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windy135 -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/26/2006 8:15:13 PM)

I'm my geekest when alone.  In high school I was a party goer and such but I've always enjoyed reading and learning...  plus I love "the lord of the rings"  not that that makes me a geek.   I use geek,  nerd, and dork all as positive terms.  This confusing some people and then I have to hurry and explain my use of the term..   my dad was offended when I called him  a "dork"   lol



TallDarkAndWitty -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/26/2006 8:23:23 PM)

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ORIGINAL: justjill
In many ways it takes the same confidence to embrace this lifestyle outside of society's norms as being passionate about things that are not "cool" and knowing you will be labled or picked on in high school.


I think this is quite astute and so very true!  By most definitions, I was a geek in high school.  I played D&D, I read voraciously, and I saw the original Star Wars 18 times on the big screen.  The only problem, I was the most popular kid in my neighborhood.  I had more friends than I knew what to do with, and when I found something I though was "cool" everyone else seemed to think it was cool too.

Geeks tend to be smart, interesting, and often funny...  They have the confidence to do what they like, and not what others think they should be doing. 

Long live the geek!

Taggard



LuckyAlbatross -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/26/2006 9:10:44 PM)

There's a huge crossover between geek/renn faire/pagan/kinky/asian interest sub-cultures

In fact at Arisia (a sci-fi/fantasy con in Boston) there were discussion groups about that- why it exists and what it means.

I'm a fringe geek really.  I qualify to be a geek, but when you get me around a huge group of ONLY geeks, I don't fit in well.  Their dynamics are just too weird (usually too much constant vying for cool status by bringing up the most obscure reference and making the wittiest zinger, not to mention spending all their time on WOW or online games and then spend their social time TALKING about all their time on WOW or online games).



amayos -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/26/2006 10:07:45 PM)


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ORIGINAL: paperdoll

A geek (pronunciation /gi:k/ ) is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination.  (thank you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek)



I suppose one could say that definition puts all those macho guys who can spit out the most obscure sports stats in a whole new light... [:D]



MochaMistress -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/26/2006 10:42:34 PM)

Bill Gates the co-founder of Microsoft is a major geek. I bet he must be some awesome submissive. Its like because I was/am such a geek that I have plenty of imagination when it comes to Bondage and submission. Part of my brain spends most of its time in sexual mode.



ownedgirlie -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 12:26:45 AM)

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ORIGINAL: IrishMist

For about the last 10 years I have been very much into the sci-fi/fantasy games etc, but growing up, I was in no way what we used to term a 'geek'. In fact, I went out of my way in grade and high school to ridicule the ones who were in the D&D, computer, and chess clubs etc ( hmm, and the cheerleaders, and the smart ones....heck, I was horrible in school and just down right horrible to everyone ) [:o]



/shrug



i think i knew you...... [:D]



ownedgirlie -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 12:31:53 AM)

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ORIGINAL: IrishMist

I would be curious to know if you can like...grow into geekhood after highschool...or does that make you a wannbe geek? or a geek copycat?

/scratches head

Darn, now I am confused. I need another drink.


i think it makes you a "second generation geek."

i was never a geek.  Couldn't sit through my first (and last) D&D game.  i have only seen one episode of Stark Trek.  i am technologically challenged and lousy at computer games (although i did master Donkey Kong way back when).

This should not, however, deny me my dork status.  Is there a trend for dorky slaves somewhere?  ~ looks around ~



Arpig -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 3:12:58 AM)

I am a geek, always have been, always will be, my Pet often says (with a slightly amazed expression) "You take geekiness to a whole new level.
However, like Taggard, I was very popular in high school, i had my little circle of misfits, and was also popular with the jocks, nerds, artsies, and science types....I have always attributed it to the basic fact that I have always just been myself and never gave a rat's ass what others thought about me, or if I was in any way cool.
To this day i consider, "geek", "weirdo", and "bizarre" to be compliments [:)]



MissyRane -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 4:15:41 AM)

I love this topic lol so I can't resist commenting a little, when I was a kid I was a total computer n pcgame geek i knew everything about them..but I grew out of it and now I barely know how to turn the pc on n off...I don't think I'm a geek anymore but I've ended up in the blonde-freak-weirdo genre instead and I actually like it[:D] and hell there's nothing wrong with geeks they can be so much fun but I agree with Lucky Albatross..when I was a geek..I still wasn't geeky enough to fit in if I was in a huge group of geeks-only[:)]



champagnewishes -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 4:19:51 AM)

Closet wanna be geek here.   I was the jockette in HS but never quite fit in with that crowd.  Although i have seen all the original Star Treks many many times, that's about as far as i go with Sci Fi.  I prefered to party rather than play computer games and it took me more than two posts to figure out what D&D stood for...so i can't keep up with the Geek League.  I seem to be the floater...i can wander in and out of any group and be accepted but never feel like i completely fit in. 

I find my interests are varied such as physics, psycho-spiritual transformation, remote viewing etc. but only in terms that i can relate to my own life, computers to the point i can fix the little things but have to punt to my Geek friends for anything major, music (can't play but i listen well) and power tools.

But there is something about a Geek that just does it for me...I'm a Geek hog.  I'll find a Geek at a social event and shamelessly steal his attention all to myself the rest of the evening.  The majority of my fantasies revolve around Geeks.  Geeks empower me to greater heights.





MizSuz -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 4:29:38 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Sunshine119

Geek here!  Stargate, Atlantis and Battlestar Gallactica are the only things I tape on tv.


Me too.  Although I have to admit that I like that show John Doe and of course SciFi has brought Dr. Who back to the U.S. (YAAAAAYYYY!!!)

