everybody panic! by Wil Wheaton

...Media which overreacted and labeled the viral marketing a terrorist hoax, decides that [adult swim] and Turner somehow owe people of Boston an apology, and also owe city all the costs the city incurred. There's a rather angry editorial at boston.com which really lays into Turner for perpetuating a "terrorist hoax" on an innocent city. The only problem with that is that it wasn't a fucking terrorist hoax! It was a viral marketing campaign that went awry when a bunch of people over-reacted.

So the first thing is that the fucking idiot media need to stop referring to this as a terrorist hoax, because it wasn't, okay? And all these politicians and newsdrones who are embarrassed now that it's clear they overreacted also need to stop trying so hard to make put this all at Turner's feet.

Look, I'd be pissed, too, if my whole city was effectively shut down for a day, but how exactly is [adult swim] and Turner responsible for this? Did they tell their viewers to go out and create some sort of terrorist hoax? I'm pretty sure they just told their viewers to build cool LED versions of the Mooninites (which is pretty fucking cool, if you ask me.) As far as I can tell, it was the media and law enforcement who decided to freak out and make everyone in the city of Boston think it was some sort of terrorist plot, and then a terrorist hoax.

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Gawd, Wheaton's ST:TNG character annoyed me, but the guy is pretty cool....

Here's a picture of the "Never Forget" sign: [link]

Heh. I think I need that....

Huh. I get something asking me to enter in the access code.

Weird, it didn't give me any problems. But I've set the code to 730.

Heh. I think I need that....

That's pretty freaking funny.

I like Wheaton's blogs, he's pretty funny.

Notice that not only did I spend my day at work in downtown Boston literally surrounded by ::cough:: suspicious devices without being disturbed, I had two very complicated (Somerville to Belmont to Cambridge to Boston to Cambridge to Belmont and back to Somerville) commutes without being affected.

However, if you'd tuned in to any of the local TV stations, you'd have heard that Boston was in a major state of panic.

Wrody McWrod with Wrod sauce over braised Wrods.

I'm pretty sure they just told their viewers to build cool LED versions of the Mooninites (which is pretty fucking cool, if you ask me.) As far as I can tell, it was the media and law enforcement who decided to freak out and make everyone in the city of Boston think it was some sort of terrorist plot, and then a terrorist hoax.

Err, not so much. Turner hired a company to do it - it was a corporate sponsored viral campaign, not a fan initiated one.

Though it wouldn't surprise me if you now started seeing Mooninites turning up in a lot of places.

I've set the code to 730.

That worked. Pretty! I was expecting snowball fight fun, not cars covered in the white stuff "fun"

What time was Bones on last night? I forgot to watch, but I think it conflicts with FNL, which wins because I can't get it on iTunes, and well...it's FNL.

well...it's FNL.

I suck. I was actually home to watch it last night, but I didn't wake up until 8:15. I shall watch it via the interpipe tonight, right before Supernatural. Two hours of pretty boy pain!

For me, snow falling and actually sticking to the ground rather than vaporizing instantly is fun.

Also, fond of it because the vast majority of the fucktards who are normally in my way on the roads in Arkansas opt to huddle in their bomb shelters paralyzed with fear by the DEATH SNOW FROM ABOVE!!!1! instead. It's just savvy capable divers and the occasional lunatic on the roads now, and I'm comfortable among either group.