If you feel like you’ve been living in a dystopian cyberpunk story these past few years, you’re definitely not alone. There are silver linings to be found in life, sure… but overall, it seems like the world’s stuck in a perpetual crisis. And stability seems even more of an illusion than usual. It’s hard to know what to do when every week brings something unexpected.
What feels like it should belong in books, movies, and video games is, unfortunately, real life. To show you what this looks like, Bored Panda has curated this list of images that show just how dystopian things have gotten in the 21st century. Keep scrolling to lose some of that remaining faith in humanity that you’re protecting so hard.
#1 Good Article. No Surprises. “It’s Not About Wanting A Pay Raise Or Extra Income, It’s Just About Wanting A Livable Wage.”
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#2 Wow
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#3 Reality Is Often Disappointing
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#4 Ad Is More Important Than Daylight
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#5 School Bus Advertisement For Body Armor
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#6 Having To Scan A QR Code In Case Of Emergency
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#7 Whoever Made This Billboard Can Shove It
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#8 It Went So Far It Doesn’t Seem Real Anymore… But It Is
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#9 Upvote If You Would Never Donate Money To Kylie Jenner
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#10 This Billboard Like 100 Ft Off My College Campus
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#11 Shout Out The Worst Place I Ever Worked (Minimum Wage, Of Course)
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#12 This Dystopia Is Boring, I’m Plugging In
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#13 My Fortune Cookie Had A Qr Code Ad Inside
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#14 We Are Truly Living In A Dystopian Time Period
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#15 This Made Me Mutter To Myself
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#16 This Packet Of Microwave Noodles Has AI Generated Packaging
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#17 Don’t Solve The Problem, Just Spend Tons Of Money To Ignore It
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#18 This Display Is How I Learned That Missouri Banned An Introductory Book About Oil Painting
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#19 This Year, Give Your Special Someone The Gift Of Accessing The American Healthcare System
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#20 AI Company’s ‘Stop Hiring Humans’ Ads All Over Sf
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#21 Had My First AI Drive Through Experience
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#22 How Is Underpaid Child Labor Legal?
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#23 This Is Veterans Row. A 3 Block Homeless Camp In West L.A. Where Homeless Veterans Live In
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#24 My Company Made $1 Billion In Revenue And We Get Cupcakes To Celebrate
During my annual performance meeting, I thankfully received a 4% raise, but I am still paid $18k under the poverty line for my city. But at least I get free cupcakes next week!
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#25 What A Time To Be Alive
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#26 Large Company Filled With Over Worked And Underpaid Employees Decided To Do A Squid Games Themed Team Building Day In An Apparent Lack Of Self-Awareness
No one seemed to notice the irony… That the contestants are victims of a dystopian capitalist society and are out for themselves, not the team…
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#27 My University Is Replacing The Graduation Announcer With An AI Announcer
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#28 This Store Announces They Collect Your Biometric Data
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#29 Stop This Dystopian Acceptance
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#30 Free Enterprise Strikes Again
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#31 Poverty Wages Now Outsourced
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#32 Seen In Brooklyn. This Isn’t Clever, Doordash. Just Sad
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#33 When Your Boss Is A Robot
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#34 This Is The Most Depressing Thing I’ve Seen In A While
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#35 USA Auctioning Humanitarian Daily Rations In Hawaii
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#36 Capitalism Reinventing Itself – Or So They Say
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#37 Welcome To Your Dystopian Future!
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#38 Ads Playing On Repeat Inside My School
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#39 This “Funny” Movie Ad Casually Recognizing How Many People Are Suffering On Their Way To Work. It Was Plastered On Every Bus In The City For About A Month
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#40 Over 2,000 Pounds Of Fresh Pork Being Rejected By The Walmart Distribution Center Because The Sell By Dates Occur When Their Stores Are Closed For Thanksgiving
This product will still be safe to eat for the next 15 days, but they won’t even attempt to sell. This will end up in a dumpster today.
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#41 This Restaurant’s Bathroom Faucet Has A Display For Ads
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#42 NBC Is Turning Water Into Thousands Of Pounds Of Real Snow For Their ‘Once In A Lifetime’ Superbowl Coverage… In Southern California.. During A Drought
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#43 My City Rolled Out A Yearly EMS Subscription
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#44 Self-Driving Waymo Involved In Crash In Chandler
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#45 This Dystopian Street Sign In NYC Requests Cash For Diabetic Supplies
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