Satire is a cathartic tool that helps us reflect on the absurdities of daily life. Critically, satire challenges us to introspect beyond the facile projection of its themes and subjects. Cynical acceptance and refusal to engage with the source material is another exercise in anti-intellectualism.

That being said, Don't Look Up wasn't good satire for me. It was funny and well made, but negligently validates emotional ignorance.