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LMFAO FAIL
Why is this a fail? Is it because the people on the billboard are black? Because them being on there kind of implies that they DON’T have AIDS…
Why is it a fail for Africa when the billboard is Canadian?
you just PWND me
Double Fail!!! Colored people? Aids??? WTF?!
that’s why so many got that disease, just a silly missunderstanding
You just said colored people! Lmao! No one says that any more…roflmao!
Racist Bastards.
GOOGLE: load/epic_fail/fail_pictures/8-1-0-365
It’s obviously in some African country, not fail at all.
Can’t argue that…
indeed
Although the two are not mutually exclusive…
Pretty sure she didn’t.
Pretty sure someone needs a new shift key, and perhaps lessons in proper use of punctuation.
what is it, you are, trying to, say…?
Would you please explain the first sentence? Are you saying that my proper use of grammar and spelling causes you to think I’m less than intelligent?
I’m afraid you’re not making much sense.
Wait, wait…let me try.
He’s convinced that because you are knowledgeable about punctuation and grammar, he will suggest you do something.
Hmmmm.
Darn. I was hoping that you, as an English professor, would be able to figure out what the poor little twit was trying to say. Of course, if he is not fluent in the language, the attempt might be futile.
Congratulations, DW — you don’t speak troll!
Theng-kew!
You tried.
You utterly, utterly failed.
“I am convinced of the fact that since you are aware of such subtleties as use of grammar, my dear nightshayde, I suggest looking up the term ‘intelligence’ in a dictionary.”
That was his first sentence. To paraphrase, since I am aware of such subtleties as use of grammar, I should look up “intelligence” in a dictionary.
I’m not sure why he considers “use of grammar” to be a subtlety, or what that has to do with looking up a word in the dictionary, but I’m sure he thinks he’s somehow being clever.
This part:
“…I suggest looking up the term ‘intelligence’ in a dictionary. It will be entirely devoid of any reference to you,..” implied it fairly strongly.
Did I infer incorrectly?
Irony.
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Actually, I can speak. I’m pretty good at writing, too. Either that, or I had my university professors completely fooled. Maybe I have the people who currently pay me to be a proofreader fooled, too.
And look! You don’t even have to post the same idiotic comment multiple times to try to get your point across!
Now, is that “you” in English or in Trollish, because I just learned that “you” in Trollish can mean “her” and “she” as well.
I think I need a Rosetta Stone.
HAH!!!
Ohmigoodness, you made me laugh out loud there. The thought that you could in any way make me feel insecure or bad about 1) my ability to express myself and 2) how much I mean to people around here literally has me wiping tears of mirth from my eyes.
Oh…so “you” actually means “her” in your troll language? Thanks for the tip…I’m trying to learn.
Nope. I meant “although,” which is why I typed “although.”
Why do you think I didn’t mean it? It’s certainly better to graduate with high grades than it is to graduate while battling the syndrome of illnesses brought about by HIV, but the two things are not mutually exclusive. A person could graduate with A’s and still have AIDS.
If I’m not mistaken, Dragonwriter has deftly avoided any and all the lazy ad hominem traps, well done.
The people on the picture. They’re wearing some kind of tunic. I know people in Africa wear them. Thus, they’re in Africa.
They look like they’re wearing the type of cap & gown we in the U.S. (and likely in other places) wear to graduation ceremonies.
No ~, thus not sarcasm. Quod est demonstradum.
It’s been a long time since I left school and thus the latin language but shouldn’t it be ‘Quod erat demonstrandum’?
“Quod est demonstrandum” is the present tense (“which is to be proved”), “quod erat demonstrandum” is the imperfect (“which was to be proved”); both grammatically correct, though QED as used in English is more usually expanded with “erat”.
Don’t see what’s so fail about this. Aids is a huge problem in africa and if college kids are anything over there like they are over here, a warning isn’t completely unnecissary.
Is there something in the picture which indicates the billboard is in Africa?
If they’re African-American, the billboard is likely not in Africa.
It was an honest question. I’m not sure if the logo on the billboard belongs to an African school.
*pats eric on the head*
Here’s a cookie. Go play in traffic, dear.
