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[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they have a lot of the same writers

[–] Indicah 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Only like 3-4 writers were on both shows. Not really many.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Ah, I thought most of them were the same, my bad.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd take Futurama's brainworms any day.

[–] Yondoza 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For real! Those worms are among the ... hell, they are the best!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not so sure based on the recent follow up episode.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Wdym they had mites that made them useless. If you only had worms, you get buff and smart like Fry

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Australia! Could please stop trying to kill people!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am less scared of Australia evolving to kill people and more of the Australians that survive nature actively trying to kill them.

The Dutch fight the sea, the Australians fight earth itself.

[–] LetterboxPancake 2 points 1 year ago

The Scots fight other Scots

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

No. Because that would make us a hot version of Canada.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that picture is from Futurama

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hadn't Groening long since left the Simpsons writing room by the time Futurama started?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Downvoted for annoying title "touch grass". I've never been told "touch grass" in a single scenario that made sense and not to mention I likely spend more time outdoors than anyone who has wrote that to me.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

This time it is actually funny as the way she probably got infected was by collecting grass

Source (in German): https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundheit/wurm-in-gehirn-von-frau-gefunden-100.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Also they probably got that worm by touching stuff, the right should be "wash your hands" or if you're cheery "lávese las manos" with a tiny picture of wizard Steve on it somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

The lady that got the worms started showing symptoms after touching some grass while she was outside

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

So the eggs in the egg salad...

Correct! Worm eggs!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Wait, I'm supposed to be checking my carpet for pythons?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think the earliest instance of "brain worms" I remember was from an episode of Invader Zim in 2001. Zim is offended at the concept of paying to ride a filthy, poorly maintained bus and shouts at the driver "Have you the brain worms?!"

Edit: found the video https://youtu.be/BiqTTozWNhA?si=bxNeTnreb77vdd00

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Ahh yes, my worst nightmare

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure Simpsons writers first write and then unleash it in the world, not the other way around.