Geek Alert
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A lot of people will think they fit into this category because the idea seems quaint to them, but they don't really fit into this category.0
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I am rewatching every episode of Star Trek TNG - I just started season 6. Yup - total geek!0
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never understood the difference between nerd and geek but yes I think I'm a geek
I think nerds are geeks who are also brainiacs, whereas a geek is of more or less average intelligence, but is fanatical about a certain subject such as comic books, sci-fi, etc..., and may or may not be a little more odd than the average person.
From my idea of nerd was an unsocail geek, one that intentionally hushed away from groups of people. A geek is someone who is simple passionate about something to the point were they may get shunned by other people for being a bit overzealous. We tend to herd together!0 -
Whedon-ite, Harry Potter lover (books, not so much the later movies!), Hunger Games fan...yeah. Geek-licious!
But not Twilight. Nooooo to Twilight. I don't think that counts as geek, though, right? I hope not...0 -
I guess in the traditional sense you could call me a geek. I am a systems engineer, application development etc. I rocked a 486 back in the day. I love almost anything that thinkgeek sells, love FPS, and any given day I can be found in front of the tv watching old reruns of, firefly, torchwood, primeval, dr who, and so on.
On the other hand, I am a former Military Police officer, I do crossfit 4-5 days a week, have a 265 bench, hold a 3rd brown belt in Kenpo, I love to mountain bike, 4-wheel and I can be somehwat popular with the ladies, the wife says I am a flirt, so a lot of things opposite of the traditional geek...
Whatever... new age geek..... hybrid geek... DEf a crossfit geek... and a scifi nerd
Hahaha! Wow! You've got all your bases covered, dontcha? :drinker:0 -
Me me me!0
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OK, except most people these days like Star Wars, games, comic books etc. I think we have gotten soft on what we define as geek. It used to be special....no "geek" is mainstream.
We need to raise the Geek bar because so far everyone sounds pretty normal to me.
...This is very true..0 -
never understood the difference between nerd and geek but yes I think I'm a geek
I think nerds are geeks who are also brainiacs, whereas a geek is of more or less average intelligence, but is fanatical about a certain subject such as comic books, sci-fi, etc..., and may or may not be a little more odd than the average person.
From my idea of nerd was an unsocail geek, one that intentionally hushed away from groups of people. A geek is someone who is simple passionate about something to the point were they may get shunned by other people for being a bit overzealous. We tend to herd together!
I revised my definition a little. A simpler way of putting it would be:
Nerds=Big Bang Theory
Geeks=Fanboys or Napoleon Dynamite
Obviously, some people are more extreme than others in both categories.0 -
Hell yeah had a co-worker say to me the other day. "you don't strike me as a sports person" I have had it said to me the other way around too where they say "Wow I didn't know you were such a geek" I have been into Sci-Fi and computers for as long as I can remember. Hell my profession is a software engineer. I also love smart phones real ones not APPLE :laugh: I guess I am all over because I love racing, outdoors, hunting, wheeling, history, anything tech, movies, football, and guns too. I found over the years a lot of people are more generalized and I always thought I was the anomaly.
I guess I just love life and want to experience everything it has to offer0 -
<<< Geek reporting for duty. I do research for a living and spend lots of my time in a lab performing analytical trials.0
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Effed up the quote, but to the poster who wrote:
"We.
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Hehehehe. Well said.0 -
never understood the difference between nerd and geek but yes I think I'm a geek
I think nerds are geeks who are also brainiacs, whereas a geek is of more or less average intelligence, but is fanatical about a certain subject such as comic books, sci-fi, etc..., and may or may not be a little more odd than the average person.
From my idea of nerd was an unsocail geek, one that intentionally hushed away from groups of people. A geek is someone who is simple passionate about something to the point were they may get shunned by other people for being a bit overzealous. We tend to herd together!
I revised my definition a little. A simpler way of putting it would be:
Nerds=Big Bang Theory
Geeks=Fanboys or Napoleon Dynamite
Obviously, some people are more extreme than others in both categories.
I guess I am a nerd because I really like the show Big Bang Theory. That and I like to think of myself as a pretty smart person I know I have my faults and I am oblivious to other subjects but generally smart. My wife calls me conceited but I like to look at it as confident. 0 -
BOOM goes the dynamite!
I'm 50% - sports, nite-clubs, cars, and clothing. I'm horribly vain at times.
