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SirDennisC
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Oct 11 2012, 4:31pm
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Which term do you prefer when applied to yourself?
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Patty
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Oct 11 2012, 4:33pm
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I'm really neither. But I think geeks are awesome.
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That term implies "superior brainpower" to me, and I've always found that sexy. Nerds are just, well, nerds.
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Otaku-sempai
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Oct 11 2012, 4:38pm
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Both have their negative connotations...
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But, I think that most of us have come to terms with 'geek'. Especially once we realize that everyone has something that they can 'geek-out' about, whether it is sports, film, comics, etc.
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DanielLB
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Oct 11 2012, 4:44pm
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Nerds are just annoying. Nobody likes a nerd.
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Patty
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Oct 11 2012, 4:59pm
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we had someone from the Best Buy geek squad come out to help us with our new TV and he did have a tendency to talk down to us. I find superior brainpower sexy, but when geeks talk down to you, it ain't sexy. It must be combined with people skills, and sometimes the two don't appear in the same brain together.
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Starling
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Oct 11 2012, 6:49pm
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How would you know which one you are?
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Do you have to have some kind of test or something?
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Oct 11 2012, 7:03pm
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To me, a nerd is someone with poor social skills. Geeks are people who know a lot about a particular subject. So, Patty, I think your computer geek was also a nerd. The best kind of geek is one who is eager to share his knowledge, but knows when to back it off when the listener's eyes glaze over. A geek would never talk down to someone less knowledgeable because that would ruin the opportunity to talk about his geeky subject. The geek loves his subject so much he wants everyone to love it, too. Don't y'all feel that way about LOTR?
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Patty
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Oct 11 2012, 7:37pm
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And my eyes did glaze over. It didn't help that I had not slept the night before. I never saw him do it, but his whole aspect was like he wanted to roll his eyes.
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Escapist
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Oct 11 2012, 9:09pm
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and the truth is it's both
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Ardamírë
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Oct 12 2012, 1:38am
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It gives me the picture of a small curly-haired boy with glasses. I don't like that picture I much more prefer the term nerd.
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SirDennisC
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Oct 12 2012, 4:41pm
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almost always as terms of endearment, for instance here. When applied to myself though I prefer geek, as this 2008 photo proudly proclaims: [original thread] eta: Now that you mention it, I guess my hair is a little curly.
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Ardamírë
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Oct 12 2012, 9:14pm
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That's you in the ubergeek shirt?
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I've always pictured you as Liam Neeson, lol
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SirDennisC
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Oct 12 2012, 9:48pm
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I've always pictured you as twilight Arwen. Neither of us would be disappointed I'm sure...
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 10:14pm
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I bet we all have weird perceptions of what everyone else looks like! /
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SirDennisC
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Oct 12 2012, 10:15pm
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Why do you say that old pipe smokin' dude?
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 10:24pm
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I thought you were Liam Neeson too. Sword and all. TORn should launch a game using user submitted photos - guess the TORn user! Bit easy if you already know what someone looks like....
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Patty
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Oct 13 2012, 12:19am
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Good to "meet" you, Sir Dennis!
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You're actually better looking than Liam.
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Ardamírë
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Oct 13 2012, 12:44am
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But I'm a dude so I'm sure that'll throw a wrench in your mental picture
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Ardamírë
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Oct 13 2012, 12:47am
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All the people with no avatars get no mental picture. They are all in the Void.
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SirDennisC
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Oct 13 2012, 1:35am
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My avatar is in deference to the knight Neeson plays in KoH, more so than the actor. More in line with the thread, I obtained a replica of the sword he is holding, the Sword of Ibelin. I knighted my son with it, and then passed it on to him. In keeping with the ritual in the movie, I slapped him at the end of the oath... it was the only time I ever struck him (apart from when we were sword fighting). Then he knighted me in return and slapped me right back! Yep good geeky fun!
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Ardamírë
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Oct 13 2012, 1:43am
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That is scaaaary Don't think of me like that, lol.
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Donry
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Oct 13 2012, 2:50am
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Nerd to me still means the math-science-whizz-kinda-person. I would say super-smart, but there are some pretty super-smart folks wandering the halls around here. So, I think the term geek and nerd have wandered apart over the years, geek being what most of us in here are....that is a definition to call home about...
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