16 tons Stotch ~Amazon Fulfillment Center ~South Park 2018 [LYRICS]

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  • čas přidán 16. 12. 2018
  • Same as the last one but with lyrics, ENJOY
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  • @bcfromse
    @bcfromse Před 3 lety +6010

    They played this song at the Amazon I work at today

  • @frankmiranda707
    @frankmiranda707 Před 4 lety +2951

    South Park clearly send someone into the Amazon factory cause its very accurate

    • @ReinEngel
      @ReinEngel Před 4 lety +51

      I was disappointed to learn that they copied news footage almost verbatim. Usually the South Park crew is more original than that.

    • @kittyNya38
      @kittyNya38 Před 4 lety +156

      I think that was the point

    • @gro_skunk
      @gro_skunk Před 3 lety +133

      @@ReinEngel I enjoy the accuracy of it, if it was made to look even more like a sweatshop I'd not enjoy that as much.

    • @RagbagMcShag
      @RagbagMcShag Před 3 lety +110

      @@ReinEngel The point is showing that our world is a freaking parody of itself.

    • @carsonmiller1359
      @carsonmiller1359 Před 3 lety +3

      Or they used Google images

  • @fcosta94
    @fcosta94 Před 3 lety +5145

    The song 16 tons was about the life of a coal miner working super hard (loading 16 tons) and risking his life to get paid. Since coal mines were remote, the mining company would have a company store to sell basic necessities. So the company would get the money paid to the coal miner back through the company store. Mr. Stotch working super hard at Amazon fulfillment center and then buying his goods from Amazon draws such a great comparison to the coal miner's lifestyle. Very well crafted Matt Stone and Trey Parker!

    • @Nhamp2000
      @Nhamp2000 Před 3 lety +179

      Yup. 20 plus years on, and this show can still hit some very high notes.

    • @Veegs.
      @Veegs. Před 3 lety +67

      nice catch, love how deep this show can get despite the simple visuals

    • @hengineer
      @hengineer Před 3 lety +174

      except you also forgot to mention the company store would be priced such that no matter how you tried to scrimp and save, you were ALWAYS in debt to the store, even if you made your "16 tons" quota.

    • @reefmortician8361
      @reefmortician8361 Před 3 lety +94

      @@hengineer that's why the company store extend you credit if you didn't have the funds. Another version of this is payday advances. A perpetual cycle of debt/credit and you enslaved

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před 2 lety +40

      Sometimes they wouldn't even pay them cash and get ti bakc they'd pay in ocmpany scrip.,

  • @Boggsy
    @Boggsy Před 3 lety +4024

    As a former amazon employee I can confirm this is almost exactly how it is and looks.

    • @RontoGoldlust
      @RontoGoldlust Před 3 lety +110

      This Southpark skit is just a copy of an Amazon documentary bit.

    • @juliosalazar6558
      @juliosalazar6558 Před 3 lety +17

      Well, it seems Boring, but its not bad, if you take away the low salary it is a good job

    • @hardboiled5577
      @hardboiled5577 Před 3 lety +235

      @@juliosalazar6558 "if you take away the reason you have a job, it is a good job"

    • @msv9637
      @msv9637 Před 3 lety +55

      @@juliosalazar6558 like how bezos takes away 100% profit by tax avoidance that would normally be considered tax evasion if he didn’t pay lobbyists? Like that?

    • @juliosalazar6558
      @juliosalazar6558 Před 3 lety +8

      @@msv9637 idk anything about taxes, just talking as an employee

  • @smokeyson1887
    @smokeyson1887 Před rokem +738

    At 2:04 he’s actually doing a job called line straightening which means you just stand there and straighten the boxes on the conveyor if they need to be straightening and fix the label machine if it goes down or need printer paper but 95% of the time you just stand there and do literally nothing but watch the boxes come down the conveyor.

    • @mitchelldavis1180
      @mitchelldavis1180 Před rokem +177

      Dude, that is profoundly depressing

    • @nickimillennium3748
      @nickimillennium3748 Před rokem +98

      Soul crushing monotony and boredom

    • @iHaveTheDocuments
      @iHaveTheDocuments Před rokem +54

      Just thinking about doing that for 1 day is instant depression

    • @Suigeneris999
      @Suigeneris999 Před rokem +53

      @@iHaveTheDocuments I worked in this warehouse that made those cookies that have sprinkles on them, and first day of the job was completely horrible. My job was literally grabbing a handful of cookies from a conveyor belt and placing them into a small plastic carton, then after like 30 minutes (which was how long a lunch was) i would move up a spot and continue to do the same thing. I quit the same day and got a job at Walmart that pays $17 (the same amount from that warehouse job) and honestly I’m better off here than that other job.

    • @gnarlin4964
      @gnarlin4964 Před rokem +16

      With all the automation that Amazon has done it's strange that something like that hasn't been automated.

  • @kittyNya38
    @kittyNya38 Před 4 lety +841

    This job... it lacks Tegridy™

  • @Sty1a
    @Sty1a Před 2 lety +878

    Fun Fact: Butters sang this song when his parents were about to sell him to paris hilton as he was trying to dig up 250.000.000$ worth of coal.

    • @DartLuke
      @DartLuke Před 2 lety +11

      Carma for Butters father. He deserved this

    • @mainaim81
      @mainaim81 Před 2 lety +4

      What episode was it?

    • @Sty1a
      @Sty1a Před 2 lety +6

      @@mainaim81 It is "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset"
      Season 8 Episode 12

    • @mainaim81
      @mainaim81 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Sty1a much obliged

    • @soudruhholub8306
      @soudruhholub8306 Před 2 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/j9MkCEZHdxs/video.html

  • @frankmiranda707
    @frankmiranda707 Před 4 lety +1847

    He is literally giving the money he earned back to Amazon.

