Shit--I don't really identify with any of these "
top 10 habits of a geeky spouse." (via
daharynI mean I don't think I would date anyone who thought learning Elvish* or Klingon was worth their while (much less that speaking it could be romantic in almost any context). It's clear that the person who chooses between cans and bottles of cola by price per unit
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that said, these things aren't equivalent in the society as it stands, and there's a (artificial, arbitrary, and grossly unfair, but nonetheless real) social category of ‘geek’ that makes this distinction, so it's fair to reference it in discussing geeks ( ... )
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Though I'm pretty sure that people who play Strat-O-Matic would definitely be accepted as geeks.
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i wasn't aware that people who enjoyed watching and talking about sports were universally in any shape to play them.
Also, sports are on network television, which is by definition mainstream.
so was Star Trek.
Also also, sports are associated with alcohol consumption.
so is Filk. (see the ‘Tullamore Dew’ entry here.)
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Right...?
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