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PocketFox ([info]pocketfox) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-01-18 13:31:00
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Current mood:*sporfle!*

Whole new levels of batshit...
Not wank in the traditional sense, but c'mon. It's PETA. They're wanky all by themselves, often without even trying. Their newest not-so-new campaign? Save the Sea Kittens!

That's right. Sea kittens.

What, you ask, is a sea kitten? Just look at your local fish market, and you can find all sorts of cruelly butchered sea kittens! Trout kittens and sole kittens and cod kittens and haddock kittens.

Yup. This batshit is to make us feel like horrible, horrible people for killing fish by calling them kittens, because what sort of monster would kill and eat a kitten?!

The site really speaks for itself, complete with a form letter to send to your congressperson, a "dress up your kitten" game, and that old PETA standby, the rather graphic, overblown "children's story" that turns animals into neuroscientists (I'm not kidding) and humans into murderers.

Personally, I enjoy my sea kittens battered and fried and served with British chips. Mmm, sea kittens and chips...

Edit: My bad, it's not new to some people.
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[info]brennalarose
2009-01-19 02:16 am UTC (link)
I'm not sure whether to laugh or have them over for dinner on Friday.

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[info]sisterelwood
2009-01-19 03:18 am UTC (link)
This game of creating your own 'sea kitten' brings me joy. I so just threw as much stuff as I could onto the fish and then named it 'Abomination.'

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[info]agent_hyatt
2009-01-19 03:54 am UTC (link)
I found it disappointing. Couldn't make it enough of an abomination.

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(no subject) - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-01-19 04:11 am UTC

[info]suzycat
2009-01-19 11:52 am UTC (link)
The irony of putting string and litter and OMG toxic lipstick on a fish was not lost on me.

I kept expecting something terrible to happen, like, if I put floaties on it the fish would be drawn to the surface and die.

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[info]fishies
2009-01-19 03:31 am UTC (link)
I've said it before and I'll say it again: fish are perfect just the way they are, kthanks.

PS Those bedtime stories are hilarious!

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[info]velvet_mace
2009-01-19 04:12 am UTC (link)
I thought we already went through this months ago -- or maybe that was FARK.

In any case, my icon comes directly from this wonderful campaign.

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2009-01-19 04:25 am UTC (link)
Cats, like sharks, would eat you if they got the chance.

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(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-01-19 04:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]msmanna, 2009-01-19 04:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]poisonyoulove, 2009-01-19 05:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-01-19 03:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]chibikaijuu, 2009-01-19 11:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]poisonyoulove, 2009-01-20 01:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-01-20 02:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]poisonyoulove, 2009-01-20 03:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-01-20 03:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]velvet_mace, 2009-01-19 04:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]platedlizard, 2009-01-19 06:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]catmoran, 2009-01-19 01:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]platedlizard, 2009-01-19 08:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-01-19 03:09 pm UTC

[info]the__ivorytower
2009-01-19 05:04 am UTC (link)
This isn't entirely new, but it is pretty hilarious.

...also, my currently MSN name is "Fuck yeah, Sea Kitten!"

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[info]poisonyoulove
2009-01-19 05:52 am UTC (link)
But what about all those vegetables that are slaughtered every day for food?

Won't somebody please think of the Dirt Kittens?!

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[info]napalmnacey
2009-01-19 05:59 am UTC (link)
Vegetable rights and peace!

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(no subject) - [info]pocketfox, 2009-01-19 06:08 am UTC

[info]platedlizard
2009-01-19 06:59 am UTC (link)
Funny thing is I've been reading up on Jainism, and that's one of the beliefs of some of the more fundamentalist sects, as well as the priests. In order to harvest the root vegetable you have to kill the plant, and since every living thing has a soul killing should be avoided as much as possible. Even in the groups that do eat root vegetables they generally have one day a week they abstain from them and other vegetables...

Jainism, the only religion where the more fundamentalist you are, the more non-violent you become.

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(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2009-01-19 07:15 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]poisonyoulove, 2009-01-19 09:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]platedlizard, 2009-01-19 09:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]poisonyoulove, 2009-01-19 09:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]platedlizard, 2009-01-19 09:25 am UTC

[info]brennalarose
2009-01-19 03:14 pm UTC (link)
Every year, I go to a con where the local filk group sings "Carrot Juice is Murder". I feel the need to present them all with Dirt Kitten plushies, now.

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(no subject) - [info]poisonyoulove, 2009-01-20 01:22 am UTC
Are these stories for fucking REAL?!
[info]napalmnacey
2009-01-19 05:59 am UTC (link)
1 - Snuggle Buddies.
"But conditions on the sea kitten factory farm where Tara lives are too cramped even for Tara. She looks forward to the end."

