r/southpark Apr 10 '24

Mod Update OUR RULES ON POLITICS: 2024 EDITION

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It's an election year (in the US)! You know what that means - another year of Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich!

OUR RULES ON POLITICS

IF YOU DO NOT READ THIS POST YOU RUN THE RISK OF GETTING PERMANENTLY BANNED.

All political discussion must pertain to the world of South Park.

Again: All political discussion must pertain to the world of South Park.

Once more for those in the back: All political discussion must pertain to the world of South Park.

This means real world politics are only to be discussed within the context of the show. If someone does not appear in the show, well they don't really belong on this sub. Donald Trump does not appear on the show as President Trump - that is President Garrison.

Do you love and support the left? We don't care. Do you love and support the right? We don't care. Are you a Libertarian? We don't care. We are unpaid mods here to enjoy a tv show, not push agendas, get into political slapfights, or deal with a bunch of political shit. If you want to have a political discussion, go to r/politics or any of the numerous other political subs. We are a sub about the television South Park. We are not a sub about politics.

FAQ

Why don't you allow real world politics?

We decided that real world politics just aren't worth the shit show they bring. When someone mentions Biden or Trump, or one of the numerous wars going on, a lot of people from outside the subreddit come in to argue political points and push agendas. We are not here to moderate that type of discussion, and if you as a user want that discussion, you can find it basically anywhere else on reddit.

Why don't you change the rules?

We are a subreddit about a TV show, and as such it wouldn't make sense for us to be a political subreddit. We know Southpark often times connects, mimics or otherwise makes note of current events and we'd love you to discuss that - just keep it within the context of the show.

But President Garrison is supposed to be Trump!

That isn't a question, but we all know who he is supposed to be. You want to make some stupid meme? Use President Garrison, just leave Trump & his name out of it. (Seriously, even putting his name in a title brings out the politics.) You can use the actual Donald Trump from the show. He isn't president in the show, so it won't exactly make sense, but you do you. Southpark has not made mention of President Biden, nor is there a character who was "transformed" into him, so you'll have to leave him out.

Simply put, DO NOT USE REAL WORLD DEPICTIONS.

I am not kidding here, the mere mention or real world depiction of political figures brings out more idiots than just using their in show counterparts. People get passionate about politics, and while that is good, it is also really annoying.

I got banned for politics, what do I do?

First off you should read this post. A link to this post may be included in your ban message. Once you have read this post, respond to the message and tell us you have read this post and are sorry for breaking the rules. So long as you aren't a dick about it, you will get unbanned. Seriously, an apology will get you so far.

I am trying to write a fan script about Southpark. Am I allowed to use political things that haven't appeared in the show?

Simply put: no. We will still remove the post, because all this is going to do is fuel the fire and draw more political comments.

I have additional questions! What do I do?

Send us a ModMail and we may add it to the Q&A!

And don't forget: All political discussion must pertain to the world of South Park.

~The r/southpark mod team


r/southpark Feb 26 '24

Mod Update We've updated our rules on videos

19 Upvotes

Hello, r/southpark go fuck yourself

TLDR: We updated our rules on videos to allow videos during the off-season and added a rule prohibiting self promotion. Piracy remains prohibited. I'd suggest reading the Q&A below.

For a very long time, many of you have asked us to revisit and reevaluate our rule that prohibits videos. It's the single largest reason posts are removed, and we're often asked if we will reconsider the rule. To be honest with you, the rule existed before I became a moderator, and prior to now, I was never in a position to reevaluate the rule. As a result of your feedback, we will now allow videos to be posted to the subreddit during the shows off season with a few catches.

First and foremost, piracy remains prohibited (inline with Reddits TOS), and posting links to watch full episodes will still land you in Reddit jail.

Secondly, we are prohibiting self-promotion of your own channels. Have a huge YouTube follow? We don't care. Have a small YouTube following? Guess what, we still don't care.

Thirdly, we will prohibit videos the week a special airs (14-days from airdate) to help control spoilers.

We will continue to monitor the subreddit and videos can still be removed for violating any of our other rules, however we feel our reassessment will be a happy medium between allowing videos and controlling spam. See below for our Q&A, and if you read this far, we're looking for more moderators so go ahead and send us a ModMail if you want to apply!


Q&A


Q: What's the new rule on videos?

A: Videos are allowed during the shows off-season. To control spoilers, videos will be disabled for the week of the premier of any special.

Q: I have a YouTube/Twitch Channel! Can I promote it?

