People have always had a love-hate relationship when it comes to PETA. While the animal rights organization seems to have the best intentions at heart, their questionable and increasingly sensationalist tactics — which often involve nudity and gratuitous sex — tends to muddy their overall message.
Take, for example, their latest campaign that encourages vegetarians and carnivores alike to go vegan, using the argument that “meat and dairy can clog your arteries and lead to erectile dysfunction.” Which is a fine PSA! No one likes a sad boner. Except, as pointed out by UK blogger Angela Night on Twitter, this is the ad the creative geniuses at PETA decided to go with.
https://twitter.com/Angelheartnight/status/879987919355817984
There are no two ways about, those two dudes just [bleeped] a chicken. And for the most part, the chicken seems okay with it? That in itself seems to present more of a troubling message than simple meat consumption. But just in case you think they decided to stop with the chicken, then you clearly don’t know PETA because, oh — there’s more where that came from.
https://twitter.com/Angelheartnight/status/880017588901818368
https://twitter.com/Angelheartnight/status/880017880208879623
https://twitter.com/Angelheartnight/status/880018493936197636
For what it’s worth, CW33 in Dallas spoke with a local physician, Dr. James Pinckney, who admitted that PETA is on to something. “This isn’t a complete false statement,” he told the network. “If you do eat large quantities of red meat specifically, as well as dairy, it does have inflammatory effects and can cause, indirectly, erectile dysfunction.” He also clarified, however, “If you’re doing well, your libido’s high and you don’t have any issues from an erectile dysfunction standpoint, then keep doing what you’re doing.”
Either way, this isn’t the takeaway most people are getting from the ads, but knowing PETA, this is exactly the kind of attention they like.
Dare I suggest this scenario may have been an attempt to finally answer the question of whether the chicken came first?
— Cab (https://toot.bike/@cabd) #FBPE #NAFO (@gnomeicide) June 28, 2017
Hens only have the one, errm, hole – poop, eggs, anything else, same hole. I think we can now explain those chaps facial expressions.
— Cab (https://toot.bike/@cabd) #FBPE #NAFO (@gnomeicide) June 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/BrightAngel1000/status/880006103991435264
https://twitter.com/Angelheartnight/status/880066306011262976
*COUGH* https://t.co/NCRs4QuTdV
— smoke fumus (@smokefumus) June 28, 2017
It's true. Meat does interrupt my sex life.
I have sex. Then I stop to eat some meat. And then I have sex again. It's great!
— Bear Andersen (@BearAndersen) June 28, 2017
— BowtiedMachinist (@bowtiedmachine1) June 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/TonyMFreed/status/880090255231262720
While we’re making jokes; obligatory: