• Die Mart Die@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    Basically what I think of Simpsons “predictions”.

    Matt Groening isn’t some kind of clairvoyant. He just knows history and recognizes patterns.

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      8 hours ago

      Which prediction exactly? The one about the current president becoming president, their writer was interviewed about, and he said they just chose him to symbolize the US hitting rock bottom. As they were smart and informed and therefore realized the then real estate mogul was a crooked lying cheater, that lied to steal and then slandered his victims to justify it, that was in bed with organized crime. I don’t know if they knew that he was a career blackmailer, and also being blackmailed by Israel and their Epstein, and the Russians at a minimum though.

      But the prediction isn’t all that clairvoyant, because in their version the president just bankrupted us and then we elected Lisa, which would be a best case scenario as Lisa is a good person. While the president’s party here will bankrupt the country, they are fixing elections, something the show didn’t see, or put in the episode.

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      12 hours ago

      More like the show has been running for over three decades, it would be weird if they didn’t hit a few.

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      17 hours ago

      I’m scared about the prediction of Britain saving America’s ass in WW3.