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Literal quote from the episode.
I've been re-watching The Simpsons and some of the scenes from years ago blow my mind a bit.
Jun 28, 2020 11:54 AM
BitLizard
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Literal quote from the episode.
I've been re-watching The Simpsons and some of the scenes from years ago blow my mind a bit.
RibbleTPibits
Who stole my false teeth?
AlaSnackbar
As per the Simpsons future telling we should be getting a female president soon. Wonder who is Lisa worthy in either political party?
ThisIsTheBestICanDo
I’m gonna vote, but I still have no hope for this country.
dontmakemecrymyowntears
The Simpson’s has to have the Oracle from the Matrix.
lisasimpsonfan
Scented Candles....
4k33m
iwyn
Simpsons did it!!
Bandlith
That's the like one of the last episodes I can remember before I stopped watching it.
Huntermen32
Did they pull something during that reach?
manthraxx
It's not a prediction when he's always been an asshole
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
Also relevant
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Diatomaceous
The Simpsons creators/writers were too smart to produce this show and hence overqualified to become government officials.
GoldenWonder
Humans are pretty predictable and the writers pay attention.
watgula9
HalfIagoHalfFuManchuAllBastard
That's Steve Martin BTW.
Rosie2003
Predicted the Tea Party
QuarterRican
The clinton trump debates
WristDeepInaBook
That guy and Homer never talked over each other. This was much too civil to be compared to the clinton/trump debates.
carmaroo
I’m pretty sure one of the writers is a psychic!
RisingPhoenix92
Thats kind of why people were shocked when Trump was nominated in the Rep primary, like you really wanted that guy?
PaulTomblin
Greg Proops calls him Cheeto Mousilini
rtbullderby4
So many people say the Simpsons fell off before season 10 but I find the new episodes hilarious
dabbycats
Oh man that is perfect ?
Lurkch
IDownvoteAllPoliticalPosts
Accuracy through volume
DarkVoivod
Watching the whole series with the kids for the first time. The whole show is weirdly rlevant constantly. It freaks me out.
ICampOntheFirstDate
I just watched Lisa's wedding, which was set in the distant year of 2010. I kind of wish that they aged the characters with each season now.
ClooneyWasTheBestBatman
I just realized I'm now older than Homer, and far less successful.
Hipcatjack
When 2004 was rolling around and the UK was the biggest supporter of the US going into Iraq, I thought about that episode a lot.
Hipcatjack
The “And we saved your ass in WW3” quote from Hugh Grant.
TargetedAdBot
They did rewrite homer and marge youth. Instead of growing in the 70's, it was changed to 90's iirc.
CrazyforRAMU
For one pretty terrible episode; I'm pretty sure subsequent flashbacks still show their teen years as the 70s.
NotTinyPancakes
Or at least regularly gave them different outfits beyond specific plots like I think it was as Told By Ginger did
superconfused
2005? Jesus... maybe we should look into wtf Simpsons says happens next....
Gameskyjumper
zombie apocalypse, as predicted in the episode where Krusty fed beef to cow.
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
BlueLanternBraxx
They abolish the police force and start privately owned Spring Shield.
ztygs
Privately owned police force sounds horrifying.
fdinthea
It's kinda like nostradamus quatrains, you can only see the prediction after it happens.
thedetailer13350
yup
Irishda
The Simpsons don't predict things. Things have just existed for longer than you've been paying attention
BitLizard
This is really well said.
DIINKELBERG
Aaaand, they have so many episodes, some of them have to hit the mark.
myhastar360
Just Like nostra Damas and his quatrains
mastikator
In Nostradamus case it helps being super fucking vague and having idio.. uh people then stretch that even further.
DVSBSTrD
Trump didn't start acting like Mussolini until he decided to run for president (the third time)
KaraokeLemur
That can't be right. He said he made president on first try. Such a tremendous president. World never lie.
KaraokeLemur
Would. Would never lie.
SophieClockwise
War. War never changes.
Irishda
They're referencing Trump's mannerisms here which he's always done
ddkong86
They predicted the mass of the Higgs boson...
ddkong86
https://www.sciencealert.com/homer-simpson-predicted-the-mass-of-the-higgs-boson-14-years-before-cern
WuTangClamaintnothingtoShuckwit
RAD
EGEq5cgUBYbqG3LUhcggAN9SvddJPyR8f3gYf8zvEb8NKGMSnUNbUa9tuqvhCY
Reading this story it's more like, "He got it wrong but it's a better story if we say he got it right."
rachellian
Well if sciencealert.com is reporting it, you know it’s true
goflyblind
no. they picked something the right order of magnitude based on existing limits.
