Geek Apparel of the Week: Extreme Terrestrial
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?I have to admit that this shirt made me laugh out loud when I saw it. I think this is probably because I hate E.T., and the idea of Eliot doing a wicked flip on his Huffy and E.T. falling out to his death (or at least extreme discomfort) makes me really, really happy. Writing Topless Robot has a lot of perks, and learning that other people had my childhood fear of E.T. and subsequent hatred of the movie is certainly one of them. So guys? This shirt’s for you. It’s $14 over at Teextile.
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.