Apple Stops Distributing Pedophile Mascot

[meegbear]

The iPhone app Dancing Cuddle Bear is no more. Apple had approved the free game, consisting of a very (very!) kid friendly plush bear dancing to 11 hip hop tracks. But now it's gone. Why daddy? Why?

It turns out the creature in question is the infamous Pedobear, an internet meme so ancient it dates past 4chan all the way back to its Japanese predecessor 2channel, before it evolved into an icon used as a symbol and tongue in cheek warning about internet pedophiles, especially on 4chan's /b/. After some coverage of the "creepy" app on The Smoking Gun, Apple has apparently pulled Dancing Cuddle Bear from the app store, making it once again safe for concerned parents and people who don't like to see women's filthy hot bare ankles.

But it's probably best not to explain any of that to your kids when they ask where the dancing bear went.

http://gawker.com/5820641/apple-stops-distributing-pedophile-mascot

[jberryhill]

1. Uh, I thought Pedo Bear was something of a friendly reminder...

I realize that the Pedo Bear meme is a little odd, but for older cynical kids it is something of a peer-level "stay aware of the creep factor online" kind of thing.



It's sarcastic and edgy, but for 12 year olds who watch stuff like Tosh.0...

[Quantess]

4. I agree, I see nothing wrong with a friendly reminder like PedoBear.

A few people are clearly overreacting.

[jberryhill]

5. Some folks don't get that some other folks joke about fears

As a way of managing them.

[Quantess]

7. Teens and pre-teens are old enough to understand the reference

while younger kids won't get it.

Just because kids are laughing about it doesn't mean they are cynical. They still are vulnerable. I'm not a parent myself, but I think it's probably more helpful than harmful.

[Puregonzo1188]

2. I have a friend who was Pedo Bear for Halloween. Had to get the costume from China on Ebay.

It was pretty funny.

[SidDithers]

3. Was funny when a Polish newspaper printed a shoop of Pedobear as an Olympic mascot...

http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/local/article/446777---pedobear-mistaken-for-olympics-mascot



Sid

[trotsky]

6. And even funnier when someone snuck it onto the pope billboard.

:rofl: