the parks department being problematic for (almost) 10 minutes straight | Parks and Recreation

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Here's some of the Parks department's top problematic moments. Whether it's Ron wanting to SLASH IT or Leslie literally kissing her employee, it's here. Did we miss your favourite moment? Good. Because they're all deeply problematic. But leave them in the comments anyway!
From "Parks & Recreation": a mockumentary series following Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), the deputy director of the Parks and Recreation department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. Leslie is determined to improve her small world through her job, despite resistance from Parks Director Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), an anti-government Libertarian. The series also stars Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari and Retta.
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[@kikobbell]

I love how even Ron realized he crossed a line with the land mine. such a great moment of clarity on his face

[@alexestrada6411]

She’s the only sane citizen of pawnee

[@dingdawng]

Ron wasn't entirely in the wrong for letting her know how shitty and irresponsible the government is, but eating her lunch and giving her a claymore land mine was crossing the line.

[@TheEncrow]

To be fair it wasn't a real claymore

[@comrade_leej]

@@TheEncrow The issue therein is that Ron wholeheartedly believed that it was

[@TheEncrow]

@@comrade_leej correct

[@karenwolsey2283]

When Ron's shotgun ring tone goes off in the budget meeting, the woman sitting next to him whole body jump in her chair completely cracks me up.🤣😂🤣

[@seanA416]

I've replayed it 100 times just to rewatch her reaction because yes it's gold

[@karenwolsey2283]

@@seanA416 Same!! It never gets old. 😂😂

[@seanA416]

@@karenwolsey2283 "sorry new ring tone" haha definitely appropriate for his job....

[@-Cece]

Where do we get that ringtone?

[@seanA416]

@@-Cece they're are probably apps that have ringtones like that

[@WorstPokemonTrainer]

Part of me always thinks that Ron was just looking for an excuse to eat the kid's lunch.

[@seanA416]

"How can I teach this girl about taxes and get free food? *Gasp* I know!" -Ron Swanson probably

[@globbyakaweirdjellyguy954]

At least he gave her a landmine. 😉😆

[@Mtmelco]

Preposterous! Ron would never infringe on someone's property. The only explanation is that he accepts as a trade for the lesson. Don't you people dare besmirch the good name of Ron Swanson. XD

[@TheRox0923]

That's why it's a perfect metaphor for taxes lol

[@thecollegeofra]

He bit WAYYYY more than 40% of that sandwich 😸

[@simonandriessen8761]

"And you gave my daughter a landmine? WHY?" "It... seemed appropriate at the time..." "HOW?!?" bruh it gets me every time

[@2ClassyGentlemenPodcast]

I used the Ron Swanson theory of Government to teach my students about libertarianism, Leslie's to teach Bigger Government, Tom for Capitalism and Jerry for being a typical wage worker. LOL

[@magica3526]

using people who are fundamentally good to teach about ideologies is flawed

[@owenmeier]

I thought you were actually talking about Tom and jerry, the animated show, and I thought it fit too because jerry is being chased all the time by tom

[@edisondiiorio2642]

@@magica3526 Good thought. Got anything to back it up?

[@sophiaolszewski64]

@@magica3526 I disagree considering they’re characteristics make up there personality

[@magica3526]

No libertarian is as principled as Ron. No bureaucrat tries as hard or is as good a person as Leslie

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

The zoom-in to Leslie's death shock stare in the beginning has no business being that funny

[@plusultra219]

The nurse’s face after “dude don’t even think about kissing me!” 😆🤣😂

[@walterlaux1207]

2 out of 3 ain't bad...

[@globbyakaweirdjellyguy954]

“Slash it! Slash it!” Ron trying to start a chant now.😂

[@kingtchala6832]

"Hey beau, what's wrong where'd you go? Come back to me" That delivery from Tom will always get me 🤣

[@alexandrebravo4472]

boo*

[@boyfangirl6321]

"Well...it seemed appropriate at the time-" "HOW?!?!" Me and my mom everytime she gave me the "talk" whenever I did something stupid.

[@chubbyjubjub3593]

She gave you "the talk" more than once? What the hell were you doing wrong?!

[@boyfangirl6321]

@@chubbyjubjub3593 One example, I almost burned my garden down because I wanna know if the sparkler firework thing could light up a flipflop.

[@Y20XTongvaLand]

This is not in Ron's defense or anything, but Mrs. Burkins should've probably started with the landmine.

[@exquisitecorpse__]

I'd have called the police

[@arin2747]

this sentence made me laugh thank you

[@Y20XTongvaLand]

@@arin2747 KZbin comments be knee-slappers, friend.

