Labor Unions

Mayor Nutter could learn a thing or two about how to deal with Labor Unions from Mr. Burns.

[@Thrifty032781]

I love the idea that Burns' family was in the nuclear power business before nuclear fission was discovered.

[@harizotoh7]

It's unclear what in the hell the plant even does, as it appears to just be burly men hammering at metal.

[@Thrifty032781]

@@harizotoh7 They're supposed to be smashing and splitting atoms, like a nuclear power plant. Of course this makes no sense, but that's the joke.

[@Jose04537]

@@harizotoh7 They are making steel, Burns was a child of course his senile memory of the events is off.

[@paulmentzer7658]

Radium was known by 1900 and used in watches so the wearer could see what time it was without any light. That was the result of nuclear fission.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Cobra Viper

[@whitecrow494]

The kid was being kinda greedy. Back in those days it was expected of people to snag an atom or two, maybe three if you had a family. But six? He was asking to get caught.

[@Vollification]

Things where a lot more honest back in those days. Nowadays I hear people are actually stealing pencils at their workplaces! Pure anarchy, no wonder all the jobs are getting shipped out to China. Over there they shoot you if you try to steal sunlight from the window.

[@johndoe6260]

@@Vollification bruh

[@whitecrow494]

@@Vollification The workplace providing pencils?! On the company's dime?! Bosh! Flimshaw! Back in the old days workers had to supply their own fresh air and sunshine! Now they're just babying these people!

[@Milesco]

I'm gonna hafta make "Bosh! Flimshaw!" my new catchphrase.

[@jamjox9922]

He wasn't even wearing an onion on his belt, which was the style at the time!

[@silentfox139]

Gotta love that his family has been in the atom smashing business for decades

[@SLAPNTZ_MCCOY]

Since before we knew how nuclear fission worked

[@lucasbischoff2268]

omfg I must've seen this episode a hundred times and never made that connection lmao

[@RocketHarry865]

I think its actually mr burns going senile. The actual burns family buisness was steel milling but in the time between the 50's or 70's Mr Burns made the switch to nucelar production. Considering how long he has been alive I am pretty sure his mind is failing him causing him to misremember past experiences

[@finonevado8891]

@@RocketHarry865 pretty cool

[@rockk9753]

@@RocketHarry865 Im pretty sure its just a joke

[@CSHummer]

I like how he's avenging his grandfather, as if he was murdered by unions or something

[@milan51259]

Well. They murdered him... financially ;-D

[@mediokay508]

That or the Japanese ate him alive.

[@sethshaffer681]

He only made 2.99999999 billion dollars in profits instead of 3 so it's actually worse.

[@TheRoflcer]

@@mediokay508 I think they used a poison potato.

[@Red-Hood]

Lol yup

[@EdgyShooter]

"If only we'd listened to that boy... Instead of walling him up in the abandoned coke oven" Just the casual way he says it 😅

[@Simp_Zone]

Bosh! Flimshaw!

[@nutshot_brawler8466]

That was an actual sentence for criminals walling them up somewhere and leave them to die

[@uncommon_niagara1581]

Alongside the lack of reaction on Smithers' part.

[@sebastianlecourt1366]

This was how I first learned about that gothic trope

[@glumanteri]

That's Mr Burns for you 😁

[@akim2442]

I always enjoyed how they took the time to draw 6 "atoms" in his pocket

[@Glitcher2000]

Must have taken a really fine pen to draw six atoms.

[@beaminge]

One, two, three, four... Six of them! 😄

[@harizotoh7]

The whole thing is a pun on "atom smashers" and imagining what a nuclear power plant would be before nuclear fission. Apparently it's just big guys whacking away at metal to create "atoms" for study.

[@tv-pp]

All the hours spent slaving away at the animators desk.

[@thegrimmretails3777]

@@Glitcher2000 They were very talented artists. It's a shame they've been upended by people drawing penises with sidewalk chalk.

[@gamesnstuff657]

Sandal wearing gold fish tenders is the best stereotype of Japanese culture I have ever heard. Just utterly ridiculous in all the funniest ways

[@Threedog1963]

It’s how they were viewed in 1909, apparently.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@Threedog1963Japan was nearing the end of the Meiji era and had beaten Russia in War and had reached peer level with European powers and despite that, as well as a general mania for Japanese culture, they still did not like them?

[@DemonKingBadger]

@@johnnotrealname8168 well, Russia was usually about a generation behind technologically from Western Europe continuously playing catch up. Nearest I have been able to tell, winning the war made them a threat more than gain them acceptance.

[@user-cr3ti1vj6f]

yes but it's nowhere near the "cheese eating surrender monkeys"

[@girlgarde]

@@johnnotrealname8168 The Russians were regarded as backwards and crappy compared to the other major European powers plus if it hadn't been for the 1905 Russian Revolution, the Russians could've flooded the Japanese in Manchuria with sheer numbers at a time when Japan was critically low on resources to continue the war. Besides, racism against Asians including the Japanese was still widespread in the U.S and Canada.

