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<blockquote data-quote="stevelabny" data-source="post: 770507" data-attributes="member: 9298">to me, and the people i know:a nerd's areas of expertise are more on the side of booklearning.&nbsp; if you can actually program your computer, or do advanced math, or can break down a sentence with what kind of word every word is, or mock the history channel every time it makes a mistake, or watch jeopardy and answer every question...you are a nerd.&nbsp; a nerd is also prone to wearing a pocket-protectors, thick glasses and not being any good at social gatherings. a nerd will excel at the history, science and literature categories of Trivial Pursuit but not arts and entertainment or sports and leisure. if a nerd has any geek tendencies (see below) it does NOT mean he is not a nerd. he is BOTH. a geek's areas of expertise are usually not mainstream, but with modern geekification, this is changing. the most common geek hobbies are rpgs, video games, comic books, scifi/fantasy books/ tv/ movies, fantasy sports,anime,&nbsp; professional wrestling, being a &quot;member&quot; of online communities, etc. If you just participate casually in any one of these hobbies you are not a geek. a true geek is a master of at least one of these areas and enough knowledge in others to be labeled a master by anyone mainstream. socially, a geek is either a loner with&nbsp; all of his friends online, or the odd guy at the party who mainstreamers like to bring to make themselves look cooler by comparison and to pump for geek-information. in the past few years, mainstream culture has undergone numerous levels of geekification. must-see-tv and reality tv shows have made it mandatory to follow tv shows every week and discuss the next day. opening weekends for movies used to be only for geeks. now the only time people see movies is opening weekend. and of course DVDs. with all the extra goodies on them, and now your favorite TV shows on DVD it is just the latest in the trend of geekification.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stevelabny, post: 770507, member: 9298"] to me, and the people i know: a nerd's areas of expertise are more on the side of booklearning. if you can actually program your computer, or do advanced math, or can break down a sentence with what kind of word every word is, or mock the history channel every time it makes a mistake, or watch jeopardy and answer every question...you are a nerd. a nerd is also prone to wearing a pocket-protectors, thick glasses and not being any good at social gatherings. a nerd will excel at the history, science and literature categories of Trivial Pursuit but not arts and entertainment or sports and leisure. if a nerd has any geek tendencies (see below) it does NOT mean he is not a nerd. he is BOTH. a geek's areas of expertise are usually not mainstream, but with modern geekification, this is changing. the most common geek hobbies are rpgs, video games, comic books, scifi/fantasy books/ tv/ movies, fantasy sports,anime, professional wrestling, being a "member" of online communities, etc. If you just participate casually in any one of these hobbies you are not a geek. a true geek is a master of at least one of these areas and enough knowledge in others to be labeled a master by anyone mainstream. socially, a geek is either a loner with all of his friends online, or the odd guy at the party who mainstreamers like to bring to make themselves look cooler by comparison and to pump for geek-information. in the past few years, mainstream culture has undergone numerous levels of geekification. must-see-tv and reality tv shows have made it mandatory to follow tv shows every week and discuss the next day. opening weekends for movies used to be only for geeks. now the only time people see movies is opening weekend. and of course DVDs. with all the extra goodies on them, and now your favorite TV shows on DVD it is just the latest in the trend of geekification. [/QUOTE]

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