Goddamn Bad Science

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Has anyone seen that thrice-cursed Red Bull commercial about the moon landing? It’s one of those ones with the badly animated squinty guys. They climb out of the LEM, but they cannot actually get their feet onto the moon because they drank a Red Bull, and so they have wings. So Houston says, “Well, we’ll just have to fake it.”

 

The first time I saw this commercial, I began to froth at the mouth. The following is a transcript of my response:

 

“What? No! Wings wouldn’t do anything on the moon, because there’s no goddamn atmosphere so there’s no air resistance! And why are the wings sticking out of the backs of their spacesuits? Is there a hole? Then they should be decompressed and out of air! And Red Bull wasn’t even invented for the moon landing, but if it was they’d never let astronauts sneak it on board!* And the moon landing wasn’t faked, you bastards! And the way they’re moving even with wings—”

 

At this point I was cut off, because Liz smacked me.

 

So when FedEx’s ‘moonbase’ commercial came on during the Superbowl, my friends began to preemptively shout, “Don’t think about it!” at me.

 

Screw them. You’ve pissed off the scientists. (And yes, it includes an embed of the ad.)

 

 

*Golf equipment, however, is an entirely different matter.

Comments

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

heh. this whole post immediately called to mind the last line of the MST3K theme.

[enigmania.livejournal.com]

My husband watched the superbowl with a bunch of the physics grad students. Apparently there was rather loud and disgruntled commentary for that one :)

[chibicharibdys.livejournal.com]

GYAH. That ad makes me wince.

[(Anonymous)]

Journals like this remind me why you're my friend. Your observational skills are amazing. And a good dose of wit is the icing. Although I have heard you schpeal about Red Bull before, it's always entertaining. I'm surprised you didn't mention how they were drinking through their helmets!

We were just trying to spare a few of you brain cells from exploding during the Super Bowl! I figured it'd cause you intellectual pain if you thought about it too much. Hell, I wouldn't have noticed had you not said something.

Great article, too!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

Gods, I've always hated those commercials. -_-