{"id":2965,"date":"2026-07-22T11:57:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=2965"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:57:35","slug":"the-huge-success-of-odyssey-proves-that-the-internet-is-not-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=2965","title":{"rendered":"The huge success of Odyssey proves that the Internet is not real life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now with Christopher Nolan Odysseus<\/em><\/a> rushes through the theaters like a one-man army. This film is the latest adaptation of the ancient Greek text about a soldier trying to find his way home after helping win a costly battle. In particular, Odysseus helped end the Trojan War, which is ironic when you think about it. After all, the success of this fictional story may have finally ended the conflict in the real world. Namely, the endless culture wars waged by the most daring keyboard warriors this side of 4chan.<\/p>\n

For months now, all the usual suspects have been lamenting Nolan’s choice. This included Lupita Nyong’o playing Helen of Troy and having Elliot Page<\/a> play Sinon, a Greek warrior. After seeing (gasp!) a black woman and a trans man playing Greek characters, haters started screaming that the movie was trash that would wake up the box office. This, of course, is the conventional wisdom of the old adage: “woke, broke.” however, Odysseus<\/em> grossed a whopping $264.1 million in its opening weekend, teaching a lesson everyone should learn. A lesson? Repeat after me: The internet is not real life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There is no normal<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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When I’m not giving up movies and TV shows, I’m a professor at a modest state college. One of the life lessons I try to pass on to all my students is that there is no such thing as normal; there is only what has been normalized around you. Are you in a room with nothing but flat earth? In such a scenario, you would<\/strong> considered insane. After a while, you might even start to believe what they say. It’s just human nature … everyone wants to fit in, not be an outcast. After all, it becomes easier to drink the Kool-Aid of stupid groupthink than to speak the truth to a bunch of idiots.<\/p>\n

What is it connected with Odysseus<\/em>? everything<\/strong>indeed. Despite once clinging to the “facts don’t hurt your feelings” mantra, conservatives who predicted the film would be a bombshell had no real data to suggest it would; instead, they just felt rancid atmospheres as everyone in their favorite virtual spaces insisted that the film was going to flop. This is a practical example of the flat earth example above. You can only hear most people in your favorite internet groups predicting doom for so long before those predictions seem inevitable. No one wants to question the narrative because that’s the fastest way to get kicked out of the group.<\/p>\n

The internet is not real life<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Now success Odysseus<\/em> (it amounted to more than a quarter of a billion dollars in the first weekend<\/strong>!) destroyed this narrative on his own. What did that do to the skeptics who predicted his doom? Some have retreated to conspiracy theories; millionaires must be buying up empty theaters! The film is successful only because it pandered to the awakened elite! It makes money only on previous sales! Expensive IMAX tickets inflated the numbers! These are just a few conspiracies spread by unruly lunatics who cannot understand Odysseus<\/em> to be popular and successful. Their narrative fell apart, confirming it once and for all The internet is not real life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Regardless of political affiliation, every online group you join has its own biases on countless topics. This includes what is awakened or not awakened. But part of being an adult is realizing that the opinions of these groups do not reflect the broader culture any more than the opinions of your childhood friends reflect the opinions of everyone in your hometown. If you and your friends hate the new bar, but it gets more crowded every month, then most people clearly like it. And when a movie that all your friends on the internet called “woke up trash” makes hundreds of millions in its opening weekend, then it’s obviously both popular and successful.<\/p>\n

The culture war is over<\/h3>\n
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Everyone votes with their dollars. If a black woman or a trans man embodied a Greek character in a big issue, the mass audience would boycott Odysseus<\/em>. If the average moviegoer really cared about changing the story of a 3,000-year-old poem, they would avoid the movie. The fact that the movie is doing gangsters at the box office is proof that most people going to see it don’t care about politics or<\/strong> military culture. They just wanted to see a giant blockbuster filled with great actors; Christopher Nolan<\/a>every film of which was successful brought this audience exactly<\/strong> what they wanted and he gets rewarded for it.<\/p>\n

Here’s how you can say (and you can sit down for it) that the whole idea of \u200b\u200ba culture war is bogus. Under capitalism, the dominant culture and cultural preferences are represented by what people pay for. The Mandalorian and Grog<\/em> did not fail because he woke up; it flopped because it was another low-key movie from a fading franchise. Obsession<\/em><\/a> failed because it was against awakening; it succeeded because it had fresh ideas, killer performances and a visionary director. In short, the audience just wants to good movie<\/strong>and a film’s box office is the most reliable barometer of mainstream audiences’ opinion of a major blockbuster.<\/p>\n

Freaks and Greeks<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Given its own massive coffers, Odysseus<\/em> This is clearly a film that appeals to a mass audience. That doesn’t mean you have to like it or that it’s necessarily a great movie; after all, a lot terrible<\/strong> movies are still insanely profitable. And you don’t have to approve the casting either; if you care about boycotting this movie because of these two actors, no one is going to drag you into it. But if you’re still hating and claiming that this movie will bomb, you’re officially in the minority regarding Christopher Nolan’s latest film, a movie that could easily earn more than billion<\/strong> dollars when all is said and done. <\/p>\n

Again, the bottom line here is that the Internet is not real life. Did everyone in your online swearing circles predict Odysseus<\/em> won’t work? Now you know how much these predictions are worth. Were you completely convinced that Elliott Page’s brief appearance in this film would destroy Nolan’s chances of success? Now you know how little the average person cares about these things. Fortunately, you can avoid these problems by putting down your phone, stepping away from your computer, and going outside at least<\/strong> once a day. When you start talking to real people instead of digital avatars, you can care less about what the internet has to say.<\/p>\n

It is best to go outside regularly anyone<\/strong> who spent months liking countless posts about how Odysseus<\/em> it wouldn’t work. If that’s you, then do us all a favor and touch some grass while you’re there!<\/p>\n

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