World’s Worst Jobs: Cyberdyne P.R. Person
So your company has created robots that have destroyed the surface of the Earth and nearly wiped out the entire human race. How the heck are you supposed to spin that? Luckily, you don’t have to?the folks of actual ad firm Giant Ideas have taken it upon themselves to create ads for Cyberdyne and a host of other fictional nerd entities?the Tyrell Corporation, the Dharma Initiative, etc.?over at their Flicker account in a set called Geek Ad Wednesdays. Highly recommended!
Oh yeah?TR is putting on its shirt (metaphorically speaking) and closing shop until Monday, July 7th, so I can celebrate July 4th the American way (drunk). You guys relax and have a good one, and I’ll see you first thing Monday morning.
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.