SurvivaBall: New Yes Men Prank Focuses On Global Warming (VIDEO)

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Huffington Post   |  Alex Leo
First Posted: 09-16-09 11:28 AM   |   Updated: 09-16-09 12:08 PM

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The Yes Men are back and this time they're going green. Nine months ago the group of socially-minded pranksters pulled off an elaborate hoax, distributing thousands of free copies of a fake edition of the "New York Times" dated July 4, 2009. It declared that the Iraq War was over, that Bush had been indicted for treason, and that all public universities were now free.

While the Yes Men, aka Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos, generally practice "identity correction" by pretending to be spokesmen for prominent organizations such as the WTO, McDonalds, or Dow, in the case of their newest prank the men created their own company: SurvivaBall.

"SurvivaBall is nothing less than a self-contained living system--truly, a gated community for one. If you have a SurvivaBall, even if everyone else is dying, at least you can weather all storms."

Of course, while SurvivaBall is its own brand, it was created by America's largest companies (the Website boasts the logos of Shell, Ford, Exxon, GM, etc.) to avoid dealing with their impact on the environment in a non-profitable manner:

"While others look to Senate bills or UN accords for a climate solution, we look to our best engineers. And our expert team has come up with a solution in perfect accord with our values. Technological. Profitable. And, dare we say, beautiful."

The Yes Men first introduced the SurvivaBall back in 2006 as the brainchild of Haillburton. "We were targeting Halliburton because they're the most iconic example of companies profiting from global warming, climate changes and even natural disasters like in New Orleans," they said.

The ball itself, which will allow you to live without the pesky reliance on nature, features a Food Reprocessor, Hyperfine Elasticity Units, and Communications and Infrastructure Monitoring Assemblage, and can suck energy from a variety of sources.

A tipster told Gawker that the Website and follwing video "are just laying the groundwork for next week's stunt" which will include floating a bunch of folks in "SurvivaBalls" down the East River.


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The Yes Men are back and this time they're going green. Nine months ago the group of socially-minded pranksters pulled off an elaborate hoax, distributing thousands of free copies of a fake edition of...
The Yes Men are back and this time they're going green. Nine months ago the group of socially-minded pranksters pulled off an elaborate hoax, distributing thousands of free copies of a fake edition of...
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- New PlanoBlue I'm a Fan of PlanoBlue 40 fans permalink
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Is it me or does that gigantic pink thing in the picture with the 6 protrusions look like Rush Limbaugh?

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:37 PM on 09/16/2009
- New hardrain77 I'm a Fan of hardrain77 11 fans permalink

This is perfect for the tent cities sprouting up. Everyone could live in their own to weather the hard times.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:21 PM on 09/16/2009

I can't believe they think they will make money from this, because it looks uncomfortable. I didn't read the article or watch the video, but I think that I know everything I need to know about this, and that my uninformed observations are valuable enough to be read by any strangers that may open up this website.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:15 PM on 09/16/2009

Murphy Brown was right about you Mr. Snell. Da m n funny post.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:19 PM on 09/16/2009
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It sounds like you've been studying mikefina and jordan327.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:29 PM on 09/16/2009

Super Witty.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:29 PM on 09/16/2009
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Co-sign.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:34 PM on 09/16/2009
- New RexOzone I'm a Fan of RexOzone 15 fans permalink
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Wait'll you see this thing go over Niagara Falls or plummeting from the AIG building, you doubting Thomas. At last we can take comfort from Global Warming panic-merchants who only see the big picture.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:46 PM on 09/16/2009
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This is definitively GOOD, SMART HUMOR, even if it is usually hard to find.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:06 PM on 09/16/2009

I cant wait for this, this is going to be GOOD lol

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:03 PM on 09/16/2009
- New DonCosenza I'm a Fan of DonCosenza 12 fans permalink
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This fake ad may be new, but the SurvivaBall isn't exactly new. They revealed it (as a Halliburton product) at the Catastrophic Loss conference in Florida in 2006.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:59 PM on 09/16/2009

The article above states that, yes.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:02 PM on 09/16/2009
- New DonCosenza I'm a Fan of DonCosenza 12 fans permalink
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Good point... but why does the headline say "new yes men prank"? Maybe they should wait until they do float them down the East River.

Anyway, HBO's been showing The Yes Men Fix the World all summer, I wonder why it's not going to theatres until October.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:15 PM on 09/16/2009

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