Geek Apparel of the Week: Conservationist
This shirt is an oldie, but a goodie. Most of my fondest memories of grade school were in front of the ancient computers we didn’t even get until fifth grade, where we played a variety of Where in the World Is Carmen San Diego? (That Bitch Owes Me Money) and of course, Oregon Trail, where thousands of children died of dysentary, all in the name of eduction. Of course, the best of part of Oregon Trail was the hunting, because you got to shoot countless woodland creatures, none of which could do you any harm, and carry the meat back to feed your dysentery-riddled family. (“You have have killed 1268 pounds of meat. You can carry 3 pounds.”) Anyways, this shirt celebrates those times, and the necessity of keeping America’s electronic wildlife populations in check. It’s $20 over at 80sTees?just make sure you have room to carry it back to your wagon.
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.