do people consider you a geek?

[MakiSupaStar]

You mean trying to "beam up" chicks.

Yeah. Uh... ok. So uh,... how's that working for ya?

 

[Selta]

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!

I most certainly do. I have been known as a geek since about 5th grade or so. I enjoy that fact.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

I'm not a geek. But I have a lot of geek skills.

 

[Selta]

I'm not a geek. But I have a lot of geek skills.

So what, you took a multiclass in Geek then?

 

[deggial]

I'm a computer science grad who used to play D&D and many other pen-and-paper games, and I spend most of my time playing MMOs and reading science fiction. I think playing the bass guitar is the only non-geek thing I do.

The only geeky thing I've never really got into was comic books, due to the prevalence of the superhero genre that I don't really like. I like the more serious comics, though, my favourite being Transmetropolitan.

 

[embellisher]

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......

My favorite? It is a tossup between Dune and God Emperor of Dune. I could read either of them repeatedly and not get tired of them.

The BH/KJA books are decent. They are not quite up to the level of the best of the originals, but they do provide backstory for the originals, and a conclusion to them as well.

Yeah, this part of Arkansas is beautiful.

 

[JNowiski]

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.

only some geeks are considered "cool" by most people. the trendy geek who aren't really geeks, they just almost dress like it...if that makes sense, Johnny Boy is a geek, but still probably isn't considered cool. i'm just not cool. not smart enough to be a geek.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

So what, you took a multiclass in Geek then?

Nah. I just make money with computers, love Sci-Fi, Star Wars, LOTR, etc. But I've never really had a problem with chicks, can hang with the bros, surf, snowboard, play bass and generally have no problem socializing with people. Therefore I said I have geek skills, but most people don't consider me a geek, at least I don't think so.

 

[buzzbass]

not if they know what's good for them

 

[msquared]

Remember, there is a difference between the "consumer of pop culture which is vaguely science-themed" and "interested in logic-based pursuits to the exclusion of everything else".

Far too many people out there call themselves geeks soley because they like to play video games and watch the occasional sci-fi. Being so into Warcraft that you don't have a girlfriend? You aren't a geek.

 

[Georynn]

My favorite? It is a tossup between Dune and God Emperor of Dune. I could read either of them repeatedly and not get tired of them.

The BH/KJA books are decent. They are not quite up to the level of the best of the originals, but they do provide backstory for the originals, and a conclusion to them as well.

Yeah, this part of Arkansas is beautiful.

Love GEOD, But Heretics and Chapterhouse (mainly Miles Teg)are my fav story lines... Honored Matre's = Awesome.
Read all the "House:" books... not as good as the original.
Started Butlerian Jihad, didn't finish... too slow. Plus I had to work a bunch while I was reading it... so, maybe I'll start over.
I ordered hunters of dune and sandworms of dune, but have been busy lately...

OK, I believe embelisher and I have proven our nerd-ness and our geek ness...
Just look at my avatar... Bonus points for those who can ID his first appearance...

 

[bad_andy]

Grade school: college level vocabulary thanks to my programmer father, watched Nova religiously, socially awkward, captivated by Dune and Tron, tried my hand at writing Sci Fi

High school: Played the Tuba, played D&D, read Scientific American, watched ST: TNG religiously, socially awkward, captivated by Aliens, Predator, Terminator, Hellraiser, Night Breed, comic books, tried my hand writing horror

College: Played the bass guitar, played Vampire the Masquerade, read Chomsky and Vonnegut, watched ST: DS9 and Voyager religiously, socially awkward, captivated by reggae music, comic books, computers, tried my hand at writing music and poetry

Currently: Studying programming and economics, still play the bass guitar, read Hitchens, Dawkins, Ali, Harris, Gaiman, Scalzi, and about 300 rss feeds, captivated by Jazz, webcomics, information technology, politics, religion, biology, geology, astrophysics, trying my hand at writing code

I don't think I've ever not been considered a geek.

 

[Baryonyx]

No, but then they don't know me or my love of jazz fusion.

 

[jonathan_matos5]

No, but then they don't know me or my love of jazz fusion.

if love for jazz fusion makes you a geek then i don't want to be cool

 

[Baryonyx]

if love for jazz fusion makes you a geek then i don't want to be cool

Same here, I don't want to have to give up my computer games either!

 

[StyleOverShow]

you're asking this on a bass player forum?

We play bass - we make geekiness cool.

Slam, BAM! That's us. Cool geek that play instruments that rumble the bowels of the building.

However, I pay attention to what I wear, favor Unix over anything MicroSoft, and own a Mac or two.

 

[EricF]

My tendancies are more dork than geek. I'm not smart enough to be classified as a geek.

 

[MatticusMania]

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.

Its a tough line to walk isn't it. Too much of an outsider to fit in with the cool kids, not enough geek to fit in with the outcasts... I feel ya though, thats how I roll.

 

[WickedPissah]

shy... check
socially inept... check
no girlfriend... check
Monty Python... check
Rush...check
Primus...check
interest in mythology...check
ninjas/pirates/vikings/cowboys...check
A/V stuff at school...check
Video games...check
various others...check

 

[StanFan]

Let's see, some things that could qualify me as "geeky":
- Big fan of Star Trek
- I read comic books
- I watch lots of professional sports and I've been collecting sports cards most of my life but never played any organized sports (aside from the school volleyball team in grades 7 and 8)
- I own Astroboy on DVD
- I've attempted to think up a cast for a potential biographic movie about myself (with Brian Dennehy among those "casted") on numerous occasions
- Don't have a girlfriend

Can't think of any more.