Your feelings about beeing a geek

[UnlikeAny]

Are you proud or embarrassed of being a geek? Or maybe you don't give a du*k at all?

[hashbaz]

The stigma surrounding the word geek is pretty much gone.  There are still obsessive hobbyists of course, but being merely "really into" something like comic books, electronics, or science fiction these days is not as weird as it once was.

I don't really identify with the word anymore beyond calling myself a keyboard geek or an animation geek as a convenient way to describe my interests.  The culture and shared experience surrounding the word has diminished as its use and acceptance has increased.  I have hobbies and interests of varying intensities, and that's what matters.

[SpAmRaY]

hipster is the new geek

[Puddsy]

It's just a word. Some people like to use words as weapons, and geek was once one of those weapon words. I use it as an empowering term, not a weapon. Being a geek is a great thing.

[osi]

Geek is the new jock

[tp4tissue]

Hmmm.....

Geek is not very precisely defined...

it usually only indicates... Obsessive tendencies...


But... for example... the quote on quote "normal non-geeks" are equally preoccupied with their obsession..  for example, drinking alcohol, partying, sex w/ girls..

So...  this whole Geek-dom...   Unless you want to ask more specifically...

as in ...    Are you proud to be practicing Geekery that Doesn't get you laid... keyboards... pokemon... magic-the-gathering...

Is THAT your question???

[UnlikeAny]

YES tp4tissue! YES! I don't think anyone could have put this question any better.

[tp4tissue]

YES tp4tissue! YES! I don't think anyone could have put this question any better.

Ah...   Well then...   Yes... I very much enjoy the unwavering Objectivity of simple machines...


I suppose it did almost get me laid this one time I had to fix this female's computer... She was in awe at how quickly it was fixed when her (non-geek-n00ber) friends were of no help and let that problem persist for over a month..

Her bios had a bug, sound driver disassociates with device after pci reassignment..


I was going to stay at her place, but I decided to go back to my room because I was practicing for a fighting game tournament during the time.... 

[blackbox]

I see geek used as a term for people that have a huge interest and knowledge about an specific field. So I am glad when someone calls me a geek.

[rowdy]

Don't care.

Never have (back when it was unfashionable), probably never will.

[noisyturtle]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯  eh, it's a living

[TheSoulhunter]

I was going to stay at her place, but I decided to go back to my room because I was practicing for a fighting game tournament during the time....

THIS is what makes you a geek...

[cphead]

Wouldn't be one if I thought there was anything wrong with it. Hell there's nothing wrong with most things you can be. Shouldn't be a negative stigma around simply being into something that most people aren't.

[brainT]

I've yet to meet someone that doesn't "geek-out" about something or another.

[davkol]

Yeah. Like social-media geeks. Whatever is that crap.

[tp4tissue]

I was going to stay at her place, but I decided to go back to my room because I was practicing for a fighting game tournament during the time....

THIS is what makes you a geek...

[Protato_Tubby]

I do get funny looks when I'm walking around in my Spock T-shirt, brown shorts wit socks and crocs. People don't understand my obsession with computers and other electronics. My own family don't like me to spend enough time programming to actually write something worthwhile.
But, despite its difficulties, it is very rewarding knowing how much more comfortable your clothes are, having a hobby that allows you to earn more than one thing each day, and knowing how to write a program that can do whatever you want it to.
Also, I am me and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[davkol]

Besides, I prefer rather well-defined labels. Well, you know...

[tp4tissue]

Besides, I prefer rather well-defined labels. Well, you know...

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I don't think these comics portray the contrast of Geek vs Girl/Hipster...

The comic in reality hinges on UGLY geek + (any) girl that is prettier than that geek..

There is little reason for  GEEK to get in the way of mating selection..


but.. Genetic luck is quite different...


My point is...  Geek-ery is usually good, it's passion about something, and apparently, it is also something most EVERYONE has, or at least is capable of developing..

The reason a female would reject a male is primarily due to mismatch in perceived-physical-ideals...



Personality and intelligence within an income class do not differ significantly .. and so if looks weren't part of the bargain, then almost ANY male/female will be decently compatible...

[davkol]

Most people are driven by their emotions or immediate sensory feedback, and focus on socializing. Being "geeky" or "nerdy" is all social-ey nowadays for whatever wicked reason. However, it's shallow, due to general lack of interest in intellectual stimulation... and then there are people, who forget to shave or even shower, because we have more interesting things to do. Apparently, females are underrepresented in this group.

[Smasher816]

and then there are people, who forget to shave or even shower, because we have more interesting things to do.

So that explains why I should really shave but haven't?

