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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. 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 TubeSteak · · Score: 5, Interesting

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

      I makes them apathetic
      You can sum it up with the words "Don't know & don't care"

      Anti-Intellectualism is a whole different ball game
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism

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    2. 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.

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

    i for one welcome our...uhhhhhh

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  3. 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 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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  4. 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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  5. Re:Err... by Cheapy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm sure that was meant as a joke (atleast I hope it was), but that's taking it too far.

    The Republicans have some very smart people in their party, just look at Rove. When you take away your bias towards him, he's a great political strategist. He'd have to be to get Bush elected.

    Just because you don't agree with someone's views, doesn't make them unintelligent.

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  6. 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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