# I pit King of the Hill. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 23, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579 "2004-02-23T00:34:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/21 "2004-02-23T01:16:40Z")
> [@prisoner6655321](#): > > I get the strange feeling that dopers are decidedly anti-hippie. Ironic statement, that. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/22 "2004-02-23T01:17:37Z")
> [@](#): > > See now. Simpsons is a satirical show. King of the Hill isn’t. It is represented as real. Oh, please please please can I take this for my sig? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/23 "2004-02-23T01:19:19Z")
> [@prisoner6655321](#): > > Funny. I thought dopers were supposed to be anti-ignorance. You’re getting upset because a cartoon may or may not have made fun of something. We are fighting ignorance. You just don’t know when to say uncle. Stop watching the show. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/24 "2004-02-23T01:22:16Z")
> [@](#): > > See now. Simpsons is a satirical show. King of the Hill isn’t. It is represented as real. That’s right, man. Be careful about what sorority you let your daughter attend, because a lot of them are fronts for brainwashing cults dedicated to building a fruit-jelly empire. And UFO watchers often see the real thing. And Texas townships commonly hold “Bull Runs” in which the runners are separated from the bulls by high fences. And who’s up for another bowl? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/25 "2004-02-23T01:22:19Z")
How do you hide money from a hippie? Put it under the soap! ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/26 "2004-02-23T01:24:28Z")
> [@prisoner6655321](#): > > Next thing you know Hank and company will be dressing in sheets and lynching the token black character. I don’t think there IS a token black character. [satire] That’s how racist they are!!!1!!1! [/satire] ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/27 "2004-02-23T01:31:19Z")
Unlike some of the more meanspirited respondants to this thread, I dig hippies. Some of my dearest friends have been hippies and I think a lot of them are simply the salt of the earth. That being said, I’ve also known a TON, mostly wannabes and hanger-ons who, unfortunately, fufill a lot of the sterotypes that hippies get mocked for. Sad but true. That being said, this episode of KOTH made me laugh my ass off. How do you know a hippie’s broken into your house? He’s still there. ---
**Author:** ![prisoner6655321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/28 "2004-02-23T01:33:02Z")
Hey! I’m pissed off because of how the show affects people that have the same wrong opinions of hippies, not me. This show reinforces the stereotype that **London\_Calling** displayed. The fact is the exact opposite. I can stop watching the show. But what does that do? How does that help? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/29 "2004-02-23T01:33:15Z")
> [@](#): > > See now. Simpsons is a satirical show. King of the Hill isn’t. It is represented as real. That’s right, man. Be careful about what sorority you let your daughter attend, because a lot of them are fronts for brainwashing cults dedicated to building a fruit-jelly empire. And UFO watchers often see the real thing. And Texas townships commonly hold “Bull Runs” in which the runners are separated from the bulls by high fences. And who’s up for another bowl? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/30 "2004-02-23T01:35:38Z")
I thought the new VB had protections against double-posting. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/31 "2004-02-23T01:43:52Z")
> [@Myrr21](#): > > Are you always this stupid, or is this a special event? That was good 😃 and kinda what I was thinking. > [@](#): > > I get the strange feeling that dopers are decidedly anti-hippie…Funny. I thought dopers were supposed to be anti-ignorance. We don’t dislike hippies…unless they’re ignorant hippies. There’s plenty of freaks here at the SDMB. Lighten up, it’s a fucking cartoon for crying out loud…read a book. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/32 "2004-02-23T01:48:36Z")
> [@prisoner6655321](#): > > Hey! I’m pissed off because of how the show affects people that have the same wrong opinions of hippies, not me. This show reinforces the stereotype that **London\_Calling** displayed. The fact is the exact opposite. > > I can stop watching the show. But what does that do? How does that help? A lot of people have negative opinions about hippies. For those who do, the show solidifies those beliefs. For those who don’t, the show was a joke. Try to convince the anti-hippie types that hippies are okay. If they don’t change their minds, get the fuck over it and move on. Everybody has the right to an opinion. ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/33 "2004-02-23T01:50:51Z")