    • @jm15xy
      @jm15xy Před 4 lety +521

      Hence the Company Store.

    • @saintfisuto1072
      @saintfisuto1072 Před 4 lety +271

      I think that's the point.

    • @cyberdinedog2097
      @cyberdinedog2097 Před 4 lety +25

      Yes.

    • @JGM986
      @JGM986 Před 4 lety +12

      But He getting Free Prime and benefits so that he retire at 30 and 15.00 wage

    • @shannenlibres2365
      @shannenlibres2365 Před 3 lety +9

      Well.. in exchange for a bike horn and a whisk

  • @thirstykayak246
    @thirstykayak246 Před 4 lety +2987

    It’s funny on a level a lot of younger viewers may not completely understand, when that song was written it was referring to coal miners who were paid with a form of currency that could only be spent in the stores owned by the company who also employed them, “company stores” like the song says. Now with Amazon, of our own accord we do something similar.

    • @snufkin4568
      @snufkin4568 Před 4 lety +83

      Lorelei Ellen thank you for this bit of history.

    • @jimmy2k4o
      @jimmy2k4o Před 4 lety +68

      Well amazon employees can spend their paycheque anywhere. And even get a discount on the normal things they buy if they buy them through amazon.
      Seems pretty sweet, am sure the coal workers would agree.

    • @thirstykayak246
      @thirstykayak246 Před 4 lety +9

      Absolutely!

    • @subka6770
      @subka6770 Před 4 lety +150

      Also the fact that the items would be priced so highly that most of the workers were in dept and had to work in the mine to pay it off, but they never could because of how much they got paid. They where practically legel slaves

    • @nachosrule6985
      @nachosrule6985 Před 4 lety +3

      I understood completely.

  • @CaptainReedo40
    @CaptainReedo40 Před 3 lety +461

    This is the most genius four minutes of affecting social commentary included in a comedy show since Norman Lear’s socially-conscious sit-coms of the early 1970’s.

    • @Veegs.
      @Veegs. Před 3 lety +13

      South park has a talent for that

    • @rockinbro1559
      @rockinbro1559 Před rokem +6

      Did it make you stop buying from Amazon?

    • @coalkingryan881
      @coalkingryan881 Před 6 dny

      @@rockinbro1559 I personally buy most things I can from locally owned stores that I like. I don't buy groceries online, I don't buy parts online, hell, few of my PC parts were purchased online. Unfortunately the amount of brick and mortar stores have decreased since the 10s but I do at least some part in trying to keep them open.

  • @Darksaviour
    @Darksaviour Před 2 lety +70

    Americans: We have Freedom!
    The Freedom they are referring to:

    • @jackhumbach9086
      @jackhumbach9086 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Bro gets his information from a South Park episode

    • @prm7216
      @prm7216 Před 28 dny

      The other option is to educate yourself so you aren't a box handler. In America you can own the company store. But not for much longer if the Democrats have their way.

    • @Darksaviour
      @Darksaviour Před 28 dny

      @@prm7216 doesn’t matter to me if Democrats control America

    • @Darksaviour
      @Darksaviour Před 28 dny

      @@prm7216 I don’t Care

    • @prm7216
      @prm7216 Před 28 dny

      @@Darksaviour You are one of those uneducated Leftist box handlers that screeches for higher wages while not doing anything to educate themselves. Amiright? 🤣

  • @TNG173
    @TNG173 Před 2 lety +325

    I really like how they’re using the original Tennessee Ernie Ford version. Great tribute to him

    • @nightmarefanatic1819
      @nightmarefanatic1819 Před rokem +17

      Except he isn't the original singer. Merle Travis wrote and performed it first.

    • @mlefebvre007
      @mlefebvre007 Před rokem +6

      Johnny Cash has a good cover

    • @Tepaneca
      @Tepaneca Před 9 měsíci +10

      @@nightmarefanatic1819Ernie’s version is the best and that’s all that matters

    • @Quint1836
      @Quint1836 Před 7 měsíci +4

      @@nightmarefanatic1819if not for Ern nobody would know this song

    • @skeletonbuyingpealts7134
      @skeletonbuyingpealts7134 Před 6 měsíci +1

      This isn't the original

  • @ZacklFair
    @ZacklFair Před 4 lety +439

    I remember when this Episode aired. i was laughing. Now i work as 1
    Having this song in my head everyday.

    • @Gulag00
      @Gulag00 Před 3 lety +6

      How is it

    • @ZacklFair
      @ZacklFair Před 3 lety +10

      @@Gulag00 getting used to it.

    • @NoNo-ce8xb
      @NoNo-ce8xb Před 2 lety +6

      I'm sorry you have to hate your life.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před rokem +4

      Never work anywhere they put painkillers in the vending machines. Just Nope. Bad sign
      Get into trades. City colleges.

    • @Hebdomad7
      @Hebdomad7 Před rokem +2

      Join your union

  • @AoiUsagiOtoko
    @AoiUsagiOtoko Před rokem +546

    this scene is iconic, it's nuts how this song stills holds up lyrically-- the working class being screwed over as usual
    my wife worked at an amazon fulfillment center for a while and she said it was damn near dystopian. she blew out her knee on the clock once and got absolutely no help...glad she got outta there, but man do i feel awful for the people still working for this monster of a company

    • @Cassius4
      @Cassius4 Před rokem

      Sure bud. This is so stupid. Amazon employees do not have it worse than COAL MINERS. You aren’t forced into perpetual debt by Amazon, the conditions in the warehouses are incredibly safe, the pay is actually livable, and the benefits are good.
      Your made up “wife” and your made up story are stupid.

