I will say though, that has happened FAR less then it once has. The first 5 or so seasons, yeah. Every episode. Since then? Maybe once every few seasons.
This episode pissed off my dad, he’s on ozempic right now for diabetes and he told me that now there will be time he goes for his prescription and they don’t have it because it’s in such demand.
Not 100% sure but think thats what my doctor recommended me on my first in ten years work health inspection (something that makes you feel full but is on high demand) im 183cm 100kg and told her that "if i rly want to lose weight to healthy standards its not some pills thats gonna do it for me" i have no diabetes or anything actually just bad eating habits (food+beer)and work constuction but man id say prio those in need rather than those who "wants"
Obviously people with diabetes should get it first… but he can’t expect obese people to just not be interested in a revolutionary new drug that could help them finally lose the weight and live much healthier lifestyles
So your dad watches south park and laughs but the moment its something he can relate too it pisses him off...sounds like a bitch bro tell your dad never to watch south park ever again
Illness: Lung cancer. American Healthcare: That'll be an Arm and a Leg. British Healthcare: See you in about 12 years. Canadian Healthcare: Have you considered dying now, rather than later?
Considering I am on an NHS waiting list (well multiple if getting into semantics....one I have been on for over 2 years) the leaf and tea sounds pretty fudging sweet rn
How can you rich countries be such a shithole? I'm from Brazil and I never heard about people dying from cancer because they did not receive treatment. Did you guys ever hear of triage?
Cartman would still be the problematic bully he always has been. If anything, he'd be worse because he'd judge other fat people for not losing the weight like he did. The moral of the story is that there are so many other reasons to hate on Cartman, his weight shouldn't be the go to. It's just the lowest hanging fruit. Ignoring him would be the best way to handle someone like Cartman, but then the show literally wouldn't exist. 😁
Crazy how this episodes is one of the greatest most accurate critiques of the american healthcare system, and people on twitter are just gonna act like this entire episode is an unwarranted attack on Lizzo
And whatever you do, make sure she knows those girls on Instagram and TikTok are faker than plastic food. People are worthy of kindness and respect regardless of the package they're in. And yes, girls CAN do anything they want! 😀
The crazy thing? As influential as sugar is, you should see just how big of an effect CORN has, on our politics and economy in the states. High fructose corn syrup is in pretty much everything as a sweetener, corn byproduct is in all sorts of stuff as a filler... it's an extremely hard food to actually digest... ethanol for fuel and such from it... SO much money and lobbying involved.
If you hadn't specified "substance" I would have argued that money is infinitely far more harmful, addictive, and not only socially acceptable but even encouraged as a somehow noble goal
Nux: "the moral for this was kinda weird" Matt and Trey: laughing at Nux trying to pick out a moral from their show South Park is the kind of show that satirizes shows that try to have moral messages and a frequent basis. It's why in earlier seasons, one of the boys would have a "I learned something today" speech near the end of an episode, but it's something they do a bit more subtly nowadays They had an episode talking about how bad TP is for the environment, and Randy was trying to get everyone to use bidets, but when the TP companies tried to assassinate him, he came back at the end of the episode saying ,"nah, we changed our mind, bidets suck and toilet paper's better" They'll sprinkle bits of what the actual moral is but the episode won't end with the characters landing on said message
The navigating American healthcare system reminded me of an old cartoon movie of the twelve tasks of Asterix where one of the Herculean tasks they had to complete was to get a particular form from the Roman burreacracy.
I liked the special. It did a great job pointing out the flaws of the American Healthcare system as well as how lobbyists keep it like that and how people who don't need a drug get it anyways and deprive it from those who actually do need it
The American government is literally designed to be slow as to prevent overreaction and snap decisions. It has its reasons but theirs other aspects where being slow just doesn’t help and the US Healthcare System is one of them.
Fun fact: ozempic costs $5 dollars to produce. All this drama about it's affordability and who and who shouldn't get it, all for a drug that costs *five fucking dollars* to make. 🙃
You know how to lose weight and keep it off for most people? Baby steps. Don't just change your whole life because for anyone that is not a very sustainable option you will miss the things you loved too much. Start by walking about 10 min a day and work your way up, you don't have to eat rice cakes and exercise every waking minute. Just slowly get healthier and your routine will fall into place... then the only hard part is remembering it's every day not just when you "feel like it". Also, remember that being healthy is different than being skinny. Everyone has different body types but that does not mean skinny people are healthy or that you have to be skinny to be healthy.
56:27 for someone like cartman who makes zero effort to lose weight and is lazy as hell an eats a whole bunch. The facts that he's losing weight at all is actually crazy xdd
There is a significant problem with the availability of medications like Zepbound, Mounjaro, and Ozempic. Due to the high demand for these drugs for weight loss purposes, there is a shortage This means that individuals with genuine medical needs are unable to access these medications. Big Sad :(
I love the song you chose in the background during the intro and commentary. I first heard that song in the beginning of Bad Santa. One of my favorite Christmas movies, next to Crash.
3:30 I gotchu bro, in one ep of rick and morty rick, the one with the crystals that tell how you die. Hologram rick says he was fine with being a hologram, but when he gets infected and becomes real he says "Yeah, that's because I had to be a hologram." How quickly it turns.
"What I can't handle is your customers' inexplicable knowledge of Insuricare's inner workings. They're experts, EXPERTS, Bob! Exploiting every loophole; dodging every obstacle. They're penetrating the bureaucracy!" - Mr. Huph, The Incredibles (2004)
The crazy part is: the ending Kyle came to IS what we’re doing as a society. And similarly with that rule he instated for his school and society, Cartman’s now feels he can’t be judged for his signature flaw but is also emboldened in his natures as well.
