{"id":1752655,"date":"2022-11-27T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T11:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752655"},"modified":"2022-11-27T09:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T14:48:28","slug":"elon-musk-gives-the-simpsons-credit-for-predicting-his-twitter-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-gives-the-simpsons-credit-for-predicting-his-twitter-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Gives \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d Credit for Predicting His Twitter Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-gives-the-simpsons-credit-for-predicting-his-twitter-takeover%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752655&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Simpsons have done the unpossible again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk<\/a> is highlighting a 2015 episode from the Fox animated sitcom that seemingly hinted at his Twitter takeover. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimpson\u2019s predicts I buy Twitter S26E12,\u201d Musk, 51,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1596427779587080195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> tweeted Saturday. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The episode, titled \u201cThe Musk Who Fell to Earth,\u201d begins by showing Lisa Simpson tending to a birdhouse with a sign that reads, \u201cHome Tweet Home.\u201d She is feeding baby birds when a bald eagle snaps them up and kills them. <\/p>\n<p>As the eagle flies into the distance, Musk arrives in his rocket ship. Fire from the aircraft incinerates the eagle \u2014 a longtime emblem of the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrace yourselves, family. We are about to meet a being with intelligence far beyond ours,\u201d Homer Simpson says before directing Bart to grab his baseball bat.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-44-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-44-1.jpg\" alt=\"Since taking over Twitter last month, Musk has made wholesale changes to its content moderation policy.\" class=\"wp-image-24747654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-44-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-44-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-44-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Elon Musk is photographed at Twitter headquarters. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter account of Elon Musk\/AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk takes off his space helmet and identifies himself: \u201cHello, I\u2019m Elon Musk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Homer hurls the bat at his head. Lisa yells, \u201cDad, no! Elon Musk is possibly the greatest living inventor.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The camera pans to a new technologically advanced birdhouse that has attracted several birds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess humanity wants its change once birdhouse at a time,\u201d Lisa says as Musk re-boards his ship.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\">[embedded content]<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Simpsons have long been known to predict future real-life scenarios. <\/p>\n<p>Fans of \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d are also convinced the show predicted England and America\u2019s woeful 0-0 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/world-cup\/\">World Cup 2022<\/a> draw <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/25\/usmnt-draws-england-to-set-up-must-win-match-against-iran\/\">that played out Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the 1997 episode \u201cThe Cartridge Family,\u201d the family watches a TV ad for a match that will determine \u201cwhich nation is the greatest on Earth,\u201d but just seconds into the action, Homer is heard screaming \u201cboring!\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/12\/17\/the-simpsons-turns-30-heres-every-time-the-show-predicted-the-future\/\">A number of other predictions<\/a> that eventually came true include <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/16\/the-simpsons-predicted-donald-trumps-2024-presidential-run-in-2015\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 presidential run<\/a> and Germany lifting the World Cup in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Simpsons have done the unpossible again. 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