Comments on: "Total Warming"

"Total Warming"

iamkimiam — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:44:37 -0800

Global Warming.

The video was made by McCann Erickson (ad agency) for the Portuguese Association, Quercus.

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:53:50 -0800

I give up.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:55:32 -0800

Eu prever que este wendell

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:55:50 -0800

OH MY FUCKING GOD!

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:59:26 -0800

Yakety Sax overdub in 3...2...1...

By: Liquidwolf

Liquidwolf — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:59:37 -0800

That was not light.

By: Skot

Skot — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:02:04 -0800

Wow. That's, like, the opposite of Flash Friday. I need a drink.

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:03:14 -0800

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.)

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:08:00 -0800

Global warming refugee. Help a brother out?

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:11:23 -0800

hey, they left out the part where the whales went over niagara falls

By: Combustible Edison Lighthouse

Combustible Edison Lighthouse — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:11:24 -0800

Damn Kangaroo made me late for dinner.

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:12:04 -0800

By: like_neon

like_neon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:17:06 -0800

I'm running back to the Palin threads for some cheering up.

By: starman

starman — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:19:45 -0800

The polar bear needs to take a sip of Coke and give the camera a thumbs-up first.

By: Chuffy

Chuffy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:19:45 -0800

And to think I was gonna give 'em a ride in my Hummer when I got there. Too late.

By: Lacking Subtlety

Lacking Subtlety — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:21:30 -0800

... yikes

By: Lacking Subtlety

Lacking Subtlety — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:24:32 -0800

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? ... cause... you know.. it is

By: joelf

joelf — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:28:50 -0800

MORE!!!

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:33:48 -0800

In case this bummed you out, just remember that NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THE VIDEO.

By: Lacking Subtlety

Lacking Subtlety — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:34:06 -0800

But let's ask the more important question, do animals commit suicide?... sometimes.

By: dawson

dawson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:40:01 -0800

I need a third gin and tonic for sure.

By: An Infinity Of Monkeys

An Infinity Of Monkeys — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:47:31 -0800

We do not, as a rule, hang ourselves. We drink ourselves to death.

By: Lizc

Lizc — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:52:29 -0800

holy crap sad. adding myself to the party who needs drinking :(

By: qvantamon

qvantamon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:56:36 -0800

When lemmings kill themselves it's not news. A monkey, a polar bear and a kangaroo kill themselves and then it's a big deal. Specists.

By: MarvinTheCat

MarvinTheCat — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:03:35 -0800

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 Oh. Oh dear.

By: Hairy Lobster

Hairy Lobster — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:10:16 -0800

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...

By: namespan

namespan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:16:10 -0800

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...

By: any major dude

any major dude — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:21:25 -0800

Man, the days of partying like it's 1999 seem so long ago...

By: AzzaMcKazza

AzzaMcKazza — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:40:24 -0800

That was a bit too heavy....

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:53:40 -0800

Ok, NOW everyone needs a hug.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:55:50 -0800

GOOD JOB PUTTING A HARSH ON THE WEEKEND MAN

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:11:38 -0800

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

By: JaredSeth

JaredSeth — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:18:53 -0800

Jesus, that was heavy handed.

By: joaquim

joaquim — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:36:08 -0800

NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THE VIDEO Except, you know, the ones we ate.

By: JeffK

JeffK — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:48:50 -0800

Holy-Fucking-Shit, that was brilliant.

By: hal9k

hal9k — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:49:29 -0800

Hokay. Now I'm convinced. Where do I get me a ribbon maganet?

By: jamstigator

jamstigator — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:00:38 -0800

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!

By: bettafish

bettafish — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:06:44 -0800

Am I a terrible person for laughing?

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:13:13 -0800

is this video available anywhere else? It plays for 2 seconds and quits.

By: troubles

troubles — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:17:36 -0800

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will fall frozen dead from a bough, without ever having felt sorry for itself. - D.H. Lawrence

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:21:27 -0800

"Why can't we get inflatable rafts for the polar bears???" We get emails like that at my work (an environmental non-profit). Often enough that it's almost a meme at work. That and "OMG TEH CHEMTRAILZ!!!!!+11!"

By: philip-random

philip-random — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:31:41 -0800

and ummm ... don't vote for McCain, or Steven Harper if you're Canadian.

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:32:26 -0800

I don't LIKE crying on Friday night! Shoo!

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:38:03 -0800

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?

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:56:20 -0800

Seriously, does anyone have an antidote link? possible antidote (non-animal video). Global warming refugee. Help a brother out? Sadly, the Polar Bears' Plight Doesn't Play With Bomb Squad.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:14:35 -0800

It's just god huggin' us tighter.

By: gompa

gompa — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:14:58 -0800

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.

By: philip-random

philip-random — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:21:36 -0800

Seriously, does anyone have an antidote link? This might get your mind off it.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:33:47 -0800

Seriously, does anyone have an antidote link? Mais oui!

By: odasaku

odasaku — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:46:07 -0800

Come to think of it..... THERE WAS NO FLASH TODAY!!! i would quit, if it weren't for the animals.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:32:01 -0800

Filmed in Depress-O-Vision

By: Pecinpah

Pecinpah — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:34:27 -0800

The chimp would have curled right out of that half-assed noose. Pft.

By: OrangeDrink

OrangeDrink — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:44:47 -0800

'Softpedia' indeed. And I'm totally going to make 3 girls I know cry with one email now.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:03:02 -0800

I use this as my general purpose calm-me-downer...

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:48:16 -0800

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.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:38:32 -0800

Jesus, homunculus, that just makes me think humas are even bigger dicks to animals.

By: IvoShandor

IvoShandor — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:35:01 -0800

Holy fuck that was one depressed chimp I was waiting for that one tear to trail down the chimp's cheek the whole time. When lemmings kill themselves it's not news. Lemmings. Don't. Commit. Suicide.

By: thrakintosh

thrakintosh — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:40:53 -0800

What a waste of pixels.

By: Laotic

Laotic — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:46:28 -0800

So the yankwads from Big Advertising got Climate Change in their filthy, manipulating paws now too? Disgusting. Nature does not give up. It copes. Face it crybabies.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:18:08 -0800

Polar Bears Against Palin

By: iamck

iamck — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:51:55 -0800

But we're still around (as evidenced by the train)!

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:10:24 -0800

But we're still around (as evidenced by the train)! WE WIN!!!!!! BOO-YAH!!!!!

By: storybored

storybored — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:38:37 -0800

That chimp scared me. But at the end he died.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:49:37 -0800

New global warming threat as scientists discover massive methane 'time bomb' under the Arctic seabed

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:46:52 -0800

About the Other Animals