Finally Geeks Available in Action Figure Form

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Finally Geeks Available in Action Figure Form

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday May 23, 2004 @01:36AM from the oracle-is-hotter dept.

Treebiter1 writes "Happy Worker, a specialty toy developer, has introduced a new action figure the "GeekMan Action Figure." Billed as the "a hunk o' hunk of nerdly love." His "super powers" include ungodly coding abilities; opposite sex repulsion; analytical reasoning; ability to create technical acronyms; less than ideal personal hygiene routine. This is kind of an oddity, perhpas I should say it is an oddity, but it might make a funny gag gift."

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Can't buy online? by blixel · 2004-05-23 01:44 · Score: 3, Insightful

The link to "Buy One Now" just takes you to a list of store locations. That's not very geeky.
Geek Action Figures I'd Rather See by Seumas · 2004-05-23 01:46 · Score: 5, Insightful

Instead of some generic geek cheaply made action-figure, I'd rather see a high quality series of action figures that depict real geeks that we all respect, admire, like or... at least know of.

The following, for starters:

RMS
ESR
Alan Cox
John "Maddog" Hall
Linus Torvalds
Capn'Crunch
Kevin Mitnick

And of course, more traditional scientific geeks like:

Linus Paulings
Albert Einstein
Charles Babbage

And famous literary or movie geeks from our favorite 80's and 90's films.

In fact, I kind of thought that's what the Action Figure in this article was going to be like until I went to the site... :(
"ungodly" coding skills? by pedantic+bore · 2004-05-23 01:46 · Score: 3, Insightful

Clearly the person who wrote this is not a genuine nerd -- only a nerd wannabe would make such a mistake, not knowing that to nerds the misuse of jargon is like waving a red flag in front of a bull.
When they come out with one that has god-like coding skills, that's when I'll get interested. Maybe.

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Fake stereo type geek by 1nhuman · 2004-05-23 01:56 · Score: 5, Insightful

Bleeeeh. Stupid ninties tv show geek.

What geek nowadays uses pens? A modern geek would have an USB stick and/or other memory thingies sticking out of his breast pocket. And he/she would at least wear one Bluetooth headset and contact lenses instead of these Clark Kent glasses.

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I'd be offended... by X-Nc · 2004-05-23 02:00 · Score: 4, Insightful

but I'm to lazy to do anything about it. The "opposite sex repulsion" I can deal with but the "less than ideal personal hygiene routine" is just insulting. In 22 years I haven't met a techie/geek who's personal hygiene was questionable. Dubious interpersonal communications skills, yes (it can be hard to interface with the humans). An over abundance of pompousness, sure. But we don't stink.

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1. Re:I'd be offended... by geeber · 2004-05-23 02:30 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Then you have clearly never been to a university computer center. The funk in some of those can make your eyes water. Most geeks may not stink, but it only takes a few...
  
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Sorry by jb.hl.com · 2004-05-23 02:02 · Score: 4, Insightful

Sorry if this sounds a little off, but don't you think it's better to have less negative stereotypes circulating around about geeks?

I'm sick of technical types being portrayed as losers. It's just not funny any more.

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