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TyrantWD posted:Also the reason they put out books and TV shows, and do all of this is to make money, because when they gave up their royal titles, they also gave up all of the benefits it comes with, and King Charles was funding their expenses out of his personal wealth. They are an actress from USA Network dramas, and a guy whose only experience outside the military is waving at people and shaking hands. They are not exactly going to fund their lifestyle by becoming chip engineers at Apple. Oh won't someone think of the poor royals! They HAVE to write books and give interviews! (for their privacy) They can't work like us regular shlubs!
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FilthyImp posted:Like here, most people assume Harry has a pile of cash and a golden throne thanks to being Royalty. But they can't use their position to leverage high paying gigs which makes them pretty dependant on whatever stipend they get from appearances and ceremonial poo poo. He made some money while in the military, but most of the money he used to fund his getaway from the Crown was supplied by the inheritance his mom left him and Harry ($10M) and from Queen Elizabeth ($15-20M?). Minus a couple of million in debt they had to repay for home Reno and charitable foundation financials. They could literally just buy property in a valuable market and rent it out for a tidy sum, if they wanted to have a private and financially secure lifestyle for the rest of their lives
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FilthyImp posted:most people assume Harry has a pile of cash FilthyImp posted:($10M) FilthyImp posted:($15-20M?) I think they'll be alright
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FilthyImp posted:Maybe it's hard to find sympathy for them because of the fact they bought a 15M mansion out the gate and that they've had more money than most of us ever dream of. Yeah, that'll do it.
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Casey Finnigan posted:They could literally just buy property in a valuable market and rent it out for a tidy sum, if they wanted to have a private and financially secure lifestyle for the rest of their lives Watching Harry on my cat-cam as he replaces batteries in the smoke detectors of the condo I rent from him and he's completely fumbling the whole thing like he's never seen a smoke detector in his entire life
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Feb 22, 2023 05:12
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Hey, if $15 mil's a pittance, can you Venmo it to me? Honestly only like, $11 mil. Bills, y'know, cat's been sick...
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member when south park had celebertiy guest like george clooney as sparky the gay dog? They should totally have meg on as a celeberity guest. i understand they offered seinfield turkey number 2 for that thanks giving episode but his agent was like "NO HE NEEDS TO BE TURKEY NUMBER 1" I miss chief "GOD drat IT CHILDREN WHY DO YOU KEEP COMING TO ME WITH QUESTIONS I SHOULD BE ANSWERING! WHERES THE CLITORUS CHIEF? WHATS A LESBIAN CHIEF? WHY DO THEY CALL IT A RIMJOB CHIEF? CANT YOU JUST SAY HI CHIEF NICE DAY ISNT IT?"
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SeANMcBAY posted:When was the last time they actually had a celebrity guest voice on? Season 21, season 20 if you want to count someone people know about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_Park_guest_stars?wprov=sfti1
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:Season 21, season 20 if you want to count someone people know about. drat, way more than I thought. I actually didn’t catch a lot of these.
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I'm amazed that Bill Hader is like half of that list in the later seasons.
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Ups_rail posted:member when south park had celebertiy guest like george clooney as sparky the gay dog? i miss chief runs with premise too but you're quoting the wrong character. you're thinking of CHEF
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Feb 23, 2023 10:48
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SeANMcBAY posted:When was the last time they actually had a celebrity guest voice on? Hard to get celebrities on to do a voice when you make episodes in 6 days. Scheduling is a real struggle. Team America making GBS threads on the SAG and a bunch of celebrities probably also doesn't help.
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Unsurprisingly, those claims about Harry & Meghan preparing to sue the show were probably entirely made up. https://www.newsweek.com/why-prince-harry-meghan-markle-will-not-sue-south-park-lawsuit-1782414 Not that Newsweek is a much better source than some guy Fox News drummed up, of course, but there does seem to be an actual statement from someone who actually represents them, not a "royal commentator"
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cant cook creole bream posted:I'm amazed that Bill Hader is like half of that list in the later seasons. He was in the writers room for a long time so it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. IMO Surprised he counts as a cameo
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ShoogaSlim posted:i miss chief runs with premise too but you're quoting the wrong character. you're thinking of CHEF drat
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Hard to get celebrities on to do a voice when you make episodes in 6 days. Scheduling is a real struggle. I read that Alec Baldwin was disappointed they didn't ask him to voice himself. I believe Matt Damon was ambivalent over his portrayal. Pilfered Pallbearers posted:Season 21, season 20 if you want to count someone people know about. Weird for it not to mention the Killer Mike song in that same season 21 episode. Cacator fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Feb 23, 2023 |
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cant cook creole bream posted:I'm amazed that Bill Hader is like half of that list in the later seasons. I love that clip at the end of 6 Days To Air of him and Trey absolutely losing their poo poo in the recording booth.
