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Darth Vader is more popular than Santa

ocregister.com — More children wanted to meet Darth Vader than chat to Santa at a recent charity event for autistic children.

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  • mklopez, on 12/25/2007, -2/+123"Come to the Dark Side, children... we have cookies"
    • thebrawl, on 12/25/2007, -0/+14"If you only knew the flavor of the Dark Side..."
    • GuacamoleSan, on 12/25/2007, -1/+2lol lopez thanks for the laugh
    • Zcrubby, on 12/25/2007, -1/+1*force-choke*

      I find your lack of milk disturbing!
  • dotlizard, on 12/25/2007, -2/+72well, darth vader doesn't give a crap if you've been naughty or nice, so there's that.
  • scootscr15, on 12/25/2007, -1/+186Most people stop believing in Santa by age 10. Nobody ever stops believing in Darth Vader.
    • mikelieman, on 12/25/2007, -11/+3I stopped believing in Vader when we discovered what a Whiny Bitch he really was.

      He *used to be* cool. And then Lucas made the prequels, destroying his reputation, and incidentally showing us also what an idiot Yoda really was. ( Using the Clone Army when you *know* they're not trustworthy? Not immediately teaming up with Obi-Wan, so that they could go attack the Emperor, where Yoda could sacrifice himself, letting Obi-Wan get in the killing-stroke. )
      • Coven, on 12/25/2007, -1/+11Read the novelizations of the prequels and you get a lot more insight into why the Jedi Council did what they did.
        • mikelieman, on 12/25/2007, -0/+6Even though I'm not going to read the prequel novelizations, I dugg you up.

          Even the guy who did the novels realized how weak the screenplay was...

      • jeremyfohferemy, on 12/25/2007, -1/+2mikelieman you're the kind of guy who gets way to worked up about ***** and ruins fun for people.
  • ienjoythebeach, on 12/25/2007, -12/+4what about darth santa??
  • sajnikanth, on 12/25/2007, -14/+5Kid: Look Daddy....it's Darth Vader
    Darth: No. *I* am your father
    Mom: I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain
    • sajnikanth, on 12/25/2007, -1/+4oops...I love Star Wars and I promise to make it up

      *buckles down in humiliation
    • shadowmoose, on 12/25/2007, -0/+5That was so cheesy I died a little inside.
  • aahpandasrun, on 12/25/2007, -29/+2...for autistic children

    explains it all
    • albinoMithos, on 12/25/2007, -0/+9You're telling me you wouldn't want to meet Darth Vader over Santa?
  • aahpandasrun, on 12/25/2007, -24/+2...for autistic children
    that explains everything!
  • chonuts, on 12/25/2007, -14/+4"I'm gonna name my kid PizzaPussySanta, because everyone likes at least one of those things." -Dave Attell
    looks like he's gonna hafta change that to "Vader"
  • zyklon, on 12/25/2007, -2/+20Darth's a pimp. End of story.
  • Rikushix, on 12/25/2007, -0/+40In less surprising news, more adults aged 18-39 were more interested in meeting Darth Vader than Santa.
    • SiNN4R, on 12/25/2007, -4/+2I like sitting on Santa's lap and moaning.
  • Aidenf77, on 12/25/2007, -1/+25Now it's Santa's turn to impotently exlaim "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo!!"
  • spargett, on 12/25/2007, -8/+6Darth Vader would certainly kill Santa in a fight. The children sense this, therefor gravitating towards their real potential protector.