> [@7 up yours](#): > > What the fuck is up with that Peggy Hill?! She’s such a fucking moron! She thinks she knows it all, but she doesn’t! And always butting into other people’s business. I wish someone would just smash her head in and tell her whut’s whut! Peggy is probably my favorite character in the show. But she’s my favorite _because_ she’s so freaking dumb, but always talks with a tone of voice that shows she’s obviously convinced she knows everything. She is, as they say, a character “you just love to hate.” [sub]“In my opinion, kindling is the best way to start a fire.”[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/34 "2004-02-23T02:05:31Z")
> [@prisoner6655321](#): > > Hey! I’m pissed off because of how the show affects people that have the same wrong opinions of hippies, not me. This show reinforces the stereotype that **London\_Calling** displayed. The fact is the exact opposite. Cite? > [@](#): > > I can stop watching the show. But what does that do? How does that help? How does _this_ thread help do anything except re-inforce the stereotype of hippies as being shrill, dim, and totally out of touch with reality? ---
**Author:** ![prisoner6655321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/35 "2004-02-23T02:11:59Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > How does _this_ thread help do anything except re-inforce the stereotype of hippies as being shrill, dim, and totally out of touch with reality? I haven’t heard a single hippie on this thread. Wait! You’re not talking about me are you? Why I haven’t been so awfully insulted in my whole lif… Wait a sec. Nevermind… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/36 "2004-02-23T02:40:59Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > What’s worse than _King of the Hill_ is _South Park._ Every other episode has Cartman complaining about how hippies are ruining everything. Huh? What’s that? The opinions of a character in a work of fiction are not necessarily not be representative of the views of the creator of that work? Nah, I don’t buy that. _South Park_ is clearly made by a bunch of racists. > > What’s that? “Hippie” isn’t a race? Since when? “I know why drugs are bad. If you do drugs you’re a hippie. And hippies suck.” “Dolphins, eskimos, who cares? It’s all a bunch of tree hugging hippie crap.” “Screw you, hippie.” “Hippies, hippies… they want to save the world but all they do is smoke pot and play frisbee!” ---
**Author:** ![Coin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Coin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/37 "2004-02-23T02:46:15Z")
If you consider “King of the Hill” to be an accurate representation of Midwestern life, or intended to be taken as such…yeah, you’re pretty much a fucking moron. The show is tongue-in-cheek, pretty much all the time. At least, I’ve never heard anyone refer to butane as a “bastard gas.” ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/38 "2004-02-23T02:49:08Z")
WTF is your problem **prisoner**? I thought there was a rule against joke threads in the Pit. You can’t possibly believe what your saying. The hippies portrayed are FICTIONAL characters on a FICTIONAL show on a network that uses SATIRE as a comedic device. I suggest you remove your head from you ass before speaking next time. :wally > [@prisoner6655321](#): > > Funny. I thought dopers were supposed to be anti-ignorance. We are fighting ignorace. It’s obvious you aren’t listening. > [@prisoner6655321](#): > > KOTH actually said that Hippies are the number one source of air and water pollution!!! AAAAAHH!!! Congratulations! You’ve just demonstrated that you know how to take a quote WAY out of context. Let’s see if I can do the same. > [@prisoner6655321](#): > > I am… an… asshole… You see, the difference is that while my quote is still accurate, yours is bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/39 "2004-02-23T02:51:34Z")
> [@](#): > > See now. Simpsons is a satirical show. King of the Hill isn’t. It is represented as real. This statement has already been thoroughly (and properly) ridiculed, so I’ll just ask a question: Do you really think that it’s an all-or-nothing situation? That either a show is satire and gets a free pass to exaggerate, or it isn’t and can’t poke fun at anything or anyone? Some shows are more satirical than others, but that doesn’t mean that the less satirical shows can’t . . . aw, fuck it. You get the picture. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579/40 "2004-02-23T02:52:49Z")
> [@](#): > > If you consider “King of the Hill” to be an accurate representation of Midwestern life, or intended to be taken as such… Since when is Texas in the Midwest? And, yeah, the OP is an idiot. Dude, if you believe animated comedy shows to be accurate representations of societal attitudes, you’ve got much bigger problems to worry about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-king-of-the-hill/230579.md?page=3)