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Uncle Wemus: Mar 4, 2004

Which episode has Shiva at the earth's core pressing buttons

Ahh terrible snipe :golgo:

# ? Sep 3, 2021 05:33

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Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

Pretty sure that's Bart vs Australia

# ? Sep 3, 2021 05:35

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Jay Rust posted:

What Simpsons episode would you show someone who's never seen the Simpsons before?

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

# ? Sep 3, 2021 05:53

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Jay Rust posted:

What Simpsons episode would you show someone who's never seen the Simpsons before?

Season 9, Episode 2

# ? Sep 3, 2021 05:56

MetaJew: Apr 14, 2006; Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!

# ? Sep 3, 2021 06:15

Zil: Jun 4, 2011; Satanically Summoned Citrus

MetaJew posted:

Did not expect to see square meals in a meme so soon.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 06:17

MetaJew: Apr 14, 2006; Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!

Zil posted:

Did not expect to see square meals in a meme so soon.

I had a few ideas

MetaJew posted:

I kinda traded your soul to a venture capitalist.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 06:24

Zil: Jun 4, 2011; Satanically Summoned Citrus

MetaJew posted:

I had a few ideas

lol that's amazing

# ? Sep 3, 2021 06:25

Doggles: Apr 22, 2007

You have 30 minutes to eat your dinner.
You have 10 minutes.
Your dinner has been venture capitalized.
Your dinner has been compressed into a cube.
You have 30 minutes to eat your cube.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 06:31

spaceblancmange: Apr 19, 2018; #essereFerrari

# ? Sep 3, 2021 06:35

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

spaceblancmange posted:

is this one of those All-Ighty Ollars I've been hearing about?

# ? Sep 3, 2021 06:44

MetaJew: Apr 14, 2006; Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!

Doggles posted:

You have 30 minutes to eat your dinner.
You have 10 minutes.
Your dinner has been venture capitalized.
Your dinner has been compressed into a cube.
You have 30 minutes to eat your cube.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 06:46

Zil: Jun 4, 2011; Satanically Summoned Citrus

Doggles posted:

You have 30 minutes to eat your dinner.
You have 10 minutes.
Your dinner has been venture capitalized.
Your dinner has been compressed into a cube.
You have 30 minutes to eat your cube.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 06:48

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

gently caress me I had to get out of bed to make this

# ? Sep 3, 2021 07:06

Purgatory Glory: Feb 20, 2005

FBS posted:

gently caress me I had to get out of bed to make this

Worth it

# ? Sep 3, 2021 07:10

p_e_z_z: Feb 27, 2020

FBS posted:

# ? Sep 3, 2021 08:40

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

loquacius posted:

Reposting this because it keeps jumping into my head unbidden

# ? Sep 3, 2021 13:14

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

christmas boots posted:

Season 9, Episode 2

This is torture and the penalty for that is

also torture, apparently.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 13:17

Montague Tigg: Mar 23, 2008; Previously, on "Ronnie Likes Data":

FBS posted:

gently caress me I had to get out of bed to make this

# ? Sep 3, 2021 13:33

p_e_z_z: Feb 27, 2020

finalellipsis posted:

# ? Sep 3, 2021 13:51

CodfishCartographer: Feb 23, 2010; Gadus Maprocephalus; Pillbug

finalellipsis posted:

lmao

# ? Sep 3, 2021 16:20

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

finalellipsis posted:

# ? Sep 3, 2021 16:42

FEMA summer camp: Jan 22, 2006

What a journey

# ? Sep 3, 2021 19:33

Slugworth: Feb 18, 2001; If two grown men can't make a pervert happy for a few minutes in order to watch a film about zombies, then maybe we should all just move to Iran!

# ? Sep 3, 2021 20:11

holttho: May 21, 2007

Re: introductory episodes:

Don't try to give people a 'best episode to get them hooked' as it is doomed from the start. It puts a pressure on them to 'get' the jokes at the right time, but those might be the culmination of getting to know the characters and writing style over many episodes and seasons. If they then (very likely) don't like your best episode as much as you do, they then write off the whole thing as 'not for them' and justify their non-involvement up until that point.

Better is to just say to start at some very early beginning point (god forbid you start at S01E01) and just watch straight through. Sure, you can skip the occasional stinker, but don't try to cherry pick the best. If the idea of watching a handful of episodes is too daunting for them, then they weren't going to follow through anyways. Watching any TV show (heck, even a movie) is a mental and emotional investment, and if they have actually committed to doing that, than starting from square one is the best option, and if they never really were invested, then no start will cause them to be.

The Simpsons have been a television cultural pillar for decades and are nearly omnipresent, they are already aware if they want to be part of it or not. See also: Star Wars/Trek. If they haven't seen it by now, its probably because they know they aren't going to like it.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 20:59

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

# ? Sep 3, 2021 21:25

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

has someone done one where it's that scene and moe giving em one of these? i believe there's some combinatory value there.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 21:32

PittTheElder: Feb 13, 2012; Yes, it's like a lava lamp.

holttho posted:

Re: introductory episodes:

Don't try to give people a 'best episode to get them hooked' as it is doomed from the start. It puts a pressure on them to 'get' the jokes at the right time, but those might be the culmination of getting to know the characters and writing style over many episodes and seasons. If they then (very likely) don't like your best episode as much as you do, they then write off the whole thing as 'not for them' and justify their non-involvement up until that point.

Better is to just say to start at some very early beginning point (god forbid you start at S01E01) and just watch straight through. Sure, you can skip the occasional stinker, but don't try to cherry pick the best. If the idea of watching a handful of episodes is too daunting for them, then they weren't going to follow through anyways. Watching any TV show (heck, even a movie) is a mental and emotional investment, and if they have actually committed to doing that, than starting from square one is the best option, and if they never really were invested, then no start will cause them to be.

The Simpsons have been a television cultural pillar for decades and are nearly omnipresent, they are already aware if they want to be part of it or not. See also: Star Wars/Trek. If they haven't seen it by now, its probably because they know they aren't going to like it.

I agree with this. Personally I'd start at S03E04: Bart the Murderer.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 21:36

Uncle Wemus: Mar 4, 2004

# ? Sep 3, 2021 22:30

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Uncle Wemus posted:

idgi why is Guy Incognito wearing pieces of the improved nuclear plant that Homer made???

# ? Sep 3, 2021 23:25

Slugworth: Feb 18, 2001; If two grown men can't make a pervert happy for a few minutes in order to watch a film about zombies, then maybe we should all just move to Iran!

HappyCapybaraFamily posted:

idgi why is Guy Incognito wearing pieces of the improved nuclear plant that Homer made???

To lower wind resistance.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 23:38

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 23:40

Haschel Cedricson: Jan 4, 2006; Brinkmanship

I would argue that Lemon of Troy is the best introductory episode because it encapsulates everything that the show is all about.

# ? Sep 3, 2021 23:58

Cocaine Bear: Nov 4, 2011; ACAB

I'd introduce them to answering machines and music videos and all the other stuff they missed in the last 30 years. Who is this theoretical hermit anyway?

# ? Sep 4, 2021 00:24

Cacator: Aug 6, 2005; You're quite good at turning me on.

Haschel Cedricson posted:

I would argue that Lemon of Troy is the best introductory episode because it encapsulates everything that the show is all about.

Lemon of Troy is a top 5 episode for me but I think it helps to be familiar with a lot of the wider Springfield characters and environments or else a lot of the Shelbyville jokes won't land.

# ? Sep 4, 2021 00:27