How The Simpsons Predicted Cancel Culture
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Homer Badman is a Simpsons episode that teaches us about the toxicity of cancel culture.
*The footage and images featured in this video are for commentary and education which are protected under the Fair Use laws of the United States Copyright Act of 1976.
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I think a lot of people have a hard time criticizing cancel culture because so many bad people use it as a blanket term to avoid any responsibility for their actions. To me, cancel culture is as you described- people being thrown under the bus for old or minor mistakes. But many politicians use the term “cancel culture” to defend some honestly horrible people.
It is honestly quite sad how many bad faith actors co-opt genuine criticisms or problems for their own agenda. Great video regardless Express.
@@CBMX_GAMING justice for Johnny depp
@@ghostxtbxtbitxtbite9497 100%
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Great example.
@@MegaDude10 haha yeah, it gets quite annoying sometimes too when the people cancelling act worse than the person they’re trying to cancel.
The fact that the characters in the episode never gave Homer a proper apology might be accurate to people who find out they were in the wrong but don't want to fully admit it
Truth. Most people are unable to humble themselves when proven wrong, which I think says a lot about their character.
That it self shows one of, or out right the biggest problems with us humans, our ego. It keeps us from admitting our faults. It keeps us from reconsidered our ways. It keep us from improving ourselves. It keeps us from accepting factsI. It keep us from accepting our betters. It make us stubborn and It keep us stagnant.
Like Karen’s that Yell at people and don’t apologize, but WORSE.
"Social media has made people too comfortable with disrespecting others and not being punched in the face." - Mike Tyson.
Yes indeed it's depressing
The Simpsons didn’t predict anything. As a collective, we’ve just failed to fix the problems that it criticised in its time.
what you've just said is spot on!
YES
Not just that. The problem has only gotten worse.
Thank you
Yeah. Every time I hear about cancel culture being a recent thing I just get reminded about that one guy who ruined many politician's lives by calling them communists without any evidence (U.S.A in the 50's I believe.) History repeats itself.
Forget rich and famous, I’d much rather be rich and unknown
Yeah, me too
Same. That truly is the most luxurious lifestyle
i'd just prefer making shitpost videos, grow an audience, and when someone tries to cancel me reply with *when the cancel culture is sus! 😳😳😳* or something like that
Sameeeeeeeeee
yes thats the life ive always wanted to have that kind of life too
"Your tears say more than real evidence ever could"
Its honestly terrifying as a man that if a truly sick and twisted woman wanted to, then she could ruin my life forever by just saying something
*COUGH* Heard *COUGH* ...
In all seriousness though, that case is a prime example of that very sentiment.
And ? If a man r*pe a woman you don't think that could ruin her life forever ?
@@alcidedragon accusations are enough to ruin a man's life, regardless if they're true or not. meanwhile, i've seen plenty of women get away scot-free with r*pe, SA, DV, etc.
@@abambers_e Yeah no
@@alcidedragon one day, hopefully, you'll learn some compassion...
People cancel people for minor/old mistakes for 3 things
1. Malicious reasons
2. They are so sensitive to everything
3. They want to feel like they’re helping a problem
3 is partly whiteknighting, partly something which C.S.Lewis described as people worrying about all humanity without actively helping those whom they can.
3 is the big one. Everyone wants to feel like the virtuous Saint of woketry.
4. They have a dark past and are over-correcting.
Another is some want popularity/fame, and sadly the media, news, and internet does glamorize victimhood, and such. This is also why some real victims are afraid to come out, because they're afraid they'll look like popularity/fortune/attention seekers.
So it hurts legit victims too.
Because they're not used to struggle or to be told NO. They should learn to get over it.
This is enough boys, let's cancel cancel culture.
#cancelthecancelers
reverse uno card
“I used the stones to destroy the stones”
Well well well, how the turntables
@@rolosilver3256 they boutta get what they DESERVE!
And the hard part about this, especially with sexual harassment things is, both sides get hurt. Women can make up stories that ruin innocent mens lives, but at the same time, speaking up about any sexual assault is *terrifying* for victims because of the fear that, since they have no technical evidence, nobody would believe them.
There's no winning, someone always gets hurt.
Thank you
Also, as much as we might not want to accept it, by the legal definition, Homer did commit Sexual Harassment. Homer could've simply told the babysitter about the situation and gotten the candy back from her; by touching her pants, even with good intentions, Homer sexually harassed the babysitter. While the Crusade against him went way too far, if the Babysitter actually took Homer to court, even with that video, Homer would be in Jail and on a Sexual Offenders list.
To add to this, a big problem is that even if someone was accused of sexual harassment (or any other crime) and was found not guilty in a court of law, there will still be people who still believe that they are guilty. So their career goes down the drain and is forever lost in there. As any project they would work on will be tainted by that stain. For example OJ Simpson. He was found not guilty yet people still harass him over it (now i'm not saying he did or didn't do it, just stating a fact). Hell, even stating that fact once made some people on twitter get triggered at me, calling me the devil himself for simply stating a fact in an objective manner. Another example is James Gunn. Some old, dark humour tweets were dug up by far-right wing nutjobs in retaliation to Rosanne Barr getting sacked off her revived TV show (due to her racist tweets) and as a result, Gunn got sacked from Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 even though he apologised for those tweets years ago and has never made one of that nature again. In contrast to Rosanne who did apologise, but minutes later started it back up again (he is back on the project, thank god for that).
