Idiocracy is a 2006 satirical film in which a fictional sports drink called Brawndo has replaced water for almost everything, including watering crops, because advertising has convinced people that it has what plants crave. The joke became a cult favourite as the film found a second life online, where viewers quoted its slogans to describe real marketing, corporate spin, and policies that sound confident while ignoring basic facts. It survives because the premise still feels uncomfortably close to modern advertising culture.