[@aotmn8399]

4:00 - 4:05 3 different shots of Tom's hand moving progressively more intimate. Probably an unintentional continuity oversight, but it makes the scene better in a subtle, yet supernatural way. Hilarious!

[@Noone-jn3jp]

Andy tell April about kissing Ann is extremely wholesome.

[@existing5442]

*telling

[@KevinTan]

0:07 That Leslie Knope death stare hahahaha

[@fern__]

I don't know why but the all lowercase comic sans font in the beginning with the zoom in on Leslie's shocked face is so hilarious to me.

[@emilyriley6029]

Ok, see, now THIS makes me wanna watch parks and Rec. this is most of what I haven’t seen

[@daisy-ee8ki]

My friend made me watch it and I love it. I didn’t like season one at all but it hits jts stride mid season two and especially season three. Is recommended

[@crimsonshadows6328]

"Lauren was supposed to write a paper on why government matters" - The Mum "Kids are supposed to do fun tasks and win gold stars" - The same mum

[@GeneralLeia]

It’s a fictional character, just fyi.

[@crimsonshadows6328]

@@GeneralLeia Pointing out the hypocrisy of the premise not whether or not they are fiction.

[@sebastiencz3931]

Andy was actually punished for his honesty. A true gentleman.

[@brolygito]

For real. He didn't want to kiss Ann, because he's into April, but she kissed him. And he knew he needed to tell April the truth, even though he didn't do anything wrong, and got in trouble. It was fucked up.

[@sagenebula]

@@brolygito What makes it okay / better than other sitcoms, imo, is that the narrative sides with Andy. You're not supposed to think that April is in the right for punishing him the way she does. This is why both Ann and Ron tell her to knock it off (with Ann yelling at April that Andy "really likes [you] and doesn't deserve it" and Ron telling her "if you don't want to reel him in, cut him free" when he sees Andy doing all of April's chores). What April does is fucked up, but that's the whole point: you're *supposed* to see it as fucked up.

[@Tonyyy1991]

Some things are better left unsaid.

[@vishwasviranivv]

When asked to loosen up, they disintegrate. Ben Wyatt is that guy.

[@xglitch97]

The 2 drawings she did of Ben was one of the couple times I actually got a lil pissed at April haha.. for the most part her antics are harmless or hilarious, or both. But this one was straight up disrespectful, no humor at all. She needed to be an adult and tell Ben what she thought, and not as a sneaky aside when Ben is trying to figure out who is humiliating him

[@tickytacky8078]

The really funny part about the scene with Ann and Andy is that he got a hospital bed to recover in the US.

[@specifikmc]

I actually found the whole "April wanting to put a dog park on that lot" really selfish on her part. She knew Leslie had wanted that for years and acted stunned when she didn't want to give it up. Weird April moment imo

[@vailaualotoaniu8007]

The intro music zoomed up in Leslie’s face cracked me up

[@fogster8886]

that "it doesnt" killed me ... holy thats wild

[@Jayn-Sync]

Based kid

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

Ron Swanson: A self-proclaimed "Libertarian" abusing his government position to interfere with how someone else raises their kids. ...Sounds about right.

[@MegaKnight2012]

To be fair, he was interfering with how a public school and a government was trying to raise a kid. Sadly, he probably didn't think of the parents. If he had, he probably thought the mine would have have been a good family gift. If he'd thought a little more about it, he would have given the kid two mines, one for her and the other for her parents.

[@testypresidentgaming]

the second one isnt problematic he taught her a good lesson i wish i learned at her age. i learned taxes at 18 with a website like a true american. ok maybe the claymore is a little problematic lmao

[@ILikeBleachItsTrue]

06:02 - 06:08 I love her so much x3 She is the best

[@kingofthehamsters]

I'm still amazed Ben turned out to be straight.

[@ufo6172]

4:47 that’s the moment he knew he f up.

[@okspaceman8126]

“It seemed appropriate at the time.”

[@6Twisted]

9:20 I love watching the extras. Some of them are awful actors 😂

[@ufo6172]

6:03And here we go😂😂😂.

[@DeamonChocobo]

All seriousness Ron's explanation of Taxes is 100% on point and an easy way to get across to kids how much the government steals from you when you grow up.

[@mandie17]

Daddy want pieeeeeee 😂

[@ufo6172]

Tom looks like Timon😂😂😂 (from Timon and Pumbaa)

[@adraino7345]

Bruh what is the face Andy makes after being kissed 😂

[@as670]

I want that landmine.

