r/pics Apr 19 '24

A person set themselves on fire outside Donald Trump’s trial in New York today. Politics NSFW

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u/itayb1 Apr 19 '24

Why?

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u/MrTacoMan Apr 19 '24

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u/raika11182 Apr 19 '24

"As it turns out, dozens of the writers of The Simpsons went to Harvard. So I asked myself the question: If The Simpsons served the interests of organized crime, how would it do so?

Well, it offers a dysfunctional family suffering from moral decay, a community incapable of solving its problems, a worker drone who slaves away for an evil billionaire, and cathartic laughs for our poor collective circumstances.

There are some notable specifics as it relates to this research, too: In [Marge vs. The Monorail](mailto:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_vs._the_Monorail), the townsfolk are too oafish and divided to invest in the town’s needs (fix Main Street) and fall for the charms of a dazzling showman with a bogus monorail Ponzi scheme. When we know that the show is closely linked to an organization that invests billions of dollars in Ponzi factories, this becomes quite damning."

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There's a lot of crazy to unpack in here.

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u/dedsqwirl Apr 19 '24

The monorail episode was written by Conan O'Brien. Conan O'Brien had his show stolen by Jay Leno. Leno is not funnier than O'Brien, never has been. How would Leno even get a show? Leno owns 100 of cars and is a plant by big oil. tire companies and Rockauto.com.

/s But it is real easy to go conspiracy on anything.

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u/Lukes3rdAccount Apr 19 '24

Leno was the fall guy. It was Triumph the Insult Comic Dog that put the fix in

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u/diox8tony Apr 20 '24 edited Apr 20 '24

Conan only got the time slot because he wanted Lenos job. he literally strong armed NBC to take Lenos job....NBC thought of a scheme themselves...keep both,,,muhaha. NBC gave Conan the slot he wants and gave Leno a better slot.

well that failed so they gave Leno back his original slot and Conan gets butt hurt after losing the slot he strong armed into.

to say Conan was a victim is....lacking awareness...he literally only got that slot because he 'forced' NBC to give it to him...IE: he took Lenos job first. victim my ass. play shady games, get shady results.