Aladdin: 10,000 Years After Us

What if Agrabah isn’t ancient at all—but what’s left after us? The fan theory goes like this: the Genie says he’s been in the lamp for 10,000 years, yet he cracks jokes about Elvis, celebrities, and modern slang. He even quips that Aladdin’s outfit is “so 3rd century.” If he hasn’t been out in 10,000 years, that pushes the story to year ≥ 10,300. Now rewatch the backgrounds: broken stone and metal, odd ruins that feel more like salvage than palaces. The carpet behaves like advanced tech—and the lamp reads like a containment device, not a chalice for magic.

In this episode we run a Debate:

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