You thought you were going to write a comment, weren't you, Jimmy? Well think again! The printed circuit board inside your computer was made of, you guessed it, zinc!
Wellp, Jimmy, you're goin to be in the mens rooms for a loooong time kiddo, cause, guess what? You've got yourself a zinc deficiency! So no more soft stools for you, young man.
I always loved 1950s white lab coat industrials that spoke about the most mundane topics earnestly and full of hope. And when the Simpsons lampooned them with this I laughed until I cried. The idea of one of those films done in an “It’s a wonderful life” format, only instead of wishing he wasn’t born, George Bailey wishes Zinc never existed. I really wondered how his guardian angel, Clarence, would have reacted... or if he’d have gotten his wings
When porn was illegal once upon a time there were films called "White Coaters" where a guy dressed in a white lab coat would bookend porn with "education" and end the film with something like "and now you know what to do on your honeymoon"
This bit always kinda struck me as a riff on 1940's A Case of Spring Fever ( ua-cam.com/video/4ttYlcrA7ys/v-deo.html ) in particular. Someone on the writing team must've been a MST3k fan!
If my teacher in primary school had offered me to stay and talk about anything, I would have taken up the offer ... question is only if she would have been happy about my choice of topics 🤷♂
There are so many gold jokes throughout this, but for some reason I liked the "Mrs. Crabapple, I haven't seen you since we doubled our prices. Still teaching?" I think it's how cheerfully Apu mentions doubling the entire store's prices, and how the show just lets the joke sneak by without feeling the need to draw a ton of extra attention to it.
It's a very deep joke. Why did the prices double? Where has she been shopping prior to this scene? Why is she shopping there today?!?! It's an absolute rabbit-hole of socioeconomic commentary and the politics of enforced hopelessness.
It's a known phenominon amongst negotiators and detectives. It's called "the double whammy". It could be one big thing and one little thing, but you go over the edge. It's not a guarantee, but if that person is going to do it then they're going to.
Well, to be fair they're not minor. For example, no ambulance, firefighter, or police can be called or be mobile until an alternative for zinc can be found.
I dont. I laugh. She probably rejected guys that would've been there for her and she thought she was too good for them until she got dumped repeatedly by the guys she wanted. Now she's alone, as she should be.
What a rollercoaster this video sets you on, from the giddy heights of learning how important a world with zinc is, to the lowly lows of Edna's crippling loneliness.
The joke is that all those things would still exist without zinc, a rotary mechanism in a phone can be made with any metal. Anodes and cathodes dont need zinc as the catalyst. And as you said, a firing pin can be any relatively hard metal.
More to the point... it had a hammer. It didn't need a firing pin. All three examples given can be made without zinc, and even when zinc is used it's typically in an alloy. Meaning that reproducing the design without zinc should still work (lower quality, but still)
Out of all the dream sequences Ive seen, this is the most relatable. For me, its never mundane but never total nonsense. Always something like wishing zinc never existed, for some reason.
"Wait, the protagonist of Life Without Zinc is called Jimmy? I've been calling him Billy! All this time I've been making an idiot out of myself!"- you at some point presumably
Wasn't an intentional joke, they just didn't know metallurgy. You don't use soft metals like zinc for any striking object. It bends and deforms far too easily. There are pot-metal (zinc alloy) saturday night special pistols, but even those have a steel firing pin and spring.
Mostly old firearms from what I understand that have some traces of zinc. Though nowadays and for awhile now, most did away with zinc it's all in 7075 aluminum or 4140 to 4150 and 416R steel these days.
" Still teaching?" "Let's see." *Scratches off ticket that looks like a winner but ends up being a loser* "One more day at least." Yeah, that hits hard
No car battery and yet the starter motor is clearly heard cranking the engine? Are we supposed to believe this is some kind of 😆 magical starter motor? I sure hope someone was fired for that mistake.
Well, there was also a dial tone on the phone that couldn't function, and firing pins have never been made of zinc..so there's that. Just repeat to yourself "It's just a show, I should really just relax." And be thankful you don't have to live in a world without springs!
