Now I’m kind of itching to see if you’ll make a video about how Bojack Horseman is, like, the opposite of all this. That show isn’t Sisyphean so much as it’s a show that deliberately imposes long term consequences on its characters. It doesn’t say “nothing matters, therefore, these characters can do whatever they want”, it says “these characters have to live with themselves and what they’ve done, and their only solution to live a better life is to change.”

Here's a weird bit of trivia about Marge, the reason Matt Groening gave her her iconic beehive hairdo is because his original idea was that it was actually a wig concealing her large rabbit ears because she was secretly a character from his comic strip Life in Hell, which would only be revealed in the series finale. This is even referenced in the Simpsons arcade game.

I had no idea that woman was Ben Shapiro's sister but the Second you mentioned her I knew Exactly who you were talking about

Not sure if this helps, but since Marge is my favourite character, I’ll challenge the idea that her life is mundane and stuck in routine. Marge along with her family has travelled to several different countries. She is creative, expressing herself through painting, sewing (the Chanel dress, the family heirloom quilt). She has a close relationship with all of her children. Her and Lisa have a friendship any mother and daughter would admire. She has problems with her mental health but her family, especially Homer, support her and help her heal (such as when she faced her fear of flying). Perhaps Marge is stuck in the constraints of a tv show that resets the progress she may make in-universe, but we as the audience don’t forget these moments. We internalise each experience the characters undergo and in our minds create our own story of these lives. Perhaps the canon Marge stagnates but in our headcanons, she has grown and changed like any real person. So in that respect its not quite as depressing?

It’s painful to listen to marge now, her voice actress has been doing it so long that you can hear the strain on her voice.

I’m only half way through the video but the part about Bart having a sensitive side reminded me of another good transformative Simpsons work: Panic Volkushka’s therapy comic. The premise is that Bart and Chris from family guy have grown up and started dating. However they’re having relationship troubles so they go to see a couples therapist - Bobby Hill. It handles their abuse as kids sensitively (even though we know the Homer choking Bart thing is more of a joke in the show) and it made me really happy to see as a very gay dude who grew up with the Simpsons and is now tackling similar issues in my own relationships. It’s short but I hope someone else finds it helpful

I can't watch The Simpsons anymore, it makes me so sad to watch Marge be crushed over and over again, even unintentionally.

16:59 She straight up says having a husband prepares you for having a child 😂😂😂😂

The comment about you having to unnaturally lower your voice is interesting to me. I have the opposite problem; I have a relatively deep voice for an AFAB person, and I have to make mine higher in professional settings to not appear rude or disinterested. Too high, perceived as childish. Too low, perceived as having an attitude. The fact that something so innate to us has to be unnaturally altered to achieve any level of success seems... Fucked to say the least. We can't win.

as an eastrean European, the idea of a housewife is just terrifying to me to the bone, not being able to grow as a person and being stuck day by day between the same 4 walls doing the same thing over and over again with no socialisation outside of a undeveloped tiny human sound like psychological horror to me, not to mention that all your work not being recognised

this is amazing

I grew up in a fundamentalist christian household, where the "trad wife" lifestyle was always asserted to be the "correct" lifestyle choice for women. When I left the religion, and moved out with my boyfriend, I was suddenly the breadwinner, and now every time I see my parents my mum always mentions how "he should be the one earning the money" It hurts, because, I like my life right now, I like my job and I don't mind being the "bread winner". My boyfriend likes his life as well, he has free time and that helps him destress. Why can't they accept that our lifestyle is completely valid and doesn't cause "power issues" in our relationship?

That montage of Abby Shapiro gave me a stroke.

It struck a cord with me when you said, "This is the life you made, and you might not get a second chance." I am a person deeply affected by severe anxiety. The thought that this is the life I made and the one I am forced to live over and over in little infinities actually brought me to tears. So yeah, I'm just crying while I brush my teeth, don't mind me.

