A Ghetto of Geeks

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2005-06-09 04:55am

wolveraptor wrote:They're geeks, not nerds. Important difference. Nerds actually know science. Geeks just obsess over techno-wankery. Another term might be pathetic fan-boy, or pathetic fanwanker.

Err, not always. Geeks are associated with the rise of the computer, understanding them, fixing them and, of course, programming. They are a subset of Homo Sapian Nerdus, Homo Sapian Geekicus.

AniThyng · Post by **AniThyng** » 2005-06-09 05:36am

I thought the whole problem with this geek/nerd thing is that at one point or another and depending on your source, geek = bad, nerd = good or vice versa.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2005-06-09 05:52am

AniThyng wrote:I thought the whole problem with this geek/nerd thing is that at one point or another and depending on your source, geek = bad, nerd = good or vice versa.

I thought it was social perspective for good or bad? with Geeks+Nerds in the bad section if you were in the 'in crowd' etc {not that I ever gave a damn, allthough I am a self confessed geek}

AniThyng · Post by **AniThyng** » 2005-06-09 06:15am

Well to the "in crowd" both are negative, but my point was there seems to be no agreement on wether being called a "geek" or a "nerd" is an implied insult or compliment.

No such ambiguity applies for say, "fanboy wanker".

wolveraptor · Post by **wolveraptor** » 2005-06-09 12:44pm

Okay, I think we need a standardized definition of Geek and Nerd, just to clear things up.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » 2005-06-09 12:46pm

I have always thought nerd generally had an intellectual connotation to it. Nerds know shit. Geeks are typically thought, by me, to be nerds, but without the intellect. Lol.

wolveraptor · Post by **wolveraptor** » 2005-06-09 12:47pm

Sorry for the double post, but look at this definition of geek!

-a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake