I would say that CNN is probably incorrect and Patton Oswalt has a more realistic view of the current State of Geek we are in. What is really popular right now? Whats the new big thing people are into? Maybe its because I recently saw a Michael Cera movie but it seems to me that we are in this year and the last few years. Look at the popularity of "The Big Bang Theory." Now, I know what youre thinking. Look at the populatiry of "The Big Bang Theory" versus Jersey Shore. Snooki even has a book deal... which hurts my soul to type. But we are making headway and people are finding us less annoying, and more "quirky."
Of course there will always be geeks, regardless of what Patton Oswalt says. Sure, more people think Star Wars is cool now but as society begins to like what we like, what is een as nerdy or geeky changes. I still know very few people who can build their own computer even though Maximum PC puts out a new How-To guide every other week. But now, we have changed what is really geeky. I recently built a computer with a 30GB SSD and 6 2TB HDDs, installed OpenSolaris on it for RAID-Z2 and its half full of anime.
But I like the idea of the Geek coming into vogue and not being so geeky. Without it, we wouldn't have things like Scott Pilgrim Versus the World movie, would we? No, it wouldn't be profitable. We need to embrace the idea that nerd-dom is becoming popular. All thsi cool new stuff i buy from thinkgeek is all thanks to our loves and passions becoming popular and lucrative. Where would my pizza cutter shaped like the Starship Enterprise be without the masive popularity of Star Trek? A wish in the back of my mind. An itch I cant scratch of wanting something I cant have.
Anyone got any web sites made by/with Drupal? Id like to see some of hte outcomes. I dont know anything about it but I want to look into it. Google was not help finding Drupal made web sites. I only assume Drupal.org is made by drupal but I would like to see more.
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I would say that CNN is probably incorrect and Patton Oswalt has a more realistic view of the current State of Geek we are in. What is really popular right now? Whats the new big thing people are into? Maybe its because I recently saw a Michael Cera movie but it seems to me that we are in this year and the last few years. Look at the popularity of "The Big Bang Theory." Now, I know what youre thinking. Look at the populatiry of "The Big Bang Theory" versus Jersey Shore. Snooki even has a book deal... which hurts my soul to type. But we are making headway and people are finding us less annoying, and more "quirky."
Of course there will always be geeks, regardless of what Patton Oswalt says. Sure, more people think Star Wars is cool now but as society begins to like what we like, what is een as nerdy or geeky changes. I still know very few people who can build their own computer even though Maximum PC puts out a new How-To guide every other week. But now, we have changed what is really geeky. I recently built a computer with a 30GB SSD and 6 2TB HDDs, installed OpenSolaris on it for RAID-Z2 and its half full of anime.
But I like the idea of the Geek coming into vogue and not being so geeky. Without it, we wouldn't have things like Scott Pilgrim Versus the World movie, would we? No, it wouldn't be profitable. We need to embrace the idea that nerd-dom is becoming popular. All thsi cool new stuff i buy from thinkgeek is all thanks to our loves and passions becoming popular and lucrative. Where would my pizza cutter shaped like the Starship Enterprise be without the masive popularity of Star Trek? A wish in the back of my mind. An itch I cant scratch of wanting something I cant have.
Anyone got any web sites made by/with Drupal? Id like to see some of hte outcomes. I dont know anything about it but I want to look into it. Google was not help finding Drupal made web sites. I only assume Drupal.org is made by drupal but I would like to see more.