Day 18 – Most cringe-worthy geek moment
I’m going to have to go a bit geek here and quote the urban Dictionary:
Geek is One of four titles used to classify someone based on their technical and social skills.
The other three titles are nerd, dork, and normie.
The difference between the four titles can be easily shown in table form:
……………. Technical …… Social
Title ………… Skills ……… Skills
———- —————- ————
Normie ……… No …………. Yes
Geek ……….. Yes …………. Yes
Nerd ………… Yes …………. No
Dork ………… No ………….. No
Normie: A normal person. Blah.
Geek: An outwardly normal person who has taken the time to learn technical skills. Geeks have as normal a social life as anyone, and usually the only way to tell if someone is a geek is if they inform you of their skills.
Nerd: A socially awkward person who has learned technical skills due to the spare time they enjoy from being generally neglected. Their technical knowledge then leads normies to neglect them even further, leading to more development of their technical skills, more neglection, etc. This vicious cycle drives them even more into social oblivion.
Dork: A person who, although also socially awkward, doesn’t have the intelligence to fill the void with technical pursuits, like a nerd, and is forced to do mindless activities. Almost always alone. Usually with an XBox. Like playing Halo. All day. Every day. Not even understanding how the Xbox is making the pretty pictures on the screen. Very sad.
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So, while I do have my geek moments, I do not usually make myself cringe by my geek-i-ness. Now if you ask my wife and daughters, I’m sure they may disagree.
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