And don't forget those dangerous Mario question boxes! Those are worst of all.

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WOW... all I can say is WOW......

1) they really ARE out of touch..... it's not like ATHF is really that underground anymore

2) Did the 2 guys who put those up REALLY deserve to be put in jail?... I mean they are probably some ad agencey interns......

3) Watch out, there is a bomb behind you! (I can see it sneaking up on you!)

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You Bostonians are just afraid of the Mooninites' vertical leap. It is beyond all recognition. They are also excellent spellers.

I find the entire thing really stupid. But the target audience for the movie will eat it up and love it. The city officials of Boston are not the target audience.

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القمر عظيمة
This writing was found by the objects. XD

*if you don't want to do the translating, it says "the moon is great". XD

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Good grief. I only heard the story on the radio - the idea of 'boxes with flashing lights on' being mistaken for bombs sounded quite reasonable. I was expecting something a bit more sinister.

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Light Bright terrorists.

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What next? Slinky bombs? Can we make anthrax using Snoopy Sno Cone Machines? Map out strategy on Chutes and Ladders?

NOTHING IS SAFE PEOPLE. STAY IN YOUR HOMES AND LEAVE THE TV ON AT ALL TIMES JUST IN CASE.

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What.

The.

Fuck.

You know, I saw [adult swim]'s on-air apology last night and was trying to figure out what the hell they were talking about. Now I realize that it's just business as usual for an over-frightened and ignorant public--not that I really expect everyone to know about ATHF, but come on.

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Um.

They face prison time?

Are you fucking kidding me?

That is the very definition of a frivolous lawsuit. OH WAIT IT'S CRIMINAL NOT CIVIL SO IT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS I'M SURE MY BAD

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Boston's only jealous because they don't have the power to see in 5 dimensions. It sounds like a personal problem.

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The worst part is that Peter Berdovsky, a local multimedia artist is going to be the one Boston lays the blame upon for yesterday's shitstorm. He hired by a private ad firm who was, in turn, hired by Turner, and just went about trying to make his little LED Mooninites as cool as he could. His website's taken down now, but it had a lot of neat projects and shows him making them step-by-step in addition to photos of each installation. Hardly the work of a master terrorist, eh?

It will be interesting to see [adult swim]'s final reaction (apart from the legally-mandated apology yesterday). If they let Peter hang and don't distinguish themselves from the Turner conglomerate, they stand to lose a ton of the "outsider cred" they seem to have.

The only upside is that Fox News temporarily became more entertaining:

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This is hells of depressing. These kids didn't do anything wrong, Boston fucked up and freaked out.

As far as fox goes, this one might be better:

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Even if they were bombs, they would only explode in two dimensions.

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probably real slowly, too.

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Remember when the United States used to be tough?

I don't mean going out and doing the whole war thing, I mean dealing with shit at home. Terrorists don't need to go all suicide bomber if they want to disrupt travel and shipping, they just need to get a full bottle of regular shampoo on a plane now. Want to shut down a major American city? Plant a couple freaking Light Brights with a cartoon character on it.

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alternatively you could accidentally crash a plane into any building in new york and revive that good ol 9/11 spirit again.

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Watch out! Next time they'll use the foreigner belt!

I love the quote from the one dink who called in the threat. "It had wires and batteries sticking out of it. It was very sinister."

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I submit that, as part of the War on Terror, every schoolchild in America should have to take a basic class on electronics.

So that Americans don't freakin' close down cities every time we see "wires and batteries sticking out of" somethin'.

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idiots idiots IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS
That's all I have to-
IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS
Sorry, having trouble controlling my-
IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS
I don't even recognize those things (not a fan of adult swim) and I can tell they're advertising. The worst I can think of would be 'advertising without a permit' or something-
IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS
'Ceci n'est pas une pipe bomb'.

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But I'm doing it as hard as I can!

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ROFLMAO!

Thank you for that.

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Of course, now the world is going to think that anyone living remotely close to Boston is a fucking idiot.
Most of us are. But there are some smart people left!

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There are about 190 other countries in the world, most of which will give you more for your dollar!

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Man, I disagree! Everyone is annoyed because the general public/government officials didn't recognize these characters.

Not everyone is in the 18-25 demographic. Aqua Teen is super popular among college/internet crowds, but who else watches it? Of course it looks harmless to us. we've seen it before.

I think the thing that threw those people off is the battery compartment strapped to the bottom. It doesn't just look like a Lite Brite - there's a device in there! I can definitely see a situation where I'd feel a little uncomfortable seeing that kind of thing. A terrorist threat seems extreme, but that's in hindsight, honestly.

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The problem isn't with the potential danger, it's how the news handled it. Of course it was a stupid marketing campaign, but how much attention was given to it without background research really is fear-mongering.

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Knock knock.
Who's there?
A Lite Brite
You're under arrest for answering the door. You should be afraid of the Terrars.

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I really, really like (?) how Boston was the only city that freaked out. Atlanta, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, they didn't wig.

Two to three weeks! The campaign had been in place for two to three weeks! Ain't no terrorist that patient (or miniaturized).

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Unless... just maybe...

Is this part of the campaign? Did someone get bored of no reaction over the last two-three weeks? Did a phone call go out from Turner Broadcasting?

Is this a set-up?

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I do not know if I can continue to think that hard about things like this. It is time to kill some people, maybe.

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Everyone who doesn't live in Boston is just jealous that THEY can't say they got invaded by Mooninites yesterday. My life is better for having heard the hosts of NPR's "All Things Considered" try to describe Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

k8

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I think most of you are being a bit, for lack of a better word, rude. First off, this is not a post 9-11 thing. Most of the country panicked in 1938 after War of the Worlds. Fear is much easier to criticize in hindsight, and the people that called in the threats must feel a little embarrassed now. At the time though, they were scared, and it's better to be safe than sorry. Then to complain about people not following popular culture? Aqua Teen Hunger Force is not terribly funny for anyone with a clear state of mind, and its time and channel do not reach out to the people most worried about terrorist threats. It's a bit ballsy to criticize people that jump to conclusions when you do the same to them.

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I didn't mean that everybody should know what ATHF is (I'm not even a fan). I'm just saying that people must by now be familiar with guerilla marketing and it is obviously a cartoon character of some sort.

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OH MY GOD IT'S A MOONINITE GET IN THE CAR!!!!

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That little "Never Forget" picture has been wallpaper'd. If only this were the only form of terrorism going on in the world :-)

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