Google has put out its annual year’s end Zeitgeist video. Initially, this year’s edition struck me as more annoying than usual. They spend a lot of time using the world’s triumph and tragedy to sell their failing Google+ product. A bit distasteful, but hey Google does a lot of good, so whatever. On my second view this afternoon though I noticed something disturbing. They end the film with a rapid-fire montage of 2011 images that ends on and lingers on the image below:
What the hell? Maybe I’m missing something, but it looks to me like a child of indeterminate nationality high-fiving an American service-person. This is the image that Google chooses to end its summing up of 2011 on? Is Google taking product-placement money from the Department of Defense? Inexplicable.
Here at Hammer of Truth, the only appropriate response to the inexplicable is a caption contest. Here are a couple to start you off.
“Thanks for blowing up that wedding, I was really nervous about being ring-bearer!”
“If I smile for this picture does that mean you won’t send the robots to kill my daddy?”
“Hey it’s 2012 and we’re prove the Mayans right with global war. BOOSH!”
“If you’re a good occupied country, next year instead of cluster bombs we’re giving everyone an xbox. Also, it’s considerable cheaper and Microsoft is now a military contractor.”
GO STATE!
Thank you America for burning my sister’s face off… now I’m the cute one in the family.
HAI FIVE!
“I appreciate it when you ladies cover your hair.”
Thought balloon from kid: “…I thought Americans knew what The Finger meant? What’s this high-five shit?”
“Velcro shoes and combat boots…cheers to practical footwear!”
“Now that you can be gay does that mean you’ll be nicer?”
“Please, you’ve done more than enough already, Now, get the fuck out!”
Balloon over child… “THERE’s a gloveful of anthrax spores for ya.”
You’re right, I can still high-five even after your bombs blew my right arm off.