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...And makes him look pretty damn badass at the same time with that pic.

Tanooki suit, motherfuckers.

The PETA game is fun

Well one good thing came out of this. Now I know what a tanooki is.

To be fair, negative publicity is also publicity.. read the last few paragraphs and it'll make sense.
Also, these days doing something incredible doesn't get that much attention anymore. Doing something incredibly stupid however wins Internet Fame.

And the Mario pic is indeed badass

Hey.... all i can say is that it's clearly not a REAL Tanooki suit because he's not killing guys with his GIANT BALLS.

Have to admit, if Mario showed up for Smash Brothers dressed like in the PETA pic, he'd win by default.

Wow. That is a bit of a stretch by PETA.

How unlike them

Heh. I can understand where they are coming from (I don't agree with it) but it is interesting to see that PETA doesn't really understand (or I assume they don't understand) how the whole world runs. It is all about money and lifestyle.

Every single product contribute some environmental issue. It might be small or large. the metal cages they use (mining and environmental damages like strip mining) the clothing/shoes they wear (most come from oil base product. Even cotton since you need machinery which RUNS on oil base products to gather the materials. It is unavoidable. It would be nice to have an animal cruelty free world, but I wonder how many of them are willing to trade places with such animals when it comes down to it.

Would you sacrifice your own life to prevent an animal from being killed? It is one thing to say it, but it is another to actually do it.

why dont they care about the frog suit.... frogs are living creatures too peta!

Or the myriad of critters (notably koopas) that Mario jumps on as a matter of course!

I don't care what you bitches say, I look fly in my Goomba Skin boots.

All those turtles that Mario use as projectiles.

I keep thinking they have a beef with Mario Williams from the Houston Texans... That would be a dangerous campaign...

Playing this game totally makes me want to go out, kill something and get its skin/fur to wear as a whole body suit. TOTALLY.

MaryMarvel said:

Playing this game totally makes me want to go out, kill something and get its skin/fur to wear as a whole body suit. TOTALLY.

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I dunno. Every time I play Mario, I have a sudden urge to get some turtle soup!

MaryMarvel said:

Playing this game totally makes me want to go out, kill something and get its skin/fur to wear as a whole body suit. TOTALLY.

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Cruella de Vil cosplay?

Buffalo Bill cosplay

Saw this today.

As I recall, Mario's only ever gone near cake, mushrooms, maple syrup and turnips.

Totally a vegetarian.

"No creatures were harmed in the making or playing of this Mario game." - Lawyers

Ugh. Fuck PETA. When people complain about far lefties, this is who they are talking about.

I think PETA knows perfectly well how over the top their stuff is. They're not idiots. A good friend of mine calls it "pulling back the pendulum". If you want to center a pendulum, you have to pull it pretty far the other way first.

fade said:

I think PETA knows perfectly well how over the top their stuff is. They're not idiots. A good friend of mine calls it "pulling back the pendulum". If you want to center a pendulum, you have to pull it pretty far the other way first.

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This is the same vein of thinking as "any press is good press". At some point, the pendulum is pulled back so far, nobody on the other side can even see it anymore.

makare said:

why dont they care about the frog suit.... frogs are living creatures too peta!

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And if I recall frogs and other amphibian populations have been declining in recent years too. So, you'd think anyway, it would make them great poster boys for PETA.

I imagine a furry little racoon dog plucks the heartstrings, and hit counters, a bit easier than a slimy swamp dweller though, at least where the general population is concerned.

And really, all they are going for is attention, as always. Mario has been wearing the tanooki suit since 1988 without them commenting on the thing at all. But now, with the release of super mario 3d land, he's back in the headlines in the suit and on everyone's mind, which peta are clearly using by association. When I search the games title in google, they come up first in result 8.

Gusto said:

As I recall, Mario's only ever gone near cake, mushrooms, maple syrup and turnips.

Totally a vegetarian.

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Huh, you might be right. He eats eggs and honey in Super Paper Mario, but the "steak" there is shroom steak.

Then again, mushrooms are sentient in the Mushroom Kingdom.

figmentPez said:

Huh, you might be right. He eats eggs and honey in Super Paper Mario, but the "steak" there is shroom steak.

Then again, mushrooms are sentient in the Mushroom Kingdom.

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Hell, so is cake.

Yes, Mario. Blow those candles, but do it slow.

PETA continues to make my head hurt. Who else remembers when they attacked Cooking Mama during Thanksgiving??

heatherling said:

PETA continues to make my head hurt. Who else remembers when they attacked Cooking Mama during Thanksgiving??

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