Can I just say I LOVE that you used a clip of Juno birch

Part of the reason why it was so easy for me to get into anime and become a weeb when I was a child was exactly because of how the cyclical nature of western cartoons ultimately frustrated me. Not that I didn't watch pretty much everything that was on TV when I was a child in the early 2000s, but I still remember the feeling of watching Card Captor Sakura and every single episode was a sequence of the previous one; no one was stuck with increasingly more absurd plots because the writers had run out of ideas, Sakura had a journey, a goal that she eventually reached and she eventually grew up. I mean, damn, she even wore different outfits everyday! Like actual people did! That a cartoon could not be episodic blew my mind, and I started watching every single anime that was on TV (and in Brazil, during the early 2000s, there was quite a lot!), because for the first time I felt that the adults that made these shows were not treating me like an idiot that couldn't follow a storyline just because I was a child. Things happened in anime, and then there were consequences for the things, and nothing was really ever static. So, that the Simpsons and other shows have been going for so long and still remain episodic, because Fox is not willing to end it? It baffles me. But that has nothing to do with the theme of the video, ha. Great one as always, Ms. Lola, you're getting better and better at essays!

I love that one of her reasons marriage is good is that everyone definitely wanted to grow up and be married. But like even if that’s true I also wanted to be an astronaut and the first female president. Kids have a lot of dreams, doesn’t mean they are meant to be.

I can't forgive Homer because he still abused his son, (sure it was for comedic purposes) refused to get help for his alcoholism and so on. He may have a good heart but so does my father and that alone does not negate the harm he does or his rampant alcoholism.

16:32 that Shapiro girl is wrong! when you married (and especially when you have children), you have to put yourself first, because is you don't, you will crash under pressure and break easily. yes, a family is always important but if you will not take care of yourself first, you wouldn't be able to take care, help or support your husband and your children if they need you~ LOVE your essays - they are great:)

I love these artistically informed, deeply personal video essays that blend pop culture, philosophy, and classic works of literature into beautiful and interesting musings. I’m just mesmerized by this channel. You really inspire me to create again.

I'm a russian theatre critics and history student (and an aspiring playwright too!), and i just wanna say that this video is so satisfyingly theatrical? the way you glue together scenes and bits in this video not by narration, but by association (vsevolod meyerhold is shook), self-references and repetitions, just like absurdist playwrights wrote their plays that you talked about?? this is what post postmodern drama theatre is about, and i think you're gonna not only make a great playwright, but possibly a great theatre director too. this video was a pleasure to watch, thank you so much!!!!

Your content is such a blessing, and this video is a favorite (and not just because Im in it). Your timing is always Impeccable

I loved that little snippet of Electra Heart-era Marina in the beginning there.

I've always been drawn to Marge. Although the other characters have their own level of deepness, Marge's pain seems always somewhat in the forefront. The idea of being trapped in a loop of meaningless and squandered potential, but also only feeling necessary when taking the path that was given to you is just so contradictory and horrifying.

Hi all. I’m seeing a lot of comments asking so I just wanted to hop on and say that the song at the start of the video is called “Only Skin” and it is by Joanna Newsom. It’s genius and you should totally check it out. That is all 💕

Man this is hitting different. I'm on day 67 of a mandatory quarantine after catching COVID-19 at a job I had to continue to work into the pandemic. It's my birthday. I've spent the past 17 days watching 234 episodes of Criminal Minds, a crime drama that follows the same episode outline every time, because I've had so little energy to do anything other than consume a media that will not challenge me. This is maybe the third KZfaq video I've watched that isn't one I've watched before since hbomberguy published his RWBY video. I have five new books I want to read but I can't because I get so tired because of the way my body reacted to the virus. This comment didn't have a point other than basically just saying "mood."

okay but this is the content i CRAVE!!!! media analysis mixed with philosophy and sociological commentary is EXACTLY what im into, and this video really tapped into something ive been thinking of recently....... im so glad i found your channel recently; thank you SO MUCH for making this kind of content!!!!!!