[@muffemod]

Those sandal wearing goldfish tenders? BOSH FLIMSHAW!

[@ktowniecity7269]

@Boco Corwin Si

[@solarmaru49]

Imagine if this was a comment about black people. They would be losing it and demanding retribution.

[@muffemod]

@@solarmaru49 MUH HERITAGE, MUH STATES' RIGHTS!

[@emjackson2289]

THOSE TENNIS RACKET WEARING REINDEER HERDERS?!

[@Artexerxes101]

@@supersizesenpai That comment is an example of a manufactroversy.

[@johnathanryan2117]

In a time when almost every line in the Simpsons was genius, this stands out. Brilliant.

[@jessossenkopp]

Yeah this was my take away too. The writing really felt crisp. Not a lot of wasted dialogue at all.

[@vincent_hall]

The writers are genii. Wish I could get a band of genii to write my life story. But with me being successful, not an idiot Springfieldian.

[@AM-gc2wu]

@@vincent_hall the last thing you want for your life is to be like any of the Simpsons characters lool

[@brownpleasure9320]

season 3-14 i have all on dvd. they have extra contents also. those season are the best. 3-14. the absolute best is between season 5-9. i went over to family guy after i became an adult and simpsons kinda do the same thing with the new episodes. i have seen like 1 episode after 2015 that i actually laughed at

[@CorePathway]

Sandal-wearing fish tenders 😂

[@ArmageddonAngel]

I love that the Burns hired goons are the same from the flashback to the present

[@tiger_livs]

best observation here

[@MrFlyEntertainment]

Hired goons?

[@empire0]

I like to think that goonery is a long time family tradition

[@chrishargreaves8016]

@@MrFlyEntertainment Joey and Legs.

[@Nicebitoftucka]

Crusher and Lowblow

[@Corristo89]

That football player tripping over Jimmy Hoffa cracks me up every time xD

[@Forgemno]

He's actually in the Hudson River

[@supersizesenpai]

@@Forgemno No he's under the Homeplate at Yankee Stadium. lol

[@xerxes2044]

@@supersizesenpai former mob captain Michael franzese says he's in a body of water

[@danielk9067]

@@supersizesenpai No he's under the old endzone at Giants Stadium, so now he's under the new parking lot for Metlife lol

[@emberfist8347]

@@danielk9067 They checked for bodies at Giants Stadium when they tore it down.

[@GlassesAndCoffeeMugs]

"If only we had listened to that boy" "Well, time to take on that greedy union" lmfao

[@Plexuz0]

He means about the Japanese, who took up a massive amount of the world's automotive and electronics industry after beating the shit out of America in the Pacific in WW2, motivating the use of the atom bomb.

[@Around_blax_dont_relax]

@@Plexuz0 uuhhh what? Japanese naval power was absolutely destroyed by the americans. The atomic bombs were used to convince the emperor to agree to an unconditional surrender. You are very misinformed.

[@KIrbyTheFlrst]

@@Around_blax_dont_relax Imagine thinking we used the nukes to take out japan because we were scared of their navy which was almost non-existent after the battle of midway ( Carriers lead the way yo). Yikes the history is not strong in this one. For Laurence we used the nukes to dissuade the Japanese from continuing on the war past the other axis surrender. We knew the japanese civis would fight regardless of weapons and training which would result in huge causalities for US, Japanese armed forces and Japanese citizens. We saw the japanese armed forces determination in fighting for islands with no military value let alone the ones that did. If I recall correctly most sources said we would have had close to half a million causalities pushing into tokoyo, let alone the millions of japanese killed from their beliefs.

[@Around_blax_dont_relax]

@@KIrbyTheFlrst your reading comprehension is lacking, you wrote a whole essay reply to a comment you didnt even read properly

[@xero2715]

@@KIrbyTheFlrst Read their comment again. "Japanese naval power was absolutely destroyed by the americans."

[@joermnyc]

“If only we listened to that young man, instead of walling him up in an old coke oven.”

[@raze3297]

*boy *the abandoned Come on people, the clip is right in front of you. Is it really that hard to quote it correctly?

[@blob5907]

@@raze3297 thank you

[@Kain5th]

@@raze3297 ok nazi

[@Kain5th]

@hell fire of grammar

[@Kain5th]

@hell fire he's still being a dickhead and he knows it

[@buster5661]

It’s nice that burns appreciates and has fond memories of his family

[@nicks1451]

Sandal-wearing goldfish tender is one of my all time favorite insults

[@TheWineGuy101]

Anyone else love the way Burns' grandfather says " *ATOMS!* " at 0:40?

