King of the Hill - Kahn Gives Up
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The best thing about King of the Hill is they start with stereotypes but they expand on them, proving that stereotypes are just part of the story not the whole story.
@@pamelatyree3521 this is highly irrelevant to the comment
I actually do this somewhat myself when making characters for races cultures or such I don’t know much about I start with a simple concept and then as I gain more knowledge expand it
Ur cute😂
@@drawingfandome ooo I'm curious about what characters and stories you made can I hear?
@@rosesgarden8622 alright while I’ll be brief but I like to make a whole bunch of different kinds of characters mostly in slice of life esk plots
Some who are lgbtq+ so I do research on that
Some with autism hence more research.
One has a step dad who’s Japense so yeah more research.
Most stories revolve around home life struggles, or relationships which sounds boring but I like to make those ideas come to life with bold characters!
I love how Kahn and Minh missed ONE, as in singular, mortgage payment on their home and the bank immediately moves in for foreclosure.
They've also been neglecting the property and causing the value to go down, so that probably contributed to the decision. Idunno how it works exactly, but the realtor might have gotten in touch with the mortgage holder and tattled on them.
Khan probably annoyed the bank manager.
Yeah its because they let their home turn into a trash heap the Bank worker tells the guys that, and yeah that does affect the whole area because as soon as prospective buyers see that place they immediately wanna leave.
This was back when predatory subprime mortgages were the banks' bread and butter. One of the main reasons for the 2008 recession, actually.
They'd give you the mortgage loan with an obscenely high interest rate, then collect those jacked up mortgage payments until the micro-instant you fell behind, then they go ham to take the house away. For the banks, it was like getting paid a few thousand dollars and buying a house with someone else's money.
As an Asian, the weird choice of being only Chinese or Japanese is really relatable
So are you Chinese or Japanese?
(It's a joke to everyone that will get butt hurt lol)
@@ladyofnoxus6733 We know, we watched the same video where the joke took place. You're not funny and you're not even trying.
@@neonflights5951 And?
@@ladyofnoxus6733 Thats it.
I mean in Michigan we assume Korean if anything, we have a large Korean population in Northern MI for whatever reason
“We’re the kind of losers politicians pander to in speeches”
*IM CHOKING BRUH*
My best friend's Laotion. When I first met him, I asked, "So, are ya Chinese or Japanese?" And he said, "From Laos, stupid!" That's how we became friends.
I believe you
What ocean?
@@v1ultrakill730 Laos stupid! It’s a landlocked country in South East Asia.”
When I first met my friend I asked him if he was Chinese or Japanese and he said black
@@v1ultrakill730the one with the ton of rocks and little water
"Let's talk about context."
...
Khan-text.
Ha!
Khan textual khan tent
I picked up on that too 🤣
*Starts slow clap*
@troysmith159 *Continues slow clap*
Listen bud. I know you said you don't want to be another channel that talks about king of the hill. But I enjoy hearing you talk about it
I have no problem being a channel that talks about King of the Hill, I just don't want the success of a video to be dependent on one specific show.
Well there is no channel what is 100% KOTH
@@ShadyDoorags I think you're good. It's clearly a show that was beloved by far more people than Mike Judge may have even realized.
@@ShadyDoorags how do we prevent 4:35
@@ShadyDoorags how do we get over 5:10
“100% of male friendships are improved by punching.”
Don't give out the secret of male friendships with joking insults, rough play, hard trues, silent understanding, and bro loyalty.
Okay I’m not Asian. I’m Black. I have worked hard my entire life just to be taken advantage of and treated like crap. At my old job, I got in trouble for MINOR THINGS and I was overworked for little pay. I stressed myself to the point that I ended up in the hospital due to chest pains and my manager at my old job didn’t care. Unfortunately when you work hard and not smart, everyone receives the benefits of it BUT YOU. That’s what motivated me to start my own business.
Ya unfortunately it's always the hardest workers and kindest people who get stepped on hardest while the manipulative ass kissers get handed things . Good for you hope your business venture pays off ✊
Well shit...I made another mistake in my life, I focused more on hard work and not smart...which I lacked
Hell yea, may your business succeed.
I feel your pain. Good luck!
Awesome for you dude hope your successful.
Fun fact: there's currently a lawsuit against Harvard for discriminating against Asian students. The lawsuit alleges that Harvard doesn't admit qualified Asians in favor of filling its diversity quota with less qualified students. For example, Asians had to score higher on the SAT test than other races to be admitted (Harvard has now dropped the SAT requirement entirely, which they're conveniently blaming on COVID). Basically, Asians worked so hard that they became white and they don't count as minorities now.
So yeah, Kahn being told his daughter is too privileged is completely realistic.
That's is so bs so basically if every ethnic community worked hard to build their communities to be safe and nice to live in, make sure their kids are in two parent households, making sure their kids learns the values of working hard and responsibility to achieve their goals and they won't succeed because by the systems logic that'll make them white and privileged?
@@aozorahaou2643 no higher population of Indians and Chinese, mean more Indians and Chinese apply to Ivy League universities
Harvard won that lawsuit. They won because their admissions isn't just based on SAT scores and GPA. Harvard considers athletics, major, and "additional factors". The additional factors include things like multilingualism, economic status (i.e. poverty), and hardship (single- parent home, foster child, etc).
Harvard is interested in students with the most potential to succeed. They're not taking someone with a 800 SAT, but they may favor a kid whose family could only afford to take the test once and got a 1500 vs a kid who had a private tutor and took the test 3 times to get a 1600.
