TIL of GUERRILLA MARKETING and the GREAT MOONINITE PANIC of 2007 : or How a tiny LED sign turned a city upside down.
3 years ago by useless_modern_god to c/til
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On the morning of January 31, 2007, the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards depicting the Mooninites, characters from the Adult Swim animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), leading to a massive panic.
That was a very dark time for the country, we've definitely not recovered from it and it allowed a lot of Christian nationalism and budding-fascism to metastasize into the danger it is today.
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Dumbest bullshit ever
Correct. But yay aqua teens.
No, I'm certain there's been dumber bullshit. You underestimate our collective stupidity.
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Damn, I can't believe this was 16 years ago...
I remember how excited I was at the beginning, until they shrunk it down. I tried making sense of what was happening by standing real close to the Tv. But like most ATHF content, it was as nonsense without sound as it was with. The Neal Peart solo was pretty cool though!
I remember that. I never watched that show so I had no idea what the reference was, but if I had seen it in person, I would have just thought it was viral marketing. What's so scary about it?
I did see it and knew what it referenced. There was nothing scary at all about it, it was clearly an LED sign. I couldn't believe how massive an over reaction there was to it by the police. Terrorists tend not to put bright LEDs on their weapons as an advertisement.
People were still pretty 9/11 crazy in those days and I remember thinking the reaction was way more entertaining than even the marketing.
As a huge ATHF fan (I have a Master Shake tattoo on my ass), it just really spoke to me. Felt like an alignment in the cosmos.
I remember it happening in Boston and it WAS a big deal. Not sure why you think your anecdote is particularly relevant?
It was a big deal in the media, but I think their point was maybe that it wasn't a big deal to the locals and the city was definitely not "turned upside down"?
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And as I remember, someone asked them more or less, what type of haircuts do you think you guys will be getting in prison? And whoever was going to answer the question genuinely hesitated and looked worried.
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