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Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal? |
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?"
You first |
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"Does wearing Wonder Woman underwear and a Justice League tshirt make me a geek or a nerd?
Think you could start your own category  "
Haha yes! The silly old fart one maybe?  |
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?"
The definition seems incomplete. That's just having hobbies. I've never had to make excuses for my love of MMA because MMA is cool as fuck. The fact that i also enjoy renovating 8-bit consoles... less so |
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Love 2000AD comics, and on occasion I might be found breaking out the paints and brushes for a toy soldier/fantasy figure painting session! And not ashamed or embarrassed about it at all. It's a carefree release and relaxing |
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Having a keen interest in something isn't really geeky, I like Star wars/sci-fi movies and have watched a lot of them,
To me being geeky would be going the cinema at midnight to watch the first screening then watching it again 2-3 times, Dressing up as characters and buying all the merchandise etc
or is that obsessive |
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"Having a keen interest in something isn't really geeky, I like Star wars/sci-fi movies and have watched a lot of them,
To me being geeky would be going the cinema at midnight to watch the first screening then watching it again 2-3 times, Dressing up as characters and buying all the merchandise etc
or is that obsessive "
I think it's when you start incorporating yoda impressions into your seduction techniques, then you know you have a problem |
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I love conspiracy theories! I very rarely take them seriously but the absolute genius way of starting with an end and matching events from the past to create a alternative occurrence just fascinates me....and anything with faeries, after all I am actually one 
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"Having a keen interest in something isn't really geeky, I like Star wars/sci-fi movies and have watched a lot of them,
To me being geeky would be going the cinema at midnight to watch the first screening then watching it again 2-3 times, Dressing up as characters and buying all the merchandise etc
or is that obsessive
I think it's when you start incorporating yoda impressions into your seduction techniques, then you know you have a problem "
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"Having a keen interest in something isn't really geeky, I like Star wars/sci-fi movies and have watched a lot of them,
To me being geeky would be going the cinema at midnight to watch the first screening then watching it again 2-3 times, Dressing up as characters and buying all the merchandise etc
or is that obsessive "
I've done the midnight showings of all the last Avenger films (including standalone ones) and Star Wars. For some of them (depending on spare time) I've gone back to watch them again.
I have never dressed up as a character though.
So am I geeky, or not? |
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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago
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"Does wearing Wonder Woman underwear and a Justice League tshirt make me a geek or a nerd?
What's the difference between a geek and a nerd?"
A geek is someone who knows a lot about more then one subject eg can tell the difference between star wars and Star Trek
A nerd is someone who knows alot about one subject eg computer nerd |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Sci-fi, fantasy, comics, miniatures, manga, anime, video games, tech, music, football, mountain biking, Surfing, VW camper vans... I have a tendency to get geekified about a lot of things. |
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"Having a keen interest in something isn't really geeky, I like Star wars/sci-fi movies and have watched a lot of them,
To me being geeky would be going the cinema at midnight to watch the first screening then watching it again 2-3 times, Dressing up as characters and buying all the merchandise etc
or is that obsessive "
I call that a great idea  |
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"I'm a 38 ye old man who TiVo Marvel's guardians of the galaxy, ducktales and marvel Spiderman on Disney XD and watch troll hunters on Netflix....I love being a geek "
When I still had sky it was Star Wars Rebels for me |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a 38 ye old man who TiVo Marvel's guardians of the galaxy, ducktales and marvel Spiderman on Disney XD and watch troll hunters on Netflix....I love being a geek
When I still had sky it was Star Wars Rebels for me "
I got into the clone wars. Ashoka Tano is my all time favourite Star Wars character.
. Being animated annoyed me at first but after getting used to it, I really enjoyed some of the stories tying in ‘some’ good ideas. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Does wearing Wonder Woman underwear and a Justice League tshirt make me a geek or a nerd?
What's the difference between a geek and a nerd?"
I have no bloody clue! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?