The fundamental premise of these repeated lawsuits against schools is steeped in prejudice and yes, racism. The group constantly bringing them finds it difficult to believe that black and Latin kids can get into these elite schools.
Harvard temporarily suspended its SAT requirement for 4 years, they didn't get rid of it. Besides, those tests have long been criticized for their utility.
@@sonicpsycho13 aye makes sense, my people are a savage sort. It’s only expected for most to be unable to enter a uni. Although most of the actual civilized and smart sorts most likely go to local uni than go all the way to the USA.
That's been a thing for year's. Asians have a much lower chance of being accepted regardless of sat scores.
I remember a similar message in The Simpsons when they introduced Frank Grimes. The sad reality is that just because you work your ass off, that doesn't mean you'll be successful in life. There are people out there like Homer that do half the work most people do but live happy lives. While people like Grimes do double and still get the end of the short stick while barely making enough scratch to get by. Oh, and before someone does the dismissive "It's all just a cartoon, it's not real" remark, don't; it's a harsh truth everyone has to accept.
I agree with that episode 100%
Which is why meritocracy is bullshit.
Maybe if Frank Grimes hadn’t been blowing his money on hookers, he could have afforded a better home away from the bowling alleys.
@@Suspsy i don't think that happened
@@kdoesthings2548 yes, it did. Frank Grimes Jr. stated in a later episode that his father was into hookers.
So Connie didn't get in because she's not someone Hollywood could make an inspiring movie about.
Pretty much. As for those who DO get in, Hollywood would make everyone around them incredibly racist, or holding them back, amd never mention the outside helobthey received.
We call that leftist agenda
@@bufan7177 yeah, feel good suger coated bs!
The fact King of the Hill opened our eyes to this crap agenda
@@bufan7177 shut up, trumper.
Kahn's disconnect with Ted's son Chane getting in is the fact that Chane (rich, Asian, bully, grades less stronger than Connie's) didn't earn the spot through merit. Ted paid his way in and low-key knew Kahn and Mihn can't afford to do that. Kahn's fall was also influenced by Elvin harassing and stalking him, which the character will continue to do throughout the series.
For another Kahn episode, I'd love to see you cover "Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Banana". Ted and an ex Laos general shame Kahn for not being Laotian enough and manipulate him into joining their small local army to invade Laos. It's a look at how people of one's own race try to measure each other's authenticity and use it to demean each other.
Yeah I want someone to tackle that episode as well. 😁
This show was awesome.
Yeah as a first generation I can relate to that story. I tease when fellow Mexican American can’t take spicy stuff but I don’t mean it.
Bro, I felt that...you have no idea how many times I was referred to as a "white black person" growing up. Even in fucking college.
Khan was bad ass (aggresive) enough to neutralize the 'stalking' and harassing. He was drawn into the alternative lifestyle.
Everyone tells you to "work hard" but they don't tell you that you have to "work hard in the right things".
As someone who lives in a country where affirmative action is a major thing I can firmly tell you that it doesn't help all it does is make people more bitter and racist
Affirmative action is government sanctioned racism and it guarantees future crops of hatred.
@@elmospasco5558 what can you expect It's not exactly easy to make up for 400 years of a society being weighed in the favor of only one group
@@thefutureisnowoldman7653 Nothing can make up for that, which is why affirmative action is stupid, if they really wanted to help kids who have a disadvantage in schools, then it should be based off of income rather than race
@@thefutureisnowoldman7653 The Asian experience in America shows the fallacy of that argument.
I live in the USA and have regularly heard white people argue for affirmative action to get an edge over Asians
I always liked that Kahn and Hank are actually very similar. Hard working family men who want to teach their kids their values and see them succeed.
But my favorite bit in the show will always be “that’s my purse! I don’t know you!”
K A H N. H A N K. Their names are anagrams of each other
"Well, thank you, sir, but I believe I have to give Megalomart my two weeks notice."
" Oh, I do believe you already gave your notice there, Nitro! "
King of the Hill doesn't seem to write any of their characters as stereotypes. Not in much of a negative way, to be fair. Kahn is basically like Hank, in which he works hard and just wants the very best for his family.
@TheRapper10000 I feel he wears as a mask. I know guys like him. Ironically since he is suppose to be a Buddhist in one episode. He should know that suffering is cause by thinking you are separate from everything when we are all connected. Getting ahead is a very a destructive belief.
I think they write them like stereotypes, for the purpose of breaking them. Hank is the typical hard working father with a poor connection to his son, but he starts to understand his son, and support him.
In the episode Kahn made his debut, “Westie side story”, it really showed just how similar Kahn and Hank really are. Though they come from different parts of the world, they held similar beliefs, and both seem to have a hard time exactly connecting with their kids like many have stated. I could be wrong about Kahn and Connie’s connection but I see them having a somewhat strained connection like Hank and Bobby. But overall I love Kahn, he’s one of my favorite characters.
@@undeadblizzard that is nice. We are all connected. I like that.
Really? I just watched the series and it stuck out to me that almost all non white American ( sometimes even non-Texan) characters seemed to have some sort of negative stereo type, usually overlooked by the end with Hank being the bigger person. It usually felt like the show was trying to say "yeah these stereo types are real but we can still find things in common". The only episode that I can remember bucks this trend is the one where ladybird bites the black handyman who was normal, though that episode was focused on race and the handyman wasn't even in the episode much.
Even the main characters like Kahn and John Redcorn have a bunch of negative stereo types which seemed to stay with them across the series. Compare that to Lucky who slowly became less and less of a negative stereotypical character by the end of the series.
