Fail @ Life

[jhameia]

Here's the situation:

Someone on Facebook creates a group called "Kick A Ginger Day".

This group encourages everyone to kick a red-headed person on a specific day.

This was inspired by some South Park episode in which a red-headed kid is kicked by others. Fuck the context, I don't give a shit about context atm. All I need to know is the idea was generated from there. It's not altogether surprising to me; I've always seen South Park as a messed up parody show (no, not satire, the satire failz) with horrible shit happening that's apparently funny.

Result:

CHILDREN FROM CANADA TO THE UNITED KINGDOM GO TO SCHOOL AND KICK RED-HEADED SCHOOLMATES.

And this was a daylong prank.

And this is funny to them.

Just as it was funny on South Park.

And wow, what a joke on Facebook, eh.


That is fucking disgusting.

Times like this make me wish reproductive justice WAS revoked... against people who breed children like these.

Comments

I think you got your categories messed up.

[tariq-kamal.livejournal.com]

Satire isn't necessarily funny.

Parody is supposed to be.

Re: I think you got your categories messed up.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Satire is subtle and makes a point.

That's where I was going with it.

Re: I think you got your categories messed up.

[tariq-kamal.livejournal.com]

Tell that to Zapiro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapiro).

Can't find the offending cartoon that got him sued by Jacob Zuma, but no way it subtle.

[yiliang.livejournal.com]

Violence is never funny. Cartoon violence maybe but that's because it's so implausible and extremely over the top.

This, on the other hand? No. Never.

[tenchan.livejournal.com]

my kids'll probably be red headed

god save the punk wh tries to kick them

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

I would like to suggest Kick an Asshole Day.

[eiko82.livejournal.com]

*shakes head*

That's disgusting. Those poor kids.

[nova-one.livejournal.com]

I've seen "Ginger Kids," (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Kids) (the South Park episode), and in my opinion it is hilarious - but it really ends up being more about the "manipulative asshole" Cartman (who had been denouncing red heads before "turning" into one and leading a movement). It was never about picking on red heads (or everybody else), it was really about illustrating the fundamental fallacies of racism and Nazism by applying the same kind of story treatment to "Gingers."

I also think red-headed girls are quite cute. =)

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

Considering a good chunk of the South Park demographic likely overlaps with the same kids who've started using "Jew" as an insult again in the last few years, I'm gonna guess that the opint of the message just might have gone over some folks' heads. ;)

[tenchan.livejournal.com]

btw, there was a kid beat so badly during this event, he's in a coma