Anti-War Protest in Habbo Hotel Tomorrow
Anti-War Protest in Habbo Hotel Tomorrow
September 18, 2008
What organizers claim will be the largest online protest ever is to be staged tomorrow within online game/social networking site Habbo Hotel.
Participants will gather in the Euro-teen hangout for an antiwar rally sponsored by Habbo and War Child, a U.K. group which assists kids affected by war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. According to War Child's website:
War Child and Habbo are teaming up for what promises to be the largest online protest ever. On 19th September, in the run up to UN International Day of Peace, teens will gather in Habbo hotel to raise awareness about the effects of war. Habbo is a virtual community of millions of young people, who hang out, play games and get involved in these kind of events.
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Posted 11/21/09 at 09:21am
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Posted 11/21/09 at 08:16am
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Posted 11/20/09 at 05:42pm
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ZippyDSMlee: oh may the cute stab out your eyes, http://www.youtube.com/user/simonscat
Posted 11/20/09 at 05:17pm
JDKJ: O.K. Suit yourself. But when you're wearing Ray-Bans, sitting on a curb with a white cane and a cup of pencils, and doing Stevie Wonder impersonations, don't say I didn't warn you.
JDKJ: O.K. Suit yourself. But when you're wearing Ray-Bans, sitting on a curb with a white cane and a cup of pencils, and doing Stevie Wonder impersonations, don't say I didn't warn you.
Posted 11/20/09 at 05:10pm
ZippyDSMlee: JD:No thank you I don;t want your cooties...or STDs...
ZippyDSMlee: JD:No thank you I don;t want your cooties...or STDs...
Posted 11/20/09 at 05:01pm
JDKJ: Me. I'm rehearsing the role just in case I do get dubbed Zippy The Soecnda.
JDKJ: Me. I'm rehearsing the role just in case I do get dubbed Zippy The Soecnda.
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:59pm
DarkSaber: Wait, is that meant to be Zippy, me or you?
DarkSaber: Wait, is that meant to be Zippy, me or you?
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:49pm
JDKJ: I cud caer lez. =^^= *wakes up in mid-afternoon after staying up until 3:00AM soldering resistors on to circuit boards, stumbles around in formerly white but now grey underwear, while simultaneously scratching groin with vigor and making coffee*
JDKJ: I cud caer lez. =^^= *wakes up in mid-afternoon after staying up until 3:00AM soldering resistors on to circuit boards, stumbles around in formerly white but now grey underwear, while simultaneously scratching groin with vigor and making coffee*
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:46pm
DarkSaber: knell? Don't you mean Neil? Anymore of tht and I'll dub thee Zippy The Soecnda
DarkSaber: knell? Don't you mean Neil? Anymore of tht and I'll dub thee Zippy The Soecnda
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:44pm
JDKJ: Now, now, Saber. Don't be salty. You weren't the first one to knell and bob and you ain't gonna be the last one, either.
JDKJ: Now, now, Saber. Don't be salty. You weren't the first one to knell and bob and you ain't gonna be the last one, either.
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:42pm
DarkSaber: JD's feeling rather desperate it seems.
DarkSaber: JD's feeling rather desperate it seems.
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:33pm
JDKJ: C'mon, Zip. You already touch yourself way too much. Spread the love. Before you go blind.
JDKJ: C'mon, Zip. You already touch yourself way too much. Spread the love. Before you go blind.
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: JD:No and I ain't touching any part of you or your friends!! :P
ZippyDSMlee: JD:No and I ain't touching any part of you or your friends!! :P
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:25pm
JDKJ: @Zip: You know Lik Mitaint?
JDKJ: @Zip: You know Lik Mitaint?
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:18pm
ZippyDSMlee: neill and bob,oldest giveing head joke and most lamest...
ZippyDSMlee: neill and bob,oldest giveing head joke and most lamest...
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:18pm
JDKJ: But thanks for the memory. MIB's a classic. *sings* "Here come the Men in Black. Galaxy defenders. Here come the Men in Black. They won't let you remember."