Not gonna lie, I definitely went through what Connie went through when it was time for college . I had amazing grades and test scores, several extra curriculars, and tons of community service hours . I still couldn’t get any scholarships because I was a regular middle class black girl with both parents in the home and no struggles . I wasn’t poor enough for the attention, nor rich enough to simply buy my way in anywhere . Both my parents got out of their respective hoods and raised us right in a safe environment for nearly no reason . This country is some ass .
I feel that. I didnt have the BEST grades, but I couldn't get anything because I wasnt poor enough, but my parents cant just pay without any issues.
It's because of that stupid estimated parent contribution the government calculates based on your parents income. Just because you calculate what my parents can contribute, doesn't mean they can and/or will contribute.
Long story short, the only financial aid I could get from the FAFSA is unsubsidized loans. I'm paying the rest out of pocket.
Damn I would think they would scramble to fulfill their diversity quotas, but I guess since your parents actually made something of themselves they were disqualified from the oppression olympics, what absolute horseshit.
I'm honestly convinced that the system is actually rigged to keep people down. I can actually back that up with some math.
Take the welfare system. There's a gray area of income that's high enough to get kicked off it, but isn't enough money to actually live on unless you *somehow* actually own your home(even then, it's kinda iffy). There's no point in making a little bit more money by getting another job or working a few more hours because you won't earn enough to make up for the lost welfare benefits.
Then there's the education system, which seems to setup to keep average people from improving their station in life. Many jobs that require a college degree for entry, yet don't actually require more than high school(sometimes only jr high) levels of education, while most of the jobs that actually do require specialized education can be done with just an associates degree worth of knowledge.
Most jobs want an expensive and often unnecessary college degree, but most people can't afford it, so they get stuck with student loans with payments so high they might as well be working full-time minimum wage. It makes no sense to keep pushing kids into around a half decade of college per field and expect them to take out a damn loan to pay for it when a year or 2 of community college should be enough education.
You must hate inclusion and poor people.
No but seriously , this is what happens when people gives bureaucrats too much power. Whoever thought affirmative action quotas was a good idea was either evil or an imbecile , or both.
I was poor and didn't get any scholarships either. Your parents have to have connections to be able to get kids anything, or just be loaded. I got financial aid that covered some of my 4500 quarterly tuition but none of my books or living expenses. so I will be paying the next 20 years.
Kahn really had one helluva character development. When he's first introduced, he's basically potrayed as another hard workin' man with a life he loves; then as the show goes on, he becomes more strict with Connie's education and well-being, constantly dreams of rubbing elbows with Ted and other members of high society and always looks down on people he felt was lower in the social ladder than him and wouldn't be caught dead with Hank and the guys; and finally, he eventually realizes he'll never be seen as Ted's equal, comes to terms with his very demanding job and co-workers who actually admitted to hating him and just stops being a condescending douche to Hank and guys. He accepts his place on Spooner Street as just another hard working man living his best life. Hell, we even see him hang out with the gang drinking beer in a few episodes. Too bad he had to eat so much shit just to get there.
Despair is the BEST teacher
“Admit it, half of you wish you were Mihn right now.”
Have you been told how funny you are? Let this be a reminder.
I want Khan to conquer me
@@linkholder * khan quer
@@broskiyeets1599 aha!
I am in the half that wished they were Khan in that scene.
@@linkholder I'm giving you a f*kin award
King of the hill had great life lessons
the finale 3 eps were also perfect for the show..you can tell it was written by gregg mike and long time writers pitching in small moments maybe some people from the first 3 seasons even that left...it felt very much like a unique ending to that show and not others..the final scene of the finale gets me every time
Agree
Honestly for colleges it's not just affirmative action but, the idea that parents will provide for their children throughout college completely. Khan works hard to take care of his family to the point it's expected that he will start paying tens of tens of thousands for a college education.
One of the hardest things in life is when you have something where you've invested a lot of time, effort, energy, resources into something you believed in only for it to be a bad deal in the end. And thats not the tragic part, the tragic part is giving up. These things can be horrific and it happens. If you need help, get help, if you need coaching, get coaching, and most of all, take it as a learning experience and move on.
👍🏻
If that point was a nail, you would’a hit it right on the head.
I worked as a nightshirt first responder for about 3 years total. HATED it. I kept thinking things would improve with time (they didn’t). I basically did NOTHING but work for three solid years. I missed everything. Birthdays, Christmas, family vacations. EVERYTHING. and I wasn’t even being payed that well. $27.00 an hour to utterly ruin every aspect of my life.
The thing that kept me going was the fear that I couldn’t do better. That’s the trouble with first responder skills. They don’t apply to any other work field.
Now I’m working as a full time self employed illustrator and making more then I did with the police…
It’s all such a scam.
My father in law had that issue in college. They told him they had enough whities and that he could become a trucker. He's an engineer now. If someone tells you your not part of the quota, not good enough, or too good, screw them.
I strongly understand and feel for Connie and Kahn here. All throughout highschool I was a high honor student with good grades and extra curricular. But, my parents made too much money for a decent loan and I wasn't poor enough nor struggling to warrant a scholarship. I wanted to go into genetics and I was good at it. But I couldn't afford it because of being middle class.
I'm working at a grocery store now and though it's not what I wanted, I'm looking into nursing classes now on my own time. Life might be hard and never go as planned, but you gotta work with what you got.
