Mint condition
I bet you’ve all been called ‘geek’ at some point. Perhaps out of affection or even respect, but probably as a mild insult.
And as a geek, what are you going to do about that? Make a joke of it, ignore it and get back to Warcraft… that’s what.
We’re a timid breed… mostly. You see, you have to be careful calling someone a geek, they might just do you harm.
The Frustrated Geek
These are probably not so dangerous. That is until you step in between them and their object of frustration. They also have a tendency to go into ‘Geek Rage!’ which, although amusing, will only result in an inhaler being required.
Cannibal Geeks
It may be some repressed anger, or perhaps some serious personal and social issues, but it is probably a lack of nearby chocolate bars and crisps that turns some geeks into flesh eating terrors.
Take Tsutomu Miyazaki, he liked to chomp on school girls and drink their blood. I know, you think it’ll never happen to you and then you read this:
During his trial, Miyazaki sketched cartoons and often talked nonsensically.
Actually, there’s a whole phenomena in the Japanese media related to the ‘Killer Geek’. It’s a recognised breed of murdering manga fans.
Sporting The Look
There is also a special breed of geek that uses the threat of violence as its camouflage. Similar to how some insects mimic the look of another more poisonous creature, these geeks try their best to look like serial killers. There’s a fun game to see how effectively they do it here.
Just because I’m Geeky doesn’t mean I did it
Perhaps, because the camouflaged geeks are so adept, there’s been a reversal – The Geek Defence. Essentially, this translates as, ‘I might be weird and edgy and lack any social charisma or aptitude, but that doesn’t mean I killed her’… this in turn translates as, ‘I killed her, then played some Warcraft whilst I thought about what to do with the corpse’.
Hans Reiser is perhaps the most famous. He did kill his wife and he created his own file system for Linux.
He used the geek defence, but his rather bizarre testimony, couple with quite odd behaviour and a strong reliance on ‘hazy memory’ meant he was sent down for murder last April.
Why did he do it? We’ll probably never know, maybe she interrupted a session of Counter Strike, maybe he’s just a vicious and callous killer. It doesn’t matter, what does matter is that you don’t mess with a geek.
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I use the phrase “geeky on the inside” quite a bit. It refers to those who outwardly don’t bear the stereotypical marks of geekdom but have a very geeky core material. This sort usually shocks non-geeks they are talking to when they begin babbling on about Star Trek/gaming/comics/foreign policy/economics/etc. . GOI’s frequently get “wtf” looks from people who assumed they were a non-geek as well.
Ah, an undercover geek… It is a bit like outing yourself though when you just have to mention Star Trek… Mum, Dad, I have something to tell you… I’m a geek.
The tears.
My father used to have fits of rage when I was a kid over the fact that I owned (and utilized) etymology books. He, to this day, thinks I use words in the way that I do to be pretentious.
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a lot of people think i’m a jock when they meet me. though the only sport i participated in was swimming back in high school. i had to get dragged out of the house to watch the super bowl. take back the ball and give me a computer! though i guess i’m not the best geek either, no sci-fi or fantasy for me, i cannot code for shit, and the only games i play are console.
But to you have an axe in your room? Do you lurk down dark alley ways?
Ha, yeah there is that, and my assorted jars of dead animals.
Ha!
People are often surprised about how much geeky things I know.
I think part of that is to blame on The Flowfield Unity. It makes me think geeky thoughts.
How MANY geeky things I know, dammit.
I should not type when tired. :/
You score geeky points for self correction on the use of grammar though.
haha this is a great comic!
I’m painfully geeky, but it’s not usually immediately obvious.
I’d like to think I’m not the type to go on a killing spree, but I certainly know a few.
And that is the case for your defence?
painfully geeky… ha. I prefer ‘riddled with geek’.
it gives the phrase ‘rabid fangirl’ a whole new meaning. get the tranquilizer darts, there’s one in my house.
That’s a point… there is lso the ‘plain crazy’ catagory of geeks. The ones that collect fanatically or the ones that convert their whole house into the bridge of the Enterprise… or the ones that die for exhaustion from online gaming….