This is why it's so tough for me to deal with he fact I'm a complete GEEK!
50% - Dr. Who (since the 80's!), BBC in general, NPR!!, Star Wars, Star Trek Next Gen, Fire Fly, Red Dwarf, X-Files,Fringe,Falling Skies, Continuum, Once Upon A Time, all kinds of games, sci-fi, fantasy, anime (watched around 20-30 series in full), cartoons like Family Guy, South Park, Avatar The last Airbender, Legend of Korra , Adult Swim, science/politics/history (NO MATH, although it does amaze and confound me!), reading Tolkien, Douglas Adams, Orwell, Collins, Lowbrow Art, classical music, electronica, collecting stuff from garage sales and thrift stores and acting generally goofy.........
The list could go on, but even I don't want to admit to the nerdness (word?) of it publicly!
I try and discuss my likes with my friends, but they all get weird when I do. I don't get it! It's just stuff that a ton of us digg! (Just thought of Digg-Dugg there. lol.) Uppp..also just remembered how much I like text-based maze games on my old Commodore64!
Oh well, hopefully I'll run into a beautiful nerd princess one day and she will have a bunch of "cool" friends!0 -
My favorite genre of movie? Scifi, I love all video games (including the first ones) I am the proud owner of skyrim and love to watch all sorts of anime. Haha I also love cars... I don't think thats nerdy but hey its cool!0
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Oh I also enjoy star trek and star wars!0
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Have spreadsheets for how to get 60 mins of plnks in the month and for my uns.
Also does anyone ranomly here tetris music when filling the freezer?
And pacman hen ock climbing? ( though its not technially a sport, its a 3D maze)
Also for fitness geeks, check out fitocracy ( you get to level up)0 -
And mee
Have spreadsheets for how to get 60 mins of plnks in the month and for my uns.
Also does anyone ranomly here tetris music when filling the freezer?
And pacman hen ock climbing? ( though its not technially a sport, its a 3D maze)
Also for fitness geeks, check out fitocracy ( you get to level up)
Oh lord... no... don't get me hooked on a new site! lol
My running plan is on excel.
I created a massive excel spreadsheet with filtered lists, calculated scoring, and stats/charts/pivot tables for my survivor pool at work (way back in the day). (was a hit too!)0 -
Can't forget Game of Thrones either...
When does season 3 start again? Oh right NOT SOON ENOUGH!0 -
never understood the difference between nerd and geek but yes I think I'm a geek
I think nerds are geeks who are also brainiacs, whereas a geek is of more or less average intelligence, but is fanatical about a certain subject such as comic books, sci-fi, etc..., and may or may not be a little more odd than the average person.
From my idea of nerd was an unsocail geek, one that intentionally hushed away from groups of people. A geek is someone who is simple passionate about something to the point were they may get shunned by other people for being a bit overzealous. We tend to herd together!
I revised my definition a little. A simpler way of putting it would be:
Nerds=Big Bang Theory
Geeks=Fanboys or Napoleon Dynamite
Obviously, some people are more extreme than others in both categories.
I guess I am a nerd because I really like the show Big Bang Theory. That and I like to think of myself as a pretty smart person I know I have my faults and I am oblivious to other subjects but generally smart. My wife calls me conceited but I like to look at it as confident.
Okay, I thought it was a simpler way of putting it. What I meant was, nerds are people like the characters on The Big Bang Theory (super geniuses who are fanatical about comic books, Star Wars, Star Trek, etc... and who may or may not be a little odd). Geeks are people like the characters in Fanboys (average intelligence who are fanatical about comic books, Star Wars, Star Trek, etc... and are slightly odd) or Napoleon Dynamite (below average intelligence who are fanatical about comic books, etc... and are EXTREMELY odd). It must be understood that this is merely my personal view on the subject, not an official definition of either nerd or geek.0 -
Zombie/horror movies count? I'm TOTALLY a Bruce Campbell geek. "Boomstick" was mentioned on Burn Notice the other day, and I was in geek heaven! Love Star Trek and MST3K was awesome!!! Miss that show. I also have Space Ghost Musical BBQ cd. I think I'm fully qualified as a geek. Oh, and my closet geekiness that I will deny ever having admitted to...Xena. Bruce Campbell was in it!! And the Raimi's! Don't judge me!
