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'The Simpsons' Basically Predicted The Pandemic And Murder Hornets All In One Episode From 1993
06 May
Fox
Once again, The Simpsons did it.
In keeping with their penchant for predicting oddly specific bits of future reality, it would appear that a 1993 episode totally nailed 2020's vibe so far: Rampant disease and flying murderbugs.
<p>The episode didn't go so far as nailing the name or that it was a novel virus—or that the murderbugs would be hornets, not killer bees. But it came unnervingly close. </p><p>The episode in question,"Marge In Chains<em>"</em>, features a disease plaguing the citizens of Springfield. The public panic, make unreasonable demands and just make things worse for themselves. </p><p><strong>Dumb cures are tried—like shooting the disease, for instance. </strong></p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><p>Inept and corrupt leaders do what inept and corrupt leaders do ... like take vacations, deny that anything is happening, and spin things for their own purposes.</p><p>Kids (and lame a** sitcom-style spouses) are home testing the sanity of mothers everywhere. Shopping becomes a stressful nightmare. </p><p>Also there are murderous stinging insects flying around. </p><p><strong>Sound familiar? </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p><strong>Twitter certainly thought so. </strong></p><p><strong>One person posted a snippet from the episode that really caught people's attention.</strong><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="71505" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="03306fd89340e28bc77b7d0de4b2bda7"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1257864336682385409" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Shit the simpsons really did predict 2020 https://t.co/dadM5jvLrB</div> — Eddie D’ohgrou (@Eddie D’ohgrou)<a href="https://twitter.com/didgeridougrou/statuses/1257864336682385409">1588733202.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>So the reviews are in. </strong></p><p>2020 sucks and the fact that <em>The Simpsons</em> keeps hitting so close to reality is seriously cause for concern. </p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p>Who do we write to about this? Is there a petition? Does 2020 have a manager the Karens can speak to? </p><p><strong>'Cause this is lame. </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="69535" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0b32aab72919c096d96534950701a529"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1257879245977718785" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@didgeridougrou @robingnelson Holy shit.
AND they predicted President* Trump.
This either means that the writer… https://t.co/BkKOcLggi8</div> — Kevin 🌊#Resist #AbolishICE #VoteBlueNoMatterWho🌊 (@Kevin 🌊#Resist #AbolishICE #VoteBlueNoMatterWho🌊)<a href="https://twitter.com/krlaw6/statuses/1257879245977718785">1588736757.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="081c8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8a83aaa8b0073c5b232a587c5678480f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1258039342246887426" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">“The Simpsons doesn’t predict the future...there’s just so many episodes...”
May 6, 1993: A Simpsons episode plot… https://t.co/xvN6muVyas</div> — Darren Rovell (@Darren Rovell)<a href="https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/statuses/1258039342246887426">1588774927.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="898db" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ff05eb38ecdc906476216ea9e90bcdf5"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1258056077783912448" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@maknorman4 @darrenrovell @eastsfinest2015 https://t.co/zvXAMbya3X</div> — 🎀Jess🎀 (@🎀Jess🎀)<a href="https://twitter.com/jessGorjess/statuses/1258056077783912448">1588778917.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="5a151" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7e4328d328f3a2ed4e6c390940598225"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1258079350844522496" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@barstoolsports Everyone in this thread realizes that the Killer Bee thing actually happened in the mid 90's though… https://t.co/mIBaZvjwyW</div> — Terran Sherwood (@Terran Sherwood)<a href="https://twitter.com/TerranSherwood/statuses/1258079350844522496">1588784465.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="dd00d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="dd08a8595df4591588e1fe70f2128994"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1258061934315761664" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@ClemsonCarl @macmilk15 @TheSimpsons We’re going to need you to start writing some really fun episode right now.</div> — NineForty (@NineForty)<a href="https://twitter.com/9Fourty/statuses/1258061934315761664">1588780313.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="6c3d1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="08d1d63e67726f93004bd45090d8b988"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1258073080854913024" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@mashable Predictive programming</div> — germs 🧞♂️ (@germs 🧞♂️)<a href="https://twitter.com/Germscerm/statuses/1258073080854913024">1588782971.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="979b9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0f04d83b2fa769aa531f70282b82710e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1258080975780753408" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DragonDoomLord @didgeridougrou Shhhhh, folk'll get ideas.</div> — Val, Them Fatale (@Val, Them Fatale)<a href="https://twitter.com/ValtheBard/statuses/1258080975780753408">1588784853.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Look we don't know what deal <em>The Simpsons</em> writers have going on with what deity that allows them to time travel or be psychic or whatever. What we do know if we are really hoping some of the happier episodes start coming true. </p><p>We could all use it right now what with the pandemic and the murder hornets. But if the show's plot (and 2020's "mood" so far) are any indication then we should probably base for alien invasion.</p><p><strong>Wait, didn't the government just confirm some UFO footage or something?</strong> </p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p><strong>2020 is wild so far, friends. </strong></p><p><strong>Wild.</strong><br></p><p>The book <em><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/2SK4xsz" target="_blank">The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets</a></strong></em> is available <em><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/2SK4xsz" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em>.</p>
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