How The Simpsons Keeps Predicting The Future
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- The Simpsons has predicted countless real world events day, years, and decades before they actually occurred. But how?
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Plot twist: the people that are in the future simply just whach the Simsons and copy what they do to make it seem like they predicted the future
Yes
@Arthur Morgan makes sense
I assumed that about the Mylie Cyrus concert one
Maybe it is Arthur time traveling from 1899 to 2021 and not the Simpsons..
Sorry I ment watch* and Simpsons*. I know I can edit it but I prefer not to.
The maths ones aren't predictions, the show just has a lot of writers who are graduate-level mathematicians. Simon Singh has a good book about this topic!
the show itself has been going for forever and so they've done every crazy scenarios and people just say they're predictions when it comes even a bit close to it in real life.
@@AxxLAfriku The legend himself, Axxl, self-promoting. How far the mighty have fallen.
Shic and in one ubiverse they are writing our story and with cern screwin all is a lot not just math
Say masons damn is like macfarlane was mcfarlane but he had his father granddad in masonery no i m not idiot math can solve some not all dear i agree i like quantum py
@@tylarjackson7928 who?
Maybe the real predictions were the friends we made along the way
wow, very insightful
Big if true
Wow thank you, that’s enough insight for me today good night
I made no friends along the way
I have no friends
the weird thing about the trump episode wasn’t that they predicted his presidency in general, but there are scenes from that episode that mirror real life events that actually happened years later
If you're talking about the escalator scene that was produced after the event not before. The episode literally only mentions Trump in a throwaway line
Yeh, itvwas freaky, from positioning to even posters.....
@@wepimpchimpin7799 It was made after the event hardly freaky since they literally copied it.
@@Greggers1601 i didn't know that, i only really saw clips so i didn't know, thank you for telling me!
You mean the escalator scene? Oh yes not like he hasn't lived in Trump tower since he got it.
Its like saying "I predicted Michael Jordan would hold a basketball!"
It's crazy to see Ned Flanders breaking down his shows weirdest moments, he looks different without his glasses tho.
😆😆
Yah I'd get into his van
People just forget that Simpsons writers were Harvard grads pulling things from the headlines. Trump talked about running for president in the 80's and 90's so they made a joke about if he'd won. People just forget or don't know how long Trump was openly talking about running.
but they got exact things right like the sign falling when trump was going down the escalator
@@nesgtzz apparently that scene was made after it actually happened
Idk could just be me but I find a fair amount of animated comedy shows that have been on air for dozens of years like simpsons or southpark have just made so many jokes and so many different storys through hundreds or thousands of episodes that it almost makes sense they get the odd one right.
Trump also talked about universal care back in the 80s, but that never happened. 🤷♀️
they predicted so much more things then just trump tho
When you write a show that parody’s reality it shouldn’t be a surprise when it predicts things from time to time
From time to time? It's incredibly "too" accurate to just be a coincidence
@@AfricanBin i mean you're bound to hit on some spot on coincidences every once in a while. But nobody points out the countless of stuff that didn't turn out to be true. We just tend to point out really familiar things. It just confirmation bias.
@@lance_wavy even a broken clock is right twice a day lol
i feel like the major thing is how the accurate things are creepily accurate, from outfits(including specific jewelry) to deadly pandemics. Though i don't have any sane explanations to this, it just seems too precise and reoccurring(even if it's from time to time) to be a mere coincidence.
@@eliyanahdaniel1282 i agree
maybe the simpsons don’t *predict* the future, they write it in and we *follow them and make it reality.*
Big brain
I knew I wasn’t the only one who though of it
insightful. /s
what about corona virus, who did it?
@@kashafasad1013 the simpson writers... 😟
When you have 1,000+ episodes, you're bound to make a hypothetical that ends up similar to reality.
A lot of these are just commentary of stuff that was already happening at that time, that later happened again.
