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Have Geeks Gone Mainstream?
An anonymous reader asks: "Recently, I've been seeing more and more news stories about how 'geek' has gone mainstream. There have been a slew of articles with titles like Geek Pride and Geek Chic, which discuss how movies like 'The 40-Year Old Virgin' and 'Napoleon Dynamite', as well as television shows like 'Beauty and the Geek' have made it cool to be a geek. Two pinup calendars of geeks have been released this year, taking advantage of the new mainstream interest in all things geeky. These include the Geek Gorgeous Calendar, which features women who work in the hi-tech industry, and the Girls of Geekdom Calendar, which includes geeks like 'Art Geek' and 'Movie Geek'. So if being a geek has really become cool, why has interest in CS as a major dropped among incoming freshmen and women are still a minority in computer and engineering fields? Is it cooler to pretend to be a geek (wear 'Save Pedro' shirts, etc.) than to really be one?"
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Yeah, it's nice. I mention I can compile a kernel in any bar, and models, strippers and hookers are begging me to do coke off their tits.
Truly amazing.
Are those 19-foot flatscreens really free?
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That's the problem Geeks have. They watch these movies and think they are now in style. Sad really. We nerds pity the geeks.
...and chicks throw their panties at me when they see me in my "Free Kevin" T-shirt.
Circumcision is child abuse.
You're home on a friday night reading slashdot!!! You're either a geek or married.
Meh.
Get it right... Posers :P
-everphilski-
there was one hott girl on myspace that I found went to my school and went into CS.. turned me down but thats because she spoke VB and I spoke C++..noobs ;)
If that is what IT is, then since CS Majors can do more that play solitare with a computer, then they would be qualified for that silly buzzword!
Make up your mind!!!
I loved doing blow off some hooker's tits! Think of it as jumping out of a plane, but with more coke and tits involved. Same feeling though.
Can't touch the stuff anymore of course. There's an strong upwards arc towards unsustainable use that can be unpleasent.
Arrgghh! I introduced my my daughter (6) and wife (much older) to SuperTux and they took to it like whores to crack. Its background music has been the soundtrack of my life for months now.
I wear the badge of geek proudly, as;
A geek is a guy who has everything going for him, but he's just too young. By contrast, a nerd will be a nerd all of his life.
- John Hughes, film director
Kids! Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it in your home!
A real geek knows the difference between id est and exempli gratia.
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Mate, you don't need a sensitive nose to smell CS geeks. They should have Shower 101 as a compulsory course.