I read a whole academic paper once about Bart's wildly different standards of success. It was awesome

just like beavis and butthead

Only bleak if you're thinking about it from an adult's point of view! I think a kid would love to be a grizzled wanderer... or at least pretending to be one.

@@Donteatacowman we have a book basically about that from Sweden written by Astrid Lindgren, don't know if it's as well known as her other works outside Sweden, _Rasmus and the Vagabond._ Basically is about a kid hanging out with a hobo.

​@@daveruthenberg5669 do you know if it could be read online

"Ah wash mahself wit a rag onna stick..."

And he still thinks it's cool.

The idea of being an outlaw is cool to him. Bart Simpson on the side of law and order? Has the world gone topsy-turvy?

Pretty certain it's a nod towards Rambo

There was nothing in that daydream that was beyond his control.

I like that idea that despite whatever depths Bart sinks into during his adulthood, he does eventually become Chief Justice

@@battlesheep2552 I mean, Clarence Thomas is a corrupt, depraved old fool and he's a SCOTUS justice. Kavanaugh spent his entire hearing justifying his rampant alcoholism and lying through his teeth, claiming he most definitively wasn't a sexual predator. Compared to them, Bart is an angel.

​@@battlesheep2552Don't know why they decided to change both Bart and Lisa future. The new future has both of them having miserable lives.

@kristoferscott3677 Because maybe the later seasons are bad? (Didn't watch past 7 myself, but thats only my opinion.)

​@@kristoferscott3677 Two times over, in different ways.

Holy macaroni u're right

There were a lot of nerdy maths stuff in Simpsons, if you are smart enough to know it (not Me lol)

Brilliant. Thank you.

Well I'll be jiggered! I never noticed that.

​@Mike Roa Greschen Nice pick up, totally did not realise that until you pointed it out!

Efficiency costs jobs.

How do you know its 1 can per bag of test?

Who cares the us government has money

That van gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.

Security, man, security.

Same haha

Oh Lisa, that's a load of... rich creamery butter

Its a reference to a first generation computer named Emma, so its smart too!

@@aaronnorris8015 came here to say that lol

It's not too far fetched. I'm a Marine Engineer and plenty old Chief Engineers like to name their Engines (usually with as many Letters as the Engine has Cylinders), and "come on Emma you can do it" (despite Marine Engines rarely having less than 6 Cylinders) would be a very normal Sentence if something doesn't go as it should. Just think of that Mechanic in the Movie "Das Boot" shouting in strong Dialect at his Engine that it must keep going. Btw. did I once work on a Ship with yet unnamed Engines, and had great Fun with the not so old Chief Engineer to give our Engines Names with a bad Reputation, as in Names that are associated (in Germany) with poor Education and bad Behaviour. I don't know any Examples for English Language, but we named our Main Engine "Chantalle", the two Diesel Generators "Justin" and "Marvin" and the Emergency Generator "Enrico". The best Part is, that the next Chief Engineer after that was named Enrico too, and we totally did not pick that Name to poke a little Fun at him. In fact, it more likely was the only Purpose of naming the Engines.

What even happened? Either she is unlucky af or just a partner so lousy even the marriage counselor has no remorse towards her.

@@mk-ou5si he chased something small and fluffy down a rabbit hole

"Chef Lonelyheart's Soup for One"

She's bitter because she got cucked.

Imagine that same posture and glare every time you walked in for first period and now you understand what it's like to go to an inner city school in the early 2000's.

Gotta be careful with those crazy kids.

Considering American schools these days, I'm not surprised

* Native Indian.

​@@Myndirisn't it native american?

American Indian?

@@SmokedBear0 I thought the whole point was not to call them Indians because they aren't Indian, they're native Americans

@@Schnort While it was initially incorrect, that mistake was made well over 500 years ago, so for over 500 years the word "Indian" has been a part of their culture. Obviously it varies greatly from tribe to tribe, no ethnicity is a monolith, but a large portion prefer the terms American Indians or Native American Indians. I _think_ it's the majority, but don't quote me on that. The simple solution is to simply ask the Native what they prefer to be called.

