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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/26/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    Sure, bears are delicious - but this seems like an inefficient way to fight hunger.
    -Kle.
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    Image of KryptonZero KryptonZero
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    Personally, I found the commercial hilarious. The people who make commercials like this obviously dont take into account the people who (for example) watch Nascar for the wrecks or extreme sports waiting for someone to break something. This video was pure win.
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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    "FLYING SUCKS, SO USE THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS...uhhh..."

    Come back when you have more than half an idea, guys.
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    Image of rebelminion rebelminion
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    Good lord.... that is just 10 pounds of stupid in a 5 pound bag.

    How in the world did a concept like this make it past story boarding, story pitch, first review and the endless meetings and general stuff that has to happen before something goes from a really bad idea to a full blown commerical?

    Stupid should hurt.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    I guess the swallows lost their grip...
    OR:
    This is why having Animal Planet sponsor the Punkin Chunkin competition was a baaaad idea.
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    Edited by AmishJohn at 11/25/09 12:54 PM AmishJohn was starred AmishJohn was unstarred
    Image of geofforyeide geofforyeide
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    Previously on LOST.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/25/09

    @geofforyeide: hahahahha
    awesome.
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    GRRRR PLANE STUPID! HULK SMASH!
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    Edited by 0kami at 11/25/09 11:43 AM 0kami was starred 0kami was unstarred
    Image of Akitsu Akitsu
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    I love the whole "save the cute polar bears" thing... it's so utterly absurd that you just have to laugh. In the US they show us the same clip of a mother teaching her cub to swim (which is supposed to be them being "forced" out of their habitat... as if all polar bears live on small icebergs), followed by them tagging A DRUGGED BEAR and pretending it's "too weak to move".

    These are bears people... they're very adaptable to just about everything... except a lack of food supply. That's got nothing to do with global warming... it has to do with man's constant interference with their territory. We think seals are cute for a decade and decide to "defend" them from the bears. When the bears are starving because we drive them from their territories, we suddenly find them adorable and use them as poster children for global warming. At the end of the day, it's pretty much all our fault.

    Global warming is something we should be concerned about... but we shouldn't have to trick people into caring with sensationalist ads and touchy feely propaganda. If you want to circumvent global warming, why not stop CUTTING DOWN THE RAINFOREST? ^_^
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    AmishJohn promoted this comment Akitsu was starred Akitsu was unstarred
    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    11/25/09

    @Akitsu: Not only that, but Polar Bears are actually considered to be mammals of the ocean more akin to killer whales or dolphins because they spend so much time in the water. We saw this on Blue Planet? over the summer and it surprised me as I always thought of them as land creatures. Shows how much I don't know about Polar Bears.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!

    I have no idea what this advert is trying to say?? Do polar bears keep randomly jumping from planes. Is it an invasion force of zombie polar bears? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!??

    Maybe the poster add should go like this. Much more to the point!!
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    Image of LoganAdams LoganAdams
    11/25/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): That reminds me of this:
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    Image of LoganAdams LoganAdams
    11/25/09

    @#c17106799: This is what I meant.
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    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) promoted this comment Edited by LoganAdams at 11/25/09 12:28 PM LoganAdams was starred LoganAdams was unstarred
    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/25/09

    @LoganAdams: We really are Fucked!!!!!

    #calendar
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    Huh. I guess Santa got tired of giving coal to the naughty European children.

    Or was this a deleted scene from 2012?
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    Edited by Cash907Censored at 11/25/09 10:42 AM Cash907Censored was starred Cash907Censored was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    So what, I'm supposed to wlak to europe? Or maybe we should just go back to the 16th century?

    I'm all for the environment, but this was way over the top even before the bears started bouncing off buildings leaving bloody streaks.
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    Image of Tooths Tooths
    11/25/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: They might be pushing for energy efficient planes or something. There's small debate in the airline industry whether it'd be a good/bad idea to switch over to another source of fuel.
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    Image of hamshank hamshank
    11/25/09

    @Tooths: gliders .... that's the answer. Course, we could only fly eastwards, but that would just bring back the romance of travel, don't you think?
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    Image of Atomictao Atomictao
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    And here I thought I was the only one who used 'dead bears from the sky' as a metric.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    i'm not sure the ad had the intended effect because all i'm left wondering after watching it is what polar bear meat tastes like.
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    Image of Kenro199x Kenro199x
    11/25/09

    @tetracycloide: It left me wondering if someone really hated Golden Compass that much.
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/25/09

    @tetracycloide:
    Like chicken. Furry furry chicken
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    Image of Tooths Tooths
    11/25/09

    @tetracycloide: That was my first thought but then I realized that it'd be more like mashed bone bits and hamburger after a fall like that.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/25/09

    @Tooths: it's true, bruised meat is not good eats. perhaps if we constructed some kind of giant net or trampoline...
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    Image of Tooths Tooths
    11/25/09

    @tetracycloide: With a net we'd get nice little furry meat chunks and with a trampoline we'd end up with uhm, extremely bruised meat.

    Genetically engineered superhawks is the only way to go. Not only can they retrieve them mid-air but they'll also bring 'em straight back to you.

    #calendar
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    Image of ShamelessSingingRennie ShamelessSingingRennie
    11/25/09

    @Kenro199x: I know I did. 10 years looking forward to that movie, and they shat all over it.
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    BEARS!!! They have found a new way to attack us!!
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    Edited by MargaretMoony at 11/25/09 9:39 AM MargaretMoony was starred MargaretMoony was unstarred
    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    The on the website listed at the end of the ad - planetstupid.com - I expect to find nothing but pictures of the folks that made this, as they appear to exemplify the name of their site.
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