Trey Parker and Matt Stone are probably two of the most courageous and talented satirist the world truly needs right now.

Props to them for being one of the only people who views Woke as something else other than just the cringe way of saying "Political Correctness"

Truly admirable and sagacious comedy CHADS!!!!!!!!

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[–] 95 points 2 days ago (27 children)

These dudes are great. I love to see this stuff.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 days ago* (13 children)

    Ehh, they are funny but they have had some Ls in the past. Two episodes come to mind:

    • Both parties are the same
    • Comparing being trans to identifying as a dolphin.
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  • [–] 37 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    They've absolutely been on the wrong side before, but they've also acknowledged past mistakes. Climate change is a big example.

    We're all wrong about stuff - and that's okay. It's what we do after we learn we're wrong that matters.

    I grew up in a time and place that had me believing homosexuality was immoral and that white men were being discriminated against by affirmative action. What I believed was wrong, and is not representative of who I am now. But I didn't have social media or a television network keeping a record of every time I said something awful.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    What do they think of US invasion and occupation of Iraq?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    If you are comparing the establishment parties in America right now, it is pretty accurate that both parties are the same. They are both beholden to the private Epstein's class and the corporate lobbying interests that they are bribed with. Not to mention that they are consistently on the wrong side by supporting Israel without a fault and even actively trying to jeopardize the chances of up and coming anti establishment progressive candidates.

    In regards to the dolphin episode, I know the one you are referring to and from my memory it had 0 reference to trans people. It was just about Kyle wanting to play in the NBA and his dad admitting he always wanted to be a dolphin. If you are reading that as a correlation with trans people, that's on you.

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  • At least the first one is actually true...

    I mean, both parties (and any party in any place of the world) is the same: a bunch of mythomaniacs, sociopaths, psychopaths, narcissists, kleptomaniacs, pedophiles and murderers who don't care about the citizens, the people, but only their own pockets and their shitty hedonisms.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    wp:Talk:South Park Republican#Pushing Republican Views

    (my bold)

    Yes they certainly do. Is everyone forgetting what Kyle says at the end of the Bin Laden episode? "America may have its problems, but it's our home, and if you're not gonna root for your home team, you might as well get the hell out of the stadium."

    Another thing, Bush has been shown a few times on the show. Normally when Bush appear in a popular cartoon, he is made fun of for his incredible stupidity. Bush has NEVER BEEN MADE FN OF ON SOUTH PARK. They rarely give him lines, and when he does speak, Parker and Stone do not make him say anything stupid. This is implicitly pushing a Republican viewpoint on the audience and makes them believe Bush really isn't all that bad when it is historical fact that he is hands-down the worst American president ever.

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  • [+] -15 points 2 days ago (12 children)

    I'm conflicted: they are hilarious... but aren't they billionaires? This is such a rare combo, I don't know what to think. Lemmy, tell me what to think!

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  • [–] 14 points 2 days ago (7 children)

    They actually earned their money though.

    It's different, when they are fighting for the common good no less. And they've been doing so for the most part since after the 00s at least when they still kind of didn't get how it was going to play out.

    If I had to criticize them, it would be they took some wrong takes, but who hasn't? They did in good faith as I can see.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    I thought we had a general consensus that it's impossible to "earn" a billion dollars.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    Yeah you would have a point. Except for the TV and movie industry, which famously has absolutely 0 victims…

    Hey that doesn’t sound so true??

    Maybe the fact that we like Trey and Matt making fun of people gives them the right to incidentally hurt others. “They earned it because I like it.”

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    I mean, they created a wildly popular show that's been around over 20 years. I can't think of anything they've done otherwise. I'm sure it's possible to earn a billion dollars, but highly unlikely. If anything, they're the exception to the rule, I'd say.

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  • Aside from South Park (which includes tons of merchandise, several games, and a movie) they did do a few movies (low forgettable Orgasmo, and cult classics BASEketball and Team America: World Police) and a WILDLY successful Broadway musical The Book of Mormon which won 9 Tony Awards.

    The bulk of those earnings like came from South Park in some form or fashion

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago*

    I’ve always felt like artists could be the one exception to “there should be no billionaires”.

    If you make tremendous wealth from many many many small payments for your art from many many people… that is not exploitation, that is success in its purest form.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Wow, yes they are billionaires... due to a deal with Paramount+ whom they just made a very public dig at in this name change.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/07/25/south-parks-creators-are-now-billionaires/

    My opinion is, they have to be willing to pay their taxes, and not be worse then your 'average driver who only cuts people accidentally' rather than a BMW driver. I would expect them to make some serious self-deprecating digs at being billionaires as well. Also Casa Bonita needs to go International!

    (So at least Mark Cuban level of 'don't be evil'.)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    Even Warren Buffet said something to the effect of, “Just tax me, I’m okay with that!”

    There’s this sort of mythos that exists that if you’re a billionaire you’re automatically smarter, more capable and harder-working than everyone else.

    It’s a myth, for sure. Most are not working physically harder than the guy scrubbing their excutive toilets, and making money is a very specific skill set. This is especially true for people who have primarily built wealth from investing, and/or came from generational wealth. If you have a lot of money, you either won the lottery, or you are really good at amassing wealth, along with being blessed by favorable circumstances.

    I think the billionaires who get this separate themselves from the evil exploitative assholes who only want to ruin the world for profit, while paying 0% taxes. It’s not an ego thing for them. While I still oppose a system that allows people to amass $1 billion of assets, sufficiently taxing the wealthy would be a good start.

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