But don't forget that the most important kind of zinc, is ZINC OXIDE! Without it, there'd be no brake controls, sand, pacemakers, prosthetic limbs, or safety catches for anyones sons rifles. -This has been a Samuel L Bronkowitz production
My Lifetime NRA Membership-having father in law did. No gun safes or trigger locks for him. I asked why, and he said the brown people aren't going to wait for you to enter the combination to your safe if they break into your home. Classy guy. He's gone now.
@@texaswunderkind Though he said it in a less-than-PC way, the message isn't wrong. A home invader, whatever color they may be, isn't going to wait politely for you to open your safe or undo your trigger lock.
@texaswunderkind1493 "Accidentally" shot himself? A lot of gun-related fatalities in the home in America, and unfortunately not very many of them involved break-ins. There's a careful line of "readiness" that's a razor's edge between "defenseless" and "fatally negligent." Some kid gets into it (they get curious) or some family member has a hair-trigger temper without a safety. Options there are: 1. find that zone between "secure" and "available." 2. Make sure your family is well-adjusted and well-trained in trigger discipline. 3. Live alone, or kill your family before one of them snaps and kills you. (Statistically speaking, of course).
@Mightylcanis I can understand that if he didn't have children but far too many children have gotten a hold of their parent's guns and hurt themselves or someone else with them.
one of the best parts is I'm pretty sure that the gun could have easily just had its zinc replaced by another material. same for the phone most likely.
The funny thing is that firing pins have been made out of stuff That wasn't zinc for quite a while. It was in fact rare to have the maid of any sort of zinc alloy until relatively recently.
i feel like someone in the writer's room got stuck talking to someone in the zinc industry at a party one time and was determined to turn that experience into something useful
I'm the dumb ass nerd that probably would stay behind for a moment just to ask a few things about Zinc. Its one of those metals that seems to have few noticable big uses but without it you'd die and a lot of galvanized stuff would rust away (as zinc galvanized stuff is the biggest used of it)
Same honestly. I just really like understanding my f*cking surroundings, guess that makes me a freak. And people wonder why they have no control in their lives.
@@seanwebb605 being lonlely doesn't mean being stressed out among crowds. It means not having anyone to go to, or to talk to, about your problems, feelings, etc. It is quite something awful.
The whole concept of a children’s educational film (and an old, black and white one at that) that ends with the main character nearly shooting himself in the head because of a huge mistake he made is just one of the many things that made old school Simpsons a sitcom that was in a league of its own.
Was a long time since I saw this. I didn't remember the loneliness of Edna like this. "We can talk about anything. I'll do your homework for ya." while holding her hands.. I didn't use to know feeling very lonely is a reality in many people's lives. Aww 😔
This is a parody of a 50’s educational film where a dude wishes that springs didn’t exist and goes through similar problems except he doesn’t try to kill himself.
I'm thinking about the writers' meetings where they debated the different elements that wouldn't exist, and how it is they came to zinc. It couldn't be too common or too obscure or it isn't funny. Evidently zinc is right in the sweet spot.
So, Jimmy keeps his gun fully loaded in an unlocked drawer. In a room immediately accessible through the front door. With the gun already cocked, no less. Smart boy, Jimmy.
I love the idea of this alternate world where zinc never existed yet every invention was still designed as if it did exist.
They used tin and/or magnesium instead?
Such is the magic of Coily the Spring Sprite
@@seronymus but then why did it not work?
@@potatoheadpokemario1931 inferior metals to Almighty Zinc
It was like, if Zinc just suddenly disappeared
I love that his first instinct after his phone didn’t work was to blow his brains out.
If it was a zoomer with a smart phone, I could believe it.
Insert edgy twelve year old saying "something something society" and thinking they're deep
The Simpsons predicted… ah, the hell with this.
@@ENCHANTMEN_ this says a lot about society... and yet, we live in one...
You would blow your brains out if someone took your children’s toys away from you. Cope harder nerd.