Here in Australia, Geoffrey Rush got accused of sexual harassment and the Daily Telegraph ran numerous stories about it, basically ruining his career. The charges were later dropped but that didn't stop the Telegraph from continuing the story. So Rush sued the newspaper and their parent company, news corp for defamation and won. It is seriously scary how one person can ruin someones life over a misunderstanding or just wants to get petty revenge over nothing so they make up stories like sexual harassment. The bigger problem is that these kind of false stories only damage the legitimate ones, as some people will start to doubt any sexual assault / harassment accusation and whether or not the accuser is an actual victim for someone who wants 5 minutes of fame by publicly destroying someones career.
Boys too not just us women but completely agree otherwise
this is very right, but www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system
the bottom one of the sexual assault one is what I want to show you
There's a quote from VeggieTales that really sums up things in a quick stanza:
So what is a rumor?
It starts as a story. Maybe it's true, maybe not.
But once you repeat it, it's hard to defeat it,
Now look at the mess that you've got
Pretty accurate
“A tiny little story is all I need to make a big mess I’m a rumor weed!”
I like this quote thank you! :)
“Your tears say more than real evidence ever could,” these words summed up cancel culture exactly.
It reminds me of a question that was asked many years ago by a man that was cleared of charges that were made against him that were false. "Where do I go to get my reputation back?"
That’s the thing I miss about The Simpsons. It wasn’t just a comedy sitcom, it had an actual story with an actual message, a message someone can learn from. Present day Simpsons will never be as good as the early seasons
Well a show can't go on forever
They gotta get conan back
@@ImNotEpix exactly, but I love to think it could’ve
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Another reason why I think cancel culture is bad: it's that many of these people don't realise that redemption is a thing which happens in real life.
I always believed in one thing in one saying in my life:
"As long as sun rises from East and sets on West, the gate of forgiveness shall always be open"
I always believed that people, no matter how bad they are, they always have their chances to change.
@@acapraichu4879
I love that saying...
Do you mind if I borrow it, as I need to forgive my brother for eating the last slice of my birthday cake!
I'm giving him the silent treatment at the moment, but he's suffered enough and I really should make friends with him lol 😆
@@acapraichu4879 that reminds me of an Islamic teaching
@@residentelect eating the last slice is truly unforgivable! lmfaoo
Agreed, from how I see it Cancel culture had a good goal, however there are flaws in it that hinder moreso than help. By that I mean it was just about people calling out people for crud they did, this can be beneficial by having the person spend time to reflect on their past. One of the major flaws is that there are people out for the drama of it while others keep going out of their way to cancel people who already spent a year to reflect on their past. This is not to say it is entirely bad, but more often than not it just hurts creators that did mean or messed up things only a few times, creators that have changed and become better people.
A game developer whose work I loved and respected committed suicide because his ex girlfriend, a proven liar and manipulator, basically "cancelled" him the moment he made a successful game. The Simpsons might just be a cartoon, but this is why it's not even half as bad as real life.
Who was he?
@@lady_deaths_head Alec Holowka, he made Night in the Woods.
Ah, that bitch huh. All these years of pushing people and she actually managed to kill somebody(albeit indirectly) with another one of her shenanigans just so she could remain relevant.
The worst part was the guy's family and the whole developer team sided with the accuser. When the guy offed himself, his family(i believe his sister) and friends still sides with the bitch.
@@AoiFlame02 I know, it's just disgusting that people still side with her. She got away with murder, who knows what she'll do next.
I remember when this kind of thing happened to Etika. The worst part is, he wasn’t even accused of doing anything wrong, he was just... harassed. He ended up taking his life too.
When you're someone as out there & jokey as Desmond, people will assume everything you do is either A) A publicity stunt or B) A meme.
The unfortunate part is that Desmond was likely within some form of manic state every stream & we egged him on having no idea he was only tap dancing because the floor was tazing him until he got shocked.
A lot of the folks spamming clown emojis bore no ill will, they just thought they were playing along with another one of his wacky stunts, it's sad, you can point the finger all you want but it's really no one's fault, it's just a really unfortunate series of events.
There was one moment where he seemingly snapped out of his trance for a bit on stream, he took a peek at the chat & suddenly looked really forlorn & simply said "Loving the clown emojis, guys..." while throwing his hand up, that couple of seconds really stuck with me. What a tragedy.
And don't forget the replica who involved etika's merchandising with people literally edending a mafia style. Seriously, Smash community is worse than LoL at times in great part because, unlike LoL, these guys embrace cancel culture, and not even Nairo was safe.
@@hsemicolonc
Anyone who likes to make fun of others or follow cruel trends is a weak and pitiful person. Instead develop morals, a backbone, and a personality.
The cancel starts to suck when people who don't know nothing about the news or affected people starts to participate
5:24 this describe the affected people so well
It's called Bandwagoning, and it's pitiful
Flashbacks to Kpop stans who’ll literally say they don’t understand what’s going on but still push the cancellation.
The trending page lets you jump on the wagon effortlessly lol
This is one prediction I wish they got wrong
Yep it really does suck :(
@@KNG_Justin agreed!
Same
Bummer
The Simpsons didn’t predict anything. As a collective, we’ve just failed to fix the problems that it criticised in its time.
Someone said it before: It’s not that The Simpsons predicted anything, it’s just we haven’t fixed any of the problems since the show came out
And even if they did fix the problem, something else will come along and ruin it. :(
@@SomePkmnlovingdude yep :(
Social media put cancel culture on steroids.
