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Would you agree to be shrunk down to five-inches tall in order to live a wealthy life?

The synopsis for the movie with Matt Damon, Downsizing, had a really interesting concept. I'm disappointed that it got mediocre reviews, so I haven't seen it. However the synopsis is this:

"A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor."

In the movie, this was supposed to conserve the Earth's resources, by allowing people to be miniaturized.

Would you accept being a mini-you and living in a tiny people's community in exchange for wealth?

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silvereyes 8 Mar 18
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No, I avoid wealth at all cost.

skado Level 9 Mar 18, 2018

LOL!!!

Yea wealth tends to avoid me

Yeah, I'm a wealth repellant!

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It would be cool until some full sized people decided they want to stomp me.

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I am already only 5 feet tall. this doesnt seem much different except I could be stealthier

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I think that it prioritizes a social construct (money) over all else. That seems very odd to me... though people do it all the time. Unlike most other things though, it’s quite permanent. So no.

miffy Level 5 Mar 18, 2018

The down-sizing in the movie is permanent?

@bingst I haven’t seen it, but I believe so, yes

@bingst yes its permanent

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I don't know. I think it would depend on how safe it's supposed to be. I would want to see some long-term studies.

On another note, I do think if governments had access to this tech, they would force the poor to be shrunk down to a "more manageable" size. Perhaps first would be prisoners. It's easy to foresee that all but the wealthy and powerful would be shrunk down by government mandate. I think this would make for a darker and more realistic movie. 😕

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I would be fine with it. Just give me a tiny little cubicle and a tiny little computer and a tiny little bed. And TINY LITTLE MONIES! $$$

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No. I would agree to be shrunk down to five inches tall so I could be effectively invisible, and a creepy spy.

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Nope. I have no desire to change my life.

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I'd only be interested in my pet jumping spider the size of a cat/small dog (might have to defang it though) 😉

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The movie was ok not great. And no I don’t think I would want that.

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We would probably be dead in a couple of months. At that size, all the chemicals in an average home would probably kill us.

Still, it is a cute idea.

For years, on another online community, I would debate round and round with a guy because he believed he was shorter than the average male. He blamed all the ills in his life for being short. At times it was funny, but really it was a sad situation that he really believed he was less of a man because he was 5'3.

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Can you imagine how "insecure" some guys would be at that size?

@silvereyes

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I wouldn't hit my head on things as much...

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I'm already short enough, being about 1/12th my size would not benefit me anymore than my height does now.

For those ladies hoping to find ways to help the planet, Date a short guy, we require fewer materials and are therefore already more earth friendly. 😉 and Lol

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eesh - like good sex isn't hard enough to come by already ! ha

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Could only imagine what I could get away with. lol

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looks like a thoroughly funny movie to me 🙂

but on a personal note: no, No & NO way would i want to wrangle bull ants the size of cows, run from eagle-large mozzies or put up with being a scientific curio.

Turned it off after 30 mins bland as hell movie

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I would rather identify the negative behavior that motivated us to shrink ourselves, and change that behavior. Otherwise we will just repeat that same negative behavior, but on a smaller scale.
On a personal note, wealth and splendor has never been a priority of mine. Shrinking oneself does sound like an interesting adventure, but I would never do it simply for wealth and fame..

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Only if I could command an army of tarantulas. Because 5" rich me would need protection.

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No, the concept sounds pretty stupid to me.

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Nope...think about the size of garden spiders.

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No.Can't see being happy as a miniature rich guy

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I would definately give it some thought.

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