You thought you were going to write a comment, weren't you, Jimmy? Well think again! The printed circuit board inside your computer was made of, you guessed it, zinc!
OMG, the simpsons' predicted 2023 and everyone hating being away from their phones! /l
zinc
Without zinc, I can't read mean comments from random assholes on the internet! COME BACK, ZINC
Dear God what have I done
The handgun shooting twice as he expresses his thankfulness for zinc always kills me
Well, dude, stop standing in front of it!
@@thegodofalldragons nice
Why
Revolvers?
@@flamestoyershadowkill6400 burgers?
Question is: What crazy thing drove Jimmy to wish for a world without zinc?
Dr doofenshmirtz of course
The springs of the couch he was repairing were made of... ZINC!
Zinc
Zinc killed his mom, siblings, and burned their house down.
PLOT TWIST: Zinc is Jimmy's father
He Thought Zinc was a bad thing
So the next time you're walking on the beach, enjoying an hourglass, or making cheap, low-grade windshields, think where we'd be without sand!
#Sand, sand, saaaaaand!#
*Anakin Skywalker disliked this comment.*
Enjoying hourglasses is one of my favorite activities. My life would be devoid of meaning without sand.
Are we talking sand or are we talking Silica
Because those are two _very_ similar but not at all the same thing.
concrete bro
I like how the man just drags Jimmy along, waiting for him to fail at something, before telling him that the problem is lack of zinc.
Lol! All with a pleasant smile and smoking his pipe
At least Coily was honest and upfront about his joy in his victim’s suffering
Wellp, Jimmy, you're goin to be in the mens rooms for a loooong time kiddo, cause, guess what? You've got yourself a zinc deficiency! So no more soft stools for you, young man.
Zinc issue
@@somoneelse3488 damn you coily
I always loved 1950s white lab coat industrials that spoke about the most mundane topics earnestly and full of hope. And when the Simpsons lampooned them with this I laughed until I cried. The idea of one of those films done in an “It’s a wonderful life” format, only instead of wishing he wasn’t born, George Bailey wishes Zinc never existed. I really wondered how his guardian angel, Clarence, would have reacted... or if he’d have gotten his wings
When porn was illegal once upon a time there were films called "White Coaters" where a guy dressed in a white lab coat would bookend porn with "education" and end the film with something like "and now you know what to do on your honeymoon"
This bit always kinda struck me as a riff on 1940's A Case of Spring Fever ( ua-cam.com/video/4ttYlcrA7ys/v-deo.html ) in particular. Someone on the writing team must've been a MST3k fan!
"Think again George. Angel wings are made of... you guessed it, zinc!"
I still find and watch them on UA-cam from time to time
@@gnalkherea bit like what eventually became “Fuzzy Bunny’s Guide To You-Know-What” on the show
Poor Krabappel. At least she got a much better life for a while later in the show. Rest in peace.
RIZ: Rest In Zinc.
She deserved it wish Ned and her could still be happy
krab apple
I’ve been calling her Crandall!
If my teacher in primary school had offered me to stay and talk about anything, I would have taken up the offer ... question is only if she would have been happy about my choice of topics 🤷♂
There are so many gold jokes throughout this, but for some reason I liked the "Mrs. Crabapple, I haven't seen you since we doubled our prices. Still teaching?" I think it's how cheerfully Apu mentions doubling the entire store's prices, and how the show just lets the joke sneak by without feeling the need to draw a ton of extra attention to it.
It's a very deep joke. Why did the prices double? Where has she been shopping prior to this scene? Why is she shopping there today?!?!
It's an absolute rabbit-hole of socioeconomic commentary and the politics of enforced hopelessness.
Many of the jokes are gold, but the best ones are zinc.
@@Glasgowphilosopher thank goodness we live in a world with zinc 👍
@@peterclarke7240it's not that deep I feel
@@peterclarke7240plot twist: Apu sees her every day, he doubled the shop prices that very morning.
i find it kind of funny that just not being able to start his car or make a phone call drove him to wanting to shoot himself
i feel him tbh
Must of been on the edge
His girlfriend must be a lvl 10 crazy
@@Human-gu2cx must have
It was the style at the time.
