Those morons in the movie Idiocracy are very down to earth.
You remember how one of the Greek Dictators (they called them “tyrants” then) sent an envoy to another Dictator to ask his advice about the principles of government. The second Dictator led the envoy into a field of grain, and there he snicked off with his cane the top of every stalk that rose an inch or so above the general level. The moral was plain. Allow no preeminence among your subjects. Let no man live who is wiser or better or more famous or even handsomer than the mass. Cut them all down to a level: all slaves, all ciphers, all nobodies. All equals. Thus Tyrants could practise, in a sense, “democracy.” But now “democracy” can do the same work without any tyranny other than her own. No one need now go through the field with a cane. The little stalks will now of themselves bite the tops off the big ones. The big ones are beginning to bite off their own in their desire to Be Like Stalks.
You remember how one of the Greek Dictators (they called them “tyrants” then) sent an envoy to another Dictator to ask his advice about the principles of government. The second Dictator led the envoy into a field of grain, and there he snicked off with his cane the top of every stalk that rose an inch or so above the general level. The moral was plain. Allow no preeminence among your subjects. Let no man live who is wiser or better or more famous or even handsomer than the mass. Cut them all down to a level: all slaves, all ciphers, all nobodies. All equals. Thus Tyrants could practise, in a sense, “democracy.” But now “democracy” can do the same work without any tyranny other than her own. No one need now go through the field with a cane. The little stalks will now of themselves bite the tops off the big ones. The big ones are beginning to bite off their own in their desire to Be Like Stalks.
by sword of a thousand truths June 07, 2014
Following a stupid comment the person who said it must bend at the neck and look at the floor. thus putting their head down in an act of shameful embarrasement. After this the person cannot be made fun of.
by celestine and the heat seaking moisture missles October 21, 2004
Dude 1: Yo this chick just said she is feeling all of us.
Dude 2: That bitch is definitely down for the cause.
Dude 2: That bitch is definitely down for the cause.
by PeYo12 January 05, 2008
by Joey February 16, 2005
When you bare your ass and sit down after being told to SIT DOWN by a Korean professor who struggles with the English language.
by LFPham May 06, 2017
The signal a referee makes once a team gets a first down. Holds arm up then brings arms straight down IE FLAT.
by Robby Dade February 27, 2008
by Anonymous October 24, 2003