13 Bizarre Public Campaigns From Modern Governments
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Is there anything more terrifying than a politician's campaign video? You know the ones – the sweaty, desperate people with tight smiles and loose morals , informing you in a honeyed, smarmy voice that they they need your vote? Well, brace yourself–if you thought individual politicians were bad, wait until you see their governments in action. we’ve collected some of the weirdest and most bizarre public campaigns from modern governments. From singing politicians to platforms made entirely of ice cream, these videos will make you laugh (or maybe cringe) until your sides hurt.
The fact is that governments all over the world have taken to some pretty bizarre public campaigns in order to get their messages out there. Sometimes they're funny, sometimes they're strange, but they’re always interesting. It seems interesting, right. So make some big popcorn and get chompin’because we have one serious line up for you!
Scroll down for some really bizarre examples of public campaigns. Don’t even get us started about the time Berlin tried to use mimes to shame people into drinking less.
![Germany filmed a video praising couch potatoes as pandemic heroes. NETFLIX ations MEME? It shows an old man reminiscing about his service in the pandemic, and ends with: you too can become a hero by staying at home. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/1/785551.jpg)
Source: AP News
![Japan is planning to use AI to help people successfully date and find long-term partners. It's part of Japan's plan to get its birth rate up, and it involves applying AI to the matchmaking services that local governments already run. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/0/785550.jpg)
Source: BBC
![Venezuela created a Deputy Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness. The new ministry's job would be to look after our elderly men and women care for our boys and girls, Nicolas Maduro announced. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/8/785548.jpg)
Source: The Daily Beast
![Japan's government once created an initiative called Let's Stockpile Toilet Paper. It was part of a response to toilet paper shortages after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and it tired to get households to keep a month's worth of TP. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/6/785546.jpg)
Source: Japan Times
![Russia created a Safe Selfie campaign with a booklet about what not to do. The booklet, distributed in schools, says you shouldn't do things like climbing an electrical pylon or hanging from a rooftop just to get likes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/7/785547.jpg)
Source: UPI
![South Korea's ministry of defense blasted K-pop across the border into North Korea. The ministry claims the songs, broadcast from 11 loudspeakers guarded by troops, will get the attention of listeners in North Korea. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/9/785549.jpg)
Source: The Guardian, The Guardian
![The United Kingdom actually appointed a Minister for Loneliness in 2018. the That was the result of the 2017 finding that 9 million Britons felt lonely some or all of the time -- soon, a national strategy for loneliness was launched. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/5/785545.jpg)
Source: MarketWatch
![Colombia used a Christmas-themed ad campaign to get guerrilas to go home. They put up Christmas trees in the jungle, with the message If Christmas can come to the jungle, you can come home. Demobilize. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/4/785544.jpg)
Source: PRI
![In the city of La paz, Colombia, people dressed up in zebra costumes direct traffic. Unlike police, they just kind of nudge you into behaving well - for example, if you stop your car on a pedestrian crossing, they'll lie across the hood. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/2/785542.jpg)
Source: The Atlantic
![Berlin tried to use mimes to deal with drunken tourists in the streets at night. rop MAP The mimes would go out in groups of four and let people take photos with them while exerting social pressure on tourists to act appropriately. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/3/785543.jpg)
Source: VICE
![Singapore had an official campaign to get people laid (to boost the birth rate). The government, in partnership with Mentos, promoted August 9 as the National Night, on which couples should let their patriotism explode. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/1/785541.jpg)
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
![The Finnish foreign ministry promoted the idea of pantsdrunk using emoji. the It means drinking at home, by yourself, with no pants on. In addition to two emoji for the concept, the ministry also created a promotional video. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/0/785540.jpg)
Source: Vinepair
![The Australian government used horoscopes to deter Sri Lankan asylum seekers. Playing to the popularity of astrology in Sri Lanka, the ads predicted the bad things that would befall each star sign if they came to Australia illegally. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/9/785539.jpg)
Source: The Guardian