    • @carsoncasmirri3874
      @carsoncasmirri3874 Před rokem +6

      Such is the reality of existence itself. In this world pain and struggle are the only thing’s truly guaranteed. Best you can hope for is shit gets a little better every generation without the next being softer than the last

    • @sterlingm1140
      @sterlingm1140 Před rokem

      ​@@carsoncasmirri3874 that tactic doesn't work, we need a revolution

    • @theaces3697
      @theaces3697 Před rokem +21

      @@carsoncasmirri3874 sometimes though i think the softer generation is better - for example my dad worked in a mine in Wales, he worked hard, was treated shit and got crap pay, however a current generation kid would never let that happen to themselves they would either quit, get a union involved or protest instead of muscling through it

    • @mastergator9641
      @mastergator9641 Před rokem

      @ Carson Casmirri stop watching retard navy seals babble about life philosophy, it’ll just lead you down the path of a state sanctioned psychopath

  • @toxicman9128
    @toxicman9128 Před 3 lety +210

    It’s funny because people don’t realize how accurate this is.
    Amazon warehouses are BRUTAL, and the workers there receive almost no breaks, very small periods for lunch, and very few days off. In fact, a lot of small towns that Amazon moves into actually become company towns, which is ironically what the song of about. They move in, they soak up a lot of jobs, and eventually push competition out of the area. The only ones that can really compete are ones that don’t actively TRY to compete, and instead operate in different or exclusive industries, and even then their business is often hurt by Amazon just being in that town.
    It’s sad, really.

    • @lennystiggs7806
      @lennystiggs7806 Před 3 lety +9

      Nah I work at amazon it's a fine job alot easier physically than many other jobs I've had pay is fair benefits are good they treat you with respect it's a great job

    • @pikslap1185
      @pikslap1185 Před 2 lety +54

      @@lennystiggs7806 I wonder who could be behind this post

    • @NinjaUnderscore
      @NinjaUnderscore Před 2 lety +13

      @@lennystiggs7806 begone bot

    • @dalleneldredge6923
      @dalleneldredge6923 Před 2 lety +5

      @@pikslap1185 Relax yourselves. I also work at Amazon, and it's just about the best that an entry level job can get.
      They're paying double minimum wage and giving a $3000 sign on bonus.

    • @pikslap1185
      @pikslap1185 Před 2 lety +17

      @@dalleneldredge6923 Wow! Thank you fellow worker! I think I will go apply to my local Amazon warehouse today!

  • @frankmiranda707
    @frankmiranda707 Před 4 lety +386

    Kenny's dad finally has a job!

    • @avelociraptorfromjurassicp8695
      @avelociraptorfromjurassicp8695 Před 4 lety +37

      Frank Miranda of course he does how else do you think he is able to afford all that crack and beer

    • @Ulysses999
      @Ulysses999 Před 3 lety +21

      Darian Davis his meth lab he used to run

    • @piplup2009
      @piplup2009 Před 3 lety +10

      And he was willing to lose it when an employee gets screwed over

    • @robinalonso-desouza7245
      @robinalonso-desouza7245 Před 3 lety +17

      @@piplup2009 that's what you call tegridy

    • @kalebb1226
      @kalebb1226 Před 3 lety +1

      @@robinalonso-desouza7245 what if the company offered to pay him in crack

  •  Před 4 lety +432

    As a UPS worker, the song is scarily accurate.

    • @Jeremy-pb5xk
      @Jeremy-pb5xk Před 3 lety +18

      As a preloader, I agree

    •  Před 3 lety +8

      @@Jeremy-pb5xk Day sort loader.

    • @AshleyAllysia
      @AshleyAllysia Před 3 lety +23

      hello mister UPS man, a man wife its his life

    • @syn4588
      @syn4588 Před 3 lety +3

      WHERE IS MY GODDAMN PACKAGE?

    • @Guy.WhoAsked
      @Guy.WhoAsked Před 3 lety +2

      @@syn4588 dude, he owes his soul to the company store, not your package.

  • @BillyBadAssENT
    @BillyBadAssENT Před 3 lety +82

    You know what’s funny, Butters actually sings this song in season 8 episode 12...and now his dad is working to the same song

  • @sketchyforlife
    @sketchyforlife Před 3 lety +43

    Decades past and the message is just as relevant as ever...

    • @tmb5554
      @tmb5554 Před rokem

      @@akshaynatu1084 I haven't for about 5 years

  • @GenevieveThornton
    @GenevieveThornton Před 5 lety +482

    That was sad. He earns and spends his paycheck there.

    • @GunRecon
      @GunRecon Před 4 lety +21

      Better than company scrip

    • @libertyprime619
      @libertyprime619 Před 4 lety +88

      @@GunRecon uh it's the same thing.... amazon is the modern coal mine

    • @snsnsbsssns
      @snsnsbsssns Před 4 lety +30

      @@libertyprime619 yes the company that pays above average wages for people to move packages is the exact same as a coal company literally working people to death for money that they can't even use. There are similarities that I think South Park points out well, but they are not the same.

    • @zacharytracy3797
      @zacharytracy3797 Před 4 lety +9

      Oh yes. So incredibly sad that he spends his money at the world's largest store that has anything and everything for lower prices than brick and mortar stores. Also sad that he gets all their services for free and a discount on everything he buys. So sad that he has a disposable income. So sad that he works in a government regulated facility with all the latest technology, assistive equipment, safety protocols, and worker rights. Dude please: shut up. Go back to playing videogames in your mom's basement or grow a pair.

