Anon is a Critic
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Posted by ahackercalled4chan@reddit | 4chan | View on Reddit | 138 comments
BrocoliAssassin@reddit
They went with the lame cop out of "Trump is so bad we can't make anything funnier than what he does!"
Just because Trump is garbage doesn't mean that we all lose the ability to tell a funny story.
sprinkill@reddit
I mostly agree, but I think Trump had a profound effect on a lot of people that I don't think we understand yet. I know it's cliche, but TDS does actually appear to be a real thing. I understand being interested in politics and the way the Government operates, but the obsession that a lot of people have with Trump goes well beyond that. There's something else behind it. So anyway, I do think that it literally prevents them from telling a funny story.
skratch@reddit
it’s really easy to spot someone suffering from TDS because invariably the first thing they’ll do is accuse people of having TDS. TDS is when you worship the fuck and go white knight for him on reddit. It’s fucking pathetic
Pingushagger@reddit
Yeah probably the kid raping, I would guess.
sprinkill@reddit
Whoah, that's weird...I didn't know that he raped any kids. Anyways, I guess the main question is, "how does that effect his ability to govern?"
Kiwi-Slayer@reddit
Right. There are people who have a problem with the US president raping kids and being Bibi's puppet, and then there are people who spout TDS in response to those criticisms because their brains are still stuck on 2016 culture war nonsense.
kaninkanon@reddit
Lmao the lengths you people will go to avoid facing the fact that you voted for an idiot
mrheh@reddit
Bot.
sprinkill@reddit
See, there ya' go with the TDS. I'm not even an American.
Cute-Contract-6762@reddit
I legitimately have nothing but disdain for Trump and the boomer mentality of sending a last fuck you to the world that he represents. But after a while I kinda checked out and realized how stupid it was to hyper focus on politics and doom scroll. Now I’m genuinely happier focusing on other stuff that brings me happiness
make_reddit_great@reddit
Based
oby100@reddit
It’s really lazy. There’s a million directions they could go with it. Garrison as Trump 8 years ago was gold because they actually came up with a bit around it (Trump not actually wanting the presidency).
Feels like a lot of political comedy is so on the nose these days. There’s no such thing as “things are so wacky these days there’s no room for comedy!”
However much anyone hates Trump, I promise there’s a million way crazier points in history. Really, the days of monarchies was way crazier because no one even had to tell you what was going on. You lived in total darkness until some plague or rival kingdom came to wipe your village out.
champdude17@reddit
Garrison as Trump was funny in the leadup to the election, but it was pretty clear they didn't think he'd win, as the season quickly falls apart after that.
make_reddit_great@reddit
We forgot how to make fun presidents during the Obama administration. There's no mass-appeal comedy now; it's all about scoring points for the red team or the blue team.
Lucario-@reddit
Yeah, if I wanted to see the same tired jokes about Trump, I'd just open reddit in incognito
Old-Owl-1187@reddit
I liked Tegridy Farms.
Band in China is legit one of the best episodes of the series
lutomes@reddit
Same here. The shift around that time to season long story arcs is pretty decent.
Like I acknowledge the shift from episodic to serialised is not for everyone. But continuing to do episodic content would not be any better.
clone9786@reddit
Tegridy rocks and people who feel this strongly about it are weirdos
RoCon52@reddit
I didn’t stop because of the farm story just like at the same time
RoCon52@reddit
I haven’t watched in years since the seasons started having like 5 episodes. Isn’t Tegridy Farms like a going gag now?
Djenthallman@reddit
No, they sold the farm in one of newer seasons
The_real_bandito@reddit
I think it finally ended in the last season though. Randy is broke and had to move out.
countrybreakfast1@reddit
My girlfriend's dad religiously watches south park and he'll quote it at dinner and be like "south park anyone?"... Like enjoying south park in the year 2026 is low IQ behavior.