Victimhood is experiencing a wrong
Victim Mentality is thinking someone will come to save you from it
I also see victim mentality as a means of not having to try to succeed because all of your problems are someone else's fault and "even if I try I won't win because I can't". It's a means of justifying your own awful life while taking no responsibility for problems you've caused for yourself.
@@izarian42 I mean that's what I thought it was supposed to mean but since apparently that ain't it. I'll just call it pussiery
I see victim mentality as a sort of learned uselessness, systematic problems aren't solvable as individuals and so our only option is to accept it with damage control, victim mentality is applying this acceptance to all your problems, systematic or not.
Well said.
EXACTLY
My biggest fear now that I'm starting to make it in the world is that money wont give me the happiness I assumed it would. That my friends wont like me anymore, my family who never cared much about me will want what I had to work so hard for. I'm afraid that I'll have a second phase of depression, though I cant imagine it will be as bad as the first one. I dont want to be miserable like Kahn.
What the fuck
Money can afford you comforts and the ability to more easily go after what you want, but the money itself won't make you happy. It's all about your mentality, enjoying the little things in life, and sharing your time and energy with genuine people who enrich your life, support you emotionally, and love and care about you. It's also about recognizing that your happiness is reliant on what's within you, not without. As long as you look at money as a tool and not the ultimate goal/object of happiness, you'll be perfectly fine
With an ass the fat youll be fine i promise
You got this. Just keep a level head when you approach things and if those problems arise you'll be able to handle them with grace.
If you can, immerse yourself in the little things that you love. If anything will save your sanity, that'll be it.
Therapist: Reverse X-axis Shady isn't real and can't hurt you.
0:50
But that's actually reflection across the Y-axis, not the x-axis. Can that hurt him?
To be fair Connie is young and has her whole life ahead of her. Plus only thing she really has to worry about is school and boys atm. Kahn on the other hand is 41, working a job where he's not appreciated, and who knows what other racist shit he has dealt with already prior to this. Yes you shouldn't let certain things drive you into a victim mentality mindset but every person has their breaking point. Even as a kid when I watched this episode I always felt Kahn pain here. You do your best, you raise your child right and yet its not enough because you did things too well. Every person will hit that rock bottom in their life at some point, some people are able to recover from it due to their own will or others helping them, while some cannot. In this case Hank was the one to pick Kahn up from that pit.
Also Kahn has an abusive father-in-law who looks down on him
To expect everyone to take their lot in life like a champ the whole time, just accept it without ever complaining or even saying out loud, "this blows", that's just setting yourself up to get where Kahn ends up.
Thank you for posting this.
Kahn was also frustrated for having to learn a second language just to make it through.
If the system screws you over, you have to either play/screw-over the system or destroy it. Learning to manipulate the system is a perfectly reasonable response. No one should blame or shame Connie or anyone in that situation, it is sad it happens but that is life, it is unreasonably unfair and you have to make it a little less unfair. that is all you can do.
Wise words.
#KillDozer
@@ArmedChicano lol
@@logicplague iykyk
Makes sense. My white friend applied to 5 different physcian assistants schools. She had 2 years of paramedic experience, a MASTERS degree in biochemistry, lead a research project isolating the dna of bacteriophages, and fluent in spanish (she could also speak some german). She also spent hundreds of hours volunteering by helping build houses and participating in disaster relief for victims of natural disasters. She didnt get in to any of her schools. But she reapplied a year later (she took some down time to take care of her mom). On the second go round, she included that she was native american. She took one of those ancestry dna tests and found that she was approx 30% native. She hammed it up in her personal statement. She got accepted into 3 out of 5 of the schools that she had applied to. I cant even be mad at her for that cause it was smart and it worked 😂 Lord that woman never sat down lol.
I felt for Kahn. Man works his ass for for the betterment of his family, and because of such, are getting shafted! Thats some real world shit and its a common place! Glad they made it!
Cue the AI cover of Hank singing "Rich Men North of Richmond"
Shady always spitting facts in regards to victimhood
ARE YOU SAVED AND ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE I COULDN'T IMAGINE HEAVEN WITHOUT YOU
@@pamelatyree3521 why are you screaming?
@@gadielgonzalez2755 caps lock doesn't mean screaming
@@pinkpugginz Not always. But if someone wants to be taken seriously, they probably shouldn't use capital letters with no punctuation.
@@pamelatyree3521 lmao I can’t stand this it’s so random
11:01 technecally we didint see lucky steal anything he just sat back and let mud dover steal so technecally he didint break his code at far as we know in this episode
Lucky would never steal someone else’s license to exercise their free will
The whole Rice thing is very common, a friend of mine was rejected from Rice for being white. He was very much the same with perfect grades and stuff, but complete rejection. Rice has a bit of a reputation.
