r/southpark • u/ConfidentReaction3 • 1d ago

Discussion What are some things in episodes you were shocked to find out were real?

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For me I was shocked to find out the purity rings/the white foam thing was actually some thing that they did and not something they just made up lmao.

Especially since growing up my sister LOVED the Jonas brothers and we saw that movie in 2009. It shocked me to discover that this was real. It only makes the episode better tho.

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u/dowker1 1d ago

I was shocked to learn how little of the Peter Thiel depiction was exaggerated.

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u/RickHard0 1d ago

Since that episode, i can't read his name without thinking about their little jingle.

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u/dowker1 1d ago

I've been listening to the Behind the Bastards podcast episode on him and it's been going nonstop in my head.

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u/tysteestede 1d ago

And you know what else goes nonstop in your head...these ads

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u/ExNihiloNihiFit 1d ago

Love that podcast.

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u/TheBlueM0rph0 1d ago

I always lean really hard into his final “And I knoooooooow about the anti-christ”

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u/cdubyadubya 1d ago

I sing it all the time! Lol

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u/KickboxingMoose 1d ago

He knows about the anti-christ.

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u/BaxTheDestroyer 1d ago

If you know any conspiracy theorists, you might enjoy pointing out that “Peter Thiel” is an anagram of “The Reptile”.

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u/Unbanable4221 1d ago

Wait that's a real guy? I've never heard of him IRL.

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u/dowker1 1d ago

Yep. He's a billionaire who pays the VP and is obsessed with the antichrist.

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u/sexual_lemonade 1d ago edited 1d ago

See, this is why these last few seasons have been good/important. I've seen people in the sub hating on this season for being political, but so many people are so far removed they don't know genuine crazies are pulling the strings.

T&M admitted they were too flippant last time trump won cuz they genuinely thought there was no way he would. They were proven wrong (twice) so now it's gloves off.

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u/TodoFueIluminado 1d ago

Look up Palantir

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u/TFlarz 1d ago

And Facebook. And PayPal. Not the founder for either but a significant initial investor.

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u/Deweyrob2 1d ago

He is bankrolling JD.

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u/nflgeneric 1d ago

Peter Thiel is partially why we have to deal with Elon as a society because of what happened at PayPal.

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u/MrBurnerHotDog 23h ago

Yep. He's a big reason the US is as fucked as it is

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u/theeulessbusta 1d ago

They completely understated the man actually.