View Full Version : The Definitive Geek....
denmmurray
08-10-2007, 04:44 PM
Personally, I associate having a pretty vast knowledge of movies, reading a harry potter novel in 3 days, and understanding "in" jokes from dr. who as geeky.
But I'm curious as to what everyone considers "geeky".
Is it religiously playing DDR or being able to recite lines from a Star Trek: Next Generation episode?
What makes you a geek?
deegraww
08-10-2007, 04:49 PM
Every word I hear out of someone's mouth or I read on AIM's I try to pull movie quotes or song lyrics. Opening credit cards to get game systems. There are more but those spring to mind.
denmmurray
08-10-2007, 07:18 PM
When Attack of the Clones came out I started posting on Theforce.net quite a bit and ended joining a group known as "The Blue Yoda Society" who's belief it was that Yoda would be blue in Revenge of the Sith...
darthender
08-10-2007, 08:50 PM
If there's anything that geeks do, it's a pretty safe bet I'm into it. Star Wars, Star Trek, LotR, D&D, Video Games, Anime, Comics...you name it.
When I draw the line at where other geeks are "too geeky" is anyone that confuses their fantasy stuff with reality.
You know what I mean. People who play D&D too much, and then convert to Wicca not for any spiritual reason, but because they hope they can actually cast spells.
Basically, whenever someone lets their geek hobbies wear down the walls around their reality and they forget things like Star Wars is still just a movie.
deegraww
08-10-2007, 09:02 PM
If there's anything that geeks do, it's a pretty safe bet I'm into it. Star Wars, Star Trek, LotR, D&D, Video Games, Anime, Comics...you name it.
When I draw the line at where other geeks are "too geeky" is anyone that confuses their fantasy stuff with reality.
You know what I mean. People who play D&D too much, and then convert to Wicca not for any spiritual reason, but because they hope they can actually cast spells.
Basically, whenever someone lets their geek hobbies wear down the walls around their reality and they forget things like Star Wars is still just a movie.
Very good way to phrase it. I also think that I draw the line at their lack of Personal grooming habits. I bathe, brush my teeth and try to contain the living creature that is my hair. I may has stubble but is trimmed that way.
This doesn't go for all. But after working 2 years in a gamer store I can say the ones that you say "Damn that's a freaking geek" fall under the above statement.