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lol. I'm a geek too. Going to Dragon Con soon actually. Thanks for the "cute" thing. Actually, I have a hard time understanding how people can't be computer saavy at least a bit, especially in this day and age. I've been a geek my whole life.
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I'm going to Dragon*Con too (I tend to hang out with the Pern/Worlds of Anne Mccaffrey crowd), I'm a geek and proud of it. I've been using computers since I was 7 (I'm 34 now), have somewhere around 5,000ish or more books in a two bed flat (yup they are everywhereQuoth Moirae View Post
), love pokemon and am DnD player.
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Oo, its my fourth year to Dragon Con. We'll be hanging mostly with the gaming crowd. I'm so tempted to see Carrie Fisher but I do NOT want to wait in line for 6 hours. We're getting a picture with Stan Lee done. Totally exciting.Comment
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My Eighth year this year and I come all the way from England too I must be mad...well yes I am
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Thank you!Quoth EricKei View PostNo worries. It's what's inside the skull that counts
Absolutely - regarding the first.Quoth teh_blumchenkinder View PostYeah... the nerd/geek culture is a bit of a different beast nowadays, especially with the rise of the computer. Well... because of the rise of the computer.
EDIT: Seshat, you are now a hipster.
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Re the second. Me? hipster? Bwah?
I'm a hoopy frood, man.
Thank you.Quoth jedimaster91 View PostS'ok. We love you anyway.
Oh yes! Me too.It really cracks me up that stuff that got me teased in grade school is suddenly cool.
And all these people suddenly dressing 'counterculture'. It's getting harder and harder to play "freak the 'danes".
("Freak the 'danes", aka "freak the mundanes", is the sport of dressing to please yourself, then going out into the world beyond geeklandia with a bunch of your friends and seeing how people respond to you.)Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.Comment
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*flips Execute Mode Standby switch on his Guide*Quoth Seshat View Post
*finds "Ford Prefect" entry* : "A hoopy frood who knows where his towel is"
*enters an edit*: "q.v. Seshat"
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Like, ummm, uhhhh, GNARLY!Quoth telecom_goddess View PostOh now this I gotta hear
I attribute the ummms uhhs, and likes I utter to my brain not working quite as fast as my mouth.Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.
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My user name was given to me by a coworker. We were talking about hobbies and interests while working in the server room at one of my jobs. I listed off mine, and he said, "Jeez, you're, like, the King of the Geeks!"
For the record, my personal definitions:
Geek: Uses know-how and knowledge to earn a living to buy more stuff for their hobbies. Can talk about their hobbies at length, but has enough social skills to know when enough is enough. Only lives in parents basement if the geek is providing home-care assistance.
Nerd: Spends as little time as possible on useful skills, including cleaning and bathing. Talks on and on about minutiae only a few rabid fanboi care about. Lives in parents basement because no roommate will put up with them.The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
Hoc spatio locantur.Comment
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I have a friend who wears a T-shirt that reads, GEEK IS SEXY. I think that says it well.Comment
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I used to be a nerd by that definition
(I blame that partly on the fact that in my formative years I was overmedicated, that probably screwed me up something bad before a smart doctor went "Resperidone for a learning disability? WTF?! This kid's more intelligent than half the teenagers I know!"), but now I'm a geek.
Minus the "making a living" part right now, but I'm damn sure working on it."I am quite confident that I do exist."
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Main towel: on hook in bathroom.Quoth EricKei View Post*flips Execute Mode Standby switch on his Guide*
*finds "Ford Prefect" entry* : "A hoopy frood who knows where his towel is"
*enters an edit*: "q.v. Seshat"
Hair turban: on hook just outside bathroom. (made of towelling, used to dry hair)
Backup towels: in towel cupboard that happens to be in what is supposed to be the dining room.
My husband has been called an Alpha Geek.
Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.Comment
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No worries. I was a nerd by my own definition, once.Quoth Dreamstalker View PostI used to be a nerd by that definition
I'd bet most geeks were, at one point. The important thing is you recognize it, and work to better yourself.The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
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I don't think of nerds nor geeks as living in the basement, etc."Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probablyComment
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Howdy! Proud geek here
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Quoth Seshat View Post
Hipster: people who do stuff before it was cool. Usually it's a culture/pretention thing--I was teasing.
oddly, this looks a bit like me, for those who've seen the teh.
I have this as an avatar somewhere. AND I know it refers to DnD, unlike the new poster running around claiming a WoW pally. Psssh."Is it the lie that keeps you sane? Is this the lie that keeps you sane?What is it?Can it be?Ought it to exist?"
"...and may it be that I cleave to the ugly truth, rather than the beautiful lie..."Comment
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