How Did I End Up Cool???

[karmasoup]

NERKLES & SEERSUCKERS UNITE!

Being a half Native / half Irish mutt means I have become somewhat accustomed in my life to having ‘muggles’ make less than deserved claims to what has apparently become deemed a desirable heritage, particularly around the middle of March.  Thanks to the Trail of Tears, most anyone in the nation whose family didn’t

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[m_malcontent]

One of the funniest entries in the competition. There is plenty of uncomfortable truth in here..but I am in it for the lulz.

Congrats, great work as usual!

[ashgaelsonaria]

I can relate.
tho I have played a lot more difrint rpgs then end.
I watch much aname -- and I'm not talking pokemon and baritone.
Cant afourd the renfair but will miss Eureka. I am so square I'm cubed. Most of my jokes are not understood by norms. Today I felt like I had been mauled by a bugbear. But I did find a deal I can aford on my fab. Magazine. - it has centerfolds. Once it was a close up of a fabulous sun conor. Have I mentioned I love your Scarlett macaw. Yay I get to read Bird Talk agan.
Egyptology and paleintology and have you seen primeval? .
I have children who know how to slay zombies and love Xena and Buffy.
I know why you do not reply here.
do teal free to read my home game posts -- both of you.
And who wouldn't learn Latin - its awesome tho it wasn't offered as a full course here.

[jem0000000]

I think also, as geekdom has grown, the things that are considered geeky have expanded, too. I wouldn't have been a geek a decade ago, despite being "into" science and interested in the musicals, pirates, science fair, and renaissance festival (but not the sushi or the karaoke). I'm not hardcore enough. ;)

[halfshellvenus]

I have denied the geekiness and nerdiness (especially as a female), but that doesn't make it go away. ;)

Geek stopped being something that you ARE, and became something that you DO. How did that happen? Was it Bill Gates? Steve Jobs? Time Magazine? Somebody had better answer for this, dammit!
It's true-- it achieved celebrity status somehow, and people wanted to bandwagon onto its aura.

But would-be Geeks and actual Geeks are not the same, and we're not confined to any specific area. I'll bet java_fiend would identify himself as a language-geek, and I've known my share of music-geeks as well as computer-geeks, having been in both professions. You've haven't music-geeked in the classical sense unless you've had the Zukerman vs. Perlman or Domingo vs. Pavarotti discussion, and computer science is its own rich territory (sed vs. awk, perl vs. kshell, etc., etc

[xo_kizzy_xo]

This is a fun read! I don't know if I'd consider myself a true geek, though -- I have very little interest in almost everything you describe (except for Doctor Who), but I've been collecting them as friends since I was a kid. I even married one ;) So that would make me...???