I'm a geek
I'm a self-professed geek so I can make fun of my type.
Geeks used to be more easily identifiable: the pocket protector, slide rule, thick glasses. Being a geek today can be more subtle. Maybe some of us dress better. There are even rich and influential geeks (Bill Gates) that many aspire to be like.
"You might be a geek if..."
Finish the above sentence to name those qualities of geekdom that keep shining through in subtle and not so subtle ways. Have fun with it.
(This idea is inspired by Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck if...")
Example:
"...you go to the library to meet girls"
Geeks used to be more easily identifiable: the pocket protector, slide rule, thick glasses. Being a geek today can be more subtle. Maybe some of us dress better. There are even rich and influential geeks (Bill Gates) that many aspire to be like.
"You might be a geek if..."
Finish the above sentence to name those qualities of geekdom that keep shining through in subtle and not so subtle ways. Have fun with it.
(This idea is inspired by Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck if...")
Example:
"...you go to the library to meet girls"
posted by A.J. McCaffrey | 6:00 AM
16 Comments:
"...you seriously think that chess is a sport"
if you thought the movie Hackers was a documentary.
if you call your computer, "mother" (as in the movie Sneakers).
if you thought Jack Black and Seth Green were the heroes, and not Will Smith, in Enemy of the State (if you get this reference, you are a bona fide geek).
if you were surprised to learn that a RAM is also a male sheep.
if you were disappointed to find out that ACE Hardware doesn't even sell computers.
you think the song 'The Farmer in the Dell' refers to a physical impossibilty.
"...you read advanced math textbooks for pleasure during your summer vacation" (Stephanie, Aidan's wife, referring to her husband)
"...you call an IM chat a date"
"...during your optometrist appointment you talk with the eye doctor about optics"
"...you have a poster in your bedroom of the periodic table"
"...your idea of 'small talk' is not talking about the weather but talking about Doppler Radar technology that predicts the weather"
"...when your parents said 'Let's go to the fair' your first thought was 'A Science Fair!'"
"...when you play an action video game you consider it aerobic exercise"
"...you wear your pants at normal height and don't show your boxers"
if you overclock your wristwatch.
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