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Whopper Sacrifice

If you hadn't already figured it out, Burger King has a pretty astute viral marketing team. From 'The King', to Subservient Chicken, to Whopper Virgins, Burger King knows how to garner attention. Their newest foray into digital marketing? Whopper Sacrifice.

Whopper Sacrifice is a Facebook application which asks you to un-friend, or sacrifice, ten of your Facebook contacts in return for a free Whopper. The catch? The persons you un-friend will receive a message that you like them, but love the Whopper, as well as show up in your Facebook news feed. So if you were thinking of breaking up with your girlfriend, this may be the perfect opportunity to tell her how you really feel, and feed your face in the process. FUN!

At the time writing, the Whopper Sacrifice site is reporting that 55,733 friends have been sacrificed so far, with presumably many more to come, because, you know, the economy is, uh, in bad shape. Right?

Next up for Burger King? An application where, if you divorce your spouse, you get a free bucket of chicken fries.* YES PLEASE!

IN OTHER NEWS. Companies who do not get viral marketing: Turbo Tax.

*Based entirely on speculation.

Uh Oh, The /b/tards are Taking Over Twitter!

After the recent batch of high profile Twitter hijacks, and subsequent hijinx. The internet's favorite sons 'Anonymous' and their /b/tard counterparts are taking credit for the undoing of the of the micro-blogging service. If you've used Twitter lately, you might have seen the warning about the phishing schemes, presumably responsible for obtaining user information. 'Victims' so far include such high profile Twitter-ers as Fox News, Barack Obama, Huffington Post, Facebook, and Britney Spears.

Gawker ran a piece earlier today about about the Twitter hacks, asking the question:

"Why would the b-tards bother? Online banking accounts have long been a target of phishers, since there's money to be made. But there's no money in Twitter."

Thus illustrating that they have no grasp on the value system for pre-pubescent boys.

Full Gawker Article

Jones' Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage

Looking to get some junk off your hands, well you could: Pack it up, hop in your car, drive it down to the Salvation Army, unload it, and drive all the way back home. OR you could just store it at Jones' Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage. He's even got a sale going on.

SERIOUSLY, do you know how big a bus is?!

Japaneese Metro Drinking Poster

Japan Today has a post up, showing the posters the Tokyo Metro System will be running for the holiday season advising riders to save the party for home. BUZZ KILL!

How To Talk to Girls

Still having trouble with the ladies? Fear not! 9 year old, Alec Greven has condensed his massive knowledge of the female sex into a short book titled, 'How to Talk to Girls'. It's not your typical 'Pick up Artist' mantra of throw her a few negs, perform a magic trick, then hypnotize her into making out with you. No, it's a sensible, tried and true approach to getting girls.

Examples:

Sometimes, you get a girl to like you, then she ditches you.
Life is hard, move on!
TIP: About 73 percent of regular girls ditch boys; 98 percent of pretty girls ditch boys.

NO CITATION NECESSARY!

What I'm really looking forward to is his book slated for release in 2018, "How to Make Friends in High School After You Wrote the Silliest Book Imaginable When You Were Nine"

Until then:

Sarah Palin Turkey Interview

Just when you though she was gone forever, or at least until 2012, Sarah Palin is back with her "great appreciation for [insert word here]". Meanwhile some guy is slaughtering turkeys behind her. OMG! So Wasilla!

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