Did ‘The Flintstones’ Actually Take Place In A Post-Apocalyptic Hellscape?
Hold onto your Bronto-Burgers, folks, because we’re about to go on a wild ride through the streets of Bedrock! You remember that classic cartoon from the 80s and 90s, don’t you? The one that showed us how families lived in the Stone Age, with their animal-powered machinery, crude tools, and simple way of life? Well, what if I told you that everything we thought we knew about the Flintstones was a lie? That they weren’t living in the Stone Age at all, but instead, in a dystopian post-apocalyptic wasteland that had been bombed back to the Stone Age?
Let’s start with the evidence. First of all, we have the 1987 TV movie “The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones.” In the movie, Elroy Jetson creates a time machine that malfunctions and sends him and his family into the past. But what if it wasn’t the past they traveled to? What if, instead, they traveled to the future, a future beyond their understanding? And that future just happened to look like the Stone Age.
Think about it. If there was a major cataclysmic event that caused the world to revert back to the Stone Age, it would make sense that the surviving animal species would get a fresh start in this new world. They wouldn’t be hunted by humans anymore, and they would have the opportunity to flourish and evolve. Some of them might even gain sentience. That would explain why the Flintstones have all of these amazing animal-powered machines like a pig that lives under their sink as a garbage disposal, a micro-elephant on wheels used as a vacuum cleaner, or a bird’s beak used as a record player. And all of them are able to break the 4th wall in perfect English to complain about their jobs.
And speaking of modernity, let’s talk about Christmas. The Flintstones celebrate this holiday, which is more than just putting presents under the tree and kissing under the mistletoe. It’s a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. But wait a minute, didn’t we think the Flintstones were living in the Stone Age, long before the birth of Christ? How could they celebrate Christmas AND be living in a time of pre-history? This just adds to the evidence that these characters aren’t who or what we thought they were.
Another piece of evidence is the fact that the Flintstones have a sophisticated and robust economy. They don’t operate on a trading or bartering system, but instead have money and a complicated banking system. They even have deposit slips that they fill out with a rock and chisel. And their currency looks strikingly modern-day, with some Illuminati symbolism printed on it. To have a functioning economy, they would have had to have the ability to produce ink, which wouldn’t have been readily available in the aftermath of the initial fallout.
Finally, let’s consider the timing of the Flintstones. The cartoon first aired from 1960 to 1966, during the peak of the Cold War. What if the showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union happened and the world was plunged into a post-apocalyptic wasteland, with only the remnants of society left to rebuild from the ashes? The Flintstones could be a glimpse into that future.
In conclusion, when you take all of these pieces of evidence into consideration, it’s possible that the Flintstones weren’t living in the Stone Age after all, but in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, using what was available to them to rebuild their world in the image of what they remembered from the past. The next time you watch an episode of The Flintstones, think about all of these hidden secrets, and you might see the cartoon in a whole new light.
