• @Godort@lemm.ee
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    22 days ago

    I bet there is a really interesting sociology paper about how The Simpsons shaped culture and language for Gen X and millennials

    • Theo
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      22 days ago

      Maybe, but there are a number of books on what The Simpsons teaches us about science and mathematics, among others. I wouldn’t doubt there is a paper that talks about that.

      • @poweruser
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        32 days ago

        Also linguistics. The Simpsons taught me that “embiggen” is a perfectly cromulent word

        • Theo
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          32 days ago

          Yeah, they literally invented it and got it added to the dictionary. Here, I thought I had heard it before.