Mentions (12)
"Paul Rudd did it. The main guy from Office Space whose name escapes me did it."
"Yes, Office Space is still funny and office jobs can be soul-destroying but they are one of the last bastions of decent-paying work that can still provide a decent standard of living for Americans."
"There's a pretty common observation that the nineties, especially the late nineties, had a lot of 'cubicle movies' about how bad and soul-sucking modern times are, and 'rampage movies' as a sub-genre how the only reprieve is acts of violence. Think your Fight Club (1999), before that Falling Down (1"
"We've progressed past the extreme rebellion of media like Office Space and Fight Club, and further past the genuine counter-cultural vision of films like The Graduate."
"Maybe they used to believe that when they were younger and they'd quote Office Space or Dilbert, but now they want to think their work is important and interesting and that maybe they could be the subject of a movie one day"
"I'm imagining a guy who left an annoying but bearable PMC job for the trades, where as soon as coworkers find out he used to work an office job, everyone calls him gay, pranks him constantly, and so on, and on top of that, the work is artificially difficult because everyone involved has a max 90 IQ "
"Much of my life, but *especially* the past three years, has just been me going "'PC Load Letter'? What the fuck does that mean?" like the guy in Office Space. I don't need sex because the Industrial Revolution and its consequences fuck me every day."
"a hr dei meeting scene could definitely have a couple of good bits"
"Gen X: Creators of Reddit atheism (Dawkins-style anti-religion, distinct from Boomer spiritual atheism or Space Race atheism). Their media was openly nihilistic and hostile toward optimism—Fight Club, The Matrix, The Simpsons, South Park, Office Space, Seinfeld, Nirvana, Pulp Fiction."
"This is doubly frustrating because I would rather be doing something creative, too! I don't love my job, either. But I don't dwell on it as much. I mean, just watch Office Space again or something."
"Yes, Office Space is still funny and office jobs can be soul-destroying but they are one of the last bastions of decent-paying work that can still provide a decent standard of living for Americans."
"Think your Fight Club (1999), before that Falling Down (1993), even to a degree Office Space (1999) etc."