Being a Nerd/Geek...

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Originally Posted by Gogogadget

a bunch of guys heading towards games workshop gave me dirty looks because of the way i look and what music i had playing at the time.

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Thats' not an nerd/geek exclusive thing, just saying. Lots of different kinds of arseholes out there.

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Originally Posted by The Jackal

Thats' not an nerd/geek exclusive thing, just saying. Lots of different kinds of arseholes out there.

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That is true, but what i'm saying is..

If most nerds/geeks could resist the urge to assume everyone is a stupid airhead because their IQ doesn't top 170 or they don't know C++, and bothered to take the time to develop some social skills, they might get on a bit better. I play a lot of games (..duh?) and I have 'geeky' friends who are a bit like this, and I can understand sometimes why they struggle socially.

I mean I don't really care that some neckbeards think i'm a faggot or whatever, but i'd say this is half the reason geeks get outcasted, they can be pretentious as all buggery.

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Originally Posted by Gogogadget

yeah there might be pressure to fit in, but tbh you can ignore all that and just do your thing.

i mean so someone doesnt fit in with the 'popular' crowd. boo hoo. i cant imagine that bothers literally anyone here considering nearly all of us are adults?

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I was talking from a kids point of view, sorry, as an adult if someone thinks im a geek/nerd so what
but I meant more in that there's too much social pressure on kids these days with tags and insults like geek and nerd

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Originally Posted by Gogogadget

That is true, but what i'm saying is..

If most nerds/geeks could resist the urge to assume everyone is a stupid airhead because their IQ doesn't top 170 or they don't know C++, and bothered to take the time to develop some social skills, they might get on a bit better. I play a lot of games (..duh?) and I have 'geeky' friends who are a bit like this, and I can understand sometimes why they struggle socially.

I mean I don't really care that some neckbeards think i'm a faggot or whatever, but i'd say this is half the reason geeks get outcasted, they can be pretentious as all buggery.

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this is REALLY going to annoy you, but in a geek way, nerds are clever ones like A level kids and people like me geeks so I was told in school, looks like a nerd ie glasses, ugly, unfashionable

I had a friend and his friend is now semi famous who was exactly as you describe, he used to look down on me because he thought I was thick, but I would say he oddly was social able but just a up himself person, my own friend was the same, he was startrek nerd, thought because he knew something that was nothing ie knowledge he was clever, but its not knowledge its how you use it that makes you clever

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Originally Posted by Iron Lizard

People love to claim they are nerds, but the real nerds can be a sad thing indeed. The kids with the Buddy Holly glasses and pocket protectors are just hipsters 98% of the time, the real nerds act like the comic book guy on the Simpsons and it's painful.

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I don't get it. What's appealing about ugly glasses and drab clothing? And how do vinyl records and old video games factor in?

I suppose it's the modern equivalent of these from the hot rod days. People used them just because they looked cool and were old and unwanted.

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Originally Posted by Segadream

The only person who can get away with saying anything like like that to my face is my wife.
Although I fit the bill, I must say, I am also a martial arts geek/nerd/dork/expert.
I have no problem cheating the "code" and whipping a bigmouths ass.
I like video games, computers, comic books, toys, cards, reptiles, real swords(not that cheap replica crap), feudal weapons,
guns, knives,and automobiles.
If any one of these makes me less of a man, prove it.
Keep in mind it's pointless to try.

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Ok Jean Claude Van Damme

My name is Charles.

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Originally Posted by RPGbandit

Ok Jean Claude Van Damme

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Lol, wut?

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Originally Posted by Segadream

My name is Charles.

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Charles Bronson?

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Bronsonhawk

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What about Dweebs? How do they factor in here? By the way, my wife refers to nerds as 'Spods' which I quite like.

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Originally Posted by cleeg

What about Dweebs? How do they factor in here? By the way, my wife refers to nerds as 'Spods' which I quite like.

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I think there are stereotypes but if a person is good what is his outer shell that we use a tag or box to refer to him or her. If you want to refer to someone use their name.

Just being light hearted. Following discussion with my wife in the meantime, we feel Dweeb has a 'wet' connotation. Like a wimpy nerd.

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Originally Posted by cleeg

Just being light hearted. Following discussion with my wife in the meantime, we fell Dweeb has a 'wet' connotation. Like a wimpy nerd.

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yeah I get you on that, dweeb is a wimp and a bit wet