Geek

[prettydang]

Geeks are people who obsess, right? Whether over stories or movies or songs, they're geeks if they know TOO much to be an average fan?

But I was just thinking...how different are geeks from each other? Not very. Let's take, for instance, the average hard-core Trekkies (http://www.startrek.com) and Ringers (http://www.theonering.net).

Star Trek: features a band of people making their way across space, helped by the occasional Vulcan comrade: a tall, wise, pointy-eared, race of people with cool powers.

LOTR: features a band or mortals making their way across middle-earth, helped by the occasion Elf comrade: a tall, wise, pointy-eared race of people with cool powers.

Trekkies: Memorize imaginary languages (i.e. Klingon)

Ringers: Memorize imaginary languages (i.e. Elvish!)

Trekkies: Loathe STAR WARS as copy-cattism, and make fun of the fans for not having an official name.

Ringers: Loath HARRY POTTER as copy-cattism, and make fun of the fans, giving them unofficial nicknames like "pott-heads".

Star Trek: features a variety of different races and beings.

LOTR: yeah, that too.

Trekkies: Wait outside theaters for hours, dressing up as their favorite characters.

Ringers: yeah, that too.

Trekkies: Can quote their favorite episodes (and the movies) line for line, and can name even the minorest of characters.

Ringers: Can quote the movies line for line and can name even the obscurest of characters (like, for instance, Gil-Galad and Figwit)

LOTR: one of the worst enemies used an unatural means for creating a race of mindless killing machines (saruman's uruk-hai)

Star Trek: one of the worst enemies used unnatural means to create mindless assimilating machines (the Borg).

LOTR: Every once in a while a race of immortal beings will step in and help (or sometimes confuse or irritate) the people, all for the progressing of the greater good of everything (Istari).

Star Trek: Ever heard of Q?


....I could go on, but I bore you, I think.

I guess we fanatics, we're really not so different after all, eh? Maybe one day we can live in peace: the Ringers, the Trekkies, the Star Wars fans...whoever it is who requests all those zombie movies...

Mmmm...perfect world.

Yours
PS: Not geek feels this way...i mean this as a joke and not seriously at all!!

PPS: I'm both a Trekkie and a Ringer..and a Zorky (http://www.thezorklibrary.com).

[geek]

i hate geeks. :P

Dictionary.com's Definition: a person who is extremely interested and knowledgeable about computers, electronics, technology, and gadgets; also called nerd, gearhead.

Bwahah. that's me.

[prettydang]

Ah! That's too specific! There are sci-fi, fantasy, tech, and board and video game geeks too! Virtually anything can have geeks! I think the dictionary should be revised!

yours.

[meow]

there's nothing wrong to be a geek!
me myself is almost an EVERYTHING GEEK.... :P

[Canada1824]

I am a nerd with a life.

Nerd--> Smart, very smart in history, SS, trivia

Life--> Girls :P

[starmena3]

lol I dont no why but before I used to think that all geeks were ugly. lol dun worry dat was bak when I was in 3rd grade doe :P

[Ipsquiggle]

You know that star quarterback, who is the "popular" guy at school? Yeah, he's just a sports nerd. HAH. ;) Inyerface.

But seriously... There are three categories of topicomania. (Yes, a word that I made up.)

1. Nerd. These guys are the hardest of the hard. They pick a topic, and devote themselves to it. Computers, videogames, books, movies, sports, ancient estonian pottery... These guys know it inside out. And usually at the expense of everything else!

2. Geek. These fellow are more laid back than nerds. They are intensely interested in things, but their interest is more superficial. They know lots about something, or lots of things, but they are more moderate, and will take time off from their hobbies to do other things.

3. Dweebs. These are the fringe of the topicomaniacs. They are typically interested intensely in something, but usually lack the dedication to really get into it. So they hang around with the geeks and nerds, hoping to glean information, but really, they got nuthin'.

[prettydang]

Hah! Never heard it like that! I always broke it down like this:

Geek: someone obsessed with something to an incredible degree.
--Nerd: a Tech (computer, hacking, techno) geek.

Dweeb: Likes to think he's a geek, but really doesn't know anything about anything to a geeky degree...(basically what you said)

Dork: A fool who really shouldn't be associated with geeks at all.

And then of course you get other kinds of geek-subcategories: scifi, fantasy, harry potter, LOTR, magic, anime, etc.

THat's how I always thought about it...but I kind of like yours better.

yours.

[fusion88]

i look geeky but most of the people that know me think i am really funny in a sick, way :) if any one calls me geek i just tell them when they get a job most likely they will be working for a geek and they will get whiped :)

[meow]

Eh?! what do you mean? :huh:
you think geeks cant be funny?! OMG!! :blink: thats STEREOTYPING!!!!!! :blink:

lolz just kidding. but seriously many geeks are really funny as they usually possess more knowledge (in some fields at least) than usual people do XD;;;

[JackZhou]

In our school, almost everyone is a geek so that everybody who is a geek is not a geek anymore and everybody who isn't is called a geek instead...

Yeah... I think that's how it goes...