Portal 2 socks

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=521240745 Ryan Griffin

There are socks in that pic?
- nox
  
  What are they trying to sell?
- ocker3
  
  I would argue that the socks are a Key component of that pic, it takes it from hot to mind-blowingly geek cool
Brainspore

I bought a pair of these but I think they’re defective. Every time I try to put one on, my foot pops out the other.
- Guest
  
  You win this thread. :)
http://www.facebook.com/Obscuromancer Chris Webb

now I need to get some aperture orange pyjamas
digi_owl

oh my…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeff-Ritzmann/1532420118 Jeff Ritzmann

I’m sorry…did you say something?
http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch

I’m just gonna go for the obviousness jugular: NICE LEGS!
Teller

I thought of a hundred responses to that photo and I’m not going to write any.
I’ve gotta start eating red meat again.
Hubris Sonic

woof…
Huwman

I’m so old that I have no idea what “Portal 2″ is but I approve of this ad nonetheless.
WhorunBartertown

But are they edible? Inquiring minds want to know!
RJ

I uh… I, uh…
Donald Petersen

Someone knows their market demographic very well indeed.
- Brainspore
  
  Someone knows their market demographic very well indeed.
  
  Gamers just can’t get enough of smooth-legged guys who wear short kilts.
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=521240745 Ryan Griffin
    
    Right…we are all going to hell for assuming those are female legs.
    - Guest
      
      Of course they’re female legs. Without any context of the person they’re attached to. When have you ever seen a man objectified in such a creepy, sexualized manner? It’s all about you dudes and your always-catered-to male gaze. FTP.
      
      The comments here make my skin crawl.
      
      Love the socks, though…
      - Donald Petersen
        
        When have you ever seen a man objectified in such a creepy, sexualized manner?
        
        Oddly enough, on the packaging of men’s underwear. Swing by your local Target (no need to check out any fancy men’s boutiques) and check out the packaging (believe it or not, no pun intended). Hanes packaging at least includes heads (sheepish grins and all), but when you start checking out the Calvin Kleins, Diesels, and 2(x)ist lines… Lawd have mercy! It’s difficult to imagine that it’s advertising aimed at straight men. I suppose the idea might be to show men just how awe-inspiring they’ll look in this particular boxer-brief, but the ripped and shaved and glistening torsos might be a couple steps beyond reach for the vast majority of skivvy buyers.
        
        Amazon’s page of 2(x)ist drawers is reasonably representative of their packaging photography, and I suppose it’s technically SFW, though it’s really kinda weird to see all that smooth beefcake on display on one’s computer screen when all one wants to do is replace one’s worn-out Fruit-Of-The-Looms.
        
        Er… “Fruits-Of-The-Loom,” I guess?
Ben Burger

Portal 2 Socks! The video game!
12 epic levels consisting of strategic sock to portal ratios.
Beat all 12 levels to unlock bonus item! Matching Portal Underwear!

Now available on mini disc, where available.
bwcbwc

Nice…socks.
Blunderbutt

Looks like they would be handy for piloting Evangelions as well.
Scratcheee

The girl wearing those socks was a huge geek in high school, and Star Wars is her favorite movie.
Hunter Bond

The photo is an homage to a portrait of Marlene Dietrich, you’ll know which if you search for it.

SOURCE: I shot it.
Scratcheee

So was I right, Mr. Bond? (Strokes cat.)
- Hunter Bond
  
  I can’t say I had the chance to ask the movie preferences of the young lady or her social circle in high school, but she is a very big fan of Jinx’s clothing and was fun to shoot.
woodly

That’s a nipple… cuz I’m droolin’.
Donald Petersen

Thank God nobody’s asked about anybody’s Aperture yet.
Antinous / Moderator

It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a libido, to treat everything as if it were erectile tissue.
- Ambiguity
  
  It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a libido, to treat everything as if it were erectile tissue.
  
  I don’t know about you, but the only tool I have is made of erectile tissue.
  - Guest
    
    So, you openly admit you have no brain, and no opposeable thumbs…? :/
zuludaddy

How can we call ourselves geeks when no one has yet posted the following?

“I’ll be in my bunk.”

Thank you. That is all.
BookGuy

Please note that we have added a consequence for failure. Any contact
with the model’s legs will result in an unsatisfactory mark on your
official testing record, followed by death.
francoisroux

I’ll take 5 pairs thank you very much. Oh, what? They come without the legs? Dang…
- Lobster
  
  What exactly were you intending to do with 10 severed legs?
- Guest
  
  Ew.
Craig Law

someone told me about some portal socks… but i don’t see what they are talking bout…
Skin Seventy

Word.