North Korea Develops Time Machine
And uses it to give us a frightening glimpse into America’s future, cleverly disguised as laughable propaganda about America’s present.
It’s not as bad as I thought it would be. I could deal with coffee made from snow. And tasty birds? Yum!
UPDATE: This commenter provides evidence that the video is a hoax/satire, and not a product of the North Korean government. That would not be particularly surprising.
UPDATE x2: Yup. Fake. But very funny.
Is that George Galloway providing the English translation of the narration?
JVW (4826a9) — 3/13/2013 @ 8:32 pm“A former republican candidate”
I thought North Koreans knew about snow, and the relative shortage of birds when snow is prevalent
other than that, sounded like a typical AP story
MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 3/13/2013 @ 8:44 pmis there a for reals reason why we can’t bomb them into pretty glowing cinders tomorrow?
happyfeet (8ce051) — 3/13/2013 @ 8:56 pmWhere’s the DeLorean?
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 3/13/2013 @ 8:58 pmThe most important difference in the video …
Neo (d1c681) — 3/13/2013 @ 8:59 pmAmericans may live in corridors, but those corridors are well lit.
It’s a great documentary of the job FEMA has done in the Rockaways.
Neo (d1c681) — 3/13/2013 @ 9:01 pmI saw this on Youtube a couple weeks ago. It was on a channel whose creator had a ton of satirical videos on North Korea (i.e. he dubbed over the videos mocking NK’s propaganda).
I’m trying to find his channel now and will post it if I do.
I would take this with a grain of salt until it’s confirmed. Then again, I don’t speak Korean so I may be completely wrong.
ratbeach (f5aad4) — 3/13/2013 @ 9:01 pmIf this is so, why do they fear us so and want to bomb us poor people out of existence?
Do the Korean people get Korean coffee and a cake?
Manlydad (55cb65) — 3/13/2013 @ 9:04 pmHere is the link to the original video entitled “North Korea Comedy Show : How Americans Live Today, Survive By Eating Birds And Snow”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJoQOQHQ8oA
Here is the man’s channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/alunhill?feature=watch
Many of the comments seem to suggest its a hoax video, including one where the author thanks a user for claiming his narration is hilarious. The author also has many other videos which dubs NK videos, as I said before. It seems to be an ongoing satire.
ratbeach (f5aad4) — 3/13/2013 @ 9:12 pmYeah, I was considering playing part of the video tomorrow for my colleague who speaks Korean, to see if it’s truly an authentic translation. It would not be terribly shocking to learn it is not. ratbeach has a good point.
Patterico (9c670f) — 3/13/2013 @ 9:18 pmYup, it’s a fake. See the update. But very funny.
Patterico (9c670f) — 3/13/2013 @ 9:22 pmIt reminds me of the old days when the Ruskies said our old folk were reduced to eating cans of cat food. It backfired when the general population was astonished that we were so spoiled as to have special food for cats only.
Gazzer (c35e67) — 3/13/2013 @ 10:51 pmNotwithstanding the reality that on a per pound basis cat food is quite expensive.
Gazzer – on a per pound basis, chicken is cheaper than cat …
Personally, when I can, I enjoy a vegetarian diet … especially a diet consisting of healthy quantities of Bambi, and Thumper, and Bessie – vegetarians each and all of them …
Alasdair (a28b33) — 3/14/2013 @ 1:42 amThe idea works because people in information restricted countries have no other sources to compare. When I was stationed in West Berlin, I overheard an East German guide to a group of Africans telling his audience that the West had constructed the Wall to keep West Berliners from fleeing to the People’s Paradise. They believed the guide.
Michael M. Keohane (0c7b7b) — 3/14/2013 @ 3:31 amBe interesting to see the real text
Dan Kauffman (27c54a) — 3/14/2013 @ 3:32 amFake, but funny?
I believe you meant “False, but accurate.”
egd (d580cc) — 3/14/2013 @ 8:46 amThe real thing is damn near as funny (but much more frightening) on a daily basis, year-in and year-out.
Beldar (de838d) — 3/14/2013 @ 11:30 amHere’s an example:
I’m sure this can be readily translated into Farsi. I’m sure SecState John F’in Kerry can free up some stimulus money for a translation to help the peace-loving peoples of Persia in their goals for standing up to American imperialism too.
Beldar (de838d) — 3/14/2013 @ 11:35 amLooks like a combination of OWS encampments and Detroit.
askeptic (b8ab92) — 3/14/2013 @ 11:53 am