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It comes across pretty corny at first and then the fancy midi music and blinking text subtly draw you in. In any case, I wish I could type like that. Also, you will need your reading glasses for this one.

Love these guys! Actually, this is somewhat ironic. On one hand They (Fox News) try to scare us and on the other They (Cartoon Network) try to sell us. Somewhere along the way Their plans collided and emptied Boston.

And what of us plebeians? We’ve grown so immune and impervious to marketing that add campaigns have to resort to these types of gorilla stunts just to get our attention. In stark contrast, we’ve become so utterly hyper sensitive to terrorist attack that we evacuated a city over some trivially obvious and meaningless publicity stunt.

Are we merely aimless bipolar consumers caught in the cross-fire between fear-mongering and marketing spam? What to do!? What to do!? Should I remain glued to the TV in sensational alarm or be drawn to it by stupid humor?

Perhaps, Off is the best channel or a good DVR with fast-forward or even better YouTube and an iPod. Dammit! I guess They still have me.

Get more background on the Laughing Squid.

I expect you guys in SF to participate and take pictures and bring back stories:

Pillow Fight, Web Feb 14, the plaza at Embarcadero and Market.

Pillow Fight Returns

SF Chronicle - Hundreds attend mass pillow fight