[bueller]

I rep it. Hell most of my friends are so used to me talking tech that they actively query me on what I've been coding lately.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Embrace it. It's who we are. To say otherwise is just lying to yourself...

[JPG]

I never had any problem with it. I have always been a geek, but I always did non-geek things too (playing sports, partying, etc.). Only real problem is I was WAY too shy when I was young, but it was not a geek related issue.


And all my friends are geek to some extent, yet when I start talking about keyboards they all look at each other and try to spot the one that made the mistake of starting the conversation, an we are talking of game developer and magic the gathering player geek level (many of my friends). And when they do, I take pleasure in pushing it as far as I can.


Anyone seen the french movie "Le diner de cons"? It's an epic movie where the general story is about some friends that organize a lunch with super geeks like a guy that knows everything about boomerangs and such and they make a contest of finding the "best one", without them knowing for sure. Well I would be quite good at being the best one and being proud of it, but I suspect many on this forum could outclass me. The thing is, I am not ashamed of it at all and there's no reason to and my philosophy is that if someone's bothered by MY hobby, then that's THEIR problem.

[paicrai]

reppin' this **** with mad claxxin kbs

[Binge]

another one of these threads?  Labeling someone as a geek is sort of old hat, don't you think?

[Halverson]

another one of these threads?  Labeling someone as a geek is sort of old hat, don't you think?

NERRRRRRRRRD

[Lastpilot]

another one of these threads?  Labeling someone as a geek is sort of old hat, don't you think?

I'm not sure it will ever be an old hat, as there will always be the obsessed contrasting the casuals.

[UnlikeAny]

another one of these threads?  Labeling someone as a geek is sort of old hat, don't you think?

Not for me. Almost never used that word before. English is not my native language and there isn't even an equivalent word.

[tp4tissue]

another one of these threads?  Labeling someone as a geek is sort of old hat, don't you think?

I'm not sure it will ever be an old hat, as there will always be the obsessed contrasting the casuals.

it's the same situation as black people now positively using the N-word..

Now nerdy dudes are positively using the G-word..


I am not saying the history and origin of those words are equal,  I am merely saying the PROCESS going from negative to positive association is the same...



But... in general.. I do not like the common day floaty definitions of words..  Even though I recognize the fact that language is alive.. it creates many problems in communication..


Fingers crossed for the day when Everyone has a cyber brain implant.. which arranges our thoughts without neuro link compression..  So we can retain hard data tables that are identical in every person..

That way, we have a common set of definition which most generally everyone agrees with and updates OTA..



So.. yea.. basically.. I'm back to the join Borg thing...

[hashbaz]

another one of these threads?  Labeling someone as a geek is sort of old hat, don't you think?

NERRRRRRRRRD

[Halverson]

another one of these threads?  Labeling someone as a geek is sort of old hat, don't you think?

NERRRRRRRRRD

You got my reference! <3!!!

[paicrai]

i wonder who didn't

[Frenir]

i wonder who didn't

MY MOM!

[Halverson]

i wonder who didn't

MY MOM!

[Frenir]

i wonder who didn't

MY MOM!

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[Halverson]

i wonder who didn't

MY MOM!

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[Frenir]

i wonder who didn't

MY MOM!

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The Regular Show is super rad. I don't care if it's for kids.

[Halverson]

i wonder who didn't

MY MOM!

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The Regular Show is super rad. I don't care if it's for kids.

Amen to that! Love me some cartoons, especially the show that's anything but regular

[Frenir]

i wonder who didn't

MY MOM!

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The Regular Show is super rad. I don't care if it's for kids.

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Amen to that! Love me some cartoons, especially the show that's anything but regular :D

I guess this is related to the original topic as well - my feelings about being a geek is that I don't care whatever anyone thinks I should like.

[Lanx]

the problem used to be the water cooler.

you couldn't really geek out b4 at a water cooler, it would pretty much be the sport event of last nite.

now you can geek out on monday with GoT talk.

my wifes latest water cooler is the saga of her phone. it fell into water like most phones do, we just put it in rice and hoped for the best, after a few days, it wasn't coming back.

so her topic was, its taking 3 weeks to get a response on replacing her phone.

at the end of the month they wanted 600bucks, everyone else who has dropped their phone got it replaced free or got a refurb, they decided to punish her.

oh we couldn't buy a refurb

we couldn't even use an iphone 4 we had lying around, even tho it's from verizon as well, had to be from company channels.

this finally got me mad enough to open up the iphone, now i don't **** with company equipment, cuz it's company equipment, but i've done this a lot, cuz tech support are a bunch of noobs or a call center in india.

i opened up the iphone 4s (i had a phone kit and special case ordered a month ago, just in case, since they use the special #1 star screw), i broke it down, checked all the wires, nothing. broke it down again, cleaned all the contacts (in case some rusted/stuck particles), put it back together, works. power buttons doesn't work, syri is dumber than a 2nd grader and the screen has a bit of static.

everyone thought it was stupid (even her mangers manger since no one could call her or reach her) to get a 1 month response and then on top of that to punish her when others have done the same. it was one day of "oh this company is ****" then the next day "wow it's great your husband is so tech savvy".

again all i did was break down an iphone, use a few qtips, i-alcohol and 2 hours, and it's pretty much the same praise you get when "glad my husband knows cars and can do an oil change".

