This. That's also the big difference between early Simpsons and current Simpsons - in the earlier episodes, they were human. Flawed, but generally good, and had redeemiing values. Now we have Homer the Idiot, Lisa the Preachy, and a pile of a thousand one-dimensional stereotypes.
in middle school, i made an effort to call any mildly disadvantageous situation a duketastrophe. i totally forgot about that particularly annoying part of my childhood until now. thx