>> ^spoco2:
Are mascots like these what happen when they want desperately to offend no-one?
"Nope, can't have that, looks a little Caucasian"
"Nope, can't have that, looks like a bear, people are afraid of bears"
"Nope, can't have that, looks like someone from the far north of Queensland, Australia"
I mean, they've just got rid of anything that could be identified as anything and ended up with two amorphous lumps.
Well fucking done.


On the plus side they're not as bad as the London 2012 Olympics logo that most people agree looks like Lisa Simpson giving a blowjob...

Are mascots like these what happen when they want desperately to offend no-one?

"Nope, can't have that, looks a little Caucasian"
"Nope, can't have that, looks like a bear, people are afraid of bears"
"Nope, can't have that, looks like someone from the far north of Queensland, Australia"

I mean, they've just got rid of anything that could be identified as anything and ended up with two amorphous lumps.

Well fucking done.

Is it just me or are these mascots just meh? The best ones are still from the Vancouver winter Olympics.

>> ^quantumushroom:
Was I the only one expecting them to f__k?


Not in front of the kids, surely?!

*promote since these bizarre mascots are going to be appearing more often in the next couple of months

Awww. I have to *promote this as I live near this zoo and recently went. Giraffe's are their mascot too so this is great. Can't believe how nonchalant they all are, especially the mother with a 40lb baby hanging out of her, then when it drops to the floor they all skit off, weirdos!

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

>> ^Porksandwich:
>> ^FlowersInHisHair:
Absolutely. And the rest of the world has the right to tell One Million Moms to fuck off.
>> ^Porksandwich:
I think it's wrong to tell them to fire her because she's gay. But....... I think you should be allowed to express your dissatisfaction when a company you have dealings with does business with someone you don't like/approve of/whatever.

Yeah, but the Bill O'Reilly stance on this just comes off a little strange, like no one in the world has ever disapproved of a business spokesman, sports team mascot, etc, based on looks, lifestyle, religion, etc.
The stance seems to be at Fletch says it, phony for the appearance of "fairness".
Oh, yes, 100% agreed. Sorry, I wasn't arguing against you really.


I was half suspecting he was after the "gay" money/support, since there are many well-to-do gay people who support people who are for their rights. But I feel more confident of that now that others are pointing out that it seems out of character for him.

>> ^Porksandwich:

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:
Absolutely. And the rest of the world has the right to tell One Million Moms to fuck off.
>> ^Porksandwich:
I think it's wrong to tell them to fire her because she's gay. But....... I think you should be allowed to express your dissatisfaction when a company you have dealings with does business with someone you don't like/approve of/whatever.

Yeah, but the Bill O'Reilly stance on this just comes off a little strange, like no one in the world has ever disapproved of a business spokesman, sports team mascot, etc, based on looks, lifestyle, religion, etc.
The stance seems to be at Fletch says it, phony for the appearance of "fairness".
Oh, yes, 100% agreed. Sorry, I wasn't arguing against you really.

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

Absolutely. And the rest of the world has the right to tell One Million Moms to fuck off.
>> ^Porksandwich:
I think it's wrong to tell them to fire her because she's gay. But....... I think you should be allowed to express your dissatisfaction when a company you have dealings with does business with someone you don't like/approve of/whatever.


Yeah, but the Bill O'Reilly stance on this just comes off a little strange, like no one in the world has ever disapproved of a business spokesman, sports team mascot, etc, based on looks, lifestyle, religion, etc.

The stance seems to be at Fletch says it, phony for the appearance of "fairness".

"R2D2-like robot"? seriously? who wrote this? maybe the guy who filmed it? because someone in the clip also calls it R2D2. It's the Android mascot! How can you not know that if you're geeky enough to attend a Android phone launch event?

Seriously though, last time I was there we used his bigass face on a giant bilboard in Tokyo as a way of finding our way back to our hotel. He's the mascot of one of their biggest coffee brands (Boss Coffee, by Suntory.)

TLJ is to Suntory what Clooney is to Nestlé.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^hpqp:
He's big in Japan...

<groan>

>> ^Shepppard:

>> ^rottenseed:
"like a boss"? "not a single fuck was given"? Come on, those trickle-down net colloquialisms don't even apply.

You look at the security guards face at 0:54, and you tell me if he gives a fuck.
no, no sir, he does not.

Well it's obviously "Giving a fuck - like a boss". Because Yes he is doing what he's doing like a boss. But no, he is indeed giving at least one fuck otherwise he would just stand there and let the banana have his fuck all the way - like a banana.

not what happenstance >> ^vaire2ube:

did he fried

>> ^rottenseed:

"like a boss"? "not a single fuck was given"? Come on, those trickle-down net colloquialisms don't even apply.


You look at the security guards face at 0:54, and you tell me if he gives a fuck.

no, no sir, he does not.

Never said it wasn't an act...I just said that there was no reason to assume this was for the "tourists". Maybe "tourists" wasn't meant in a negative way but I don't know of too many major league baseball times that skew entertainment towards "tourists"....it's usually for the fans. The fact that it may or may not have been an act makes very little difference in the entertainment value.
>> ^csnel3:

FFS, This is clearly an act. There ARE other videos of this same act, It takes less clicks of the mouse to find them then it did to type a rebuke of the idea that this is staged entertainment (and it was entertaining). The only thing "dead inside" here is some peoples ability to see the obvious.