InadequateUsername@reddit
I thought enjoying South park in 2026 was low IQ behavior
countrybreakfast1@reddit
I remember being a kid when south park came out and it was soooo popular and my parents wouldn't let me watch it but there was this one kid who lived in the trailer parks whose parents smoked and he got to watch it and would always be saying shit like "they killed Kenny! You bastards!" He seemed so cool in the moment but we grew up and he still lives in a trailer
FascistPissholeUK@reddit
When I was a young kid I was so desperate to be age 15 so I could buy the South Park DVD's. When I reached 15 I had already become too old for South Park, it was boring to me, juvenile. I simply cannot understand adults who still watch it. It feels very much like a case of arrested development to me.
InadequateUsername@reddit
I wasn't allowed South Park or Family Guy as a kid
countrybreakfast1@reddit
Man I can remember watching Simpsons with my brothers back in 90s and my grandma being like "I can't believe you let them watch that crap"
oby100@reddit
2000s South Park has top tier satire. It didn’t say anything deep, just pointed at fairly obvious societal plights in clever ways.
The satire these days is so lazy and rarely tells an actual joke
Reddiohead@reddit
South Park was legitimately great in the 90s and 2000s
TraumaPerformer@reddit
I’m sorry about your girlfriends low IQ dad.
countrybreakfast1@reddit
Oh he's a nice enough fellow
TraumaPerformer@reddit
Doesn’t matter.
Low IQ.
Run while you can.
august_overground@reddit
The bill burr effect.
drtij_dzienz@reddit
Don’t blame Nia for the corrupting influence of Saudi money
august_overground@reddit
He sucked balls long before there was any Saudi money involved.
oby100@reddit
The Saudi thing is so dumb. Burr has been declining for at least as long as his kids have been around. Makes sense. He settled down and doesn’t do much aside from work and spend time with his family.
countrybreakfast1@reddit
I'm not a burr fan but his comedy seemed to rely on having a bit of a bite to it some edge... He probably softened up cuz it's just natural as you get older, have a family, get content, to not be so angry/edgy. That and it's near impossible to "edgy" when you fully buy into the lib/PC thing. It's just inherently so safe.
Jarebear7272@reddit
He also had a drinking problem and anger problem. Worked on both after he had kids. Changed his stand-up for sure
FascistPissholeUK@reddit
Much like Geoff Ramsey from Rooster Teeth, he was funnier when he was drunk.
OutrageousQuantity12@reddit
He also left Boston for LA. On top of everything you said (which are correct contributing factors), going from hard fucking winters to 70 and sunny on Christmas morning will take some of your edge away too
Aizen10@reddit
It's interesting that he was the only one with any sustained blowback for that Riyadh Comedy festival.
Daysleeper1234@reddit
That tends to happen if there are recordings of you shitting on people for taking Saudi's money.
Pretty-Persimmon-673@reddit
The worst part was the hypocrisy
Yoyo7689@reddit
There’s an “oil sheik pays for doodoo sex” joke in there… Shame Bill can’t be the one to make it
Davethemann@reddit
On top of the reasons already listed, he also kept up the defense for some time, keeping it in the air. I recall Whitney Cummings doing the same thing
OutrageousQuantity12@reddit
It’s because he shit all over Beyoncé for taking Saudi money just a few years prior
BlackwoodJohnson@reddit
The reason Bill got the most blowback is because he had become the type of person his younger self would’ve made fun of.
PointOfTheJoke@reddit
He's even made fun of singers and other celebrities who have done exactly what he did.
nerdy_digger_99@reddit
All money is Saudi money.
Reddiohead@reddit
Nia's pretty chill, actually.
Bill Burr was a good comedian for over a decade, but you have to be great to outlive your shelf life. His schtick got old
vitringur@reddit
His schtick was that he was a semi self aware psycho with fucked up thoughts.
Once he started dealing with his actual trauma and start to heal, the funny material also dries up.
A comedian usually needs to be kind of fucked up and having nothing to lose.
snrup1@reddit
Glad he healed, now he's insufferable and self-righteous.
august_overground@reddit
Nia's a cunt
BBWArchitect@reddit
Gee now I'm not sure whose unemployed opinion to believe.
squidbillygang@reddit
shes about as big stinky lib as it gets
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Reddiohead@reddit
Well she's cooler than the average social freak on this sub, that's for sure
MangoAtrocity@reddit
Matt McCusker would like a word
EqualityAmongFish@reddit
Panderverse was fire tho
Mr__Castle_@reddit
Paramount paid $1,000,000,000 for these cucks to make the lamest content in the series.
