4 Unintentionally Awful Attempts to Raise Public Awareness

In the same rhythm of a similarly titled poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas," the jolly lyrics describe a rapist fondly remembering the crime he just committed, unaware that the cops are about to pay him a visit -- which is a slight departure from the original poem about hopeful children dreaming of the gifts Santa would surprise them with on Christmas morning. When people felt offended by the poem, the police were quick to apologize (and by apologize we mean "explain why citizens shouldn't be offended and leave the poem up").

The song, entitled "Designer Drugs: Designed to Defeat You," features a reggae-esque upbeat tempo while a not-very-effective pusher convinces a shipmate to try bath salts by singing about how they'll wreck his life. And if the rap stanza somehow fails to convince you that drugs are bad, there's also a second number with more of a country flavor (about synthetic marijuana) that ends with the lyrics "Yeah, the Navy will bust you and ban your liiiiife" ...

... which is catchy and all, but we question the efficacy of any PSA that looks like it was animated around the same time as The Herculoids.

The game is the Chinese government corruption equivalent of Whack-A-Mole: You get points for zapping corrupt officials, but if you hit a police officer, you lose 100 points (and wake up in a Chinese prison the next day). Unfortunately, as citizens pointed out, the more officials you electrocute, the more appear on the screen, and eventually you lose. You know, China, maybe "fighting against corruption is futile and will get you killed" isn't the best message to put out there.

The man decides to ship himself illegally over the treacherous waters to Australia, but the boat is caught by the navy and everyone is detained and placed in dingy camps guarded by armed officials. At this point, the man realizes he made a huge mistake as he spends the rest of his days yearning for the exotic dances of his people.

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Why they went through all that trouble when they could have just mentioned that they have giant spiders, we're not sure.

The comic then ends on that terribly depressing note ... at least until the Australian government decides to write a sequel guest-starring Wolverine to boost readership.

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