The Nerd Lord Giveth, and the Nerd Lord Taketh Away
Specifically, the Nerd Lord giveth us joy, by bestowing upon videos of great awesomeness, such as Daffy Duck: Heavy Metal Wizard, ThunderLOLCats, and of course, Garfield’s Royal Rumble: The Animated Epic Parts One and Two. But there must be a balance, and when the Nerd Lord giveth such a bounty of goodness, he must also taketh away.
Specifically, he must take away all that joy and happiness and hope by giveth-ing us this video, in which furries perform an agonizing Love Boat-themed “comedy” skit called “The Yiff Boat.” In 2011. That’s 8-minutes long. With a two minute introduction. As part of “The Furry Fiesta.” The worst thing about this video is that I actually had an even more traumatizing vid in mind, but it was pulled — presumably by the Nerd Lord, who realized no amount of goodness would ever equal that much pain and evil. So consider yourselves lucky, I guess.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.