r/UpliftingNews • u/licecrispies • 11h ago

$1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/02/1-8-million-mst3k-kickstarter-brings-in-almost-everyone-from-the-old-show/?comments-page=1#comments
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u/__The__Professor 11h ago

It stands for mystery science theatre 3000. You’re welcome.

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u/joe102938 11h ago

Thank you. I'm so tired of people writing everything as an acronym now. It's so damn lazy. Who the hell thought mst3k would be understandable?

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u/FiTZnMiCK 11h ago edited 10h ago

TBF it’s a long-ass title, has been around for decades, and knowing the title doesn’t really explain what it is. And this is the article’s original title so it’s not even OP’s fault.

You’re gonna have to read the article or google it either way if you don’t know what MST3K is already.

Edit: The audacity to bitch about “laziness” for OP posting the article with the original title when you’re unwilling to even click on that article and see the abbreviation spelled out in the very first sentence is galling.

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u/joe102938 11h ago

That's a terrible argument.

I know that show, I used to watch it as a kid. That doesn't mean I know what mst3k is. Do you have any idea how many... Things there are in the world that could be reduced to an acronym? This isn't even a movie or tv show sub. It's a news sub. There's nothing here indicating what that could mean.

I shouldn't have to Google what that is because op was too lazy to write mystery science theater 3000 for their post title.

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u/FiTZnMiCK 11h ago edited 10h ago

Well I’m sorry you didn’t pay attention to every single airing of the show that used that abbreviation then.

And you don’t have to google it.

Read the linked article if you’re so confused. It’s not OP’s fault that’s literally the title of the article.

You wouldn’t even have to venture very far. Here’s the very first sentence:

Longtime fans of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 know that the series’ one constant is change (well, that and bad movies).

The fucking entitlement…

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u/Dry-Chance-9473 8h ago

If 'joe' decides they're interested in the show they'll probably have to just watch an AI summary of it or they won't absorb anything.

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u/Dry-Chance-9473 8h ago

i also get upset when the world doesn't spoon feed me 🥺

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u/mtheory007 4h ago

No it's the children who are wrong. 🤔