‘If life is meaningless, should we not live?’ is a pretty apt description of my journey with existentialism. I had a terrible, genuinely very upsetting fear of death as a child that came from my anxiety, and I had to deal with the idea life had a finite conclusion from a young age. As I got older, repetition became a more prominent factor and it began to feel like I was pushing this immense boulder uphill with no way of knowing where the top was, or when I would lose my grip on it. I struggled with su***dal ideation for a while as a teenager, and it was very centred around the idea that one more day was just too much. Now, I think I put a different emphasis on the statement than I would have then. I’d think, ‘if life has no meaning, maybe we shouldn’t live’. Now it’s more, ‘if life has no meaning, what reason is there not to live?’ Much like you said, I’ve come to believe we can make meaning in every moment we’re alive. If there’s no greater purpose to be fulfilling, that meaning can be whatever we choose. There’s an excellent John Finnemore sketch I remember whenever I hear somebody mention Sisyphus. One point it makes is in pushing the boulder up the hill, he gets a little stronger every single day. It’s very funny, and I do recommend it, but I think it has a point. Your boulder can only beat you for so long.

This feels so much more jam-packed with ideas than most of the video "essays" I've seen on this platform relating to other mainstream media franchises. I feel like a number of things brought up here could've been a video onto itself, yet it all connects very well imo and left me with a lot more to think about afterwards. I hope this channel blows up soon because you seriously deserve it. As a theater artist myself Beckett and classic-era Simpsons are literally two of my biggest influences and yet somehow I never made a connection between the two of them, but after listening to you talk about it and I can't imagine how I didn't. I'm never going to be able to read/hear Nagg and Nell's dialogue again without thinking of the Simpsons gleefully laughing about Homer sending Grandpa to the home. Also, as someone who's seen some of the more recent episodes- while the characters are still zombie versions of their former selves Julie Kavner's voice has, well.. aged. considerably. At this point the series as a whole could easily be compared to something like "Endgame" or "Play" (the simps is just way longer and way less engaging after the first third) the characters start to sound tired and worn down by the never ending repetition. Yet, in spite of this, the absurd world they live in continues, and they continue to play their part in it.

Quinton Reviews made a video about the history of FilthyFrank. FilthyFrank was created to be a subversion of edgy KZfaqrs. He was not someone you should listen to or aspire to be. However, he still became popular with many kids who couldn't see the irony and created one of the most popular memes of the mid-2010s. Now we there KZfaqrs like MillionDollarExtreme and iDubbz who emulate FilthyFranks sporadic edginess unironically. The Simpsons was popular because it was subversive of sitcoms with perfect families. Now any subversion that was there has folded in on itself, and people treat it as genuine. As a result, every modern sitcom tries to be the Simpsons to copy its success. Every sitcom dad is a drunk slovenly idiot stuck in a dead-end job, is a man child, hates his wife, and resents his kids for running his dreams of being rich. All kids in sitcoms are either smaller more annoying versions of their parents, or typically boy obsessed girl and girl obsessed boy. Every sitcom mom is an intelligent housewife who is the naggy butt monkey stick in the mud because she’s forced to hold the family together. I can’t stand this trend. Part of the reason why so many young people are disillusioned with marriage is because all they see on tv are the Marge and Homer Simpson families. They see these sitcoms that only show the ugliest aspects of marriage and kids and start to believe that that's all marriage is. It’s gotten so bad that a lot of young men are beginning to treat Al Bundy as some sort of messiah passing wisdom on men to avoid marriage and children like the plague. Even though, like Marge, Al continues to live his miserable life because the writers refuse to allow him to divorce Peggy and actually improve. In modern movies and tv shows, single women who are over 30 are still being treated as suffering from a fate worse than death. Kinda funny how sitcoms teach men to avoid marriage and romance movies teach women to obtain it. No wonder everyone is so confused and unhappy. ContraPoints made a video about men and how a lot of them are suffering from existential angst. Underprivileged people fail to see what straight, white, middle or upper-middle-class men could possibly be sad about since they're at the top of society's food chain. ContraPoints explains how existential angst can be a side effect of privilege. If you’re oppressed, you have something to fight for, something to aspire, something to give your life meaning. If you were already born at the top and still aren’t happy, then what else can you do? Housewives who have husbands that make a decent living can also suffer from existential angst. In the 15th episode of the 10th season “Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers,” Marge has an existential crisis when Homer gets a new car with no extra seats, implying that they’re done having kids. This causes Marge to lament to Homer about how she wants another baby because she says, “Being a mom is who I am. I’m not ready to give that up.” Without the rigid structure of patriarchy telling men that their purpose is to be strong providers, they don’t know what to do with themselves. Sitcoms, books, and movies tell people that marriage is the ultimate goal and that you’ve achieved true happiness once you achieve it. What happens if you get married, and you’re still not happy? Even worse when people rush into marriage with anyone who will take them because they believe they’re not worthy of some better. Or they think they don’t need to improve themselves to be worthy of love. Sitcoms tell us that you don’t have to improve yourself anymore or put any effort into the relationship once you're married. The most common trope in sitcoms is when the wife laments how handsome and romantic her husband used to be while they were dating. Now he feels like a glorified roommate who only has sex with her once a month. If you couldn't already tell, I’m biased when it comes to this because I’ve experienced it firsthand. My parents were the typical sitcom husband and wife. My mom was way out of my dad’s league and is super smart, kind, and did all of the housewife stuff. My dad was a fat couch potato who got drunk and high every day, played video games for hours, never did any chores, had an extremely short temper, and never/refused to improve. They argue pretty much every day for the 17 years they’ve been together over the same 5 things: His laziness, his anger issues, his weight and overall health issues (high blood pressure, gum disease, and Type 2 diabetes), his drinking problem, and his overspending on videogames and pron. Like Marge, my mom was stuck in a never-ending cycle of disappointment. The worst part was he also refused to work. My mom was the breadwinner. So whenever she had to go on a business trip out of state, I had to be the housewife. This is why I was so independent at such a young age and got a debit card at 13. Every time my mom gave my dad grocery money for her business trips he'd spend it on video games, weed, and food for himself. Despite all the bullshit, she stayed with him because she claimed she still loved him. Last year he died of a heart attack due to his health problems. The doctors kept telling him to stop drinking and eat healthier, but he refused and even doubled down out of sheer spite. I was completely turned off from the idea of marriage and dating and especially sitcoms about marriage. All I could think of was if being a woman married meant raising a giant child who would spend all of your money, verbally harass you on a daily basis, and kill themselves to avoid listening to you, then I wanted no part of that. With so few positive examples of marriage in the mainstream media, it’s easy to see why fewer and fewer people are interested in marriage.

