Talk:Sponsored Content (South Park)

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PC etymology
Due to the recurring phrase 'pussy crushing' being a central theme of this episode, should we go into any detail about its etymology? Searching UD for example:
 * 15 April 2003 verb def by T-Stan: "The act of having sex with a random girl." (the 22 June 2014 def by YessCubanB seems to differ with this)
 * 15 August 2006 verb def by AC!D: "The act of crushing a pussy" (not exactly explanative, the 29 Feb 2008 def by Mr. Rains "To get as much vagina as possible at a location which it is plentiful." seems more particular)
 * 22 July 2008 verb def by ajs-lawdawg: "to dominate, win convincingly"
 * 28 November 2013 noun def by DNS: "Synonym for an active dick"

I'm not sure if the "random" earliest 2003 definition corresponds with South Park use, because the girl chosen at the frat was attractive (as is often the case of those allowed as guests) so perhaps the more recent 2014 definition with more upvotes corresponds to the PC bro-dude usage in this episode? Ranze (talk) 00:16, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
 * UD is not even close to a reliable source, and not even a real theme of the episode. To my knowledge, Jimmy created the association of PC to that gag.  Worth the brief mention it was given and that's about it. SanAnMan (talk) 02:34, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

The episode clearly references BladeRunner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.124.116.101 (talk) 19:39, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

And a source: https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/south-park-hysterically-satirized-ad-blocking-and-sponsored-content-168206/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.124.116.101 (talk) 19:41, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Also: https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Sponsored_Content/Trivia https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5113842/movieconnections and  http://omgsouthpark.com/post/133513903474/sponsored-content-quotesjokesreferences  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.124.116.101 (talk) 19:44, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Here's another one: http://www.southparkwillie.com/Season19/E1908secrets.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.124.116.101 (talk) 19:46, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Voice actor of the unknown man?
In this episode and the previous episode, who is the voice actor of the unknown man, with the black suit, red tie, white shirt, black hair, and black rimmed glasses? It sounds like a guest voice actor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.107.208.99 (talk) 01:43, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Not really a guest voice actor, but regular South Park co-writer and voice actor Bill Hader. - SanAnMan (talk) 17:52, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

I can't find a source for the referencing of The Matrix films. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.125.193.93 (talk) 02:10, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 21 March 2016

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: move (non-admin closure). SST flyer  14:50, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Sponsored Content → Sponsored Content (South Park) – While the technical name for sponsored content, the advertising system referred to in this episode, is Native advertising, I feel people when looking for the term "sponsored content" are more likely to be looking for native advertising and not the South Park episode. The theme of episode itself is about native advertising. It never mentions it as native advertising, but just sponsored content. The episode itself is just one twenty minute episode. The topic of native advertisement is a big deal. This is in line with WP:PRIMARYTOPIC "A topic is primary for a term, with respect to long-term significance, if it has substantially greater enduring notability and educational value than any other topic associated with that term.". I propose moving this page to Sponsored Content (South Park). Then turning the page "Sponsored Content" into a redirect for native advertising. Then creating a hatnote using this template on the native advertising page Oldag07 (talk) 01:21, 21 March 2016 (UTC).


 * Support – Per the criterion of precision, the title should be precise enough to point out the topic. The present title is not.  The proposed redirect and hatnote make sense.  Dicklyon (talk) 04:13, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Support per nom In ictu oculi (talk) 09:19, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Egsan Bacon (talk) 14:28, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. As a major contributor to the article, I would agree that the arguments given make logical sense, and I would support per nom. SanAnMan (talk) 14:42, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Also I'd like to point out that Sponsored Content should redirect to Native advertising after the move.  InsertCleverPhraseHere  00:32, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


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