We get a little bit closer to that dystopian future of our dreams everyday. Sometimes an advertisement notices how close we are.
An subway billboard in Beijing has done just that.
The advertisement is for a sports haze mask and features a female running with a face mask that looks like a souvenir from Fury Road. A sports haze mask is for people attempting to exercise in heavy smog areas, like Beijing.
Twitter reacted, as it's wont to do, welcoming the new oncoming dystopia.
Urban planners in Wenling, China wanted to demolish this old apartment building to make room for a new highway to the local train station. However, four residents of the building said the Chinese version of "screw that noise" and stayed put in their home. In a stunning display of douchebaggery, the city council went ahead and built the highway anyway... completely surrounding the building in question. Yeah, the whole "People's" part of the name "People's Republic of China" is a little fuzzy here.
If you were thinking to yourself just now "Boy, putting live sharks in a tank in a busy retail center sounds like a bad idea," then we have news for you! Fifteen were injured, though with no fatal accidents, when this tank of Lemon Sharks cracked in China. The sharks, however, were not so lucky...
