The fact that so many Trump supporters downplayed the threat of Covid makes me wonder how committed they really were to the idea of it being a Chinese plot.

One thing I think the different reactions to 9/11 and Covid shows is how much people need a “them” to blame things on. Like, some people blame “copaganda” fiction for why we’ve overlooked police brutality, but I think it’s just a part of human nature to want to see things in terms of good guys and bad guys. When…

It’s been a few years since I read it too, but I don’t remember them talking much about how to actually solve the problem.

“Very much”? I remember it being brought up in a pretty perfunctory way. Also, as CapnAndy said, they could’ve had only humans be affected(or primates, so Ampersand would be the only monkey).

To me the character designs actually look pretty low-budget. I mean, they’re basically just people with horns or TV heads or whatever.

The 49-state blowouts in ‘72 and ‘84 had higher turnouts than ‘96.

I think SNL’s different because its cast keeps changing(although Lorne apparently wants people to stay longer now), unlike The Simpsons and South Park. I think South Park has an advantage over The Simpsons as far as staying in the zeitgeist in that they make the episodes the week they air, so they’re much better able…

If you look at my above comments you’ll see I gave numerical evidence that the opposite is true.

My opinion of South Park changed in the opposite way: about 15 years ago I thought they were just a couple of edgelords, but eventually I came to like the show.

The Simpsons just had its 32nd season.

I think cynicism and apathy are pretty well-connected in politics(“It’s all corrupt, so why should I vote?”).

Funny you should put it that way considering that in 1996, the year before the show debuted, less than half of America’s voting age population voted in that year’s presidential election, whereas last year over 60% did.

What makes you think people were less cynical about politics before South Park?

I read both articles you linked to and I don’t remember anything specifically racist about her accusation unless you think the mere fact that he’s black is enough to make it racist, which is where my Jewish comparison came in.

I don’t think she got the voice quite right.

Weird that for someone widely mocked for being boring he’s actually pretty good at comedy(watch his appearances on SNL and Futurama).

Con Air doesn’t have a hyphen and Cast Away has two words.

So if she’d accused a Jewish guy would that be anti-Semitic?

How does Charles Schulz fit into this idea?

Good reference(if you’ve seen the MST3K riff of Boogy Creek 2 you’ll know why) considering that scene where Annie and Britta wrestle covered in oil.