Poll: Do you prefer to be called a nerd or a geek?
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Nerd. It's a more accurate description of myself. Although I should go with "athletic nerd" since pounding turf in football/track/martial arts allows me that title.
I consider geek to be linked primarily to the geeky interests of comics, AD&D, games, cultish films. Generally speaking pretty normal but with socially frowned upon interests.
Nerd I consider describing having glasses, being overly techie and desperate to show it, probably smart but way too proud of it (not that intelligence is a bad thing).
I think geek has kind of been brought over into the mainstream now, it's not really a bad thing to be described as a bit 'geeky' what with the whole 'geek-chic' thing kicking off.
Nerd I consider describing having glasses, being overly techie and desperate to show it, probably smart but way too proud of it (not that intelligence is a bad thing).
I think geek has kind of been brought over into the mainstream now, it's not really a bad thing to be described as a bit 'geeky' what with the whole 'geek-chic' thing kicking off.
Damn, I'm using that more often.Michael_McCloud said:
Geek is what cute girls who play Nintendo Wii all the time with their bespeckled girlfriends, and therefore has a cuter, more positive connotation. They wouldn't call themselves nerds in their Facebook blurb. therefore I'm a geek. Though really my full title would be Mr Jebus rockponce-geek-emo-sexy Saves
I don't really consider myself emo, I just get called that by people who are jealous of my fantastic hair.Murrah said:
I don't care what the word is at all. I care slightly more, though, about what the person means by it, since everyone seems to have a different understanding of the terms.
If a person says, "You're just a stupid !" Then it's offensive. But if someone were to say, "Yeah, but you're ier than him." Then it's just a word.
They're synonyms. Just think, there's the "jock." That's one word, and it can be used either offensively or not. The group has two words (or even three if you include "dork") that mean the same thing, and can both (or all) be used either offensively or not.
This logic works with most any noun used to refer to a person. "You're just one of those dumb theoretical physicists! Haha, geek!" See, we've used both "theoretical physicist" and "geek," both offensively.
And everyone here is probably a gamer. And anyone here is just a dumb gamer.
Just add adjectives and you've got some mean soup cookin'! You could lessen it slightly, too, by taking out the adjectives and keeping the 'just' part. So you could have "You're just a nerd, though," and it would remain offensive.
If a person says, "You're just a stupid !" Then it's offensive. But if someone were to say, "Yeah, but you're ier than him." Then it's just a word.
They're synonyms. Just think, there's the "jock." That's one word, and it can be used either offensively or not. The group has two words (or even three if you include "dork") that mean the same thing, and can both (or all) be used either offensively or not.
This logic works with most any noun used to refer to a person. "You're just one of those dumb theoretical physicists! Haha, geek!" See, we've used both "theoretical physicist" and "geek," both offensively.
And everyone here is probably a gamer. And anyone here is just a dumb gamer.
Just add adjectives and you've got some mean soup cookin'! You could lessen it slightly, too, by taking out the adjectives and keeping the 'just' part. So you could have "You're just a nerd, though," and it would remain offensive.