You first"
I didn’t realise that this was a ‘you show me yours’ type arrangement! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I think our name shows we’re geeks
I love TTRPGs (specifically D&D)
I’m a gamer through and through.
I absorb info really well so any fandoms I get into I do a bit of research and get a little obsessed
Geeky has Superman Doctor Who and Battlestar galactica in a joint tattoo
We don’t hide our geeky side the whole point of being a geek is being proud and unashamed of what you like! I’ve even converted my daughter to play D&D
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?
The definition seems incomplete. That's just having hobbies. I've never had to make excuses for my love of MMA because MMA is cool as fuck. The fact that i also enjoy renovating 8-bit consoles... less so "
How is it incomplete? It’s about talking about what you shamelessly love and immerse yourself in |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Having a keen interest in something isn't really geeky, I like Star wars/sci-fi movies and have watched a lot of them,
To me being geeky would be going the cinema at midnight to watch the first screening then watching it again 2-3 times, Dressing up as characters and buying all the merchandise etc
or is that obsessive "
It’s what works for you; we all show love in different ways surely? So how you express that love is just as unique, if it’s getting a tattoo or full on cos play then that’s what’s right for you! That’s the whole point... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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My favourites, although not limited to are;
Lord of the Rings
Anything Joss Wheddon
Star Wars
Marvel (films and comics)
The Walking Dead
Sci-fi and fantasy in general
Game of Thrones
The list could go on! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Making earth batteries, in various scales
Working on perpetual motion devices
Drawing power from ether and ground, following on from the work of ´trumps´ uncle haha ok he stole it from a great inventor but least he never made the death ray.
Shhhh three phase power from ground shhhh haha
Nerd for it but geeky on whole.
Real life invention
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I think our name shows we’re geeks
I love TTRPGs (specifically D&D)
I’m a gamer through and through.
I absorb info really well so any fandoms I get into I do a bit of research and get a little obsessed
Geeky has Superman Doctor Who and Battlestar galactica in a joint tattoo
We don’t hide our geeky side the whole point of being a geek is being proud and unashamed of what you like! I’ve even converted my daughter to play D&D
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Having a keen interest in something isn't really geeky, I like Star wars/sci-fi movies and have watched a lot of them,
To me being geeky would be going the cinema at midnight to watch the first screening then watching it again 2-3 times, Dressing up as characters and buying all the merchandise etc
or is that obsessive "
We go to midnight launches I also spend a good number of hours dedicated to my hobby a week/month including creating characters, painting minis, actually playing the game and other stuff in between
I have more dice than I could possibly need, I wear tshirts proclaiming my geekiness, we go to Comiccons in costume if we’ve had enough time to plan.
Does that make us geeks? I think it does!
Do I care? Nope not at all I’d happily sit with anyone and have a nonsensical conversation about a fantasy/fictional subject.
What I oppose is people who obsess over football or any other sporty thing calling me a geek as if it’s a bad thing! They have their football which people like my dad/brothers know more stuff than is ever needed to know about which is no different to someone with a fandom the fandom just happens to be a bunch of blokes running around a field kicking a ball around
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"I'm a 38 ye old man who TiVo Marvel's guardians of the galaxy, ducktales and marvel Spiderman on Disney XD and watch troll hunters on Netflix....I love being a geek
When I still had sky it was Star Wars Rebels for me
I got into the clone wars. Ashoka Tano is my all time favourite Star Wars character.
. Being animated annoyed me at first but after getting used to it, I really enjoyed some of the stories tying in ‘some’ good ideas. "
Ahsokas final battle with Vader in Rebels was bloomin brilliant!
I used to love reading the expanded universe books before Disney threw it all in the bin too. So when I saw Grand Admiral Thrawn from the books by Timothy Zahn make his debut in Rebels, I was pleasantly excited to see what they'd do with him. |
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?