You mean in South Side? My grandma lives there. You could literally mark the progress of air travel by the planes coming in and out getting quieter and quieter as I grew up. I remember once going to Dead End Park and a plane flying incredibly low over us.

@@Werewolf_Korra I was on the other side near Valley Junction. Got out to the South Side a few times when I worked for the Post Office, though I mostly worked the East Side. Nice people there.

​@@Werewolf_Korrawhat a lovely name for a park. I assume that's where bodies are dumped?

@@unoriginalname4321 it was at the end of a dead end street.

I've heard the "It's because 1 cargo flight per day goes to Canada" line several times from people, and I think it's likely bunk. UPS routes all their stuff through Louisville, and FedEx through Memphis. How could there possibly be enough mail going from Iowa to one specific part of Canada (it's huge) to justify a flight directly there from Des Moines? It is my understanding that "International" as a designation is d/t the runways being a certain length, having customs offices, etc. In other words, it is set up as able to have international flights, it doesn't nesc. mean it does. There may be some charters from time to time.

Yeah, turns out there's actually a lack of people in agriculture because the work is too bad for the pay for even illegal migrants to really 'want' to do it, so they have genuine problems getting people to stick around. Sure they could just pay people more, but then the profits wouldn't be as high as the company expects and nobody wants that! Gotta love American capitalism, right? Really wouldn't surprise me if one of those groups lobbied schools to be like "Hey... you can uhh... push kids to do this just a bit, right? We really need people right now. Not enough to pay them well, but still."

It's also really dumb. Like how would any student know they would enjoy farming work until they've done? I'm not advocating for children to do farm work, but my point is that children have no real world experience to be making decisions about jobs.

Or the government wants to take control of your life and decide how your going to live giving you no freedom at all

What was Ralph’s career Salmon gutter?

James (or possibly Jamey) Roberts is the other one

You're in luck! According to the Simpsons Archive, the names are *Janet Roberts* and *James Reardon.* The first seems to be a random name, but the second was indeed a former animator and director, a.k.a. Jim Reardon.

I notice Lisa chose that option on her test sheet.

Better than the smell of anime con-goers.

I prefer the smell of gasoline, personally.

@@ldl1477 Yah, ill take that any day over people waiting in line. The gasoline can be from anything in STEM but bank customers is too specific.

​@@IN-tm8mwTbf, most office jobs smell like banks

Thrilhouse

I always thought this was a pun for Milhouse's full name: Milhouse Mussolini van Houten :)

The gag holds up with the future episodes where he grows up to be a gymrat too

Knife goes in. Guts come out.

@@Leopoldshark That's what Osaka Seafood Concern is all about

He's not a carpenter. He would destroy before building anything to benefit others. And he's definitely not going to nurse anybody.

How else is he supposed to end up as chief justice of the supreme court?

@@music-channel69 Yes, but it was a nurse shark, which is really a weird animal name combination, if you ask me.

@@Winterascent Because sharks are the hunters of the ocean. Which makes them self providers to their kids.

@@Winterascent nurse sharks are real animals (as were the other options)

Or a caterpillar.

Or that he would go live with underground grandma.

Good-evening, Rex

The psychiatrist always saw him as a failure I wish they'd make a future episode where Bart is a success rather than an unemployed loser

@@minhajnizam5090 For Lisa's wedding he was a very happy Demolitions Heavy Machinery Operator.

​@@TiroDvDSometimes it's tough to find your slot in the machine when you're not "apt", but it's nice to see Bart working a honest job that he likes.

There is so much child abuse in this show, and the only reason we laugh is because we know that real schools are like that too and laughing hurts less than crying.

Lum!

It’s probably just a coincidence but it could be a crack at the fact that the Des Moines International Airport does not offer any international flights, despite the name (nor has it ever, as far as I know)

"the G.O.A.T.? where'd you dig up that piece of communist trash? down here we operate on hard work and good ol' nepotism"...