How, exactly, do you go from looking at a picture of one black professor and one black student to thinking the entire school population consists solely of blacks? If the photo showed an entirely black student body, the assumption might make a little more sense (though the school could be in a predominantly black area of any town in any non-African country).
I don’t understand why the assumption is “black student + black professor = school in Africa.”
I used to live in South Africa, and this poster and its surroundings just screams “urban South Africa” to me – a city like Pretoria or Durban. The subjects look like sub-Saharan Africans in a way you don’t really see elsewhere e.g. the hair. The “avoid AIDS” message (i.e. no sex) makes me think we’re looking at a college with religious affiliations.
Now see? There is a rational answer. Thank you, brian t.
Hmmm — it appears that I missed the T-R-O-L-L … Whew!!! Although, it is interesting to read your and DW’s posts with the offending posts missing …
*SqueeeeeezeDW* *SqueeeeeezeNS*
Aw mannn, I missed all the fun too!
I suspect that DW and NS had everything well in hand!!!
Someone implied that I was less than intelligent, but did so in less-than-intelligible terms. It was rather sad, actually.
I should have gotten here sooner, I seem to have missed all the fun, too.
Damn. Looks like it was a juicy one, too.
There were two, actually.
Good guys: 1
Trolls: 0
and one borked blog!!
How goes it today EM?
Which one was it NS? There are so many of late. They sprout like nocuous weeds lately.
I seem to miss everything too Judy.
I’m putting these all together since Lord only knows where it will end up.
Same way you’d assume that if they were both Asian, the school is probably somewhere in Asia.
Some people know hot to use google, and where able to put the billboard text into googles text field and press enter.
@nightshayde
No, the assumption is:
Go to Google-> type in the text on the billboard -> Find out that it is an ad sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency – and found all over the African continent.
This is obviously in Africa, look! there are black people.
- Jonny
Proudly impersonating stupidity since 1996
As far as I know, I don’t have any African-American blood — but I’ll take that as a compliment.
Thank you.
If they are African-American’s they are 2 dimensional.
But they aren’t AA’s because if this were an American billboard the guy wouldn’t have a pot belly and seem to be missing an arm. That simply is not the way American’s pitch ads.
Oh crap! Then I’m in africa! Help! I don’t wanna dieeeeeeeeeeeeee!
No. Someone further up said it was Canadian. I still don’t see the fail, though. If it’s a fail to ever use a black person in an AIDS awareness billboard, it’s news to me. I didn’t know that NOT being racist meant always thinking about the race of a person and deciding white might be the best option. In some ways, I think calling this a fail has more racist (and thus, failing) undertones. That or people are just way too PC.
It’s Canadian, in the sense that it is sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency. But the signs are all over African Countries.
I take it that you don’t think this is funny either.
WIN!
But I have a learning disability so I need AIDS to graduate.
Is it my ! m a g n a t i o n but the last three fail seem to have some very weird over tones to them?
I think it’s your !magination.
Meegwetch for the assurance Nightshayde.
Seems a certain favorite company of ours has branched out from diet pills to course preparation software.
It’s a WIN!
It’s kinda racist how they’re featuring black people for that poster…
maybe it’s a black college. or a predominantly black geographical region.
don’t look for racism where it’s not intended. that’s just dumb.
Judging by the subject matter, I’m with all the other people who’ve suggested this being in Africa. Billboards about AIDS are pretty common there.
They have AIDS ads that feature white people too. Don’t worry, they aren’t trying to only tell black people not to get AIDS; it’s not a conspiracy to convince white people only black people get AIDS.
possibly b/c its IN Africa?
These billboards are if Africa, it would be weird if they had white people on them, since blacks are clearly a majority in most parts of Africa. Simple as that.
FailBlog Judgment fail! Let’s step out of our Western bubble for a second and look at the real world. This billboard is legit.
Perhaps the fail is the horribly lame pun?
I completely agree that FailBlog misjudged this billboard. There are parts of Africa where almost half of the population has AIDS. AIDS is a huge problem in Africa and around the world. This billboard is encouraging and hopeful, a way to look to the future. This in no way should be considered a Fail.
the two are not mutually exclusive…..
(aid’s and a’s i mean)
Yeah.