Abby goes on and on and on and on and on about being married and gives marriage advice...she's been married TWO YEARS! I've been married way longer and still don't feel comfortable giving marriage advice.

I desperately wish you didn’t have to speak in a lower register. Who cares if you speak like a Disney Princess? Your voice is beautiful, and people shouldn’t focus on your voice. They should focus on what you’re saying. I feel similarly as well. My voice is so high, almost chimpmunky, I will never do video content because of it.

"when I got married, I got married"

What's with that creepy silhouette of a hand in the corner of the window during the final segment (48:26)? And why is the rest of the window covered up by a picture of trees? What is it hiding? Mom, pick me up, I'm scared. Nice video, btw.

Help is available. If you feel suicidal, you are not alone. Canada, Suicide Prevention and Support Hotline: 1-833-456-4566 USA, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 USA, National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-2433 USA, The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386 USA, Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860 UK, the Samaritans: 116123 This video deals with serious topics in an irreverent manner, which is intentional; life often juxtaposes serious moments of hurt with a certain amount of flippancy. Mental health isn't just hard, it can also be ridiculous and confusing at the same time. Still, these issues are real and important. I sincerely encourage anyone who is dealing with suicidal thoughts or any other kind of emotional anguish to reach out to those around them and the pinned resources here. While I can't provide you any definitive answers, I can tell you from my own personal experience that the darkest moments can't last forever. I hope that this video encourages us all, even in the most uncertain of times, to create meaning for ourselves. With love, Lola

tradwifes be like: "i support a womens right to chose marriage, if she wants or not."

you had me as soon as you put in the clip of somewhere that's green from little shop of horrors. i freaking love that musical

The Joanna Newsom song is fitting considering how much she sounds like Lisa Simpson.