    • @jackalexander8842
      @jackalexander8842 Před 3 lety +2

      WindTheBrave I work at amazon, it’s fine, you get a decent wage and plenty of hours... I don’t shop at amazon.. last week I earned £945 for picking and stowing... hardly slave labour is it, £3,760 pm...

  • @donaldglover8212
    @donaldglover8212 Před 3 lety +311

    Literally blast this song on my commute to amazon every morning XD

    • @octanemain7627
      @octanemain7627 Před 3 lety +3

      Same

    • @artski09
      @artski09 Před 3 lety

      try this one
      czcams.com/video/GzcGOgxDoEk/video.html

    • @kalebb1226
      @kalebb1226 Před 3 lety +3

      @@artski09 Gene father is that really you

    • @seededsoul
      @seededsoul Před rokem +11

      Um. That sounds awful.

    • @frankiecast4897
      @frankiecast4897 Před rokem +2

      He submits with pleasure! What a Brave New World we live in

  • @mattnielsen7679
    @mattnielsen7679 Před 2 lety +40

    The british worker in the beginning makes me laugh every time! "Gotta get down to the factory before the bell"

    • @aredub1847
      @aredub1847 Před 2 lety +5

      northern england.

    • @arstulex
      @arstulex Před rokem +4

      @@aredub1847 Yep. I can only assume he's meant to be a reference to the huge coal mining industry in northern England back in the day.

  • @andyk192
    @andyk192 Před rokem +18

    I'm an old school South Park fan and this is one of my favorite scenes ever. It's great to see that they still haven't gone downhill.

  • @nathanschmitz7236
    @nathanschmitz7236 Před 4 lety +311

    You work 18 hours, what do you get...Parents sell you to Paris Hilton 😂

  • @Gunshywally1369
    @Gunshywally1369 Před 4 lety +249

    My great great grandfather stowed away on a ship. From Sydney to San Fransisco, he worked in a coal mine in the morning, and would then fish, and try to catch gold out of the river. He stumbled upon a Native Reservation and met my great great grandmother, they bought a plot of land, and he continued mining, and fishing for the rest of his life. Had 9 kids, not kidding, until he got black lung and died. The next few generations of my family became loggers, and hunters. My grandmother would tell me to NEVER work at Amazon, even if it was an easy hired job. "You'll only get one day older, and deeper in debt." The other night, some friends and myself were watching South Park, and it was this episode. Just a trippy few days.

    • @jeremyhearne
      @jeremyhearne Před 4 lety +2

      Part auzzie huh?

    • @austinblackburn8095
      @austinblackburn8095 Před 4 lety +8

      Why would you go in debt working at amazon. As some one works at amazon as a picker/counter this video is actually really close to how amazon is. However It is far from a company town their workers choice to buy from Amazon because its cheap' conveniant they get a small discount on your firsr 1000$. That is compared to company towns that paid you in currency that can only be used in company owned stores where they would mark up the prices but you had no choice because your money was only accepted at the company stores that also meant you can only take debt from the company to because normal banks didn't accept the companies currency forcing your life and finances to revolve around the company. This is very different feom amazon who will actually pay even their lowest level employees if they want to quit thousands of dollars it starts at 2k after 1 year and gous up to like 5k. The job sucks but objectively its no worse than most other jobs and offers okay pay and great benifits.

    • @artemeremin
      @artemeremin Před 2 lety +12

      @@austinblackburn8095 The phrase "slavery with extra steps" comes to mind...

    • @austinblackburn8095
      @austinblackburn8095 Před 2 lety +2

      @@artemeremin I believe that phrase applies to the prison industry not a job that now pays 17.50 an hour and gives benefits day 1

    • @jbsofinedirt3
      @jbsofinedirt3 Před rokem +12

      @@austinblackburn8095 oh dude please stop simping for a multi billion dollar company and always stand with workers

  • @MegaTrollolo
    @MegaTrollolo Před 3 lety +49

    Thx South Park for introducing me to this great song!

  • @Ben_not_10
    @Ben_not_10 Před 4 lety +250

    I know the song is meant to talk about life of coal workers. But this surprisingly works

    • @greenseagull9611
      @greenseagull9611 Před 3 lety +47

      Isn't that comparison they're making? To how Amazon is making employees work in conditions that damage their mental health, and that the reliance people have built on Amazon means they can't even complain?

    • @derekjordan3119
      @derekjordan3119 Před 3 lety +8

      @@greenseagull9611 close but no cigar its about coal mining companies and how they used to basically give out like chuck-e-cheese cash to them so they could only spend it at the “company store”

    • @greenseagull9611
      @greenseagull9611 Před 3 lety +17

      @@derekjordan3119 that's what I meant by "reliance". They got store credit instead of actual money, and since that equated to zero monetary value anywhere else they were left reliant on the company to survive

    • @derekjordan3119
      @derekjordan3119 Před 3 lety +4

      @@greenseagull9611 oh alright then my bad, i just thought you mightve missed how he goes full circle buying from them but you nailed it :)

    • @EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany
      @EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany Před 2 lety

      Yes, I assume that's what they were going for. It may not be coal but it's still pretty fucking shit. A poor man's made out of muscle and blood and a mind that's weak and a back that's strong.

  • @willythegman5509
    @willythegman5509 Před 2 lety +7

    One of south parks more serious moment’s I like how they actually played the whole song

  • @coalblack
    @coalblack Před 4 lety +39

    Wow, brilliant!! Same problems, different century. .

    • @sharit7970
      @sharit7970 Před 3 lety +2

      Well said!

    • @FlorianEagox
      @FlorianEagox Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks, capitalism :/

    • @tinman3747
      @tinman3747 Před 3 lety +1

      @@FlorianEagox the alternatives aren't much better.