Cartman signature flaw isn't his weight. Chef was fat but he was cool and cared for the kids. Cartman's flaw is his entitlement and meanness. His lack of empathy. His sociopathy. He'd be just as much of a POS if he were thin. They literally showed that in his dream sequence. Also, body shaming him hasn't worked a single time. So why keep stooping to that level? Find something else to fire back with - like Cartman not having a dad or how his only friends hate his guts.
In this episode we learned about the power of free will... and how much we underestimate it, don`t know its value and don`t know how to use it as adults. Thanks to their innocence, children have greater faith in free will... and hope for a better future. But how to do this among adults who succumb to their weaknesses/which children have no idea about yet? As someone who has a weak will towards sugar, I admit that this episode is one of the best that the creators of this series have done. They took us on an amazing journey through many threads that concern not only America, but also other countries and nations. They made it clear to us - our government doesn`t care about our health at all, only the earnings of the elite matter. A beautiful commentary on today's times, I hope that South Park and its episodes will go down in history for future generations.
Thank you so much for allowing us to actually watch this without having to pay for yet another streaming service. The different things I want to watch are all on different streaming services and it's frustrating but when you put up reactions like this I can actually watch them plus get some funny commentary along the way.
31:20 as a Canadian with lung issues, I can confirm having to wait several months to see a lung specialist. Here in Canada you pay with time, not money
I'm not sure the USA wait times are any different, in my experience it's pretty similar in various countries, except USA is the only one that gouges the hell out of anyone that isn't already filthy rich
This is amazingly timed. At Max I was 280, now I'm 195 and never giving up. Squats really did the most as far as exercise. But I lost half the weight cutting out pop. I've only drank water now for years.
@@elihan9 don't have any weights, I use my body as the weight, all my exercises are pushing off the ground. Pushups, situps, and regular squats. I'm up to 100 a day. Except for pushups. Can't do near that many, yet. 😂
What really sucks about this is the fact that I, a dude who is overweight and REALLY needs to lose it, was offered Ozempic and stuff like 7 times now and I always turned it down because of both not needing it (cuz I don’t have diabetes) and how much it cost.
@@joncents2000 yeah but I don’t have diabetes and am on SSDI so I am not going to even try getting it when I don’t need it-need it and I am making (very slow) progress on my own.
@Ac3_Silvers I respect that. Keep going, man. You'll get there. As for me, I gained 50 lbs in the last year due to depression and stress eating because my dad was dying. 2 months ago, I hit the obesity mark for my height. I was already planning to start intermittent fasting, but then I found out about semaglutide from ChatGPT and thought it would help. Had no idea it was a popular drug 'til this South Park episode. Already lost 10 lbs. Hope to lose more soon.
@@joncents2000 thanks, I wish you the best too. Honestly there is an issue people don’t seem to pick up on though. If you take weight loss drugs like Ozempic but still primarily eat garbage and then cut out the actually decent stuff, you still have a huge problem with sugar and salt and oils and fat and stuff that are probably not helping you out any. You DO need those, don’t get me wrong, but a pack of sno-balls isnt a good meal.
9 minutes in and i gotta admit, the classical music during your rants was the best choice. Shit slaps so hard and makes you look like the final boss for Twitter users.
Body positivity is the ultimate copium. It's important to be comfortable in your own body, but no one ACTUALLY wants to be fat, and anyone who tells you otherwise is either a liar or in denial.
As a fat girl, I can verify this. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I'm relatively healthy in everything else. But I would sell my soul for Ozempic to take the weight off as easy as this ep makes it look. And it sure as heck doesn't happen overnight! 😆
if you want insurance companies to give you the money they owe mention you have a lawyer friend/family member willing to take the case "pro bono". they will get you that money yesterday.
I'm gonna nerd out for a second... superior iron man, when he gets the symbiote armor. He develops an app that makes people look attractive for X dollars an activation. People get addicted and turn to crime to pay for it. Bro the Lost Boys music when Randy is getting drugged is hilarious! They were vampires in that movie. Hilariously ON POINT!!
Damn, I never thought I'd like south Park, but I've stayed watching it purely because of you exposing me to how well they actually cover certain issues.
This is like that episode where Wendy the body positivity champion. Gave into fake photoshop body imaging. Where instead of encouraging people to actually loose weight. They could fake it on social media photoshop images. Same episode, only breaking bad style with a mix of mad max.
You can also get it through insurance if you’re pre-diabetic. Also the scary thing is even though the American healthcare system is a bureaucratic nightmare, it’s still the least bureaucratic nightmarish of all countries.
are you american ? becuase uh thats not true at all healthcare in most countries isnt very bereaucratic, its extremely easy to get healthcare in the uk and europe. I call my doctor and book any appointment either in person within a week or within a few hours over a chat service or phone call. You NEVER EVER EVEV wait or have delays if you have life threatening illnesses its why our life expectancy is so much higher anyone saying otherwise is lying. Its also all free, there is nowhere to pay, no one in the uk has known medical debt for 75 years, its an utter unknown thing, no one is paying medical bills.
@@WookieWarriorz Anything beyond routine care in the UK and Europe is incredibly bureaucratic. I’ve heard cases where it took up to 8 months to get a CAT scan.
I wonder if the reason why they didn't do a message about how you don't need drugs to help with self control, is because that is basically just "Bloody Mary" all over again except instead of god it's drugs and instead of alcoholism it's eating disorders. Bloody Mary being one of the few episodes where Matt and Trey ended up feeling like they got it wrong.
The entire song montage portion reminds me of A. Trying to get my VA disability after the military and B. trying to use my GI Bill years back hahah. Damn you bureaucracy!!!
Is that south park opening a dawn of the dead parody ? Because that music combined with the jump scare gives me some serious dawn of the dead flashbacks.
The ear thing is kinda true. It IS proven that if you don't have bowel movements either your intestines will explode or you will vomit feces. The ear thing I think is a dig at her music, but I assume it's based off of the vomiting thing.