That little story you told about despite still being at home and having family to talk to, the loneliness and isolation is really getting to you and even feeling suicidal at times really got me. It's weird, almost reassuring knowing that someone feels so similar to how I've been feeling since late February. Knowing that what I'm feeling isn't weird or unique does help a lot, and Camus's perspective on the meaningless of life is also in a way really uplifting right now I'm just kinda rambling right now, I just want to say great video and thanks

I love that you talked about Marge for this one. You see a lot on Lisa, Homer, and Bart when it comes to Simpsons analysis. They're cool characters as well but I conclude that some of this is because of the collective assumptions about housewives (fictional or otherwise). You know, they're naggy when they have no right to be, out of touch, discards liberation; that kind of thing. Of course, people feel ill about the ones who try to keep order. In comedies, people hate the more normal ones in the bunch because it's a little too real and ruins the fun. They're called back to being young and their mothers scolding them against anything that seemed like fun. Many of us privileged enough to come from good homes have smothers as the household matriarch but we can forget that they mean well when we're caught up in finally enjoying something that isn't so mundane. With the (once) subversive nature of The Simpsons, we saw that Marge was right at times and had reasonable requests. This departed from previous depictions of housewives that just seemed uptight despite the little glints of glamour in their well-maintained homes. The Simpsons back then had a little ways to go when it came to turning the sitcom's perception of women on its head, with us not being there yet even now in fresher shows, but it did get people to think about it. No, not as big breakthroughs but in "hey, maybe she has something that could help us out in the long run." Yes, viewing a person as a utility isn't the best start but we take so much pride in productiveness that it becomes a tool women use to get ahead out of necessity. All that's to say Marge matters. I root for her because I know real life intelligent, resourceful women that never get put first because they're in situations that give them lives that unfortunately don't matter to a lot of people.

Something this excellent video reminds me of that i think you'd enjoy is raphael bob-waksberg 15 tweet poem 'does marge have friends?' It's a haunting exploration of the kind of lonely repetition marge endures, and the fragile fleeting connection between her and maude flanders. I get chills every time i read it, but especially the closing line: And Maude whispered this: "It's not the calm before the storm that frightens me. It's the calm that follows."

You're the kind of girl to steal every crush I'll ever have, and I'd let you cuz I'm crushing on you too.

A Streetcar Named Marge is my favorite episode ever. I love everything about it.

My 12th rib 😳🤭 is gone 🤑🤣 I am 💅🤷 the Übermensch 🤗😇

The first great piece of quarantine art. This made me feel seen, and sad, and hopeful. Would love to see more of your takes on tv shows. I actually was able to work on bojack (in a minor capacity), so if you have any questions feel free to reach out. Stay strong

amab nb here, only partially into the vid but this quarantined mental health + tradwifestyle consideration is surprisingly resonant. Well put so far

This video reminds me of the time my dad made me and my brother watch Monty Python's The Meaning of Life and told us that there would be a point at the end.

I’m sorry... taking care of a man prepares you for having a child? Why TF would you marry someone who acts that much like a child?

I've been thinking of this tradwife thing a lot. It's like, people recognize that the modern world is stressful and things really suck. But they're stuck in this capitalist realism where they don't think of ways they could fix the world and move forward because they simply can't imagine anything new, so all they're left with is looking backwards.

This was incredible. My mental health boulder recently rolled all the way to the bottom of the hill and I have been staring at it, in a stupor questioning the point of starting to roll it back up. This is helping. Thankyou

I had suicidal thoughts last week. I have to wait another week to finally see a therapist. My family and friends are the only ones keeping me afloat despite quarantine being lifted where I live. The 2nd wave grows near. I quit my job before the pandemic hit to move to a new country, and now who knows if I'll find a job any time soon. I can't think about dating, because I don't know if the other person is an asymptomatic COVID carrier and I'll end up endangering the rest of my family. Every time I feel bad, I remember that I'm incredibly privileged compared to many people around the world, which makes me feel even worse. It's nice to find a video like this, while at the same time, it makes me remember everything that has been tormenting me for the past months.