You know, it didn't surprise me how the episode played out, nor the difference between Connie and her parents' reaction to what happened. Connie has a more optimistic outlook on life in general, but I think the difference between her and Kahn and Minh is this: They succeed for different reasons. Connie succeeds because she wants to, whether to have a better life, meet a personal standard, or just that she likes learning, or a mix of the three I don't know, but it's never about actually being _better_ than _others_ Kahn and Minh though, see success as just a tool to both have better lives than they used to in Laos, but also to feed their egos and sense of superiority over others. How many times do we see them babble about how great Nine Rivers is, or how much they suck up to people like Ted Wassanasong? All the time, because the _prestige_ is just as, if not more important to them then actually being comfortable and happy. That leads to them looking down on those they see as below them, like the neighbors, and you notice how they go to pieces when they stop being able to succeed. They are the types I think, who in a sense never grew out of the "anybody who's _anybody_ does/goes to X" mentality, that what's the best of the best, and most talked about and lauded as a sign of success, is what they should strive for. They let society and the people in it be the measure of how they should live and why they should succeed, whereas Connie succeeds the way she does because she recognizes it's merit objectively. This unfortunately, leaves Kahn and Minh vulnerable to changing their opinions and lifestyles too easily, as they think that the subjective viewpoints of others' are what they should measure their lives on, rather than defining their lives for themselves. Kahn does something similar in "Orange You Glad I Said Banana", and actually learns better by the end of it properly. _Kahn_ might have to do what he needs to, but he and his family choose how they do and do not live, not Ted Wassanasong, or in the case of this episode, not a bunch of degenerate rednecks who wanted Kahn to fight with a 2x4 for their amusement and commit theft with them.
I never understood why one CZcamsr reviewing a cartoon that another CZcamsr did is considered "copying".
Me neither, you don't hear people complaining that another critic already reviewed a movie on rotten tomatoes so why does youtube freak out when more than one person reviews the same thing?
In the past, mediocre CZcamsrs would often try to artificially boost views by manipulating the algorithm. They would wait for a popular CZcamsr to talk about something and then immediately talk about it themselves, knowing traffic would flow to their channel. This became very annoying because the quality of these types of videos were usually bad and the person clearly didn't care about the subject, they were just riding off of someone else's popularity.
I was bringing it up as a joke and a subtle way to shout out another reviewer because... that's what I do in my vids, I don't think anyone actually cares about me copying someone. In fact, I get a lot of requests for well known topics other CZcamsrs have covered. You'll rarely see people criticize respected CZcamsrs for copying.
@@ShadyDoorags do what you want to review even if others have reviewed it first..like even great shows steal man.....just take semi new spins or moments of different angles on the same content...don't copy them 95% and you good...
Your constant, deliberate mispronunciations of the Suzy Q's name got me 😂💀
Hey, the more channels that talk about the greatness that is King of the Hill, the better. That show deserves a lot of love. (Still disappointed that I'm possibly the only guy in Egypt who's that big of a KOH fan as everybody else here are either fans of The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park or Rick & Morty)
Have you tried Futurama? Or The Venture Bros? The Oblongs are another series to try.
@@jamesvanitas Yes, I like Futurama and Venture Bros., never seen the Oblongs.
@@Elementa2006
If you like dark humor, Oblongs are the way to go
As an Egyptian you are lucky every one is here doesn't know any English show that doesn't Air in Arabic here
@@jamesvanitas that's the shit
This episode gets more and more relevant as so many of us did everything we were told and got none of what we were promised in return.
For king of the hill loving its stereotypes, it often flips them on their head, subverting our expectations and I think that is why it's so great. Everyone's human so yeah we can be stereotypes but we all are also capable of some nuance.
In writing, stereotypes are called tropes. They're not inherently bad- almost everyone fits into one or multiple "tropes"
In writing, stereotypes are called tropes. They're not inherently bad- almost everyone fits into one or multiple "tropes"
The only one that doesn't get flipped is the nerd/ geek culture. Like the one where Bobby gets Tarot cards and a bunch of nerds nearly make him drink dog blood. Or the GTA episode the game developers are just there, being dorks and giving out plot
Excellent job explaining the difference between being victimized and having a victim mentality. 👌🏾
ARE YOU SAVED AND ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE I COULDN'T IMAGINE HEAVEN WITHOUT YOU
@@pamelatyree3521 yes I am thank you 😊And thank you for being an obedient servant of God spreading the good news of the gospel 🙏🏾
That’s definitely a message that the violent rioters need to be taught
@Calliflower i didn't even mention what race the rioters were because im sure all colors have participated. The fact that u defaulted to argument of race shows alot about u
On a side note your not above the law just because of the color if your skin. If you violently threaten the cop or others expect to be shot
@@tenshi.kurama based
This is yet another one of my favorite KOTH episodes as well Shady, however on the other hand i've often thought that out of all the episodes where Kahn and family tried to make their lives more successful, this is one of the few where Kahn actually hits a certain level a rock bottom.
KOTH is easily top 5 best animated adult toons of all time no debate!!
So long, affirmative action!
It won't change Connie's chances of getting accepted into Rice University though, not to mention other Asian Americans.
@@Ace-cc1em We’ll see 😈
As the son of, and a Mexican immigrant, myself....
I returned to this episode and was absolutely floored at how much this episode hit home for me because we are told from people on " El otro lado" about how incredible it is, how many opportunities are just waiting for you and how you just need to grab them.
But, you could do literally /everything/ right, you could get the best grades, you could make Dean's lists, you could be at the very top of your class and at the end of the day?
Your skin color matters a /ton/ more than anyone is willing to actually accept
The game is rigged from the very beginning and the realization of that is the most depressing sensation in the world because it doesn't fucking matter what you do, it's how you were born.
I agree with you 100%, we still have people telling you that this is the land of opportunity, but it makes me feel bad like if you don’t succeed there’s something wrong with YOU, not the system, and it’s a dog eat dog world it’s ruthless out here, but you’re right some people lose the game before they’re even born
I hate the comparison bs that's on CZcams. Who care if someone else made a video with the same premise. We're all people trying our own thing. Love the video!
