This is a public service announcement.
"Rant Ahead"For the first time in forever, I actually feel as though I have something against, AOL, other than being "not the real internet"
This thing is their latest commercial Featuring "self computer check" it shows a bunch of monkey-faced 1960's geeks (seen as recently as 1978) playing with old computers. Then having a science project. Then one of them goes into like, his sister's room or something "need any help" with a smile on his face... and they're all like... "no thanks" and he walks away sadly....
First of all, this is wrong in at least two ways.
1) We, as the modern generation of computer geeks are not monkey-faced like this.
2) Nearly all of us c an probably get a girlfriend, based on something other than our talent with the machines.
3) They made that "computer geek" look more like a (for lack of better words, feel free to ask me to change this though) horn-dog, than a computer geek willing to help you with your computer.
4) and they think that that commercial is a decent "apology" to us geeks for taking away our helping abilities (or the need for us)
Personally, I am under the impression that we now need a new commercial, or something else, as a formal apollogy for the blatant misrepresentation of the current, known status of most computer geeks/nerds....
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STUUPID AOHELL Commercial.
Posted - 31 Oct 2003 : 06:38:14
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