he's right i don't even know who i am
anymore i like liking life a lot more
than hating it screw you guys i'm going
home welcome to watchmojo and today
we're counting down our picks for the
top 10 serious life lessons learned on
south park that the girls in our class
have a list that rates every boy's looks
from cutest to ugliest for this list
we'll be looking at the biggest things
we've learned about life and the world
around us from the residents of this
small colorado town
has south park taught you any good life
lessons let us know in the comments
number 10 the importance of free speech
when it comes to comedy south park has
made it clear that nothing is off limits
what's the big deal what's the big deal
you guys they just made fun of the
religion of an entire group of people
never was this more evidence than during
the season 10 two-part episode cartoon
wars it was a case of art imitating life
as the show's creators fought with
comedy central repeatedly around
censoring their depiction of muhammad we
have just learned that the family guy
episode featuring muhammad was only part
one of a two-parter and part two is
going to air next week with muhammad
uncensored while the characters were
arguing about censorship's detrimental
effect on free speech the same was being
said behind the scenes trey parker and
matt stone both stood by their decision
to use the character in the show but
ultimately they had to surrender to the
network's wishes if you don't show
muhammad then you've made a distinction
between what is okay to poke fun at and
what isn't either it's all okay or none
of it is number nine intolerance is ugly
in the united states there has been
discussions around the continued display
of the confederate flag some feel it's
inappropriate due to its racially
charged past while others feel it's a
representation of the country's history
well i think the flag is racist but then
again it is part of our history well i
guess the flag is part of history
but i can see how it is races this same
issue was replicated on south park when
chef complains about how offensive the
town flag is that flag represents a time
when blacks were persecuted by whites
how can a black man not be bothered by
it from there we get a back and forth
debate mirroring that of the real world
controversy what stands out about this
episode however is how very real the
issue is in our world today it
illustrates the difficulty preserving a
nation's history in contrast to learning
to be more sensitive to those who have
been mistreated in our past now the main
point we would like to make is that
oftentimes it is prudent to change
history as times change we hope to grow
and as we grow our rules must change it
is a natural part of evolution thank you
number eight perseverance pays off dude
boards are only worth two experience
points apiece do you know how many we
would have to kill to get up 30 levels
yes
65 million 340 285
one of the show's greatest strengths has
always been its ability to tell funny
stories while still remaining topical
make love not warcraft found a perfect
way to poke fun at people's obsessive
interest in online gaming while still
giving us a life lesson the boy's
frustration with an online griefer turns
them into the very thing the episode is
laughing at nelson nelson i need to come
over and use your computer
no i need to play world of warcraft
spending countless hours hunting boars
in the woods their determination to
level up enough to defeat this internet
troll never wavers it may not have been
the healthiest use of their time but it
did prove that perseverance really does
pay off
[Applause]
who did it you guys
we're totally heroes that was such uber
pwnage number seven discussions about
sex are healthy you guys we just want to
know
stay away from me
uncomfortable discussing the details of
sex with their kids the parents pawn the
responsibility of sexual education on
the school this falls to mr mackey and
miss chokes on dick who both fail
miserably due to their own misgivings on
the subject well how long did you wait
before you had uh
dubers well if you must know i'm still
somewhat of a virgin but i'm not ashamed
of it the girls become terrified of boys
thinking they'll get pregnant or catch a
disease the boys are confused by how
condoms work and it comes to a head when
the parents learn how this has all been
handled it illustrates the need to have
open and honest discussions about the
birds and the bees yes it can be awkward
but cartman's antics and girls fears of
rampant disease are certainly far worse
than talking about sex sex is emotional
and spiritual number six life moves on
sometimes when life gets hard it's easy
to want to find a way back to a time
when it felt simpler such was the case
for the boys as they entered the fourth
grade with a new teacher my name is ms
jokes on dick
more like miss makes me sick
is over children do you understand me
scared of what may come they attempt to
build a time machine to go back a year
but fail miserably in doing so they
learn a valuable lesson from miss chokes
on dick she teaches the kids that life
only moves forward and that dwelling on
the past isn't helpful as you can't go
back life isn't about going back it's
about going forward yes there are times
in our life that we wish we could relive
but if we already live them perfectly
why live them again you can only go
ahead and take on whatever challenges
