You're right, sentimental yearning for a ficticious past is not a new phenomenon, just look at 19th century paintings from the Romantic Period.

My kids love both South Park and Legos (yes, thats "LEGO" with an "s", just like "the Internets", and … "ISIS"), and they would love to have a South Park set of Legos. After watching the new South Park episode, they now want a Legos J.J. Abrams Minifigure complete with "Make Star Wars Great Again" cap as well.

Cartman is not convincing himself that she is funny and/or smart, he doesn't even like her, and I don't believe she likes him either. They both have a hidden agenda. This fake relationship is just part of their individual secret plan.

Concrats! You have just become part of the same comments section you seem to hate by posting your complaints here.

There is no relationship, don't you see? They're both trolling (offline). They are obviously faking affection and they are probably using each other for their own individual, secret plan. I don't know what their plans are about, but I'm pretty sure they're both elaborate and manipulative.

"Characters acting bizarrely out of character"? I thought that was the whole point of making Gerald the evil internet troll of the story. It's like you're criticizing Robert Stevenson for his novella "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" which features a bizarrely out-of-character Dr. Jekyll throughout the story.

This is not just about pop-up ads, this is about the observation that people get so distracted in their daily life, that they give up the fight and simply surrender to the adds. Eventually, they will start trusting advertisers and start reading (and believing) all kinds of sponsored content.

The way I see it, is that Leslie successfully prevented the federal government from becoming involved, by organizing/faking PC Principal's release before he could even talk to, or be questioned by, the authorities.

Now that I've watched the "Stunning And Brave" episode and read the entire discussion here on A.V. Club, I'm happy to add these two words to my vocabulary:
1. Microaggression
2. Transphobia.

Thanks! It all starts to make a lot more sense now. :-)

My wife just told me that the transformation of Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner was covered extensively by Dutch (entertainment) media, and that my usual ignorance in matters of showbiz may make me look posh and pretentious. Sorry, if it did… :-)

Now that I know Caitlyn Jenner used to be a brave American Cold War hero, didn't Bobby Fisher already prove that you can be both a brave American Cold War hero ànd the undisputed worldchampion of political incorrectness at the same time?

Like I said, I'm fine with that. My point was that they don't really need those references to make a good story. But if they do, it would be nice if they would choose examples that are known outside the US as well. They don't need to, of course. It's not a big deal, I'm watching anyway. ;-)

Thanks for the info. :-)

Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner, Jared Fogle, Brett Favre, Tom Brady, … those names may make headlines in the US, but here in Europe (I'm a Dutch fan of the show, b.t.w.), they don't ring a bell, and if they do, nobody really cares.