{"id":372,"date":"2009-05-01T16:16:57","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T00:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/the-cure-to-swine-flu-hysteria-laughter\/"},"modified":"2009-05-18T12:53:55","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T20:53:55","slug":"the-cure-to-swine-flu-hysteria-laughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/the-cure-to-swine-flu-hysteria-laughter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cure to Swine Flu Hysteria: Laughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The swine flu pandemic – er, ahem H1N1 virus (now the officially gov’t sanctioned name for the Aporkalypse) – has generated hysteria in the news that rivals the Deadly Y2K Bug That Was Gonna Kill Us All (if you don’t remember – a sample headline from Wired at the time was “Head for the Hills!”).<\/p>\n

So I’ve kinda amended the “Friday Noon Videos” format a bit to include some of the best snark available on the web, in the hopes on contributing to a general relaxation from the End of Days-level media converage this illness has been getting.<\/p>\n

So first, this LOLCat-esque picture is making the rounds:<\/p>\n

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Next has to be the parody of Twitter’s “Failwhale,” which is a pretty decent homage to the way that the “pandemic” has been dominating online conversations this past week:<\/p>\n

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…and now for the videos.<\/p>\n

First, got this gem from Gentleman Jim Breiner, who particularly liked the way it mimics the breathless reportage of some TV commentators.\u00c2\u00a0 I particularly like the set for this “underground newscast” — it looks like someplace that only a member of the “Trailer Park Boys” would find appropriate for a TV studio.<\/p>\n

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Next, I gotta go with this bit from an “Actual victim” of the swine flu, revealing how it was that the virus made the porcine-to-human jump (hint: he was a little drunk at the time, she was dressed provocatively, hormones were running high).<\/p>\n

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Last, I’d love to show off this series of unintentionally funny 1975 ad for swine flu shots.\u00c2\u00a0 Pay attention to the cheesy 70s synth score in the background. Whoever that composer was, he obviously moonlighted on porno movies up in Northridge.\u00c2\u00a0 Straight outta Boogie Nights.\u00c2\u00a0 I think some of the moustaches on these guys could thatch the roofs of an entire Amazon jungle village. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Oh, and here’s an obligatory serious link to commentary on where newspapers and indeed, the entire publishing industry, is headed — and why.<\/a><\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: Swing flu<\/a>, cure<\/a>, video<\/a>, transmission<\/a>, H1N1 virus<\/a>, deadly flu bug<\/a><\/p>\n

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