Gabe and Tycho are poseurs.

[kickaha]

I love Penny Arcade. Uber geeky gaming humor with a sick, sadistic twist. My kind of guys.

But today they exposed themselves to be just another bunch of Johnny-come-latelys, and geek wannabes.

Exhibit A:



Come on guys, you had the PERFECT SETUP for a 'hot grits in my pants!' joke, and you BLEW IT!

I'm so disappointed.

Comments

Okay, I'm confused.

[byrdie.livejournal.com]

What's so geeky about Al Green's burn scars?

Re: Okay, I'm confused.

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Many moons ago it became a running joke on Usenet, and then later in the early days of Slashdot. No, I have no idea why, it just was.

It's since disappeared from the landscape, and here they had the best lead-in one could possibly imagine, and they just... didn't. *sigh*