That was not light. posted by Liquidwolf at 2:59 PM on September 19, 2008
Wow. That's, like, the opposite of Flash Friday. I need a drink. posted by Skot at 3:02 PM on September 19, 2008
I give up....my complacency, I mean! (Is it too late to talk the bear down? It is, isn't it? Did the anthropomorphic chimp leave a note? I mean, he tied a noose he could scribble a few last words.) posted by longsleeves at 3:03 PM on September 19, 2008
Also, is this when someone with no idea about climatology or someone with a clear understanding of only one party of non-systemic climatology tells us that global warming isn't real?
In case this bummed you out, just remember that NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THE VIDEO. posted by iamkimiam at 3:33 PM on September 19, 2008
Yay! Friday evening after a week full of crap news! Open a beer, pull up Metafilter, see some cool shit, read some funny comments, read some insightful comments and
I was just about to get a glass of water because I'm currently on antibiotics and it's time for the next pill... I think I'll flush this one down with a glass of whisky instead.
Those sad eyes will be haunting me for days... posted by Hairy Lobster at 4:10 PM on September 19, 2008
Wow. It's like somebody decided to make a commercial from the perspective wingnut conservatives imagine is the default mode of thinking for liberals.
On the other hand, that animal suicide link is pretty interesting... posted by namespan at 4:16 PM on September 19, 2008
Man, the days of partying like it's 1999 seem so long ago... posted by any major dude at 4:21 PM on September 19, 2008
That was a bit too heavy.... posted by AzzaMcKazza at 4:40 PM on September 19, 2008
Ok, NOW everyone needs a hug. posted by Pronoiac at 4:53 PM on September 19, 2008
GOOD JOB PUTTING A HARSH ON THE WEEKEND MAN posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:55 PM on September 19, 2008
That roo would probably starve to death before it was hit by a train- given the service cutbacks to regional rail in his country-
BAM- take that VLine posted by mattoxic at 5:11 PM on September 19, 2008
NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THE VIDEO
Except, you know, the ones we ate. posted by joaquim at 5:36 PM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]
Holy-Fucking-Shit, that was brilliant. posted by JeffK at 5:48 PM on September 19, 2008
Hokay. Now I'm convinced. Where do I get me a ribbon maganet? posted by hal9k at 5:49 PM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]
Okay, here's what we do. We get a bunch of those monkeys and equip them with big paper fans. We get some saddles for the kangaroos. We put the monkeys on the kangaroos and send them all north to fan the polar bears. Problem solved! posted by jamstigator at 6:00 PM on September 19, 2008
and ummm ... don't vote for McCain, or Steven Harper if you're Canadian. posted by philip-random at 6:31 PM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]
I don't LIKE crying on Friday night! Shoo! posted by Stewriffic at 6:32 PM on September 19, 2008
Dammit. I can't even go to the old standby cheerer-upper Baby Animals cube book, because it makes me CRY EVEN MORE.
(I compost. I eat locally. I only flush when necessary. I don't take baths anymore. I recycle. I re-use. I sweat in the summer and freeze in the winter. I drive a Civic. I'm already doing a LOT! I don't deserve this!)
Seriously, does anyone have an antidote link? posted by Stewriffic at 6:38 PM on September 19, 2008
Seriously, does anyone have an antidote link?
possible antidote (non-animal video).
It's just god huggin' us tighter. posted by delmoi at 7:14 PM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]
It's like somebody decided to make a commercial from the perspective wingnut conservatives imagine is the default mode of thinking for liberals.
Yup. Terrible, ass-backward messaging. That profound feeling of exhausted paralysis that washes over you just after the organization's logo appears (unless you found the thing so over-the-top maudlin it cracked you up)? But yeah, that overwhelming desire to do nothing at all - or really that there's nothing to be done? Does it not occur to anyone in the fucking pitch meeting to say, hey, if we're trying to make people not give up, shouldn't we predicate our message on a positive development? Or at least offer the thinnest shred of optimism to cling to?
So anyway that right there is a 30-second synopsis of how the environmental movement lost the public's attention on climate change. posted by gompa at 7:14 PM on September 19, 2008 [2 favorites]
i would quit, if it weren't for the animals. posted by odasaku at 7:46 PM on September 19, 2008
Filmed in Depress-O-Vision posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 8:32 PM on September 19, 2008
The chimp would have curled right out of that half-assed noose. Pft. posted by Pecinpah at 8:34 PM on September 19, 2008
'Softpedia' indeed.
And I'm totally going to make 3 girls I know cry with one email now. posted by OrangeDrink at 8:44 PM on September 19, 2008
I use this as my general purpose calm-me-downer... posted by lupus_yonderboy at 9:03 PM on September 19, 2008
It was even money on the polar bear and kangaroo, but I knew that monkey was going to top himself before the end of the commercial. Holy fuck that was one depressed chimp. posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:48 PM on September 19, 2008
Jesus, homunculus, that just makes me think humas are even bigger dicks to animals. posted by piratebowling at 10:38 PM on September 19, 2008
Holy fuck that was one depressed chimp
I was waiting for that one tear to trail down the chimp's cheek the whole time.
posted by longsleeves at 2:53 PM on September 19, 2008