Yesisaidthat
Like winning lottery numbers?
goflyblind
not even close. limits in 1998: 78 GeV < mH < 1000 GeV. simpsons "prediction": 775 GeV. actual value: 125 GeV.
ddkong86
Eh
SneakorsMcSneakorsface
Hands are too big for the Trump impersonation.
TrueLegateDamar
Years of strangling Bart made them big
notablyabsent
Marco Rubio killed his career to create this joke. Worth it.
blackyjacky21
Give him a glass to find out
gaidinbdj
Remember, this was 5 years *after* Trump's first run at President and a year after The Apprentice premiered.
ChaoticMarin
Huh. TIL Trump ran for president in 2000.
MH9009
Don't feel bad Trump still doesn't know he ran in 2000 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949619270631256064?s=19
ChaoticMarin
Lmao. Of course he tweeted that.
Xenarion
I like how he has to say he's "stable", knowing fully well he isn't.
MH9009
Are we talking his mental acuity or his ability to tackle "very long & steep, had no handrail" ramps? Polls show, most stable Pres since Abe
Dolphinsaurus
Now I cant read that tweet...... actually its better this way
Cyberpope67
Whgere's the beginning of the tweet, that provides full context?
MH9009
The full context is 1/: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949616329463615489
MH9009
2/ the guy's a sad sack of shit: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949618475877765120
Cyberpope67
this skips about 3-4 in between; I posted the full above
friendsofsandwiches
Simpsons predicted all sorts of shit. BY all rights, Lisa should be on the ticket for pres this year.
kaelykat
We could always write her in.
Someshithead241
Easy to predict things when you keep beating the dead horse until you've done every single possible idea in existence
Whitebeardthepirate
Considering in one epside, she told Bart to stop "mansplaining", yeah
LooseyGooseyBrett
She has to be 35.
friendsofsandwiches
simpsons have been on the air for over 30 years. Even barring some condensing of the series from each season into actual years,
friendsofsandwiches
they should have at least advanced some 15-20 years by now.
imguruser79
Jo Jorgensen 2020 https://joj2020.com/
IThinkYouGotAFineBrainJack
Treehouse of Horror this year is going to predict the election and the aftermath. I'm calling it.
OhNoDontTouch
You're trying to predict what an episode is going to predict.. IThinkYouShouldCheckYourBrainJack
DJrebel
Did they predict, or just provide ideas? ?
friendsofsandwiches
in quite a few instances, outright predict. But in the way a prophet predicts things, you don't recognize it until it happens.
YoSamiteSam
We have virtual metal bands, virtual sex workers, hologram Tupac and MJ. Why not a Virtual president?
friendsofsandwiches
We'd still have to vote for which personality would be in charge.
friendsofsandwiches
*shrug*
Hashbrown123
No, just that she is after Trump. If anything it shows that we will get 4 more years of Trump.
friendsofsandwiches
please stop wishing your fantasies on the rest of us. thank you.
Hashbrown123
Hey, I wanted Bernie.
friendsofsandwiches
I wanted bernie too. We ALL wanted bernie, but we either suck it up and biden, or 4 more years of evil.
Hashbrown123
I think we need Trump. Biden is just going to continue the status quo. Trump will cause change one way or another.
amoeba15
Biden should choose Bernie as VP. Then resign after a month.
PokemonSexFinder
Hmm, is Lisa AOC?
booooooort
Yep
chimera388
No. Jo Jorgenson
PokemonSexFinder
Yes that seem to be a good fit also, but not sure Lisa would be in any third party?
chimera388
Well it didn't say she wasn't, in that episode. Only person that fits this year as the only female on the ballot in 50 states.
PokemonSexFinder
Haha true!
Celphat
It could be Jo Jorgensen
Bureaucromancer
Is Lisa Simpson AOC?
bemurray814
Simpsons has an underworld network of terrible beings who get insider dirt then televise it to the world. It's not predicted, it's ratting
booooooort
Our Lisa is gonna be AOC.
ddkong86
Lisa is terrible, total Tool.
FishHiggins
She’d make a better president than the human currently in office. Think about that....
ddkong86
Just about anyone would
friendsofsandwiches
"human"?
shimmernshine
The timeline is skewed though, we have to have a lesbian president first.
skinny87
I don't mean to spoil the fun but Simpsons might get cancelled soon considering the new wave of cancel culture going around....
friendsofsandwiches
I think the simpsons have gone on LONG enough. Maybe if they did a massive time skip, where bart and lisa are now full adults,
friendsofsandwiches
Homer and Marge are old, and granpa is either super ultra old or dead.