Yeah that sounds cool but they actually did predict hella
Art imitates life, see: Memetic culture & how it reflects the collective unconscious of those making them & those consuming/resharing them.
If “normal people” like us had millions of eyes watching us every single day we would probably all be cancelled tbh. I feel like people deserve a second chance and should not be automatically shut down unless they keep repeating the same terrible action.
One thing Ive always remembered is when the writers said that the Simpson’s is only a mirror of society.
Another from someone else I can’t remember was “History tends to repeat itself.”
Add the two together, we’ve been here before, the circumstances are always what’s changing
You have to admit of all the bad things Homer’s done and all his character flaws one thing he really isn’t is a sexual harasser
Except if you're a candy or a beer.
@@PetitTasdeBoue or a sandwich
@Ceratoraptor When did Homer SEXUALLY harassed Bart?!
@@SuperSylar eroticasphyxiation
for real though Ceratoraptor, wtf?
@@godsplayingfield Dark Simpsons.
I think another problem with cancel culture is the lack of accountability and consequences for the people that knowingly lie about the people they're cancelling. Remember when ProJared got cancelled and his accusor claimed Jared knew he was a minor and sexted them anyway? Jared cleared his name and proved the accusor lied. What happened to his accusor?
*This account no longer exists.*
Another issue with cancel culture is the time frame. Even if the person gets cancelled once for something they did, they could still get cancelled despite apologizing or openly talking about what they did. It is essentially a giant loop and people sometimes only care more about the drama rather than the actually idea of calling the person out so that they improve and what they perceive as justice by annoying these people.
@@numbernumber25 all you've done is hitched up "altruistic causes" to the sick and broken, mass media, cultural society we have
it just another avenue to vent the dark parts of human nature - albeit one that earns you societal praise and allows you to "feel" like you are a good person , whilst performing behaviour that a nasty human being would perform
>> justified though, because: "its for a good cause" ....
and just another dark example of , "the ends justify the means" ....
people want to be a 'good person' > no > people want to be seen as and feel they are a good person...
the actual truth holds little sway and such a sick, corrupt and broken society > no matter how many "altruistic causes" they take on board
@@bill8383 I believe you may have misread my last point, but basically my point is that almost all of the time cancel culture I essentially useless because a person could keep getting called out despite apologizing or if they just don't care The person that is being cancelled could actually improve from it, but most of the time other people are in it for the drama rather than actually making any actual criticisms that are valid. I am not making any examples of it actually being useful. I only said it had the potential for being useful but not often.
You seriously believe that shit?
Cowards. They don't have the balls to be a real man.
The power to ruin someone's life should not be in the hands of the people.
It shouldn’t be In the hands of anyone.
It should only be in the hands of that very person
@@joaoalves9330 what do you know. you are part of the problem.
@@dying101666 If you say so
@@joaoalves9330 I get what you were saying now. didn't mean to go after you. I'm just so sick of cancel culture and everything else going on these days.
Best line in this episode is
"I never met Homer but...*crying*"
"it's ok your tears say more than facts ever could"
I have never bruh'd so hard in my life
Cancel culture is horrible regardless who the 'villain' is. It's nothing more than hyenas biting and laughing and treating their target like some plaything.
Yea but people get addictive to the tyrannical power and also the satisfaction when they ruin the life of others
yeah I always held the belief that cancel culture was sort of a power trip, a way for nobodies to bring popular people down to their level or lower
@@kurtengel4652 pretty much they are mostly entitled and having that type of power just reassures them
@Tristan Garrison it doesn’t matter who it is it’s still not right
@Tristan Garrison no he wouldn’t
This is far from exaggerated. It immediately reminds me of the situation with Slazo, where a girl accused him of abuse, and everyone turned on him in the blink of an eye. Even his friends threw him under the bus with no hesitation. Then he made a response where he proved the girl's statements wrong and suddenly everyone just went quiet about it, not many people apologized either.
It also sucks because if you say "we should wait to hear the other side of the story" people are quick to jump on you and call you an "abuse sympathizer" and that you're in favor of those awful things. Theres no room to give anyone the chance to explain their side first because you should immediately side with the victim, even if they're not telling the truth. It hurts everyone in the long run. I think the Simpsons did an amazing job of portraying what it's like to be canceled when you've done nothing wrong. In the same vein, it's chilling that an episode from such a long time ago could perfectly explain what society is like today.
The ironic part is that if people actually waited for an apology, then the victim’s testimony would be far more credible if it was true. Waiting for a response helps whichever part is innocent in the end.
untill you find a way to force them to apologize on it one way or another.
We live in a society.
A former friend of mine once said to me "... But we should always believe the victim first."
That pretty much summed up all I needed to know from her/them.
@@nickthepick8043 Is that why they're now a *former* friend?
Like what ProJared says "Nobody likes cancel culture, until they get the chance to cancel someone."
The whole ProJared situation really just taught me to take a backseat and wait for the story to unfold. What was maddening was, even after showing all the evidence to back himself up, there were people still looking for new ways to be mad at him.
Reading that quote just hits too hard man
@@Mr_DPZ he stayed true to his words.
Even when he jumped on the banning of LeafyisHere on TH-cam.
Cancelling him...