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I'm been really curious and confused as to the streaming rights of South Park (it's on Paramount+ and HBO Max) and this sheds some light on it. WB is suing Paramount over the whole thing. https://www.avclub.com/heres-why-warner-bros-is-suing-the-south-park-guys-and-1850157440
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Zero One posted:Remember when they made that episode mocking the writer's strike and payment for internet content? That episode aged about as well as their early global warming episodes.
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South Park is on the wrong side of history kind of a lot. Usually it's just in the way that most comedy ages poorly, but sometimes it's stuff that reminds you that it's made by 1%er Republicans.
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LividLiquid posted:South Park is on the wrong side of history kind of a lot. lol this doesn't actually mean anything. what's "a lot"? name examples other than global warming, which is a bad example anyway bc the way i see it, they were more making fun of al gore for turning environmental awareness into a personal brand to make a profit off of. not that global warming itself wasn't real.
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ShoogaSlim posted:they were more making fun of al gore for turning environmental awareness into a personal brand to make a profit off of. not that global warming itself wasn't real. I'm not gonna way in on the first half of the post, but regarding the quoted portion... I thought South Park's follow-up episodes with ManBearPig made it pretty clear that they once thought global warming wasn't a serious issue and had since changed their minds.
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ShoogaSlim posted:lol this doesn't actually mean anything. what's "a lot"? name examples other than global warming, which is a bad example anyway bc the way i see it, they were more making fun of al gore for turning environmental awareness into a personal brand to make a profit off of. not that global warming itself wasn't real. They equated being trans to a person wanting to be a dolphin and a white kid wanting to be black. For which they also did blackface. They do ridiculously racist Asian accents. Like, come on, yo. This poo poo ain't the right set of history.
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Thank you for the insightful hot takes on a 25 year old show that exists to take the piss out of anything and everything
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LividLiquid posted:It does mean something. It means the thing I said. there are 317 episodes of south park. if each of them has 1 or 2 ideas in them that's 634 ideas. what does "a lot" mean in that context? half? more than half? 10%? or bc you strongly disagree with, like, 4 things they've ever said you feel that it's enough to say they're wrong "a lot"? it means nothing and it's a very cold take.
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LividLiquid posted:South Park is on the wrong side of history kind of a lot. I rewatch the early episodes a lot because I like the general "kids goofing off and getting into trouble over their heads" vibe more, but man, some of those early "topics" episodes are criiiiiiinge. Just as an example, "Rainforest Shmainforest" is completely unwatchable now. ShoogaSlim posted:there are 317 episodes of south park. if each of them has 1 or 2 ideas in them that's 634 ideas. what does "a lot" mean in that context? half? more than half? 10%? Keep earning that red text you loving idiot.
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"there's no such thing as sexual harassment or hate crimes" are a couple of their early hits
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McSpanky posted:completely unwatchable now you're an overly sensitive little bitch lol. stop watching the show altogether if you're this butthurt about a 24 year old episode of a cartoon satire.
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McSpanky posted:get madder about cartoon opinions who's mad in this scenario? the people raging against the creators of south park for being "cringe" or "on the wrong side of history" or me watching every episode and laughing at all the jokes bc i don't take it too seriously?
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ShoogaSlim posted:who's mad in this scenario? the people raging against the creators of south park for being "cringe" or "on the wrong side of history" or me watching every episode and laughing at all the jokes bc i don't take it too seriously? / 
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McSpanky posted:I rewatch the early episodes a lot because I like the general "kids goofing off and getting into trouble over their heads" vibe more, but man, some of those early "topics" episodes are criiiiiiinge. Just as an example, "Rainforest Shmainforest" is completely unwatchable now. Rainforest Shmainforest is still funny. The only message behind it is that Matt & Trey went to the rainforest and thought it totally sucked so they made the episode about how much their trip sucked.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Rainforest Shmainforest is still funny. The only message behind it is that Matt & Trey went to the rainforest and thought it totally sucked so they made the episode about how much their trip sucked. Knowing that really doesn't change how the ep comes off super smug about how lame and pointless environmentalism is, which is a huge 😬nowadays (not to mention that the rainforest really was and is getting trashed at an epidemic rate, so, you know, they were just objectively wrong about not giving a poo poo). That "caring about stuff is for hypocrites and suckers" attitude the early show had that preceded their later-era libertarian both-sidesing is maybe an even uglier look in the modern era. Of course this is the same show that would later go on to side with the chuds on the whole "woke = nothing can ever be funny, just take the stick out you liberal snowflakes" thing so I can guess what the responses to this criticism will be. McSpanky fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Feb 27, 2023 |
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ShoogaSlim posted:lol this doesn't actually mean anything. what's "a lot"? name examples other than global warming, which is a bad example anyway bc the way i see it, they were more making fun of al gore for turning environmental awareness into a personal brand to make a profit off of. not that global warming itself wasn't real. Well, I guess this is as good of a time as any to say I'm not a fan of how "Cripple Fight" has Big Gay Al turn to the camera and say that private organizations should be allowed to discriminate against minorities.
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