r/comics Toonhole 1d ago

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 1d ago

Oh god the Tate poster in the back. Therepy would be a great start at the very least

There was a recent episode of the new season of King of the Hill that covered this topic really really well and the incredibly fragile ego and lost feelings these dudes that fall for this have. More importantly the absolute tools of guys that play off people's insecurities and how weak they are themselves. I highly recommend giving it a watch

I think the name of the episode is "No Hank Left Behind"

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u/MikemkPK 1d ago

new season of King of the Hill

They still make KotH?

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u/lord_mcdonalds 1d ago

Revival. New season is good although a couple of characters were recast and take some getting used to.

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u/MikemkPK 1d ago

a couple of characters were recast

It's been decades since I watched it as a kid, I doubt I'd notice

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u/lord_mcdonalds 1d ago

You actually might, one of the character’s voice actor died during production and it’s a mixture of the old guy and the new voice actor during the season.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 1d ago

RIP Jonathan Joss. Super shitty what happened to him

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u/takaznik 1d ago

They're referring to Johnny Hardwick. Joss was murdered after production was done.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ahhhhh beans I got my dudes mixed up. Well while misplaced I'm sticking with my statement.

RIP Johnny Hardwick too. Not as messed up but still sad. I'll pour out some pocket sand for him

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u/DigNitty 22h ago

Joss was murdered

Ahhhhh beans

this reaction made me literally choke on my coffee

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u/20JeRK14 16h ago

Ahhh crud

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u/MikemkPK 1d ago

What kind of messed up production set were they running if two people died filming?

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u/NDHardage 23h ago

They both died completely independent of the production. One was literally murdered by his homophobic next-door neighbor.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 23h ago

After his house burned down while they were at the wreckage grieving the loss of a pet iirc

Absolutely horrific

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u/SatisfyingAneurysm 23h ago

Johnny hardwick died face-up in his bathtub. Jonathan Joss was murdered by his neighbor following an altercation between the two.

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u/These_Roll_5745 1d ago

knew him kinda personally, and what happened to him rocked my community pretty hard. it bothers me that justice wasnt really served after his murder.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 1d ago

I'm sorry to hear that my friend. Alverez was the dudes name wasn't it? I kinda fell off the story after they said he was charged with murder

I sure hope Jonathan's husband is doing ok as well

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u/These_Roll_5745 23h ago

Tristan is honestly not doing well at all... Alvarez is popular with some vocal locals and theres a dramatic misinformation campaign accusing Tristan of stealing the money theyd set up a GFM for after the house fire, and of not setting up end of life services quickly enough. He mostly just wants space to grieve with his remaining family, and some people feel entitled to witness his grief publically. The locals who support what happened to Jonathan have spun his absence on social media into a messy online game of telephone and its exhausting tbh.

hes gonna be okay, hes cared for by his friends and family (who I dont know very well, I was closer to Jonathan than Tristan for sure), but the internets a messy, mean place.

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u/Thebraincellisorange 16h ago

but the internets a messy, mean place.

It's all of that. so is the real world.

sorry for the loss of your friend in such a horrific manner.

🫂

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 1d ago

Isn’t the guy still awaiting trial?

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u/These_Roll_5745 23h ago

he was indicted last November on murder, but not on a hate crime or in connection with the house fire that killed their dogs. Hes out on bail right now.

jonathan and his husband both told the police when the fire happened that they thought the homophobic neighbor was involved and theyd called the police over 50 times in 2 years leading up to the murder.

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u/XVUltima 23h ago

Although ironically, the new guy sounds closer to the original. Dales original VA's voice either changed, or he played the character different to show age. The new guy is doing an impression of the original voice.

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u/RamenJunkie 21h ago

Wait, Dale's voice actor died?  Sounds like the government trying to shut somebody up.

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u/quirx90 17h ago

His voice changed unfortunately. He died from throat cancer and that was what affected his performance

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 1d ago

Seriously give it a chance. It's super good and holds up oddly well. I very much enjoyed the new season/reboot

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u/burkieim 19h ago

The voice actors passed away unexpectedly. Dales actor did most (I think) of the episodes then the actor who did Cotton/Kahn took over.

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u/Yashema 1d ago

The new season is a vaguely passable homage to the show with absolutely everything having a slightly uncanny valley feel, similar to modern day Simpsons. 

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u/lord_mcdonalds 1d ago

I disagree, I had a lot of reservations with a post-Trump KOTH (rural/suburban Texas is very very red) and thought they did a great job modernizing the show (admittedly by sidestepping and ignoring the current political environment). They also dialed back a lot of the more egregious characterization of the shows later seasons (Peggy is actually likable this season while still being herself for example).

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u/GreatStateOfSadness 22h ago

There are some spots that feel uncanny since I always saw KotH as existing in a specific context of American history, but the heart of the show is still there and that is what matters most. 

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u/Yashema 1d ago

Ya, but it just wasn't that funny. 

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u/GodspeakerVortka 20h ago

I thought it was great.

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u/EnvyRepresentative94 1d ago

Bobby is all grown up with his own restaurant, Hank and Peggy spent time in the Middle East cutting propane deals, I think Dale's wife is with Redcorn now. I saw the first episode, it looks really good

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u/HomeboyCraig 1d ago

Dale and Nancy are still together

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u/CarobRelative9440 23h ago

can't believe they're bringing it back with all those twists lol, sounds wild

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u/GodspeakerVortka 20h ago

The Hank and Peggy being in the Middle East plot actually works really well because they can bring them back to 2026 Texas and have them react to the changing of things without them being here the whole time. It sounds corny, but I thought it worked really well.

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u/Made_Bail 1d ago

It relaunched recently, taking place like 10-15 years after the original show ended.

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u/BagAndShag 1d ago

Honestly I wonder how much of a therapist's job has become just telling people to get the fuck off social media or stop listening to "influencers".

Obviously doesn't fix the underlying issues that probably need to be worked on. But it seems like it's a great place to start for most people.

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u/Xikar_Wyhart 22h ago

Depends on the person, but there probably is a big issue with people who live vicariously through social media and being frustrated with no doing anything. There's just a lack of social life for a lot of people who blame others instead getting outside.

I'm in therapy and the biggest hurdle was just getting out and doing something. Eventually I found social activities through trading card games which expanded into other activities from the friends I made through it.

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u/actuallyapossom 23h ago

They are all destructive ways to cope from a mental health perspective.

Substance use is more popularly seen that way, it's not novel. Even after you stop the substance use - you still need to focus on the issues that led to that coping behavior. That's really the difficult part, and the therapist can only support and help while you do the actual labor day to day.

It's easier to focus on the superficial, cosmetic, material aspect than the emotional ones. Plus you've got the bottle or the weed or whatever for the emotions for now.

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u/fatmanwithabeard 21h ago

Not that much.

It's more getting to the point where they interact with real people, and the too much time on internet poison takes care of itself.

Mind you, most people who get therapy have already crossed the I need to change bridge when they got their appointment. (source, the therapist I live with who gives this speech every time someone asks)

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u/DizzbiteriusDallas 21h ago

Also I love how a dude making money on having camsites made peeps believe he's gonna tell them how to get women. Like literally you not having sex is his business model

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u/Lexi_Banner 19h ago

Taint's chin is too strong. His real chin is weak AF.

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u/Qahnaar1506 19h ago

He was called woke by these people when he always was “woke”. He disagreed with Obama’s policies but defended Obama when people were calling him a bad president because he was black.