u/Outrageous_Hamster_6

A lot of ppl give Kyle shit over letting Stan go in Ass Burgers, but you gotta remember that he tried calling and talking to him repeatedly, and Stan didn’t answer. Besides, Stan’s depressed mood was starting to bum him out. I don’t blame Kyle at all.

He literally told Wendy he tried to call him multiple times and talk to him. He tried taking him to the movies and doing stuff they liked, but Stan was still depressed and nothing worked. Even when he was working with Cartman, he still was happy for him that he was seemingly getting out of his depression and even walked right back to him when Stan said “Kyle, I love you”.

Yet, ppl are so desperate to portray Kyle as a bad friend that they ignore all the context that makes his decision make sense. Kyle IS a good friend to Stan. Would a bad friend call his best friend multiple times to try to talk to him? Would a bad friend try to cheer his friend up by taking him to places where they know they can have fun? No, of course not.

Besides, there are ppl who’ve been in Kyle’s shoes and they say the same thing: It’s hard to deal with and you hardly even know what to do. Add that onto the fact that Kyle is 10 years old, and his decision to let Stan go makes a whole lot more sense.

TL;DR - Kyle didn’t “abandon” Stan, he tried talking to him and cheering him up multiple times and Stan continued to be depressed. Once that started to seriously affect Kyle’s mental state, he decided to let him go to avoid feeling depressed as well. Which is completely understandable.