Nux is 100% right. I weighed 370 at my heaviest. I now weigh 268lbs and am continuing to loose. It’s hard. You have to eat less, exercise, and eat healthier. That sounds easy to many, but when you’re as far down the rabbit hole as I was, you have to learn to be hungry, not eat out of boredom, and exercising is painful. Human joints were never meant push that kind of weight. But IT CAN BE DONE. There’s nothing I hate worse than body positivity. I was told to “be conscious” of my weight but to learn to be comfortable in my own skin. I had a TMI stroke not long after.
Yeah but at the same time he's not Of course some people do it as an excuse but the body positivity movement is mostly a response to people who act like fat/obese people are subhuman And Nux saying "the body positivity movement is only for lazy people" doesn't help anyone If someone as a poor self image because of their weight , so they do thing to make themselves feel better and you come on and say "your only doing that as an excuse to not work out and lose the weight" it's not gonna help He is right, but he's gotta have some fucking tact
With pharmaceuticals the manufacturer basically gets to set the price until the initial copyright wears off. The u.s. at least has special copyright laws around pharmaceutical drugs
For ethical reasons, are these things even vegan? Also just not touching all the immoral stuff passed off as so-called "food" but normalised will do it and when denormalised if also with some maybe eugenic trade-off?
my dad was in the hospital for covid he is pre diabetic. it was a really scary thing for everyone ill spare you the details, he came home with these weird needles the doctors gave him i didet know it was this untill watching this video. its a miracle he is alive he needed this drug to save his life the thought of people using it when they dont need it makes me sick. my old dad lost so much weight i was worried it was covid turns out that drug makes you really lose alot of weight fast. my dad was put in the same room with another old man who was diabetic ( covid is worse for anyone with diabetes\old) with covid that died next to him he has never been the same after covid. TLDR: that stuff is life saveing.
That's why I love SP. No one is sacred! True equality isn't having to walk on eggshells to avoid calling out bad actors doing bad deeds because they're in a minority group. True equality is being expected to be a decent human being regardless of body type, skin color, sexuality, gender expression or religion. ✌️
I like how half of Cartmen's weight is from bring in elementary school indefinitely right before what would likely be a growthspuirt, making him not necessarily lose the fat but spread it out evenly through his 6ft8 body
That whole chase scene was straight out of Mad Max 2 (1981)... incl. the helicopter and Cartman climbing on the truck hood to get the drugs (in the movie it's a shotgun shell) and a guy (that was suppose to be dead) grabbing his hand. Even the head-on collision and an "empty" truck...
Out of context from the content in the video above. I hate people who don’t understand how human anatomy works at all, and just tell people to exercise or eat less to not get fat. Not only do some have abysmally low metabolism, meaning that they require a lot of food for basic energy needs, but not everyone has the time to work out. A lot of people who visit the gym work minimum wage jobs or basic service jobs. Those that work extensive critical thinking jobs that require a brain to use don’t have as much time or energy to devote to exercising. Sometimes it’s just the environment, America is known for its lax regulations on pretty much everything. This includes what is put into food. On the East coast the soil is horrible for growing crops, making natural and healthy food expensive. Meanwhile mass-produced sugary trash is dirt-cheap, and in the current economy every dollar matters. There are a lot more factors to why obesity in America is so high other than people being lazy and public transportation or walking anywhere in America being implausible, although those are really important factors too.
It doesn't matter how slow your metabolism is the law's of thermodynamics still apply it also doesn't mean you need to starve your self to lose weight just pick better food choices do some meal prep i work a minimum wage job 40 hours from 11 to 7 and even if you do a little as long as you are consistent you will lose fat.
@@tomsaige2684the key is that your job has a mandatory quitting time. Not all jobs do. Some have unspoken expectations to work extra hours and be on call even on your off time. Not to mention some places are toxic AF and mental health also plays a role in a person's ability to do even do basic hygiene consistently. Look, the bottom line is that if it was all about willpower and self-control - without any mitigating factors - the obesity epidemic wouldn't be nearly as bad as it is. It's easy in your 20s to meal prep and work out and all of that. Try keeping all of that up with a full time job, kids and their activities, aging parents to care for, and nursing your own aches and pains as you age. The me of my 20s thought she'd figured life out and if only people listened, they'd be happier too. The me of my current age (48) knows that, like John Lennon once said, life is what happens while you're busy making plans. 😉
You noticed how it was stated that the VAST MAJORITY won't make the change for themselves. If the shoe fits wear it. You don't use situations that doesn't encapsulate that vast majority as your main example.
Not only that, working in food and in service shows me ALOT of people who be eating all that unhealthy shit when they shouldn't. And almost everyone of them blame others for their size. If you have a family history of diabetes and obesity, then don't take the measures to make it worst. Just because your sad and obese, doesnt mean you drown in self pity. Take self responsibility for once please.
@@tomsaige2684 cico is not always the answer. eat 1500 calories a day of mcdonald’s and compare your body composition to someone who has been eating 1500 calories of high protein/mid carb/low fat “clean foods”. also watch someone who has undiagnosed diabetes, eating but still losing weight and lethargic. cico is a baseline but there are hundreds of other factors to consider. and i am no where near the “body positive/no self control” group - the phrase “you can’t out work a bad diet” exists for a reason.
So bit of a fucked story about navigating the healthcare system. In 2023 I was diagnosed with SVT (super ventricular tachycardia). Basically my heart rate would sky rocket randomly. Fast forward to January of 2024 and I'm scheduled for a heart ablasion (they go into your heart and shock the "av" node which would fix my heart rate problems). I apparently died twice and they had to fluid resuscitate me. I awoke and was told the heart ablasion never happened, of course you can imagine I was confused and angry. They then told me that along with SVT it may be hypertension (low blood pressure) causing some of my issues, as I'd had a past of passing out frequently. Fast forward again to just a few days ago and I'm in the hospital in immense pain where I'm told I have a kidney stone. The worst part is that I'm also told that I could possibly have THROAT CANCER. I've been trying pretty much for over a year now to figure out my heart condition and I haven't been able to navigate the healthcare system to get anybody to actually help and focus on me. There is no happy ending and I'm currently in so much debt Idk what to do. Just needed to get this out, sorry for rambling on.
