Geek cred

[ariastar]

So you have to read Lord of the Rings and Hitchhikers Guide. And see at least the original three Star Wars movies. To not loses you geek cred. What are other things you've got to do (or not do) for full geek cred?

[esophagus]

Geek cred is bullshit. Specifically any sort of "criteria".

[ryudo]

I am a sinner.
I don't really know what hitchhikers to the galaxy is I think Matrix sucks and Star wars is meh never played DnD never have nor will ever play Wow.


OK nerds unleash your flames upon me.

[rabidbadger]

geek cred = quoting "tron"

[ericjosepi]

Yeah, I've seen/read all of those. I think watching and enjoying TRON is a part of it too... but like that other Albertan said, it's like indie cred: All bullshit. So what if i didn't see Modest Mouse before they were signed or that The Moon and Antarctica isn't my favorite album. I love it all.

[ericjosepi]

geek cred = quoting "tron"

I always end my programs with

#END OF LINE

[rabidbadger]

Kevin Flynn: On the other side of the screen, it all looks so easy.

[ariastar]

Damn, guys, it's ll humor.

[kevincollateral]

I am a sinner.
I don't really know what hitchhikers to the galaxy is I think Matrix sucks and Star wars is meh never played DnD never have nor will ever play Wow.


OK nerds unleash your flames upon me.


im with you. but i do know what hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is..just never read it.

[samureye]

Geek cred is bullshit. Specifically any sort of "criteria".


Agreed - who cares? I don't like Star Wars, Matrix, Harry Potter. So now what?

[masherscf]

Geek cred is bullshit. Specifically any sort of "criteria".

I think I have to say "bullshit" in one of Aria's threads to add to my geek cred... wait I just did!

[esophagus]

I think I have to say "bullshit" in one of Aria's threads to add to my geek cred... wait I just did!Ha. I'm guessing that makes me geekier then most.

[damnedeyez]

well, I'm not a geek anyway, but does one have to actually 'read' hitchhiker's guide? I listened to the audiobook narrated by Douglas Adams...

[rabidbadger]

don't count if you didn't hear the original radio play when it first aired. I win !!!

[esophagus]

I wrote the Hitchhikers guide. I win.

[rabidbadger]

doug? you are alive! reincarnation for the win.

[esophagus]

That's just a pen name. It's an anagram for "Loud, Mad, Sagas". You can just call me Jesus.

[magunwarrior]

I prefer street cred...yo.

[heyseuss]

That's just a pen name. It's an anagram for "Loud, Mad, Sagas". You can just call me Jesus.

I call you false Idol, mon, mon, mon, mony.

[tokenuser]

I always end my programs with

#END OF LINEFunny, I end mine with // EOL, // EOF, or // FIN.


Badger - I taped H2G2 to Video. Not the TV series, but the original radio series when they were doing it as a marathon on the ABC (Australian national radio network, not the US TV network). Why a VCR? Because in long play mode I could fit it all on a VHS tape, rather than needing to swap 60 or 90 min tapes every 30/45 min. Is that geeky enough?

I can unroll a DAXBY into hand optimised assembler if that adds anything to the debate.

[scoobydiesel]

um i didnt read HGTG but i have read LOTR seen star wars an uh most geek movies and what not.

I also have alot of money spent on games/movies/tv/computer an yea.

i have jinx clothing that i enjoy...I dunno I just happen to be a geek?

[ryudo]

I have a hoodie I got from think geek that says "geek" on the front and is made to look like something from Gap.
And I like Star Trek have LOTR lots of Rev3 and digg clothes and gaming shirts and games and figures and plushies...even my keychain lanyard is about gaming and I have a Phoenix Wright plushy keychain..tons of movies on DVD..maybe 200 or so and so many blue LEDs in my front room and glowy things..gah I could go on forever I consider myself a geek and have fun doing so.

[bani-banan]

When I was a kid, I watched The movie "hacker" 30+ times (Don't really remeber the name, Angelia Jolie stared in it).

Is that geek cred or just retard cred?

[ericjosepi]

When I was a kid, I watched The movie "hacker" 30+ times (Don't really remeber the name, Angelia Jolie stared in it).

Is that geek cred or just retard cred?

That may actually stifle geek cred more than help it... that movie was just bad...