WHAT?! WHAT!? *ROFLMAO* Oh you have got to be fucking KIDDING me! Oh, my brother is going to take the piss right out of this on Youtube, man.

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Re: Are these stories for fucking REAL?! - [info]dragonfangirl, 2009-01-19 07:15 am UTC
Re: Are these stories for fucking REAL?! - [info]napalmnacey, 2009-01-19 07:49 am UTC
Re: Are these stories for fucking REAL?! - [info]fishies, 2009-01-19 08:58 pm UTC
Re: Are these stories for fucking REAL?! - redwarrior, 2009-01-25 11:03 pm UTC

[info]mcity
2009-01-19 06:33 am UTC (link)
Well, I don't eat fish in the first place, but I think I'll start.

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[info]platedlizard
2009-01-19 06:39 am UTC (link)
Okay guys, I need help. I have some frozen whole fish that I think are mackerel. I bought them at my local Asian seafood market any they have all kinds of weird things there, including frozen specimens of fish that I used to sell at a pet store. Anyways, I've simply been defrosting and gutting them (yep, they're completely whole) and sticking them in the oven on broil. I generally over cook them that way, though. So does anyone have an recipes for them? Keep in mind I have limited freezer space and I'm just cooking for myself.

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(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2009-01-19 07:44 am UTC

[info]meagenimage
2009-01-19 01:18 pm UTC (link)
I feel like even pointing and laughing is giving these guys too much attention.

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[info]spawn_of_kong
2009-01-19 04:13 pm UTC (link)
You had me right at the words "sea kittens." Even with the explanation below that, there's a part of my brain that's still thinking, "Sea kittens? Are those like what sea monkeys keep as pets or something?"

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(no subject) - [info]evilsqueakers, 2009-01-21 02:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - redwarrior, 2009-01-25 11:03 pm UTC

[info]frau_eva
2009-01-19 05:33 pm UTC (link)
This brings up a question for me: what's PETA's policy on carnivorous animals, like, you know, ACTUAL KITTENS? Not eating other living things is flat-out unhealthy for them--despite the large amount of pet-feed that's mostly corn bullshit. Do they think kittens should waste away in order to protect peaceful fish?

And what are we going to do with some of these animals once we stop needing to breed and raise them for food? Our breeds of cow have generally been bred to be waaaay too stupid to survive in any type of wild environment. Is it better for them to be mauled by wild coyotes?

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(no subject) - [info]tachikoma01, 2009-01-19 05:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]frau_eva, 2009-01-19 06:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fishies, 2009-01-19 08:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]frau_eva, 2009-01-19 09:21 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2009-01-19 10:06 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]poisonyoulove, 2009-01-20 01:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]platedlizard, 2009-01-20 01:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2009-01-20 05:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2009-01-20 02:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]spawn_of_kong, 2009-01-20 03:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - redwarrior, 2009-01-25 10:51 pm UTC

[info]tachikoma01
2009-01-19 05:36 pm UTC (link)
Real question: What does PETA do when they get mice or cockroaches in their house? Do they set humane traps, or do they just let them over-run the house? Surely exterminating them wouldn't be in line with their values.

So are they dumping cockroaches on other people, or living in really dirty houses?

I would check their page for the answers, but I don't want to give them the hits.

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(no subject) - [info]tachikoma01, 2009-01-19 05:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2009-01-19 10:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2009-01-20 05:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]frequentmouse, 2009-01-20 07:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]paladin, 2009-01-19 08:59 pm UTC

[info]serai
2009-01-19 07:02 pm UTC (link)
Reminds me it's just about time for my monthly sushi dinner. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow to celebrate.

Mmmm. RAW sea kittens!

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[info]sarahkjrsten
2009-01-21 02:13 pm UTC (link)
I remember when I found out that my favorite actress supported PETA. It made me a sad panda. Why does she have to support the crazy animal advocacy group and ignore the sane ones that actually help animals.

btw, I wish my pet fish was still alive so I could rename her Sea Kitten.

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[info]mad_hatter
2009-01-21 03:06 pm UTC (link)
I'm a vegetarian and I think that makes me more annoyed with PETA than I would be otherwise. We're not all this crazy :(

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[info]tyrotheterrible
2009-01-21 10:52 pm UTC (link)
So what's their opinion on lobsters and crabs and shrimp? You know, since they're essentially big water-going bugs? Can we eat those?

'Cause if we can't I think I might die.

nom nom lobster nom

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redwarrior
2009-01-25 10:48 pm UTC (link)
...do I have to post the lyrics to "Disgustipated" by Tool AGAIN???

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[info]bwthree
2009-01-26 12:02 am UTC (link)
As a D&D player, the phrase "sea kitten" makes me imagine the offspring of these things.

Probably not quite what PETA had in mind.

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