My doctor actually suggested the ozempic route. He tested my blood sugar a couple different ways but no dice. I prefer the gym anyway. I like the feeling of getting stronger and more capable. Hard work is difficult but is best.
Um akshualy working out doesnt burn a lot of calories, eating healthier or less is what actualy does a lot, it just so happens that all of the protein rich foods that are good for working out are low calorie and healthy
@@druidplayz2313 I know you’re kind of kidding but duh lol. It doesn’t burn calories, it stresses & snaps muscle fibers which reform to get stronger (which takes energy). Using those bigger and stronger muscles naturally requires greater caloric usage. I used to be very strong and ate more then than I do now. I was much skinnier then.
That airline shenanigan is why I learned how to file cases to take to court. Its a lot cheaper than getting a lawyer, and most companies will not let you get to discovery especially if your an indipendant that is showing clear animosity to their legal staff (Denying their extensions to reduce your costs and greatly speed up the legal process.) But its not for everyone. Even then, its roughly anywhere from 500 to 1500 dollars to get a case started which is just ridiculous.
“Rich people get Ozempic and poor people get body positivity”
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The thing is these drugs are not FDA approved for weight loss they are for Diabetes only otherwise 1200-3000 per injector pen
My favorite line from this special
It is good, because if the poor people got the pencreating inflamation you get from Ozempic , they wouldn't be able to afford the treatment.
I'm poor and get mine for free. On the other hand, I actually get it for diabetes... and I'm Canadian.
Butters is the anti Kenny, he gets put in dangerous situations and comes out unscathed but Kenny can die suddenly out of nowhere.
Getting grounded made him tough
I will say though, that has happened FAR less then it once has. The first 5 or so seasons, yeah. Every episode. Since then? Maybe once every few seasons.
@@fromolwyoming
Except for the superhero arc😂
This is a new take I have not yet seen. Thank you for your contribution too the archives.
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This episode pissed off my dad, he’s on ozempic right now for diabetes and he told me that now there will be time he goes for his prescription and they don’t have it because it’s in such demand.
Sucks bro
Not 100% sure but think thats what my doctor recommended me on my first in ten years work health inspection (something that makes you feel full but is on high demand) im 183cm 100kg and told her that "if i rly want to lose weight to healthy standards its not some pills thats gonna do it for me" i have no diabetes or anything actually just bad eating habits (food+beer)and work constuction but man id say prio those in need rather than those who "wants"
Obviously people with diabetes should get it first… but he can’t expect obese people to just not be interested in a revolutionary new drug that could help them finally lose the weight and live much healthier lifestyles
So your dad watches south park and laughs but the moment its something he can relate too it pisses him off...sounds like a bitch bro tell your dad never to watch south park ever again
@@xcorne you've got this, im just a stranger on the internet but if you are gonna try to lose weight, I support ya! You've got this! ♡ >:)
As a pharmacist, "The medical director's job is just to say 'no'" is the most accurate description of insurance that I've ever heard.
South Park will never get canceled. Heck, they did an entire season trying to get canceled.
Which season was this?
Wait rlly? XD
@@Traylon probably the one when cartman identified as a chick for shitting in the girls bathroom xD
@@Traylon Season 18 is an extremely controversial one.
@Traylon it was a few seasons back. The entire season was them trying to get canceled.
Illness: Lung cancer.
American Healthcare: That'll be an Arm and a Leg.
British Healthcare: See you in about 12 years.
Canadian Healthcare: Have you considered dying now, rather than later?
Latvian health care is a leaf and some tea
Considering I am on an NHS waiting list (well multiple if getting into semantics....one I have been on for over 2 years) the leaf and tea sounds pretty fudging sweet rn
How can you rich countries be such a shithole? I'm from Brazil and I never heard about people dying from cancer because they did not receive treatment. Did you guys ever hear of triage?
LOL- SO TRUE
The sad thing about this episode was that Kyle, Stan and Kenny had no idea how Cartman would react if Cartman had lost that weight.
Ya but cartman do not get he will still be rip on
Cartman would still be the problematic bully he always has been. If anything, he'd be worse because he'd judge other fat people for not losing the weight like he did.
The moral of the story is that there are so many other reasons to hate on Cartman, his weight shouldn't be the go to. It's just the lowest hanging fruit. Ignoring him would be the best way to handle someone like Cartman, but then the show literally wouldn't exist. 😁
You think so? They saw exactly how he would act, when at the end they said that they would agree not to make fun of fat people.
Crazy how this episodes is one of the greatest most accurate critiques of the american healthcare system, and people on twitter are just gonna act like this entire episode is an unwarranted attack on Lizzo
^^ nailed it. The genius of Southpark.
As a father of an 11 year old girl and a type 1 diabetic, I stand by everything in this episode.
Keep her away from social media
And whatever you do, make sure she knows those girls on Instagram and TikTok are faker than plastic food. People are worthy of kindness and respect regardless of the package they're in. And yes, girls CAN do anything they want! 😀
Sugar is the most widespread and prevalent addictive substance in human history.
The crazy thing? As influential as sugar is, you should see just how big of an effect CORN has, on our politics and economy in the states. High fructose corn syrup is in pretty much everything as a sweetener, corn byproduct is in all sorts of stuff as a filler... it's an extremely hard food to actually digest... ethanol for fuel and such from it... SO much money and lobbying involved.