I love the idea that he goes from zero to blowing his head off after two minor setbacks.
It's a known phenominon amongst negotiators and detectives. It's called "the double whammy". It could be one big thing and one little thing, but you go over the edge. It's not a guarantee, but if that person is going to do it then they're going to.
@stangiliadov9038 Now would zinc do that if it didn't exist?
You didn't see how hot his girlfriend was. Her parents were out-of-town. I'd have done the same thing.
Many individuals are two antidepressants away from doing the same thing
Well, to be fair they're not minor. For example, no ambulance, firefighter, or police can be called or be mobile until an alternative for zinc can be found.
without the Simpsons I wouldn't of known how important zinc was
Same here. I didn't know how many things require zinc
It's true! The Simpsons can be educational!
I wouldn't know shit about the world without the simpsons
**wouldn’t have**
Except that in real life car batteries are made of lead, and firing pins are made of high strength steel.
As a kid I've laughed at this woman. As an adult, each passing day I feel more like her
Hope it gets better
Not feeling so pretty, huh?🥺😔
Did you really laugh at her as a kid ? I always found that sad
Every day is a black abyss. But other than that all good!
@@Rando_Shyte i hope it gets better for you too
This being his dream means he at least subconsciously knew the importance of zinc already
@@krealyesitisbeta5642 unless that guy is a ghost or angel goes in his mind
Came for the the world without zinc, left with depression for the poor teacher.
There's no way in the world I'm wishing for a world without zinc, not after watching that!
I am! just to watch the world collapse! muahahahahaha
Better, a world of without carbon, basically how to end all life.
@@darthmaul7434 no carbon means... oh god... everything is carbon...
@@CallMeMimi27 And hydrogen
I'd hate to live in a world where I can;t shoot myself.
"No springs!" (Coily the zinc spring sprite)
"Oh, and no redemption by the way!"
Look its Coily's Army of Darkness
“Well, I still don’t have to fix the couch, so eat me!”
NO WAFFLES
No brass either, so no bullet casings
The fact that the use of a gun for suicide would be depicted in a children's educational strip is both hilarious and disturbing!
1:01
Ive just watched it on Channel 4 UK and the gun to the head bit was cut, wrecking the sketch and robbing me of a much needed laugh ...
Sacrilege!
It's only disturbing because we're weak...
Back then, people weren't as sensitive and childish about guns like they are now
@@Kid_Charlemagne76 Indoctrination by the system has created the current issue. People aren't born weak they're made by society.
@@Kid_Charlemagne76 I want these days back
As soon as she starts offering her students to learn more about zinc, you start to feel bad for Edna.
Yeah
I dont. I laugh. She probably rejected guys that would've been there for her and she thought she was too good for them until she got dumped repeatedly by the guys she wanted. Now she's alone, as she should be.
@@neglectfulsausage7689 Bro, what?
im saying if a woman is alone and lonely in her 30s and 40s its because she chose it.@@ahorribleperson3302
@@ahorribleperson3302he’s been watching too many mgtow videos
His car had no battery, but the starter motor still made a noise when he turned the key. What a world without zinc.
they also have yellow skin
Nothing should've happened then.
What a rollercoaster this video sets you on, from the giddy heights of learning how important a world with zinc is, to the lowly lows of Edna's crippling loneliness.
I know it’s supposed to be a joke but the gun still should have worked since zinc would make for a poor firing pin metal as it’s too soft.
Could just be a cheap, garbage gun.
@@polygondwanaland8390old cheap Saturday night special guns i think were made of zinc before they made them illegal.
@@polygondwanaland8390 the hi point didn't exist in the 50s hyuck hyuck
The joke is that all those things would still exist without zinc, a rotary mechanism in a phone can be made with any metal. Anodes and cathodes dont need zinc as the catalyst. And as you said, a firing pin can be any relatively hard metal.
