I just read it as "smurf" and think of whoever is writing it as Brainy Smurf.

Yeah, I have small kids.

Remember the cloud to butt chrome extension? Sounds like we need a new one for hack

Personally, I picture an axe and whoever is writing as a crazed lumberjack.

Yeah, I probably need help.

Hack your life, hack your rate, hack the planet. At this point I can imagine some people be confused if you actually used hack in reference to a tree, thinking you were talking about conservation.

Many people used to assume "hacker" meant "blackhat." Now, if they're paying attention but not part of the tech community, they likely think "hacker" means "janitor" or perhaps "blogspammer."

I agree wholeheartedly. The internet has a way of repeating things over and over again until they're almost meaningless.

Your correct. One of those terms which is overused way too much to make click-baits.

This trend of over using the word is really hacking me off.