[@rmitton2008]

Why is Ron explaining the realities of government to a bright young learner problematic

[@neoncore7346]

maybe it was the claymore

[@agonzgonzalez7748]

It fails to mention the benefits you get for taxes. Useable roads, food that doesn’t kill you when you eat it, clean water from the tap, cars that don’t kill you because they were regulated, national parks systems, public land, etc. Libertarians are like cats, completely reliant on a system they are willfully ignorant of.

[@hiraya5296]

maybe dont eat kids' lunches and give them explosives? is this so hard for libertarians to understand

[@The_JEB]

Some people need to learn by seeing and doing, its hard for people to visualize 40% of something until they see it

[@jdlamb4212]

He ate way more than 40% of it, also that is not a lesson that really explains why taxes exist. The realities of government are not accurately summed up as "someone eats your sandwich and it isn't fair!". That's pretty dumb.

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Awesome 👏

[@scottsmith8486]

1:32 - Based.

[@yashpratap4477]

That ron swanson teaching method should be in our education system man..

[@wazaaaa5805]

I need the reference to 2:32

[@GreysonDerulo-tv3bd]

it was an snl skit, i think it’s called richmeister if you wanna look it up

[@patrickfreeman205]

I believe it was a John Lovitz bit. Makin copies!

[@Michaelstahler]

Recurring Rob Schneider snl skit about making copies in an office

[@tTheParakeet]

I’m attracted to Ron Swanson.

[@lilsbourne]

There's NOTHING problematic in that show, it's a flawless masterpiece!) That's it. Next time I see a word "problematic" I will press "do not recommend".

[@sisandangundze5585]

Please do🤗

[@marinodejesus8024]

You have to work on your reading comprehension skills. The characters in the show were acting problematic to other characters in the show. Causing Chaos and issues. Not that the show itself is.

[@douglasheinl250]

I agree completely!!

[@pippofranco879]

Libertarians are funny!

[@faustosar6151]

And correct.

[@JassZoigel]

The boots are dead I'm afraid they were too small

[@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679]

reminding me when comedy was funny.

[@Michaelstahler]

Is it “problematic”, or do you just not understand comedy?

[@kevinfelton689]

Maybe, just maybe it was great because it was problematic. Everybody worked through their problems with each other like real people. It's almost like the writers were working off of a reasonable facsimile of actual human behavior instead of pandering to cry babies on tumbler.

[@shalashaska9946]

Kinda funny when people use problematic unironically

[@some-replies]

Problematic?

[@jameskingsbery3644]

The inclusion of those Ron Swanson bits in a video labeled "problematic" alongside things that are borderline sexual harassment demonstrates that the word "problematic" is coming to mean "stuff leftists don't like." Except, you know... the landmine thing. That fits pretty much any definition of "problematic."

[@timberthus2562]

Agreed, the landmine was the only thing that could be considered "problematic". Wanting to cut the government budget and holding libertarian ideals are not.

[@cassh2500]

It’s a funny video of a sitcom. Relax.

[@higgy82]

@@timberthus2562 It's a claymore, not a landmine.

[@calobrien7531]

He literally stole a kids lunch?

[@fightinphill44]

Also what adult brought a bunch of school kids to a government building and said "alright now, everyone go find a government employee, you know, whoever's around, and conduct an unsupervised interview with them" Great show and great episode, I just had never thought of this till now

[@Illadelphi1]

there is literally nothing problematic about any of this.

[@ticklershpickler]

Giving a landmine to a child? Maybe a little

[@bossfan49]

Stop putting the video run time in the title of the video. 1. It's very 8 yrs ago. 2. It was stupid then, as well.

[@JundunYashua]

Everyone watching this video is going to die at some point and each of you will answer to God for every idle word spoken, deed done by your hands and the motivation behind it. Now, the evidence for this is that even if you say you don't believe me, your conscience bears witness that I speak the truth and you know there is a creator to whom you will answer to one day. Are you ready? Your "good actions" you rely on are detestable to God, lest you try to negotiate your way into Heaven. Only by grace and through faith shall you receive salvation. Seek Christ while you still can, only He can forgive your sins. Repent and be born again, of water and the Holy Spirit. I say this without judgement and in absolute love when I tell you that Jesus is the light of the world, in Him there is no darkness...

[@arielfox69]

No.

[@spongebabe27]

The look on his face when he says "uh oh! Capital gains tax"

[@blades9152]

Based*

[@spongebabe27]

Very first clip and you cut out the context that makes the clip funny? Idk about this

[@KevinTan]

Why does every parks and rec videos here feels like it's edited by April hahaha

[@88rollins]

"Just saying that gave me a semi." 😂

[@vivianaespinoza5281]

baby daffy-wow that guys great even if he is a roster