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In mid-October 2021, various news outlets reported a strange job listing — namely a temporary position offered by a British online gambling company to watch The Simpsons for money. For example, a Newsweek headline announced, You Can Now Get Paid $6,800 to Watch Every Single Episode of 'The Simpsons.' Well, maybe not you per se, but someone will. PlatinCasino, a British gambling website, posted the job. It's a temporary position requiring whichever applicant is selected to watch all 33 seasons of the popular animated sitcom, plus the 2007 movie spinoff. The compensation for the role will total £5,000, which equates to just over $6,830. The company said it's hiring for the role, of course, for wagering purposes, citing a long-standing meme in which internet users claim that Simpsons episodes have predicted notable current events: The meme about The Simpsons predicting notable news events is often inaccurate. For example, as we have previously reported, the show didn't predict Trump's presidency or the COVID-19 pandemic.
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