When did The Simpsons get bad?

~~Leo656~~ · 06-21-2022, 10:20 PM

It does send a pretty bad message to anyone determined to read too much into things, the way Lisa is shown to be "destined" to (unhappily) wind up with Milhouse.

"Just wait her out, guys. 'No' turns into 'Yes' eventually, especially when their eggs start drying up and they realize they're running out of options!"

I mean, yeah, no, not everything has "a moral". But even tongue-in-cheek, most things do at least have some kind of message or theme that they're trying to convey. And like it or not, that's the "message" of Future Lisa and Future Milhouse winding up together. "If she says no today, just hang in there, she'll change her mind." That's not automatically dangerous or damaging, but... it can be. Especially with the rise of "Incel Culture" and MRAs over the past few years.

It's just plain not a good look. I feel like the Nick TMNT cartoon danced too close to this with Don/April at times, as well.

06-21-2022, 10:20 PM	#11
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	It does send a pretty bad message to anyone determined to read too much into things, the way Lisa is shown to be "destined" to (unhappily) wind up with Milhouse. "Just wait her out, guys. 'No' turns into 'Yes' eventually, especially when their eggs start drying up and they realize they're running out of options!" I mean, yeah, no, not everything has "a moral". But even tongue-in-cheek, most things do at least have some kind of message or theme that they're trying to convey. And like it or not, that's the "message" of Future Lisa and Future Milhouse winding up together. "If she says no today, just hang in there, she'll change her mind." That's not automatically dangerous or damaging, but... it can be. Especially with the rise of "Incel Culture" and MRAs over the past few years. It's just plain not a good look. I feel like the Nick TMNT cartoon danced too close to this with Don/April at times, as well.