ARE YOU SAVED AND ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE I COULDN'T IMAGINE HEAVEN WITHOUT YOU
This was a great video. What amazed me was the discrimination in the university, I've heard about these cases but I thought it was a recent thing. 😐
It’s an increasing thing, but not just a recent thing. Colleges have had different standards for admittance for different racial backgrounds for at least 2 decades now, and many employers are openly breaking antidiscrimation laws because they know the recourse through the legal system is too costly and for too little reward for anyone to sue them.
It been a thing, for very long time, It just became more mainstream, tbh, Harvard had admitted along time ago that they openly discriminating towards certain groups because of the funding they receive, and how the college would look on paper, ie more minorities etc.. I'm kinda shocked tho that many people didn't know this already, I knew this back in high school.
It’s been a thing for decades. Affirmative Action basically penalizes Asian and White students and requires them to get higher SAT scores. And in the case of Yale and Harvard even that might not be enough because it doesn’t fit their quota. Although I’m not sure why Connie is applying for college in Middle School.
I know King of the Hill is not the best for continuity but before this episode Khan got fired for "terrorism" AKA leaking secrets and he had to find a new job 3 hours away It wasn't in the best position to find a new job
Honestly he's lucky he didn't get thrown in jail for that.
ARE YOU SAVED STRANGESTRONGS ? HAVE YOU ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE I COULDN'T IMAGINE HEAVEN WITHOUT YOU
@@osets2117 ARE YOU SAVED AND ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE I COULDN'T IMAGINE HEAVEN WITHOUT YOU
Dude, that's not reason he lost his job. No one ever said that in that episode. He just broke his contract and leaked secrets. That's not the same thing
@@SonofTiamatwhen he filed for unemployment they denied him because the company said he was fired for terrorism because he leaked company secrets which were military secrets which can be considered terrorism
"You sound like you ate Bobby and then tried to flush him down with 15 packs of cigarettes." And now I can't unheard it, thanks Shady.
I love king of the hill. Remember the times when i would get stuck in the hospital for weeks. Id lay and watch king of the hill all day. Help me get thru it all
Y-axis, shadey, it’s the y-axis that you mirrored at the beginning of the episode lol.
This is a correct statement
@Pamela Tyree PEE PEE
Does anyone remember that episode of regular show where Benson got fired from the park and he was sitting on the park bench and he meets the old park manager? Yea that’s that Elvin.
I feel like I could use SD's videos as a sunday school teaching aid, and I totally mean that as a compliment.
I feel like the greatest lesson in this episode is that even if you play by all the rules, there are times when people in power will be completely unreasonable and you need to be prepared to push back on them when they are.
The one and only time in my life that I got a massive raise at a job, was when I applied for a raise because I thought I wasn't being paid enough for what I was doing...and got rejected. Then, I put my resume out, got offered 15K more to go somewhere else, and told my current employers that unless they could beat that, I was walking. They did. Clearly they had the money and clearly they were willing to spend it, but only when absolutely forced to. You gotta stick up for yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.
Similar situation to Kahn. Working armed security for 9 years, I built a resume and reputation as the ideal security officer. I got paid extra compared to the other grunts in every company and was loved by the people I worked with... except management. Because of me, I raised the bar on what's expected of a grunt SO (especially the fact that I actually risked my own health and life for others without hesitation). When an opening in management was announced, my name was being thrown in by everyone saying I would be perfect for it. Management didn't like that. See management positions were filled with people that had personal connections to one another. Be it family members or old friends who got the hook up, it was never about who's fit to be a manager but who can suck up the hardest of asses. Suddenly I'm swamped by paperwork that has nothing to do with security, expected to be in 3 places at once AND held accountable for minor violations that management broke on the daily (getting mad at me for not training some random new guy THEY were supposed to train). I was finally fired for a uniform violation while I was OFF THE CLOCK. Needless to say I was targeted and removed for being better than them at their jobs.
Now everyone's telling me to make money from home. Sell art and paintings since I've got a history of making good pieces. I could offer pseudo bodyguard services for random people, but that's a whole other can of worms I'd rather not tip over.
Shady: wait... what if...
I didn’t care?
Me: That’s what I’ve been saying about stupid drama but nooooooo, no one listened then!
Shit like this is why i watch shady...
I love the joke that he says "i was a monkey in a cage" referring to the cushiest job ever of being a drive in convenince store cashier
obviously you've never worked service work
But the pay wasn't comfy!
Watched this one the other day. This is my favorite episode of the entire series.
“He looks like he’s got real fancy ninja moves... but CAN he take a board to the head?!”
Kills me everytime 😂😂
"we don't have $10,000 to buy our way out of being asian"
King of the Hill has an amazing way of doing plots about the two extremes being bad
The more things change, the more they stay the same
While I think this is one of the better episodes in the series, and the free spirit mentality is a good goal to strive for in life, I do agree that Elvin was one of the weakest characters in the series. He honestly comes off as a parody meant to embody the soul of KotH from the perspective of someone who doesn't like the show, purely for use as satire. When he's supposed to be played straight. I'd have excused him as a one-off bad character like the kid who bullied Hank for that one episode, but making him a recurring cast member makes it hard to give him a pass.
Man your last monologue was really inspirational. Found you last night and I am feeling like I am about to lose it, your words have encouraged me. Coincidence or fate, whatever, I'm glad I found this channel. You do great work btw.
I had to bring up the Peggy defending Hank bit to my fiancee just now because our neighbor raised his voice at her last week and I bolted out the door and did almost exactly what Peggy did. My lady almost died laughing.
When I first heard about hand fishing, I heard it referred to as catfish noodling- when I heard cat fisting, I was confused and queasy.
