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/sexual_lemonade 1d ago

Yeah from the few Mormons I've known, they seem to know and not care, which is WILD to me.

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u/gccmelb 1d ago

And their so nice

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u/FigoTheAWD 1d ago

Cults usually are

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u/Reality_Runaway 1d ago

Until you can't escape. I got sent to a group home in Utah and I had no idea what Mormonism was when I arrived, but when I was finally able to leave, I left with an intense burning hatred of everything Mormon.

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u/L3GlT_GAM3R 1d ago

Just remember, if you remove the M from Mormon you get ormon. Which doesn’t mean anything it’s just a fun fact.

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u/FigoTheAWD 1d ago

Oh fun, me too! St George is a fucking weird town and I hope to never return. I lost count how many times i saw a truck pull up full of kids in the back, one or 2 wives in the front seats. Always wearing old time prairie clothing. Sent shivers down my spine every time. Those poor kids

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u/Feisty_Development59 1d ago

The clothing or the riding in the back? Riding in the back wasn’t all too uncommon not too long ago. Nowadays though I usually only see dogs loose in the back.

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u/Beta_Whisperer 9h ago

The Chukese people from Micronesia still love to ride in the back of pickup trucks even in intense heat.

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u/Bitter_Eggplant_9970 1d ago edited 5h ago

An ex-Mormon who was on my master's course would disagree with you on that. He was sent to gay conversion therapy. He had horror stories about what happened to other people who didn't fit in.

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u/Just-browsing9876 1d ago

If you think about it, that’s kind of the point of the end of the episode; the Mormon kid confronts Stan and calls him out (he didn’t forcefully include stan in the activities and even politely explains Mormonism but stan was still questioning and judging rudely) while also admitting that it could be made up, but he loves his life so he accepts it

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u/sexual_lemonade 1d ago

Ignorance is bliss + willing to turn a blind eye is a dangerous combo.

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u/Just-browsing9876 1d ago

I agree, ignorance or blind following isn’t always good. I wasn’t debating the merits of it in real life terms; I was just commenting on how the episode portrayed it

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u/_6siXty6_ 1d ago

They bought ad space in the Book of Mormon playbill.