    • @trashketchum9782
      @trashketchum9782 Před 3 lety +4

      people always use the failures of communism & socialism to justify the failures of capitalism or even to derail any progress in fighting inequity

    • @coalblack
      @coalblack Před 3 lety +1

      @@trashketchum9782 truer words do not exist!!

  • @chasecochran2173
    @chasecochran2173 Před 2 lety +11

    When I was an amazon delivery driver I remember discovering this song when I was in the middle of a particularly heavy load, made that shift so much better.

  • @G-Unit1111
    @G-Unit1111 Před 3 lety +170

    Mr. Stotch is literally giving every dime he makes back to his employer. That is insane.

    • @ericyu5705
      @ericyu5705 Před 3 lety +44

      @@danjoredd in the episode Amazon takes over the whole town so no shops are open anymore. Everyone is forced to buy their stuff off Amazon thats why the songs says "I owe my soul to the company store"

    • @andmos1001
      @andmos1001 Před 3 lety +20

      Hence the old song about coal mining. In the old days coal miners got payed discount paper towards the coal companies stores conveniently place near the workers area. Those discounts where only legal in those stores. So history repeats itself

    • @aniocitex1131
      @aniocitex1131 Před 2 lety +3

      Well that is what Ford did after increasing wages in the 1900s. The idea was that if the employees made more money, they would buy more stuff, preferably their business

    • @PeterSedesse
      @PeterSedesse Před rokem +9

      You missed the irony, everything he bought in this video was not needed. The video is more a slam on American consumerism than it is on Amazon. He made himself a slave for stupid things

  • @Unicron187
    @Unicron187 Před 3 lety +9

    i actually never paid close attention to the lyrics, but "a poor man is made out of muscle and blood; muscle and blood and skin and bone; a mind that's weak and a back that's strong" sounds like a direct quote from macciavelli's 'il principe'.

  • @doomslayer1748
    @doomslayer1748 Před 3 lety +54

    Holy crap, so much of this looks exactly like the FC I work at. They must’ve had someone go to one and take notes or something.

    • @MrVuckFiacom
      @MrVuckFiacom Před 3 lety +8

      Actually, south park animators based this off of Fox News footage of inside an Amazon fulfillment center, so it's extremely accurate. Most scenes are literally a frame by frame copy of what the actual footage was too. South park did a great job of this.

    • @lumpstergash2380
      @lumpstergash2380 Před rokem +2

      It is based off of footage of real Centers

  • @Rodlcopter661
    @Rodlcopter661 Před 4 lety +42

    I work in a warehouse and this speaks to my soul

    • @Rodlcopter661
      @Rodlcopter661 Před 2 lety +1

      @@akshaynatu1084 because I need money? Duh

  • @caseysmith544
    @caseysmith544 Před 3 lety +33

    You know they picked the right song for this episode of South Park, you work at the place you buy stuff that your town does not sell like a Wallmart a big huge home improvement store, or a big chain outdoor hunting fishing place or big chain auto place. Not joking, the less and less is there small stores in USA towns unless they are for niche things like tattoos as you need the right licensees for that, specific hobbies that large stores can't/won't cater to or won't cater to very well and then the Greenhouses as it seems only the independent ones sell plants that do best for not only the climate but soil too. Beer/liquor stores sometimes too due to odd laws of those being only sold in liquor specific stores in some states in the USA.

    • @trashketchum9782
      @trashketchum9782 Před 3 lety +7

      and rather than people learning a skill or trade & starting a business to support their town, they just get a sales associate job at Walmart or any of the stores you mentioned
      yay corporate capitalism

    • @katec2886
      @katec2886 Před 11 měsíci

      @@trashketchum9782 bros blaming the exploited people rather than walmart

    • @goldenhorse4823
      @goldenhorse4823 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@katec2886it is easy to blame the victims because then you get to ignore the actual problems

  • @alex-yv8yw
    @alex-yv8yw Před 3 lety +25

    Painfully accurate and emotional episode. Some of their episodes make me so sad, I can’t even laugh

    • @alfsleftnut9224
      @alfsleftnut9224 Před 2 lety +1

      YEah some of them are far too real to be funny.

  • @shn4zy
    @shn4zy Před 3 lety +80

    This song is about the Pullman strike in Sept 1894 which is why Labor Day is in Sept. The Pullman Strike was a railroad company that created its own town and paid low rages but required people to live in the town; pay rent to the company, buy food and cloth at the company store, etc and with their low wages and the companies high prices they went further and further in debt each week and weren't allowed to quit or leave until their paid. That's the reference to St.Peter, the idea they can't even die to escape the debt. They ended up striking and people died all over the country as the railroad wasn't operating. But the Pullman Strike was centralized west of Detroit. It's very similar to Amazon. It really resonated with me. I don't know if everyone noticed the parallels.

    • @Nhamp2000
      @Nhamp2000 Před 3 lety +2

      I had heard about the Pullman strike but didn't know that this song was inspired by it. I think the line about "owe my soul to the company store" is even more relevant today.

    • @GVoodoo
      @GVoodoo Před 2 lety +13

      Song is about coal mining towns. Similar but not that strike. Especially since the original writer was in Kentucky

    • @Averagepoetrylover
      @Averagepoetrylover Před 2 lety

      ok and?

    • @zagreus5773
      @zagreus5773 Před rokem

      People died because the railroad wasn't operating? What?

    • @toastedt140
      @toastedt140 Před rokem

      @@GVoodoo I was gonna say that it wasn't just one instance the song writer was referencing. There were many labor disputes all over the Appalachian mountains around the turn of the century.