A couple of realizations about this episode:
Khan is an anagram of Hank
The Trace Adkins CD joke was super meta since Trace Adkins voices Elvin Mackleston
The 2yrs later A A is now out the window
12:48 Even when the system fails you, there are choices to be made.
Live for what matters.
I know this is supposed to be a thoughtful discussion about an episode that exposes the pit falls of affirmative action, the squeezing of the middle class, and victim mentality, but I am just realizing that Trace Adkins voiced Elvin in this episode who breaks into a store to steal a Trace Adkins album. That's meta as fuck and funny as hell. You gotta love celebrities who can laugh at themselves, like the episode where Randy Travis plays himself but as a complete douche.
My best friend got rejected from Purdue’s engineering program because they wanted more females.
🙄 sure bud
How do you know you buddy was as good as girls who went to the same schools? Statistically girls make better grades than boys overall.
That sucks it's happening everywhere
@@FreyaEinde In situations like this it doesnt matter if the women in questiom are actually better because they were going to be put in anyway for diversity purposes.
@@peacegawd5192 So by that logic OP's friend was below the standard for the quota of dudes they were letting in. If that's a certain amount of slots for woman that also means there's a certain amount of slots for dudes too and he didn't make the mark. Even if those slots for woman didn't exist his friend is unlikely to have gotten in. More dudes who would've lapped him already would be in the program instead. He's operating on the false assumption his place would've been guaranteed if only for these women, but if he actually was good enough to get in, he'd be in.
Love the bit about victim mentality, so much of that going around these days and with everyone wanting to blame everyone else, its creating more hate all around. Not cool.
I have noticed it is often white people who dismiss victim mentality. But studies have proven that if you have a black sounding name companies will not even consider hiring you. They have done research and even tested major companies with identical resumes full of very good achievements, recommendations, etc and did nothing but change the names on the top. And they monitored which resumes got a call back. And they found those with white sounding names like Michael Peterson got called back or moved forward than names like Lemar Jones. Same resumes, same everything, the only difference was the name.
Now do I think the person on the other end is racist? Probably not but there is clearly a bias. We see it in hair styles too were black females working in office buildings are asked to change their hair style to match the more "Standard" white girl style. Now that is a bias, lots of people consider black persons hair to be unkempt which is just not true. But the point is there is a bias against people for stuff outside of their control. No one has control over what race they are born as. And it must be extremely frustrating to work your ass off and be in many ways better than someone else and lose out on a high paying job because the guy looking through resumes just immediately throws out black sounding names (Which has also been proven in at least one case where a company had told their hiring staff to toss out those kind of names.)
@@TheLastSane1 It's because white people have never faced any discrimination and refuse to accept that they ever had any advantages and every time a advantage is ever brought up they do everything they can to disregard it or pretend it's not real to the point where they get offended if you bring up your own examples of discrimination.
@@thefutureisnowoldman7653 what exactly do you mean white people? That is a pretty blanket statement to make. That’s like saying all Asian people are successful which includes many different cultures and peoples. Not to mention the fact that it disregards a lot of history.
An f is for family video and a king of the hill video?
Damn shady spoils us
I always liked this episode because it help to make the Souphanousinphones more of real people rather than stereotypes. It also made me respect Khan because it made it clear that he carried about Connie and that he would do anything to help. Connie studding for fun also made her seem less of the overachieving Asia and more of a nerdy bookworm, which help which her characterization moving forward with the show.
Kahn seemed like he was getting into the area of serious mental exhaustion after 'just going with it' in terms of hard work for a long time, but it never really paid off, so he saw an out and took it, ironically that gave him the ability to rebound, at least for his daughter because him taking said out gave her a way in. Almost makes you wonder if he planned the entire thing. Probably not, but still. I think that's an important undertone lesson here, sometimes you gotta step back and let yourself breathe for a moment. Not to this extreme mind you but y'know.
I love this episode. I feel Kahn pain. You work hard then you die. However Kahn is suppose to be a Buddhist. Suffering is cause by separating yourself from others. Getting ahead is a destructive belief. I am not saying you shouldn't work hard in fact you still should work hard because we live in a Capitalist Society. However none deserve anything and we should just be nice to each other and enjoy life.
Yeah, that’s the problem first with Kahn the first few episodes until he grow out of it, he has a stereotypical view what capitalism is, that being rich is all that matters, but doesn’t understand why Americans seem to be lazy or chill all the time, and then in the end, he reallize a better reason why capitalism is great, is the ability to take the time off and relax, enjoy the time we have now.... “working all the time” isn’t an American thing, sounds more like a communist slogan.
@@asscheeks3212 Comie sounds scary but really it about chill. We dirty coms believe you're more than you're job and what you can do for society. We want Tacos for everyone. Everyone deserves to live. Work should be short pleasurable and importantly voluntary. It is a bout compassion all my VROs and punching Klansmen cause what they believe is dumb and stupid and dumb.
@@undeadblizzard I had no idea what you just said, but all I know is that life is very short and it’s best to enjoy our days with a drink here and there, this isn’t Laos where every parent wants you to be RICH, in America people love you rich and poor, ironically communist nations today have a very Ayn Rand approach where “‘money and fame” matters more over people. Asking for a coin in China is impossible...
@@asscheeks3212 You get it Fam. All the cookies I cook was for my Fam. I want to make enough Guap so I can smoke swishers stuffed with Sour OG and Drink Cucumber Lemon Lime IPAs in Peace. I just wanna put my Glock 19 filled qith hollow tips down. I am tired of squeezin fat triggers 24/7.