I don't usually leave comments, you can all ignore this, this is just a random brain tangent so my OCD wired brain doesn't think about this for the next 5 hours. But I've struggled a lot with coming to terms with the fact that I'm disabled and will never feel as good or be as able bodied as I used to when I was a child. But the main thing that has kept me going is writing and creating characters. In my most suicidal points in my life, the only reason I would stay alive was because if I died, then all my characters would die with me. It's weird. I feel less like a person and more like just a holding vessel for characters. I've been working on a comic I want to write for over 6 years now, and it might take a majority of my life to write but I'm happy with that. Writing this comic is what I live for literally. It is my absoulte main goal in life to write this comic and then post it on the internet. I used to think much more about exitensical stuff and my disability and everything but now idk if it's my autistic brain or something, but I've just like, been fixated on this comic. This is my life and this is what I want to do with it. To make this comic. I'm thankful I have this comic and that my brain is wired the way it is because I guess it keeps me from thinking about greater things. Even if the comic is bad, and no one likes it. I won't care that much because the comic will be done. And my life goal will be complete. I see people talking about how they feel like they have no meaning in life and I feel really sad for them. Idk how I can be satisfied in life with such a simple meaning. Maybe I just have a simple brain idk I'm not going anywhere with this, and I know I'm extremely privlaged to even be able to have the time to think about writing a comic. Idk I'm in extreme physical pain literally everyday of my life, but this comic man, this comic makes it all worth it. It's my hyperfixation.

A eclectic video essay about the Simpsons, absurdism, the role of women in society during the last century, existencialism and small Electra Heart references... Thanks, I love it.

This is the first content wanting I've ever seen for dereality. As someone with a dissociative disorder -who is thankfully in a better place than they were before-, thank you.

Your stuff makes me want to make my own video essays some day.

The moment Only Skin hit, gosh, I knew I was getting into something amazing.

Okay, I wasn't the only who actually looked up "Uh Oh, Troll's World Tour Advocated for Genocide Denial" was I?

Me: puts on this video essay to listen to while I draw Also me: Stops drawing to watch video

This is a masterpiece! And you've introduced me to Joanna Newsom, so another win. Thank you for your hard work on this video!

I'm going to sound like a straight up grandma here, but when I was your age I was also into Camus. I think his work appeals to young adults because the expectations on them are, in fact, absurd, and contradictory. You're supposed to have this epic Animal House life in college, but you're not supposed to drink or party and focus only on your studies. You're supposed to act like an adult, but they market spring break as this time when you go to Florida and get to act like a kid. People come to see alcohol as freedom to be what they want to be, which they suddenly no longer have. The work you do in college and/or as a teenager seems Sisyphean, you are always doing schoolwork that seems to have no purpose other than to pass the time until you can graduate.

This was really interesting to watch as someone who had to come to terms with being disabled and unable to work before covid. Dont get me wrong, I was dependent in society functioning as before, but it was interesting to see everyone talk about the same feelings I had because of incessant agoraphobia. Before covid I was already well aware of what it was like not leaving your house day after day. Idk maybe something that could clear up the fact that this isn't a new phenomenon because of covid. Just a more mass experience.

Remarkable that you happen to get this out when Marge Simpson is trending on twitter

Im at the 26:36 mark and as soon as you said the yellow wallpaper I got chills because I not only understood where you were going, that comparison brought back all those visceral feelings and I could FEEL what you were talking about. My weeb heart is said Homura from Madoka Magica isn't talked about though.

as someone who grew up with a mother who was told by her father that her only responsibility was to be a housewife. and yet, she went into the workforce twice, and got her masters in her thirties. i was taught that while the job of a mother was important, the job of a father was just important, and that both the mother and father deserved ambitions and aspirations, and should work to support each other. my father spent as much time with us as my mother did. in fact, as we grew older and my moms job grew more intense, i often saw my father more. i realize now that i had probably one of the rarest occurrences on this earth. But my point is that my perspective always made me inherintly dislike homer. I saw my father as a man who was just as good of a parent as my mother ,and my mother as hard of a worker and full of her own career ambitions. so in a way, seeing the homer and marge dynamic confused me. why does homer go off drinking after work? why does marge feel like she cant assert herself enough to change things? it made me realize how important parental figures are in your life. they help define how you see others, how you behave, what you deem acceptable. as funny as the simpsons is, im not sure that it becoming the norm is a really pleasing thought. one day id like to see a very functional couple. not a perfect couple. a functional one. a problem solving one. i think children need to see more of that. because, guess what? anyone can make the best out of a worst situation. The simpsons had its moments to be sure. but when your premise revolves around how dysfunctional this family is 90% of the time, maybe it shouldnt become the most influential show in american history. tl;dr theres a danger in cynicism with a hint of optimism.

