the author of this post is not cool enough for a real subculture
Here is an article about "geeks." (I think I'm responding to the comments a bit more than to the actual article, and veering off into the realm of Stuff I've Noticed That Has Nothing To Do With That Link At All with a sharpness.)
I always considered myself kind of a nerd (or geek) on the grounds that I’m a bookishly intelligent, awkward loner ( Read more... )
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Anyone?
Anyone who gets out...?
Anyone who spent high school...?
Afraid I do not qualify on third or fourth counts, but, uh, I'd hazard the opinion that the hipster/geek/nerd definitions don't matter AT ALL (?). I don't know what it's all about and I don't really mind. And if you want to approach it from a more literary standpoint in order to evaluate and critique, well, that's okay. But I wouldn't worry about it. My only issue with beer is that, as a carbonated beverage, it tends to promote profuse burping, which can be slightly uncomfortable. Maybe this is only a problem with me?
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Oh, I don't really believe it's very important (to me, at least), I just find these distinctions sociologically interesting. There are these whole apparently complicated systems for classifying different subcultures and countercultures and whatnot, and none of them make any intuitive sense to me.
I don't know,I don't burp that much. I enjoy the abrasiveness of carbonation, though. Going down my throat like little pebbles.
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