# Damn it PETA, quit messing with Mario. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046 "2011-11-15T19:56:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/21 "2011-11-16T16:16:26Z")
[Kuma](http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters2/kuma-desk.jpg) would like a word, and perhaps a fist, with PETA. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/22 "2011-11-16T17:33:35Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > PETA still matters? Whether or not PETA matters is one thing, but at $30 million of annual donations and grants, they certainly are not struggling financially. I know people think PETA is stupid for these little gambits, but in fact they know exactly what they are doing, getting publicity that helps them bring in donations like very few other charities can. I am not a fan of PETA, but I get what they are doing. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/23 "2011-11-16T17:37:36Z")
Doesn’t the head of PETA use medication that was tested on animals to stay alive? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/24 "2011-11-16T17:55:24Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Doesn’t the head of PETA use medication that was tested on animals to stay alive? Mary Beth Sweetland is diabetic, yes, although she is no longer the head of PETA and worked for the Humane Society (I don’t know what she does now). [http://humanewatch.org/index.php/people/detail/mary\_beth\_sweetland/](http://humanewatch.org/index.php/people/detail/mary_beth_sweetland/) Brief note in the link above about her position. I also saw an interview with her where she ducked and weaved and bobbed around the question like Cassius Clay in his prime, and finally muttered something about “greater good” because without insulin, she couldn’t save so many other animals. Then one of her handlers declared the interview was o-vah, and that was it. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/25 "2011-11-16T19:16:01Z")
> [@Tom\_P](#): > > They unsurprisingly don’t like it, so they created Super Tofu Boy. No, [seriously](http://features.peta.org/super-meat-boy-parody/) Which was later officially incorporated into the game by the devs. He’s the weakest alternative character you can play. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/26 "2011-11-16T23:41:07Z")
Wait - doesn’t PETA care about Bowser and friends? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/27 "2011-11-16T23:50:35Z")
Who speaks for Yoshi? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/28 "2011-11-17T02:49:39Z")
I remember a few years ago, we found a Super Mario Bros. parody online, apparently made by PETA. It was called “Super Chicken Sisters” and featured a KFC with a bloody bucket for a sign. I wonder if it’s still around, but don’t feel like looking for it just now. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/29 "2011-11-17T04:18:01Z")
Umm… In Donkey Kong, Mario abused Kong with a whip. That’s why Kong was so pissed when he escaped his captor. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/30 "2011-11-17T10:57:57Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I am obviously appalled at the skinning of live animals… Skinning \*live \*animals? I’ve skinned a lot of deer in my life, but always waited till they were dead. Seems like it would be hard to do, with all the squirming and kicking. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/31 "2011-11-17T16:10:49Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Skinning \*live \*animals? > > I’ve skinned a lot of deer in my life, but always waited till they were dead. Seems like it would be hard to do, with all the squirming and kicking. 😉 I know right? But they seem alive in that video they show. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/32 "2011-11-17T16:24:59Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Skinning \*live \*animals? > > I’ve skinned a lot of deer in my life, but always waited till they were dead. Seems like it would be hard to do, with all the squirming and kicking. 😉 I was thinking the same thing. Kind of like live nude dancers ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/33 "2011-11-17T17:05:07Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yeah, but look at the career arc he’s on. Mario used to spend five or ten minutes just to take out one gorilla. Now he’s running roughshod through whole packs of critters. When a serial killer escalates like that, it’s bound to draw the attention of the authorities. A very special episode of Criminal minds: Hotchner: First gorillas, now this. Rossi: He’s escalating. Morgan: We need to stop him \ before he \*\*stomps \*\*again. Rossi: I have no evidence to back this up whatsoever, but I think our unsub might be plumber, who likes to wear red, with relationship issues and a less popular brother. Reid: I shall now explain something patently obvious because none of us have gone to college, or have several years of law enforcement experience. Also, something about Jeffrey Dhamer. Garcia: While you were yapping I pulled the all the medical history of all the people in the world that ever lived, without a warrant. Seems like our unsub was admitted to a hospital for shroom overdose. Hotchner: Let’s brief the local cops with our incredibly flimsy evidence. Morgan: Can we do that thing where we only say a couple of lines each for dramatic effect? Hotchner: Duuude… That’s all we do, besides taking charge of SWAT teams for no reasonable purpose. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/34 "2011-11-17T17:44:30Z")
The Mario universe is pretty grimdark. The Mushroom Kingdom is under the thumb of the Toadstool monarchy and suffers constant invasions from Bowser’s military. It’s basically Hitler vs. Stalin all over again. So the fact that Mario kills thousands of koopas and goombas to defend the beleaguered mushroom people is understandable. Sure, he should turn his stomping prowess to the crown and be a hero of the people but Peach has him wrapped around her pinky. That happens to guys, it’s unfortunate, what can ya do? You can’t defend the Pokemon universe though. In that world every culture’s favorite sport is animal fighting. The entire point of the game is to be the most vicious animal fighter in the land and capture as many as you can into tiny balls. Even worse, many of the animals are sapient. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/35 "2011-11-17T21:36:43Z")
PETA needs to find another target. Aren’t there any seal clubbers for them to go bother? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046/36 "2011-11-18T20:11:43Z")
Seal doesn’t do clubs anymore, but he is [releasing his new album next year.](http://seal2.warnerreprise.com/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-it-peta-quit-messing-with-mario/603046.md?page=1)