[@kat3217]

aToms!

[@f8talfury]

One, two, three, fourr….

[@charlesburns7391]

I love the little shake in his voice too

[@petrifiedtoaster8572]

I like to use "Bosh, Flimshaw!" in conversations when I'm not impressed by something.

[@emjackson2289]

Am I saying "Booooo" or "Boooo-urns"?

[@seththomas9105]

I started bringing "Tomfoolery" back in 2020. Now on to Bosh, Flimshaw!

[@Bloombaby99]

Whoa, you, too?

[@one8576]

@@Bloombaby99 Bosh, flimshaw!

[@vincent_hall]

Okay. I shall start using these words in conversation.

[@blacktimhoward4322]

As an American who works for a Japanese company this hits different

[@freddysw]

Those sandal wearing goldfish tenders?

[@miguelelgueta5830]

They really eat you alive guys

[@emjackson2289]

Whats your dental plan like?

[@blacktimhoward4322]

@@emjackson2289 Outstanding. I can be treated by any certified dentist in Japan for a very low rate. I live in Virginia of course, but the important thing is I'm covered

[@tonijelecevic9238]

Sogui

[@Sh0tgunJust1ce]

Plot twist: The union representative is actually the football player who got offered a lucrative career instead. The body-shaped mass on the pitch is unrelated.

[@jonathanmoxon9894]

To be fair to Mr. Burns, a green cookie on St. Patrick's Day is a pretty unreasonable request.

[@aguy7848]

But not an expensive one. $1.50+ per employee should be next to nothing for an operation Burn's size, well worth it to boost morale and get the union off his back.

[@komodosp]

But think of how many atoms it would cost!

[@hobomike6935]

I find it ironic, considering that when the Nuclear Safety commission came to inspect his plant, he tried to play them off by claiming "we make cookies here."

[@5688gamble]

Just buy them a year in advance

[@Alex_1729]

"Who's that young man, Smithers?" -"That's Homer Simpson, sir." "Simpson, eh? Never heard of him."

[@L0vac]

He's one of yours *INSERT FUNNY ADJECTIVE+WORK NAME" from Sector 7G

[@Rockhound6165]

@@L0vac it's even funnier when Smithers points out the many times the Simpsons have screwed Mr. Burns and he still can't remember.

[@Charbob-j9w]

I like the part in the Max Power episode where Mr. Burns says he's gonna remember Homer's new name very easily.

[@bosha6654]

I like to think that the "grandfather" was Mr Burns and the kid was just his kid so it seems like he's even older

[@YourOldUncleNoongah]

then WHO is the heartless billionaire that burns abandons his family for?

[@DrunkenCoward1]

@@YourOldUncleNoongah That was also Mr Burns.

[@allaussietraveller9879]

The flashback was Mr Burns with Larry Burns as a child.

[@tonijelecevic9238]

Like with grandpa Abe his life story is confusing.. One time he fought against the Germans in wwii and one other he says he made business with them

[@drafezard7315]

@@tonijelecevic9238 Not that confusing, you can do both.

[@SpectacularDisaster]

I love how this is 30 years old and still just as relevant

[@gabrielkawa3477]

Shouldn't you be saying unfortunately?

[@SpectacularDisaster]

@@gabrielkawa3477 I should have yes

[@gabrielkawa3477]

@@SpectacularDisaster Mhmm

[@Rootiga]

The older episodes still showed both sides of the coin, point out the positives and negatives of unions. Better conditions, but then they get corrupt and become a legitimate problem

[@jamessmith4208]

Your comment didn't age well@ukskids2987

[@danielcollin8227]

"Genuinely flawless seasons of the Simpsons! One, two, thr- SIX OF THEM!"

[@KH4444444444N]

Man, Grandpa Burns was a real slave-driver. I'm relatively certain that I have more than 6 atoms on my person as we speak. He probably would have given me lethal injection, you know, because I was trying to corner the Atom market from the inside.

[@rafmeinster]

Make it ten.

[@f8talfury]

Barsh! Flimsha!

[@Charbob-j9w]

"The Japanese?! Those sandal-wearing goldfish tenders? Haha! Barsh! Flimshwaw!" -Mr. Burns' grandfather

[@jimmiller5600]

In the past three years the CEOs of Ford, GM and Chrysler all got 40% raises. Mr. Burns would be proud.

[@danschneider9921]

My sister in law who is 1st generation Japanese American had a shirt made up that reads "Sandal-wearing goldfish tender" that she wears to comic con every year.

[@freebachelor5060]

It's crazy, but I knew a few Japanese natives in college that used racial slurs against themselves. I don't think they quite got why they were so offensive, but they found them funny and would say them. These were guys who had an okay grasp of English. Your comment makes me wonder if it's just that the Japanese don't care regardless of whether or not they're American.