  • @kellifaulkenberg3224
    @kellifaulkenberg3224 Před rokem +7

    My parents are in their 70s and I knew of this song for awhile, and yes, this was my song I would listen to on Amazon music while driving to Amazon FC to work back in 2015-2018.

  • @thegamingconnoisseur4151
    @thegamingconnoisseur4151 Před rokem +22

    Nobody does parody better than South park.❤

  • @joelwillems4081
    @joelwillems4081 Před rokem +7

    This was my snow shoveling song for over two decades. Last year was the first time in my life that it wasn't expected of me that I had to do ALL the shoveling at the place I worked. Apartment manager, real estate office, museum, etc. Just because I was the youngest, strongest male. Ah, the North. Some winters are over ten feet of the stuff and new snow everyday for a week.

  • @LifeVersity
    @LifeVersity Před 10 měsíci +6

    Every working person in the world needs to see this

  • @jurgiscool4508
    @jurgiscool4508 Před 2 lety +8

    Haven't listened to this song for a couple of years. But I recently got a job in a supermarket in a warehouse, stacking shelfs etc. and remembered the song randomly. I absolutely hate the job, how do people do it day in day out? It's insane

    • @kiwirose2018
      @kiwirose2018 Před rokem +1

      I would never do that kind of job. If you can work somewhere else.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před rokem +1

      "Shelves," for one thing. Skills and education. City colleges. Trade school is there. Carpentry. Plumbing. Truck driver. Electrician. Pipe fitter.

    • @18Hongo
      @18Hongo Před 5 měsíci

      Drugs, mostly. Every warehouse job I've had or someone I know has had involved drug testing, and usually a regular firing because someone came in obviously drunk or high.
      I've also worked at places where there's been random, company-wide drugs tests, which were then ignored because literally everyone they tested failed.

  • @mat..n.7061
    @mat..n.7061 Před 9 měsíci +2

    This clip is so fkg brilliant. I remember seeing it while watching the episode, It was touching and sad. People has gone insane officially.

  • @jackcasey7037
    @jackcasey7037 Před rokem +17

    Can I just go ahead and say I LOVE this version of 16 Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford?

  • @danielgodfrey4415
    @danielgodfrey4415 Před rokem +4

    What's crazy is robots could completely take over Amazon.

    • @zel1459
      @zel1459 Před rokem

      They'll take our jerbs.

    • @muscleman125
      @muscleman125 Před rokem

      that's the end goal, they offer decent pay and benefits in order to draw in new employees that they can use to make more profit, knowing very well that new employee will either quit or be fired in a short time span, allowing them to pocket the profit and repeat until technology and money allows them to automate everything.

  • @lumptydumpty6992
    @lumptydumpty6992 Před 3 lety +8

    One of the best scenes in modern media

  • @optimusprime6202
    @optimusprime6202 Před 2 lety +3

    I got an ad for Amazon before this video started. I actually laughed out loud.

  • @stevenfinkelstein3908
    @stevenfinkelstein3908 Před 2 lety +5

    This music choice is chilling.

  • @billharris1847
    @billharris1847 Před 3 lety +22

    South park has its moments
    This episode is one
    Check out last week tonight warehouses

  • @-justthatash567
    @-justthatash567 Před rokem +6

    I like how Stephen actually cares about butters

  • @Quint1836
    @Quint1836 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Good for Ern! Glad he still gets recognition. Best bass/baritone singer

  • @geigertec5921
    @geigertec5921 Před rokem +9

    The best part is all Mr. Stotch got out of all his work was a few petty pieces of useless junk - an egg whisk, some TV shows, a bike horn. Meanwhile look how hard he was working and that's all he got.

  • @davelo3506
    @davelo3506 Před 2 lety +6

    "we gotta get down to the factory fore the bell!" Dude how do these guys do the voices without cracking tf up

  • @billypeters6527
    @billypeters6527 Před měsícem +2

    I love how they used Amazon for that song!!! So accurate

  • @rileyrenger2795
    @rileyrenger2795 Před 2 lety +6

    The only episode where I truly empathized with Butter's dad.

  • @darianbirckett1933
    @darianbirckett1933 Před 3 lety +12

    I'm literally pulling a pallet while listening to this song

  • @Jdizzlethenizzlestube
    @Jdizzlethenizzlestube Před 3 lety +10

    Can confirm work at the Amazon this is how it is

  • @foodank_atr817
    @foodank_atr817 Před rokem +1

    Sequences like this are what keep that tiny pilot light of my film ambitions on, even though I will never even see my goal.

  • @cliftonjames785
    @cliftonjames785 Před rokem +2

    Its pretty accurate and this is coming from someone currently working at amazon, but the packing part was inaccurate

  • @strigibae
    @strigibae Před rokem +7

    I always love how south park makes something so artful, but it always feels like an accident.

  • @yuikazunawata8362
    @yuikazunawata8362 Před rokem +70

    I work for a Japanese stationery maker called Gotake.
    The work environment is exactly what this video is about.
    Many employees quit because they can't stand the hard work.
    That's why we post job vacancies all the time.

  • @williamreely4431
    @williamreely4431 Před rokem +4

    Crazy how this scene didn't have any parody or irony in it, because the reality of Amazon's existence is insane enough as it is.

  • @aeonversestudios01
    @aeonversestudios01 Před rokem +1

    The only time I feel good about Steven as a character. Seeing the joy on your child's face is always worth the labor

  • @BLAZER-xy4qc
    @BLAZER-xy4qc Před 2 lety +4

    The Amazon I used to work at let us hook speakers on us to play music and everyone hated me for playing it, didn’t know why until now

    • @Nerflix8
      @Nerflix8  Před 2 lety +1

      Hahah you just made my day friend (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ

  • @davidrosas2277
    @davidrosas2277 Před 2 lety +8

    The truly terrible thing about this genius piece of art is that it will apply to MOST companies in the near future.

