The official Spam Shark Week thread

[mdk]

it's official, because the title says so


We are at Fin-minus-three hours. So far, all I know is that Colossus is coming back to Seal Island, and he's gonna fuck up some wildlife. Stoooooked.

[Doivid]

I've always heard about shark week but never watched it.

[aza]

^

[rpg101]

I get super pumped about shark week, but I don't watch it.

[mdk]

it's predation porn. Super fun to watch, if you like seeing animals eat other animals.

[Aragorn]

Oh, this again. Moving on.

[Dervish]

mdk said
it's predation porn. Super fun to watch, if you like seeing animals eat other animals.

Yes.

[idlehands]

I normally don't dig up bones but I saw this review and completely agree. RIP real Shark Week.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2014/08/18/340630812/broken-teeth-and-fake-umentaries-another-shark-week-gone-by

[Dervish]

idlehands said
I normally don't dig up bones but I saw this review and completely agree. RIP real Shark Week.

Not really surprising. I never watched Shark Week, but seeing the program titles told me that it long stopped being about showing the world what sharks are actually like to educate people after Jaws caused the world to be terrified of sharks as murderous monsters. I mean, I saw that Megalodon special when I was at a hotel and it was every bit as bad as that Ancient Alien shit. Shark Week is less about preserving an endangered and misunderstood animal than it is about ratings and hype.

[idlehands]

So you're saying...

Shark Week has jumped the shark?

[Dervish]

idlehands said
So you're saying...Shark Week has jumped the shark?

Shark Week jumped up and bit the Fonz's taint off thanks to alien-given super powers.