Money must make you lose your sense of humor or something.
Ronin_777@reddit
They’re probably just checked out after doing this shit for decades. Plus they are both family men now so that probably made them lose their edge a bit, I remember Trey did the dispicable me movie because his daughter was a fan of it.
LordMimsyPorpington@reddit
It's also because pop culture and politics have become synonymous over the last decade, so there's just nothing for them to parody anymore except Trump and co. Stan literally says this directly to the camera in the lastest season.
acart005@reddit
He was outstanding in that movie btw
shangumdee@reddit
Ye but they made of Trump and republicans for all the episodes so now they can claim any negative reception is just because they are so brave and intellectual and MAGA is just too stupid to enjoy it.
pemboo@reddit
It clearly still makes paramount money or it would have been axes by now
HolyBidetServitor@reddit
they know they can just slop out content to meet the contract.
MonochromaticGuy@reddit
Yeah, the latest episodes/seasons were kinda meh to me, kinda weird too they didn't make any job at the Biden administration but instead went for tegrity farm, btw, why did they stop the Garrison Trump storyline and instead made a Trump character with a Satan storyline instead?
nwPatriot@reddit
That's because the show's main lawyer and close friend of Matt and Trey, Kevin Morris, is a big time Democratic donor and was connected to the Bidens. South Park not even poking some light fun at Joe/Hunter Biden is crazy and a huge sign the show had become politicized.
KeepRooting4Yourself@reddit
well i'll be damned
Check_Me_Out-Boss@reddit
I believe he also represented Hunter Biden.
Deluxe_24_@reddit
Ngl I think it's just that Biden was boring to talk about. No one from that admin had an ounce of personality and even the Hunter Biden shit was pretty plain.
mrheh@reddit
Try again.
McCrackenYouUp@reddit
Yeah, they should have made an episode about Hunter's fat hog and whooores.
Cyhawk@reddit
They have such severe TDS they wouldn't dare do anything to make blue look in anyway bad.
McCrackenYouUp@reddit
Do you think having a fat dick and fucking whores makes people look bad?
There was plenty to make fun of with Biden but for most of that admin's time South Park wasn't really doing a traditional weekly show, so the format didn't quite lend to the "rushed current events of the week parody" type of show that South Park was in its heyday. During Trump's first term they did the Mr. Garrison as Trump thing, but it was never nearly the criticism of Trump that they made this season.
In any case, other than the obvious shit like fucking Satan, some of their critiques of Trump are fairly accurate. The true TDS is being incapable of recognizing legitimate criticisms of the president that's now down to 35% approval.
Trey and Matt are fairly libertarian guys, so when an authoritarian shows his true colors I don't know how anyone would be surprised they of all people would poke fun at him. The fact that there are still dick riders after nearly every promise the Frump made during his campaign was dumped into his engorged diaper is absolutely astounding.
Cyhawk@reddit
Holy shit, go outside and touch some grass.
ahamel13@reddit
Honestly it wasn't that funny to begin with. They hsd that whole episode that made fun of how Family Guy makes jokes but they barely even make jokes at all.
Prestigious_Wrap_932@reddit
It’s spectacularly awful now. I tried to get into it because a guy at work said the Trump stuff was great, and now I’m worried that he’s borderline regarded because this is some of the worst stuff I’ve ever seen on TV.
Who’s writing this stuff? It’s worse than that Family Guy spinoff about Cleveland.
Davethemann@reddit
Cleveland show had some goddamm gems in there
This has just been endless pain, and reminder, Cleveland ended after three seasons, we're still due what, 2 or 3 more south park seasons?
KeepRooting4Yourself@reddit
i got the south park bundle on itunes for cheap a few months ago. And going from watching the new season to then watching to the old stuff was so incredibly jarring.