@@DiscreetHobo to be fair leafy was a bully, but I get what you mean
@@Mr_DPZ everyone should believe innocent until proven guilty
Hearing about cancel culture when I was young had a bad impact on me. I always been a perfectionist, but cancel culture just made my perfectionism worse. Thinking about how people get canceled for the stupidest of things makes me fear of what people might do to me. It made me more socially anxious, cynical, and more defensive and insecure. I've always been like this, but I can't say that our social climate has no effect on it.
But in a weird way, hearing about how Chris Pratt got cancelled because he did nothing made me feel better. Because, no matter what you do there's always someone to pull you down. I know that sounds awful which it is, but it's reassuring to me at least that don't have to perfect because it doesn't matter. Also, hearing how Robert Downey Jr. was there by his side helping his friend is reassuring as well. It tells me that in bad times you'll know who your true friends are. Who'll be there thick and thin, and help support you no matter what. It helps remind me of those who'll support me even if do mess up. I guess I'm writing this so it will help me, and others who are scared of cancel culture.
If you think my grammar or spelling is bad feel free to go full grammar nazi on me. Lol
This is the first time I've seen anyone indent their paragraphs on here but its refreshing. I also share the same experience. When I see people getting cancelled for absolutely nothing and see others make fun of the cancelers it makes me have hope in humanity
I can't find any mistakes in your grammar or spelling. Congratumulations?
I mean, Chris Pratt as Mario might not capture the same feel of the voice of Mario we've come to know and love, but that doesn't warrant cancelling.
Youre CANCELLED!
I always believed in one saying in my life:
"As long as sun rises from East and sets on West, the gate of forgiveness shall always be open"
I always believed that people, no matter how bad they are, they always have their chances to change.
"He who is without sin, cast the first stone."
Jesus huh? Fitting.
Rodd (hitting you with a stone): “Got him, Dad!”
Ngl twitter would cancel jesus, probably for giving people fish instead of something vegan
Legend
@@derekg5006 😂
What makes Cancellation so stupid is that people don’t realize celebrities are not public slaves just because they have different values or opinions or made mistakes in there doesn’t mean there careers should be punished.
*their
The problem with different values and opinions is that to some people, these values are part of their identity, if you are against gay and/or trans people, or like those "western chauvinists" your opinion directly attacks those people, having different values is ok in some situations, this situations are not when we talk about human rights and family rights, those differences are not acceptable when you are arguing that some people should live in a body that makes them feel horrible about themselves when they are asking and are able to receive the treatment they need to feel better, those differences are not acceptable when you are arguing that some people are "indesirable" because of what they are.
Cancel culture is dangerous in its own right because people change their ideas over time, that does not mean though that they shouldn't be held responsible for what they say or do. False accusations are a problem but so is the fact that real accusations get thrown out because they don't fit the widely accepted facts until they do, just see what happened with weinstein and other Hollywood personalities that nuked the careers of sexual assault victims, when this is happening and the public gets angry, the public starts attacking everyone that is accused of the same thing, even if it's not yet been proved or disproved
@@giordanocoresi2934 it's something interesting about humans, when we see something portrayed a certain way so much, we begin to lump together every case of that occurrence and automatically place it with the proven cases. A decent analogy would be a cat who sits on a hot stove on accident. Once that happens, the cat will obviously feel pain and get off, now lumping every second of the stove's existence with that incident because, even if the stove is off and shows no signs of being on, the cat won't sit on it again for that one bad experience they had without any signs of that same situation being at play.
@@giordanocoresi2934 *these
*undesirable
exactly they are normal people woth normal Problems amd normal flaws. they are not special like the whole Pewdiepie shit.
if any random dude playing PUBG said the nword nobody would care especially of said person is known to be a great guy. but suddenly because they stand in public eyes its a warcrime?
like yes if they do something seriously wrong and dont even feel bad for it, cancel them sure. but a minor mistake?
Its funny how the Simpson make an episode about how false accusation can ruin someones life yet decide remove the Michael Jackson episode after that stupid documentary came out. You know a guy who aquitted and was still ridiculed despite their being evidence that proves/ suggest that he was innocent. This is especially sad considering that he is not here to defend himself. If you want to watch a good documentary that give actual facts I recommend Danny Wu's Square One which talks the 1993 allegations, Its on TH-cam and Amazon Prime.
they removed the Michael Jackson episode sadly because if they didn't the same people they criticized will attack them
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 Facts!! How quick they forgot, they really should have just left well enough alone and keep the “stark raving dad” episode in their iconic archives instead of bowing down to CC, same with “the problem with Apu” situation. Also, Michael Jackson made them popular! #MJInnocent
@@ffumbee Even though he was proven innocent for their Kid Stuff is children did admit they found something else disturbing that's probably why
@@moneylover318 for example who’s statements you have? What did they find and why?
@@ffumbee Fox ABC CBS NBC pretty much every kind of new site said they found animal porn not illegal just disturbing
It honestly disappoints me how much just 1 single person can ruins anothers life completely, on large scale or small
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There's also one episode of Icarly where Sam takes revenge againts Freddie by saying that he never had his first kiss during livestream. Everyone in school and internet made fun of him to the point that he stopped talking to his own mother and went to stay all day on the emergency stairs of the building, not even going out to work on Icarly. During the end of the episode Carly eventually confronts Sam and yells at her "Even if you apologise to him you can't undo what you say, people will keep making fun of him, you ruined his life and you aren't even sorry."
