8 of the Most Implausible Hackers in Nerd-Dom

Before Al Gore invented the Internet, we nerds didn’t have many refuges to seek to mock our aggressors anonymously. But now, with the ubiquity of Rivers Cuomo-style nerd glasses and unstoppable crushing, stabbing behemoth that is The Big Bang Theory it’s time to face facts: Being a nerd is no longer the black-sheep status it once did. Making good on the prophecy Huey Lewis foretold in the ’80s, it is now hip to be square. And dark times are upon us indeed.

Everyone in Hollywood from Homer Simpson to Destination Truth host Joshua Gates has realized that to seem smart, all you need is to sport a thick pair of glasses, speak some technological hokum, type really fast, and you’ll seem like a nerd to mainstream America. But to paraphrase Yoda, wearing glasses and talking about computer stuff doesn’t make you a hacker. And yet, we keep seeing it again and again in movies, games, and TV shows. So, that said, this being the Internet, and this being a list for Topless Robot, let’s poke some logic knives through some of the least plausible hackers we’ve had the displeasure of laying our bespectacled eyes upon.

Continue reading “8 of the Most Implausible Hackers in Nerd-Dom” >