Like I know they got the bag and all, but for guys who kept shitting on how lazy family guy was and ragged on how pathetic the networks and industry was back then, it's hard to imagine them not being even a little embarassed by what they've been putting out.
but then again they are unc now so they probably don't care anymore.
Prestigious_Wrap_932@reddit
Yeah, it’s what happens to almost everyone; They’re full of new ideas and a burning passion to shake things up, and then once they get a real taste of power and money and fame they turn into the thing they used to hate.
All the miserable old pieces of shit you hate in any industry were once fresh new upstarts who went in wanting to upend the establishment but ended up becoming it instead.
TraumaPerformer@reddit
Many such cases.
cumble_bumble@reddit
Matt and Trey legit scammed Paramount out of millions of dollars lol and you know what good for them 😂
poxxy@reddit
Billions. With a B. Also look up the stories about the America: World Police movie. Studio execs screening the finished movie and literally shouting “oh god they fucked us!”
scannerofcrap@reddit
if you look it up it tells you that was in response to a prank they played pretending they'd made a much worse quality set than they had.
pero914@reddit
If you looked it up you’d know that’s not the whole story.
scannerofcrap@reddit
but... I did... and that's what I saw. what did I miss?
triknodeux@reddit
But that doesn't fit my narrative
GlitteringFutures@reddit
wordjedi@reddit
Excuse me good gentlesir, that move is high art
pemboo@reddit
I mean the whole thing is pretty mutually beneficial
Paramount clearly still makes loads of money from, Matt and Trey are making money from it
Why put effort in when everyone is getting rich?
Yea artistic integrity is a thing, but they sold out decades ago
shangumdee@reddit
They should have just hung up the show in 2019 and focused on something else. In my opinion when a show tries to include the pandemic, covid, and lockdowns, it never goes well.
Prestigious_Wrap_932@reddit
As a viewer it sucks how short the new seasons are, but from a “fuck capitalism” perspective Paramount getting tricked into paying billions of dollars for a couple of shitty 6-episode seasons of a half hour show is legitimately hilarious.
DonnieMoistX@reddit
The reason the season are so short is because Paramount sold the streaming rights to HBO max before Paramount Plus existed. After making their own streaming service they realized it was fucking stupid to sell the streaming rights to their only Popular IP besides SpongeBob. So they Trey and Matt make the next seasons tiny, and instead have them make South Park “specials” instead of episodes in a season because HBO didn’t have the rights to Specials. HBO in response just stops paying Paramount for South Park and keeps streaming the show.
Long story short, it wasn’t some epic Trey and Matt scheme to stick it to Paramount. It was Paramount being a dipshit. South Park made an entire special about this called the Streaming Wars.
BlackwoodJohnson@reddit
South Park was already becoming shit when every single episode just became a soapbox for Matt and Trey to stand on to voice their opinions on whatever social/political issues that was happening at the time. The comedy took a backseat priority, not to mention how older episodes become dated on rewatch. Some of the older episodes are as unwatchable as an episode of the Daily Show from 20 years ago as a result.
Seriously, when was the last time they made a South Park episode based on original premises?
McGuineaRI@reddit
That's what they're missing. They did a bit of touching on whatever nonsense was happening at any given time but they used to have whole episodes based around just a random topic or a story that had nothing to do with whatever msnbc cares about any given week. Theyre just so lame now. There's no creativity or comedy. Its a chore. Watching older episodes shows how insanely good the show was before compared to the last decade. I think they lost touch with their libertarian antiestablishment punk roots and got too deep into Los Angeles. Happens a lot
BrownieJ@reddit
It stopped being funny for me around the season with the 2016 elections. After that it’s just been inconsistently funny and a bit too on the nose. I love South Park but it should’ve ended close to a decade ago.
TypicalMootis@reddit
When life becomes parody, satire becomes commentary
dddeaddd@reddit
frfr doe dat ratio be wild asf ong bet ya heard playa finna crash out ham
MetalGearXerox@reddit
Except south park has been neither of those since 2016.
