NVIDIANS Beware the Backpack

NVIDIANS: If you value life, do NOT wear the NVIDIA backpack (in public) This happened to me as I was wearing my NVIDIA backpack this past weekend in the East Bay. (Naturally, I’m proud to be an NVIDIAN) I was walking down the streets in the morning when suddenly, a group of hooded young men started approaching me. (I will NOT be mentioning what race they were, to avoid further negatively stereotyping a certain group of ppl) “Yo bro you work at NVIDIA?” “Share some of the love bro! Any cash on you? Just a bit, like a grand? Hahaha!!” I was...terrified. Never did I dream that I’d be targeted just because I wore my company backpack.

A fake social media post from an NVIDIA employee warns other “NVIDIANS” not to wear NVIDIA-branded backpacks in public. Hooded young men approach him asking whether he works at NVIDIA and demanding cash, turning corporate pride into an absurd mugging story. The joke relies on exaggerated fear, coded racial stereotyping, and the idea that NVIDIA employees are wealthy. EN: A fake social media post from an NVIDIA employee warns other “NVIDIANS” not to wear NVIDIA-branded backpacks in public. Hooded young men approach him asking whether he works at NVIDIA and demanding cash, turning corporate pride into an absurd mugging story. The joke relies on exaggerated fear, coded racial stereotyping, and the idea that NVIDIA employees are wealthy.

• @gentoomemes / 9938 2024-03-13