The Simpsons predictions that could come true in 2022

The whole world starts a year 2022 full of uncertainties both on a small and large scale. The effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the difficult economic situation that the vast majority of world powers are experiencing due to the health crisis or the consequences of climate change, already seriously visible in many aspects, show that this will not be a year or much less easy for the entire population. They also say it, and although it seems crazy, The Simpsons.

Because the series that portrays the popular American family has been practically since its birth, more than 30 years ago, drawing and analyzing humorously how our future will be, what humanity will become and what great events it will experience. In fact, Trump’s appointment As president of the United States, the climate crisis or the pandemic itself are some of the events that Homer and the entire cast of the program have already seen coming. They have not been and will not be the only ones.

The Simpsons, which continues to broadcast for what is now the thirty-third season, have also spoken throughout the series about a set of situations that could continue to occur, for example this same 2022. Will they be able to fulfill their prophecies – as they have done on so many other occasions – this year? The truth is that we must hope that not in some aspects, because in the film starring the yellow family there is a kind of link with the pandemic that does not put us on a good stage.

At one point in the feature film, all of Springfield’s neighbors are completely isolated by a dome, which could mean that in 2022 we could be confined again or suffer a worsening of the health situation due to the pandemic. To this must also be linked the evils derived from the climate crisis that have been constantly denounced in the series, which, although they have already been confirmed, could become stronger.

But not everything is bad in 2022, according to The Simpsons. In the technological field, in a chapter of the year 2005 they ventured to predict that thethe flying cars they will be a reality that can be commercialized this year. Everything indicates, for now, that it will not be like that -at least, its distribution between individuals-, although it is not the most outlandish idea that the series has raised in this sense. 2022 could also be a special joy for the Spanish. For football.

Because in another episode aired in 2014, Homer was a referee in the Soccer World Cup of that year. In the final, they played Brazil and Spain. Could this meeting take place in 2022, during the World Cup in Qatar? It may be, although it must be recognized that our country did not come out very well in that chapter, where a player from the Spanish team tries to bribe Homer to fix the game. Finally, in another episode they predict that the US will ban guns this year, which would be one of the best news we could get.