Yeah, it's like throwing a thousand dart at a board. It is bound for some to land
Also it's not that hard to predict. If a man is dieting strictly, you won't say his weight loss is a surprising prediction. America doesn't change, there aren't many foreign influences, and society, its composition, ideology is very stable. Add that with human nature and it's the usual story.
Monkeys and typewriters as they say
SOUTH PARK DONT N THEY HAVE AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT OF RUNNING TIME
No the real one is a masonic produced cartoon as all spit truth in our faces
I love how he's talking about the Simpsons while he looks like Ned Flanders 0:15 he talks like him
Oh my...
The mustache is glorious
Star Trek didn't predict the future, it inspired the future.
Yep
Star Trek didn’t predict cell phones - the inventor of the cell phone was inspired by Star Trek.
I did not know that, that's so interesting.
So you're saying star trek predicted cell phones?
@@Christiangjf no what he’s saying is the Creator of the cellphone is a nerd
@@snakezase2998 a Trekkie nerd 😁
Star trek took ideas that were just passed around at the time and tried to put them in a setting/environment that would show how useful it would be thus ending up inspriing their invention. Right now somethings thing we don't really have yet is as advanced AI, warp drive, and replicators(3d printers are like super low tech versions though I guess).
If you understand the present, its easy to make predictions on the future.
fo sho, I think we forgot how clever we can be
In fairness they’ve been around for 30+ years they’re bound to get some things right
Throw it against the wall. Something is going to stick
Shows been for what ? 35 , close to 40 years !!!!!
This guy has a beautiful mustache….
Agreed
I am his moustaches biggest fan
we’re just living in a Simpsons world
@@cassinitakano5736 tru man
@@rusteazy show
"The chalks too big?!!" Best part of the show.
Maybe the simpsons creators are also creators of this simulation we live in
So they're showing us what's gonna happen through the cartoon so we cn be ready🤔
we are a product aka sons of their simulation. sim plus sons. the simpsons! Mindblown
@@plaknas_games nah, they made Marge sexy so that everyone would simp, but they also made her maternal so boys would see her as a mother figure.
Simp-sons
Omg. And they are just warning us……😶
can the simpsons predict the end of the world already pls
and also make it quick 😔
Already kinda did with the election episodes, but it didn’t happen
I think if y’all really think about what the world ending would be like, you’d stop wishing it would come so fast. Especially if you’re wrong about what you think is going to happen. The world can also end whenever you’d like it to. The rest of us would like to keep living here regardless of your dissatisfaction with everything and everyone.
JEFF IS HE Based, on facts!
When they say the "world will end" it's not the earth but it's the humans on it
History repeats itself and many writers of the Simpsons are extremely smart, intelligent, and observant. Example: Ebola has been around for years, even Futurama has a restaurant called "Ebola".
actually one of the most interesting videos that Buzzfeed Unsolved made since Ryan and Shane Left. I actually liked this video!
HUH THEY LEFT, WHYYY
@Abdul Jallohyes, but they still have in general left the channel. They are just here to finish the series. But they are still very active on their new channel called "The watcher" recommend taking a peek there!
This channel wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for them idiot.
@@Cookiechoua Why do you have to insult them? they only just said their opinion. Chill.
@@somethingsomething9667 it wasn't meant as an insult. Read the context of the sentence.
I wonder if the simpsons will predict the end of the world. We need a do over on humanity
The world will pass away but not the word of God. The most accurate prediction book 📖is the Bible.
@@naimamompoint1099 No one cares. You talk about how the government is controlling but yet you blindly follow a 2000 year old book religiously (pun not jntended).
We do. I’m ready when it’s time tbh
@@naimamompoint1099 You don't have to bring any religion in between. Bible isn't the only one. In Hinduism, the end is also predicted and it's wayyyy older than Bible. And no one knows who wrote it. And almost everything written in Hinduism, has a scientific reason behind, most of which are proved and have logical reasons behind. Same goes with Quran. So it's not just Bible, every religion has their own things. Can't say, 'The most accurate is Bible'...
