Be nice to nerds

Re:Be nice to nerds by johan_larson on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:05PM (#12130099)

Are these the ads by GE that the article is talking about?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xGoBlI_fdg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvfU1NpCJQQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpDIEJrog3s

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Re:Be nice to nerds by marsrover on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:17PM (#12130198)

That first commercial made me seriously crack up when I saw it for the first time. Great commercial.

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Re:Be nice to nerds by LogicFailsMe on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:55PM (#12130537)

Third one is dead-on.

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Re:Be nice to nerds by tacon on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:34PM (#12130854)

Does anyone know where to find those IBM commercials from the dotcom boom that made fun of nerdy IT people? One had someone run in saying "Server's down! It doesn't scale!" and the other guy goes to his keyboard and says "Lock. The. Door." The other one had a web designer asking a puzzled businessman "You can have a spinning logo, or a burning logo."

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Re:Be nice to nerds by kartD on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:41PM (#12130417)

Oh god, those are hilarious

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Re:Be nice to nerds by anonbanker on Thursday July 21, 2016 @08:59PM (#12141084)

Does anyone else think this is just nerd blackface, much like The Big Bang Theory? We're laughing at the nerd, not with him.

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