I remember that!! And i think spencer was the only one who didn't care
Now that is a real screwed up but honest roast
@aprendizmetalero 666 you're not making any sense
@@alicia-hd2cs Spencer is an amgel on earth
Never liked sam, she was always downright mean and toxic
If I heard there was an episode where Homer gets accused of rape, I never would have thought it was from 1994.
Fr though
This is one of the most brilliant episodes and has never been more relevant.
But I’m not part of the “simpsons predicted it” crowd. The early simpsons writers were smart and already recognized things like this in the 90’s. They werent “predicting” anything
9/11
There were some hungarians amongs them. We seen some real shit
Trump being in office
Simpsons didn't predict cancel culture. Cancel culture is just a rebranding of mob justice, which has been around since the beginning of humanity.
You've really brought this to light. For a long time, I've despised "cancel culture" and have never and do not plan to hop on that bandwagon any time soon. There are even people who have ended their lives due to this kind of hate we see on a daily basis every where we go. I aswell hope this someday will change, and society gets better. But until then, it's crashing and burning.
I believe that the cancel culture comes from a documentary called “The Problem with Apu“.
People see and create problems where there are none, for attention and virtue signalling.
It existed as early as 2014 I think
@@AC-eh8tz It's as old as Celebrities and the Mass Media.
Vic Mignonia is a great recent example of cancel culture.
Same for the developer of NITW, who killed themself as a result.
@@juliewinchester1488 That's extremely disheartening. I'm so sorry.
isnt vic the english voice actor for broly
@@ricktheweeb5382 Yeah, and was the VA of Qrow in RWBY before accusations of sexual harassment.
He then proceeded to take legal action against the people who started the accusations and as I understood it, he won.
@@ricktheweeb5382 He is.
Apologizing is the last thing you should do when you go up against cancel culture. It's supporters take it as a victory, and when they are given an inch, they take a mile. Actual criminal should be punished, sure. The court of public opinion just isn't the place for it. Cancel culture needs to be egnored if it is ever going to go away. Don't reward the bad behavior and those doing it will stop.
Agreed, apologizing is more of a last resort. The best way in my opinion is to ignore them until they find someone else to cancel.
@@Big-Image untill they physically go after you, your family, property/finances, and reputation by violent means then it get's personal.
@@TheManofthecross that's when you start to stock up on supplies. Show them what happens when they try to come after you
@@TheRealBlazingDiamond yep
Exactly. That raised a huge eyebrow with me. Most people who cancel others are those who are 1. unhealthily engrossed in all the injustice there is in the world and 2. Know there is little to nothing that they as individuals can actually do about it, and that's why they will frenzy anyone who seems vulnerable enough to actually take down a peg. They know they can't cancel Trump, so they'll instead cancel Lindsay Ellis, or Noelle Stevenson, people who are sympathetic to their cause but will still get the axe because the mob doesn't care who it's lynching, just that it CAN lynch them. Apologizing when you didn't actually do anything wrong is a surefire way to tell the mob that they can get you. If you become rich and famous through legitimate means, and people try to cancel you, if you give it no attention whatsoever, even to defend yourself, you'll eventually get it through their heads wordlessly that "I don't NEED to defend myself to you. I'm one of the ones you can't touch." Let them feel powerless to stop you, and they'll find someone else in the name of running from that all too familiar feeling, meanwhile you can keep enjoying your life, content in the knowledge that you didn't actually do anything wrong. Their powerlessness in the grand scheme of things makes them unaware that they are in fact bullies, and there's nothing a bully loves more than a reaction.
5:37 I love how when made this they probably said “hey let’s make this episode completely unrealistic because human beings will ever stoop this low... right”
I believe the writer of this episode said he was inspired to write this episode because he was very nervous with the way the media was portraying stories and dramatizing them. What he must be think about the media nowadays lol
The toxicity of the internet mainly comes from mob culture. Cancel culture is a perfect example of this. The thing is, if some 12-year old, gullible kids find a meme that says somebody did so and so, they will hate on this person because of the nature of memes and how you get the feeling you have to participate in it to be a part of it. Now, I have reddit and every now and then, I see the most random trends popping up like for example disliking one particular Morgz video for absolutely no reason or googling "Why is my pee red" to "mess with the Google algorithm" or something like that. And people do that kind of thing. They participate although they probably don't even find it funny. They just feel the need to find it funny because "it's a meme, right? Memes are funny." They're like sheep, following the herd whereever they go. I think, this sort of mob mentality in the internet is the most toxic. It's similar to how only one opinion is accepted on Twitter and stuff like that. The internet is ruined by peer pressure
In a sense is like a box, full of people who are too close-minded to realize they might hurt someone in their actions, but the worst of all is that when they jump in to the cancelation of someone they believe they are doing it to save someone, to aid, to be a hero for that one who is acussing.
They'll believe they are right and any oposition leads them to dismiss oposition since they feel treathen.
How many times we have seen someone able to prove that they are innocent and yet have their future be taken?
How many times a person who is just starting to gain traction to be accuse of sexual harrasment?
How many times we have seen someone lose a job just for having different political views?
Memes in a sense just represent that portion of life of jumping into the hate train like a mob, a medival mob that refuses to see the bigger picture, that wants to be RIGHT no matter the consecuences.
If we want to defeat Cancel culture we have to learn how it works, because no matter how evil is one. They always deserve redemption, an opportunity to change and pick up their lives once again.