A: No, we do not allow self-promotion of any kind

Q: Woah I found this channel that streams South Park episodes for free 24/7! Can I post it?

A: No, piracy remains a violation of our rules, and we continue to have a zero-tolerance policy.

Q: When does this rule change take effect?

A: It starts right now! All rules prohibiting videos should be removed, so go for it!

Q: When will we stop allowing videos to be posted?

A: The day of the first episode premier of any season, videos will be turned off, and won't be turned on until 1 week after the airing of the last episode of the season. Additionally, starting on the airdate of a special, videos will be turned off for 7-days.

Q: Hey! My video was removed but you said you allow videos now, what gives?!

A: We will continue to remove low-effort shit posts, so your video was probably a low-effort shit-post.

Q: I created a fan-made episode/fan-made content, can I post it?

A: Yes, however we retain the right to remove any fan-made content. When we're talking about fan-made content we're talking about basically the fan-art of videos, so content that isn't about or does not use existing South Park clips, discussions etc.

Q: I have more questions, what should I do?

A: You should send us a Mod Mail. This Q&A will continue to be updated if we get additional questions from the subreddit.


r/southpark 10h ago

Discussion Why did Matt and Trey Make Butters A Main Character?

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844 Upvotes

r/southpark 9h ago

Rabble Rabble Rabble Which one do you prefer more

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401 Upvotes

I wish they made more movies

Wake up bitch your my new best friend

Do we get to go to the mall

I hope you're happy in the life you have chosen

Don't quote Dickens in my apartment


r/southpark 8h ago

Meme Watching South Park alone vs when someone walks in on you watching.

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381 Upvotes

r/southpark 3h ago

Rabble Rabble Rabble South Park pilgrimage today

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This place was a staple coming home from summer camp every year growing up. Made it back for the first time since like 2004.


r/southpark 3h ago

Meme Conor Mcgregor today, has South Park Season 6, Russell Crowe energy

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53 Upvotes

r/southpark 16h ago

Fan Art Randymon

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620 Upvotes

r/southpark 8h ago

Other "My mom says if you want to become a lesbian you have to lick carpet." S01E11 - Tom's rhinoplasty

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132 Upvotes

I just love how innocent & naive the boys are in the early seasons.


r/southpark 4h ago

Discussion Happy 25th Anniversary!

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53 Upvotes

r/southpark 9h ago

Discussion How was your experience in the movies watching bigger longer uncut?

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117 Upvotes

I was with friends, we all had fun and the theatre was amazing. I talked to a lot of southpark fans, Most people (including me) were in a costume.


r/southpark 16h ago

Meme The South Park Spirit

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328 Upvotes

r/southpark 13h ago

Merch/Collection almost all of my southpark stuff

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186 Upvotes

r/southpark 12h ago

Rabble Rabble Rabble Who else caught this bad boy on the big screen? it was an incredibly dope experience to say the least haven been a baby when it first came out in '99. my only complaint was wishing the theather wasn't empty ass hell

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106 Upvotes

r/southpark 13h ago

Other Jokes like this that you don't see coming are the best.

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115 Upvotes

r/southpark 5h ago

Rabble Rabble Rabble You're a real fan if you know what this poor man went through. Absolute legend

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24 Upvotes

r/southpark 18h ago

Other "Student athletes"

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208 Upvotes

r/southpark 7h ago

Gross Classic Brown

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24 Upvotes

r/southpark 16h ago

Meme Jackin' it in San Diego

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109 Upvotes

r/southpark 1d ago

Meme Shut up Mimsyyyy

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r/southpark 12h ago

Merch/Collection new blendjet came in today

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i’m so in love with this!! so many small details like putting tweek and craig side by side on the back of the blender and the top/bottom of the box putting Kenny as an angel/putting him in hell


r/southpark 8h ago

Merch/Collection Bought my dog (named Butters) a pillow and his sister stole it

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19 Upvotes

r/southpark 16h ago

Fan Art Sculp from the first movie

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66 Upvotes

Just getting into sculpting and made this recently, figured if anywhere would get a kick out of it-it would be here


r/southpark 1d ago

Meme Operation get behind the darkies 2024 edition

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353 Upvotes

r/southpark 9h ago

Rabble Rabble Rabble Whos the most forgotten south park character

16 Upvotes

south park


r/southpark 10h ago

Discussion New head cannon - Manbearpig is the remains of "butters" buried in the indian burial grounds in marjorine (S9-E9)

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19 Upvotes

There might have been a bit of bear in those manpig remains that got buried. Lots of history down that road.