I read a lot of scifi and fantasy as a kid and still read a pretty good bit of it.  Robert Heinlein had a lot to do with my formative years.

I've never been too much into RPGs but I did spend a good deal of time in front of the early versions of Zork.  "You are standing on a path that runs east west..."

Edited to add that I was never considered a 'geek' in school.  I was a stoner and a party girl wild child.



UtopianRanger -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 5:43:12 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Aimtoplease101

A discussion I had at a local munch recently was sort of curious. A woman brought up that she considered herself a "geek" growing up-- largely because of her interests-- sci-fi, dungeons & dragons games, etc. A surprising number of the people present jumped in immediately and said they considered themselves the very same, and had had many of the same interests while growing up. I thought it was pretty funny that so many people who are now embracing a fairly edgy lifestyle all seemed to have similar formative experiences.

How many of you out there would put yourself in the same category? (At the risk of being flamed, I imagine those who actually call themselves Goreans-- adopting a lifestyle based on fantasy/ sci-fi novels, may largely qualify de facto).

Regards,
ATP


Glad to be the odd man/person out. Although never a fan of the status-quo and very ''precise'' at times,  I was never a geek.

Grew up around sports and hung out with the jocks. Also thrived and continue to thrive on competition.

Be smart, never say die, live to fight another day, and then fight to the death[;)] LMAO!


 - The Ranger




MysticalPhoenix -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 6:22:04 AM)

I am a "real and true" geek.

I wrote my first programs on a mainframe-when I was 12.  I sold my first piece of software (which I wrote on my VIC-20) at 16.  I developed my first few websites in a text editor. I have done front-line telephone tech support-and then made fun of the lusers. I wrote a cyberpunk novel. I've been an NT admin and a UNIX sysadmin-on a local backbone network.

About the only thing I don't do is RPG.  I read more than most, go to Sci-fi cons, bdsm/fetish events, goth clubs, and pagan cons.  I was heavily involved in the SCA for a number of years.  I drink mead and play a djembe. 

What I find interesting is that a subculture exists which is larger than the hippies, but just as focused on world peace and love and spirutal seeking as they were.  And we are part of it.

Phoenix



thetammyjo -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 7:24:07 AM)

Everyone in my household is a geek of some type.

We all like the neo-traditional things of geekdom -- science fiction, gaming, computers -- but we differ in terms of what we like in particular.

Tom and Fox are also physics/science/math geeks while I'm a history geek -- professional crossing there.

Tom is far more into music and easily addicted to computer/video games.

Fox is into chat, anime, drawing.

I have my writing.

One of the qualities we'd look for in an addition to the family (adult addition that is) would be several overlaping "geek factors". That person must be into tabletop RPGs for example and want to watch "Doctor Who".



BrutalAntipathy -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 7:37:59 AM)

I was singing praise to Gygax at 12, consuming Heinlein & Niven at 14, hitting the Ren fairs at 16, and brewing mead for my Ansteorran swordmates at 18. I even owned a game & comic shop for a while. With any luck i'll be rolling D20's in the nursing home.



Moloch -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 7:39:37 AM)

Thats funny the larp that I go to half of the player base is Pagan, and about 80% of those Pagans are into BDSM.



fergus -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 1:48:41 PM)

Big geek here.

I have even seen the star wars holiday special EACH YEAR.  The whole first half hour is nothing but wookie grunts.

fergus



amaidiamond -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 1:54:06 PM)

I have been told I am a geek, (gaming, sci fi - fantasy, sword and sourcery, larp etc) but I class myself as a *Mel* a rare and strange breed most often found at munches or in the pub



NakedOnMyChain -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 3:03:00 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Aimtoplease101

How many of you out there would put yourself in the same category? (At the risk of being flamed, I imagine those who actually call themselves Goreans-- adopting a lifestyle based on fantasy/ sci-fi novels, may largely qualify de facto).


I'm definitely a geek.  I always have been.  It's never been a social hurdle, though, it's more just a matter of interests and my own weirdness.  After all, how many teachers/wives/soon-to-be-mothers do you know who still play Magic?  I love my sci-fi and fantasy; I play D&D, Munchkin (by the way, you do know better than to pick up a duck in a dungeon, don't you?), Vampire, and sometimes Shadowrun; and I'm a freak for anything Neil Gaimen writes (especially Sandman).  My best friends (also geeks... one self-proclaimed, the other reluctant) and I are completely odd and crazy, in a very loud, obnoxious and fun way.... you know, the way where you scare strangers at the coffee shop by saying something like "Oh, great Slushnu, send you your icy berry-flavored wisdom", but if it's someone that actually knows you they'll laugh and say, "Oh, that's just Michelle.  She's like that."

Of all my close friends in the lifestyle, not a single one has escaped nerdiness untouched.  But most of my friends are geeks anyway.  They laugh more comfortably at my jokes.

Edited to add:  Yes, Tyler, my dear hubby, is a geek as well.  His is more musically and technologically inclined than my geekiness, though.  I look at a computer with an inexplicable error message, scream, then begin treat it like a percussive instrument.  He, on the other hand, fixes it, then goes to play his drums.  (He does have a subscription to "Popular Science", though.  Shhhhhh.  Don't tell.)



Sensualips -> RE: Self-identified geeks (3/27/2006 4:01:15 PM)

In elementary school I was an avid reader of sci-fi, but also of every other genre.  I was pretty well rounded.  I was geeky in the shy-and-smart sense as well as the fashion-disaster physically-awkward sense. 

In high school, I was a bad girl.  An honors student bad girl.



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