  • @benlopez5750
    @benlopez5750 Před 2 lety +15

    The fact that they come up with bangers almost ever episode

  • @taxman3749
    @taxman3749 Před rokem +2

    Used to work as an order picker. This looks like paradise compared to what I had to put up with.

  • @faithless7985
    @faithless7985 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Matt Stone and Trey Parker are *Mark Twain* of our time and they really should be next recipients of that award, coz as it is, it is already long overdue.

  • @TfuckyoutubeC
    @TfuckyoutubeC Před rokem +3

    something i'm noticing about the comments: there are a lot of people whining about how much amazon makes, and other people pointing out the obvious "these people are working all day to give their pay back to the company" as the song alludes to, but no one is pointing out that ...the actual hard labor looks like it's being done by machines and robots. some comments are pointing out that the song is about a coal miner who has a hard job,
    but no one is pointing out the punchline that butter's dad says he breaks his back to provide for his family (setting up the joke) but actually, he just stands around bored, doing practically nothing, and gets paid for it... how freaking lucky that guy is, his life is so comfortable that his concept of "hard work" is that he basically clocks in, watches machines work, then clocks out to consume, consume, consume. absurdity.
    so... i'm pretty sure that's more important here than the "i pay the company that pays me and they make lots of money" angle that everyone is harping on about.
    i wonder how the people complaining about the job illustrated above would fare working in a coal mine (i.e. actual hard work)

    • @dizzydial8081
      @dizzydial8081 Před rokem +1

      After rewatching, I get that angle. At first viewing I interpreted it as machines beginning to do the work and humans being phased out slowly. One part in particular, it talks about the 16 tons and the shot is of machines pulling all the weight while the humans watch.

  • @667DOOM
    @667DOOM Před 4 lety +30

    been there and done that, cant tell you how accurate that is haha!

  • @TRYNDAMEREWERE
    @TRYNDAMEREWERE Před 2 lety +2

    I dont work in Amazon insted Its a big factory and the place looks a lot like this And now i cant stop hearing this song when im working in my machine or eating in the lunch break.

  • @Dushmann_
    @Dushmann_ Před rokem +2

    I love how the British worker has a northern English accent. probably because the North was heavily industrialised during the 1800s, particularly coal mining. Such a weirdly specific little detail.

  • @AdmiralBison
    @AdmiralBison Před 2 lety +6

    Heard this song applied similarly to the opening scene of ‘Joe versus the Volcano’
    That scene really captured the feel of work “life” grind.
    I’ve worked in around Coal Handling Plants and even that scene was more dirtier and dreary than real life.

  • @ryanthomas2374
    @ryanthomas2374 Před 2 lety +3

    Its like back in old days when fictional novels would expose and discuss issues in society and would bring about change. That is what south park is today, bringing the issues up without bringing them up. Books and authors such as, the jungle, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Emily Bronte, and others.

  • @dylanbarclay8217
    @dylanbarclay8217 Před 3 lety +4

    i was amazed when watching this episode on amazon prime

  • @saitamaftw5385
    @saitamaftw5385 Před 3 lety +4

    Learned this song from fallout and this plays in my head when I’m at amazon but this is beautifully put

  • @Edgygazelle99
    @Edgygazelle99 Před 4 lety +80

    This is so true you guys better think of this when you order a shit ton of stuff on Amazon

    • @Edgygazelle99
      @Edgygazelle99 Před 4 lety +6

      @Lefter Mc just a tad

    • @ReedBoi-tv2se
      @ReedBoi-tv2se Před 4 lety +4

      Am I supposed to feel bad, if I stop ordering you guys don’t get money

    • @Edgygazelle99
      @Edgygazelle99 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ReedBoi-tv2se just dont order has often

    • @degiguess
      @degiguess Před 4 lety +39

      us ordering stuff isn't the problem here, the problem is that amazon is building a retail monopoly and has horrible work conditions

    • @Edgygazelle99
      @Edgygazelle99 Před 4 lety +1

      @@degiguess yes it's most certainly is

  • @charly34yoyo87
    @charly34yoyo87 Před 2 lety +6

    Es la mejor escena que he visto en una serie animada

  • @kevinhull5926
    @kevinhull5926 Před rokem +3

    Working 11 hour shifts building an Amazon warehouse and I have this song in my head all day long

    • @Nerflix8
      @Nerflix8  Před rokem +2

      Do You sing it as well with your fellow colleagues?

  • @austinmorrison6953
    @austinmorrison6953 Před 2 lety +2

    Amazing how well this fits.

  • @ShaquilleOatmeal66
    @ShaquilleOatmeal66 Před 3 lety +6

    My brother works at Amazon and I play this when he leaves for work

  • @Junebug0369
    @Junebug0369 Před 3 lety +4

    Like the stupendium said: we earn what we’re allowed and give it right back at the bar

    • @TheHalogen131
      @TheHalogen131 Před 2 lety +2

      Work 'till you bleed, ennobled by labour, then purchase relief from your local retailer

    • @Junebug0369
      @Junebug0369 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheHalogen131 if you’d rather drop dead that’s fine, but know that dropping down dead bears a fine

  • @ChestersonJack
    @ChestersonJack Před 11 měsíci +2

    I can’t even laugh at this because I’m too busy crying

  • @shadow_raven1983
    @shadow_raven1983 Před rokem +1

    OMG I was working at Amazon when this first aired and I couldn't believe how accurate it was.