More to the point... it had a hammer. It didn't need a firing pin.
All three examples given can be made without zinc, and even when zinc is used it's typically in an alloy. Meaning that reproducing the design without zinc should still work (lower quality, but still)
I learned more about zinc in 45 seconds from the Simpsons than public schooling.
Except there is no zinc in car batteries or handgun firing pins.
Because it's not true
Should have stayed late to talk with your depressed teacher about Zinc.
Then you should have paid more attention.
@@texaswunderkindreally?
Out of all the dream sequences Ive seen, this is the most relatable. For me, its never mundane but never total nonsense. Always something like wishing zinc never existed, for some reason.
What did Zinc do to Billy to make him want to live in a world without Zinc?
It starts with r and rhymes with grape
"Wait, the protagonist of Life Without Zinc is called Jimmy? I've been calling him Billy! All this time I've been making an idiot out of myself!"- you at some point presumably
Someone murdered his father with a knife made of zinc
@@kumardickshit1530Clearly the only logical conclusion one could make to this comment is "reshape!" 😃
@@splatjam64nah I bet they talking about popular NFT "Red Ape"
"No zinc! No zinc my friend!"
-Soily the Zinc Sprite
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I heard your wish and, well you’re gonna get it! No zinc for you from now on!
Zinc makes the best springs
I've just been scrolling through this comments looking for someone who knew what this Simpsons moment was a reference to. Coily forever. 😂
"So one clod says one thing and the whole world pays?"
"Yeah..."
"I haven't seen you since we doubled our prices."
I can't imagine why that was
Small joke is that only a really poor quality handgun would have a zinc firing pin.
i knew that zinc didn't have some bullshit quality to make it have a monopoly on firing pins.
Wasn't an intentional joke, they just didn't know metallurgy. You don't use soft metals like zinc for any striking object. It bends and deforms far too easily.
There are pot-metal (zinc alloy) saturday night special pistols, but even those have a steel firing pin and spring.
Mostly old firearms from what I understand that have some traces of zinc. Though nowadays and for awhile now, most did away with zinc it's all in 7075 aluminum or 4140 to 4150 and 416R steel these days.
God this show used to have such soul
The woketards sucked it out! Then regurgitated it into the devil!😢
When I was a chemistry major, we had a shrine setup for Zinc. Sadly, there ended up being a war with the Tin worshippers.
I lost everything in that war...
0:50 Jimmy might be back in a world with zink, but he is still caught in a Betty-less bed.
I think you mean zinc
Yes,yes I am being that guy
" Still teaching?"
"Let's see."
*Scratches off ticket that looks like a winner but ends up being a loser*
"One more day at least."
Yeah, that hits hard
This went from a goofy video to sad
Let’s be honest, who could ever live in a world without Zinc?
No car battery and yet the starter motor is clearly heard cranking the engine? Are we supposed to believe this is some kind of 😆 magical starter motor? I sure hope someone was fired for that mistake.
Well, there was also a dial tone on the phone that couldn't function, and firing pins have never been made of zinc..so there's that.
Just repeat to yourself "It's just a show, I should really just relax."
And be thankful you don't have to live in a world without springs!
A wizard did it
They tried to shoot him but there was no firing pin
Also there's no zinc in a lead acid car battery, which is what they would have been using at the time.
They tried to, but the printer for his pink slip had zinc parts.
But don't forget that the most important kind of zinc, is ZINC OXIDE!
Without it, there'd be no brake controls, sand, pacemakers, prosthetic limbs, or safety catches for anyones sons rifles.
-This has been a Samuel L Bronkowitz production
Yep. That's where I keep my revolver.
The end table
My Lifetime NRA Membership-having father in law did. No gun safes or trigger locks for him. I asked why, and he said the brown people aren't going to wait for you to enter the combination to your safe if they break into your home. Classy guy. He's gone now.
