Polish Newspaper thinks Pedobear is Vancouver 2010 Olympics mascot

[JordanEG6]

Originally posted by Vanner
Any of you realize this "Polish" image you all were laughing... were NOT by the official Vancouver 2010 mascot artist? Look again to all art lines of all mascots - look at Quatchi's face, then look at Mugi's shape.

Clearly, it's done by some idiot artist who copied and changed with the 4th stupid bear...whatever you call that!

it's very rare that I use this smilie. but...

[pf0sh0]

[dr_dreidel]

Originally posted by Vanner
Any of you realize this "Polish" image you all were laughing... were NOT by the official Vancouver 2010 mascot artist? Look again to all art lines of all mascots - look at Quatchi's face, then look at Mugi's shape.

Clearly, it's done by some idiot artist who copied and changed with the 4th stupid bear...whatever you call that!

[jsn]

Originally posted by revelations
The internetz may have won, but Vancouver only has 3 mascots: (which look like they belong in Japan).

That picture was someones photochop that ended up on the first page of a google search for Vancouver 2010 mascots.

newspaper = fail

Originally posted by Vanner
Any of you realize this "Polish" image you all were laughing... were NOT by the official Vancouver 2010 mascot artist? Look again to all art lines of all mascots - look at Quatchi's face, then look at Mugi's shape.

Clearly, it's done by some idiot artist who copied and changed with the 4th stupid bear...whatever you call that!

It's a good thing team obvious came to the rescue here. I don't know what fails harder. The polish newspaper or these posts.

Epic thread

[revelations]

I was curious where they got the image from?


Was it submitted to them by someone specifically ?
(In an attempt on a prank, god knows thats never happened before on the internetz)


Or did the newspaper just google image the phrase?
(as was the case)

[Toilet_D]

i want a pedobear sticker for my helmet

[Feruk]

Another win for my Polish brothers. Who needs editors in Poland? Not this paper!

[scat19]

to revalations and vanner

Freakin funny!

[beecue]

That pic is up on the bulletin board at my dentist.

[kenny]

Interview with the guy that created the image

http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/lo...lympics-mascot

[syeve]

Originally posted by scat19
to revalations and vanner

Freakin funny!

[JordanEG6]

Originally posted by kenny
Interview with the guy that created the image

http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/lo...lympics-mascot

Hahaha

[Kloubek]

That's horrible Syeve.

And funny.

[syeve]

Originally posted by Kloubek
That's horrible Syeve.

And funny.

Post pics of your ex and I will take it down

[bulaian]

'Pedobear' an Olympic mascot?
Internet meme mistakenly appears in Polish newspaper
By QMI Agency
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'Pedobear' appears in an image next to the official mascots Quatchi, Mukmuk, and Sumi in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Olsztynska.

A popular Internet character dubbed "Pedobear" has found its way alongside 2010 Winter Olympic mascots in Google Images searches and in a Polish newspaper.

Pedobear, a cartoon bear used to mock pedophiles on the Internet, appears in an image next to the official mascots Quatchi, Mukmuk, and Sumi in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Olsztynska.

The paper mistakenly identifies Pedobear as one of the mascots.

The Spanish website, DeportesSpain.com, also briefly identified the bear as an official mascot, though the image has since been removed.

Pedobear also shows up five pages into a Google Image search for "2010 Winter Olympic mascots." Vancouver-based artist Michael Barrick created the image four months ago.

"The intent of the image in question was as a visual critique. The minute I saw the mascots I noticed the unfortunate resemblance, and I'm not the only one," wrote Barrick on his blog.

A number of blogs and forums have criticized the mascots for their resemblance to the Internet meme.

"The irony is that I was basically pointing out how easy a mistake like this would be. Sometimes when you're right, you're right." Barrick is critical of the 2010 Winter games, which he blames for provincial arts funding cuts and mounting Vancouver debt.

Pedobear, based on a Japanese character called Safety Bear, was popularized by the Web forum 4Chan.

Because 4Chan is anonymous, people are not hesitant to post whatever they want -- including pornographic images, some of which appear to be of underage persons.

To quash this behaviour, 4Chan members started posting pictures of Pedobear.

The website Urlesque.com describes Pedobear as "shorthand for saying, 'You're being creepy about a kid.'"

"If anyone on 4chan posts a picture of a questionably young looking girl in a sexy pose, someone will inevitably reply with a pic of Pedobear. Many times, Pedobear is added to a picture to point out real-world sexualization of presexual kids, but it's alternately shown as an acknowledgment of being inappropriately attracted to a child," reads the post.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2...21236-qmi.html

[Hakkola]

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[Seanith]

Originally posted by Toilet_D
i want a pedobear sticker for my helmet

Like this?

[JJLuke]

Originally posted by Toilet_D
i want a pedobear sticker for my helmet

ebay's got a bunch

while you're at it, get the official T-shirt

Official Pedobear Olympics Shirt

[supe]

You can already get the t-shirt on ebay, classic

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by kenny
Interview with the guy that created the image

http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/lo...lympics-mascot

Michael Barrick combined the official Olympic mascots with Pedobear, an Internet character used for years in unmoderated online forums to shame users who expressed sexual interest in young people.

O'Rly?