@@bubble5002 I used to think of all that read my text again. I USED TO BE AN ATHEIST. GOD MET ME. The difference between all the religion is that Jesus is still alive and He still talk. I had an encounter with Jesus in flesh. Everything that the Bible said came to past and there's still more about the future. The difference with all religion is that God told me is not a religion is about a relationship. He talk, He actually can talk with you. He can change you to a brand new person that can't even imagine. The way He operate is not with logic but with supernatural way, miracle. One day at church my feet started to move to a music and I was not making my feet move and He told me I'm gonna teach you how to dance that music and that was mind blowing for me that was supernatural. God prove me that He is real and that we believed in Him or not it doesn't stop Him to exist.
"The chalk's too big" 😂
that made me chuckle pretty hard cause of the awkwardness of watching a teacher talk while trying to make their writing on the chalkboard catch up to their next thought 🤣
This guy is what I call Serial Killer Chic
Back to the Future: Part II also predicted The Cubs would win the world series in 2016
I feel the Star Trek "predictions" are more like young people that were inspired by Star Trek to later invent things based on the props from the show
To quote myself on Reddit: “if you throw enough darts, you’re gonna hit a bullseye”
Ebola has ALWAYS existed
Also, the Trump escalator scene was aired AFTER Trump did the thing IRL
Finally. Someone with a brain
Thank you for covering a lot of things I thought about how the writers of "The Simpsons" made some incredible predictions. The show's been on since 1989 (not including the 2 years prior to being on "The Tracy Olman Show), so between that and the writers doing a deep search around them, it's not surprising they would get some critical moments right. Also, something I think is far less likely, but it IS possible for people such as Kamala Harris and Trump to have seen these episodes and get inspired. Trump's also had a number of joking gags about becoming president for years outside of "The Simpsons" (at least one with Eminem he was IN during the 2000s) and, as you said, he has been running for President for years in a similar way Hitler ran for years before he got elected as well. Most of these aren't that crazy (except the formula), but showing how incredible observant the writers are to our world.
No way that god particle equations was a coincidence.
The equation had existed for some time, and was thought to be a potential solution well before the Simpsons episode aired. It had yet to be proven that the existing equation was completely accurate. Similarly to how the equation “e=mc^2” predates Einstein’s work, but wasn’t yet proven.
@@ZackC
I see. But I still believe “predictive programming” is absolutely a thing, and we all know that the creator of the Simpsons (Matt Groening) was a frequent guest on Jeffrey Epstein‘s Lolita Express private jet.
_“One of Jeffrey Epstein's public accusers (a 15 year old girl) claims she had to give a foot massage to The Simpsons creator Matt Groening while on the rich criminal's private jet, though she was repulsed by the cartoonist's ‘crusty toes,’ according to newly-released court documents.”_
He is an insider, period. Of course he is going to be commissioned by the powers that be to do predictive programming.
While this example may not be part of that if what you say is true, I have no doubt that many other examples are indeed part of the plan.
That equation was theorised well before the episode and the equation isn’t even 100% true
This was a well thought out episode. I appreciate you presenting two sides of the question. I have always believed that writers who succeed are people who observe. Thank you for this episode.
Ah yes, i have arrived at the “its 3 am i should go to bed now” section of youtube
Plot twist, the future is getting inspired by the simpsons
Exactly. None of those were very far fetched predictions. Humanity is predictable AF.
Not many people know this, but Conan's hair has the ability to stretch through the fabric of time, allowing him to accurately predict future events which is then secretly passed onto the F.B.I and government agents through the guise of 'The Simpsons'
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Just like how Nostradamus "predicted" some things because he made thousands of prophecies
Maybe it’s not that the Simpsons is predicting the future but us who are copying the Simpsons. Get some original ideas Earth!