If you hadn't specified "substance" I would have argued that money is infinitely far more harmful, addictive, and not only socially acceptable but even encouraged as a somehow noble goal
Salt is to
As a former fat guy this is funny as hell. It isn't a healthy lifestyle at all I feel so much better mentally and physically.
Paraphrased; Nux: "If they didn't eat, they would be healthier."
No, they'd be dead.
Nux: "the moral for this was kinda weird"
Matt and Trey: laughing at Nux trying to pick out a moral from their show
South Park is the kind of show that satirizes shows that try to have moral messages and a frequent basis. It's why in earlier seasons, one of the boys would have a "I learned something today" speech near the end of an episode, but it's something they do a bit more subtly nowadays
They had an episode talking about how bad TP is for the environment, and Randy was trying to get everyone to use bidets, but when the TP companies tried to assassinate him, he came back at the end of the episode saying ,"nah, we changed our mind, bidets suck and toilet paper's better"
They'll sprinkle bits of what the actual moral is but the episode won't end with the characters landing on said message
I find it more that they satirize both sides of an argument.
Those cereal and junk food mascots brought back memories of the Imaginationland Trilogy in 2007.
Kyle trying to help Cartman lose weight was the nicest thing Kyle has done.
To Be fair, kyle would be s lot nicer to Cartman if Cartman was less of a douche to him
@@Demonslayre he could stop being a douche if Kyle just stopped being a jew.
Crack baby orphanage?
I can think of nicer things he has done
Kyle's psychotic hatred of Eric seems to be in check since Kyle accidentally influenced a nuclear strike on Canada.
The navigating American healthcare system reminded me of an old cartoon movie of the twelve tasks of Asterix where one of the Herculean tasks they had to complete was to get a particular form from the Roman burreacracy.
I liked the special. It did a great job pointing out the flaws of the American Healthcare system as well as how lobbyists keep it like that and how people who don't need a drug get it anyways and deprive it from those who actually do need it
The American government is literally designed to be slow as to prevent overreaction and snap decisions. It has its reasons but theirs other aspects where being slow just doesn’t help and the US Healthcare System is one of them.
Walt Disney would be rolling in his cryopod if he knew what kind of people run his company today.
Fun fact: ozempic costs $5 dollars to produce. All this drama about it's affordability and who and who shouldn't get it, all for a drug that costs *five fucking dollars* to make. 🙃
surely its not that expensive in the usa ? In the uk you can get it for about $100 a month.
How much did it cost to create?
@@WookieWarriorz it's $1000 a month in the US
@@nolaz010 because we are rich, lol
@@JB-423 tens of millions, as a rough estimate
"every time I see a Southpark special, specially a special"
Nux has a way with words
Drug parties aren't new they just highlighted how open it's gotten
I do love how they turn the opening credits into a reference to the Dawn of the Dead remake opening credits
I like the noise of the fax machine and the rotary phone it really helped with the immersion
1:21:11 Kile forgot to say, "You bastard!" when Tony the Tiger killed Kenny. 😅
He was preoccupied.
Right??
Fr fr south park has fallen off
You know how to lose weight and keep it off for most people? Baby steps. Don't just change your whole life because for anyone that is not a very sustainable option you will miss the things you loved too much. Start by walking about 10 min a day and work your way up, you don't have to eat rice cakes and exercise every waking minute. Just slowly get healthier and your routine will fall into place... then the only hard part is remembering it's every day not just when you "feel like it".
Also, remember that being healthy is different than being skinny. Everyone has different body types but that does not mean skinny people are healthy or that you have to be skinny to be healthy.
Now THIS is good advice! 🙂
OMG that The Lost Boys reference with Randy taking the drug parodying Michael getting turned into a half-vampire sent me! 😆
56:27 for someone like cartman who makes zero effort to lose weight and is lazy as hell an eats a whole bunch. The facts that he's losing weight at all is actually crazy xdd
Of course Randy's the get away driver. He's the only one on the crew that won't crash the car. Being a guy and all. Lol 😂
Randy wearing Shelly's clothes was super funny.
I’ve known dads who do that
I love how South Park always stays ridiculous but the production value of the show actually keeps improving.
There is a significant problem with the availability of medications like Zepbound, Mounjaro, and Ozempic. Due to the high demand for these drugs for weight loss purposes, there is a shortage This means that individuals with genuine medical needs are unable to access these medications. Big Sad :(
But on another note, it's also steering people towards compounding pharmacies which hurts big pharma and make the drug affordable for everyone
I love the song you chose in the background during the intro and commentary. I first heard that song in the beginning of Bad Santa. One of my favorite Christmas movies, next to Crash.
3:30 I gotchu bro, in one ep of rick and morty rick, the one with the crystals that tell how you die. Hologram rick says he was fine with being a hologram, but when he gets infected and becomes real he says "Yeah, that's because I had to be a hologram."
How quickly it turns.
As a diabetic this whole ozempic situation is completely fucked up and I'm glad people are getting ozempic face and gaining the weight back 😊
The millennium puzzle comparison was a brilliant parrell Nux.
"What I can't handle is your customers' inexplicable knowledge of Insuricare's inner workings. They're experts, EXPERTS, Bob! Exploiting every loophole; dodging every obstacle. They're penetrating the bureaucracy!"
- Mr. Huph, The Incredibles (2004)
The fact that I started reading this in voice goes to show how fire that movie was when it came out.
The crazy part is: the ending Kyle came to IS what we’re doing as a society. And similarly with that rule he instated for his school and society, Cartman’s now feels he can’t be judged for his signature flaw but is also emboldened in his natures as well.
Cartman signature flaw isn't his weight. Chef was fat but he was cool and cared for the kids. Cartman's flaw is his entitlement and meanness. His lack of empathy. His sociopathy. He'd be just as much of a POS if he were thin. They literally showed that in his dream sequence. Also, body shaming him hasn't worked a single time. So why keep stooping to that level? Find something else to fire back with - like Cartman not having a dad or how his only friends hate his guts.