[@alex31245]

Please tell me she's single lol

[@NihongoGuy]

@@freebachelor5060 My son's wife is Japanese and I worked for a Japanese corporation from 2011 to 2019 and I can tell you, the Japanese tend to have a hell of a sense of humor.

[@benstevinson764]

Union Strong! ⚒️💪 Resist Mr Burns!

[@happymolecule8894]

Damn right.

[@jasjfl]

That delivery on "The Japanese?!" gets me every time

[@V4Now]

Yeah the shock is just perfect given no one saw it coming in real life. Excellent writing.

[@andrewpytko4773]

I like how the football player is more annoyed than shocked.

[@nunbiz7328]

I like how the writers both pointed out why Unions came about and also the corrupt nature of a lot of modern unions.

[@bldontmatter5319]

Clever writing back then. Nowadays all they do is enforce some blatantly democrat point and crap on Republicans. It's ridiculous

[@arvinbuenaagua5161]

have you ever heard of the term unreliable narrator?

[@nunbiz7328]

@@arvinbuenaagua5161 that's literally irrelevant to the Clip and what I'm talking about. Him reminiscing shows the kind of inhumane treatment that led to the rise of unions. And the workers monologue pokes fun at the way modern unions conduct themselves in a self serving manner that doesn't help workers

[@lordnobody2210]

That's What separates good political commentary from bad, good political political commentary has the ability to mock both sides or are able to go deeper into how society work in the first place. Bad political commentary just tells you what box to check when voting season comes along.

[@spencerwilliams461]

good point, socialism destroys everything it touches.

[@chrislunsford5578]

2021 and my employer still does not give us green cookies for St. Patrick'a day. Bummer.

[@lordmikethegreat]

What you need is a union!! Pastries for all!

[@jonnybravo3245]

thats more of a 420 thing

[@bodavidson2804]

For that you'll have to give up your dental plan

[@Charbob-j9w]

​@@bodavidson2804 Lisa needs braces. DENTAL PLAN! Lisa needs braces. DENTAL PLAN!

[@mukinmukin6352]

AT-EMS! Loved the way he said it

[@williammassie8949]

This was doubly funny in the Japanese version.

[@coltonmason4623]

What's the translation?

[@MizantropMan]

@Boco Corwin I know you're joking, but knowing the japanese... it is actually a likely thing for them to sneak in. That and the denial of all their warcrimes.

[@goldcherries]

Ok but really, what did they say? Probably described themselves in a more general insult.

[@Scarletraven87]

They likely changed the nationality into something else in the japanese version.

[@Flyingferrets5]

@@TraustiGeir LOL holy shit! This guy just used the fucking Guardian as a source! XD What next? Using the crazy hobo behind the dumpster? Or maybe FOX? Or the local meth addict?

[@samturner8028]

I love that in the same season its established Burns was adopted into his wealthy family that his 'grandfather' is almost genetically identical. Also that he hired the same, unaging goons.

[@asdfff123]

"ATOMS! SIX OF THEM!"

[@ReyaitheShadowWolf]

"... a green cookie on St. Patrick's Day?"

[@BrianRetro]

No! Not the green cookie!

[@francisaustere1879]

In the French dub the union is demanding crêpes Suzette for Candlemas

[@LordTalax]

That sounds like a Lenny thing.

[@Bloombaby99]

Before there was Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and Rockefeller, there was "Boo-urns".

[@zbr76]

"It didn't use to be this way, Smithers. Nooo, it didn't use to be THIS way at all." Sounds like modern Simpsons described by someone who knows what the golden Simpsons was like.

[@malcontender6319]

@KyleR Grow-up.

[@mfahy0718]

"Then we'll go too far, and get lazy and entitled, and Bob's Burgers will eat us alive!!"

[@bluntamainia444]

“Come on, come on, crack those atoms!”

[@rutherfordclan5693]

Sandal wearing gold fish tenders!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@GreyWasteTim]

Bosh Flimshaw! Has been in my vocabulary ever since I first saw this episode

[@olly3231]

I miss the times when Simpsons were an actual satire and not just a soulless cartoon

[@Mrcharles.]

How old is burns? He’s gotta be in his late 90s if he was alive back in 1906

[@olly3231]

@@Mrcharles. I think the creators retconned the age of most characters at some point

[@godzillavkk]

Or you miss your childhood.

[@olly3231]

​@@godzillavkk Nope, this isn't nostalgia speaking. The writing direction of The Simpsons has demonstrably changed over the years.

[@AC-fg4kg]

@@olly3231 most people move on

[@theblueoctopus4494]

A green cookie on St.Patricks Day is the one thing I look forward to ever year.☘🍀

[@notsure1969]

The nerve of that worker to try and steal six whole atoms.

