{"id":372470,"date":"2021-11-25T23:03:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T20:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-future-is-bitcoin-according-to-south-park-creators\/"},"modified":"2021-11-25T23:03:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T20:03:10","slug":"the-future-is-bitcoin-according-to-south-park-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-future-is-bitcoin-according-to-south-park-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"# The future is Bitcoin according to South Park creators"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# The future is Bitcoin according to South Park creators <\/strong>”<\/p>\n

South Park, the animated TV series<\/a> that often tackles topical issues with a comedic twist, showed Bitcoin being used as a mainstream means of payment in the not too distant future.<\/p>\n

In the \u201cPost COVID\u201d episode of its 24th season which aired Thursday, South Park depicted one of the show\u2019s protagonists, Stan Marsh, paying for a stay in a cheap motel using Bitcoin (BTC) roughly 40 years from now, when the pandemic is jokingly about to end for good. The fictional Super 12 Motel Plus<\/em> \u2014 in a future where nearly all brand names have \u201cplus\u201d and \u201cmaxx\u201d included \u2014 only accepts \u201cBitcoin and other cryptocurrency,\u201d with the show having Marsh pay using a plastic card with the BTC logo and a QR code. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the future \u2014 we\u2019ve all decided centralized banking is rigged so we trust more in fly-by-night Ponzi schemes,\u201d said the motel clerk.<\/p>\n

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Many in the crypto space know South Park for its criticism of the United States government\u2019s and banks\u2019 response following the 2008 financial crisis, popularized by the meme \u201caaaand… it\u2019s gone\u201d \u2014 referring to Marsh losing money immedia<\/a>tely after depositing it in a bank. Among the other future predictions in the recent episode are autonomous vehicles, holographic digital assistants and stand-up comedy becoming a shadow of itself amid \u201cwoke\u201d culture.<\/p>\n

Though referencing cryptocurrency and blockchain in mainstream media is somewhat commonplace now, this wasn\u2019t always the case. The first TV series to feature BTC was The Good Wife <\/em>in January 2012, but others have gone on to use the emerging technology<\/a> and financial tool for both comedy and drama. This year, James Spader\u2019s character in The Blacklist <\/em>claimed to know the true identity of Satoshi, and The Simpsons showed the BTC price moving to infinity on an animated stock ticker feed. <\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Reality show is casting crypto users locked out of their wallets<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bitcoin’s app<\/a>earance on the popular animated series comes as the price of the crypto asset has stayed mostly under $60,000 for more than a week. According to data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro, the BTC price is $59,237 at the time of publication, having fallen more than 14% since reaching an all-time high of $69,000 on Nov. 10. <\/p>\n