Beyond Cruel...

[Low_Roads]

It's not that offensive, anyway. At worst, it's a "modest proposal" statement, mocking fad breeding programs by exaggerating them to an absurd degree. Gotta be careful about advocating the banning of questionable sites... it's a practice that could easily be used against us here.

 

[Budweiserbob!]

Although I don't agree with the content of this site, I have to agree with nessie and LBH on this. I didn't really find the site that offensive. It was just at, in that point in time, I was thinking of the welfare of my neice. 🙂

 

[Kalamos]

It was just at, in that point in time, I was thinking of the welfare of my neice. 🙂

So, they *are* experimenting on bonsai babies, after all...

 

[Budweiserbob!]

*gives kal an evil glare...a VERY evil glare*

😛

 

[Kalamos]

*gives kal an evil glare...a VERY evil glare*
😛

Oops, sorry.
Did I give an unexpected plot twist away?

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😀 😀 😀

 

[jts963]

I had to quickly shut off the monitor when I saw that. I had my 4 year old neice in the room at the time and she adores kittens (and by adore I mean...worships! She probably thinks they are GODS!). Joke or no joke that could have scarred her for a long time.

I wish people never come up with these jokes! >_<

EDIT: Also, in my opinion, it doesn't matter that this site is a joke. The fact is there is someone out there sick enough even to THINK of stuffing a kitten in a jar.

But that's just my personal opinion.

It's a good thing you never saw the old National Lampoon magazine. It had a lot of stuff like this ... but of course you knew it was all a joke just by being in National Lampoon.

Actually their funniest animal-cruelty joke is an all-time classic. They had a cover with a dog on it and a hand holding a pistol pointed at the dog's head. The cover title was "BUY THIS ISSUE OR THE DOG DIES!" :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Then, a few issues later, they had the dog lying under a red-stained blanket with nothing but its tail sticking out, and the "editorial" was lambasting the readers for being cruel, heartless, cheap bastards who let that poor dog die because not enough issues were sold. Absolutely side-splitting stuff, especially when you looked beyond the obvious joke to the priceless depiction of the sociopathic mindset's need to "justify" any abominable act.

 

[flightless_me]

found something that is for sure real and way beyond cruel but sadly a part of life
www.peta.com
www.peta.org (check photos on that one if you can stomach the mess) its sad that this happens and i think america should step in to make living conditions for these animals at least a smigde better. swear if i were president thats what i would do as a project because these animals poor living conditions create diseases that go into our food and our animals food...however im still eating my meat so NAH

 

[No Name Yet]

I'm amazed at how gullable some people can be!

This is quite obviously a joke, but a lot of my american friends simply don't seem to 'get' this type of humour.

But British people can be the same. I remember when a friend of mine at university sent me a petition to sign. It said that the Brazilian government was going to cut down much more of the Amazonian rain forest and our help was needed to stop this. The email had all of the hallmarks of chain mail (wanted you to pass it on to all your friends) and I had never even heard of the supposed environmental do-gooders.
On the whole it seemed like a good petition to sign though, and many hundreds of people had. But it only took two minutes using google to realise that this was one of the classical pieces of chain mail that had resurfaced again after 5 years!

You should have heard my friend tell me about this 'terrible situation, which we must stop'.

Don't be gullable people!

 

[No Name Yet]

On a cultural note, why is it mainly Americans who are so gullable when it comes to things like this. I'm sure its not because you are stupid, but why is it? For those who were duped, what was it about this funny website that got you (whether you be american or not)

 

[Kalamos]

I had to quickly shut off the monitor when I saw that. I had my 4 year old neice in the room at the time and she adores kittens.
Joke or no joke that could have scarred her for a long time.

It just dawned on me: were you surfing the Theater while your 4 yo niece was in your same room...?

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EDIT:

Ah, by the way...

On a cultural note, why is it mainly Americans who are so gullable when it comes to things like this.

-> http://www.hyperdic.net/dic/gullible.htm

If you really have to talk them down, consider doing it properly.

😉

 

[Betchass1]

On a cultural note, why is it mainly Americans who are so gullable when it comes to things like this. I'm sure its not because you are stupid, but why is it? For those who were duped, what was it about this funny website that got you (whether you be american or not)

Hollywood and TV. Very little to be found in either that approximates the way people really talk and act. Americans watch a lot of both- actually more women than men, but both watch a lot- and it really does influence what we do and don't trust.

 

[No Name Yet]

Hollywood and TV. Very little to be found in either that approximates the way people really talk and act. Americans watch a lot of both- actually more women than men, but both watch a lot- and it really does influence what we do and don't trust.

I have noticed that a lot of American film and TV bears little or no resemblance to reality. When I was out in America I found a lot of the TV dramas and soap operas quite incredibly unbelievable. But American TV and films are exported all over the world and other countries have their own unbelievable rubbish on TV. Might there be another reason?

From speaking with american friends, I get the impression that they are generally very trusting and willing to take what people say as true, no matter how ridiculous it may seem. Maybe Americans have an attitude where they think and expect anything to be possible, and heck, why wouldn't this bonsaikitty thing be true??

From what I've noticed, when I make a joke with certain Americans I have to clearly signpost it. This may reflect my perverse sense of humour or it might have something to do with them not getting irony or jokes delivered in a pseudo-serious manner.

But then I KNOW americans who aren't like this? Could there be a geographical distinction. I've found that Americans in the middle of the country are worse than others (and that women are worse still)

Oh I don't know.

 

[MistressValerie1]

Speaking as a former teacher, I believe that American public schools generally do a poor job of teaching research skills, logic, and critical thinking. Many students graduate from high school without having learned anything that would be useful in real life. Public schools exist mainly to teach obedience and rudimentary academic skills and don't even do that very well. The problem is compounded when naive, ill-informed citizens get their "news" and information about the world from network television and other mass media that blur the line between information and entertainment. I have known college graduates who consider supermarket tabloids a reliable source of news and who think that "reality show" contestants are typical, average people.

A love of learning and a healthy sense of skepticism would help people make better decisions, but I think that many political leaders prefer a more naive general populace which is easier to "govern." Because independent thinkers threaten the conformity and passivity which our society seems to value, it's unlikely that our lukewarm public education system will change any time soon.

 

[nessonite1]

A love of learning and a healthy sense of skepticism would help people make better decisions

And it would keep them from making threads like this XD

 

[MistressValerie1]

And it would keep them from making threads like this XD

LMAO! 😀