The last part about twitter is what always makes me take breaks. I'm really only on there for some friends, but it can be a real grind because of that. I havent seen anywhere start fights like they have on there.
Friends turning against eachother over a joke(?) accusation, people defending someone solely because theyre trans(that one school shooter) or a black woman(gorilla glue hair lady), and everything has to be twisted to suit that sides attack and defense.
In those two examples, the trans shooter had a whole trending tag because people were focusing on saying they must have just been a kid bullied for being trans, when there was no evidence of bullying at all, and put the entire focus on that instead of the only person who died being another student who got the gun away from them. They didnt get any recognition for that brave, selfless act, because twitter wanted to talk about trans bullying. Even the shooter themself asked people to stop encouraging them and admitted they deserved jail and were in the wrong and not to turn it into a trans problem.
The recent gorilla glue one, I mostly ignored that until earlier today when I found out she and her apparent defenders were making it about how shes not getting empathy and is made fun of because shes a black woman, not that she left gorilla glue in her hair for a month and then demanded they pay for her hospital bill because "it doesnt say 'do not put in hair' on the bottle". What part of that exactly is about her race or gender? "If it was a white woman she would have more empathy" I sincerely doubt that. And now twitter is of course making it a "you either defend her or be racist" ordeal. Until apparently she said something about gay people idk what it was but NOW shes losing support over it, so it almost always goes both ways like that.
Neither of those cases had anything to do with their race or genders, but thats how you support your beliefs on there, you have to have a very clear moral highground by calling any challengers racist, sexist, etc and making it easier to cancel not only the original people but now anyone you know who doesnt side with you.
But, is this Exclusive to the Internet, or has it Existed for a long time?
The answer's yes
I forgot the name of the dude, but he got his fans to get him trending for cancelation as a joke. Then suddenly, some K-pop fans just hopped on with literally no knowledge on they were doing. Literally the most incredible example I have seen on cancel culture
I need the name
It was SaltyDK, he did it as an experiment
Kurtis Conner?
Twomad?
@@videotunesink6820 saltyDkdan
6:39 I mean to be fair, if someone made up a false allegation about me and almost ruin my life I don’t any type of apology would fix anything nor would I care for it
Same here.
I'd file a restraining order
*almost ruined
can you give me back my time. if not than there's nothing you can do. that's how I'd respond to any apology.
As someone who’s been cancelled, I felt this
Same here, I recently got cancelled and it hurts like hell
Never apologize when you are cancelled. That only admits wrongdoing and adds fuel to the fire, encouraging your critics that what they're doing is working.
Or you could attempt suicide on a Livestream to satisfy the cancel culture people
If they try to cancel you, make them WORK FOR IT.
Like the CallMeCarson situation. Mocking him, making memes immediately, ON HIS POSTS. Think of Etika. Apollo Legend. Don’t harass people no matter how bad.
true "He who his without sin, cast the first stone." and whats worse is when the supposed bad guy is proven innocent everyone turns a blind eye just look how imalex, keemstar, narrator, and pretty much every scummy person on the platform got away scoot free while the one who was accused have there image destroyed
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@@eriklazo5499 to me that is a beautiful paradox (obviously not the situation involved)m because it both prevents judgement by making one think of their own sins as well as preaching against ideas of arrogance and brings that person back down to Earth because if they were truly without sin (which no one is, again they would have to be arrogant to believe so), why would they want to commit one then on their own arrogant basis of having lived a sin free life?
@@bananaman7526 and not to forget many of his friends pulled an imalex and got away with it
What happened to Carson?
The most realest video u ever made I have no problem with that
The Internet makes me smile and afraid at the same time.
Fame is both a blessing and a curse.
"Don't judge a thing until you know what's inside it."
If I ever get cancelled, my response would go something like this:
"Come back when you have 3 solid pieces of evidence that I'm as bad as you say I am, and if you can't find that many then have fun wasting your life for a lie"
Like : "Yeah I'm a terrible person but if you can't proove it for a lot a reason then I will stay be free without any problem ;) "
I was told never to apologize to the mob. They'll only want more
Ahh yes, by the most prestigious university of mankind PRAGERU. Seriously quoting them only makes yourself look dumb.
@@nothingofinterest8048 what now? I didn't know I was quoting anybody lol
@@nothingofinterest8048 I am confused if you're trying to say that I'm dumb, but I've seriously never heard of "Prageru". I'm more basing my opinion off of what other people I have watched on TH-cam has said, I mean no offense but its simply my opinion.
@@kikistrongheart7878 I didn’t mean offense that’s why I said for future reference I wasn’t calling you dumb I just said quoting them is a setup to look dumb. Also I’m sure they got it from P.U if they said it because they use that phrase every video. Sorry for the misunderstanding, also don’t watch PragerU if you think you deserve brain cells.
@@nothingofinterest8048 Oh okay! No hard feelings then.
When simpsons predict things: *HAHAHA I DID IT FIRST IT*
Me: *hmm yes another relatable and reasomable made2express video,how lovely*
*reasonable
The problem is that people calling to “cancel” someone is not your average person.
Did you even watch the video?
@@thebobbrom7176 I did. Why do you ask?
@@JPS13Laptop Sorry misread your comment
@@thebobbrom7176 All good :)
Yes these people have a victim mindset and are searching for victimisation, seeing it even when it simply is not there. Then cloaking their outrage in virtue signalling to gain followers they will demand vigilante justice immediately against the accused to complicate the issue rather than seek the truth.