In this episode we learned about the power of free will... and how much we underestimate it, don`t know its value and don`t know how to use it as adults. Thanks to their innocence, children have greater faith in free will... and hope for a better future. But how to do this among adults who succumb to their weaknesses/which children have no idea about yet?
As someone who has a weak will towards sugar, I admit that this episode is one of the best that the creators of this series have done. They took us on an amazing journey through many threads that concern not only America, but also other countries and nations. They made it clear to us - our government doesn`t care about our health at all, only the earnings of the elite matter.
A beautiful commentary on today's times, I hope that South Park and its episodes will go down in history for future generations.
Sugar is not even king in America.
Corn syrup is.
Big Sugar is definitely king in Florida.
wanna know a secret to why corn is so good?
Look up sugar subsidies.
Where corn is king and men are chattel!
Corn Syrup is sugar bruh...
Bro the ending “don’t go to Pakistan, don’t go to Pakistan nooooo!” 😭😭😭😂 I can’t believe you cut Eric buying his plane ticket to Pakistan 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you so much for allowing us to actually watch this without having to pay for yet another streaming service. The different things I want to watch are all on different streaming services and it's frustrating but when you put up reactions like this I can actually watch them plus get some funny commentary along the way.
The only thing about these drugs is that the huge side effect is your stomach getting paralyzed. They never talk about that.
10:44 the whole intro was a parody to dawn of the dead. lmao they nailed it so perfectly from the Johnny Cash sounds to the jump scare
31:20 as a Canadian with lung issues, I can confirm having to wait several months to see a lung specialist. Here in Canada you pay with time, not money
I'm not sure the USA wait times are any different, in my experience it's pretty similar in various countries, except USA is the only one that gouges the hell out of anyone that isn't already filthy rich
And to some people time will always be more valuable than money.
yeah here in the US you would also have to wait several months but it would also cause life ending debt if anything isnt covered
I thought there isnt any healthcare in Canada just suicide clinics
4:40 as a Jewish man, I couldn't stop laughing at that one, I felt like Luffy when he first became gear 5
As a fat person whos lost 35lbs this year they're right. Fuck em.
This is amazingly timed. At Max I was 280, now I'm 195 and never giving up. Squats really did the most as far as exercise. But I lost half the weight cutting out pop. I've only drank water now for years.
Nice. What is your max squat?
@@elihan9 don't have any weights, I use my body as the weight, all my exercises are pushing off the ground. Pushups, situps, and regular squats. I'm up to 100 a day. Except for pushups. Can't do near that many, yet. 😂
@@garychief2338 nice.
@@garychief2338 Good for you, man! Score one for calisthenics!
What really sucks about this is the fact that I, a dude who is overweight and REALLY needs to lose it, was offered Ozempic and stuff like 7 times now and I always turned it down because of both not needing it (cuz I don’t have diabetes) and how much it cost.
Apparently you can get it at a compounding pharmacy for $120/month
@@joncents2000 yeah but I don’t have diabetes and am on SSDI so I am not going to even try getting it when I don’t need it-need it and I am making (very slow) progress on my own.
@Ac3_Silvers I respect that. Keep going, man. You'll get there. As for me, I gained 50 lbs in the last year due to depression and stress eating because my dad was dying. 2 months ago, I hit the obesity mark for my height. I was already planning to start intermittent fasting, but then I found out about semaglutide from ChatGPT and thought it would help. Had no idea it was a popular drug 'til this South Park episode. Already lost 10 lbs. Hope to lose more soon.
@@joncents2000 thanks, I wish you the best too. Honestly there is an issue people don’t seem to pick up on though. If you take weight loss drugs like Ozempic but still primarily eat garbage and then cut out the actually decent stuff, you still have a huge problem with sugar and salt and oils and fat and stuff that are probably not helping you out any. You DO need those, don’t get me wrong, but a pack of sno-balls isnt a good meal.
9 minutes in and i gotta admit, the classical music during your rants was the best choice. Shit slaps so hard and makes you look like the final boss for Twitter users.
Not surprised Nux didn't see the Mad Max-style semi truck sequence for what it was. Always enjoy seeing his viewpoint all the same.
People spend six months waiting for a doctors appointment in Canada, and then get a call back the next day when they ask assisted suicide.
The world is not ready for Skinny Cartman.
56:33 no that’s a good sustainable rate. 1.6lbs is somewhere around 4.5-5.2k Calories of fat burned.
Body positivity is the ultimate copium.
It's important to be comfortable in your own body, but no one ACTUALLY wants to be fat, and anyone who tells you otherwise is either a liar or in denial.
As a fat girl, I can verify this. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I'm relatively healthy in everything else. But I would sell my soul for Ozempic to take the weight off as easy as this ep makes it look. And it sure as heck doesn't happen overnight! 😆
As an Arab I'm offended he called towly a carpet...shame
hear me out:
if people think it's okay to simp for Panderverse Kenny, i don't see the problem in simping for Tweek's mom..
in defense of Randy i mean
Randy is just .......being Randy
Requiring people to fax things in 2024 should be illegal.
if you want insurance companies to give you the money they owe mention you have a lawyer friend/family member willing to take the case "pro bono". they will get you that money yesterday.
"Who need hospital and insurence when we have tictok and youtube" wild.
I'm gonna nerd out for a second... superior iron man, when he gets the symbiote armor. He develops an app that makes people look attractive for X dollars an activation. People get addicted and turn to crime to pay for it.
Bro the Lost Boys music when Randy is getting drugged is hilarious! They were vampires in that movie. Hilariously ON POINT!!
GODDAMN! How the hell does South Park manage to craft the perfect joke/insult for everyone?! Lizzo's response was legendary!
