Always amazing when people don’t get satire.

My Dad actually thought Starship Troopers was pro-military.

How?

That movie has the subtlety of a brick to the head

So did The Boys and Helldiver’s 2, and yet a substantial population of conservatives took it literally. Now The Boys has to be so blatant, it’s not as funny anymore.

Some people are just idiots, just the way it is.

Maybe if they paid more attention in English (and history) class, they wouldn’t miss subtext the size of a tractor trailer running into them. But conservatives and STEM bros almost always seem to be on the same page with that shit “No one needs English classes, it’s always just like ‘hur the curtains are blue’ bro.”

Science here - a lot of my fellow scientists like the humanities and definitely are not missing the point. At least in the pure sciences, we tend to encourage all education, regardless of field.

Just be aware that STEM encompasses way more people than you’re specifically referring to