They have like a million episodes. It'd be impossible for them not to get something right sooner or later.
it's not that hard to make those predictions, you don't need to be psychic, you just need to pay attention
I had notifications on for Shane and Ryan and Shane and Ryan only
Nostradamus wasn't a time traveller yet he predicted many things that turned out to be true. Baba Vanga too.
One can predict the future by looking at past events. Simpsons creators retrospect alot. That's what it made the show genius.
Did they predict Buzzfeed failing miserably?
Funny, when BuzzFeed News literally won a Pulitzer this year.
@@asdkotable woah...not even a pulitzer could keep them afloat
@@asdkotable pulitzer has just as much credibility as a teacher who gives their own child A+ in an exam
@@DrNJ-km3tt so what do you use as a metric for hard hitting journalism and writing?
“The Simpsons isn’t alone”. The Simpsons aren’t alone.
This was a really well put together video
I think the most shocking one is the god particle equation
I hate regular buzzfeed, but I enjoy this channel
Theory: The Simpsons producers pays off the concerned people to copy the Simpsons in real life so that it looks like they predicted the future.
I feel the writers and the staff are far too good at analyzing society, particularly US' and just like criminal profilers do they've just predicted actually predictable stuff
Love this episode guys! Well explained! I have always enjoyed these segments from Buzzfeed unsolved! Please keep it up!
I think people forget Trump has been trying to get into politics since the 1980s. He said he would run in the 2000 elections and they memed him winning over Bush and Gore... unfortunately the meme can true.
IS NO ONE GUNNA TALK ABOUT THAT WEIRD VIDEO THAT GOT DELETED???
i wonder what happened
It was so weird omg I saw it around 1 AM I was super creeped out
I have a theory: They're not time travelers - they just manifested stuff. The repetition of ideas when writing, confirming, animating and then airing is enough times to relive an idea, therefore manifesting it.
That makes sense but are do you think they are aware of it?
“I’m predicting future events through my show” says the guy that also created Futurama.
DEFINITELY A TIME TRAVELER. Or he’s connected to powerful people that know how everything plays out
For all u know the Simpsons could have a literal time traveller working for them
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So imagine how much content is out there? So many "predictions" will be made.... Also when someone tries hard enough, they can connect anything to an unrelated subject or they can find content out there that matches exactly what they want to find... Like you said, it's a numbers game!
ok but what happened to the weird glitchy video with the title of random numbers and letters?
I just checked in and was wondering the same thing
I dont know why no one is talking about it
The Trump one was the weirdest. The sign that fell and the escalator was eerie. It was a perfect match
Trump literally ran for President in 2000. Ive never understood why that one is so surprising.
And I heard that he wanted to run in the 70s or 80s
how does he not mention Pat McAfee when he’s listing off all of the sources. The disrespect
The more interesting question is: if you put the same idea in millions of minds does that increase the chances of it happening through co manifestation. What if The Simpsons isn’t predicting the future, it’s creating the future
If we are truly manifesting this then if people stop watching it'll slow down or stop? Hmmm we still don't know enough about it.
They were wrong about eye Lasix surgery. They said you go blind after 10 years. Well here I am 11 years later still 20/20.
nah, those people watched The Simpsons and just made the scenes come true.
Tbf FIFA being corrupt was less a prediction and more a reflection on what was publicly known but hadn't made it to court yet
The Simpsons has a brilliant team of writers, most of whom have an accurate perspective of society. History repeats itself and if you look closely enough there are plans and schemes in the works all around us.
Yes but this seems too uncanny. Like how they predicted 2014 semi final like there is no way
Plot twist: They didn't predict the future, they planned it
Most of these animated adult shows are just satirized versions of the real world. In theory, real life shouldn’t be that crazy …but it is
Too many coincidences, something is DEFINITELY going on, idk what, but its definitely something
The Simpsons have predicted quite a bit… 🤷♂️
Or maybe the Simpsons writers are part of the elite that make the world go round and just include hints of what they have done kind of like rappers when they talk about their past crimes in their songs.