[@primarchicarus7099]

Happy Labor Day, everyone

[@coyoterx6002]

Those work conditions are Jeff Bezos approved!

[@phoenix21studios]

should be mad at the local government for not enforcing quality work environment regulations.

[@Kamelot19]

Nah, no patented cages for the workers?

[@juannaym8488]

@@phoenix21studios should be also mad at governments actively weakening organizations that are supposed to help workers

[@phoenix21studios]

@@juannaym8488 usually in the case of 3rd world countries, they just dont have the capacity to run something like OSHA. The populous probably isnt asking for an OSHA either.

[@sabotabby3372]

@@phoenix21studios correction: a large amount of weapons and money are provided to reactionaries by a mysterious benefactor any time the government tries to do anything left of giving away their land and resources to western corporations

[@AndrewLale-mr9jm]

'...walling him up in the abandoned coke oven.' The casual horror of the original Simpsons series, how we miss you.

[@FureyinHD]

Its packed so heavy with jokes, I can't even

[@Despond]

To be fair 6 atoms is too much. 3-4 is maybe acceptable but that's all.

[@empire0]

I agree, that greedy little bastard was probably forming all kinds of molecules at home

[@vulpesinculta3238]

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that's why I pocket atoms on company time.

[@danwilliams1989]

Typical day in Vince McMahon’s office

[@SirSpycrab]

i need to start saying "bosh, flimshaw" more often

[@arrownoir]

You haven’t said it at all.

[@Gigas0101]

Bosh Flimshaw was one of my favourite athletes growing up.

[@KF-hf4nt]

Bethesda employees working on Fallout 76

[@Hawkatana]

*Employees at any AAA Studio working on any video game

[@BoloBouncer]

Factories full of men tracing rays

[@kevnar]

Less than a minute and a half, this clip, and it's got like five legendary jokes.

[@pieman141]

If companies could, they'd go back to paying in company bucks and working people 16 hours a day. Thank a Union.

[@matthew8153]

You mean conditions caused by an open border allowing everyone to come in and degrade the value of human labor? Thank immigration control.

[@pieman141]

@@matthew8153 Uh? Those things existed long before there was border crossings. The 19th and 20th century had some of the worst labor conditions in history. Only by organized labor did companies start having to treat employees as humans. The border has never been open, and even if it was that gives corporations no right. Now corporations have convinced half of the country that Unions are communism and that you should be grateful for them taking away your pension and healthcare to save a couple dollars.

[@bigdumbclown]

If union workers could, they'd work less than one day a week, watch TV, get even fatter, and still complain about how everyone owes them something. Thank Capitalism.

[@pieman141]

@@bigdumbclown Maybe look into labor history and realize how thankful you should be that unions fought for your rights. Pensions, 401ks, Health insurance, 40 hour work week, and work place safety all thanks to unions. Corporations are not your friend.

[@Phantasia_Workshop]

Now it's all done by modern labor laws and OSHA. Unions are obsolete

[@blastermasterguy]

"If only we'd listened to that boy... Instead of walling him up in the abandoned coke oven..."

[@kanegarvey3188]

I like how the goons that take that kid away look the exact same as the ones that Mr. Burns uses when he’s running the plant lol generations of goons

[@Mscldrew]

I love how it’s the same squeaky voiced teenager that works everywhere, post office, Kristy burger, movie theatre…

[@BenjaminGoose]

@@Mscldrew wOuLd yOu LiKe fRiEs WitH tHat Sir

[@jamesuthmann940]

"Goon-ing has been our family tradition since we came over from the old country! You can't ask us to give that up!"

[@kanegarvey3188]

@@BenjaminGoose “GOD you’re greasy…”

[@coffeelover0876]

They're most likely ancestors of his current goons

[@Putnamsmif]

The current Conservative Government in the UK...

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

GOD SAVE THE KING

[@gimzod76]

As opposed to the labour party who they agree on 99.9999% of everything.

[@V4Now]

​@@gimzod76how it's done can be more important and in comparison the Tories can't do shit!

[@Srindal4657]

Unions play a major role in society. The issue is how do you stop a union from gaining too much power which then makes them corrupt?

[@anonymousskunk]

By out-competing them and offering similar labour for less pay.

[@kristoffer3000]

@@anonymousskunk Imagine being so whipped that you want to work for less pay in worse conditions 💀

[@anonymousskunk]

@@kristoffer3000 and yet, that’s exactly what thousands of outsourced and offshored employees do internationally. They provide a similar service with similar competency for a fraction of the labour cost. A labour cost that may be a step down from what you or I make, but for them it could very well be a step up.

[@kristoffer3000]

@@anonymousskunk Well yes but unions protect a lot of these jobs from getting outsourced to begin with, part of the reason capitalists spend so much money on propaganda to make you hate unions.

