Bizzare "How to cut carbon emissions" ad

[cowcommander]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qff2xJgDuOY

British humor is...uh...yeah...

[jobycom]

1. See what Monty Python did to those people?

:rofl:

Bizarre. I want one of those buttons for driving in traffic. I do not want anyone around me to have one, though.

[Poll_Blind]

2. This is not funny, it's offensive. But it's designed to be offensive.

This is not "British humor". The level of realistic-looking gore, even for what some say is a comedic effect, is beyond the acceptable level for anything on U.S. televisions and far beyond the pale for European TV.

It is designed to be apalling, grotesque and shocking. But most of all, it is designed with these elements so that A) People will talk about what 10:10 is and B) So that people will not forget it easily.

In a situation where the Western world needs (and "need" I think is a tame word, here) to dramatically reduce the amount of energy consumption, shocking adverts like this are a rude (but some might argue necessary) reminder that we are piggies who have been at the trough too long.

PB

[Dogmudgeon]

3. Sarcasm is so totally cool ...

... until someone puts an eye out. Or shoots their entire social movement in the ass.

--d!

[melm00se]

4. this ad

while offensive to some is just a gorier version of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zekiZYSVdeQ

which is quintessential British humor