I Love Bees Coming to an End

With the gold status of Halo 2, the ILoveBees performance will soon come to an end. Wired has an article discussing the meme in depth, and going into details about what exactly it is. If you haven't had a chance to experience the phenomenon yet, the article does a good job of laying it out. (Though the performance finale doesn't come until Halo 2's launch day.)

I [heart] Bee's Too

[Anonymous Coward]

Huckabee's that is!

no bee overlords??

[to be a troll]

damn...and all this time i thought the bees were REALLY taking over...i guess another four more years of Bush is all we have to look forward to:(

Damn

[Anonymous Coward]

So far I didn't have a chance to experience this great advertisement and now I hear it's going away. Life sucks.

Bees? No thanks

[Timesprout]

I will wait for Dennis Ritchie to develop I love Cees

Re:I [heart] Bee's Too

[Rassleholic]

Huckabee's that is!

Bah! No one can resist the power of Grizzlebee's. Not even Grandma!

/Cowabunga!

Re:Uhh yeah

[HyperChicken]

some people, such as myself, are really into the scifi story of halo

Dude, get a temp job and move out of your parents basement.

Re:Uhh yeah

[Anonymous Coward]

yeah, and I bet you read /. too! loser!!!

Re:'Meme'

[Takeel]

People just like to say "meme" I think. Sounds deep.

If by "people" you mean "lots of blogging weenies", then yes.

Re:Why do people use the word 'meme' so often?

[uberdave]

The Coward's just trying to start a "meme's don't exist" meme. Don't fall for it.

Obligatory Simpsons Quote

[jasoncc]

Homer: Or what? You'll release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2359/ sounds/Homer/bees.wav [geocities.com]
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F16.html [snpp.com]

Re:Uhh yeah

[bleckywelcky]

Favorite quote from the Wired article:

[...one player even braved Florida's Hurricane Ivan to answer a call at a pay phone that was destroyed shortly afterward.

"Dude," said Puppetmaster 2, "it's a hurricane. Put the phone down."]

Re:Useful Links

[NSash]

Basically I Love Bee is a game. But a game played out in real life.

You're killing me.

Bees? Fuck 'em! Wake me up...

[payndz]

...when the 'I Hate Bees' game starts. Little pollen-spreading black-and-yellow bastards.

Not as bad as wasps, though. If there's ever an 'I Hate Wasps' game, count me in! Those fuckers have a nest somewhere in my apartment building, and when I turn my heating on for the winter I keep finding wasp corpses in my living room!

Re:Uhh yeah

[hoggoth]

I tape the superbowl so I can fast forward through the sports parts to watch the commercials (and the occasional escaped breast).

Re:WOW or: "How to have a closed mind and no fun"

[Saeger]

The point of all of this is that even though YOU might not care it's still blatant marketing and you are falling for it hook, line, and sinker.

But... But... we need this kind of bullshit more than ever! You see, with fewer and fewer people required to work at useful jobs, because of accelerating productivity, we instead need to rely on this bullshit economy. We have to happily consume BS and produce more BS, otherwise we'll have to reevaluate the welfare system. :)

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Re:'Meme'

[Aquillion]

Don't you mean:

You keep using that word... I do not think it memes what you think it memes.
- Inigo Montoya

...sorry.

What, it's not out yet ?

[mekanizer]

And I thought those russian BOXs with French HALO 2 were legit.

Re:WOW

[NanoGator]

" The sheer level of involvement in the people who play it is sad. Just think how much of your life you are wasting IN A FUCKING ADVERTISEMENT."

Said the guy loudly registerring his complaint on Slashdot.

Gamer fanatics..

[euxneks]

Some people take reality gaming a bit too far:

Choice Quote:
"Dude," said Puppetmaster 2, "it's a hurricane. Put the phone down."