You are approached by a frenzied Vault scientist, who yells, "I'm going to put my quantum harmonizer in your photonic resonation chamber!" What's your response? A. "But doctor, wouldn't that cause a parabolic destabilization of the fission singularity?" B. "Yeah? Up yours too, buddy!" C. Say nothing, grab a nearby pipe and hit the scientist in the head to knock him out. For all you knew, he was planning to blow up the vault. D. Say nothing, but slip away before the scientist can continue his rant.

The Overseer

​@@matthew8153I can't find it anywhere.

Intentionally: The GOAT test is sort of making fun of the CAT. No accident they both abbreviate to animals.

American school system is made to turn kids into soldiers.

…ummm what kind of school did you go to? Which country? In my country, at my school, like most civilised places, you actually learn something

​@@Aneliuse The US education system is absolutely shit thanks to the founding of the Federal Department of Education in 1979 by Jimmy Carter. Which has since allowed politicians to effectively have control over the schools nationwide and allowed Teacher Unions to hold an iron grip on the given community and had legislation has done more harm to this country than good which is why alternative schooling such as homeschool and private schools has been on a steady rise since the start of 2018.

@@Aneliuse I work in a school (support staff, not teacher) and... yeah, he's right. Everything that goes on in a school is geared towards a singular goal: Exam grades. That's how the school is evaluated. It's how the teachers are evaluated. We are all slaves to the tests. Maths classes especially - they subject their students to an endless parade of practice and past papers, not just to teach math, but to teach exam technique. Learn the types of question that will be in the exam and how to deal with them. Sometimes a student has a complete breakdown in exam season - they spend years of their life preparing for this one moment, upon which their entire future will depend, and then just snap under the extreme stress. There's also the 'exam induced stupidity' where a student becomes so fixated on the exam that they lose all basic common sense, and can't remember how to spell their own name. Genuinely curious students are a bit of a problem for teachers, because they have a tendency towards individual study - they want to learn things, and waste precious time by studying things which will not be on the exam and thus serve no purpose to the school.

@@AneliuseWhat country is that?

I mean, industrial chemist doesn't sound so bad

@@ricardonb6375 Well, being an alcoholic is halfway there...

It's the greatest injustice ever.

Smith came before Silver anyways, so it's not entirely alphabetical

when you notice something like that, a wizard did it

And why are they upright!?

A story worthy of Grampa Simpson.

Have you seen the state of the US Military nowdays? He would fit right in.

Some of those future episodes have him getting pretty buff. And then there's nerd rage to consider.

@@fakeplaystore7991 Guessing you're the kind of guy who ALMOST served but decided against it.

“Egghead loves his bookie-wook!”🎵🎶

"Gasoline", "French Fries", "Bank customers"

good thing you were here to point this out. Or are you new here to earth?

​@@jdsartre9520 So many comments on clips like this amount to "I liked the joke."

I also like jokes.

Thanks for that, I couldn’t quite understand what Ralph said. It sounded a bit like cereal gardener. But salmon gutter it is.

Salmon CUTTER

I dunno, dissociating was one of the few types of acceptable behaviour, so to me it just looks like an accurate representation of school. Is it ironic if it's just accurate?

Err I think you might 100% Homer.

Long Island isn't real.

@@FCS7 But they sure make a mean iced tea...

Wait she's swapped out with the boy at 1:14 wtf

never noticed :D

Grandpa methods always work.

Percussive maintenance.

Probably Lumpy the school snake.

Strangles?

Maybe a callback to "whacking day"?

@@ldl1477 Your call back to that call back is a great call back.

@@FCS7 Ok? Thx?

Especially since that's the crux of the whole episode.

Names come in and out of popularity. Also, it's normally spelled "Mabel."

But if you watch the Simpsons as an adult now, it really is lame - it's well known for the decline in quality of humor, as the entire writing team has been replaced several times over.

Krabapple? I thought her name was Crandle!

haha KRAB- Apple