Seems I hit a nerve.

I agree. I don't know when slamming The Simpsons became cool (I think I first remember hearing it around 3, maybe 4) but it's really fucking old and most definitely not hip. The "The Simpsons stopped being good in (fill in blank)" group has no leg to stand on. First, if they stopped watching it when it "stopped being…

"The only true Simpsons writer"? Oh, do shut up.