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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.

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

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This is a screenshot of a viral X (formerly Twitter) post. The poster states they are leaving a prank for future tenants to discover. The attached photo shows a hand pulling open a standard residential wall light switch cover, revealing a tiny, highly detailed miniature diorama of a late 90s/early 2000s home office built into the wall cavity behind the switch. The diorama includes small CRT desktop computers, a desk, chair, and other small furniture, making it look like a tiny hidden room exists inside the wall, designed to confuse and startle anyone who opens the switch cover for maintenance.

Miniature Room Hidden Behind Light Switch Prank For Future Tenants

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This image is a screenshot of a viral Twitter/X thread paired with a popular Will Smith reaction image. The first tweet from user @BlkMamba states he recently discovered his coworker is an anti-vaxxer, with the critical context that both he and the coworker work as microbiologists, a field that directly supports the efficacy and necessity of vaccines. This tweet is accompanied by an image of Will Smith looking off to the side with a bewildered, disappointed expression, commonly used to convey disbelief at absurd situations. A reply to this tweet from user @foamtherunway adds another similarly ironic anecdote: he works with a person who believes the Earth is flat, while both are employed at an airline, an industry whose entire operation relies on the fact that the Earth is a sphere. The core humor of the meme comes from the extreme, absurd contradiction between the coworkers' personal beliefs and the established facts central to their professional careers.

Coworkers holding beliefs that directly contradict their professional fields

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