Damn, I never thought I'd like south Park, but I've stayed watching it purely because of you exposing me to how well they actually cover certain issues.
Agree and me being from Asia sometimes i don't get all of the issues in America
Delta still never paid me back for ruining a bunch of hand tools and a tool bag of mine on a flight.
"Stop using "Lizzo" if you have suicidal thoughts" 😂😂😂
Lizzo got pissed after watching that scene 😂
This is like that episode where Wendy the body positivity champion. Gave into fake photoshop body imaging. Where instead of encouraging people to actually loose weight. They could fake it on social media photoshop images.
Same episode, only breaking bad style with a mix of mad max.
as a classical musician, I really appreciate Chopin in the background
You can also get it through insurance if you’re pre-diabetic.
Also the scary thing is even though the American healthcare system is a bureaucratic nightmare, it’s still the least bureaucratic nightmarish of all countries.
are you american ? becuase uh thats not true at all healthcare in most countries isnt very bereaucratic, its extremely easy to get healthcare in the uk and europe. I call my doctor and book any appointment either in person within a week or within a few hours over a chat service or phone call. You NEVER EVER EVEV wait or have delays if you have life threatening illnesses its why our life expectancy is so much higher anyone saying otherwise is lying. Its also all free, there is nowhere to pay, no one in the uk has known medical debt for 75 years, its an utter unknown thing, no one is paying medical bills.
@@WookieWarriorz Anything beyond routine care in the UK and Europe is incredibly bureaucratic. I’ve heard cases where it took up to 8 months to get a CAT scan.
What kind of countries have you been to from my experience its easy and fast to make an apt
@@thewalliest3956 took me 1h 30m to get scheduled and get one
@@druidplayz2313These guys just don't get it, I feel you man
I wonder if the reason why they didn't do a message about how you don't need drugs to help with self control, is because that is basically just "Bloody Mary" all over again except instead of god it's drugs and instead of alcoholism it's eating disorders. Bloody Mary being one of the few episodes where Matt and Trey ended up feeling like they got it wrong.
The entire song montage portion reminds me of A. Trying to get my VA disability after the military and B. trying to use my GI Bill years back hahah. Damn you bureaucracy!!!
Is that south park opening a dawn of the dead parody ? Because that music combined with the jump scare gives me some serious dawn of the dead flashbacks.
Bro this is like dealing with the veterans affairs office as a vet.
The ear thing is kinda true. It IS proven that if you don't have bowel movements either your intestines will explode or you will vomit feces. The ear thing I think is a dig at her music, but I assume it's based off of the vomiting thing.
Make no mistake, this IS legendary. May it kick it in the record books for decades
Nux is 100% right. I weighed 370 at my heaviest. I now weigh 268lbs and am continuing to loose.
It’s hard. You have to eat less, exercise, and eat healthier. That sounds easy to many, but when you’re as far down the rabbit hole as I was, you have to learn to be hungry, not eat out of boredom, and exercising is painful. Human joints were never meant push that kind of weight.
But IT CAN BE DONE. There’s nothing I hate worse than body positivity. I was told to “be conscious” of my weight but to learn to be comfortable in my own skin.
I had a TMI stroke not long after.
I hate how relatable the "I've never felt full before" line from Cartman felt.
Yeah but at the same time he's not
Of course some people do it as an excuse but the body positivity movement is mostly a response to people who act like fat/obese people are subhuman
And Nux saying "the body positivity movement is only for lazy people" doesn't help anyone
If someone as a poor self image because of their weight , so they do thing to make themselves feel better and you come on and say "your only doing that as an excuse to not work out and lose the weight" it's not gonna help
He is right, but he's gotta have some fucking tact
00:50 Ahahahahahah! I was missing you, Nux!
surprised Kyle didn't reactivate his black air force energy and tell Cartman he'll die of a heart attack at 35.
God damn it, I fell for the dream sequence at the halfway point. People's reaction to skinny Cartman sounded authentic.
"If you run away, they won't be able to catch you" got me way more than it should have lol
Literally laughed out loud for me. That was great.
But what if they have a good throwing arm and there are rocks nearby? 😉
Every 60 seconds a minute passes in Africa.
With pharmaceuticals the manufacturer basically gets to set the price until the initial copyright wears off. The u.s. at least has special copyright laws around pharmaceutical drugs
i am a diabetic on monjaro- it won’t replace better habits but it does deeply curb appetite. easier to lose weight when you aren’t tempted at all.
For ethical reasons, are these things even vegan? Also just not touching all the immoral stuff passed off as so-called "food" but normalised will do it and when denormalised if also with some maybe eugenic trade-off?
my dad was in the hospital for covid he is pre diabetic. it was a really scary thing for everyone ill spare you the details, he came home with these weird needles the doctors gave him i didet know it was this untill watching this video. its a miracle he is alive he needed this drug to save his life the thought of people using it when they dont need it makes me sick. my old dad lost so much weight i was worried it was covid turns out that drug makes you really lose alot of weight fast. my dad was put in the same room with another old man who was diabetic ( covid is worse for anyone with diabetes\old) with covid that died next to him he has never been the same after covid.
TLDR: that stuff is life saveing.
If your rich: lose weight with drugs
If your poor: lose weight by not affording food
you can't get cancelled if you just mock everyone!😅
That's why I love SP. No one is sacred! True equality isn't having to walk on eggshells to avoid calling out bad actors doing bad deeds because they're in a minority group. True equality is being expected to be a decent human being regardless of body type, skin color, sexuality, gender expression or religion. ✌️
South Park can't be canceled it's funny when people and companies still try south park is Inevitable
I think the Stormy Daniels joke really went over people's heads
She was a porn star, right? I guess I can see that one being more destructive than an Oppenheimer.
These specials make me so happy. I'm glad Matt and Trey call out everyone!