The definition seems incomplete. That's just having hobbies. I've never had to make excuses for my love of MMA because MMA is cool as fuck. The fact that i also enjoy renovating 8-bit consoles... less so
How is it incomplete? It’s about talking about what you shamelessly love and immerse yourself in"
So every football fan is a geek? |
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"Having a keen interest in something isn't really geeky, I like Star wars/sci-fi movies and have watched a lot of them,
To me being geeky would be going the cinema at midnight to watch the first screening then watching it again 2-3 times, Dressing up as characters and buying all the merchandise etc
or is that obsessive
We go to midnight launches I also spend a good number of hours dedicated to my hobby a week/month including creating characters, painting minis, actually playing the game and other stuff in between
I have more dice than I could possibly need, I wear tshirts proclaiming my geekiness, we go to Comiccons in costume if we’ve had enough time to plan.
Does that make us geeks? I think it does!
Do I care? Nope not at all I’d happily sit with anyone and have a nonsensical conversation about a fantasy/fictional subject.
What I oppose is people who obsess over football or any other sporty thing calling me a geek as if it’s a bad thing! They have their football which people like my dad/brothers know more stuff than is ever needed to know about which is no different to someone with a fandom the fandom just happens to be a bunch of blokes running around a field kicking a ball around
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People can call themselves whatever they want and I don't see calling someone a geek as being offensive any way, But I wouldn't say it's geeky if you like watching Sci fi, Marvel movies, Lord of the rings etc,
You just like particular movie genres |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?
The definition seems incomplete. That's just having hobbies. I've never had to make excuses for my love of MMA because MMA is cool as fuck. The fact that i also enjoy renovating 8-bit consoles... less so
How is it incomplete? It’s about talking about what you shamelessly love and immerse yourself in
So every football fan is a geek? "
Why not? There’s no select club to bring a geek!
A large part of being a geek is inclusivity, there doesn’t have to be ring fencing around the term. |
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"Having a keen interest in something isn't really geeky, I like Star wars/sci-fi movies and have watched a lot of them,
To me being geeky would be going the cinema at midnight to watch the first screening then watching it again 2-3 times, Dressing up as characters and buying all the merchandise etc
or is that obsessive
We go to midnight launches I also spend a good number of hours dedicated to my hobby a week/month including creating characters, painting minis, actually playing the game and other stuff in between
I have more dice than I could possibly need, I wear tshirts proclaiming my geekiness, we go to Comiccons in costume if we’ve had enough time to plan.
Does that make us geeks? I think it does!
Do I care? Nope not at all I’d happily sit with anyone and have a nonsensical conversation about a fantasy/fictional subject.
What I oppose is people who obsess over football or any other sporty thing calling me a geek as if it’s a bad thing! They have their football which people like my dad/brothers know more stuff than is ever needed to know about which is no different to someone with a fandom the fandom just happens to be a bunch of blokes running around a field kicking a ball around
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People can call themselves whatever they want and I don't see calling someone a geek as being offensive any way, But I wouldn't say it's geeky if you like watching Sci fi, Marvel movies, Lord of the rings etc,
You just like particular movie genres"
That’s up to you, I will take that term and revel in my geekdom. There’s no judgement in what term you use for yourself |
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"Having a keen interest in something isn't really geeky, I like Star wars/sci-fi movies and have watched a lot of them,
To me being geeky would be going the cinema at midnight to watch the first screening then watching it again 2-3 times, Dressing up as characters and buying all the merchandise etc
or is that obsessive
We go to midnight launches I also spend a good number of hours dedicated to my hobby a week/month including creating characters, painting minis, actually playing the game and other stuff in between
I have more dice than I could possibly need, I wear tshirts proclaiming my geekiness, we go to Comiccons in costume if we’ve had enough time to plan.
Does that make us geeks? I think it does!
Do I care? Nope not at all I’d happily sit with anyone and have a nonsensical conversation about a fantasy/fictional subject.
