Hi there. Just walkin around and found this site. Wow. This is a book I read like decades ago.. Never really thought much of it exept it helped me learn about Norse mythology and I aligned myself to it when I played D&D. Anyhoo... glad to see geekdom is alive and well. Carry the torch with pride.
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Originally posted by TheEighthSonHmm, I read Elric, and I used to play D&D...
IS HE CALLING ME A GEEK??? Why you dirty...
I don't recall much about Norse mythology in Elric, though . . .Madness is always the best armor against Reality
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Well since everybody here is a computer user, the current application of "geek" is pretty hard to escape. The higher the post count, the bigger the geek...
As for Norse mythology in Elric, I think what we have here is a first edition Deities and Demigods reader who got his sections a little mixed up (same artist for both and all...) I wonder how many of us actually first heard of Elric in that context. I did.
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Originally posted by Dead-AirWell since everybody here is a computer user, the current application of "geek" is pretty hard to escape. The higher the post count, the bigger the geek...
geek n informal boring, unattractive person
Which seems a little harsh really... I'm not saying that doesn't apply to me, I'm just saying it's a very harsh judgement. It completely fails to mention what a great dancer I am.
I think these days, when people say "geek" or "nerd", they tend to mean someone with a solitary and obsessive interest in something, and sadly sci-fi or fantasy fans tend to get the worst of it. Personally I believe that knowing the name and stats of every player on a football team is just as obsessive as knowing the names and stats of every character in the Elric saga, but Sport is a "cooler" subject to be a geek about so they get called "enthusiasts" instead. Not that I'm trying to reinforce the classic Jocks v Nerds dichotomy, as I know many of the posters to this list could kick serious behind in the martial arts arena.
Of course there are many people who would consider themselves "cool" who wet their pants over the LotR films, while I (a man who has been mocked in the street an a nerd and a "trainspotter") couldn't care less about them... or Harry Potter... or The Matrix... are these people "neo-geeks"? Or are we all just geeks under the skin?
Brothers and sister, let's all join together and place our hands on the monitor and swear our allegiance to trivial pursuits (not the board game, obviously... although if you're into that, I'm not judging you).
D..."That which does not kill us, makes us stranger." - Trevor Goodchild
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Originally posted by DeeCrowSeerPersonally I believe that knowing the name and stats of every player on a football team is just as obsessive as knowing the names and stats of every character in the Elric saga
Don't get me wrong - I've got friends who are enormous football fans, and that's great - but why assume that everyone else is into it and then slag them off if they're enthusiastic about something different?
Is this just a bloke thing? There seems to be more and more women into football, but perhaps they're more sensible about it!\"...an ape reft of his tail, and grown rusty at climbing, who yet feels himself to be a symbol and the frail representative of Omnipotence in a place that is not home.\" James Branch Cabell
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Originally posted by Mikey_CI care about football even less than I know about it!"If the environment were a bank, we would already have saved it." -Graffitti.
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Hi all,
guess what, I still don't have a clue what "geeks" are. Always sounded like kiddy-language to me, or like Greeks throwing unnecessary weight over board, or whatever.
So now, what are they? Are they contagious?
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Originally posted by AnonymousHi all,
guess what, I still don't have a clue what "geeks" are. Always sounded like kiddy-language to me, or like Greeks throwing unnecessary weight over board, or whatever.
So now, what are they? Are they contagious?
Yours truly etcGoogle ergo sum
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I was listening to a local radio station the other day on my drive home from work, and the DJ was talking about how people who collect comics, read fantasy, play D & D etc., are losers. It got me thinking. I do all of the above with the exception of play D & D. I dont consider myself a loser. I do however consider myself a geek, but in a good way. Id rather be labeled a geek than be categorized with one of the millions of GAP and Abercrombie and fitch kids that are slowly but surely taking over this portion of the multiverse. I mean, if thats your thing then cool, im not gonna hate you for it. I wear what I like, read what I like, Collect what i like, and Watch what i like. And if that labels me as a social outcast, then so be it. I have a wonderful Wife and dog who lovingly tolerate my geeky ways, and friends who may not be interested in ALL the same things as me, but still prove time and again what being a real friend is all about. So screw you Radio DJ guy, and long live the Geeks! :twisted:
(Thanks for tolerating my Ranting...) :lol:It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
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Originally posted by AnonymousI still don't have a clue what "geeks" are\"...an ape reft of his tail, and grown rusty at climbing, who yet feels himself to be a symbol and the frail representative of Omnipotence in a place that is not home.\" James Branch Cabell
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