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Mirthless posted:the simpsons is a monument to the concept that "All good things must come to an end", a huge, dying husk of a sitcom that has become so immense that it doesn't cycle through staff and ideas so much as accrete them, and eventually when it has become sufficiently massive it will collapse into a singularity and rip a hole through the fabric of network television This is 100% true. When Simpsons came it was a critique of society and sitcoms that had perfect family. It was unheard of to have a sitcom where the family wasn't a perfect nuclear family. It was unheard to have cartoons with adult jokes. Simpsons has become so popular and be around so long that it has become the status quo. It is this bizarre cargo cult of itself.
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who the gently caress is still watching the simpsons... wtf man
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Shwqa posted:This is 100% true. When Simpsons came it was a critique of society and sitcoms that had perfect family. It was unheard of to have a sitcom where the family wasn't a perfect nuclear family. It was unheard to have cartoons with adult jokes. Simpsons has become so popular and be around so long that it has become the status quo. It is this bizarre cargo cult of itself. what? plenty of imperfect families were on tv before the Simpsons. the Brady bunch? all in the family?
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Lpzie posted:who the gently caress is still watching the simpsons... wtf man There's an entire thread on this very forum full of people who still watch the Simpsons, it's hosed up I know
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Lpzie posted:who the gently caress is still watching the simpsons... wtf man It's been on a downward trend for a will but still has around 3 million people watching it lmao. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes
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I remember like a decade and a half ago some church (I don't remember which at all but I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it was southern baptist) declared Homer to be like, role model dad of the year, because he took his family to church every Sunday. You know, the guy who spends all his time in a bar and chokes his children, sure.
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Shame Boy posted:I remember like a decade and a half ago some church (I don't remember which at all but I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it was southern baptist) declared Homer to be like, role model dad of the year, because he took his family to church every Sunday. You know, the early episodes where Marge drags everyone to church really did make them seem like a real family. My family went to church every Sunday and we all hated it too except for Mom. Edit: Oh, and the episode where Homer and Marge go sit in a parked car in the garage to have an argument. That was another moment that was oddly "real" for a cartoon at the time. wash bucket has issued a correction as of 17:46 on Jun 29, 2021 |
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Shame Boy posted:I remember like a decade and a half ago some church (I don't remember which at all but I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it was southern baptist) declared Homer to be like, role model dad of the year, because he took his family to church every Sunday. And who also had an episode where he stopped going to church for a few weeks until nearly burning to death, and often falls asleep in church, and it's often dragged to church by his wife, and who has joined a cult.
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Why are those extremely rich people so sad
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camoseven posted:Why are those extremely rich people so sad Their taxes went up a little bit
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camoseven posted:What is a HENRY Jazerus posted:you can't post this and not post the gif version  HENRY gif forever
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AnimeIsTrash posted:3 million people watching it 
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Shwqa posted:This is 100% true. When Simpsons came it was a critique of society and sitcoms that had perfect family. It was unheard of to have a sitcom where the family wasn't a perfect nuclear family. It was unheard to have cartoons with adult jokes. Simpsons has become so popular and be around so long that it has become the status quo. It is this bizarre cargo cult of itself. the first season actually has some fairly depressing overtones to it and feels like it leans a bit too much on the anti-Cosby show angle. it's almost quaint to think back about how every school outright banned any simpsons branded clothing or paraphernalia overnight because it was considered that edgy at the time. the same goes for beavis and butthead as american parents, educators and general busybodies had a collective meltdown over it in the early 90s, while today the edge on it would be considered too dull to cut butter
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My mom never let me watch the simpsons because it was too adult and vulgar, but had no problem with me playing Vice City at like 7 because she knew I could tell the difference between real violence and fake violence I think she just didnt like the simpsons
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They should do a Simpsons spin-off where Bart and Lisa are adult millennials, as if they aged from the pilot episode in real time.
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BonHair posted:They should do a Simpsons spin-off where Bart and Lisa are adult millennials, as if they aged from the pilot episode in real time. Marge is antivax and Homer has killed two people and walked thanks to stand-your-ground laws.
