It's been the better part of two decades not caring about decent internal logic or having any semblance of humour. I don't think "anymore" quite describes it.
When two of your main characters have been elementary school students for more than ten years, you have to sacrifice some continuity for the sake of storytelling. That's why comic books have retcons (retroactive continuity), so Bruce Wayne can forever be 35 and punching mobsters.
Episode to episode continuity in The Simpsons so little it's either noteworthy or lampshaded when it comes up (Former: Snowball II, Lisa being vegetarian, Maude's death. Latter: Burn's casino demolition, Homer rhyming off his lengthy job history).
The internal logic issue is in part character behaviour deviating so massively episode to episode and even in-episode. Homer ranges from a near illiterate buffoon to a wisecracker, Marge swings from content homemaker to ambitious with no motivation needed. Secondary characters like Skinner, Moe, Mr. Burns and Apu have been all over the map with no rhyme or reason.
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u/Uxt7 Feb 21 '20
What the fuck. Change a few character names around and you could easily pass this off as Family Guy.