@@asscheeks3212 no working all the time is an American thing because its a capitalist that prioritizes the rich over the poor regardless of merit when kahn talks to his rich Asian friend his son got him with terrible grads because his dad donated 15 grand to the school
So lets talk about Khan-text.
....I regret nothing.
I relate to Kahn in this episode so so hard. Wasted the majority of my 20s from feeling that my hard work was totally futile
I love how you basically say that racial discrimination isn't just black and white,where most media tries to tell you it's about being poor due to discrimination,when in the process the system contradicts itself and becomes redundant.
"Do you guys know how hard it is to come up with new and inventive ways to tell you this show is funny?" omg 😂😂😂
please cover A Man Without a Country Club. I think this is a good episode that tackle issue with race and good kahn episode.
Good pick on that one to. Orange you glad I didn't say Banana would be a good one to follow as well
3:50 funny how this was recommended only after affirmative action was over turned 😂
2:01 “King of the Hill loves its stereotypes… stereotypes”
"The Xylophones"
"The Dr. Seusses phones"
Okay at first I was bothered, now you got me laughing. Great video man.
I love seeing your videos because they always have a piece of wisdom that helps me with whatever problem i'm having right now.
Dude, your channel is underrated and deserves more views.
Wow, you explained this episode perfectly & differently than Alpha Jay as well! Kudos Bro. Good Job.
Honestly I'm glad more channels are talking about King Of The Hill more often. Have a sub.
For the last 6 months I haven't taken a day off; for the last 10 years I've been trying hard to move my way up in the world. As of today compared to when I was making $10/hr I am further away from buying a house than ever. The older I get, the more I start to realize that the parents are all completely normal people and in most cases exist in each person you interact with in some way or another.
“Wait… what if I didn’t care?” What a pro move
Schools aren't allowed to use racial quotas anymore. Bakke, 1978. They use a point system instead, with race being one of the things that can earn you points, along with legacy status, test scores, grades, and extracurriculars.
Don’t mean some of the fancy ones don’t still have those quotas.
They just wrap those racial quotas into the other categories. Racial quotas are still very much alive
As someone who is also Lao, I always notice a bit of an issue with poverty and being well off in my community. Kahn is a prime example of what I've seen growing up. Hard working but to the point it cause intense stess and depressed. Which is a little weird since we are know for being pretty chill. I still have a few issues wit Kahn, but my main grip is that the accent sounds kinda weird but then again I'm from the way way south of laos lmao
I feel like this country punishes hard work to be honest. But hey I never made more than $14 an hour.
Just because you work doesn't mean you should get paid a lot. It depends on your marketable skillset.
It cool to see Khan block the punch and hit back. In another episode, where Min's father came to visit, Min tells Connie that Khan was a bad boy biker gang member in his youth. It makes sense that Khan's been in some scraps in his younger days, and knows his way around a fight
Knew a Laotian guy in my high school graduating class....we all yelled his name when the announcer was about to butcher it. He and his parents had one of the biggest smiles that day
What experience of victimhood you described that Khan did is the same result that Catra did. Because Catra was a victim of abuse she let that experience define her to make the wrong decisions because she felt entitled to doing them (even when she knew it was wrong) and simply lacked the confidence to make better decisions and not let that abuse define her. That as well as the fact that she was an overachiever as well.
5:17 there are some trends going on in china "lying flatt" and "let it rot" that's basically young adults realized what kahn realized here and these young adults basically completely give up trying for a career, some willingly letting themselves become homeless. they've stopped caring.
Ok so the thing about affirmative action is that is that it’s based on a whole group of holistic criteria beyond race. In fact, affirmative action specifically forbids using race as a criteria and forbids quotas. However, idiots seem to think affirmative action says to make quotas (this led to a lot of tokenism during the 80’s)., which it doesn’t.
There have been Asian students with good grades that have been passed over for Asian students with grades that are not so good but have economic needs (this is touched upon in the episode) as well as lots of other stuff going on beyond grades like being good at certain sports and having been in certain clubs beyond just being in the chess club and playing a violin or cello. Having a good personality or being sociable has also been a factor as well. You can be a black, white or native student and get passed over for the same criteria because good grades alone doesn’t guarantee acceptance. There’s no one formula to getting into a specific school and folk are severely mistaken to think they can checklist their way in like that unless they’re donating tons of money to the school or are former alumni. It’s like expecting to be first in line for your choice of women if you just do 7 easy steps and then being shocked that she’d rather go out with the jock that’s making 10k less and drives a muscle car because your focus on those 7 steps have made you boring and uninteresting. These schools want to know about your life for a reason, it’s not just a formality unless your parents have donated a ton of money to the school or are a former alumni or something which are far better ways to get in than being a poor minority or having decent grades.
Anyhow, in the case of the show, Connie was on the wrestling team in grade school, so that would probably help her more than being a violinist, which the school probably has a hundred of and isn’t as interesting as an actual athlete anyway.
‘Having a good personality or being sociable’ it’s great to know having autism and being abused as a kid could mean I can’t be an engineer
I suddenly have to think of Little Miss Sunshine. A movie that pretty much deals with failure and how the old Mantra of "Work Hard and Believe in Yourself" does not always come true. Sometimes life just fucks you over and there is nothing you can do about it. But the film also affirms that you should not give up trying though.
I have watched 3 videos straight by you and 8:50 and the beginning of this video is exactly why im dropping a subscribe 🤣🤣🤣 legit cracked me up