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The Futurama earth flag is hilarious (feddit.org)
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I mean, MAGA can't wipe their own ass.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Futurama is chock full of big and little jokes, many not spoken, and I often have to pause to read them.

Nixon's head refering to his people as "fellow Earthicans" is always on point somehow. Also endorsing products during his speeches. And calling the flag "ol' Freebie".

Also, considering Futurama was most active in the 20-oughts, it's often interesting to see how they satirize the very same issues the US are dealing with today.

I'm currently re-watching the whole shebang and sometimes I just have to take a screenshot. Unpolitical, therefore somewhat OT:
https://i.ibb.co/ShtJYXB/Futurama-Into-The-Wild-Green-Yonder-01.png
https://i.ibb.co/27p1BZZd/Futurama-Into-The-Wild-Green-Yonder-02.png
https://i.ibb.co/G1y5JqJ/Futurama-Jurassic-Bark.png

[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago

This year's 4th of July is brought to you by the great taste of Charleston Chewwwww!

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don’t get it

[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

They call it an Earthican flag. I have not read into the Futurama wikis but assume the bad America politicians (like Nixon & Headless robot Agnew) progressively took over the planet. More and more show similarities become current US events.

The funny... if this stuff continues we're going to need a new USA flag.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The funny… if this stuff continues we’re going to need a new USA flag.

Indeed. It's too cluttered, violating good design principles. For example, four stars would be enough. Of course, this means merging a few provinces here and there, but that's easy. Also make sure to rename them, to fulfil Glorious Taco Hair's ambitions.

Here's my proposal.

[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I tried to look for a generic shape pic of North America. But I guess I'm too tired right now, because my brain saw this image below and said... "it's Patrick wearing a cape riding a giant seahorse with SpongeBob on its back looking the other direction smoking a cigarette".
I need to go to bed.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fuck. FUCK. I'm seeing it.

Ellesmere and nearby islands are Patrick's head. Bob's cig is Alaska. Baja California is the cape. That dick-shaped province in SE USA is the seahorse's snout. Quebec is the seahorse's "mane".

[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oops, I should have horizontally flipped the coin-op picture. My seahorse is * huge*, its tail is Mexico and Patrick's cone tipped head is Northern-most Canada. Quebec is SpongeBob.

I like yours too! 😁

[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

Oops it's missing Greenland.

Crap -- he's holding a Trump flag.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago

I too laugh when jokes are funny.

[–] Malatesta@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Old Freebie

[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

It really is just funny that—not only is it an American flag—but it’s the “Earth” flag and it only shows the globe centered on America.

That view of the globe only shows like 20% of the world’s population since the majority of humanity lives outside of the American continents.