Dr. Horrible is fantastic, and I can't wait to see Evil Dead the Musical.0 -
I completely fall into this category. I read Lord of the Rings at least once a year. My favorite shows are Doctor Who and Farscape. For fun I browse zoological scientific journals. My playlist for my upcoming half marathon has music from Xena: Warrior Princess, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, Chronicles of Narnia, and Lord of the RIngs. I even have a tumblr.
As for the difference between nerds and geeks, I agree that the word "nerd" tends to connote a high level of intelligence, or at least being dedicated to learning. Most often this happens in the field of science, but there's also the sub genre of "book nerds" who gain a lot of knowledge from reading.0 -
Well, you want geek... I LARP. And I love it. Every minute of latex-ear wearing, boffer-sword carrying, field-battling goodness is mine to cherish once a month.
"I Don't Have to be Me 'Til Monday" was written for LARPers.
And I exercise so that I can run farther, vault logs, dodge trees, and escape the Star King on demand. I use dance video games to accomplish my cardio (and a smattering of Leslie Sansone when I need a break to tone a little).
Plus, if LARP doesn't qualify me, I just designed an 8-bit Legend of Zelda queen-sized blanket for my brother's Christmas present in Excel (it has 2,295 2" crocheted squares).
Add to it my love of tabletop and online RPGs, video games, Firefly (among other shows, but that one is most worthy of mention)...
I'll take my geek point on the rocks, while toasting to Alec Hardison's adage: "Geek power baby, stay strong."0 -
Zombie/horror movies count? I'm TOTALLY a Bruce Campbell geek. "Boomstick" was mentioned on Burn Notice the other day, and I was in geek heaven! Love Star Trek and MST3K was awesome!!! Miss that show. I also have Space Ghost Musical BBQ cd. I think I'm fully qualified as a geek. Oh, and my closet geekiness that I will deny ever having admitted to...Xena. Bruce Campbell was in it!! And the Raimi's! Don't judge me!
Dr. Horrible is fantastic, and I can't wait to see Evil Dead the Musical.
Love Dr. Horrible! I bought it in BluRay. That's how much of a geek I am. Grin. I even have the soundtrack and play it on my ipod. Oh, I love musicals....what can I say.
Bruce Campbell is amazing! I love his cameo appearances in movies - like Spiderman. He's sorta like an anti-dark hero to most of us. It's the modern version of Don Quixote. LOL.
You know your a geek when you own the entire series of Stargate, Babylon 5, Farscape, Firefly, Quantum Leap, and more....yep. I am addicted.0 -
I can quote the Never Ending Story from beginning to end and cry every time and I beg my husband to play video games.:bigsmile:0
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I think nerds are geeks who are also brainiacs, whereas a geek is of more or less average intelligence, but is fanatical about a certain subject such as comic books, sci-fi, etc..., and may or may not be a little more odd than the average person.
Well, I got to thinking about whether there really was a difference between intellects (I disagreed with you about that part of the definition) so I looked it up. Here's the official definition.Geeks Definition Per Webster
1: a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2: a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked
3: an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity <computer geek>
I see myself as falling under category 3. I had no idea about number 1. I nearly choked on reading it. It was worth the laugh looking it up. I think number 2 lacks some details as most people are disliked because they are knowledgeable. It makes people feel a bit....well...uncomfortable.Nerd: : an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; especially : one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits <computer nerds>
Um. I don't see myself as totally inept - maybe shy. As for being slavishly devoted to intellectual pursuits. Ok. I definitely, definitely am addicted to computers and love learning. So yep. I'm devoted to academics.
I suspect Webster needs to update their definition - maybe get both a geek and nerd together to improve on it. I do wonder though - where did the chicken reference come from, a movie perhaps?0 -
Next year we can have a MFP meetup at D*C. ;P0
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From the definition above I am a NERD not Geek...I am ok with either...Big Bang Theory is an AWESOME show. I am an engineer so I really enjoy it LOL I even posted a question on Facebook to name shows with engineers and scientists. There were NOT many of them but a couple included The Jeffersons (Lionel Jefferson was an engineer...mechanical I think) and The Young & The Restless (Ashley Abbott is a chemist)
SN - I do LOVE STAR TREK! Seven of Nine was my fav character LOL Jordy would be a close 2nd.0 -
Game designer, computer geek, But just now getting into fitness. Anyone who wishes to may add me, I love having geeky people in my FL.0
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