[damnedeyez]

and so many blue LEDs in my front room

I never understood the draw of blue LEDs...but then I don't care for a lot of light, so I prefer for red readouts when possible.

[ryudo]

I never understood the draw of blue LEDs...but then I don't care for a lot of light, so I prefer for red readouts when possible.

I can't speak for others who use Blue LED stuff...I just love the look of technology and like to imagine I am in the future on a ship in space...yes a 25 year old who loves imagination acts like a kid in that way ..I never outgrew that part of me and hope I never do.it's fun;)

[drandolph]

42
Finish Him!
Don't Panic
I have a bad feeling about this
My Precious
There is no spoon
Thats no moon
Bring in the logic probe
Spell Resistance
Mess with the best die like the rest
There can be only one
(Hums theme to SMB)
I know Kung Fu
Up,Up,Down,Down,Left,Right,Left,Right,B,A
#end of line

Geek Cred in a list Do I win?

[slonkak]

There's a difference between geeks and dweebs. If the criteria are things such as reading LotR and HGttG, you are speaking of dweebs. The kind of people you see playing with their wooden swords and capes in the park, who cower in the corner when normal people walk by.

[ericjosepi]

42
Finish Him!
Don't Panic
I have a bad feeling about this
My Precious
There is no spoon
Thats no moon
Bring in the logic probe
Spell Resistance
Mess with the best die like the rest
There can be only one
(Hums theme to SMB)
I know Kung Fu
Up,Up,Down,Down,Left,Right,Left,Right,B,A
#end of line

Geek Cred in a list Do I win?

Dave, that's an impressive list... but how could you forget "interferion waves" (yes... that's a legit Star Trek reference)

[ryudo]

There's a difference between geeks and dweebs. If the criteria are things such as reading LotR and HGttG, you are speaking of dweebs. The kind of people you see playing with their wooden swords and capes in the park, who cower in the corner when normal people walk by.

Shit you reminded me of this fat guy who was a customer when I worked at Gamestop..he wore a cape was like my age and came in with his mom and he smelled like shit he always bought bargin bin fantasy games from the PS2 bin...he was not clinicly mentally handicapped or anything but I did sorta feel bad for him at the same time he annoyed me because of his smell and always yelled when he talked and he talked a lot....customers left when he came in.

[rabidbadger]

Mike Markkula: Steve Wozniak's employee number one, you're number two.
Steve Jobs: Wait a minute. I'm employee number one. Woz?
Steve Wozniak: Doesn't matter to me.
Steve Jobs: I'm employee number one around here.
Mike Markkula: I'm not saying anything. I wasn't implying anything.
Steve Jobs: All right, then I'll be zero. Woz you can be number one. I'll be zero. okay?

[rabidbadger]

Bill Gates: Honest to God, Ballmer. You have no culture.
Ballmer: Oh yeah, like you go around reading Plato! You're the only guy I know who can make furniture out of Playboys. Look, you got enough to make a chair. You don't have to worry about 'em moving around, 'cause they're all stuck together
[laughs]
Ballmer: . They're all stuck together!

[drandolph]

Dave, that's an impressive list... but how could you forget "interferion waves" (yes... that's a legit Star Trek reference)

OMG!!! I can't believe i forgot StarTrek, shoot me now and revoke my geek cred.

To quote Murtaugh It's just been revoked.

[ericjosepi]

OMG!!! I can't believe i forgot StarTrek, shoot me now and revoke my geek cred.

To quote Murtaugh It's just been revoked.

:D haha there ya go :D

[ryudo]

Star Trek owns.

Scotty rules.

[kronos6948]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/kronos6948/imablackklingon.jpg

...yeah. I'm a Klingon. Qapla' !

[ryudo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/kronos6948/imablackklingon.jpg

...yeah. I'm a Klingon. Qapla' !
Ever make live gak?;)

[kronos6948]

Gagh is a delicacy. It's hard to come by in these parts in the winter without a shovel.

[ryudo]

I believe Pepsi blue was the real Romulan ale....it gave me a headache after a couple sips and I could not go near the stuff ever again.

[ericjosepi]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/kronos6948/imablackklingon.jpg

...yeah. I'm a Klingon. Qapla' !

Ok... You win...

[xibalba]

So thats why you like Klingon metal eh? You are a Klingon in human disguise.