. My Local Economy:

#24 Anti-Theft Gates On Laundry Stuff And Chocolate

#25 The “Skylight” In Our Canteen

We have no windows at all where I work. This is their solution 🤦

#26 Ad I Just Saw. Imagine Becoming A Renter In Your Own Home. Ridiculous

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