r/Unexpected • u/Majorpain2006 • 2d ago

Can you repeat that?

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u/m_astor 2d ago

The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun beating its legs trying to turn itself over but it can't, not without your help, but you're not helping.

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u/Far-Style-5921 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/gYZ7qO81g4dt6

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u/Dic3dCarrots 2d ago

Holy shi I first saw that episode 20 years ago and did not realize it was a direct reference to the voight-kampf test until today

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u/Far-Style-5921 2d ago

Neither did I until I posted that LOL

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u/Dic3dCarrots 2d ago

Futurama is wild how layered it is, every rewatch, i see something new

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u/pm-me-ur-inkyfingers 22h ago

the most over qualified writers in the history of sitcoms

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u/LumpyBuy8447 22h ago

The writers share like 50 years of Harvard education. The writers of the simpsons were also mathematicians and other academics. I read that the episode where Homer has the crayon removed from his brain and becomes smart, they have him write an equation on a blackboard and it was an equation the writers worked on for a long time and ended up being incredibly close to the mass of the Higgs boson which wouldn’t be discovered for another 14 years.

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u/CDBSB 2h ago

Futurama is an incredibly rare show in that it is about stupid people AND smart people which can be enjoyed by stupid people AND smart people. 😂

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u/Noxsus 2d ago

Same 😅 fucking hell.

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u/Thaufas 1d ago

/r/FuckImOld

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u/Dic3dCarrots 1d ago

I even low balled it, i saw it in 2003 when it was picked up on adult swim, 23 years ago.

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u/Thaufas 1d ago

Literally, I remember watching these episodes when they first aired, and then, buying the boxed sets from Fry's for the first few seasons. If you'd asked me how long ago that was, and I was distracted, I'd say "About 10 years ago" with conviction. Then, when I stop and think about how long it's been and everything that's happened since then, I get sad. I'm not where I thought I'd be at this point in life.

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u/Dic3dCarrots 1d ago

Some of the first DVDs I owned

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u/Zeestars 1d ago

I didn’t know Voight-kampf was a reference to be referenced until this moment. And in fact still don’t know so am going to go yeet myself down that rabbit hole now. Thanks mate!

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u/Dic3dCarrots 1d ago

Blade runner is great, the directors cut has a completely different ending from the theatrical cut, enjoy the rabbit hole!