"Your tears say more than real evidence ever could"... as much as it was somewhat funny hearing that comment. When contemplated, it hits hard.
This describes the mr beast situation very well
I think cancel culture reflects a lot about our society. We use a lot of social media, anyone can know who we are.
For a time, i've noticed a trend in people often adapting or mildly changing their tones or attitudes, because they seek validation from other people, or seek some kind of belonging with people.
There is a phase of narcissism, Bitterness and self loathing in people, that the best way to accompany their needs, is to tear down the status of someone, and defame them for even mild reasons, because as long as enough delusional people are enraged and vocal, the chameleons will shade up in support to avoid the backlash from radicals, and perhaps join in the witch hunts to absolve themselves of any guilt or responsibility over past transgressions.
These kinds of people try to deflect any suspicion of their past transgressions by targeting the latest trend, and and as a result, they virtue signal for petty things like "im anti bad things, I'm so pro good things", which becomes a competition to conclude who is the most righteous, through fake activism and participation.
And of course, the real victims are people who've likely moved on from their bad habits, and just want to do good things, or enjoy something harmless.
Cancel culture, does reflect how people are becoming so primitive, reliant, tribalistic, and frantic. Our age of humanity is looking rather grim.
You think people are only becoming like this now? They've been at it for hundreds, if not thousands, in fact probably tens of thousands of years. The most obvious example that I can think of is the real life witch hunts that used to happen.
@@gguy3600 humanity has basically been like that since its creation. we can't get rid of the group mentality because it has always been there. we only truly see it now because the internet allows us to see what people truly are
My wish for 2021
For every human to be kneeled on and strangled George Floyd style.
#Icantbreathe
GOOD! At this point, humanity doesn't deserve the right to breathe
@@gguy3600 sorry I hadn't responded in the last 3 months.
I'll just clarify, I'm not saying humanity has never been this way before. Of course, mob mentality and such have always been a thing. However, I was simply saying that the Internet and social media have amplified people's capacity for violence, as well as the willingness to dehumanise other people, because everything is digital, and broadcasted on a screen.
People nowadays are much more comfortable condemning people across the world for minor things, because they have become dependant on technology, and live their lives on the Internet, and so, they don't feel the least bit remorseful as they might have done years ago, because their extremism is approved of and validated by the big tech giants and the approval of politicians, celebrities and other people like themselves, who support them, protect them, defend them, and even kill for them.
@@blizzard-w9t While this statement is true, the Internet has GREATLY exacerbated this issue.
When you said this was going to be the most real video, I didn’t expect it to be on this topic.
a false accusation killed one of my favorite people ever. I will never believe another accusation a woman gives for the rest of my life even with evidence.
This is one of their more bittersweet predictions. Cancel Culture is a serious issue.
I don’t see how getting rid of cancelling people would work, some people think it’s just banning liberals and leftists from social media, some think it’s mass murder. When we don’t know what we need to attack how do we attack it?
It's sick when an innocent is accused and criminalized because of an opinion or a misunderstanding. People who falsely accuse and hurt people intentionally should be behind bars because that's a life that you're mangling, and possibly extinguishing.
Not only they predicted the cancel culture, they predicted "Saul Goodman" with "Homer Badman"
I hate cancel culture.
Same
Nobody like them.
We should cancel it
@@zorlord7507 Ah the loop is complete
Me too
Stop using the term "Cancel culture", the correct term should be "Virtual lynching".
This episode describe perfectly what it is, not only Homer gets his life ruined for something he didn't do, but it gets to a point where even if he did, his punishment is still unfair and disproportionate.
The fools who partake in this mountain of pitiful hatred are fools who can’t accept the simple fact that there are those who have different view points
At this point, what did The Simpsons NOT predict lol
@Charles Calvin xD
The End Of The World
The fact that I keep walked to my toilet to take a piss then realise I don't need a piss.
Your mom
funny guys laugh pls
@@e4rlygames 😂
This was a very thoughtful video. Thank you for making it.
If the simpsons predicted that my death would be tomorrow, I’d start proofreading my will
The part when even Homer's familly feels awkward in his presence is so true. Fe. Even if I know Projared did nothing wrong, I can't watch his content like I used to. Even his internet friends turned their back just for a dumb Internet fallacy
I feel something similar towards Melanie Martinez. I still love her music but even after Timothy admitted the accusation was false, things just don’t feel the same anymore. It’s messed up
Realistically if the tape was found, people would ignore it. The sunk costs would just be too big.
Space Junk Galaxy just hit me like a brick rn.
Fr bro
This episode is what exactly what happened to Michael Jackson in real life.
Yeah. Stupid people love to be part of a group to feel a sense of worth
I forgot who said this originally and this might be worded incorrectly but a good quote I like is “Lots of people wish they where rich and famous. Try being just rich and see if that takes care of the things you want to do.”
Don't apologise, if they do in there mind it solidifies ur guiltyness in there mind.
