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Closet Slashdotters: The 'Intellectually Curious'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-call-me-a-nerd dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Slashdotters are certified geeks, but apparently there's a bunch of other people out there who are very interested in science, technology, politics and culture but they don't want to be known as geeks. A media consulting firm called OMD did a study for the company that owns Space.com and LiveScience. They conclude that 60 million Americans can be called "intellectually curious." Intellectually, I'm curious what that makes the rest of them."

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  1. Slashdoter... by sbaker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdoter? One who dotes on slash? Cool!

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  2. It makes them... by jfclavette · · Score: 5, Funny

    Intellectually, I'm curious what that makes the rest of them."
    MySpace users

    1. Re:It makes them... by wxjones · · Score: 2, Funny

      TV viewers

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    2. Re:It makes them... by Moofie · · Score: 2, Funny

      MySpace is pretty well regarded as a band promotion tool. For what it's worth...

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    3. Re:It makes them... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      Intellectually, I'm curious what that makes the rest of them."

      Future republican presidential candidates.

  3. the rest are idiots. by evacuate_the_bull · · Score: 5, Funny

    i for one welcome our...uhhhhhh

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  4. They can't tell me that... by Xeriar · · Score: 2, Funny

    They didn't intend any sort of innuendo there. "Intellictually Curious"? ...reminds me of that "Most females are secretly bicurious." study a couple years ago.

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  5. Errr by HeavensBlade23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, 60 million, that's impressive! Until you remember that 60 million is less than 25% of the population, at which point you slit your wrists.

    1. Re:Errr by cplusplus · · Score: 2, Funny
      at which point you slit your wrists.
      No! Don't do that! There are so few of us already! The best solution is to breed and bring up our numbers. Oh, wait... it looks like we're doomed to extinction.
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    2. Re:Errr by wildsurf · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, but note that the OP said "intellectually curious", not "intelligent".

      Remember, there are no stupid questions. But there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.

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  6. Re:hacking good and bad by Funkcikle · · Score: 2, Funny

    So what you are saying is...words can have more than one meaning? Wow! There should be a word for that!

  7. Come out, Come out! by JanneM · · Score: 5, Funny

    No need to hide anymore! Come out of the closet (it's too small for a soldering station anyhow)!

    Cast your pretensions! Rise and walk proudly from the dark of the TV room into the bright flouerescent of the computer lab!

    No more hiding copies of Make in a cover of Hustler! No more awkward stammering that you were just surfing for gay porn and somehow accidentally stumbled upon perl.org.

    Testify! Say it: "I am Geek, hear me Mumblesomethingintelligleaboutapreprocessororsomet hing!".

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  8. I am Curious by GoCanes · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am curious, but yellow.

  9. Why not ask? by wo1verin3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    >> "Intellectually, I'm curious what that makes the rest of them."

    Why not create a MySpace account and ask them...

  10. Meat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Intellectually, I'm curious what that makes the rest of them

    Worthless meat. (You can't even sell it!)

  11. Let's call them ... by gonerill · · Score: 4, Funny

    "i-curious."

    1. Re:Let's call them ... by Hitman_Frost · · Score: 2, Funny

      Intellectually Curious Person: [both are on Slashdot] How could you do this to me? On Slashdot?!

      Slashdotter: Because you're not quite geeky enough.

      [audience boos]

      Slashdotter: Well it's true! You're semi-geeky. You're quasi-geeky. You're the margarine of geeky. You're the Diet Coke of geeky. Just one calorie, not geeky enough.



      (Apologies to Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)

  12. Re:Nerds that Matter by TubeSteak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Q: How can you tell an extroverted computer geek from an introverted computer geek?

    A: The introverted computer geek will look at his shoes while he talks to you. The extroverted computer geek will look at your shoes while he talks to you.

    Q: How do you tell if an extroverted computer geek is Russian?
    A: His shoes look at you while he is talking.

    I like my way of telling Geeks apart from everyone else.

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  13. The rest of them... by Bob9113 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Intellectually, I'm curious what that makes the rest of them.

    vi users

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  14. 60 Million!!!! by Goo.cc · · Score: 2, Funny

    "They conclude that 60 million Americans can be called "intellectually curious.""

    Wow, I didn't know that there were that many atheists in the United States. ;)