[@JasonParmenter]

I expected the joke to be that the old guy in the flashback was Mr. Burns and the kid was some unrelated kid that just looked like him 😂

[@badidea12341]

Possibly the greatest Simpsons episode ever. This scene, entering the high security zone to find a broken screen door and stray dog, "backdoor shenanigans", McBain's "Ice to see you", evil dentist and Lisa as the Joker, the monkey typing pool that doesn't get the start of "Tale of Two Cities" right,...I'm missing several.

[@kat3217]

Trambopoline

[@williamgoree9259]

Don Homer

[@TooLateForIeago]

Back in Burn's childhood, companies could-and did!-use machine guns to coerce striking workers back to their jobs.

[@carultch]

How is that not armed robbery?

[@hobomike6935]

@@carultch because the people doing the threatening were the wealthy people in charge. it's never a crime if you're the one in charge making the rules.

[@Cynderfan35]

goddamn Pinkertons!

[@TheAussieBlue]

@@hobomike6935 i find it hilarious how you think it stopped at threats. In west virgina they opened fire on workers camps with machine guns. They killed men, women, and children. And when the war vets armed themselves in response, the companies dropped actual chemical bombs on them from a plane.

[@davidgrealy]

At the beginning they're speaking via intercom and immediately afterwards they are beside each other. I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder!

[@harizotoh7]

Shows are not literal. There is a time jump between those two scenes.

[@davidgrealy]

@@harizotoh7 A wizard did it!

[@danielk9067]

@@harizotoh7 Yeah, Homer's glimpse of the Land of Chocolate was actually ten minutes long!

[@LaserBungalow]

@@harizotoh7 Dude... David is quoting the Simpsons. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIXbqGikhr1qiaM

[@NotDuncan]

Let me ask you a question. Why would a man who's shirt says "Genius At Work" spend all of his time watching a children's cartoon show?

[@tomedy_official]

Plot twist, The old man was actually mister Burns lol

[@HVACSoldier]

I don’t understand how six people could not like this.

[@0newingedcrow]

They were the atoms in that boy's pocket!

[@0newingedcrow]

@Imad H I do what I must 🙂

[@MikehMike01]

They’re the people that love their corrupt union

[@waynecrockett3685]

@@MikehMike01 Or the ones who want to shut all unions down so we can live in the 18th century.

[@superchitownhustler]

Likely Family Guy fans.

[@allananderson949]

He eas right about the unions becoming corrupt

[@glumanteri]

1:03 Now we know where Burns got his ancient insults 😂

[@multirampage1]

The union representative got Hoffa'd.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

"then we'll go too far and get corrupt, shiftless"... 😂🤣😂😅🤣😂

[@Simp_Zone]

So very shiftless!

[@DgardsGaming]

I mean its true, Unions have gotten Corrupt

[@EmptyMan000]

@@DgardsGaming And the corporations they rail against have gotten no less corrupt. But you're only trying to say one is a problem.

[@thescribe509]

@@EmptyMan000 Ironically, the state-sponsored public-sector unions are actually the ones who are most corrupt - and those aren't "railing" against any corporation because they're run by government workers. I wouldn't read too far into an innocuous comment on YT, especially one responding to a joke, makes you seem... fragile.

[@c3920]

“Those sandal wearing, gold fish tenders?” LoL.

[@chegadesuade]

Is it weird that one of the best lines about unions I've ever heard came from the Simpsons?

[@panameadeplm]

Don't worry, it's still a shit take. Unions were never "not corrupt." Not that corruption was their biggest issue, what with being mob-run quasi-terrorist organizations that destroyed twice as many lives as they saved. Though, by today's left-wing extremist orthodoxy's standards, that's a far-right talking point.

[@chegadesuade]

@@panameadeplm I agree with the final part your comment: that's a far-right talking point. Unions have not "destroyed twice as many lives as they saved", most unionized employees have better benefits, pay and employment security than the rest of us. The unions in the early to mid 20th century famously lobbied and won huge gains for all workers, including the minimum wage, the eight hour work day, and social security. Ask your local policeman, teacher or any unionized employee if they wanted to leave their union, they'll laugh in your face. But of course the only image of unions that springs to your mind is Hoffa and the teamsters union from the 1930s. The alternate reality you conservatives live in these days is baffling.

