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South Park is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed works of satire in recent history; when one thinks of “antagonism as socially productive”, Cartman’s should be pretty high up on their list.


The thing about satire is it isn’t meant to be instructional.


What? Oh, do you mean ‘not meant to be directly emulated’? Because satire sure is instructional if done well.


Yes that is what I meant. Maybe my usage of the word was a reach but my phone dictionary does seem to have both definitions.

(In the US I’m more used to the word “instructive” for your definition.)


In the United States.

Socrates is known much better at least through the entire Anglo-European sphere of influence.


I mean… Cartman is productive in that he is a funny character on a show I like, but I don’t think I’d pay very much for CartmanGPT


challenge accepted: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-Re314rUEj-cartmangpt

I'm actually quite amused with how dark the GPTs can go. And yet it stays in character when refusing to tell me to "kys".


Ha - funny :-)


It’d make me giggle a little.




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