We are all ugly and alone...

[STARP_JVP]

I have turned down weekends of sex for marathon games too many times to count. Funny, it only seems to make them hornier.

And truly, he was the Lord of the Geeks. All lesser Geeks bowed down to him as their master.

 

[Alenda]

I am married to a librarian. I believe that she prefers the term "nerd" to "geek."

Darn tootin'! Of course, I'm a librarian who works with digital information rather than books, so I am both a nerd and a computer geek.

 

[Alenda]

No idea when I realized my geekdom, although maybe it was the "Hardy Boys" TV show I produced for my 5th grade class.

I realized how awesome it was to be dating a geek when my girlfriend (now wife) assigned a pleasant action to every number on a d20 and had me roll.

Belen is being very modest. I won't go into details about the "pleasant actions" that were assigned to the d20, but let's just say if he rolled a 1, he got a chaste kiss and if he rolled a 20 he got AHEM... a romantic crit.

 

[BlackSilver]

Geek.... me, a geek?

Emm- I game, I play video games- that is about the most geek I get. Beyond that I do not really see myself as a geek.

Oh, and I hang out here once in a while. Here and I was going to say I wasn't a geek and have never been one.

 

[caudor]

I think I can clear up some confusion...

There are actually two types of geeks: garage geeks and pocket-protector geeks.

Garage Geeks - these are born-to-be-geek geeks. Everything about them--appearance, the way they laugh, interests, clothes, and hobbies spells geek. Most have a very high intelligence and IQ, but suffer somewhat in social circles. A garage geek is one who would build a computer in his garage. Some garage geeks bear their geekdom in silence, feeling somewhat cursed. Most embrace their geekdom and search out other geeks as companions.

Pocket-protector Geek - these are otherwise average people who have been transformed into a geek, either because of a new interest or hobby or some life-altering event. They envy the garage geeks, but would not actually desire to become one. Some pocket-protector geeks exhibit only one or two geeks traits, but you would never guess they are geeks in other settings. Some pocket-protector value their geek traits and openly wear symbol of geekdom (a pocket protector, for example). Others are keenly aware they have geek traits, but try to hide them when around non-geeks.

There may be other types of geeks I'm not aware of...perhaps the quasi-geek; the athletic geek, etc.

 

[STARP_JVP]

How about the geek who invents terminology to describe other geeks?

 

[Ashwyn]

How about the geek who invents terminology to describe other geeks?

All hail META-GEEK!

 

[caudor]

OK, I guess you guys got me pegged

 

[JesterPoet]

Hmmm....not to bring down the fun mood or anything, but I honestly really dislike terms like "geek", "nerd", "dork" etc etc. In any context. I dont like to label myself, or have other people label me.


I'm a human being. My primary areas of interest are indeed stories and ideas and games...fantasy and horror and science fiction, philosophy, religion...all these things.


I've had moments like the ones described here. But its not "geeky", its simply a person living their life and loving what they love.


Partially its just cause I dont like labels, and partially its because for me, those terms have been used so much in such derogatory and pejorative ways, its like...certain racial epithets that I will not type here.

Why waste time disliking the term? When you spend your effort railing against those who would label you, you give them power. If you embrace the names they offer up for you, you deny such people that power.

You can be whatever you want. Me? I'm a geek.

 

[Evilhalfling]

I am married to a librarian. I believe that she prefers the term "nerd" to "geek."

my librarian wife prefers geek to nerd - she says that geek implies a more technological bent.
she is definatly a Libraian techie.