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Got my Geek Chip today
JoyMonkey:
The way I see it, the general public which was probably 10% geek in 1985, is now about 90% geek.
Technology has intertwined with peoples everyday lives more and more- I see tens of people every morning listening to iPods and playing PSPs on the subway. Everyone has some interest in tech products like this and the desire to have them. People still think of hi-tech gadgets as being geek, but are more open to having them as a part of their lives.
GGKoul:
--- Quote from: JoyMonkey on April 08, 2005, 11:11:07 am ---Over the last few years the term 'geek' has become much more fashionable.
Like it or not, we are all geeks. Just be thankfull that we're not nerds.
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I agree with that... Nerds is much worse then Geek.
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 08, 2005, 10:52:27 am ---Am I the only person who doesn't like to be called a geek? People are always surprised when I am insulted by that.
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When I was in high school, it was an extremely derogatory term. Hearing those words made me feel...bad.
These days the term has changed. Heck, it used to mean a guy that bites the head off chickens. So these days I'm proud to be a geek.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Peale on April 08, 2005, 12:54:01 pm ---When I was in high school, it was an extremely derogatory term. Hearing those words made me feel...bad.
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That's pretty much the source of my sore spot. I was one of the head jocks, on the football team, hockey team, baseball team, hell captain of the tennis team... yet somehow I was constantly being called that because I was also in the top 5 of my class. It was like damn what does a guy have to do to be treated like a normal human being while still having half a brain...
...so to this day, such terms of derision that are now 'terms of endearment' make me want to slap a person.
Shape D.:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 08, 2005, 12:59:06 pm ---It was like damn what does a guy have to do to be treated like a normal human being while still having half a brain...
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I think you have to be dumb, or the type of person who would punch someone in the face for calling you a geek.
try hearing the response you get when people find out you play dungeons and dragons though.