"Only you can prevent wildfires."

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

It's no secret that in Cali we have a wildfire problem on a fairly regular basis, and in recent years other parts of the world such as Australia and Brazil have had really devastating wildfires.....

I think it's safe to say that most young kids at least LIKE Smokey the Bear, if not love him, but are we really reaching the right audience? In the U.S., how are most wildfires started? Campfires, BBQ's, cigarette butts, fireworks..... and just because, now we have "gender reveal parties...." Are young kids the ones we need to be tailoring this message to? How many young kids find themselves in these kinds of roles out in the woods? I think we need a more "adult" or "older teen" friendly mascot, because I just have a feeling these demographics are far more responsible for wildfires than the demographics that probably Smokey resonates the most with.

[GuyBeardmane]

I say keep Smokey, but replace the cartoon with an actual bear in a ranger hat and make commercials where he mauls people who aren't following fire safety protocols. 

 

Change the tagline from "Only you can prevent forest fires/wildfires" to "fuck around and find out."

Edited August 19, 2021 by GuyBeardmane

[Sieg67]

Have you guys tried sweeping your forests?



/s

[Sawdy]

 

[Distortedreasoning]

fuck smokey, the more frequent fires have been more of a result of drought and hotter weather. 

[1pooh4u]

I get what you’re saying, but if you’re a grown ass adult that needs a mascot to tell you not to play with matches, or leave open flames unattended, then it’s probably gonna take more than a mascot to get the point across.  

[Sawdy]

2 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

I get what you’re saying, but if you’re a grown ass adult that needs a mascot to tell you not to play with matches, or leave open flames unattended, then it’s probably gonna take more than a mascot to get the point across.  

Cunt

[1pooh4u]

1 minute ago, Sawdy said:

Cunt

Who you calling a cunt? 

[Sawdy]

2 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

Who you calling a cunt? 

See you next tuesday

[1pooh4u]

Just now, Sawdy said:

See you next tuesday

You better be talking about the informationally challenged adults that start fires in practical deserts cuz they’re too stupid to not know to do gender reveal explosions in the middle of a drought unless a fictional character tells them 💩

[Sawdy]

1 minute ago, 1pooh4u said:

You better be talking about the informationally challenged adults that start fires in practical deserts cuz they’re too stupid to not know to do gender reveal explosions in the middle of a drought unless a fictional character tells them 💩

I used to call these people r words

[1pooh4u]

6 minutes ago, Sawdy said:

I used to call these people r words

I know. Cunt is acceptable though. Shit is bananas 😆

all I’m sayin is the mascot should also be using physical violence 💩

Edited August 19, 2021 by 1pooh4u

[Sawdy]

1 minute ago, 1pooh4u said:

I know. Cunt is acceptable though. Shit is bananas 😆

all I’m sayin is the mascot should also be using physical violence 💩

You’re being a real raging fucktard

[1pooh4u]

Just now, Sawdy said:

You’re being a real raging fucktard

You’re such a dick.  You wanna cry

[tsar4]

One of the recent (maybe in Canada) wildfires was reported to have been started by a defective or damaged catalytic convertor.  

Meanwhile...

[GuyBeardmane]

1 hour ago, Sawdy said:

Cunt

They should've just used a real bloodhound in a trenchcoat.

[Seight]

Well that's not good, I'm never in the woods to begin with.

[nameraka]

20 hours ago, 1pooh4u said:

I get what you’re saying, but if you’re a grown ass adult that needs a mascot to tell you not to play with matches, or leave open flames unattended, then it’s probably gonna take more than a mascot to get the point across.  

Honestly, anything short of a firing squad is probably going to be too subtle for the average person.

[1pooh4u]

16 minutes ago, nameraka said:

Honestly, anything short of a firing squad is probably going to be too subtle for the average person.

That’s what I’m thinking especially since they didn’t learn to not light stuff on fire the first time 

[Vamped]

23 hours ago, GuyBeardmane said:

They should've just used a real bloodhound in a trenchcoat.

They had a man in a McGruff suit at the mall when I was like 6 ... I lost my shit because I was so terrified of it. The man inside had to come out of the suit because I was doing ALOT.

[GuyBeardmane]

Just now, Vamped said:

They had a man in a McGruff suit at the mall when I was like 6 ... I lost my shit because I was so terrified of it. The man inside had to come out of the suit because I was doing ALOT.

My story is the opposite, except it was Mickey Mouse.  Some guy in a Mickey costume was at the mall when I was a kid and I marked out and told him that I watched all his cartoons.

[Vamped]

17 hours ago, GuyBeardmane said:

My story is the opposite, except it was Mickey Mouse.  Some guy in a Mickey costume was at the mall when I was a kid and I marked out and told him that I watched all his cartoons.

My grandpa will not let me live this down to THIS day

[GuyBeardmane]

17 minutes ago, Vamped said:

My grandpa will not let me live this down to THIS day

It's okay.  I still have an irrational fear of animatronics based on a trip to Chuck E. Cheese as a kid.