MalcolmLinair t1_jcgqqml wrote on March 16, 2023 at 6:35 PM

This whole bank debacle is making me think of the old Simpsons gag with the pig at barbecue. "It's just one bank failing, the economy's still good...! It's just a few small banks shut down, it's still good, it's still good...! It's just a major bank begging for help, it's still good, it's still good...!"

lifeisawork_3300 t1_jch7wmg wrote on March 16, 2023 at 8:24 PM

I think more of it like this episode

Bart:What do you mean the bank is out of money? Insolvent?...... Only have enough cash for the next three customers.

In conclusion your money is Bill and Freds house.

https://youtu.be/Bzz8BvaQL9Q

JackedUpReadyToGo t1_jcj2juk wrote on March 17, 2023 at 4:45 AM

I find myself missing the good old days of classic Simpsons more and more. Not only were the townsfolk of Springfield the quickest people in the world to descend into an angry torch-waving mob, they also manage to do so while completely upending a scene from a classic heartwarming movie like It's a Wonderful Life. It's such a humorous kind of misanthropy, heaping scorn on the myths we tell ourselves about the better angels of human nature and sketching a more accurate depiction of the way modern Americans truly act. The Simpsons has become so engrained in modern culture it's easy to forget it was once considered subversive, with the fucking President taking time out of his day to criticize it.

"Hey, what the hell ya doing with my money in ya house, Fred?" * punch *