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Mario's Raccoon Suit Enrages PETA
redletterdave writes "PETA believes Nintendo's iconic plumber Mario takes a 'pro fur' stance" because he 'wears the skin of a raccoon dog to give him special powers' in the new handheld game released Nov. 13. PETA illustrated its disgust with Nintendo in an online campaign called 'Mario Kills Tanooki.' The page includes a side-scrolling Super Mario-style game called 'Super Tanooki Skin 2D,' where you play an angry, skinless tanuki that must chase a bloody raccoon-pelt-wearing-Mario across a 16-bit world and try to reclaim its fur."
holy @#@%, Tanuki is a real animal? Today I learned....
But as a card-carrying member of PETF (People for the Ethical Treatment of Fungus), I'm outraged that Mario also stomps on giant, walking mushrooms.
Dressing up as an animal is bad? Are they going to be going after kids for wearing animal costumes next Halloween?
And a better question, has anyone told PETA about the furry community yet?
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PETA used to be run by sane people, but then the crazies came in and scared the sanity away.
"You're awefully cute, but unfortunately for you, you're made of meat."
This is PETA. They're not exactly known for their rational thought processes.
You must be crazy. Trying to get fish rebranded as "seakittens" so that people would stop eating them does nothing BUT scream rational thinking.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
Not to mention the number of turtles he's fucked up over the years. The man is a monster!
PETS (People for the Ethical Treatment of Statues) added that Mario is sending the message that it's ok to pretend to be a statue.
More Twoson than Cupertino
Mmm.... Tasty seakittens! I think I'm suddenly hungry!
"You're awefully cute, but unfortunately for you, you're made of meat."
And what is their opinion on Mario wearing a frog suit?
That nobody gives a rat's ass about the French...
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
you obviously haven't been eating the right mushrooms.
I'm surprised PETA has not spoken up on how Mario keeps a gorilla in a small cage. Sometimes this poorly treated gorilla escapes causing all sorts of havoc. Mario has also been known to sometimes take shrooms and abuse turtles, causing much property damage while he steals other people's money. And he acts like it's just some sort of game!
The fictional ones have balls the size of watermelons.
Huh, I always wondered why Peach put up with Mario's odd fascination with magic outfits and such...
Demanding constant attention will only lead to attention.
Thank you SO much for making me feel old, you bastard.
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I'm surprised they didn't go with the more straightforward "Mario jumps on turtles to kill them."
When you do shrooms, sometimes you feel larger than life. Herbs (flowers), PCP (star dust), Mario is doing some hardcore shit there! No wonder the goombahs and King Koopa are after his ass. They want payback. Drugs are expensive! If they can't get him, they'll at least hold peach for ransom. He's not the plumber you think he is. Neither is his brother.
Life is not for the lazy.
Hmmm ... it had the opposite effect on me. I started to look as regular kittens as a kind of veal. PETA should be wary of unintended consequences.
I really want to see the documentation for this comment so I can send the link to several of my angry vegan female friends...
After which they still won't sleep with you.
I laughed at the weak who considered themselves good because they lacked claws.
"Ask any mermaid you happen to see. What's the best tuna? Kittens of the Sea!"
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My usual response when someone is introduced to me as or says they are a vegan or vegetarian...
"I like vegetarians. They're really good with a little bar-b-cue sauce."
Cheers,
Dave
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty.
Ben
People Eating Tasty Animals. We need a way to spread this new meaning for the acronym around until people associate it with the acronym instead of what the animal rights idiots want. I wonder if it is possible to find a way to Streisand "PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals" around the world.
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...if these sea kittens are tasty, then kittens must be tasty too.
Seakittens give Morbo gas.
God help them if they play Skyrim. I swear I'm swimming in wolf pelts, fur boots, and leather bracers.
I'm waiting for the porn site to go live....
The way you ended that sentence broke my brain, you bastard!
weinersmith
You lying sack of crap. Anyone who has ever been subjected to the tyranny of a cat knows that they only have two emotions:
1) impatiently wanting something, and right this second, you filthy human scumbag.
2) "Oh, do you still exist? My mind must have wandered."
It's like having a girlfriend was when I was in highschool: an exercise in masochism.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go clean the litter box again...
You know if they just knew what PETA stood for... People Eating Tasty Animals
I think by "sane people" the OP meant "people who would use attractive naked people to make their point".
There were two good points on every poster.
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Personally the Sea Kittens campaign made me wonder what Land Kittens tasted like... Have to say, not bad dipped in chocolate.
Though it turns out it's a bad thing to serve on a first date. Never understood why - I mean women love kittens, and love chocolate so the combination of the two should be perfect, right?
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