  • @demon0981
    @demon0981 Před 3 lety +3

    i work for FedEx and it is eerie how accurate this episode is to me

  • @ReedBoi-tv2se
    @ReedBoi-tv2se Před 4 lety +57

    Great now old people can stop whining about how hard they had it back then

    • @saintfisuto1072
      @saintfisuto1072 Před 4 lety +6

      That will never happen.

    • @raskolnikov7049
      @raskolnikov7049 Před 4 lety +6

      well this is nothing compared to the generation that fought ww2 and the generations before that

    • @subka6770
      @subka6770 Před 4 lety +9

      This is nothing compared to the coal mines then, they could not shop anywhere because they where paid with coal merits each month that can only me used in the company's store. The items would be overpriced making most of them in debt. They could only pay it off with those merits. They would get paid barely anything and they would have to buy more and more for their family and themselves making them more in dept. They were legel slaves and what we have compares nothing to back then.

    • @ReedBoi-tv2se
      @ReedBoi-tv2se Před 4 lety +2

      Viktor yeah that’s called a war my dude, those are never fun

    • @ReedBoi-tv2se
      @ReedBoi-tv2se Před 4 lety +1

      Subka Gaming yeah you just described Amazon except cleaner

  • @throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992

    The fact that south park nodded to Tennessee Ernie and 16 tons is magnificent.

  • @GeorgeGrekOFF
    @GeorgeGrekOFF Před 2 lety +2

    Today i learned that a song written more than half a decade ago about the "slavery" in the coal mine towns (miners get in debt with the company they work for) can apply nowadays too. The future is bright indeed.

  • @djprogramer973
    @djprogramer973 Před rokem +2

    Well today's my first day
    FML

  • @LordOfNothingreally
    @LordOfNothingreally Před 3 lety +138

    I love how South Park doesn't just indict Amazon with their shady business practices, but also each and every one of us that contributes. We know how horrible Amazon is, just as we've always known companies employ sweatshop labour in 3rd world countries...we just don't care. It's even worse, because we always sort of assumed that we tolerated sweatshop labour because they were in places far away by people we didn't identify with...but Amazon workers are us, and we STILL don't care. As long as we get that device or item we think we want we're willing to look the other way as workers and labourers build the virtual, modern-day Pyramids.
    We truly DO owe our souls to the company store.

    • @knightacedia
      @knightacedia Před 2 lety +8

      don't care? it's actually worse, deep down humans feel relief at the knowledge of these things "at least someone out there has it worse than me" their subconscious minds all think, though absolutely none would ever admit it. Humanity fostered a world where everyone is enslaved to something and for most people that's your employer.

    • @MrJoshcc600
      @MrJoshcc600 Před 2 lety +1

      Just stop buying from amazon. There automating every job anyway yours won't be there soon

    • @ItsAllGoodGames
      @ItsAllGoodGames Před 2 lety +1

      I care and don't order very often... in fact i dont order much in general, except books i guess.

    • @jimmww
      @jimmww Před 2 lety +3

      Absurd. Amazon gives people what they want. Customers get goods. Workers get money.

    • @donaldkeith139
      @donaldkeith139 Před rokem

      "we just don't care" speak for yourself mate..

  • @jasonkyleadams7577
    @jasonkyleadams7577 Před 6 měsíci +1

    So I didn't realize there is a variation of this South Park sequence. 0:51 shows Stotch eating while listening to (and ordering) Amazon Prime music and 1:25 Linda had groceries delivered from Amazon Fresh (hand mixer still needed). Nice touch and I wonder why the difference. South Park Wiki may know.

  • @DrewskiGames24
    @DrewskiGames24 Před 11 měsíci

    Jesus.. this is way too accurate. I started working at Amazon a few days ago and I just can never get this song out of my head. South Park warned me, I should’ve listened.

  • @Blackwolf-ud5je
    @Blackwolf-ud5je Před 3 lety +6

    When I gonna have chilfren in the future and they don't wanna study, I will show them is.

    • @Nerflix8
      @Nerflix8  Před 3 lety +3

      I'll do the same!! ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)👌

    • @kenetickups6146
      @kenetickups6146 Před 3 lety +2

      lol
      so instead they'll be in college debt while still working at amazon?

    • @Gigabomber
      @Gigabomber Před 2 lety

      @@kenetickups6146 beat me to it.

  • @Hakudohshi
    @Hakudohshi Před rokem +3

    Eventually every industry in America will be owned by one company.

  • @Totally_not_hated
    @Totally_not_hated Před rokem +1

    Good Ole Tennessee Ernie Ford, great song by an even better singer

  • @lizardman9494
    @lizardman9494 Před rokem +2

    People keep saying that history is repeating its self and the same thing is happening to Amazon workers today. No it isn’t, the situations are not comparable

  • @habbotron822
    @habbotron822 Před 4 lety +16

    In other videos stoch has earphones. Not In this video. Why? 0:51

  • @typorad
    @typorad Před rokem +4

    It's fairly accurate except your task variety is usually much lower. Stephen (Butter's dad) is lucky to have so much variety of tasks to do. It makes the job much less monotonous. When I worked as a picker, it was incredibly lonely and tiresome as I scanned and moved 2500-3000 packages a day. I could go 10 hour shift without talking to or seeing anyone except a technician to fix the machines. Picking was everyone's least favorite job, one of the highest turnover rates.

  • @buudorobuudronovich1507
    @buudorobuudronovich1507 Před rokem +1

    This is so real it hurts my heart.

  • @zoraorbitz5830
    @zoraorbitz5830 Před rokem +1

    I’m never going back to that warehouse ever!!