What I oppose is people who obsess over football or any other sporty thing calling me a geek as if it’s a bad thing! They have their football which people like my dad/brothers know more stuff than is ever needed to know about which is no different to someone with a fandom the fandom just happens to be a bunch of blokes running around a field kicking a ball around
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People can call themselves whatever they want and I don't see calling someone a geek as being offensive any way, But I wouldn't say it's geeky if you like watching Sci fi, Marvel movies, Lord of the rings etc,
You just like particular movie genres"
It's now "cool" to be a geek. When I grew up, it wasn't and meant lots of bullying from non-geeks. If you watched any American teenage film/tv series, you would know that. |
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?
The definition seems incomplete. That's just having hobbies. I've never had to make excuses for my love of MMA because MMA is cool as fuck. The fact that i also enjoy renovating 8-bit consoles... less so
How is it incomplete? It’s about talking about what you shamelessly love and immerse yourself in
So every football fan is a geek?
Why not? There’s no select club to bring a geek!
A large part of being a geek is inclusivity, there doesn’t have to be ring fencing around the term."
When you make definitions broad enough then they become meaningless |
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?
The definition seems incomplete. That's just having hobbies. I've never had to make excuses for my love of MMA because MMA is cool as fuck. The fact that i also enjoy renovating 8-bit consoles... less so
How is it incomplete? It’s about talking about what you shamelessly love and immerse yourself in
So every football fan is a geek?
Why not? There’s no select club to bring a geek!
A large part of being a geek is inclusivity, there doesn’t have to be ring fencing around the term.
When you make definitions broad enough then they become meaningless"
An interesting talking point. However not the point of the thread, I do find it interesting though |
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?
The definition seems incomplete. That's just having hobbies. I've never had to make excuses for my love of MMA because MMA is cool as fuck. The fact that i also enjoy renovating 8-bit consoles... less so
How is it incomplete? It’s about talking about what you shamelessly love and immerse yourself in
So every football fan is a geek?
Why not? There’s no select club to bring a geek!
A large part of being a geek is inclusivity, there doesn’t have to be ring fencing around the term.
When you make definitions broad enough then they become meaningless"
Isn't the definition of geekiness having an obsessive, bordering on unhealthy, interest in something?
Thus one can be a football geek, a politics geek or a sci fi geek, but not everyone interested in football, politics or sci fi is a geek... |
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?
The definition seems incomplete. That's just having hobbies. I've never had to make excuses for my love of MMA because MMA is cool as fuck. The fact that i also enjoy renovating 8-bit consoles... less so
How is it incomplete? It’s about talking about what you shamelessly love and immerse yourself in
So every football fan is a geek?
Why not? There’s no select club to bring a geek!
A large part of being a geek is inclusivity, there doesn’t have to be ring fencing around the term.
When you make definitions broad enough then they become meaningless
Isn't the definition of geekiness having an obsessive, bordering on unhealthy, interest in something?
Thus one can be a football geek, a politics geek or a sci fi geek, but not everyone interested in football, politics or sci fi is a geek... "
If you stand in a bar and tell a bunch of guys, "hey recently, i just can't stop fucking beautiful women". None of them are going to point and say "ah what a geek". Now replace "fucking beautiful women" with "collecting stamps"... |
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?
The definition seems incomplete. That's just having hobbies. I've never had to make excuses for my love of MMA because MMA is cool as fuck. The fact that i also enjoy renovating 8-bit consoles... less so
How is it incomplete? It’s about talking about what you shamelessly love and immerse yourself in
So every football fan is a geek?
Why not? There’s no select club to bring a geek!
A large part of being a geek is inclusivity, there doesn’t have to be ring fencing around the term.
When you make definitions broad enough then they become meaningless
Isn't the definition of geekiness having an obsessive, bordering on unhealthy, interest in something?
Thus one can be a football geek, a politics geek or a sci fi geek, but not everyone interested in football, politics or sci fi is a geek...
If you stand in a bar and tell a bunch of guys, "hey recently, i just can't stop fucking beautiful women". None of them are going to point and say "ah what a geek". Now replace "fucking beautiful women" with "collecting stamps"..."
