>>99869522the shitty era of simpsons is not one thing, it's many things
the early decline when things were getting too zany in a careless way
the bush years of nonstop asinine political nonsense
but then around 2010, when family guy remembered how to be funny (if more retarded than ever), simpsons also remembered how to be funny, though it stopped sounding even a LITTLE like the simpsons. and for about 6 years, it was good (barring a few really bad slipups. usually around election time). Not classic simpsons good, but good enough.
the trump era though, it has been absolutely hit and miss. When it's good, it's like "christ, is this really a simpsons episode from 2017/18? it's.. good!" and when it's bad, you sit there agape like "what the hell was that I just watched?"