Monday, November 23, 2015

The Most Popular Names of 2089

I just got back.  The most popular names of 2089 are:

Velma
Shaggy
Daphne
Fred.

This is due to the resurgence in popularity of the kids' cartoon Scooby Doo. Sociologist attribute three factors:

1. The group marriage arrangement of the characters, while never acknowledged in the 20th Century, closely mirrors the more vanilla contracts of the late 21st.

2. Talking dogs genetically engineered become popular pets, and they're every bit as hilarious as you'd think (especially if you're high), but mostly

3. The slang words made up for the show (Zoinks, Jinkies, et. al) coincidentally all have sexual meanings by 2089 and the dialogue has spawned several drinking games.

Disney managed to turn this into a trend, since they already had rights to most childrens' entertainment, by re-streaming such shows as Rugrats, Super-Friends, and He-Man. Fox made an abortive attempt to cash in and announced that they would be activating the "resurrection clause" of all the voice actors from "The Simpsons," but immediately upon her return to life Nancy Cartwright reportedly said "Zoink THAT," and drank a vial of holy water, returning to dust (and hopefully a torment-free afterlife).

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