@@texaswunderkind Though he said it in a less-than-PC way, the message isn't wrong. A home invader, whatever color they may be, isn't going to wait politely for you to open your safe or undo your trigger lock.
@@Mightylcanis
However, if there are ever kids in that house, you better be a good parent/guardian or there will be tragedy.
@texaswunderkind1493 "Accidentally" shot himself? A lot of gun-related fatalities in the home in America, and unfortunately not very many of them involved break-ins.
There's a careful line of "readiness" that's a razor's edge between "defenseless" and "fatally negligent."
Some kid gets into it (they get curious) or some family member has a hair-trigger temper without a safety.
Options there are:
1. find that zone between "secure" and "available."
2. Make sure your family is well-adjusted and well-trained in trigger discipline.
3. Live alone, or kill your family before one of them snaps and kills you. (Statistically speaking, of course).
@Mightylcanis I can understand that if he didn't have children but far too many children have gotten a hold of their parent's guns and hurt themselves or someone else with them.
I forget how amazing Simpson's portrayal of real life in its mundane state can be and relatable. I appreciate more of the art of the second half.
Each night before bed, I remember how grateful I am, that we live in a world with zinc
Think again Jimmy... dreams are made of zinc, you wernt dreaming, its real!
"I haven't seen you since we doubled the prices" LOL
I lost my dog, Zinc, yesterday. It sucks living in a world without Zinc.
He was a great smell hound.
I like how zinc doesnt exist but the inventions do just without it.
one of the best parts is I'm pretty sure that the gun could have easily just had its zinc replaced by another material.
same for the phone most likely.
Why did he even wish for a world without zinc and why would people invent stuff that needs zinc in a zinkless world?
Right? It’s unzincable!
The left brainwashed him to think zinc was the cause of climate change.
I mean, given it was a wish, presumably all the zinc was just deleted from his world.
As someone who did their undergraduate thesis on zinc ores, I deeply appreciate this scene
Zinc core is a wild scene
No springs!
Bingo, bango. Sugar in the gas tank. The ex-husband strikes again.
I can't believe he left that part out.
Damn I wanted to learn about the zinc and now I feel bad about Ms. Krabbapple
I love how they still made the products even though they could not work without Zinc
So, we learned that a lot of objects work with Zinc, such as car batteries, telephones, handguns, etc... If Zinc never existed, life would suck.
Our nerves can't function without zinc.
bruh i hate it when i have a stress dream about zinc
This was a clear parody of the "NO SPRINGS!" PSA that MST3K made fun of.
0:28 PG
Logan Metcalf cos people are pussies today!
The funny thing is that firing pins have been made out of stuff That wasn't zinc for quite a while. It was in fact rare to have the maid of any sort of zinc alloy until relatively recently.
Welp I definitely learned new 3 things about zinc I didn’t know before
i feel like someone in the writer's room got stuck talking to someone in the zinc industry at a party one time and was determined to turn that experience into something useful
I'm the dumb ass nerd that probably would stay behind for a moment just to ask a few things about Zinc. Its one of those metals that seems to have few noticable big uses but without it you'd die and a lot of galvanized stuff would rust away (as zinc galvanized stuff is the biggest used of it)
Wow wow wow. Wow.
@@dundermifflinity car batteries are TIGHT
Same honestly. I just really like understanding my f*cking surroundings, guess that makes me a freak. And people wonder why they have no control in their lives.
@@kjj26kcuriosity gives spice to life and makes geniuses
Me too. I just learned a whole load about zinc after suffering a deficiency (induced by mercury poisoning) in 2020.
i can just imagine the title. What a Mineral life
"Are you still teaching?"
"Let's see..."
Simpson’s side character lore goes so deep
His parents just keep a loaded handgun in a drawer by the phone 😂
it was a dream, that means we don't actually need zinc!
I love how even though the car has no battery he can still crank the starter
Come back zinc...
Most important zinc contributions to the world:
- Car Battery
- Rotary mechanism in phones
- Firing pin in gun
That's nothing. Imagine a world without sand.