Domehammer
It would be a mercy to let Simpsons be put out of its misery but not by cancel culture... Twitter needs to be nuked to end cancel culture.
gtmiller
I hate to admit I am siding with the President, but Twitter was a mistake.
friendsofsandwiches
Trump only thinks it's a mistake NOW because twitter is finally calling him on his bullshit and hate.
gtmiller
Which they shouldn't be doing. News already does that.
breadedfishstrip
If Cancel culture cancels Twitter and the bloated corpse of The Simpsons I'm all for it
Deadmedic
As far as I remember, they have a ridiculous contract, and cam get away with even making fun of fox.
skinny87
Well I was just reading news about white voice actors quiting because they don't match the race of the character.
skinny87
Kirsten Bell, Jenny Slate quit and the people from the Simpsons said that no black characters will be voiced by white actors also Apu...
afroniner
The last time Hank Azaria voiced Apu was Jan of 2016
friendsofsandwiches
You're thinking of Cleveland.
PoliticalWanderer
Alas, Warren didn't win the Democratic primary. Probably as close as we could have gotten to making it a reality.
Blackrain39
She didn't seem that smart to me when she started picking a fight with who should've been her closest ally.
josephfrancistribbiani
That’s how the primaries go. Criticize everyone until you win then become best friends.
DiamondJB1911
There's a woman running as the libertarian candidate.
dingofdong
Unfortunately, the libertarian party is insane
Celphat
They seem to have a strong candidate now who is very articulate with a PHD and a Masters. She is a professor and her name is Jo Jorgensen
dingofdong
Doesn't really matter who the face of it is, it doesn't change the fact that the ideas and a lot of the people who subscribe to them have +
TheOneWhoWasLeft
A new and refreshing kind of insanity, as opposed to the old, dusty, racist and greedy kind!
Deoxyribonucleicacidwashedgenes
Warren should have won it. Her pragmatism was refreshing.
PoliticalWanderer
She was my pick by a long shot. NY primary was last week, I still voted for her to show where my support was.
tinybluedot5
She would’ve had a much better shot if we had a fair primary system where everyone voted at the same time.
Deoxyribonucleicacidwashedgenes
The American Dream has been left behind and some Americans are behind the curve.
Enoan
She was my vote. Warren, Sanders, Yang. Really I would be happy to support all 3. I will vote for Biden, hate the game but we can’t afford
Enoan
Not to play
Xdeddc
Nah, only white college liberals liked her. She wasnt as good as Bernie and too liberal for Democracts. She never had a chance.
Deoxyribonucleicacidwashedgenes
I'm a white college liberal. She was Bernie but more grounded in HOW to get a thing done vs just proposing it. She lost for the same reason.
Xdeddc
She wasnt more grounded. She was more ready to give up on Medicare for all and student loan debt forgiveness to attract "moderates."
ArgentXero
She flipped flopped too much to the point where she said anything to get anybody, and wasnt uniquely better than anyone else.
ArgentXero
most of the people she attracted was the one thing she had different than anyone else, which was identity politics.
Flowerlady0
Biden/Warren ticket?
dylanamanhouilhan
OG plan was female VP but BLM means the Dems are picking a black VP so no Warren
Marsupialmessiah
Not in this environment, not happening. He gonna go safe. You know he can still lose if trump gets MI and MN from what i read
PoliticalWanderer
1) It's got some appeal, but I think Warren can do more in other positions and I don't know if Biden would even pick her. He may still be
Galkurion
Biden picking her may just be the only way he gets my vote. Tired of dems picking centrists and cheating.
Galkurion
I know "vote blue no matter who", but there will always be another Donald Trump they will hide behind and say "look, we just gotta beat this
PoliticalWanderer
2) smarting from her verbally laying into him over the years.
stankginchfurbuger
That would sell burgers, lemme tell ya
BiggestofBears
Great, now I want a burger.
gtmiller
I don't understand the worship around Warren. She has sold out every position she claimed to be for in a bid for power and has used the most
gtmiller
bizarre lies to push her identity narrative. Don't get me wrong, I understand being able to identify with a canidate; but at this point she
rowdypup
I think he’s picking a woman of color and I don’t think warrens DNA test will hold up for that nomination.
smashpro1
It's definitely gonna be Kamala Harris. Gotta alienate as many leftists as possible.
rowdypup
Ugh.... I hope not. I don’t like her. And not for her being a black woman, she just never really shined. She also pandered a lot. Meh
MrBobSaget
1) Biden Warren ticket in 2020. 2) Biden does not run for re-election due to age 3) Warren runs instead and becomes first woman president.
Flowerlady0
Lisa Simpson quote - Still cleaning up after trump's 4 years
NemoVi113
Biden elected. Day one he steps down and vp becomes pres.
dylanamanhouilhan
That would give grounds for a legitimate legal battle over the legitimacy of the election.
MrBobSaget
wouldn't happen. Would damage Warren's optics too much to win her second term by looking too manipulative.