--- title: The Simpsons Viral Challenge Inspires Screenshots About Life description: A viral Simpsons challenge has inspired the funniest responses from people who relate to the show's best moments. canonical: https://time.com/5116147/viral-simpsons-twitter-challenge/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-24T14:26:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:00.698Z og:title: This Viral 'Simpsons' Challenge Will Get You to Reflect on Your Life og:description: Thanks to a fun question on Twitter og:url: https://time.com/5116147/viral-simpsons-twitter-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Viral 'Simpsons' Challenge Will Get You to Reflect on Your Life twitter:description: Thanks to a fun question on Twitter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Viral _Simpsons Challenge_ Will Get You to Reflect on Your Life by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 24, 2018 2:26 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 24, 2018 2:26 PM UTC Few shows are as on point about human behavior as [_The Simpsons_](http://time.com/4757286/the-simpsons-president-donald-trump-100-days/). And now people are using single moments from the [long-running cultural touchstone](http://time.com/3636198/the-simpsons-25-years/) to sum up their entire lives thanks to a viral question. Twitter user Carl Kinsella invited people to share the one screenshot from _The Simpsons_ that best sums up their life stories on Tuesday — and people quickly rose to the challenge. Thanks to the outpouring of responses, the whole narrative is available in one handy link so you can tour some of life’s relatable moments through the prism of Springfield’s finest. It’s worth scrolling through for some excellent images from the show’s long history paired with text memorable quotes like “I’m just one big toasty cinnamon bun” and “this is where I come to cry.” _The Simpsons_ has eerily [predicted the future countless times](http://time.com/4667462/simpsons-predictions-donald-trump-lady-gaga/), been remixed into a [GIF-making database](https://io9.gizmodo.com/that-excellent-simpsons-quote-search-engine-now-makes-g-1776331156), and thanks to this viral tweet, it can also be the soundtrack to our lives. > [](https://twitter.com/TVsCarlKinsella/status/955767884634083328) We compiled a sampling of some of the best responses to Kinsella’s tweet: > [](https://twitter.com/redrobbery/status/955897903989645312) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FSteveThornton/status/955775962733600768) > [](https://twitter.com/GrizzlyMurphy/status/955809685466238976) > [](https://twitter.com/aliosha%5Fsanchez/status/955895640441139200) > [](https://twitter.com/magicdel/status/955910559685332992) > [](https://twitter.com/acedumont37/status/955907861078597632) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5116147/viral-simpsons-twitter-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5116147/viral-simpsons-twitter-challenge/"},"headline":"This Viral Simpsons Challenge Will Get You to Reflect on Your Life","datePublished":"2018-01-24T14:26:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:00.698Z","description":"Thanks to a fun question on Twitter","url":"https://time.com/5116147/viral-simpsons-twitter-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5116147/viral-simpsons-twitter-challenge/","name":"This Viral Simpsons Challenge Will Get You to Reflect on Your Life"}}]}] ```