the simpsons one time did a bit where a meteor almost hit springfield and the townspeople were like, "lets burn down the observatory so this never happens again"
Vitriol is being directed at meteorologists. “I’ve been doing this for 46 years and it’s never been like this,” says Alabama meteorologist James Spann. He says he’s been “inundated” with misinformation and threatening messages like “Stop lying about the government controlling the weather or else.”
It's their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online.
That bit lives rent-free in my head 24/7!
Starting to think that interstellar space travel, teleportation, and planetary colonization will forever be out of our reach
🎵When I was just a little girl...🎵
I think it was a different episode but I always think of when an angry mob says “maybe there are some things we don’t want to know! important things!”
Our 10yo is currently way into the Simpsons. We recently watched this episode and marveled - yet again- at this show. Simultaneously prescient and evergreen.