    Its simple evolutionary biology. Darwin would call Santa a pussy and say he has it coming to him.
    • SuperCUBE, on 12/25/2007, -1/+1Magic > The Force
    • Almightymole, on 12/25/2007, -0/+1What? Santa will pump him full of lead with his M16, and shoot missiles from his sled. It wouldn't be certain, but more of an epic battle.
  • mal1964, on 12/25/2007, -0/+6A simple case of supply and demand.
  • Abominous, on 12/25/2007, -0/+1We've given in to the dark side.
  • mCanada, on 12/25/2007, -1/+27I call *****. Kids hate Dick Cheney
  • Revolution101, on 12/25/2007, -1/+2they must have found out santa was fake
  • moldykorn, on 12/25/2007, -11/+2Assburgers arent children.
  • ChileanGoD, on 12/25/2007, -2/+16Because Darth Vader can communicate with the autistics through the midi-chlorians.
  • CheeseburgerBro, on 12/25/2007, -1/+1Darth Vader kicks Santa's ass.
    http://darthside.blogspot.com
  • BossKey, on 12/25/2007, -0/+14It's all fun and games until you kids are junior Jedi at the Temple at the wrong time in history...
  • GuacamoleSan, on 12/25/2007, -0/+3Finally some good news.
  • scrumtrallecent, on 12/25/2007, -0/+3Search your feelings Santa, you will know it to be true.
  • Ramble, on 12/25/2007, -0/+4That's because santa is a fat old man who gives presents to litle kids. Vader is a badass son of a bitch with a lightsaber and some cool magic tricks.
  • MistySteele, on 12/25/2007, -4/+1OK, enough with the Teenage Republican recruitment drives
  • MattBD, on 12/25/2007, -1/+6It's not that surprising. Star Wars is a huge cultural phenomenon. Here in the UK, a few years ago there was a census and apparently enough people gave their religious beliefs as Jedi that it's now recognised as a religion - there are apparently ten times as many Jedi as Jews.
    Probably now means that children can turn up for class in their Jedi outfit and claim it's part of their religion.
    • SeaICIubber, on 12/25/2007, -2/+4Stop talking utter *****.
      Jedi is NOT an officially recognised religion here in the UK (as much as I'd like it to be) and I'd love to see some cited sources to back up your "facts"
      It's an urban legend thats done the rounds via email a couple of years ago. The last version I read was a campaign during the New Zealand census to get Jedi as an official religion and no it's not valid there either.
      No Bothans were killed bringing you this message...
      • MattBD, on 12/25/2007, -0/+7I just looked it up on Wikipedia, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomeno ... and apparently it was the fourth largest reported religion in England and Wales and has been given a census code. I also found a link to a page from the 2001 Census at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/r ... which gives details of the proportion of people who gave their religion as Jedi.
        I then found http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/10/09/jedi_knigh ... which says that the National Statistics Office doesn't provide official recognition of any religion. So presumably it's no more or less valid than any other religion (but I suppose since the UK is not a secular state and the Queen is head of the Church of England, that is probably the UK's official religion).
        I did say apparently - I thought it was an urban legend too.
        • SeaICIubber, on 12/25/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the links and sorry if I was a bit harsh. I've had a browse and it does look like the only officially reconised religion in the UK is The Church of England. Saying that there seem to be some restrictions on claiming recognition since Scientology aren't allowed to call themselves a church here. There was a BBC TV program which mentioned that they failed to achieve some kind of charitable status. I cant find any links but they have a centre near where I work and it's called just that not a church.
          Like you said a census code is just that, a way to enter data into a database and has no way of influencing anything whatsoever.
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Unite ...
          http://www.vexen.co.uk/UK/religion.html
        • Thedarklord187, on 12/27/2007, -0/+1woo hoo i'm a jedi
  • jkarhu24, on 12/25/2007, -5/+1This isn't whether Darth Vader is more popular than Santa.... this is whether or not a microscopic sample of physically and mentally impaired children preferred "swarming" a GROUP of Star Wars characters they've likely never encountered in person versus the familiar, SOLITARY Santa they've likely been forced to visit every Christmas since birth. Although this is in good fun, buried as inaccurate.
    • Thedarklord187, on 12/27/2007, -0/+1your mom is buried as inaccurate ooo you feel that burn
  • AWooWoo, on 12/25/2007, -5/+1happy Wookie Life Day
    [IMG]http://i15.tinypic.com/6ltstcn.jpg[/IMG]
    • rune420, on 12/25/2007, -0/+1Good wallpaper, thanks. But you don't need to use [IMG] tags here, this isn't phpBB.
  • AWooWoo, on 12/25/2007, -5/+1Happy Wookie Life Day
    [IMG]http://i15.tinypic.com/6ltstcn.jpg[/IMG]
  • hijinksensue, on 12/25/2007, -0/+3http://hijinksensue.com/2007/12/24/with-apologies- ...
    Vadar is a wise man in The Geek Nativity (with apologies to the baby Jesus)
  • OutrightLie, on 12/25/2007, -0/+4It's not that surprising. Most children try to (letters, etc) to Santa (or go to the mall and talk to a fake one) every year. How often does one get to meet Darth Vader?
  • Jmac0127, on 12/25/2007, -0/+8Get in the Star Destroyer, I have candy.
  • docsimmons, on 12/25/2007, -0/+1The Star Wars Prequels did this.
  • solid12345, on 12/25/2007, -1/+4I find their lack of faith...disturbing.
  • jessestorm, on 12/25/2007, -2/+1That's because Santa's not real.
  • getatmedigg, on 12/25/2007, -2/+3"Do my bidding children or I will crush your larynx!"
  • streetsim, on 12/25/2007, -5/+1jews.
  • Epik, on 12/25/2007, -0/+2Well, what are the chances that the parents took the kids to see Santa last year and the year before?

    Now ask the same question with Darth Vader. So yeah...
  • cnldelta, on 12/25/2007, -0/+3Don't be afraid children... I am your father!
  • ahpro, on 12/25/2007, -0/+2How many times do you get to see santa in your life? How many times do you get to see darth vadar in your life? Exactly.
  • reazal, on 12/25/2007, -0/+1To meet Darth Vader, they like.
  • idontgooutmuch, on 12/25/2007, -1/+2really we should just replace x-mas with x-wing day or something
  • reepax, on 12/25/2007, -1/+2Thats because Darth Vader is real and santa isn't
  • fixprod, on 12/25/2007, -0/+1....I AM YOU FATHER !
    • Ratteler, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1You mean... "I AM YOUR FATHER CHIRSTMAS!!!!"
      (Shakes powerful gloved hand.)
  • Trunkhouse, on 12/25/2007, -0/+1Santa via armbar
  • Yage2006, on 12/25/2007, -0/+1Each generation of kids gets smarter. :)
  • blatantninja, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1When we were kids, if asked who you wanted to meet, Santa or Darth Vader, it was a no brainer. One guy gave you toys, the other force chocked you for looking at him funny! Hell, meeting Darth Vader was an effective behavior deterrent used by millions of parents.

    Now, kids want to meet him more than Santa. Sad, so sad.
  • majordanger, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1More popular than Santa? Didn't the Beatles get in trouble for saying something like this?
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