But if you had to choose…
Graduate with A’s then get financial AID, go to college and make sure you don’t get AIDS. Don’t sniff none of that Raid®, or any drug or you’ll get busted in a police raid. If you get rich you got it made, you might even have a maid, you might do her, unless you are gay (assuming you are male). When it’s hot, get under the shade. Make sure you don’t get hurt with blades, but if you do, dress the wound with a Band-Aid. Ok, enough!!! I can annoy myself sometimes…
This is very obviously a public health initiative in a lesser developed nation. This is in no way a fail. Countries (like here in Ghana), push stuff like this all the time to ensure a brighter future for their entire country..
Here, here.
Not a fail.
You referred to me as “dumb.” That word doesn’t mean what you seem to think it means. You might want to consult that dictionary of yours.
Thank you, Emily!!!!
Now just one to go, and we’re golden.
Should be coming up soon!
(You realize it’s going to look like we’re insulting each other all over the place once the blog stops being borked, right?)
Heeheehee!
Silly blog.
*megadragonsqueeze*
I’m looking forward to reading the funny exchanges.
I find it amusing that both DW and I used the same Princess Bride reference in our responses to two different comments.
Mwuaahahahahahaaa.
No worries DW and nightshayde your reputations are solid.
newbie? NS has been a regular here and whatever grammar mistake that you think he’s made i think you’re going way too deep on this (he gets plus 100 points from the board for being a regular). Chill dude, now here’s a cookie and some milk (i have some vodka for the milk too if you like)
(Psst…ns is a she.)
*gives a cookie anyway*
*bows*
Thank you, spazarmy.
*takes a deep breath*
Yup — the smell is gone.
Oh well — time to go home. I have Olympics to watch!
Good night, Everyone!
DW — I apologize in advance in case I insult you terribly when the blog unborkifies itself.
Heheheh…I’ll try really hard not to cry.
Goodnight, NS! Good work, you two. *squeezes*
Wspek is correct. This isn’t really a “fail.” These AIDS awareness billboards are all over Africa. It is a serious problem in certain countries, so there are all sorts of messages like this regarding AIDS, promoting safe sex, etc..
even if this is a US billboard, I still can’t see the “fail” part — AIDS is still a huge problem HERE, too.
As many have said, or tried to say – this is a legitimate ad, and it’s not depicting anyone in a racist fashion. I’ve seen this very billboard (it’s in Accra, Ghana – West Africa). A few have already mentioned it, but yeah – these type of signs are common across Africa as part of the continent’s widespread HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns. Why the “Fail”?
Spiffy. Everyone has gone to bed on me again. I shall not tell crappy chicken jokes this time. I shall tell crappy Latin jokes. This’ll learn ya.
Stultus est sicut stultus facit.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Cogito, ergo doleo.
I think, therefore I am depressed.
Prehende yxorem meam, sis.
Take my wife please.
Estne volumen in toga, an solumtibi libet me videre?
Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me.
Some of these are very applicable to this site.
I didn’t know you were a latin lover.
Ole’!
Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!
If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast paced, high-paying world of Latin.
Sorry Admiral, but only one comment from anyone in all of this time ain’t going to cut it. More Latin.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
I’ve a catapult. Give me all the money or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.
Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant
May barbarians invade you’re personal space.
Mater tua criceta fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.
In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags.
Now I am off to watch a Hercule Poirot mystery.
*dials IX-I-I*
Atwhay isway ouryay emergencyway?
Okay I’m back. The father did it.
Since there are two comments I will only do one bit o’ latin.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
You go girl!
When you live in the ghetto, you see signs like this all the time. the black community has a larger percentage of people with aids than any other. the black population also tends to have unprotected sex. this isn’t the only billboard ive seen like this in predominantly black areas. use a rubber!
Would that your parents had.
Hmph. Firefox is being weird here at home.
Be nice, coyote. Zrai did not say anything terribly inaccurate. The rate of HIV infection is different in different segments of society.
Baloney. “When you live in the ghetto…”. Racist crap.
Why all the fuss?? This is obviously a FAKE PHOTOSHOP billboard, anyone could tell that by examining pixel #64.
; ) jk
This is the most intellectual “Fake and Gay” obligatory comment, I’ve seen.
i was about to laugh…. til i realized this was a billboard in Africa. the quality of the billboard (and of the building behind it) gives it away. thus this is no longer that funny…and its telling people to focus on school instead of unprotected sex.. which wouldn’t be such a bad lesson here in the US either
(I cant resist.) Too bad i live in the AIDS pool.