This hit me for a lot of reasons: The Simpsons is the nearest thing to religion I have; Though I've never been suicidal, today I realized listening to a song about suicide was helping quell the anger I've been feeling about... everything in 2020; By coincidence, earlier today I talked about the idea of eternal recurrence as it relates to Bruce Banner in the comic book The Immortal Hulk and how Banner must eternally suffer because the story will never end and my friend said "Banner isn't a real person" so I'm really glad YOU get it, at least; I've also been using Tubthumping to cheer myself up after long days at work. So, thank you, for just getting it

Like a lot of people I’ve been watching The Simpsons since I was a kid, and Marge has always been my favourite character but she is so often overlooked. I’ve always found her a very compelling and kind of tragic figure. I’m glad you made this video, it was very interesting, entertaining and it made me feel all sad and fuzzy inside.

as someone that is stuck in a loop of realizing being stuck in a loop and never reaching full acceptance of it only to rinse and repeat it all over again while it feels like everything else is continuing, and as someone who just really likes what people on the internet make in relation to the simpsons, this was a very nice watch, very moving

gurl lemme tell you... i started crying at some point in the "have you not had enough?" segment and the video is over and i'm still crying and it feels so weird cuz like i feel pretensious and guilty and unworthy and isolated and pathetic and disposable and unsignificant and not special enough/anymore i have so much laundry and dishes to clean college is ruined and idk your self awareness always gets me cuz i see myself in you somewhat and by this point i forgot what i was crying about in the first place but idk something really hit me at some point and omg this is stupid i thought i was going to cry watching thelma and louise for the first time earlier today but i cried watching this video essay on youtube wow quirky behavior

A recent film called "Swallow" dealt with much of this same subject matter. I'd definitely recommend it for further watching.

Hey now, I’m gonna KEEP WATCHING BECAUSE THINGS DONT NEED A THESIS TO BE INTERESTING (though it often helps) anyway haven’t hit the end yet but this is a great vid

"but that's not really a finale, is it? it's just another day." for some reason this line immediately made me think of the phrase "the moment that you die will feel exactly the same as this one"

You ever think about how marge has always just recently (roughly a year ago) given birth to a baby in every episode

My suicidal depression started when I discovered philosophy P.s. I'm not suicidal but realizing life is meaningless just sucked the color out of my life RIP childhood phase

eyyyyyyyyy just found your channel and binged EVERYTHING and now Im getting some more gooooooooooood food im blessed

" I take a whiskey drink, I take a vodka drink, and when I have to pee I use the kitchen sink"

Aahh!!! Holy shit this is so incredibly good! You’ve outdone yourself yet again pal! Also it was an honor to read that very horny quote 😅

Jesus christ she literally sounds and looks and acts like a female Ben Shapiro 🤣. Also she sounds like she's desperately trying to convince herself and others of how happy she is in her marriage. 😬

I'm currently writing a silly video about Marge escaping the Matrix that is Springfield and finally liberating from the loop and I stumbled upon this wonderful video.

I have a saying that just keeps me sane enough. “Just sit through it.” It applies to everything. A tattoo. Bad conversation. Drug-induced Existential crisis. Anything!

I still maintain Apu is actually the most flatteringly presented character in the entire series.