[tp4tissue]

the problem used to be the water cooler.

you couldn't really geek out b4 at a water cooler, it would pretty much be the sport event of last nite.

now you can geek out on monday with GoT talk.

my wifes latest water cooler is the saga of her phone. it fell into water like most phones do, we just put it in rice and hoped for the best, after a few days, it wasn't coming back.

so her topic was, its taking 3 weeks to get a response on replacing her phone.

at the end of the month they wanted 600bucks, everyone else who has dropped their phone got it replaced free or got a refurb, they decided to punish her.

oh we couldn't buy a refurb

we couldn't even use an iphone 4 we had lying around, even tho it's from verizon as well, had to be from company channels.

this finally got me mad enough to open up the iphone, now i don't **** with company equipment, cuz it's company equipment, but i've done this a lot, cuz tech support are a bunch of noobs or a call center in india.

i opened up the iphone 4s (i had a phone kit and special case ordered a month ago, just in case, since they use the special #1 star screw), i broke it down, checked all the wires, nothing. broke it down again, cleaned all the contacts (in case some rusted/stuck particles), put it back together, works. power buttons doesn't work, syri is dumber than a 2nd grader and the screen has a bit of static.

everyone thought it was stupid (even her mangers manger since no one could call her or reach her) to get a 1 month response and then on top of that to punish her when others have done the same. it was one day of "oh this company is ****" then the next day "wow it's great your husband is so tech savvy".

again all i did was break down an iphone, use a few qtips, i-alcohol and 2 hours, and it's pretty much the same praise you get when "glad my husband knows cars and can do an oil change".

Idk... the story kinda reads like Lanx is whipped and PROUD of it..   or he loves his wife very much.. or both...  whaeves..

[Lanx]

a married man who doesn't freely admit he's whipped is in denial, the instant he steps into a jewelry store without a female and the sales ppl smell fresh meat.

[tp4tissue]

a married man who doesn't freely admit he's whipped is in denial, the instant he steps into a jewelry store without a female and the sales ppl smell fresh meat.

-Straight-talk- from a man who's settled through years of matriarchal relationship abuse..




IDK why they keep springing this feminist equal rights stuff on the agenda board...  isn't it obvious that nearly everything a man makes is spent on women and children ??



Even if say.. a FEW men, big shot executives, not married, spends millions of dollars on hookers, fast cars, and blow...

The suppliers of hookers, fast cars, and blow,  all have family, and when that money filters down...   it feeds women and children...


sigh..

[noisyturtle]

a married man who doesn't freely admit he's whipped is in denial, the instant he steps into a jewelry store without a female and the sales ppl smell fresh meat.

-Straight-talk- from a man who's settled through years of matriarchal relationship abuse..

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IDK why they keep springing this feminist equal rights stuff on the agenda board...  isn't it obvious that nearly everything a man makes is spent on women and children ??



Even if say.. a FEW men, big shot executives, not married, spends millions of dollars on hookers, fast cars, and blow...

The suppliers of hookers, fast cars, and blow,  all have family, and when that money filters down...   it feeds women and children...


sigh..

[vivalarevolución]

I like being a geek.  People can think what they may.  Why should anyone be judgmental of a hobby that does not hurt anyone?  If fact, geeks are the ones that get so interested in something that they create the interesting and innovative things in this world.

[ideus]

Friends and family show a lot of respect for my hobbies, they do not understand them of course, but their respect is very welcome. People can call me anyway they want. I even enjoy being not just another co-worker, but "that" special one  .

[chibishin]

how do I feel about being a geek? I dunno, it's been pretty lucrative for me.

now ask how the jock feels about being a gym teacher laffo

[vinzlr]

Friends and family show a lot of respect for my hobbies, they do not understand them of course, but their respect is very welcome. People can call me anyway they want. I even enjoy being not just another co-worker, but "that" special one  .

I feel like this is a good description, I have never gotten any **** for it, people don't understand why I do what I do, but I'm usually the one that ends up helping them when they have problems