Geek

[mikebird]

I remember being called this by my niece

Anyone feel like that?
maybe this definition has changed

Geek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Hoppy]

 

[JuiceB]

^Perfect answer.

 

[Chess]

It's still only cool to hipsters, but geeky and nerdy interests have gained a lot more acceptance and people now know not to mess with the lady who can fix your things. I don't mind that much.

 

[Hellhound]

I'd take that as flattery.

 

[shakethelight]

I'd take that as flattery.

I'm with you !

 

[coyote]

I remember being called this by my niece

Anyone feel like that?
maybe this definition has changed

Geek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

from reading the part about "geek chic", i'd be really cool

if i wore my old, black, government-issue birth control glasses

 

[w*n*c*a*m]

call me geek, call me nerd. I don't care. i even prefer it than being call dumb or stupid.

 

[Flowers-Of-Bloom]

Yep, I'm a video game, anime and sci-fi/fantasy geek. And proud of it. ::

 

[awkwardamanda]

I'm a geek and proud of it. I like math, science, computers, certain games (although I'm not exactly a gamer in the stereotypical sense). LOVE nerdy/geeky humour!!

xkcd: Geeks and Nerds

 

[superfluouslyme]

I don't think of it as an insult at all. It might still be for younger people (high school and younger) because being called anything other than normal or cool is an insult. But I think the older you get, the less of an insult it is.

I've finally been able to settle into my own skin for the first time in my life. In doing so, I've discovered my true personality: I'm a geek! I used to hide it, but I don't care anymore. All of my friends are geeky or nerdy about something. Everyone I know is a geek in some way. The term "geek" for me is just a combination of intense knowledge and passion about a subject.

^ Make of this what you will. I didn't make it.

 

[awkwardamanda]

All of my friends are geeky or nerdy about something. Everyone I know is a geek in some way.

I'm too socially inept to have even made friends with the other geeks and nerds.

^ Make of this what you will. I didn't make it.

One definition I've heard is that nerds are brainy, geeks are obsessed with something and dorks are socially inept, but you can be more than one. By that pic, I'd fall into the nerd category.

 

[superfluouslyme]

One definition I've heard is that nerds are brainy, geeks are obsessed with something and dorks are socially inept, but you can be more than one. By that pic, I'd fall into the nerd category.

I think I straddle the geek/nerd line.

 

[kindred]

Why does anyone care what anyone thinks. Yes I like computers and some people probably see me as a nerd, but who cares. At the end of the day if you have social phobia, it makes no difference what you think, because the only person that can help you is yourself. People might as well perceive me as a Martian, as it wouldn't make any difference to my social phobia.

 

[kilojoule]

Geeks....nerds.....dorks...

Just labels

pffft

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

 

[Section_31]

Geeks will rule the earth with the others wipe themselves out