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The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Gallimaufry => Topic started by: Zathras on August 25, 2009, 11:24:24 PM

Title: Didn't have PSAs like this when I was a kid
Post by: Zathras on August 25, 2009, 11:24:24 PM

Texting and driving PSA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ttNgZDZruI)

Title: Re: Didn't have PSAs like this when I was a kid
Post by: stePH on August 26, 2009, 12:41:17 AM

[person in PSA] deserved worse.

And here's another PSA like they didn't have when we were kids:

The Smart Choice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc3DPH5TXFM&feature=related)

_{Mod:Language edit. It's a PSA, and the person's a character that did something not that bright, but the character's a minor and you crossed the line.}

Title: Re: Didn't have PSAs like this when I was a kid
Post by: stePH on August 26, 2009, 02:58:21 AM

... and another by the same people ...

Boys Can Wait (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwpqJ_ntRSU)

Title: Re: Didn't have PSAs like this when I was a kid
Post by: stePH on August 26, 2009, 09:59:15 PM

Quote from: stePH on August 26, 2009, 12:41:17 AM

_{Mod:Language edit. It's a PSA, and the person's a character that did something not that bright, but the character's a minor and you crossed the line.}

Stupid is as stupid does.  I still think the character got off easy. 

As for the language, I thought was rather mild.  It's not like I used a four-letter synonym for "female genitalia".  I used a word that hardly makes people blink when it gets spoken on television these days.

Back on topic, I wonder if there weren't ... if not PSAs ... cautionary films, like this when we were younger.  A friend of mine who is twelve years my senior told me about a film he saw in high school driver's ed, called "Red Asphalt".  Doing the math, this would have been around 1972-1974.


(and does nobody have a comment about Ms. Martinez' PSAs?  ;D)

Title: Re: Didn't have PSAs like this when I was a kid
Post by: Jason M on August 26, 2009, 10:19:50 PM

We had to watch some "gory" film in driver's ed, but it was more suggestive of gore, if I remember correctly.  This one was really well done for shock value.  The sound effect for the passenger's neck breaking was rather powerful, too.

Title: Re: Didn't have PSAs like this when I was a kid
Post by: stePH on August 26, 2009, 11:22:30 PM

From what friend told me, "Red Asphalt" was pretty graphic.


[edit]
It's on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Asphalt) and Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQfDB0d6cTI).

Title: Re: Didn't have PSAs like this when I was a kid
Post by: Bdoomed on August 27, 2009, 12:38:19 AM

Quote from: stePH on August 26, 2009, 11:22:30 PM

From what friend told me, "Red Asphalt" was pretty graphic.


[edit]
It's on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Asphalt) and Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQfDB0d6cTI).

jeezus. all those brains are making me hungry.

but in all seriousness holy fuckin shit i'm never driving drunk.

Title: Re: Didn't have PSAs like this when I was a kid
Post by: Darwinist on September 15, 2009, 03:48:31 AM

Quote from: Jason M on August 26, 2009, 10:19:50 PM

We had to watch some "gory" film in driver's ed, but it was more suggestive of gore, if I remember correctly.  This one was really well done for shock value.  The sound effect for the passenger's neck breaking was rather powerful, too.

They still show films like that....saw one a couple years ago in parent - kid class.

Title: Re: Didn't have PSAs like this when I was a kid
Post by: lowky on October 07, 2009, 02:44:01 AM

a little thread necromancy for It's gay to smoke! (http://www.theonion.com/content/video/new_anti_smoking_ads_warn_teens?utm_source=videoembed)

*suggestive of homosexual activity Y(NSFW)MMV*

it's the onion so unfortunately not true, but quite humorous