Tuesday, June 21, 2011

I Could Do This All Day

Another great anti-hacker* PSA ad:

[Bearded, ponytailed DAD enters a SON’s room. He’s holding a laptop, showing a bittorrent client window full of active seeds and downloads]

DAD: Are these your warez?

SON: No, I…

DAD: Your mother found this on your laptop.

SON: Some guys…

DAD: Some guys what? Where did you learn this stuff? ANSWER ME!

SON: FROM YOU ALRIGHT? I LEARNED IT BY WATCHING YOU!

[Dad looks slightly shamed, although it’s hard to tell through his beard]

VOICEOVER: Parents who download warez have children who download warez.

The original masterpiece.

 

*Yes, I am well aware of the “real” meaning of the word hacker, and often identify myself as such. (Purely White Hat, if hats are required.) But it’s such easy shorthand for “bad guy on the internet” that I couldn’t avoid it.

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