# How many times can PETA jump the shark before they become completely irrelevant? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114 "2010-03-20T05:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114/21 "2010-03-23T02:30:22Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Wait, PETA has relevance? Since when? > > They might hook a few people now and again, but by and large PETA is only relevant to members of PETA anymore. Every time they pull some stunt, the media is sure to cover it, however. It’s like nobody in the news business can figure out that what PETA does isn’t newsworthy. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114/22 "2010-03-23T15:10:37Z")
Hey, it’s entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114/23 "2010-03-23T17:22:14Z")
too late… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114/24 "2010-03-23T19:25:24Z")
PETA was kind enough to provide a naked hot chick to decorate downtown Memphis this weekend while I was there. This atones for many of their sins. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114/25 "2010-03-23T19:29:36Z")
Men who eat dairy suffer sexual problems? Really? 😕 So much for all those stories about the milkman… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114/26 "2010-03-23T19:30:41Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > PETA was kind enough to provide a naked hot chick to decorate downtown Memphis this weekend while I was there. This atones for many of their sins. Was she free of all fur? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114/27 "2010-03-23T19:31:52Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Was she free of all fur? She was actually wearing a pair of “nude” colored panties, and as I do not have x-ray vision, I cannot answer that query. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114/28 "2010-05-13T21:03:27Z")
And in case you prefer to buy in bulk. Not really NSFW, but spoilered just in case. [Latest protest](http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2010/05/petas_latest_bloody_naked_protest.php) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114/29 "2010-05-13T21:08:28Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Makes sense. Doesn’t everyone think of PETA when they think of sex? 😃 Only when I am having sex with animals. So only when my wife is out of town. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114/30 "2010-05-13T21:11:32Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > If it hurts, you’re doing it wrong! The last time that happened, I got into a knife fight in Central America. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-peta-jump-the-shark-before-they-become-completely-irrelevant/533114.md?page=1)