'CSI' Just Isn't Even Trying

CSI hating is nothing new.  The show has a number of memes dedicated to its mockery.

The show basically elicits one of two responses: People who love the techno-babble-laced drama so much they've earned it a spin-off set in every major metropolitan area in America, and people who despise the show because it so greatly sensationalizes and fictionalizes modern crime fighting that the general public hasn't been this misled since they thought Sherlock Holmes was a real person.

Personally, I don't care about most TV dramas.  If I wanted to completely waste an hour of my week, every week, all winter long, I'd sign up for television writing course at my local community college.

But as a man who spends way too much of his life on the Internet, the above screen grab is a pretty sad attempt at imitating reality.  Come on, CSI, an 18 digit IP address??

How hard is it to make an IP address look even remotely real?  Having 18 numbers in your IP address would be the IRL equivalent of a 14 digit phone number or a 30 digit MasterCard.

Luckily for CSI, since their average viewer is 75 years old, these people are still used to dialing the operator to make a phone call and paying at the grocery store with a check, so this whole post has gone over their head.

[via Reddit]