Simpsons Don't Predict Events, America Just Never Fixes Its Problems

The Simpsons doesn't predict anything we just haven't fixed any of America's problems since 1989.

This image is a screenshot of a public X (formerly Twitter) post. The post offers a sarcastic take on the popular internet trend of pointing out that plot points from the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons appear to predict real-world events that happen years after the episodes air. The author argues that this pattern is not evidence of the show being prescient, but rather that the United States has failed to resolve any of its core societal problems since the show first premiered in 1989, so scenarios the show depicted decades ago remain relevant or are now occurring in real life.

This post was originally created and shared by X (formerly Twitter) user @Humanstein, whose display name is listed as Nathan (New Video!). The screenshot was later republished via the X.com RSS feed for the account meme.jpg, where it circulated as a viral meme commenting on both the longrunning Simpsons prediction internet trend and widespread perceptions of stagnant social progress in the United States.