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Anonymous 7/8/2025, 9:43:03 PM No.149317978 [Report] >>149318028 >>149318055 >>149318056 >>149318067 >>149318144 >>149318238 >>149318376 >>149319486
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Why is the Simpsons so anti nuclear energy when studies show it's the safer than coal and oil?
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 9:46:32 PM No.149318025 [Report]
ikr? i dont think it was inte tiobaly but unironically the simpsons took part in poisoning the minds of americans against nuclear energy.
and not once do they ever mention that thermal reactors are just nuclear weapons plants that also make energy. all the legit criticisms of nuke are absent.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 9:47:10 PM No.149318028 [Report]
>>149317978 (OP)
whenever i see this scene, it just reminds me of that old lime yogurt i used to eat and makes me miss it.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 9:49:35 PM No.149318055 [Report] >>149318087
>>149317978 (OP)
Never thought of it as Anti-Nuclear, I just thought Matt Needed a place that homer could work that wasn't just some generic office
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 9:49:37 PM No.149318056 [Report]
>>149317978 (OP)
Boomer mentality.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 9:50:37 PM No.149318067 [Report] >>149318098 >>149318214
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>>149317978 (OP)
>Chernobyl
>Three Mile Island
>Fukushima
>literally everything about the bomb
The very word "nuclear" has a negative connotation in most people's minds. Its not thier fault tho, keeping the absolute worst case scenario at the forefront of our minds is probably one of the first survival mechanisms our species ever developed. Its pure lizard brain doing what its made to do.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 9:52:07 PM No.149318085 [Report]
It started at a point when the stigma against nuclear power was far stronger. Remember: Chernobyl wasn't that long before the premiere.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 9:52:08 PM No.149318087 [Report]
>>149318055
hes been confronted before. he claims he's not anti nuke and just wanted to give homer a ridiculous job for such a stupid guy. and mr burns is the villain so hes an evil rich business man stereotype who is his boss. therefore the plant must be doing bad things. if it was a shoe factory itd be something like child labor. if it were a bakery itd be sawdust in the bread. he has to do something evil in relation to his business.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 9:53:14 PM No.149318098 [Report] >>149318214
>>149318067
three mile island is a success story in nuclear safety.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 9:55:54 PM No.149318144 [Report]
>>149317978 (OP)
Simpsons aired only a few years after Chernobyl.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 10:00:51 PM No.149318214 [Report] >>149318336
>>149318067
>>149318098
King Sized Homer has Mr. Burns say Homer prevented a Three Mile Island from becoming a Chernobyl.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 10:02:11 PM No.149318238 [Report]
>>149317978 (OP)
It's just a joke about an idiot holding an incredibly dangerous job.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 10:08:52 PM No.149318336 [Report]
>>149318214
which is still silly. no one had to "push the right button" at three mile. the core got so hot it melted the floor and the ground underneath it. it kept sinking into the earth burying itself safely. exactly how it was designed to.
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 10:12:05 PM No.149318376 [Report]
>>149317978 (OP)
>why are cartoons different from reality
peak autism
Anonymous 7/8/2025, 11:18:45 PM No.149319486 [Report]
>>149317978 (OP)
>eats radioactive waste
>goes bowling
>gets a perfect game and sends a shockwave through all lanes
>no elaboration and the story moves forward
This always felt weird. It felt like there was a line or two more that's missing. Even back then Simpsons liked making note of stuff that happened.