1234: Nerdtopia

[guitarrob]

Originally Posted by doctorsleep

My dad thinks I spend every Wednesday shooting pool and doing other manly stuff with my friends when I am really going to my schools anime club to watch cartoons and play magic the gathering all night.

And/or burying the bodies of young bisexual/tattooed girls in shallow graves.

[P.B.R_architect]

Originally Posted by doctorsleep

I did some more thinking about the whole structure and the way that the three main "subclasses" of nerd work

Nerd- Into doing nerdy stuff, like D&D and star trek, own costumes and other things of the like.

Geek- Good grades and can actually do stuff, really smart people like Dave for example.

Dork- Socially awkward and finds refuge amongst geeks and nerds as a fellow outcast.

not every nerd is just one of these three things, but this is how I find the community works

you mixed up nerd and geek. nerds are school centric and tend to be very goal centric and geeks are into theyre very focused on tv shows and endevours. like a nerd will watch star trek but only after work is done. A geek ONLY watchs star trek.

[DWarrior]

Originally Posted by doctorsleep

I can definitely feel for the story about hiding your nerd, if I ever go to a con or off to do something nerdy I tell my dad that we are just going to hang out some where, My dad thinks I spend every Wednesday shooting pool and doing other manly stuff with my friends when I am really going to my schools anime club to watch cartoons and play magic the gathering all night. I feel like my father is just ashamed of me and himself beacuse he raised a nerd so I hide it from him.

He knows, and you're just sad for lying about it. At least own your nerdiness.

[P.B.R_architect]

Originally Posted by doctorsleep

I did some more thinking about the whole structure and the way that the three main "subclasses" of nerd work

Nerd- Into doing nerdy stuff, like D&D and star trek, own costumes and other things of the like.

Geek- Good grades and can actually do stuff, really smart people like Dave for example.

Dork- Socially awkward and finds refuge amongst geeks and nerds as a fellow outcast.

not every nerd is just one of these three things, but this is how I find the community works

the kind that keith hates is the geek as the geek will needle people about non sense and make HUGE deals about nothing in the name of some show they watch

<---guilty of this

[doctorsleep]

Originally Posted by P.B.R_architect

you mixed up nerd and geek. nerds are school centric and tend to be very goal centric and geeks are into theyre very focused on tv shows and endevours. like a nerd will watch star trek but only after work is done. A geek ONLY watchs star trek.

See thats what I thoguht at first, but I think the lingo has been changing in recent years, now a days "geek" has been more associated, at least in my opinion, with computers and stuff. People who can fix things and be useful in society. If your knowledgeable in something your a "geek" in it, and geek doesn't have the social stigma that Nerd has been able to keep, so i think its more fitting that nerd be assigned to the one that has more negativity around it.

[doctorsleep]

Originally Posted by guitarrob

And/or burying the bodies of young bisexual/tattooed girls in shallow graves.

Sir How dare you, that allegation is a ridiculous and flat out lie...


everyone here knows full well that my victims are only the fairest and non-sexually adventurous virgin girls with pristine un-inked skin

[P.B.R_architect]

Originally Posted by doctorsleep

See thats what I thoguht at first, but I think the lingo has been changing in recent years, now a days "geek" has been more associated, at least in my opinion, with computers and stuff. People who can fix things and be useful in society. If your knowledgeable in something your a "geek" in it, and geek doesn't have the social stigma that Nerd has been able to keep, so i think its more fitting that nerd be assigned to the one that has more negativity around it.

i guess with the geek squad and the like but I am of the mind that being a nerd means you have a asberger like focus on intellectual pursuits and being a geek means your a asshole with obscure intrests

[DWarrior]

Originally Posted by P.B.R_architect

you mixed up nerd and geek. nerds are school centric and tend to be very goal centric and geeks are into theyre very focused on tv shows and endevours. like a nerd will watch star trek but only after work is done. A geek ONLY watchs star trek.

Well, actually, that's a point of contention. Some people assign meanings as you do, but others assign doctorsleep's meanings. KATG seems to equate nerds with the comic books and all that con culture. There's also a famous quote about geeks vs nerds: "geeks get it done." Comp sci majors often refer to themselves as "computer geeks", as well as the obvious thinkgeek.com and Geek Squad.

Personally, I don't care what I'm called as long as I don't get lumped in with the Con people.

[doctorsleep]

Originally Posted by DWarrior

Well, actually, that's a point of contention. Some people assign meanings as you do, but others assign doctorsleep's meanings. KATG seems to equate nerds with the comic books and all that con culture. There's also a famous quote about geeks vs nerds: "geeks get it done." Comp sci majors often refer to themselves as "computer geeks", as well as the obvious thinkgeek.com and Geek Squad.

Personally, I don't care what I'm called as long as I don't get lumped in with the Con people.

This

[P.B.R_architect]

i never had to hide my geekiness cuz i lived in the inner city and liking cartoons and comics was not looked down on as we had other things to worry about(being shot or stabbed or locked up) tbh most dudes I knew who was slanging dope was into video games or some other shit you associte with geeks