system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[The Simpsons] In a recent episode, Bart and Lisa were shocked and surprised by the appearance of a cathode ray TV [opposed to a flat panel TV], despite having been shown watching their own cathode ray TV for countless hours in earlier episodes. Why is this?
gpt
The Simpsons reality operates similarly to the Marvel 616 reality in that involves a sliding timescale and any stories which are not explicitly stated t take place in the past take place in the present or fairly close to it.