Who here is a Geek?

[RayB]

Who among us are self-confessed geeks? Come on, time to get out of the closet!

RayB raises hand.

I'd have a problem being called a NERD. But geek, it's more a "techy" person without the dorkwad qualities of a nerd. 

[nostrebor]

Yeah...


I'm in.

[ChadTower]

Having been called a geek, derisively, my entire upbringing by everyone I knew...  the word pisses me off, no matter how much people insist it is no longer an insult.

[markb]

My qualifications for geekdom:-

I own 6 working PC's all doing something
I saw episode 3 at the midnight showing
I know the 25 digit windows xp code by memory
My favourite channel is the discovery channel
I can't sleep at night when I can't get something to work how I want it.
People phone me for answers for pub quizzes
I choose a car by functionality and not looks

etc etc etc

but most importantly my wife calls me one, and I've learned that she is always right!

[Stingray]

I expect we all are.

Well except for Chad.

-S

[missioncontrol]

but most importantly my wife calls me one, and I've learned that she is always right!

Yep, the wife calls me one to

missioncontrol raises hand and steps forward

[ChadTower]

My wife wouldn't call me one, it would be like me calling her fat.

[AmericanDemon]

I'll confess.  I am a geek.

- Took over network in Junior High
- Created a webdesign class in my school
- Been a gamer since Pitfall on the 2600 captured my interest
- Pre-ordered Star Miniatures
- Have 2 laptops
- have 4 pcs
- have 4 motherboards still boxed 
- Have a great console collection (Not as huge as many on here though heh)

[ChadTower]

A lot of those apply to me, though my junior high didn't even have computers, nevermind a network. 

What are Star Miniatures?

[Avery]

I'm in...

[markb]

Have a comic book collection you couldn't lift

You win just with that one alone.

[nostrebor]

I may have to recant...

I'm not nearly as geeky as some of you guys.

GREAT! Now I feel all insecure about my geekiness

[Stingray]

Have a comic book collection you couldn't lift

You win just with that one alone.

I qualify on that count as well.

-S

[pointdablame]

I am definitely a geek... and I love it.

[fredster]

shmokes is a geek.

[tommy]

Having been called a geek, derisively, my entire upbringing by everyone I knew...

[Shape D.]

Having been called a geek, derisively, my entire upbringing by everyone I knew...  the word pisses me off, no matter how much people insist it is no longer an insult.

Geek

I don't think chads the type o' guy I would say that to.

[ChadTower]

I don't think chads the type o' guy I would say that to.

Actually, he's the type of guy who generally did, over and over and over again until it made him feel better about being dumb and ugly and unpopular.

Of course, usually I'm bigger than those guys now whereas I was half their size then.  So I don't hear it often anymore.  It's one of those sore spots a lot of people have from childhood bullying, etc.

[Shape D.]

I don't think chads the type o' guy I would say that to.

Of course, usually I'm bigger than those guys now

which is why you are not the type of guy I would say that to.

Well,  that and I'm not the type of person who would call people names anyways.

(I changed that. it looked like I was calling someone something without intending on doing so. sorry)

[tommy]

 

[M3talhead]

<---------Pokes head out from behind his cubicle at work



I was once reffered to as being the "Most powerful nerd on base".

[ChadTower]

Hey, no one's angry, we're having a discussion. 

I fully admit that I have geeky tendencies, but have enough nongeeky tendencies that I'm not sure I am a fullblown geek.

Console collection - large
Comic book collection - one box of books I bought at a clearance rack to read when I was sick one week

I don't know what half the things that have been mentioned are...

I have 85% of a CmpSci degree and a job in the field.

I have many PCs and parts in my house, but then again, it's free stuff related to the preceding item so it may not count.  Everyone loves free stuff.

I am definitely a guy people call when they need an explanation/answer for something, and the reaction to things I've said is commonly "you're an engineer, aren't you".

[quarterback]

LOL

[Shape D.]

I'm somewhat the same way.

I play D&D = geeky

But I also play in a band = cool

I do however play a lot of video games = geeky

But I'm also a freelance recording engineer = cool

[ChadTower]

LOL

[quarterback]

I totally agree.

[ChadTower]

I totally agree.

[fredster]

geek test:

What star trek episode did Dr. McCoy get the girl?

What issue of Hulk did David Banner first separate from the Hulk?

What sector of a HDD actually holds the FAT ?

Answer those and you are a geek.

[ChadTower]

Well, I can answer the HD question but not the others.