The Simpsons prediction thing is just like the Bermuda triangle.
More jokes=more predictions, More boats=more accidents.
The writers from Simpsons are variants from the future that can't mess up the present but can give us a WARNING from the future 💀
They legit make the real world animations after the clips are released
More like people follow the series to make it think that they able to predicted, and Simpsons was very popular.
The prediction's they make are like " Look, It's an Apple 🍎!!
Two days later, "Oh it's rotten now "
It's called common Sense dude !!
YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THE SCENE OF DONALD TRUMP ON THE ESCALATER, WHERE THE GUY DROPS THE SIGN, JUST LIKE HOW IT HAPPENED IRL
That didn't happen in the episode and was made after the event
The short was called trumptastic voyage
The man who came to dinner" season 26,Ep 10. Disney land is dangerous, and than a tiddler gets killed by an aligator at orlando resort
Fun Fact: Smart people have been predicting things for a while now. Example being how Sci-Fi authors predicted satellites and other stuff.
What if no one is predicting anything, but instead WE are imitating what they are showing?
I really despise how the internet hangs in the simpsons “predictions” when literally any author who has wrote sci-fi or dystopian literature in the past century has made very similar predictions. In short, history repeats itself and it’s very obvious to tell where society is going if you have an understanding of its past. Like this is idiot fodder
Its because of the youth perspective, they don't have context of what came before. Were in a microwave goldfish era
Awesome analysis!! 💙
Yes finally an explanation!!!
My personal life predicted this video 25yrs in advance because Matt looks like the younger spitting image of my beloved, late Uncle Steve who introduced me to The Simpsons and the idea that there's been so many episodes, they're bound to get something right.
The Trump episode actually show him coming down the escalator though....
That was made after the episode...
@@cjhl0383 i know it happened after the episode...
no, the animation was made after real life
Fk, people never fact check anything they read
It was a promo
They've never accurately predicted the future though.
It's really quite scary that so many people don't know what a prediction is.
Its not something that special, the creators of the Simpsons are highly intelligent and are Harvard graduates, alot of research goes into each episode, and also trump has talked about being president for a very long time (80s, 90s) so they made that episode as a joke
But the escalator hand wave???
Really enjoyed this. Thank you
Its scary that a comedy show keeps mirroring the future
I bet you in the future something happens that makes everyones skin turn Bright yellow, then boom the biggest prediction ever
THIS!!!! 😳😳😳
Can you do a episode on Spring Heeled Jack! 🙃
South Park predicting Caitlin Jenner getting into politics is the best
been thinking about this lately, what a "coincidence"!
Makes you think… 🤔💭
Great video my guy! But doesn’t anything think he looks like Freddie Mercury or is it just me??
It's not just the writers of The Simpsons who could be time traveling and predicting these things or even possibly having knowledge that it will happen beforehand it's all of Hollywood and the elites who pull the strings
My theory is that Authors, Writers and other people who are involved artistically are sensitive people with empathy. So, not only Simpsons writers, Classical novel writers had also predicted some issues that happened in the present time..
I have never watched the Simpsons
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It is something called akashic records,with practice anyone can tap into it,see the past and the future
Didnt think about that
Maybe..could be
how many times is this topic gonna be re-used? lol Short answer: yes.
Star trek didn't actually predict technology. People actually made technology inspired by star trek including things such as virtual assistants, tablets. Touch screens, etc. I don't think the Simpsons was in a position to inspire many technological advances, but they could inspire cultural advances.
Heavenly Father I pray that you keep the person reading this alive, safe, healthy and financially blessed Amen 💜
Thank you so much! I really appreciate this!
Gay
Amen
Wow what physicists screenwrote for that episode
Right. The kobe crash is trippy too
my theory: our reality is just the edgy netflix reboot of the Simpsons
Is it just me or does this dude look like a dollar store The Click?
“Mom can we get the click?”
“We have the click at home.”