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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 204 points 8 months ago (13 children)

He's not? There's literally an episode about how Homer is so lucky in life that he drives a man insane.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 50 points 8 months ago (4 children)

In fairness, that entire episode was lampshade hanging

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)
[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 8 months ago

I also never heard it before, probably should have, here's the first part of the definition from TV tropes:

"Lampshade Hanging (or, more informally, "Lampshading") is the writers' trick of dealing with any element of the story that seems too dubious to take at face value, whether a very implausible plot development or a particularly blatant use of a trope, by calling attention to it and simply moving on."

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