the world may throw at you that's pretty
heavy for fourth grade but certainly
true
all right students that will be quite
enough if you're ready let's continue on
with the fourth grade number five looks
aren't everything clyde's the best
looking kid in the class and then token
and stan and last is francis cartman and
when kyle is ranked last in a class list
of cute boys he's noticeably distraught
and becomes jealous of clyde who's been
ranked number one however he learns a
valuable lesson from the ghost of
abraham lincoln who shows him a contrast
between the cute and the ugly boys told
her she was special she was funny she
was interesting but that's only because
she was hot clyde no longer has to try
hard at anything knowing he can easily
skirt by on his physical appearance
alone others not blessed with good looks
have to work hard and thus develop great
character it's a message that has even
more meaning today with so many using
their looks to garner followers and fame
on social media hey kyle
look man it doesn't matter what people
think okay you know abraham lincoln was
super ugly too but look what he
accomplished
chin up cowboy number four respect other
religions
when a new mormon family moves into town
stan learns the history of this modern
day religion through his new friend gary
joseph smith was called a prophet
he started the mormon religion
the episode uses a series of creative
flashbacks to illustrate how joseph
smith brought his new faith to life stan
is utterly confused how such a happy
family can believe a story he sees as
being nothing more than creative fiction
his judgment of the mormon faith shows
us how religion divides people oh stop
it that's another thing why do you have
to be so freaking nice all the time it
isn't normal you just weasel people into
your way of thinking by acting like the
happiest family in the world and being
so nice to everyone that you just
blindside dumb people like my dad
yeah gary admits that the stories may
sound far-fetched but he has his
religion to thank for having such a
great life so why should it matter it's
a lesson in acceptance everyone could
use and even though people in this town
might think that's stupid i still choose
to believe in it number three a
beautiful sadness jesus
we came over to cheer you up stan
go away
stan you can't keep doing this to
yourself you have to go live south park
is often at its best when the lessons it
teaches us comes from the most
unexpected places late in season seven
stan joins the goth kids as a means of
dealing with heartbreak when wendy dumps
him it's a personification of how many
dwell on a loss versus finding a way to
cope with it what about wendy is she's
still a token yeah she is then people
shouldn't care about me because i don't
care about them what's the point of
caring when all it brings in pain for
sure it's only when he discovers how
differently butters handles his own
breakup that stan learns the real lesson
butters tells him that although he's
hurt by the breakup he can only feel
such sadness because at one time he felt
great happiness the only way i could
feel this side now is if i felt
something really good before so i have
to take the bad with the good
so i guess what i'm feeling is like a
beautiful scientist it's a notable truth
about the balance of life that
surprisingly comes from one of the
town's more gullible characters number
two forgiveness some of you may have
heard but there's a little virus going
around and the school district wants to
make sure we're all safe so we're
shutting down the school for about two
weeks
two weeks
the show's 24th season centered on the
kovid 19 pandemic these two paramount
plus television films took place 40
years in the future where the aftermath
of the pandemic has caused much
resentment and ill-will between the boys
after failing to go back in time to stop
the pandemic they decide to change how
they reacted instead we can't ever stop
covet from happening
but what we can control
is how we all reacted to it what follows
is an exercise in forgiveness through
the apologies given by the various
townsfolk we're shown how the whole
world struggled to get through a trying
time everyone in town and in the real
world all had our ups and downs and all
deserve to be forgiven for how we may
have dealt with such a chaotic time
butters you're not grounded anymore come
on out son you made it dead the
pandemic's been awful we all need to
just cut each other some slack i love
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number one friends come first
leave it to a guitar hero themed episode
to teach us about friendship
[Music]
[Applause]
video crowd they love us we find stan
and kyle playing out an all-too-familiar
plot around what fame can do to people
stan's the big star who ditches his
friend for fame but ultimately sees his
career take a nosedive due to his
addiction to another
game oh man i can't watch this
[Applause]
it's only after stan loses everything
that he realizes why he loved playing
the game in the first place his best
friend i was having fun because i was
doing all that
with my best friend
[Music]
it was pretty fun wasn't it
yeah as the two friends reunite
audiences are reminded of what matters
most in life it's not the fame or the
money that matters in the end it's who
you have in your life that makes
everything worthwhile
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