A comic by Dr. Lex (a.k.a. Alexander Thomas)
in the style of geeky classics like User Friendly
Latest strip: 197 – Friday, August 29, 2025
Current story arc: Idiocraception – chapter: Future Shock
References: Mythbusters Season 10, episode 3 “Square Wheels”; Movie “Idiocracy” (2006)
Steve: A monster truck? Why doesn't this surprise me anymore…
Max: Have you noticed the wheels? They are square!
Heidi: Indeed, with an entire mechanism in the suspension to compensate for the motion.
Steve: Oh my god. They have literally reinvented the wheel… poorly.
Max: Square wheels have actually also been attempted in Mythbusters, thoroughly debunked as being useless.
Adil: Everything these people do, is stupid! Why?
Max: This future is starting to look a lot like Idiocracy…
Steve: The early 2000's movie? I always feared it could end up being more like a documentary than a comedy…
Max: Yet, I feel there is more going on here than what the movie explained in its intro…
Max: Have you noticed the wheels? They are square!
Heidi: Indeed, with an entire mechanism in the suspension to compensate for the motion.
Steve: Oh my god. They have literally reinvented the wheel… poorly.
Max: Square wheels have actually also been attempted in Mythbusters, thoroughly debunked as being useless.
Adil: Everything these people do, is stupid! Why?
Max: This future is starting to look a lot like Idiocracy…
Steve: The early 2000's movie? I always feared it could end up being more like a documentary than a comedy…
Max: Yet, I feel there is more going on here than what the movie explained in its intro…
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