What people don’t know is that when anyone can get cancelled for a minor screw up, they can get cancelled too. And when everyone can and will get cancelled, what’s left? Them? They can’t entertain or be funny like the people they hurt and the lives they ruin. Nobody will be good and funny on the internet when those good people are exposed for mistakes they apologized for. And eventually, karma will come to ruin them too. They get no sympathy since they ruined everything. There will be nothing left to criticize when you criticize everything. You can’t speak up and out about things that you have no business talking about. Capitalizing off of a lie isn’t good in real life. With real stories. This isn’t a cartoon, it’s not an anime, it’s not a fantasy. Pointing fingers will get fingers pointed back at you even if you’re just someone with time on their hands. Do something more productive than cancel people making others happy. Unless it’s a real issue that hasn’t been addressed or apologized for, don’t make a big deal from it. Don’t make yourself the everyday man’s callmecarson because you call out people like him. People make mistakes and say they’re sorry, but if you can’t say sorry for twisting words and lying for a couple of likes, then you’re just as bad as the people you ruin. You can be worse, as time goes on, but we don’t complain, do we?
At least, until you make one mistake. Then someone with time on their hands ruins you like you did to others. The universe hates people who ruin lives that make others happy. Karma hates those who make big deals about stuff that’s been said and done, and resolved. The cycle continues, and neither Karma or the Universe, or even your god could forgive you. Don’t make a clown out of your fellow man if the issue has been dealt with and doesn’t happen again, lest you become just like them. Like one of my favorite old games said at it’s ending, it still holds true today.
*”we become what we behold. We shape our tools, then our tools shape us.”*
Being a hero for a problem already solved makes you a villain. Don’t become like them. Show a solved problem and make it a problem again, the real problem will be *yourself.*
But that’s just my thoughts. And if I’m cancelled, so be it. I’m not famous yet, as long as I don’t become a monster like the ones people are after a single misunderstanding. #cancelthecancelers
And Made2, Godspeed. You’re doing something that a pot of people can’t do. Expose the problems with those who start problems, and make it understandable. Keep making content, dude. You’re ok in my book.
While watching this episode, I thought to myself, "It's sad how well this episode has aged".
It's not even if you say something the average person disagrees with. It's if you say something a very small fraction of a fraction of people that are active on social media disagree with.
Dude I love your channel. I agree with you 100% and I always learn a lesson from your video. I’ve been looking for a channel like this and I’m glad I found yours. 100% my favorite TH-camr 👍
The Simpsons episodes says a lot about this world in so many ways
They didn't predict cancel culture, we've always had groups like this. Some of you weren't born when Tipper Gore had her crusade against music and it shows.
My favorite part is when they thought a cooking turkey in the oven was Homer
Twitter will always stretch the truth ex the recent stickybm controversy they say one of his discord mods were dating a 15 year old and he was 21 but they were truly 17 and 18
Never apologize, it only makes things worse
Was hyped and waiting for this one
just want to say, there is literally no reason to publicly admit your mistakes, especially when the evidence against u is scarce
What a cruel world it is, sickly creatures dragging others down like lobsters in a bucket.
Made2Express your videos is so much high quality from your good explanation. One of my favorite youtubers from always listening to your videos while doing projects.
Wow this is probably the most truthful and honest video about cancel culture I had ever watched. Thank you I really needed this.
The people who cry about "cancel culture" would have 100% opposed denazifing Europe after the war
6:35 You view that as a non-apology, and in a way, you are right. I mean, she doesn't express herself in the most humble manner, and she uses Lisa as a proxy because her radfem cancer still puts her in the mindset of thinking that no opinions are worth a shit unless they come from a fellow female. But you know what's sad? That babysitter is STILL better than most real people who partake in cancel culture. I mean, she was at least able to show some degree of self-reflection (with her body language especially indicating that she feels a bit of guilt). In contrast, what does your average Twitter mob usually do when they're clearly shown to be wrong? They double-down. Even when plain evidence is put right in their faces, they refuse to acknowledge it. They'll do whatever mental gymnastics possible to deny basic reality (even going so far as to associate science, mathematic, facts, and logic as being exclusively tied to white supremacy or European colonialism). And then they'll villify anybody who so much as points toward said evidence (maybe try to cancel them as well).
What's especially sad is when absolutley delirious people like this are still given a platform and listened to (especially by corporations and people of actual influenced). In a more sensible world, these types should've only ended up cancelling themselves by putting their sheer stupidity on full display for everyone to see, not still be able to spread their ideologically-driven bullshit.
The non-apology Homer gets is basically how cancel culture works. It's private, it's flimsy, it's weak, and, ultimately, no one cares. It does nothing to undo the damage that his "cancellation" did. That apology doesn't and would never make headlines like the initial event did. It's ultimately meaningless, just like being vindicated after being cancelled.
Cardi B: **Drugs and robs men**
Cancel culture: Don't worry queen, we forgive you!
Matpat: **Raises huge amounts of money for St. Jude's childhood cancer hospital**
Cancel culture: THAT HOSPITAL IS ANTI LGBT! GET EM!
You should have explored also the fact that after the end and everything that happened to Homer, he still shits on Willie who helped him with his problem
Season 6, Episode 9. *Nice.*
Grow the hell up, already
Cancel Culture : Exist on twitter
Me who doesn't use twitter ever since it started: Bibity bobity cancel culture can't get on my property
This episode was so good I typed it into TH-cam to make sure I wasn’t the only one who found it so brilliant.
I’m glad you did this / it makes me feel less alone in not being in the council culture mob.
The problem is that people put their favorite celebs on a pedestal which is why they are disappointed when they are let down. Also often times people who have committed horrible crimes get away with it. I was a victim of sexual assault and the man who assaulted me got away with it and I was accused of lying and trying to tear a man down.
This episode is so well done to the point of it being upsetting