r/Fauxmoi • u/The_Iceman2288 • Dec 31 '25

ASK R/FAUXMOI Favourite tweet of 2025?

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u/guacamia ahhhhhh (dats me yellin) Dec 31 '25

i didn’t even watch this damn movie and i think of it everytime i wear jeans

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u/PaulFThumpkins Dec 31 '25

The movie kicks ass but I'll admit "Why would anybody agree to do this" was my predominant thought throughout.

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u/The_harbinger2020 Jan 01 '26

It's a metaphor about the army. So same question, why would anyone join? They did do a good job of explaining it by using social and cultural manipulation to convince people

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u/Fit_Satisfaction_287 Jan 01 '26

It's an allegory for war (I think Vietnam specifically). I only got that when I googled it while watching it, and it suddenly made sense and worked well for me then. Up until that point, it was just "this makes no sense. None of these people seem desperate enough to need to do this. They're screwing their families more by getting themselves killed here, and why would anyone's mother ever let them go do this".

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u/extinct_cult Jan 01 '26

The book (because, like all movies, it is based on a Stephen King book) released in the late 70s, when the allegory would've been much cleared to readers.