Wanna see something stupid?

Jstas
Jstas Posts: 14,809
edited December 2010 in The Clubhouse
No, it's not that.

Just a bunch of dirty hippies actually knitting a sweater for a frickin' Prius.

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That's right. Millions of people in the world down on their luck, needing things like clothes, food, a roof over their heads...hell, a JOB even! What do these sphincterbags do? They knit a freakin' sweater for a frickin' Prius.


Lame.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited December 2010
    Why do I want to pee on that car and the hippies so bad?

    That is so freakin stupid it's funny.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2010
    Ima go home and knit a shelter.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2010
    You know what sucks even more? It's not even a GOOD sweater, like a Dr. Huxtable sweater! It's one of those stupid sweaters your aunt knits you and gives to you as a "Gift"! What's even worse about those is that you can't even RETURN it to a store so you can get the cash or credit to get something you actually wanted!
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  • Slinger182
    Slinger182 Posts: 512
    edited December 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    Dr. Huxtable sweater!=QUOTE] Those are awesome!

    Wouldn't the sweater hurt the car's aerodynamics making it have worse MPG??:confused:
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2010
    Slinger182 wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Dr. Huxtable sweater!
    Those are awesome!

    Wouldn't the sweater hurt the car's aerodynamics making it have worse MPG??:confused:

    Hippies shun science.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2010
    Freezing homeless children in the streets, and these whistle dicks are knitting a sweater for a car. I'm I surprised? Not a bit.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,389
    edited December 2010
    Just what the world needs... a new crop of Flower Children.

    Any chance I could have that time I wasted watching that crap credited back to my lifespan if I promise to donate them to charity?
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,708
    edited December 2010
    They should knit the sweater just large enough to wrap the battery bank (keep them cells nice and toasty) to help save the world's resources.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited December 2010
    I don't mind the hippies....i don't mind the sweater.....it's the prius and all of it's owners that make me want to go postal.

    Ok, maybe the hippies do drive me nuts as well.
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • DanAckerman
    DanAckerman Posts: 70
    edited December 2010
    Pay me the money those actors made and I'd pretend to knit a sweater for a car as well for a day.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2010
    DanAckerman wrote: »
    Pay me the money those actors made and I'd pretend to knit a sweater for a car as well for a day.

    Hate to burst your bubble there sport but they weren't paid actors:

    http://www.toyotapriusprojects.com/#/
    The winter months are here and we didn’t want to leave our most iconic car feeling chilly. So we gathered a few friends and headed down to Austin to knit a Prius a holiday sweater.

    On a brisk windy day, with a beautiful rustic barn as our backdrop, we began our knitting adventure. Our knitters, armed with needles and skeins of yarn, worked from sunup to sundown to create our festive final product. We even had a first timer, who learned to knit that day, knit a scarf to help keep Chloe the Chihuahua warm.

    In the end, we created a beautiful winter-blue cozy, complete with handmade snowflakes and Prius badging. We hope it gives you as warm a feeling as it gave us.

    And stay tuned in 2011, when we’ll be asking the community what to do next with the custom cozy.

    Happy holidays from Toyota.

    That was just number 5 in a series of 8 planned self-promotion spots where Toyota takes advantage of it's idealistic customer who have an overwhelming need to "belong to something bigger than themselves".

    Since they can fit inside a Prius, I guess it would be something bigger than themselves.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2010
    I hope everyone posting in this thread is helping said homeless in some way.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2010
    concealer404 wrote: »
    I hope everyone posting in this thread is helping said homeless in some way.

    And just who the hell are you to question anyone on such a topic?
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited December 2010
    http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s09e02-die-hippie-die

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,752
    edited December 2010
    ... a Dr. Huxtable sweater...
    Now that's great stuff!
    "You see, Theo..."

    Doc Martens on ones' feet, a Doc Huxtable on one's torso.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    And just who the hell are you to question anyone on such a topic?

    Oh jeez. And just who the hell are you to call these people sphincterbags for doing this instead of helping people? It's ok to pass judgement, but not to be judged, i see.

    I'm nobody, just like you. Not our job to judge. I hope you can see the viewpoint.