I'm sure that Anakin Skywalker had.
Jimmy: *Jumps off a building to die*
Business Man: "Sorry Jimmy but the gravity is also made of...Z I N C"
Jimmy: "aw :(" *casually floats back up*
I think it's sad that Edna feels lonely :( Few feelings are worse than that
Some of us are more stressed out about being among crowds.
@@seanwebb605 being lonlely doesn't mean being stressed out among crowds. It means not having anyone to go to, or to talk to, about your problems, feelings, etc. It is quite something awful.
@@fox971000 Do I need to speak slower for you?
You're not talking you're writing@@seanwebb605
That's a dial tone. Indicating that the telephone was indeed working
The only thing I can think of worse than a world without zinc is one without waffles.
"Chef Lonely Hearts Soup for One". They used to slide in those jokes back in the day.
She was willing to do their homework just to have some company...
The fuck why did he even wish for a world without zinc
What an oddly specific metal.
The whole concept of a children’s educational film (and an old, black and white one at that) that ends with the main character nearly shooting himself in the head because of a huge mistake he made is just one of the many things that made old school Simpsons a sitcom that was in a league of its own.
Went from “can’t call my girl” to “time to die” pretty quick, eh, Jimmy?
Not being able to drive a car and use a phone was all it took for this guy to attempt suicide
"...I'll do your homework for you..."
Wow, not even that worked? I'd have stayed haha
Damn, its ice cold in here
This is nothing next to "A world without springs"
I like how they still built cars and guns and phones in a world without zinc
This scene has been living in my head for 20 years.
Now every single time I pick up Zinc In a Pokémon game I think of this scene.
Was a long time since I saw this. I didn't remember the loneliness of Edna like this.
"We can talk about anything. I'll do your homework for ya." while holding her hands..
I didn't use to know feeling very lonely is a reality in many people's lives. Aww 😔
I work at a zinc mine and find this quite funny.
makes you realize your work is that much more important!
@@scsi_joe I think it is.
To be honest, I think we should live in a world without it.
@@GaspardDuMaurierEsq I mean, the job you do is technically an essential service.
@@lewis6648 So, trying to leave a comment, huh Lewis? Nice try! Your computer hardware requires - you guessed it!
Flanders could never offer to zinc Homer's sniffer.
"Sorry, Jimmy. But in a world without Zinc, your finger lags its digging ability. So your nose will remain unpicked."
This is a parody of a 50’s educational film where a dude wishes that springs didn’t exist and goes through similar problems except he doesn’t try to kill himself.
Poor Mrs. Crandall.
That’s “Krabappel”
Her name is Crandall? I’ve been calling her Krabappel! I’ve been making a fool of myself. Why didn’t anyone tell me?
Everyone talking about the movie but the ending reminded me of the plot of the episode... Poor Edna 😭
Firing pins are made of harder tool steel. As a welder tho, I wish I lived in a world without zinc.
The love the leap he makes from "I can't make it to my date" to "I'd better call her to let her know" to "It's time to die"
She'd kill him. He's dead either way, may as well be on his terms.
@@DemonicAdj It's implied the whole world was like that so perhaps she was calling him too.
It's great that many of us have discovered the value of zinc these past few years.
Imagine a world also without sink
Love how when Jimmy is unable to use his car and telephone, he immediately goes to the handgun
I'm thinking about the writers' meetings where they debated the different elements that wouldn't exist, and how it is they came to zinc. It couldn't be too common or too obscure or it isn't funny. Evidently zinc is right in the sweet spot.
I remember having a whole lesson plan about zinc in grade 5 in Canada. I am actually a big fan.
"Think again, Jimmy. In a world without zinc, Betty has developed a fatal yeast infection. She's dead."
So, Jimmy keeps his gun fully loaded in an unlocked drawer. In a room immediately accessible through the front door. With the gun already cocked, no less. Smart boy, Jimmy.
Funny how Bart didn't care that ZINC helps a gun shoot... BART!... BART SIMSPON!!