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So, the next logical step is to ask What Measure Is A Non-Geek?
I am suddently reminded of the Shakespeare parody Not So Different speech from The Spellcasting Series.
Thread Hop: Geeks do geeky things because they are fun. Said geeky things just happen to be a little more niche.
With cannon shot and gun blast smash the alien. With laser beam and searing plasma scatter the alien to the stars."Why do video gamers so enjoy playing video games?"
"Why do car lovers love cars?"
Geeks are, by (one) definition, people who enjoy doing geeky things.
Hahaha. Yeah, it's like, a Shaped Like Itself thing.
I'm excited for you, and I'm gonna let you finish, but TV Tropes has one of the best anti-necro policies of all time! OF ALL TIME!
Oh, and I lied about the letting you finish part.
Mods have been hollered.
edited 23rd Aug '15 11:10:51 PM by TotemicHero
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)Two odd thoughts about geeks I've noticed while on deployment:
Since I left high school 17 years ago, I have never been surrounded by as many Magic The Gathering players as I have now. And it's not your 'typically' geeky types who are playing, either, it's the mechanics!
Two weeks ago, I ended up in a discussion with my department's Commander about the 501st Legion. I'm not a member, nor am I planning to join, but the hydraulics guy who works nights has expounded at length on his plan to join and build his own costume once we're off deployment. CDR's parting comment at the end of the conversation was, "This is why people say that ATnote are geeks." The hyds guy wasn't even here for the conversation.
(edit) Whee! INB4 Mods! *awaits thumpings or nasty PM*
edited 24th Aug '15 12:52:24 AM by BlueNinja0
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I'm at Job Corp too and I've encountered the same thing at he two centers I've lived on, it's so weird.
Probably has something to do with the lack of access to the outside world. Some non-geeks sort of just start developing entry-level geeky interests. I mean there are so many jar heads and stereotypically urban types that can talk forever about Naruto, Bleach, and Dragonball Z or play magic. They find the amount of depth regular geeks go into our interests to be ridiculous and uninteresting but for them the preliminary interest is there.
edited 24th Aug '15 11:04:24 AM by MousaThe14
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Sort of a chicken and egg scenario. Nerds like nerdy things because they're nerds. But they're nerds because they like nerdy things.