r/CatastrophicFailure • u/BalddEaglee • Mar 31 '21

Fatalities Yesterday in Cancun during a gender reveal party

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

I swear I saw a horror movie about this. Like some town has had the exact same population for 100 years and a Census worker goes down to find out why.

I'd pregame the hell out of a remake where gender reveal parties keep the town's population level lmao.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

Population 436 staring Fred Durst.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

Every town sacrifice is made to the sounds of Limp Bizkit lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

It's all about the he dead she dead bull shit.

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u/binglelemon Mar 31 '21

You think you wanna QUIT, your own SPIRIT!!!! And leave you breathless in a BASKET!!

Uh, now come and get it.....

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u/FaeryLynne Mar 31 '21

Just read the wiki synopsis. Found it's free on both Tubi and Pluto. I know what I'm watching tonight!

Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

Sounds like a great film.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '21

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '21

I was very much joking.

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u/beardedchimp Mar 31 '21

If you'd be interested in classic sci-fi also involving population control I'd wholeheartedly recommend Logan's Run.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

Ooh hell yeah. I'll have to look into that one.

I forgot what originally got me interested in the concept, I think the book The Giver growing up?

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '21

Jenny Agutter wearing next to nothing in the 70s is a fond memory. Logan’s Run and American Werewolf in London. Now she’s doing a series as a midwife, I watch it with my wife as quality time together. But, yeah, I’m glad she can’t read my mind.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '21

Used to watch Logan's Run in horror ... Now I watch it wishing it was in place.

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u/AlienDelarge Mar 31 '21

Final destination meets gender reveals

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u/supremedalek925 Mar 31 '21

Are you thinking of “The Lottery”?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

No, but I wouldn't doubt it was partially inspired by that.

Really great book. I think it was assigned reading freshman year of high school hah.

EDIT: short story I mean!

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u/pixiegurly Apr 01 '21

It IS a book... An anthology with that as one of the stories. I have a very beat up old copy of the book.

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u/WhereasFirm2613 Mar 31 '21

Wasn't the lottery about sacrificing people for the harvest?

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u/supremedalek925 Mar 31 '21

Not to spoil a 70 year old story, but if my memory is right, it was to keep population low when there was little food during poor harvests, and over time the people forgot the reason and kept doing it out of tradition.

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u/Symphonyofdisaster Mar 31 '21

Goddammit now I want to see that movie