this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
1133 points (98.5% liked)

A Boring Dystopia

12471 readers
260 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--If a picture is just a screenshot of an article, link the article

--If a video's content isn't clear from title, write a short summary so people know what it's about.

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Isn't this several years old, or is it happening again?

[–] suodrazah@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Or, has it not stopped happening?

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The original story i heard the school backed down for 2 reasons. 1 a local millionaire offered to pay the miss $26k and 2 the press was causing a lot of negative attention.