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Danaru posted:My mom never let me watch the simpsons because it was too adult and vulgar, but had no problem with me playing Vice City at like 7 because she knew I could tell the difference between real violence and fake violence she was protecting you from the rampant homophobia
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The Oldest Man posted:Marge is antivax and Homer has killed two people and walked thanks to stand-your-ground laws. Lisa is on onlyfans due to crippling student debt. Bart is either a hardcore libertarian. Milhouse is CEO of some successful tech startup.
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BonHair posted:Lisa is on onlyfans due to crippling student debt. I’m listening
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a person could have started their career on the simpsons and be retired by by now
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The Oldest Man posted:Marge is antivax and Homer has killed two people and walked thanks to stand-your-ground laws. mr. burns is still alive. the pilot features bart discovering his adrenochrome operation under qwik-e-mart
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Jazerus posted:mr. burns is still alive. the pilot features bart discovering his adrenochrome operation under qwik-e-mart this explains why Maggie is still a baby. why Homer has never been fired. why they lived in such relative luxury as children.
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Mr Burns is such a great representation of the ruling class. More money than God, completely out of touch, will never die. Even if Burns did die he would just be replaced by Boourns, who is the same as Burns in every way that matters.
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actually they might get a Hank Scorpio which would be better for everyone I think
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camoseven posted:What is a HENRY
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BonHair posted:Lisa is on onlyfans due to crippling student debt. Bart is either a hardcore libertarian. Milhouse is CEO of some successful tech startup. Milhouse is not a meme stock.
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i know a boomer lady who says she's proud of the fact she's never seen an episode of the simpsons. they're still out there, thinking it's a blasphemous cartoon because bart calls his father by his first name and disobeys him occasionally
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The Simpsons is legendary because of how good like six seasons were, it's crazy to think about
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Milhouse has a polycule. Bart is definitely libertarian and hates that his sister fucks: edit: 
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:what? plenty of imperfect families were on tv before the Simpsons. the Brady bunch? all in the family? Have you ever seen the Brady bunch? They are a model family with a giant house and a live in maid. Papa Brady must have been pulling in at least $400,000 a year in 2021 dollars The only unusual thing about them is the dead spouses, which was a conscious decision to not make them divorced which would have somehow created more feelbads
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crimedog posted:The Simpsons is legendary because of how good like six seasons were, it's crazy to think about And Family Guy did it in 3 seasons. After cancellation. Family Guy is never going to die. At least American Dad is still good, thanks TBS.
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BonHair posted:Lisa is on onlyfans due to crippling student debt. Bart is either a hardcore libertarian. Milhouse is CEO of some successful tech startup. Milhouse would absolutely not be the CEO of a tech startup, Martin would. Milhouse would be way into crypto while not actually making any money on it ever, and there'd be an episode where he tries to insist that he still owns the NFT of Bart's soul.
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Shwqa posted:This is 100% true. When Simpsons came it was a critique of society and sitcoms that had perfect family. It was unheard of to have a sitcom where the family wasn't a perfect nuclear family. It was unheard to have cartoons with adult jokes. Married With Children broke that mold first. When I first saw MWC I couldn't understand why it was so popular, these people are horrible. Then I realized it was really a live-action cartoon, and then it was funny.
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Jazerus posted:you can't post this and not post the gif version I don't have it!  Grace Baiting posted:
There you go. Now to not download it so I won't have it next time this comes up.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:And Family Guy did it in 3 seasons. After cancellation. Family Guy is never going to die. is Family Guy legendary? I've literally never heard anyone drop a family guy quote into conversation in any context e: I guess "giggity" counts
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indigi posted:is Family Guy legendary? I've literally never heard anyone drop a family guy quote into conversation in any context Uhhhhhhhhhhh I'm sorry what?
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indigi posted:is Family Guy legendary? I've literally never heard anyone drop a family guy quote into conversation in any context I don't know about legendary, but it's not getting cancelled for a third time soon. Coming back from the axe not once, but twice, then being the main draw for like, a decade in the adult cartoons. It's not dying until McFarlane does, easiest paycheck in the world for him now.
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