from the maybe-they-would-escape-if-offered-a-*real*-beer? dept.
As the week draws to a close, I thought the community would appreciate a little levity to wind things up. This story made me chuckle; hope you find it as ridiculous as I did!
On July 19, cnet reported that 1.7 Million Want to Raid Area 51 to 'See Them Aliens', subtitled -- "They can't stop us all.":
Are UFOs real? Well over a million people have pledged to find out. A Facebook event named Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us has become an internet sensation. Even though the US Air Force is strongly advising against it, more than 1.7 million people have signed up to attend the Sept. 20 event in the Nevada desert, and an additional 1.3 million are "interested" in attending (read: cowards).
[...] Area 51 is a highly classified zone around 150 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada, a detachment of the famed Edwards Air Force Base. No one really knows what the base is used for, though it's speculated to be a location for aircraft development, and as such Area 51 has become synonymous with alien conspiracies. The most popular ones involve alien spaceships or aliens themselves, all allegedly housed within the classified zone.
Not to be one to miss out on a marketing opportunity, Bud Light has made an offer. Bud Light: Free Beer for any Alien that Escapes Area 51 subtitled -- Take me to your liter:
[...] But don't joke with a well-armed military force. The US Air Force told the Washington Post that messing with the highly classified location is a terrible idea, saying in a statement that "the US Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets."
Enter American beer Bud Light, known for its irreverent and sassy ads. First, the beer tweeted from its official account that, "we'd like to be the first brand to formally announce that we will not be sponsoring the Area 51 raid."[1]
[...] That didn't last long. On Wednesday, the beer brand rethought things, tweeting, "Screw it. Free Bud Light to any alien that makes it out."[2]
[...] A publicity stunt, sure, but this isn't something some intern just thought of in a spare moment and forgot about instantly. Someone at the beer company tweeted out an actual illustrated label for "The Universally Renowned Bud Light Space Beer."[3]
[...] And when questioned on whether the "space beer" could be bought, responded with, "51,000 retweets and we'll make it happen." (Get it? 51,000 ... Area 51 ... everything is connected. Time is a flat circle, etc.)[4]
As of Thursday night, the tweet had more than 24,000 retweets and was still climbing, so is almost halfway there.
[1] https://twitter.com/budlight/status/1150872625381597186
[2] https://twitter.com/budlight/status/1151513706859257856
[3] https://twitter.com/budlight/status/1151596926627983365
[4] https://twitter.com/budlight/status/1151615891311927296
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday July 20 2019, @01:05PM
Exclusive footage [youtube.com]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 20 2019, @01:16PM
(Score: 5, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday July 20 2019, @01:51PM (6 children)
They come all this way and you're going to give them Bud Light? Unless you make them mow the lawn first, you're liable to get the planet blown up.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday July 20 2019, @02:56PM (1 child)
I dunno, beer might be harsh to Aliens. Bud Light is the closest intoxicant to water that you're gonna get. Ease them in.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 20 2019, @03:31PM
At least it isn't a Can Of Old Rubber' Snot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 20 2019, @04:40PM
Bud Light? You can put that right back in the horse you got it from!
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday July 20 2019, @05:24PM (1 child)
At least it's not Michelob Ultra.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 21 2019, @05:23AM
Surprisingly good after mowing the lawn. That's how I judge the tasteless beers since it's something they're actually good for.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by sgleysti on Saturday July 20 2019, @05:27PM
Exactly. When I read the headline my first thought was, "Surely they know better than to attempt to entice aliens with Bud Light. I wonder what good kind of beer they will offer instead..."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 20 2019, @01:56PM (1 child)
Can I have my beer mixed smoothly with strawberries and raw salmon?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 20 2019, @02:42PM
Sure, just call 866-DHS-2-ICE [ice.gov] and you'll be swimming upstream in no time.
(Score: 5, Funny) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Saturday July 20 2019, @04:24PM (2 children)
1 - Model a life-size alien corpse out of latex.
2 - Attend "break in" event. Hang around at the back for a while, keeping fake alien hidden in rucksack.
3 - Make way through crowd to Area 51 fence. Discretely whip alien out, then hold it above head and run away from base shouting "I GOT ONE! I GOT ONE!"
4 - ?????
5 - Profit.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 20 2019, @04:59PM (1 child)
Everyone should wear Trump masks.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 20 2019, @06:09PM
Build a wall around Area 51! Keep the aliens in!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 20 2019, @04:28PM
They are going to try to make them drink Bud Light?!!!
Great, now they will never come out.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Farkus888 on Saturday July 20 2019, @06:41PM
Of course some stupid moron does something they think is nice that the aliens rightly declare an act of war. If my species gets wiped out over bugs light I'll be pissed, but I will know deep inside that we deserved it.
(Score: 2) by The Shire on Saturday July 20 2019, @07:28PM (1 child)
Seems like a good way to get them all to congregate in one place for processing?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by JNCF on Sunday July 21 2019, @06:38AM
Wrong concentration camp.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 20 2019, @08:40PM
eh, this is clever. everybody knows that bud light was a classified project between the cluberment and the "food" industry.
after encountering the ghould on FTL-powered missions and discovering teleportation was real, a first line of defense
for the human population had to be implemented, keeping them nasty from taking over human bodies as hosts: thus the nasty tasting "bud light"
was invented 'cause it kills any ghould larva in-situ. cheers!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 21 2019, @01:42AM
Poison the aliens. That'd start an interplanetary war.