JauntyTurtle t1_iuxy2qy wrote on November 3, 2022 at 8:40 PM

Reply to comment by Jk2two in TIL the former members of Timbuk 3 have refused to license the song "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" for commercials, including a $900,000 offer from AT&T and offers from Ford, the U.S. Army, and Bausch & Lomb for their Ray-Ban sunglasses. by big_macaroons

It's what the writer of the song said. It's about a smart guy who studies physics and ends up building a bomb that wipes out humanity. (Most of that doesn't come out in the song, I'll grant you.) The thing that's so bright is the bomb going off.