…has someone really converted their house into the Enterprise? Are their pictures, somewhere? I’d like to see it, but I’d never do it.
I can go further than that…
Holy crank! I wonder, what did it end up selling for?
Alas, I don’t think it did sell… I may be wrong, but I think it was dismantled after being offered to various places when the flat was sold.
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Now that’s a terrible shame. You’d think Patrick Stewart could’ve bought it, just to be polite, or something.
Thank you so much! That truly made my morning.
”These one’s probably won’t are not so dangerous.”
What?
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Ah, it’s difficult to type with all these shoolgirls limbs knocking around… corrected, but not correct.
I find it easier to cable tie them into bundles and then garbage bag them.
Keeps them neat and contained.
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I have links at the end of my posts?
Yay, just wish it was a decent photo.
Bah I should photo blog my road trip, but I missed the first 1000km. and the next 500km will be in the dark. And the remainder will be spent driving at vastly illegal speeds along exceedingly straight roads.
I’m not a geek, tho I could pass myself off as one if needed, tho I’d come unstuck when it comes to StarTrek and Nintendo.
Bens last post..Yellow Flower
Yeah, just trying some new things out… that and the vlip.fm radio player at the bottom of the site…
Cable ties! Now there’s a solution.
Cable ties will solve most of lifes problems, or atleast reduce it to mere screaming coming from the basement.
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Greetings from the outback.
Only 1700km to go to get back to Perth. 16hrs of driving today, most of them behind a cop
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That’s some voyage you’re on.
The photographs are amazing too… the windmill sunset one especially.
Tailing cops is only fun when you have a blue flashing light on the roof of your car.
Would have loved a tailing cop at 6:30 this morning.
Front tire blew out and car skidded out of control at 110Km/h. Clipped a motorbike. No one was seriously hurt (dunno how the guy held on), but, no mobile signal and no radio’s, so we had to wait for passing motorists for help.
Would have been a great time for a cop to come along.
Still, I managed to get in 1000km today, so that was nice, got some more photos that I have been wanting for some time.
Bens last post..WINDMILL SUNSET
Glad to hear you came out of that OK. A blowout is never good news… especially so when you happen to be in the middle of nowhere.
Yeah… I’ve been stuck in similar. No fun at all. Glad to hear that everyone’s okay.
Also, I second the awesome photographery.
There were a few passing motorists, so that made things easier. Towing my car out of the bush was the major dilema, but a truckie and a retired couple helped with that, which was a refreshing view of humanity.
Aside from that, this trip has been great. I am thinking about buying a proper 4×4 and kitting it out to go bush. I think that would suit me fine. Spent last night in a small clearing, watching the sun go down, stars come out. Woke up to see the sun rise and fog settle in. Kinda magical.
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Ben, you do that, I’ll come tromp through the bush with you for a few weeks. I’ll even make the beer.
I’m not really all that geeky. I hung out with the geeks in middle school cause they were the nice kids… I mighta hung out with the art kids but they smoked.
I’m sorta a geek ambassador I guess. Bridging the world between them socially inept and the socially overzealous. I like the original Star Trek but I’ve only seen a few episodes (I prefer M.A.S.H.), haven’t seen any of the movies, don’t collect anything, never read comic books growing up, etc. I just like art and animation and toys and the people who like them.
I hurt inside for that guy up there that did his house up, even while admiring the dedication. Does that mean we can’t be friends?
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“I mighta hung out with the art kids but they smoked”
Yeah, we used to set art kids on fire all the time for sport…
“I’m sorta a geek ambassador I guess”
That’s a great role, and should be supported by the UN.
I have a classmate who is most definitely a chav/gansta/whatever you call his breed of human. Today he informed “there’s barely anything with a vagina that I wouldn’t consider boning”. I then said “Present company excluded, I’d expect?”, a phrase which I had to explain to him, and the answer was “oh, yeah man, you’s a geek!” That’s what he always says. He calls me the imaginative nickname GingerGlasses and is constantly referring to me as a geek.