    (Yes, i find this just as stupid as the next person.)
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited December 2010
    and i half expected it to be this:
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111028
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2010
    concealer404 wrote: »
    Oh jeez. And just who the hell are you to call these people sphincterbags for doing this instead of helping people? It's ok to pass judgement, but not to be judged, i see.

    I'm nobody, just like you. Not our job to judge. I hope you can see the viewpoint.




    (Yes, i find this just as stupid as the next person.)

    Who am I? Someone expressing my opinion about their activities. Calling them sphincterbags is not passing judgment. Is it childish? Yeah, probably. Do I care if a hippie is mad at me for calling him names and harshin' on his high? Nope, not at all.

    However, you have stated that you certainly hope that all those commenting on the above video have done something to help the homeless. You have challenged everyone in this thread to prove their worth and ability to post their opinion, protected by law BTW, by requiring some level of charitable work. The neat thing about this country is that I can do all the charitable work I want and I don't have to tell ANYONE about it. Not even the government. I don't even have to do ANY charitable work at all if it so suits me! Neither does any other person who posted in this thread. Furthermore, NO ONE has to answer to a self-important little **** on the Internet about what they do or don't do in regards to charity.

    It is not your concern or place to try and discredit people because you disagree with their opinions. Whether these people do or do not support any kind of charitable gifting at all let alone an organization is none of your business. If they choose to make it public, that's on them. Those people in the video and Toyota have chosen to make their activities public. They will draw public commentary. That includes people commenting on not only the absurdity and waste of resources that it is but also what the action conveys in the public eye vs. what they intended it to convey.

    I maintain that these people in this video are witless pawns to Toyota who have exploited a false sense of worth through their savior-car, the Prius, to goad these mental midgets in to performing these projects to "belong" to a "movement" that is ultimately socially and environmentally irresponsible. If you don't like it, tough s#!+. Furthermore, I reserve the right to discuss my charitable contributions to society at my liberty. I do not have to answer to anyone concerning it and I certainly won't be guilted in to it by a faceless name on the Internet.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited December 2010
    Why do I feel the urge to club a baby seal?
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2010
    A sweater for a Prius is a pretty stupid idea, and that's coming from someone whose wife drives one--Ok, I drive it sometimes...but I'm mostly in my Chevy!

    If you're going to knit something for a Prius....Knit a kevlar cover that's, like Bullet proof? Or Cover it with Carbon fiber nano-fabrics--I'm there for either one.

    And, agree, you could've made a lot of sweaters for people who are cold and homeless instead of treating a Prius like a Freaking Christmas tree?

    I don't mind hippies....they're too poor to buy a Prius--in fact they could probably use some of those sweaters about now? These guys/gals are posers.

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2010
    It is indeed very stupid, but just because they're a bunch of douchey hipster doofuses, not because they could be "donating their time to charity" or anything so dramatic. We could all be doing charity work rather than typing on a stupid message board, but we're not.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,267
    edited December 2010
    as stupid as that was someone gave them a job...
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2010
    Looks like a **** to clean the car now.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,752
    edited December 2010
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Looks like a **** to clean the car now.

    Woolite and warm water's all they'll need.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2010
    But then the dry cycle at 60mph would get it dirty again.

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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,045
    edited December 2010
    Yeah it's dumb. A lot of folks waste time and money on dumb stuff in lieu of aiding the poor. Some might say spending big bucks on audio gear falls under the "dumb" category. I don't lose any sleep over it.
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  • DanAckerman
    DanAckerman Posts: 70
    edited December 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    Hate to burst your bubble there sport but they weren't paid actors:

    http://www.toyotapriusprojects.com/#/

    It's called marketing. I don't see where the people picked what they worked on and there is no info that states they did it for free.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,708
    edited December 2010
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Why do I feel the urge to club a baby seal?
    Merry Christmas
    Ben


    If you like, Ben, I'll hold the baby seal while you give it a good series of punches to the kidneys.

    Merry Christmas ! :smile:
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited December 2010
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Looks like a **** to clean the car now.

    Nah! They have people that do that too...

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