[@panameadeplm]

@@chegadesuade This is exactly what I meant by far-right talking point: What you've just highlighted is the rose-tinted far-left's revisionist lens of all social collectivist structures. To say that we have unions to thank for minimum wage and social security is to say that Mussolini made the trains run on time. I am not a conservative. There is no such thing as a collectivist structure that functions to the benefit of an individual. Of course there will be idiots that think otherwise; Hitler, Mao and Stalin didn't come into power on their own. Most people are very stupid people that foam at the mouth at the promise of _someone else_ empowering them and uplifting them from the troubles of personal responsibility and individual action. The unions achieved their goals by sacrificing the working class and forcing it to bend to their will, just like the government before them. The working class does not control their wages or their work hours. Unions do. All that unions did was become a parasitic middle man between the working class and the state. It is an entity that exists to perpetuate itself. You assume unions are good because you assume the state is bad, when in reality they are both neither good nor bad, but simply entities that exist to control the lives of individuals, for better or for worse. The presupposition that unions are inherently good is a Marxist one. All of these structures stand in opposition to individualist liberalism and its political ideal of having one man be allowed to speak truth to power against the many. Restructuring it instead as one mob against another "unionized" mob(Hint: It's in the word) will not lead to progress in the long term, certainly not for anyone that actually understands what liberalism is supposed to be. It can only further weaken the power of those who wish to enact social change without the need to bend the knee to this month's flavor of golden calf.

[@chegadesuade]

@@panameadeplm You claim that you're not a conservative, but your worldview is far-right to the point of reactionary. One interesting logical misstep you made, that conservatives always make, is you think everything is black or white. According to you the unions don't deserve credit for minimum wage and social security, despite being a vocal majority of those lobbying for those programs, simply because you don't like unions. You drew the example of how they say Mussolini "kept the trains running on time", which is perfect because in fact he did, despite being a fascist dictator he was very popular in his early days and greatly improved Italy's infrastructure and standard of living. The point of both of these examples is that just because you don't like something doesn't invalidate it's positive qualities. As far as unions today, just ask any unionized employee if they'd like to leave their union. Then ask a non-unionized employee if they wish they had a health insurance, much better pay and a retirement plan.

[@panameadeplm]

​@@chegadesuade "Reactionary" is a fundamentally useless term that is used to denigrate an enemy faction that falls within the same side of the political spectrum i.e. national socialists versus socialist communists. It is a slur that means nothing. If you use this word, you are a political extremist. I don't think anything is black and white, nor did I say that the existence of unions or other collectivist factions is absolutely negative. I literally used the phrase "for better or for worse" when describing my point. The fact that these organizations do good is absolutely irrelevant. If Hitler gave everyone on earth a thousand dollars to start the Fourth Reich does not make nazism okay. Every single piece of rail in Italy should have exploded if them running on time is a credit to fascism. _This is what it means to have political principles._ A bad system that creates a good thing is still a bad system, because it is founded on bad ideas. It can do a thousand good things, but the one bad thing it will do will always be genocide and total societal collapse, as it has always been. The planet cannot have a third world war. Those who allow the tyranny of the mob and the subsequent dictator they deify are not absolved of their idiocy because the dear leader gave them a treat. This is why buying votes is illegal. If unions are so great, how come only 12% of workers choose to be part of one? This is a very important thing I'm about to tell you: *The average working-class individual would sooner kill you than pay for health insurance. Most of them are forced to.* You call me a "far-right reactionary" while praising Mussolini. Weird flex. You call me a "far-right reactionary" after I write an entire paragraph about how collectivist authority stands in opposition to individual freedom. If this is far-right, then what are you? You have evidently been indoctrinated. Unlike you, I'm not telling you this to insult you or claim superiority over you, I am telling you this because you are acting in opposition to your own self-interest, beacuse you have been indoctrinated. Just because everyone says something doesn't mean it's true. Now more than ever in human history. Ask yourself why you chose to attack me and smear me as evil. Ask yourself why you view conservatism as being evil. Ask yourself if you are really mentally equipped to put weight behind the ideology you support, and if anything good can ever come from it.

[@Sugarsail1]

LOL "sandal wearing gold fish tenders" LOL Simpsons writers consistently showing they have their thumb on the pulse of culture and politics

[@cadman2300]

The first real atom smasher was the Westinghouse smasher built in 1937, so Burn's flashback is off by 28 years.

[@-Benedict]

woooooosh

[@kevinconnor6035]

This guy gets jokes.

[@shanebailey9128]

“Sandal wearing Goldfish Tenders”😂🇯🇵

[@redlady935]

Bashing atoms with hammers! 😂

[@FC0BCA7E7A]

I like the idea that the Burns family was in the nuclear power business before nuclear fission was discovered 💀

[@sgtjohnson]

0:10 literally pushing up daises

[@superchitownhustler]

Good catch.

[@music-channel69]

I like how the guy's being punished for stealing atoms.

[@SealAngel]

Man I had forgotten how awesome the Simpsons was I've gotta go back and watch some old episodes.

[@vexxama]

This went so far over my head as a child it took the KZbin algorithm for me to remember this

[@TRIIGGAVELLI]

The union boss is literally pushing up daisies.

