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
An grossly overused, idiotic phrase which technically means "one who has no imagination." The funny thing is, the type of people who generally assign this quality to themselves are the artsy-creative type. To many drugs will do that too you.
The quality users are trying to express is: genuine, real.
The quality users are trying to express is: genuine, real.
by yea, uh no. November 27, 2006
by ashtoncallmenow April 07, 2021
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Means he is down to earth, chill, outgoing, but just has that 'swagg' certain swagg about him that makes you love him.
-Amy Massengill
-Amy Massengill
by 4vMach April 28, 2010
adj. sl. ironic way of saying someone or something is cheap; euphemism of having no sense of elegance, quality, and breeding.
Mary: How do you like your new dress?
Wilma: It's poetically down-to-earth; how am i supposed to face my friends now?
Wilma: It's poetically down-to-earth; how am i supposed to face my friends now?
by russell christian fernandez April 28, 2007
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