Police Misunderstand Internet Meme: Warn People About Pedobear
from the now-that's-creepy dept
A few folks have been sending in various versions of the fact that the San Louis Obispo police department has decided that the infamous Pedobear meme is something that people need to be warned about because "PedoBear is and should be associated with Internet pedophiles/sexually-preferential offenders who reportedly use him to communicate their interests in young children to each other."
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/I hope I'm kidding.
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Why don't you...
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Beware
For the life of me, I can't remember the company that actually has a bear logo that looks identical to pedobear.
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You know what? That bear still freaks me out.
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Do people seriously not get a freaking JOKE?
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For a piece of evidence aside from this I point to the Boston police incident involving Aqua Teen Hunger Force (which was funny, even after they ruined it and made themselves look dumb).
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it's to do with a even bigger problem, unwilling to admit fault, after it's been pointed out that they are morons.
Police and government authority figures has a long standing problem of admitting any mistaken when they are caught.
Hey, some how we teach all our kids to correct and apologize for mistakes, but when it comes to the big mans, they can do whatever they want.
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Waits for it....
PADIIIIIIING
There ya go.
So do car jackers wear jacks? if so are they car jacks, apple jacks, or those spiky jacks that used to come with a ball? This is why crime is so rampant in this country. All the police wear coats with POLICE written on them but the crooks don't wear their CRIMINAL coats. Not even the striped shirts and black masks. Except in Duckburg.
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Yeah, I remember that, too. They kept insisting on calling it a "hoax," and insisted that the two "perpetrators" knew that morons would mistake Lite Brites for bombs. It was embarrassing.
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Of course, having an inappropriate sense of humour and actually being a threat to children are very different things, so this is still pretty silly. I'm not too impressed by the comicon parents who thought it would be funny to get a shot of their kid with Pedobear though, that's for sure.
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Context can be paramount to propriety. There is a malady I like to call "brainless drone syndrome" which can be diagnosed by the repeated act of impulsively projecting context based on some completely unrelated predisposition where no context understood.
Dumb cops are dumb. Nothing to see here.
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I can recall MOST of the jokes and humor i've seen and heard around that time as being "inappropriate" in adults' eyes.
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I regret using the term "inappropriate sense of humour" - it did indeed sound pretty ornery. But I also don't find things funny just because they flirt with controversial or potentially offensive concepts - I want them to have some actual value that goes deeper. I'm not really convinced Pedobear does.
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Woosh. Right over the old noggin'. You really don't get it. I'm not saying its a brilliant meme, but its really not that hard to get, and you still ain't got it. Its not about "thinking about the sexual assault of children." You're waaaay off the mark.
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People who engage in rampant hysteria over an inflated threat of pedophilia are a caricature of a normal rational person. Pedobear is a caricature of the endlessly sinister, omnipresent pedophile threat that these people fear. That's why it's funny to put him in every situation. If fear of pedophiles weren't so completely overblown and radically pervasive in our society, pedobear wouldn't be funny.
Even that's probably much too serious of an interpretation.
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Pedobear is not making fun of pedophilia, it's poking fun at the hysteria. As for "threat to children", it's actually far more likely that a kid will get abused by a family member than a random stranger, and it's highly unlikely than an actual pedophile would mark himself out in this way.
Oh, and I watched A Serbian Film last night (because it was banned from the Frightfest festival I was at in London last month - Hah!). If you're this sensitive, do NOT watch it. Seriously.
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I am the last person to care about offensive humour. There are lots of comedians who can handle topics like child abuse and pedophilia in a manner that is hilarious - comedian Louis CK and the show The Venture Bros. spring to mind. I just don't really get any of the same sense of maturity or actual comedic value from the Pedobear meme or the /b/tards who push it around the internet.
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You're an ass. But hey, if you insist on defending Pedobear I won't try to stop you. I just can't really figure out why you would want to.
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You know, to protect the children.
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Just how dumb are the copps ...
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But to be fair Oprah to got owned once by 4chan.
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4chan punking oprah.
Oprah and the 9000 penises.
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Use the YouTube instant search with "4chan oprah" and it might find another one, no promises though, but it is a funny video.
Curiosity: the guy behind the YouTube instant developed it in 3 hours loosing the bet with his roommate that it would be done in one and got a job offer from Google.
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For those unfamiliar with Pedobear; the whole point of the meme is that it satirises paedophiles. The entire character is there to mock and condemn a condition that everyone considers despicable.
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You obviously have never been to /b/ or you know that what you just said is a load of bullshit.
/b/ lives for the lulz and nothing else. Anything to get a rise out of anyone is what /b/ does and they are good at it. raep, child raep, necroraep, 40lb box of raep is just a few of the weapons /b/ desploys in the endles war-of-the-lulz
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Gang bangers?
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Pedobear the movie.
Soon in a theater near you.
"He is just a bear"
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Pedometer
A. A psychiatric standard for measuring pedophilia severity.
B. The maximum hight of a pedophile's target.
C. The distance a probationary pedophile must stay away from children.
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1. find some image or text that, in the proper context would seem to insinuate pedophelia ie. "jesus loves the little children"
2. place a "pedobear seal of approval" image on the mildly inapropriate image/text and post to an image board.
3. view the now modified image, think to yourself "awwww, thats f***ed up!"
4. /facepalm
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new game
I just found this awesome pedobear game on google play check this out it is worth a try If you ask me
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bebasoft.pedobearthegame
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