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WTF Canadians?
« on: November 28, 2007, 11:32:38 pm »
http://deadspin.com/sports/yahhhhhhh/canadian-psas-are-clearly-not-messing-around-327432.php


This is, as you will read, a Canadian PSA.  It is completely fucked.  Seriously.   
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2007, 11:40:47 pm »
Ooh my god. That was seriously disturbing.
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2007, 11:43:49 pm »
The other thing is what is it even for?  Keeping kitchens clean?
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2007, 11:56:58 pm »
Quote from: KeithHernandez on November 28, 2007, 11:43:49 pm
The other thing is what is it even for?  Keeping kitchens clean?
Dont pour boiling oil all over your face, dude. I think I have that one covered, but damn, maybe next will be a commercial about not throwing a toaster into the bathtub.
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2007, 11:59:20 pm »
Woh.
Canadians are really not fuck*ng around eh?

Smells, some insight?
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2007, 12:20:13 am »
I am afraid to watch it. I am not tough enough to be a Canadian, apparently.
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2007, 12:37:53 am »
Canadians don't play with the warnings, dude. Canadians are a very well warned society.

America: "Smoking while pregnant has a fairly decent chance of maybe increasing the potential of possible birth defects if done consistently and often during pregnancy. Maybe."

Canada: "Smoking is gonna fuck up that kid ya got in there."
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2007, 12:48:22 am »
Saw that on Deadspin too.  If that was on TV when my kids where in the room, I'd be pissed.  I hope it only runs late at night.
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2007, 12:50:46 am »
This is why Canadians are better suited for hockey than Americans. They can handle fuck*ng horrific violence.
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2007, 12:57:58 am »
Huh.  I've never seen this ad, but it's definitely for a workman's compensation board - they're each run provincially.  I can't tell which province it's for.  It's highly similar to the ones aired here in Manitoba.  The ones here all include actors I know pretending to be people getting hurt at work.  One guy I know plays a guy in a shop who cuts his thumb off with a saw (the saw going into his thumb is shown, followed by him screaming) another of a guy I know is a guy getting crushed by boxes that get knocked over by a forklift (more screaming).  Another is  a three part sequel to the box -rushing about a guy on his first day, hired after the last guy (aka my buddy under the boxes) got killed on the job.  The slogan is "Safe work is everyone's responsibility - work shouldn't hurt."  The ads are all pushing the idea that workplace injuries are preventable.  All the workman's comp ads are hella in your face - shock value-ish, and they're all pretty hardcore about pointing out how the employer and employee are at fault.  The latest ones locally are using 4-5 year old kids in dangerous adult jobs to (I guess) inform the viewer that untrained workers are like little kids - the slogan is "safe workers aren't born - they're trained."

I take it you don't have who ever pays out your workman's compensation airing PSA's like this in the US then?

Have you folks seen Canadian cigarette packs?   They have photos of actual rotting lungs, diseased hearts, and everyone's favorite - the rotting mouth, etc. on them, taking up 50% of the packs.
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2007, 02:49:28 am »
Holy SHIT, dude. That was seriously insane. I cringed because I did the exact same falling-on-my-ass in a snowbank the other day. Thank god I didn't have a huge pot of boiling oil. fuck*ng scary!!!

Also, whomever did the burn moulage did a pretty good job, but it wasn't as realistic as it could have been. . Her makeup looks remarkably like one of the burns that I saw as a medic.
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2007, 02:59:52 am »
While our workplace PSA's might not be as good as yours I think Aussie cigarrette warnings (that's two separate links there folks, click 'em both for full goodness) are holding their own.
« Last Edit: November 29, 2007, 03:23:05 am by Doc »
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2007, 03:13:50 am »
Interesting - I think the lung cancer and brain with gush-o blood due to stroke are the same for our packs and the Aussie ones. 
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2007, 03:16:18 am »
Why would she be moving the pot off of the stove.  That makes no sense.
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Re: WTF Canadians?
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2007, 03:45:34 am »
Hmmm.  Reminds me of this.
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