This gag did not predict the future, but to some extent influenced it – former vice president of iOS development Scott Forstall said that the joke from “The Simpsons” became popular in the office of the company during the development of the first iPhone. She reminded Apple employees of the importance of avoiding mistakes when designing a keyboard: “We needed to make sure the typing was correct — otherwise it’s Eat, Martha.”
Sometimes “predictions” are taken from the past and repeated in the future. So, in social networks, it was decided that in the 2012 episode “Lisa and Gaga” the scriptwriters predicted Lady Gaga’s entry at Super Bowl 2017. However, the singer had already performed in a similar outfit in 2011, and Jin confirmed that the creators parodied Lady Gaga’s previous concerts: “We copied her show for our show, and then she repeated this show. She stole the idea from us, which we stole from her! “