[@Mr-ed5ep]

Nice

[@notmenotme614]

The funniest thing is my employer wonders why it has a manpower retention problem and is short of qualified and experienced personnel? It never occurred to them that we don’t want to work for a company heading towards North Korean sweatshop conditions

[@NigelTolley]

At least they pay you well. Right? ... At least they pay you?

[@EmptyMan000]

@@NigelTolley They're required by law to pay. That's bare minimum shit, stop trying to tell people to be thankful for scraps.

[@NigelTolley]

@@EmptyMan000 Check your memes.

[@NigelTolley]

@@shiroi5672 you don't understand collective bargaining, do you? And in a country where your & your family's ability to stay alive is, for many, literally tired to their health insurance, which is tied to their job, your terrible take even worse.

[@johndecker3120]

@@shiroi5672 : Yeah, it's best to face the unified might of management and its backing capital with a loose confederation of fellow wage-earners who, individually, have absolutely no means of fighting back without risking their jobs, and are extremely vulnerable to divide-and-conquer tactics. You sound like an anti-union PowerPoint presentation. I can't tell whether you're a worker who got suckered good, or you're in management/capital.

[@stevetatum4169]

Tackle made by Jimmy Hoffa on the 40 yard line.

[@mikedjock]

The delivery of “atoms” is fantastic

[@repubblesmcglonky8990]

In the Soviet Union, we bury the Bourgeoisie AND the Unionists

[@drafezard7315]

In soviet Union, Unionists bury you.

[@superchitownhustler]

There is no "Soviet Union".

[@drafezard7315]

@@superchitownhustler There *was* one.

[@superchitownhustler]

@@drafezard7315 Stop living in the past.

[@drafezard7315]

@@superchitownhustler Brah, I'm not. "In Soviet Union ____ ______'s you." is a well known meme format. Get with the present.

[@BroscoWankston]

Let them have their tartar sauce...

[@alZiiHardstylez]

To be fair, the boy stole SIX atoms.

[@darth856]

The reference to the Japanese really shows when this was made.

[@janosmarothy5409]

When do you think that was? The Japanese weren't portrayed in the media as an economic threat by the 90s, that was a 70s and 80s thing.

[@sirmount2636]

The effects are still evident. Japanese car companies far outsell American car companies.

[@gimzod76]

Aided by American unions being greedy curropt assholes

[@kristoffer3000]

@@sirmount2636 Well, that's partly because American cars are absolute garbage

[@modakkagitplugga]

Who was it that was actually burried under a football stadium?

[@morradi10000]

Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopez

[@JC42023]

Jimmy Hoffa-a Union/Teamsters leader from the 60s and 70s who disappeared mysteriously (an urban legend suggested he was buried under the playing field at the old Giants Stadium in New Jersey)

[@multirampage1]

​@@JC42023 Where does it say it's him though? this could be joking about corrupt unions making you disappear if you try to do something about it, it doesn't have to be about Hoffa specifically.

[@greatandmightykevin]

@@multirampage1 well, he was a very famous example of that happening, and what most people would think of when they think of corrupt mob unions making people disappear

[@shaz2761]

@@multirampage1 watch the irishman

[@Dudebrush4pwood]

Atoms were extremely large back then compared to today. miniaturization really revolutionized the atom smashing industry

[@liamcoyne2137]

So seeing the goons in 1909 Springfield and Present Springfield along with the unsafe work environment, terrible working conditions and treatment of workers show's that things haven't changed in Springfield(specifically the Nuclear Power Plant).

[@familygash7500]

Mr. Burns looks cute as a child.

[@Jotari]

As a kid I took that "the Japanese will eat us alive" comment to mean cannibalism.

[@davidg2479]

@@martuuk8964 when you said ironically, I thought you were going to mention George Bush's entire squad except him being eaten by the Japanese...

[@juannaym8488]

@@davidg2479 wait what?

[@TheGroundedAviator]

@@davidg2479 Why else did he ruin a banquet there?

[@chrisw6164]

You were kinda slow, eh?

[@hobomike6935]

@@chrisw6164 not really, he was just studied up on his history; the Japanese really did practice cannibalism to instill fear into their enemies.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

The Burns family was always ahead of their time.

[@matheusvillela9150]

When you realize most americans have fewer labor rights than Mr Burn's employees...

[@Scantronimus466]

My job provides green cookies on St. Patrick’s Day. Granted, they’re just the leftover Valentines Day cookies that have been sitting out on the counter for a month.

[@goblue85]

That green cookie sounds great

[@lordmikethegreat]

You'll have to give up your dental plan for it, though...

[@dc1313drc]

I'm going to assume right after this, he crippled that Irishman on the bumper carts.

[@crakatoot5480]

the older get the more brilliant i realize early Simpsons was

[@durrelljohnson4726]

Sandal wearing goldfish tenders! 😂😂😂😂