It’s in Tanzania.
Wow – this fail is still partially borked.
The billboard is actually at the University of Zambia. And it is not racist. This is a Southern African Country. The buildings behind are hostels under construction. They should be complete around mid year
A quick Google search for the billboard text reveals: The billboards are in Africa, e.g. in Tanzania and Ethopia and this is a campaign supported by the Canadian International Development Agency.
So I’d say: A big “fail” for failblog.org.
I don’t think this is a fail and it’s also not funny to feature it on a website like this. It’s almost certainly in Africa and is very similar to many adverts I have seen in Uganda. AIDS is a huge problem there as is also an undercurrent of young girls and women (school age and older) getting into relationships with older men (sugar daddies) which can ruin the womens lives (not just with respect to AIDS) – I know because a friend of mine has gotten herself into trouble in exactly this way. He’s beaten her up very badly, stolen from her and is now stalking her…and who’s to say he doesnt have HIV or AIDS? Adverts like this are trying to break the silence and raise awareness. It’s such a shame that the US (US AID) have decided to stop promoting condoms and are going for abstinence instead and on top of that you have the pope ruining many years of hard work promoting safe sex.
Sorry, don’t meant to rant, but I think people should think a little more about poster such as this one.
i dont see the fail in this
i think this is a failblog fail
shame on you failblog
:smh:
You can’t graduate with E’s either.
As others have already stated: This billboard is in Africa which makes this a massive failblog fail!
IMO failblog should remove this post.
That’s a WIN, not a fail! Shame on you!
Lol they just had to be Orlando.
I believe the fail is the very young and small girl wearing a masters or doctors robe….
Billboards such as that are VERY common in Africa. I work in Uganda, and that billboard could easily be from there. The “cap and gown” is standard university graduation attire – throughout much of the world.
I think that this photo is actually a “WIN”. The only ‘fail’ part would be the no mention of condoms.
Would somebody care to explain to me why this is a fail?
yes, F*ck teachers only with condoms.
Folks–you are off on the wrong chase.
the FAIL is the spelling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is a good slogan… lol
You guys who call this a fail, are just absolute trolls!
Do you trolls really believe that your “intelligence” (as someone mentioned before) is at some superior level where the creators of this billboard could not catch up to? You trolls? Yes, you DO fail!
If even so you want to take this more “scientifically” (what you call by “grammar subtleties”), and think about what trolls call by “mutual exclusive”:
Graduate with ‘A’s Not with AIDS could be translated with logical connectives to:
GRADUATE(A) AND [ NOT GRADUATE(AIDS) ]
Obviously, you can graduate with straight ‘A’s while having AIDS but that would not be a “positive” result according to the sentence above.
I don’t really care whether or not this billboard was photographed in some African country (where AIDS is a real problem). What I do care, is about the message that it is trying to convey, which is of higher importance than your fool attempts to call this a fail.
Trolls!
I don’t get it.
Here is my interpretation, by using stereotypes: No straight A’s = jock = get a load of b*tches = AIDS.
Nerds are mostly virgins.
That’s a win: Don’t live with AIDS.
I know of some schools that are located close to African capitals, like Nairobi in Kenya.
(Most of the African building structures are mainly of sandstone and rarely of limestone.)
It’s good advice.
I’m not sure how this is a fail, exactly.
Ha if its not in Africa, then it’s incredibly racist. Just sayin’. Therefore I think it must be from the motherland.
Please, please shut up with the arguing and trying to decipher this picture. Just say LOL and click next.
Another Fail blog quality control fail
This looks like a Knowing your market Win to me…
I think the fail is that the girl on the right in pregnant….
Does anyone know where this ad is from or who put it up? Like the company? I wanna use this ad for a school project…
I’ve seen the same sign Sokoine University in Morogoro, Tanzania. I don’t know if they have them at other universities but it’s definitely up there.
*same sign at Sokoine
Funny thing, the one on the right looks like the same person who was holding a sign saying “Hand Jobs 5$” in another fail… hmm….
great advice
)
WTF HTAT’S NOT A FAIL THAT’S GOOD