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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday September 16 2017, @05:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the trigger-warnings dept.

Leave Blank writes:

Some viewers of a new episode of South Park found themselves with "warped smart home lists."

We spend a lot of time talking about South Park's sometimes insightful, sometimes tone deaf social commentary, but Matt Stone and South Park if it wasn't also vulgar, immature, and just a bit obnoxious. That side of the show made itself known with Season 21's premiere, and fans have the warped smart home lists to prove it.

The central plot of "White People Renovating Houses" follows a gang of Confederate flag-waving protesters who are infuriated that automation has negated their jobs. That side of the episode is at times scathing in its critique of enraged blue collar workers and incredibly silly when it came to the white people renovating houses plot. However, the best moments definitely come from the boys asking Amazon Echo's Alexa to do and say increasingly disgusting things. It's a very dumb joke that never gets old because who hasn't asked their smart home device something idiotic?

It's also a joke that's translated to the real world because most of these bits intentionally started with the keywords "Alexa," "Okay Google," and "Hey Siri." Of course real Amazon Echos, Google Homes, and iHomes were happy to respond. Cortana was (not so) mysteriously missing from the AI party.

Previously: News Anchor Sets Off Alexa Devices Around San Diego Ordering Unwanted Dollhouses

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  • (Score: 2) by BsAtHome on Saturday September 16 2017, @06:48PM (3 children)

    by BsAtHome (889) on Saturday September 16 2017, @06:48PM (#569073)

    Rogue commercial received at the White House: Alexa, please launch missiles.
    ...
    Alexa: missiles launced.
    White House: but, but, Alexa, where did the missiles go?
    Alexa: Don't know, you didn't say, thought it would be nice to provision all our adversaries and friends too, for purpose of balance.
    Alaxa: Have a nice day [click] (power died, so did Alexa)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @08:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @08:39PM (#569104)

    And the downside is...?

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by stretch611 on Saturday September 16 2017, @11:45PM (1 child)

    by stretch611 (6199) on Saturday September 16 2017, @11:45PM (#569187)

    Alexa, where did the missiles go?

    For the sake of humanity, hopefully they were targeting Washington, DC... during one of the very few days that congress is in session and also while the president is in town.

    Sadly, we would still end up voting in new asshats just as bad as the current set.

    --
    Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Sunday September 17 2017, @05:14AM

      by bob_super (1357) on Sunday September 17 2017, @05:14AM (#569278)

      The primary issue is that most of the R votes are in low-density areas.
      Nuking a majority of D voters is much easier.

      Though, nuking a few refineries and ports would be enough to collapse the whole US.