As a theatre nerd and Simpson's fan, does this mean you're one of the like 5 people who've seen "Mr Burns a Post Electric Play"

Personally, as a masc-leaning NB person, I love the cottagecore aesthetic. Hobbies like sewing, cooking, art, etc. Give me a chance to escape my life .. it's a chance to relax and be left with my thoughts. It's nice to dream about a place where I don't have to work menial jobs all the time and can just live how I want to and do the hobbies I want. It's tied into how I love vintage fashion; just because the fashion is amazing doesn't mean I would ever want to live in that era, you know? We can pick and choose which aspects of culture we want to embrace, and can still think critically about it. I'm ex-mormon, and it's been hard to grapple with what aspects of that culture I like and want to accept, and which is too tied in to trauma for me to ever have as part of my life.

This has "Best KZfaq video of the year" written all over it. Seriously, I watch an inexcusably large amount of video essays every year, and this video is at the top. This is an achievement.

As a cis Male I had to get drunk to watch this and still cried at the pain of my new empathy. I knew it was coming. I dont particularly like your videos. But I love them. I appreciate them.

I really enjoy your content and as silly as it may be the way you time your ad placements honestly elevates it. Having them as book markers between transitions and skits was perfectly timed and very masterfully done and is reminiscent of the 50s era tv transitions I assume you’re probably parodying. I’m an artist and that kind of attention to detail of the viewers experience is very nice. A lot of you tubers just front load a single ad, which I also appreciate. Idk if this is at all how it works but if by putting more ads on your video than one you make more money, the way you did it is seamless. And more essayists should adopt it to get that cash 😂

The classical abby supercut is probably an editing highlight of this essay. I can't remember last time i had such a visceral reaction to a media piece

Went in expecting a Simpsons video essay, ended up getting an existential crisis. Really great video, this is the kind of thing I wish I could make.

Lola: Camus says you have the option to watch Onward Me: .... on Disney+?

This video is an absolute delight! P.s. "Die fröhliche Wissenschaft" translates to "the happy science" ;)

These are always so good. So glad the KZfaq algorithm recommended me your channel out of the NC's The Wall debacle. Keep up the great work.

16:55 did she deadass just say you need to care for your husband like a child as practice for when you have babies? I-

"yes" "yes?" "yes!" me too, troy

I really feel this. I made the decision to go back to school many years ago now after working several dead end jobs. I already had kids at the time, but I got through it, going to work at 3 in the morning, stop at a truck stop to change, head to class for 8 hours, go home and do my best st being a mom. I graduated with a BS in education and a near perfect gpa. I'd decided by the end I didn't want to teach, but almost immediately after graduation, while I was still pondering a different path, I started developing autoimmune disease. Now I'm a stay at home mom and a housewife waiting on cataract surgery, growing our food and homeschooling the kids while my husband works. Ther whole experience changes the way I feel about education and labor. We toil and toil for something that's so utterly precarious that it can just end, but I'm not simply back where I started. What bothers me most is the way this kind of life is devalued by society while simultaneously being put on a pedestal, both being a housewife and self sufficiency. I don't get paid for what I do, but I do feel a more direct connection to my own work than I ever did before.

As a research scholar with a wfh editorial job you cannot imagine how much i empathise with you. Incidentally I have been reading a lot of philosophy too, deleuze in my case. My life right now is the same. I am torn between shame and guilt. we are living in such unprecedented times

Omg Close to You playing in the background😭😭

Fifteen minutes in and this is already touching on everything I am thinking about and experiencing right now. Wild. And thank you.

When I was young my father pressured my mother into becoming stay at home. He then later guilted her by complaining that she didn’t work and “spent all his money” when she was taking care of the household and little baby me. They’re divorced now, and she’s told me it was a huge relief to finally be able to live her dreams of having a career (massage therapist!) and be her own person. I’m proud of her immensely, and I can distinctly remember being about 9 years old and being scared that my fate was going to be to be a wife and be miserable. I know now that im older that being a wife, and being miserable, do not have to go hand in hand.

yo this is actually kinda weird (not the video it was great *chef's kiss*) but like i've actually been thinking a lot about shit like this lately. like wtf am i supposed to do when I have all that I thought I wanted at home? and like, is this life? wacky stuff

27:55 I love that you are using this clip so much ❤

KZfaq really knew what it was doing when it put you in my recommended. My quarantined self has been mentally stimulated for the day! ❤️ You are absolutely brilliant, thank you for sharing with the Internet.