Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It stirs fear into law enforcement everywhere, this group of miscreants consisting of mainly an anthropomorphized versions of an order of fries, a shake, and a..err…meat thingee.
Makes you wonder about Boston: is the divide between the “hipsters” and the “squares” that wide? Should I worry about making pop culture references around the people in charge there, for fear of being marked a threat to society? The panic shown by Boston law enforcement over these meager animated billboards has me scratching my head in a definitive “Huh? – Wha-?”
You’d think that someone somewhere would’ve been aware enough to recognize this advertising gimmick from a mile away, but the disturbing thing is that (like the mercury scare a few weeks back) it shows not only how ill equipped those we pay to protect us are, but how out of touch they seem to be from what’s going on around them. It also has one wondering: can the law enforcement really tell the difference between glowing electronic diodes and real WMD (my guess is, no- not really).
Wasn’t at least one person the police force who didn’t stay up late at night to watch Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network? What about the recent trailers that have been cropping up on the Internet?
I don’t know what we should be more worried about- the fact that the responders took a forever to react, or how out of touch many seem to be with culture that is occurring right under they’re noses. Maybe they should get a clue. Or better yet, swallow their pride, and ask someone at the risk of looking dumber than they already look.
“A child of five could understand this. Quick, fetch me a child of five.”
It’s a cartoon about fast food products. It’s not a plot to disrupt the city and spread fear and panic. I hope someone learned a valuable lesson from this.
