Polish Newspaper Mistakes Pedobear as Olympic Mascot - Polidicks

[quote=Telegraph] [B]Polish newspaper claims 'Pedobear' is 2010 Vancouver Olympic mascot[/B] [B] A Polish newspaper mistakenly identified "Pedobear", a notorious internet meme, as one of the mascots of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. [/B] By [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/matthew-moore/"]Matthew Moore[/URL] Published: 9:37AM GMT 08 Feb 2010 The Gazeta Olsztynska published an image showing the bear alongside genuine Olympic mascots Quatchi, Sumi, Miga and Mukmuk to illustrate a feature about the Games. It appears that the newspaper lifted the picture from Google Images, unaware that it had been created as a prank by Michael Barrick, a Canadian artist and graphic designer. Pedobear, who is on the far right of the picture, was originally devised by members of the anarchic 4chan message board as a way of mocking users who expressed a sexual interest in young people. Since then a tasteless internet trend – or meme – has emerged in which users insert the bear into other photos in a contest to create the most inappropriate composite image. On[B] [URL="http://mbarrick.livejournal.com/"]his blog[/URL][/B] yesterday Mr Barrick wrote that online amusement about the newspaper's error had sparked a surge of interest in his artwork, and hinted that the financial burden of the Games on Canadian taxpayers was the motivation for his mischievous creation. He wrote: "There seems to be a Tweet about this coming up every minute or two. The day before this started I was amused by the 27,000 hits I got in January. Yesterday alone I got 120,000 (with about one third coming from Poland) and today is looking like it will top that by at least double." He added: "Maybe I'll just keep the money to help cover the price gouging, raised taxes, disappearing arts funding, and all the other "benefits" we Vancouverites are getting from the games that are kicking me in the back pocket." The four genuine mascots of the Vancouver Olympics and Paralympics were inspired by traditional native creatures[/quote] [IMG]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01573/bear_1573909c.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7187027/Polish-newspaper-claims-Pedobear-is-2010-Vancouver-Olympic-mascot.html"]Source[/URL]

Ok, i'm not one for memes, but that's fucking hilarious.

Hahahaha. Vancouver has been the laughing stock of the whole world.

I must have this newspaper!

Awww look at the little pedobear in the bottom :3

Their eyes match.

It's adorable. :3:

Oh god a Pedobear reference that actually made me laugh.

Wow, best laugh I've had in a long, long time from him. Nice Poland. This is going to go down as one of the most epic moments in anon history.

I am both ashamed and proud to be Polish.

Now introduced to the Polish snowboarding team.... PEDOBEAR!

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;20134783]Now introduced to the Polish snowboarding team.... PEDOBEAR![/QUOTE] I'm sorry but that wasn't funny, at all. I've underestimated Poland, they can be fun at times!

I saw this a few days ago. I laughed pretty hard when I first saw it.

[QUOTE=LeonS;20134789]I'm sorry but that wasn't funny, at all. I've underestimated Poland, they can be fun at times![/QUOTE] I can't stop staring at your avatar.

[QUOTE=Wakka;20134706]Hahahaha. Vancouver has been the laughing stock of the whole world.[/QUOTE] How do you figure?

[QUOTE=Zeke129;20134928]How do you figure?[/QUOTE] The Polish article is about Vancouver. And the illustration suggests that the Pedobear is one of the mascots.

Hahahahaha oh WOW.

FUnny, but late. Go to the lmao pics thread

Hahaha this is awesome

[QUOTE=Wakka;20134971]The Polish article is about Vancouver. And the illustration suggests that the Pedobear is one of the mascots.[/QUOTE] And why does this make Vancouver the laughing stock? Does it not make the Polish newspaper the laughing stock for not doing their homework before using something they pulled off of google images?

[QUOTE=Zeke129;20135009]And why does this make Vancouver the laughing stock? Does it not make the Polish newspaper the laughing stock for not doing their homework before using something they pulled off of google images?[/QUOTE] Because the internet, as it is, will repost this image and everyone will remember that the Olympic games of 2010 was associated with an internet meme in one way or another.

[QUOTE=Wakka;20135024]Because the internet, as it is, will repost this image and everyone will remember that the Olympic games of 2010 was associated with an internet meme in one way or another.[/QUOTE] Oh no That's terrible The Vancouver tourism board will surely suffer

I looked at it and burst out laughing and had to look away... Looked back again and burst out with laughter again. This is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.

More like [i]Polish Newspaper mistakes Pedobear as Olympic Mascot.[/i]

More like [I]putting what actually happened in italics to make it look like a news pun is actually less funny than real news puns.[/I]

I guess you could say [i]you're dumb.[/i]

[-]February 10, 2010 - News Update Released Updates to the news have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: The News Fixed Polish Newspaper displaying the Olympic Mascot incorrectly on the front page

they steal everything...

ahahahahahaha oh lord we need more things like this in the world [editline]07:52PM[/editline] I love it when the internet leaks into real life. As long as it's funny.

It is kinda cool how well he fits in with the mascots.