do people consider you a geek?

[jonathan_matos5]

i embrace my geekiness. i even take being called a geek as a compliment from time to time.

are you a geek?


stand up and be proud my fellow geeks!

[ehque]

I'm a physics major, and i build my own computers.

Used to program pathfinding robots, too.

I guess i can count as a geek.

[awakefie]

Yep.

I was a geek before geeks were cool. Now that they are, I'm still not cool.

I was such a geek my first computer didn't have a monitor. Just a paper tape reader and a printer.

[DudeistMonk]

I'm a web developer, I can build and fix computers, I play magic, I love Sci-Fi, I played War Craft for a year, I've been known to wear a firefox t-shirt.

Yeah I'm a geek...I have my cool musician/graphic designer/party animal/hippie side...I play that up but I don't hide my geekdom.

[Curtybob]

I have been referred to as a geek from time to time. I build, fix, and have heavily modified all of my computers. I haven't had anything less than a watercooled and overclocked computer for several years now.

[Happynoj]

I would describe myself as slightly nerdy rather than geeky - I built my PC, but it isn't overclocked or water-cooled. I love sci-fi/fantasy stuff, but not Star Trek - Buffy The Vampire Slayer is more my scene. I play online PC games, but FPSs rather than MMORPGs.

[Joe Gress]

Nope.

[Atoz]

I'm afflicted with just about every possible geek stereotype, so I'd say yes:

career scientist... check
computer junkie... check
shy... check
socially inept... check
no girlfriend... check
tendency to explain everyday concepts to people in terms of math, physics, chemistry, or astronomy... check
can't dress myself properly... check
always look like I slept in my clothes... check
Star Trek... check
Monty Python... check

[gold_member_321]

Some may, I am by no means the coolest guy around nor am I the geekiest. I do brag about my 4000 dpi mouse and my video card to my gaming buddies though.

[McHaven]

My friends and I are dressing up as Pokemon characters for halloween. Yes, yes I am a geek

[acleex38]

I gave up role-playing game night for two nights a week of band practice.

It's a serious question as to which I'm a bigger geek about.

[embellisher]

Pretty much. Build my own PC's, heavily mod and upgrade them, use Linux, work in IT, love most scifi shows and movies, have read the Dune series and the LOTR/Hobbit/Silmarillion books at least a dozen times each, etc.

[iamthebassplayr]

Originally Posted by Atoz

tendency to explain everyday concepts to people in terms of math, physics, chemistry, or astronomy... check

I do this with everything..... =/

[dave64o]

I've been in IT for 23 years, have a BS and an MS in Comp Sci, have 6 computers at home, and have set up PCs and home networks for my parents, my in-laws, and my siblings. Some would say that makes me geeky.

On the other hand...
- I have never been a fan of any of the Star Trek series
- I haven't even seen any of the latest three Star Wars movies (I guess they're Books I, II, and II)
- I've always thought D&D type of role pay games were silly
- I've never played video games
- I've never read a Lord of the Rings book, let alone seen one of the movies
- While I do like Monty Python I'm don't throw out quotes from skits or the movies as my response to every question or situation
- I actually had a girlfriend in high school (two, as a matter of fact! )
- I run Windows, rather than Solaris or Linux, on all of my home PCs.
- I've never owned any kind of Apple computer
- I've never bought a Far Side calendar for my desk/cube/office at work (though many non-geeks have given them too me as Christmas presents, including my wife).
- I have no Dilbert cartoons hanging up at my desk, in fact I have no cartoons of any kind are hanging on walls or anywhere around my workspace.
- The last several times we went out "on a date" my wife actually commented on how good I looked rather than rolling her eyes, sighing, and commented on the way I was dressed.


I'm my own geek, the lone wolf geek, a geek alone. To outsiders I'm a geek but to the "true" geeks I'm an often just outsider with technical skills.

[Relic]

you're asking this on a bass player forum?

We play bass - we make geekiness cool.

[Georynn]

Originally Posted by Atoz

I'm afflicted with just about every possible geek stereotype, so I'd say yes:

career scientist... check
computer junkie... check
shy... check
socially inept... check
no girlfriend... check
tendency to explain everyday concepts to people in terms of math, physics, chemistry, or astronomy... check
can't dress myself properly... check
always look like I slept in my clothes... check
Star Trek... check
Monty Python... check

Sounds like me except I'm married... oh, and I'm not a career scientist... But I did sleep in a Holiday Inn express last night.

Originally Posted by embellisher

Pretty much. Build my own PC's, heavily mod and upgrade them, use Linux, work in IT, love most scifi shows and movies, have read the Dune series and the LOTR/Hobbit/Silmarillion books at least a dozen times each, etc.

Its so rare for me to find someone who has actually read all the books, I have to ask, whats your fav dune book? and what do you think about Brian Herbert's books?

Oh and you are pretty close to my favorite hiking spot....Ok, a couple hours away but in the same state......

[Georynn]

Originally Posted by dave64o

I've been in IT for 23 years, have a BS and an MS in Comp Sci, have 6 computers at home, and have set up PCs and home networks for my parents, my in-laws, and my siblings. Some would say that makes me geeky.

On the other hand...
- I have never been a fan of any of the Star Trek series
- I haven't even seen any of the latest three Star Wars movies (I guess they're Books I, II, and II)
- I've always thought D&D type of role pay games were silly
- I've never played video games
- I've never read a Lord of the Rings book, let alone seen one of the movies
- While I do like Monty Python I'm don't throw out quotes from skits or the movies as my response to every question or situation
- I actually had a girlfriend in high school (two, as a matter of fact! )
- I run Windows, rather than Solaris or Linux, on all of my home PCs.
- I've never owned any kind of Apple computer
- I've never bought a Far Side calendar for my desk/cube/office at work (though many non-geeks have given them too me as Christmas presents, including my wife).
- I have no Dilbert cartoons hanging up at my desk, in fact I have no cartoons of any kind are hanging on walls or anywhere around my workspace.
- The last several times we went out "on a date" my wife actually commented on how good I looked rather than rolling her eyes, sighing, and commented on the way I was dressed.


I'm my own geek, the lone wolf geek, a geek alone. To outsiders I'm a geek but to the "true" geeks I'm an often just outsider with technical skills.

Yeah man, you are out of the nerd herd...

[MakiSupaStar]

Originally Posted by Atoz

I'm afflicted with just about every possible geek stereotype, so I'd say yes:

career scientist... check
computer junkie... check
shy... check
socially inept... check
no girlfriend... check
tendency to explain everyday concepts to people in terms of math, physics, chemistry, or astronomy... check
can't dress myself properly... check
always look like I slept in my clothes... check
Star Trek... check
Monty Python... check

You forgot speaking klingon to try to "pick up" chicks.

[Atoz]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

You forgot speaking klingon to try to "pick up" chicks.

You mean trying to "beam up" chicks.

[Croox]

Yes
I have a poorly done transformers tattoo that I'm proud of (getting it re-tooled after the 1st of the year )
I like the term geek, nerds are smart, and well I'm not