"Monkey pox, another thing the Simpsons predicted!"
“, we read on social networks, with two images showing a Homer Simpson in bad shape.
The creators of the series did not predict the resurgence of this virus in 2022. The two images are indeed from episodes of the series, but these episodes are not about monkeypox.
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Simpsons
seers?
An episode of the American series would have predicted monkeypox, a virus which had made 33 confirmed cases in France on Wednesday, according to Public Health France.
A montage, relayed on social networks, shows on one side Homer Simpson lying down, visibly in bad shape, with a monkey at his side, and on the other the same Homer Simpson, his body covered with red buttons.
"Monkey pox, another thing the Simpsons predicted!"
“, we read in the caption of this meme, which circulates in several languages and in several countries.
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The creators of The
Simpsons
had not predicted the resurgence of this virus in 2022. And even if they had mentioned this disease in an episode, it would not have been surprising: the virus was first identified in 1970, reminds the WHO.
So where do these pictures of Homer Simpson come from?
The one where he is lying with the monkey comes from episode 21 of season 9. In this episode broadcast in 1997, the character decides to bring home a monkey, after learning about the existence of assistance monkeys.
The image where his body is covered in pimples is from episode 3 of season 17, which aired in 2005. In this episode, Homer catches chicken pox from his daughter Maggie.
On social networks, false predictions from The
Simpsons
have met with undeniable success: Internet users have already wrongly attributed to the screenwriters of the series the announcement of the Covid-19 epidemic or the death of basketball player Kobe Bryant. in an accident.
On the other hand, the creators have sometimes been right, as when they broadcast an episode in 2000 with Donald Trump elected President of the United States.
There again, nothing surprising, the businessman having, since the end of the 1980s, made several ambiguous statements about his desire to become president.
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