TypicalMootis@reddit
It's almost like there was some massive event in 2016 that made a bunch of people in the US start acting insane
cheezitzonrye@reddit
If that fucking kid just stayed out of that gorilla enclosure none of this would've happened
Temelios@reddit
You guys have been making that same joke for 10 years. It was barely funny then, and it’s funny now. Move on already.
TypicalMootis@reddit
Tony_Roiland@reddit
and South Park gets shit
wellreadwhore@reddit
South Park is still great
sirmeowmix@reddit
Matt McCuckster seems to be doing well with his black wife.
YouSlashNordy@reddit
Because he wasn’t funny to begin with
clone9786@reddit
Saw him live and it was a dogshit show
WAAAAAAAAARGH@reddit
3 time WNBA champion
mrheh@reddit
lmao how did Matt from MNSSP get looped into this
helpfulreply@reddit
Because he already went to war with the libs in his university and is now resistant to soy think
pdiddysuncle@reddit
thats because hes black
KestreLw@reddit
South Park is still funny, people are just mad that Trump is getting mocked a lot because they're dickriders impossible of being critical of their own side. The show always mocked everyone and everything anyway
champdude17@reddit
I used to have huge respect for Matt and Trey, but they are complete hypocrites. They criticised Family guy writers for being lazy and phoning it in, look at them now.
TraditionalRow3978@reddit
noem shooting puppies was pretty funny, ill give the later seasons that
bumford11@reddit
South Park should have ended years ago, the same as The Simpsons and Family Guy.
The problem with all of these shows is they don't know when to call it quits. Look at those absolutely God awful Futurama late seasons, for example.
pVom@reddit
It's the American way
Dinger221@reddit
You can't just jump in and watch an episode anymore because of the regarded serialized stories all the newer seasons have.
Like why did they start doing that??
xologram@reddit
they went bland for a while with pc principal and tegridy but they are so back last season or two
stillphat@reddit
the quality of the show's humor was always dog shit. It was funny because they said derogatory things and were generally offensive when everyone wasn't used to depression and irony.
The show has had several eras but the most distinct cut was around the time chef was killed off or around the internet meme era. This was around 2009, 2010.
Demonweed@reddit
Their lawyer spent crazy amounts of money to shield Hunter Biden from more serious penalties for long-neglected tax liabilities. Basically, the government had him dead to rights on an Al Capone-kinda case, but he was the son of a Presidential candidate, so the IRS agreed it was all just a misunderstanding and they could let it slide if he covered the outstanding debt along with some gentle additional penalties. Parker and Stone were so serious trying to save team Blue No Matter Who that they became the sort of establishment figures they viciously mocked at the height of their powers.
Chango-mango0@reddit
Thank god it wasnt just me
Bernie529@reddit
The show has gone full Trump obsession now.
There are more things happening in the world and even the US...😒
b88b15@reddit
About once a year they put out a banger.
Eggmasstree@reddit
I hated the last 2 seasons.
"Hey what would be funny ? Trump with Satan. And then Trump talk about his penis size 23 times in a 18 minute episodes, that's gonna be great"
hlessi_newt@reddit
worse than modern simpsons? let's not get carried away here.
garbage, yes. but worse than modern simpsons?
Chuklol@reddit
Woah your telling me the show running for 20+ seasons is getting worse?? Wow great fucking take regardo.
tabris51@reddit
I really enjoyed the season PC principle appeared and the whole war against ads.
Been chasing that high ever since(pretty much dropped the series for years)
datsan@reddit
Even tho SP is not at its peak, it's far far better than everything Simpsons past season 12.
TraumaPerformer@reddit
So THATS what happened.
I knew there had to be a reasonable explanation…
LooseButtPlug@reddit
JD Vance as Tattoo is the funniest shit I've seen in a long time. The fact that most of you children don't understand the jokes or get the references is on you, not south park.
Tony_Roiland@reddit
I haven't seen it, what is the joke?
TheInsanernator@reddit
I liked the special where Cartman tries to get Ozempic and they had a song on navigating the American health care system.
ZyklonFart@reddit
The fact you're still watching any of this slop says more about you than the quality of modern "entertainment"
Wibble606@reddit
I thought the Tegridy Farms stuff was a low point in South Park but now its back up.