This morning my wife forwards me an email from one of her daily e-newsletter sites, the very girly Daily Candy. Normally DC talks about fashion, shoes, fashion and shoes, perfume, body wash, perfume and body wash…you get the idea. Well, apparently they thought it would be a good idea to venture into the whole world of nerd-dom with some holiday gift suggestions for wives/girlfriends to get their husbands/boyfriends.
Let’s overlook the fact that half the stuff on the list is something no self respecting dude would EVER want to find under the tree, beside the menorah or whatever a hand painted ostrich egg or set of table linens. No, they add insult to injury by dragging comic book characters into their sick little fantasy world. They cover Peter Parker, Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne, missing the general point of each of those characters, but the most egregious screw up is when they decide to include Bruce Banner on the list. Here’s what they think of the Hulk’s alter ego:
Beneath the boring physicist exterior, he’s a hulk of a man. He keeps his appetite in check with Lasater Grasslands Beef and Shaw’s Alaskan king crab legs. When he starts feeling stressed (a lot), he calms down by strumming his acoustic guitar and paying a visit to Offshore Sailing School.
Really, there’s a few reasons this list irked me. One, they just decided that they could do something to cash in on the current Hollywood trend of superhero movies without actually bothering to a) do any research or b) simply stay awake during any of the movies. (OK, maybe they came close with to accuracy with the Bryan Singer Clark Kent…) Second, and more importantly, they got my nerd dander up and actually got me to comment on this sort of thing publicly. Damn you, Daily Candy. Damn you….
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on Dec 4th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Just started checking out your blog being a Nerd Dad myself. The Daily Candy thing was just plain bizarre. Mary Jane must be a prison nickname if Peter Parker is sleeping with one eye open these days.