Slog - Comments on Super Geek

Comment by PGC

PGC — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:37:54 -0800

fucking finally you guys mention this!!!!! this month's talks seem pretty weak though. not tech enough for my tastes but still!! GO!

Comment by Michael Holden

Michael Holden — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:55:12 -0800

This is going to be totally packed with hot hot hot geeks. Today's geeks are better socialized, much more sexy and play less D&D than the ones in the past, I promise.

Comment by NaFun

NaFun — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:22:42 -0800

No, they still play D&D, they just do it while fucking in hot tubs while high on nitrous.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:22:58 -0800

Sorry, I'm going to be listening to a free Medical Genetics lecture tonight at the Foege (S-060) at the UW instead.

Comment by fun shaped

fun shaped — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:49:52 -0800

"they still play D&D, they just do it while fucking in hot tubs while high on nitrous." (#3)

now THAT'S what I call Revenge of the Nerds, nan!

Comment by Geni

Geni — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:52:12 -0800

All geeks are nerds, but it does not necessarily follow that all nerds are geeks. I have met plenty of nerds who are as technologically incompetent as the most fluffy Barbie soc types.

Comment by md

md — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:02:41 -0800

@6:

Agreed. I have no problem with being called a nerd (it's the truth, and I've learned to accept it), but I bristle a bit at the geek title. I'm capable of dealing with the technology that I interact with on a daily basis and I can swap a hard drive out of a computer, but I don't speak geek (or play video games all weekend in the lab with a couple of my 45+ year old co-workers...now there's some geeks).

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:34:07 -0800

@7 - what's a hard drive? don't you have a flash drive like everyone else?

Comment by Brady

Brady — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:20:48 -0800

Thanks for the love! It would be great to get Dan or Last Days on stage for the next one -- sometime in October.
One nit: we are more of a haphazardly quarterly event than bi-monthly.

Comment by christopher

christopher — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:58:39 -0800

To me: geek=social misfit, nerd=smart guy. Plenty of nerds be geeks as well, but probably the minority of geeks are nerds. A lot of semi-intelligent, filthy fuckwits are in the geek community. I play D&D (and other games as well), and it can be hard to find a game with people that don't make your teeth grind. I'm smarter than the average geek myself, but not interested enough in thinking to qualify as a nerd. Nerds be cooler than geeks, let me tell you. I envy them, but not enough to get off my lazy duff and become one.
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Comment by supergp

supergp — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:35:22 -0800

Wierd. Around Tucson, geek basically just means techno-saavy, and nerd mostly refers to someone who dresses like the Revenge-of-the-Nerds stereotype.

One more thing to get used to when I move to WA in a week and a half.

Comment by Merriam Webster

Merriam Webster — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:51:52 -0800

Nerd: an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; especially : one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits

Geek: 1. a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked 2. an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity

I think there should be a third definition for a nerdy geek that is well liked ...