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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe results of yesterday's Oatmeal animated SOPA/PIPA gif
I'd like to think that it was me, Pokerfan, linking it here, on DU, that started the snowball that eventually hopefully killed a bill, but who knows...
Yesterday I blacked out my website and posted an animated GIF that explains what SOPA is and why it's bad. I've found the best way to get anyone to listen to me is to keep my messages insanely concise and saturate them with poop jokes and farm animals. My expectation was that I'd get some laughs from my readers and maybe get featured on a few oddball humor sites.
Instead, the animated GIF received coverage from CNN, Sports Illustrated, Mashable, Business Insider, MSNBC, and a bumload of other mainstream news sources. It was also trending worldwide on Twitter and according to Tweetmeme it was one of the most tweeted links on earth yesterday.
Why am I telling you this? Because I'm fairly certain getting koala lovemaking on CNN is the highlight of my career and I wanted to share the moment with you.
Why else am I telling you this? Because of the combined efforts of some of the internet's biggest players as well as countless awesome underdogs, you could tentatively say that the protests were a success. 18 senators backed off from the bill, 4.5 million people signed a petition, and anyone who used the internet yesterday for more than five seconds is now well aware of what SOPA is and how to stop it.
And as a comic artist, yesterday was one of the most exciting days of my career. I got to put Oprah on a jet ski and make a small difference in the world. I'm so excited about all this I might just go shampoo my toe hair.
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/sopa_results
Instead, the animated GIF received coverage from CNN, Sports Illustrated, Mashable, Business Insider, MSNBC, and a bumload of other mainstream news sources. It was also trending worldwide on Twitter and according to Tweetmeme it was one of the most tweeted links on earth yesterday.
Why am I telling you this? Because I'm fairly certain getting koala lovemaking on CNN is the highlight of my career and I wanted to share the moment with you.
Why else am I telling you this? Because of the combined efforts of some of the internet's biggest players as well as countless awesome underdogs, you could tentatively say that the protests were a success. 18 senators backed off from the bill, 4.5 million people signed a petition, and anyone who used the internet yesterday for more than five seconds is now well aware of what SOPA is and how to stop it.
And as a comic artist, yesterday was one of the most exciting days of my career. I got to put Oprah on a jet ski and make a small difference in the world. I'm so excited about all this I might just go shampoo my toe hair.
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/sopa_results
And here's the aforementioned animated gif that changed everything:
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The results of yesterday's Oatmeal animated SOPA/PIPA gif (Original Post)
pokerfan
Jan 2012
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Kaleko
(4,986 posts)1. Wunderbar!
Love conquers even the gnarliest goats, I guess.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)2. Koala on Goat lovemaking FTW!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,620 posts)3. Thank you, my dear pokerfan!
I appreciate your bringing this gif to us!
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)4. I grew up on a farm
I grew up on a farm; I have seen animals having sex in every position imaginable; goat on chicken, chicken on goat, couple of chickens doing a goat, couple of pigs watching.
-Dwight Schrute
Koala on goat?
-Dwight Schrute
Koala on goat?