Personally, I see this as a fairly good thing. If I wasn’t a geek, he might consider trying to screw me. I see my nerdiness as a barrier to ward off the chlamydia.
I’ve never understood that theory of “any hole is a goal”. I’m fairly sure some of them are demerits.
But, I doubt a chav would understand that.
If he ever does come onto you, just start talking math or something technical, that’ll keep him at bay. That is how I keep one of my lovers away when she gets too much, it works really well.
Bens last post..Eagle Landing
Two things. One, I find it amusing that you say “one of my lovers”. I am not surprised by the insinuation that there are many.
Two, I’m crap at maths, but the fact I help him with Science whilst actually understanding what I’m doing seems to work wonders for reinforcing my geek GingerGlasses personality. I think I’m safe from him.
Haha. Ben, Maddie thinks you’re promiscuous.
Maddie, you are correct in thinking that.
But that lad you’re dealing with sounds like a terror. On the upside, ten years from now, you’ll be living a nice life and he’ll be in the running for a Darwin award.
There aren’t many, just more then one., so hardly promiscous.
Anything slightly technical should be enough, also, use lots of proper terms.
Hopefully he wipes himself before he hassles you too much.
Bens last post..Eagle Landing
Suuuuuure.
I like the comment about “In the running for a Darwin award”. Hell, he’s proof that some things NEVER evolve. But I’ve pointed out before that he’s going to die early or live a crappy life. He replied that he “ain’t never gonna get killed by the police cos I is such a bad man, ennit” and “I is gonna be the baddest man in London and you is gonna be writing books no one reads”. Obviously, seeing as these were Facebook comments, I have corrected the spelling somewhat.
i’ve got a science-related question for all of you, i’m not much good in AP chemistry, does this mean i’m not much good physics too? regular physics was fun times.
They were really different for me — but I was good at both of them. Physics always struck me as easier, though: it’s got this intuitive edge to it (at least, the part that you get in AP). Physics is a bit more… physical.
What sort of things gave you trouble with Chemistry? Maybe we can diagnose more closely with more details…
I did fairly well at AP Chem, and Anatomy, but not so well at AP Physics.
I scored entirely too high on both AP English exams.
The whole thing seemed rather…pointless once I was in college.
Regardless, I don’t believe there is a direct correlation of skill between the two.
But, yes, what sort of trouble did you have?
OK, British person in need of translation confirmation… AP?
Does that mean ‘applied’?
We don’t really have that here, just ‘Physics’… Chemistry is split into ‘Organic’ and ‘Inorganic’.
Anyway, despite that, what can we help you with?
“AP”, at least in my school, meant “Advanced Placement”. Those were classes that high school aged children (ages 14-18, roughly) could take that were worth college credits.
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i was thinking about what i was going to say and then i forgot to reply at all, sorry.
the chapters start out fine, but then somehow things suddenly get more complicated and i’m not sure what math to use and where. it might be the pacing, if that’s the case it’ll probably get worse as i move on to actual college classes, unless not having to live around everyone else’s schedules helps.
i blame it on that powerpoint laptop projector thing.
Ah, the maths might be the problem. Unless you’re taking physics with Calculus (and I don’t remember if AP had calc in it or not), the math is very black-box. I’d recommend, if you’re good at learning and in calculus anyways, finding a calc-based physics text, and looking at the material that’s giving you trouble.
If maths is giving you trouble anyways, physics might give you trouble. Invest in some flash cards and memorize formulas and when to use them. And good luck. And remember if you need any help, there’s a community of nerds here that are decent at explaining shit.
see thats the extreme really…like people who are obsessed with vampires/anne rice/buffy etc etc that put vamp-dentals in and do all that weird borderline necrophilia shit…thats worrying but on the matter of being called a geek….
my mum refers to me as a geek , when i get excited about x-men, the release of the 90′s cartoon on dvd and the new cartoon in that case its an insult
my firends refer to me as a geek, for the same sort of reasons in that case its a cross between an insult and stating the truth
theres only one person i know thats ever refered to me as a geek in an affectionate sort of way which is cool because hes the biggest geek i know, and he rocks!
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