"We are all nerds now"

[RydraWong]

Interesting Guardian article on how the geeks are inheriting the earth:

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1104848,00.html

Debra is in her late 20s, articulate, well-turned-out, and obviously affluent. "Who cares if I'm a nerd?" she shrugs. "I'm a nerd and you're a nerd and most people you meet out on the streets have a bit of the nerd about them. We are all nerds now."

[BlackThorn]

I'm not quite a nerd. I'm more of a geek. I think everyone is part geek.

[JrMissToughChick]

Yippy... I mean I'm not a nerd I'm a GEEK okay Nerd, Geek, Dork, it's all the same ;)

~JrMTC~

[RydraWong]

I think everyone is part geek.

Except me - I'm a complete geek.

[JrMissToughChick]

Ditto!

~JrMTC~

[NebariNookiee]

GEEK
noun
1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of

[stellar]

I prefer Renaissance Man. Or dweeb.

[janey_13]

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

[janey_13]

DWEEB
noun
an unattractive, insignificant, or inept person

[janey_13]

DORK
noun
See NERD or JERK

[stellar]

Hmmm. Upon careful deliberation I prefer Renaissance Man. Or, perhaps, Spaz; or, simply, The Strong, Silent type.

[vhsiv]

From the Guardian.co.uk article:"In popular parlance, at least, the image of the internet user shares much with the image of the nerd, suggesting a cerebral, solitary enthusiast with a sophisticated palate. In terms of marketing, however, US web users are seen as the perfect demographic, in that they tend to be non TV-watchers with an income over $60,000, 'pre-marital interests' and a strong brand awareness. According to Yankee Group analyst Rob Lancaster, 'technology users are a great group for marketing products to because they're very loyal to products and their interest is heavy. They get very passionate.'

"The genius of a franchise such as Lord of the Rings, however, was in broadening its following. Having begun by soothing the online fanbase, it proceeded to break out of its pigeonhole and make converts of us all. Surveys show that films like Rings, the Matrix trilogy and Harry Potter appeal to all four demographic 'quadrants' (young male, older male, young female, older female). 'My dad is highly excited about seeing the last Lord of the Rings," admits Nick Hunt. "But before that I don't think he'd ever seen a sci-fi or fantasy film in his life.'

"Adam Dawtrey, European editor of Variety, attempts to put this in context. "In 1999 fantasy was still considered a relatively small earner. With Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, it has become vast. It's not that there are more spotty teenage boys around, it's simply that we've all become more like spotty teenage boys. There's been a trend in popular culture towards legitimising child-like or adolescent pursuits. Previously, we were supposed to grow out of stuff like that. Now that notion has broken down.

"This cultural blurring is reflected in a new lexicon of marketing spiel, spotlighting such emergent consumer groups as the 'kidult' or 'adultescent' (whose age ranges from 25-35), the 'middle youther' (35-45) and the 'silver surfer' (internet users in their dotage)."

[fermicat]

Originally posted by stellar
Hmmm. Upon careful deliberation I prefer Renaissance Man. Or, perhaps, Spaz; or, simply, The Strong, Silent type.

I thought you were The Shiznit.

[JrMissToughChick]

2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of

Thats about right but I'm more of a pop-culter and scifi geek!

~JrMTC~

[stellar]

Originally posted by vhsiv
'pre-marital interests'

Is this code for porn?

[UTChick]

Originally posted by stellar
Hmmm. Upon careful deliberation I prefer Renaissance Man. Or, perhaps, Spaz; or, simply, The Strong, Silent type.

Hey, Stellar - since when are you the "silent type?!!!

:rollin: :rollin:

[stellar]

It says so on my keyboard.

[DentArthurDent]

I refuse your labels, you may call Me David, for that is who I am.

[RydraWong]

1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of

Definitely yes to (2).

(1) - only on my really bad days ... :D

[JadedLegend3]

Originally posted by NebariNookiee
GEEK
noun
1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake


Hmm...does that mean that Ozzy is a geek?


Jacqui :love:

[stellar]

Absolutely.

[JadedLegend3]

Originally posted by stellar
Absolutely.

I thought so...but I wanted to double check on that one... :P


Jacqui :love:

[talyn3]

I'm more of an oddity than anything else.

[JadedLegend3]

Originally posted by talyn3
I'm more of an oddity than anything else.

ha! I'll say! :P



Jacqui :love:

[Selena]

WOW :shocked: I didn't think the SaveFarscape campaign had been THAT successful!
Scapers of the world unite ~ we're taking over!

[grinner]

I prefer Eccentric

[stellar]

Only rich people get to be excentric. The rest of us are just plain crazy.

[grinner]

Originally posted by stellar
Only rich people get to be excentric. The rest of us are just plain crazy. ec·cen·tric P Pronunciation Key (k-sntrk, k-)
adj.

Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern. See Synonyms at strange.
Deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit.

Not situated at or in the geometric center.
Having the axis located elsewhere than at the geometric center.


n.

One that deviates markedly from an established norm, especially a person of odd or unconventional behavior.
Physics. A disk or wheel having its axis of revolution displaced from its center so that it is capable of imparting reciprocating motion.

[BillFrugge]

We are nerd. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

[buggabboo]

the difference between a nerd and a geek is somewhere in the ball park of $100,000 a year.

[trubador]

What do you call someone who keeps posting definitions of words? :P

[JrMissToughChick]

A Word Nerd

~JrMTC~

[talyn3]

Originally posted by JadedLegend3
ha! I'll say! :P



Jacqui :love:



:P:P

[PKTechDude]

So is it possible to be a nerdy geek?

[JrMissToughChick]

Yeah if you have no fasion scence!

~JrMTC~

[PKTechDude]

Originally posted by JrMissToughChick
Yeah if you have no fasion scence!
I might be in trouble then... :eek: :D

[BillFrugge]

Don't forget to wear your pocket protector...

[JrMissToughChick]

ROFLMEO ;)
Good one BillFrugge

~JrMTC~

[DentArthurDent]

Sorry Bill, the BAT-BELT[tm] of pager, cell-phone, and palm pilot/ipaq/visor have replaced the pocket protector. After all, how 20th century is a pocket protector? 'Course as a matter of personal pride the slide rule may make a comeback...

AFD
'You know UNIX? Dude, you are so a geek!'

[JrMissToughChick]

'You know UNIX? Dude, you are so a geek!'
I know UNIX

~JrMTC~