So, as you all (should) know, from one of my first posts, I hate PETA with a passion. This Thoughtful Thursday will not be a rant about that, but instead about the dumbness of the name.
PETA = People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals This is good. This makes sense. Why, then, is the acronym pronounced "PEETA"? I mean, it's dumb. Because, when I hear "PEETA" I think of bread, not this organization. Here is my thought. Would "PET-Ah" not make a lot more sense? Because, then, it's like pet, as in your furry dog or cat. Which makes total sense.
But until the sensical name catches on, we have bread.
I have never, never liked PETA (pet-ah pita). Yes, I do agree with what they stand for some of the time, but not how they go about doing it. My personal favorite of all their campaigns is "Save the Sea Kittens!" You may be asking yourself, "But what is a sea kitten?" The answer is, yes, fish. Fish = Sea Kittens. The reasoning? Most people think of fish as gross and slimy and therefore do not feel bad when they kill them to eat. You know, to get protein? Yes, I do agree with this. And yes, there is a huge over fishing problem, but really, sea kittens? I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure that by calling it a sea kitten, I don't find it any cuter? It's still a gross, smelly fish. If you really want to have a laugh, check out their campaign website:
I can't figure out if the campaign is directed at kids, or they just think that by making frightening fish and cat love-child cartoons, people will magically be like, "Oh wait, so eating a fish is equivalent to eating a cat?! I will never eat fish again."
On another PETA note, this newest campaign video (banned from being a Super Bowl commercial, bee tee dubs) adds to the ridiculousness that is the Sea Kittens. I find this very sickening. So now, instead of campaigns seemingly directed at kids, we've got made up sex statistics (could it be specifically 83% of vegetarians that have better sex?). Talk about selling your soul to the devil. And, of course, they're mad that they got censored by NBC. Really now? What were they expecting? For NBC to be really excited to put that on during one of the most watched however many hours the Super Bowl is of television? To be honest, I'm surprised they haven't already started a petition. You can check out the list of reasons why NBC banned the ad (if you can't immediately figure it out) here.
Anyways, that is all for my PETA rant. It also wasn't very funny. But the Sea Kittens are.
Enter Renée and Gab, the coolest kids you will ever meet. Renée is currently living somewhere in western Canada. She has many hobbies that change daily and she enjoys telling lies.
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Gab no longer lives in Western Canada because she is a BIG BIG DITCHER. Gab likes frozen yogurt, watching movies alone, and perusing the internet. Gab dislike the fact that the city she lives in apparently does not sell frozen yogurt, how she can never watch a movie alone, and that there are so many more important things to be doing than perusing the internet.
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