I like how half of Cartmen's weight is from bring in elementary school indefinitely right before what would likely be a growthspuirt, making him not necessarily lose the fat but spread it out evenly through his 6ft8 body
That whole chase scene was straight out of Mad Max 2 (1981)... incl. the helicopter and Cartman climbing on the truck hood to get the drugs (in the movie it's a shotgun shell) and a guy (that was suppose to be dead) grabbing his hand. Even the head-on collision and an "empty" truck...
31:29 and sometimes they'll even say, "well you can always die. That'll solve everybody's problem.."
33:28 😂 The Lost Boys when Michael drank the blood for the first time 😂😂😂 I'm so dead.
Crryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Also the dawn of the dead intro 🤣
Out of context from the content in the video above. I hate people who don’t understand how human anatomy works at all, and just tell people to exercise or eat less to not get fat. Not only do some have abysmally low metabolism, meaning that they require a lot of food for basic energy needs, but not everyone has the time to work out. A lot of people who visit the gym work minimum wage jobs or basic service jobs. Those that work extensive critical thinking jobs that require a brain to use don’t have as much time or energy to devote to exercising. Sometimes it’s just the environment, America is known for its lax regulations on pretty much everything. This includes what is put into food. On the East coast the soil is horrible for growing crops, making natural and healthy food expensive. Meanwhile mass-produced sugary trash is dirt-cheap, and in the current economy every dollar matters. There are a lot more factors to why obesity in America is so high other than people being lazy and public transportation or walking anywhere in America being implausible, although those are really important factors too.
It doesn't matter how slow your metabolism is the law's of thermodynamics still apply it also doesn't mean you need to starve your self to lose weight just pick better food choices do some meal prep i work a minimum wage job 40 hours from 11 to 7 and even if you do a little as long as you are consistent you will lose fat.
@@tomsaige2684the key is that your job has a mandatory quitting time. Not all jobs do. Some have unspoken expectations to work extra hours and be on call even on your off time. Not to mention some places are toxic AF and mental health also plays a role in a person's ability to do even do basic hygiene consistently.
Look, the bottom line is that if it was all about willpower and self-control - without any mitigating factors - the obesity epidemic wouldn't be nearly as bad as it is. It's easy in your 20s to meal prep and work out and all of that. Try keeping all of that up with a full time job, kids and their activities, aging parents to care for, and nursing your own aches and pains as you age.
The me of my 20s thought she'd figured life out and if only people listened, they'd be happier too. The me of my current age (48) knows that, like John Lennon once said, life is what happens while you're busy making plans. 😉
You noticed how it was stated that the VAST MAJORITY won't make the change for themselves. If the shoe fits wear it. You don't use situations that doesn't encapsulate that vast majority as your main example.
Not only that, working in food and in service shows me ALOT of people who be eating all that unhealthy shit when they shouldn't. And almost everyone of them blame others for their size. If you have a family history of diabetes and obesity, then don't take the measures to make it worst. Just because your sad and obese, doesnt mean you drown in self pity. Take self responsibility for once please.
@@tomsaige2684 cico is not always the answer. eat 1500 calories a day of mcdonald’s and compare your body composition to someone who has been eating 1500 calories of high protein/mid carb/low fat “clean foods”. also watch someone who has undiagnosed diabetes, eating but still losing weight and lethargic. cico is a baseline but there are hundreds of other factors to consider. and i am no where near the “body positive/no self control” group - the phrase “you can’t out work a bad diet” exists for a reason.
9:30 this is a parody of 2004 Dawn of the Dead opening!!
So bit of a fucked story about navigating the healthcare system. In 2023 I was diagnosed with SVT (super ventricular tachycardia). Basically my heart rate would sky rocket randomly. Fast forward to January of 2024 and I'm scheduled for a heart ablasion (they go into your heart and shock the "av" node which would fix my heart rate problems). I apparently died twice and they had to fluid resuscitate me. I awoke and was told the heart ablasion never happened, of course you can imagine I was confused and angry. They then told me that along with SVT it may be hypertension (low blood pressure) causing some of my issues, as I'd had a past of passing out frequently. Fast forward again to just a few days ago and I'm in the hospital in immense pain where I'm told I have a kidney stone. The worst part is that I'm also told that I could possibly have THROAT CANCER. I've been trying pretty much for over a year now to figure out my heart condition and I haven't been able to navigate the healthcare system to get anybody to actually help and focus on me. There is no happy ending and I'm currently in so much debt Idk what to do. Just needed to get this out, sorry for rambling on.
My doctor actually suggested the ozempic route. He tested my blood sugar a couple different ways but no dice. I prefer the gym anyway. I like the feeling of getting stronger and more capable. Hard work is difficult but is best.
Um akshualy working out doesnt burn a lot of calories, eating healthier or less is what actualy does a lot, it just so happens that all of the protein rich foods that are good for working out are low calorie and healthy
@@druidplayz2313 I know you’re kind of kidding but duh lol. It doesn’t burn calories, it stresses & snaps muscle fibers which reform to get stronger (which takes energy). Using those bigger and stronger muscles naturally requires greater caloric usage. I used to be very strong and ate more then than I do now. I was much skinnier then.
1:15:10 if willpower was so easy, all of us would be a green lantern.
That airline shenanigan is why I learned how to file cases to take to court. Its a lot cheaper than getting a lawyer, and most companies will not let you get to discovery especially if your an indipendant that is showing clear animosity to their legal staff (Denying their extensions to reduce your costs and greatly speed up the legal process.) But its not for everyone. Even then, its roughly anywhere from 500 to 1500 dollars to get a case started which is just ridiculous.
I can't freaking believe you called Towelie a carpet Nux...
I can hardly wait to see the binging with babish episode where he makes these cereal bombs. I'm sure it will happen at some point
Wait if these drugs just make you not hungry, does that basically just make em adhd medication?