South Park's Season Premier Sets Off Everyone's Amazon Echo (maxim.com)

SonicSpike writes: It's hard to believe that Trey Parker and Matt Stone didn't know exactly what they were doing with Wednesday night's season premiere of South Park. This episode marked the beginning of the show's 21st season and as usual, South Park took on current issues like tiki torch-wielding white supremacists and... home digital assistants. The latter meant lots of gags in which Cartman and other characters addressed Amazon Echo's Alexa and Google Home as well. And that ended up being a problem for viewers who own those devices. (Editor's note: example 1, 2) South Park writers absolutely knew their lines would do this and probably had a hilarious time coming up with funny commands for the home assistants.

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Re:Genius

[OffTheLip]

Southpark fans

Proposed New South Park Character

[Anonymous Coward]

They should introduce a new character named Alexa, a young girl who fights for small businesses. Then Cartman can ask her for fishsticks and NAMBLA paraphernalia.

Re:I'm pretty sure that would be considered....

[14erCleaner]

Alexa, say "mark has no sense of humor".

Re:No, it didn't

[Anonymous Coward]

That's why I don't have an Alexa. Hearing my wife call out "Alexa, play the Gypsy Kings" and then the Gypsy Kings don't start playing makes it all worth it.

Re:Genius

[nospam007]

"Right- because washing your hands is SOOOO hard. "

Indeed, it's hard I'm a surgeon and it's nice during an operation to ask: 'Alexa which of these bloody blobs is the heart again'.

Re:No sympathy

[nospam007]

"Some people like the convenience of a voice assistant.

Some people like meth, too. That doesn't mean that it's a smart decision."

But it's big business.
s) Heisenberg

Re: Genius

[PopeRatzo]

Frankly, as someone who fucked in public several times

You shouldn't have any problem, as long as you don't name the sheep, "Alexa".

Re:Genius

[apoc.famine]

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