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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."
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.
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
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
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.
...if these sea kittens are tasty, then kittens must be tasty too.
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...
I think by "sane people" the OP meant "people who would use attractive naked people to make their point".
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?
'Don't worry' said the trees when they saw the axe coming, 'The handle is one of us.'