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Posted 11/20/09 at 04:18pm
ZippyDSMlee: JD:for the record I told you you can suck your own dck.
ZippyDSMlee: JD:for the record I told you you can suck your own dck.
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:07pm
JDKJ: Naw, man. That's Mueedeegiaap and Bob. And you can stop bobbing. I got Zippy bobbing now, too.
JDKJ: Naw, man. That's Mueedeegiaap and Bob. And you can stop bobbing. I got Zippy bobbing now, too.
Posted 11/20/09 at 03:56pm
DarkSaber: OH I get it now! It's Men In Black quote! The twins that run the comm centre in HQ.
DarkSaber: OH I get it now! It's Men In Black quote! The twins that run the comm centre in HQ.
Posted 11/20/09 at 03:49pm
JDKJ: I'd like to introduce you to them. First, Neil. Then, Bob.
JDKJ: I'd like to introduce you to them. First, Neil. Then, Bob.
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Comments
This can't end well. I predict Anonymous will get involved somehow
---You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.
No, moralfags ruin everything. Kill yourself for thinking this faggot.
Moralfags don't close pools, dumbass.
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The Mammon Industry
Perhaps... but they are part of the cancer that is killing /b/.
I thought it's Internation Talk Like A Pirate Day.
Oh? I'm surprised my brother (a Pastafarian) didn't tell me that.
"teens will gather in Habbo hotel to raise awareness about the effects of war. Habbo is a virtual community of millions of young people, who hang out, play games and get involved in these kind of events."
And that, right there, is why no one gives half a flying fuck, thank god. 'Millions of young people who hang out, play games and get involved in these kind of events'. One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong.
Also, if you're not aware of the effects of war, you were kind of a cunt to begin with. Yeah, war sucks, but its not the worst of all things. Go back to your games and let people with the intelligence not to play Habbo Hotel in the first place argue about it.
Seconded.
~You Could Be Mine, But You're Way Out Of Line..~
Also agreed
Fourthed.
I disagree
How dare they question authority! War is always justified, this particular war is going fine and is being fought for totally moral and above board reasons. Those little assholes! How dare they try to make difference or think independtly.
Actually, I was more arguing that no one cares what you do in an online universe. If you want to protest, grow the spine to stand outside, march with a sign, brave the elements and the sun, and stand, instead of sitting in your home playing a game that no one cared about to begin with.
Because protests have never had a effect on government policy. ever.
You really think a bunch of nerds idling in a graphical chat room is going to achieve anything then?
At least there doing something. And online activism is how obama beat. Clinton, so it can make a difference.
In sociology, we have a term. Its used in Grand Theft Childhood, I believe. It's called SLACKTIVISM.
Its where you do something online that makes you think you're being an activist and makes you feel good about yourself, but doesn't actually help anyone in the real world. It is the worst kind of activism.
Is it me, or is it ironic that a bunch of people are posting "I agree!" to a comment that online activism doesn't do anything?
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The Mammon Industry
Let's pornbomb the place.
C'mon; it'll be funny.
*remembers a 'Hiroim 3.16' sign in World War Hulk #4*
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/23/18-awareness/
I suppose people who frequent Habbo Hotel might notice this.....you know, a whole bunch of 11-15 year olds with no voting power.
Besides, a protest is only worth a shit if people actually SEE YOU!!!! Nobody cares if a bunch of online avatars are saying "War is bad" because it brings zero attention. Put about 500,000 people on the front steps of the white house with the signs and have them stopping traffic, then people take notice.
POOLS CLOSED DUE TO AIDS JEWS DID WTC THE POOL IS FILLED WITH STINGRAYS!
Iraq's closed.
DUE TO AIDS.
AIDS.
Most of these so-called protestors are probably just gonna log in, leave their avatar idling in the room and go play some war-based game on their consoles anyway.
I posted video from the protest today: http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2008/09/war-childs-onli.html
Interesting and admirable. But could have been better as a civic engagement event overall.
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