Geeks - cool or what?

by **JackT** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:32 pm

Geeks can be very arrogant, take for example the Comic Book Store Guy archetype. In fact, they can be bafflingly arrogant, as if they have so many friends they don't need another one.

by **tonywojo** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:34 pm

JackT wrote:Geeks can be very arrogant, take for example the Comic Book Store Guy archetype. In fact, they can be bafflingly arrogant, as if they have so many friends they don't need another one.

yeah i remember the haiku card raymond episode - classic!

by **withahip** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:46 pm

A true geek is oblivious to the fact he is a geek - and thinks his geek attributes are assets - which in the long run - they are.

by **tonywojo** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:08 am

withahip wrote:A true geek is oblivious to the fact he is a geek - and thinks his geek attributes are assets - which in the long run - they are.

Geeks are generally experts in their fields so i agree. I am an analyst - analysts are generally not great communicators - you just have to work on it.

College professor - put things in laymans terms - ive learnt to improve my writing in the last couple of years though you guys would not believe it.

by **black francis** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:00 pm

JackT wrote:Geeks can be very arrogant, take for example the Comic Book Store Guy archetype. In fact, they can be bafflingly arrogant, as if they have so many friends they don't need another one.

Or the indie guy at the record store who makes a little face when you purchase an album that has sold more than 100 copies world wide.

by **JackT** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:25 pm

http://www.geocities.com/thak98/moore.wav

by **moses (2)** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:18 am

JackT wrote:http://www.geocities.com/thak98/moore.wav

my mates consider me a geek ..
but it worked for me as my geekness got me the hottest chick in university ..

I impressed her with my knowledege of all things wierd and useless that she fell for me and she is now my wife ( or maybe it was because I was in band) .. ( she looks a lot like Veronica Lake -- obviously not Veronica Lake now as then she would be in an urn of ashes but a young Veronica Lake

Anyway lots of geeks are absolutely loaded ......

by **moses (2)** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:22 am

moses (2) wrote:my mates consider me a geek ..
but it worked for me as my geekness got me the hottest chick in university ..

I impressed her with my knowledege of all things wierd and useless that she fell for me and she is now my wife ( or maybe it was because I was in band) .. ( she looks a lot like Veronica Lake -- obviously not Veronica Lake now as then she would be in an urn of ashes but a young Veronica Lake

Anyway lots of geeks are absolutely loaded ......

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs ... lake_l.jpg

by **tonywojo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:30 am

moses (2) wrote:my mates consider me a geek ..
but it worked for me as my geekness got me the hottest chick in university ..

I impressed her with my knowledege of all things wierd and useless that she fell for me and she is now my wife ( or maybe it was because I was in band) .. ( she looks a lot like Veronica Lake -- obviously not Veronica Lake now as then she would be in an urn of ashes but a young Veronica Lake

Anyway lots of geeks are absolutely loaded ......

Nice story Moses - as long as you're comfortable with yourself and don't give a shit about what anybody else thinks about you.

All things weird and useless ? You dont come across like that on here?

Do you hide your geekiness?

by **Red** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:30 am

There once was a man from the sticks
Who liked to compose limericks.
But he failed at the sport,
For he wrote 'em too short.

and now he can't get any chicks! :wink:

i love a good limerick!

by **moses (2)** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:35 am

tonywojo wrote:All things weird and useless ? You dont come across like that on here?

Do you hide your geekiness?

Whilst I am a geek I was one who was aware of it and how uncomfortable it made others

So I learned to supress my outbursts to those only close to me....

It was obvious at school that those who were fools, sporty or gombeens where the best favoured..

It did not bother me in the slightest but I kept geekiness to a minimum to avoid a bashing

Until third year in secondary school where I learnt the art of making a fool look more of a fool, riduculing the guys who only spoke about sport (mainly achieved by talking to the girls and getting them to talk back) and letting the gombeen know that in this world they would find their true place in the pecking order and also winning in quizzes.....

One of my best friends in an uber science geek and he is the most sucessful guys I know

by **tonywojo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:43 am

moses (2) wrote:Whilst I am a geek I was one who was aware of it and how uncomfortable it made others

So I learned to supress my outbursts to those only close to me....

It was obvious at school that those who were fools, sporty or gombeens where the best favoured..

It did not bother me in the slightest but I kept geekiness to a minimum to avoid a bashing

Until third year in secondary school where I learnt the art of making a fool look more of a fool, riduculing the guys who only spoke about sport (mainly achieved by talking to the girls and getting them to talk back) and letting the gombeen know that in this world they would find their true place in the pecking order and also winning in quizzes.....

One of my best friends in an uber science geek and he is the most sucessful guys I know

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombeen_man

Tinkers.

Cheers again Moses - yes you got to know how to use it - i do too.

Red

Thought you went a bit off thread there.

by **JackT** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:45 am

When I sense the Geekiness is making someone uncomfortable, there's blood in the water, and that's when I really poor it on. Did you know that Trellium D is poisonous to Vulcans? Or that diesel locomotives are actually electric locomotives with diesel generators? Or that raised-cosine modulation is very bandwidth-efficient?

by **Red** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:55 am

tonywojo wrote:Red

Thought you went a bit off thread there.

sorry, i had just seen JackT's signature. after the fact i thought it sorta fit in with the whole geek guys getting chicks (or not) thing... :lol:

by **tonywojo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:16 am

Red wrote::lol: sorry, i had just seen JackT's signature. after the fact i thought it sorta fit in with the whole geek guys getting chicks (or not) thing...

Forgiven

Isn't that a track on Evergreen?

I believe the geeks get the chicks.

Sinusoidal distributions are great.

Uniform, poisson, hypogeometric, and the binomial theorem is the best.

And I love Pascale's Triangle.

I got Pi wrong the other day and now my work colleagues will not forgive me.

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