[Shape D.]

I don't know any of those.

[AmericanDemon]

A lot of those apply to me, though my junior high didn't even have computers, nevermind a network. 

What are Star Miniatures?

Star Wars Miniatures is a Strategy game.  You create points based armies and you have prepainted plastic miniatures.  Similar in concept to Warhammer 40k.

Oh yeah.  I still read comics.  I have way too many books.  I dont intentionally collect them, but am deep into the stories.  I subscribe to all Superman and Batman books.  Subscribed to Teen Titans, JLA, JSA, Outsiders, Astonishing X-Men, and New Avengers.  I also like Supreme Power. 

Man I am a geek. 

[nostrebor]

Well, I'm feeling a bit better about my geekiness now. Chad beating down the bullies did it for me. I was the kind of geeky kid that would put up with truckloads of BS and torture, but once I got mad, someone was going to the hospital. I ended up earning this weird respect that allowed me to be a math whiz, and play 2600, and read comics, without the torture.

[Zero_Hour]

I'm somewhat the same way.

I play D&D = geeky

But I also play in a band = cool

I do however play a lot of video games = geeky

But I'm also a freelance recording engineer = cool

I'm sorry Shape, but that last one has been rescored  - Sound Recording Engineers are cool AND geeky. I believe that pushes you over to the geek majority. 

As for my own qualifications:

BA in video production - geeky
MS in Multimedia Technology - extra geeky
I do Technology integration training for a branch campus of a State University - uber geeky

Home Network multiple machines, PC & Mac - check
Entire music collection digitized - check
Various comics, Sci-Fi, Tolkien, etc on the bookshelf - check
Compulsive consumer of "Geek Juice" (Mt. Dew) - check
Building my own arcade controls - check!

I've been called a lot worse over the years, not that it every really bothered me. These days the people I hear using the term geek are using it as a compliment to someone's technical prowess. I think I can live with that. Didn't someone once say that the geeks shall inherit the earth? 

[SOAPboy]

My qualifications for geekdom:-

I own 6 working PC's all doing something
I saw episode 3 at the midnight showing
I know the 25 digit windows xp code by memory
My favourite channel is the discovery channel
I can't sleep at night when I can't get something to work how I want it.
People phone me for answers for pub quizzes
I choose a car by functionality and not looks

etc etc etc

but most importantly my wife calls me one, and I've learned that she is always right!

5 PCs here..
Hate Starwars..
Know a few 2k and a few xp pro Serials by heart.
everyone calls me when they need something fixed.. -_-

[GameOver]

You know you're a geek if...

You have a Super Mario phone...arcade geeky
You have an R2-D2 phone.....guilty
You don't use the R2-D2 phone 'cuz you don't want to mess it up...Use the Force geeky
Green screen programmer...Old school War Games geeky

[shmokes]

shmokes is a geek.

That's true, from the standpoint of knowledge and skills.  I'm definitely a computer geek.  And I have a pez dispenser collection with about 400 different dispensers.  But I'm also good at sports, have never been a social outcast and don't consider any girl out of my league.  Being a geek just means that I am able to make good money and set up a home network that makes my apartment a lot cooler. 

You, on the other hand, are a nerd.

[tommy]

I wouldn't mind seeing that pez collection.

[Bones]

I am to cool to be a geek and in my opinion you people all need a good geek-slapping.

[danny_galaga]

kalimera!! ti kanis?

ohh, GEEK.

[MinerAl]

You know you're a geek if...
You have an R2-D2 phone.....guilty
You don't use the R2-D2 phone 'cuz you don't want to mess it up...Use the Force geeky

Even before I dropped the land line for cell-only phone goodness, I had white zip tied the receiver to my R2 phone so it would still beep and boop, but no one would ruin it by using it.

That may just make me anal retentive though...

Comics, d&d, ad&d, more computers than I can count (7 plugged in none using the same OS and two of those use some kind of BASIC as the default user interface), 3 arcade machines one of which I made myself, every version of Star Wars ever put on any media (VHS, Beta, LaserDisc, VideoDisc, VCD, DVD original cut and greedo-shot-first-BS cut) plus Ewok Adventures and The '78 Star Wars Holiday Special, teach 5 different "computer" classes, am the goto guy for tech problems for several schools in a school district I don't even work for anymore...

overweight, unshaven, glasses, need a haircut, single (go figure)...

geek.
nerd.
dork.

But my mom thinks I'm nice.

And I seem to fit in here fine