Killer Sofa -- an inaccurately modeled depiction of childhood obesity

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killersofa.jpg This picture is a campaign flyer for Childhood Obesity Awareness Campaign. Childhood obesity is a problem -- in addition to getting made fun of and bullied by their classmates, fat kids stay at home sitting on the couch with an upside down XBox 360 staring into space while holding an XBox 360 controller that's plugged into nothing. Last time I checked, XBox360 controllers plug into the front of the XBox 360, not the back. Not only that, but this particular obese child also doesn't realize that XBox 360 is plugged into nothing. Of course, this photo is also highly inaccurate because the sofa is much too clean -- if we are to believe that this child does nothing but sit on the couch, eat his chips and soda and can't be bothered to plug in his damn game system, there should also be residual crumbs and leftover food wrappers decorating the premises. Being so tidy, it feels like this photograph was taken in an IKEA showroom. Of course this particular kid gets to be a model for a high exposure campaign against obesity -- that's gotta score some valuable rep points on the playground on Monday morning.

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