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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drawmack" data-source="post: 768003" data-attributes="member: 4981">The word geek has become watery as with all words when they reach the mainstream.I mean take alternative music for a second. In the 80's everyone knew that alternative music was music that could not be found mainstream which was usually darker and more driven then radio friendly stuff.Then the 90s hits and alternative becomes mainstream with the advent of grunge. However the alternative label is not dropped so the question arrises what is it alternative to? As a result alternative has lost it's meaning as a classifycation for music.When I was in high-school there were two groups the geeks and the nerds.The geek, which I was one of, were the kids who the other kids pretty much left alone, didn't beat up on, didn't really make fun, etc. However, when they needed us they would come to us - which was the reason for leaving us alone the rest of the time. Even the most primal testosterone driven adreneline junkie knows that indefference is better then fear when you need something done and done right. I, for example, was the school's computer geek. I typed kids papers, wrote their programs, fixed their PCs and word processors, even played a couple digital jokes on other people's behalf. (those were the days when the teacher would boot up the computer and see a hula dancer and compliment the student who did it before asking them not to do it again.)The nerd, on the other hand, were those who appeared geeky but really had nothing to offer to the school community. The nerds were generally of average or below intelligence, had no special area of interest. They were simply socialy retarded. The nerds were the ones who got the jock's sexual frustration taken out on them.There for I proudly proclaim myself a geek. Note: as for bitting the heads off of chickens, bitting the head off of a dove got ozzy his solo recording contract with columbia so I don't see that as all bad.</blockquote>

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