But then someone who watches every home and away game his team plays, including reserve games and keeps meticulous records of each game would be called a football geek, whereas someone who watches a couple of games on his sky subscription every weekend would not be. |
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?"
Our wedding was a true geek fest, we decorated in comic book colours, the look of horror on the mother in laws face when I said black table cloths! But when she saw the other colours she totally got what we meant, our wedding cake was proper ‘kids birthday cake’ stuff (think there is a pic on here) and was totally geeky in everyway, even the colour was bright red! The only draw back was people from my work assumed it was a fancy dress reception (instead of asking me) so stayed away in droves, I was a bit sad about it but now I don’t actually give a fuck what they thought because you know what we had a fucking brilliant time! Even the pub played movie soundtracks to marvel films etc while our guests arrived, it was a lovely touch and wasn’t something we requested. I’d do it again tomorrow.
I don’t know what makes me geeky, I’m not afraid to say I like sci fi films etc, I love going to comic con like ads mentioned. I love anything that is remotely geeky when it comes to dress etc. If I could I would dress very alternative but I’m not confident enough to try it.
Even at my work hen party that I had with my residents my boss had superhero cupcakes made for me, she ‘got it’ totally lol.
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"Simon Pegg has said in the past, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
So what gets your inner geek going? What do you shamelessly love without fear of reprisal?
The definition seems incomplete. That's just having hobbies. I've never had to make excuses for my love of MMA because MMA is cool as fuck. The fact that i also enjoy renovating 8-bit consoles... less so
How is it incomplete? It’s about talking about what you shamelessly love and immerse yourself in
So every football fan is a geek?
Why not? There’s no select club to bring a geek!
A large part of being a geek is inclusivity, there doesn’t have to be ring fencing around the term.
When you make definitions broad enough then they become meaningless
Isn't the definition of geekiness having an obsessive, bordering on unhealthy, interest in something?
Thus one can be a football geek, a politics geek or a sci fi geek, but not everyone interested in football, politics or sci fi is a geek...
If you stand in a bar and tell a bunch of guys, "hey recently, i just can't stop fucking beautiful women". None of them are going to point and say "ah what a geek". Now replace "fucking beautiful women" with "collecting stamps"...
But then someone who watches every home and away game his team plays, including reserve games and keeps meticulous records of each game would be called a football geek, whereas someone who watches a couple of games on his sky subscription every weekend would not be. "
Maybe. There are some hobbies you could obsess over and never be called a geek |
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Supernatural. I have all the seasons. Can't wait till September, so i can buy the Season 13 boxset. would die if i got to go to one of the conventions. I'm one of those sad fan girls, but i don't care |
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"I’m into table top gaming
Warhammer 40k
The Batman miniatures game
Necromunda
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I used to game Warhammer 40k, but I actually more enjoyed paintingbthe figures |
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"Supernatural. I have all the seasons. Can't wait till September, so i can buy the Season 13 boxset. would die if i got to go to one of the conventions. I'm one of those sad fan girls, but i don't care "
Why do you think my online name is Dean?!
Best show ever!!
Castiel is awesome too and Crowley is just a brilliant character. |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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"Supernatural. I have all the seasons. Can't wait till September, so i can buy the Season 13 boxset. would die if i got to go to one of the conventions. I'm one of those sad fan girls, but i don't care "
Oh you're not sad in the slightest. Flippin' love Supernatural. I had a slight obsession with it in the earlier seasons and one of my highlights was guessing what folklore/mythology was being referenced. And the episode with the various deities in that Elysian Fields Hotel? Phwoar.
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"I’m into table top gaming
Warhammer 40k
The Batman miniatures game
Necromunda
I used to game Warhammer 40k, but I actually more enjoyed paintingbthe figures"
I buy most of mine second hand so they’re already built and painted which saves me time and money
I’ve probably got a couple of thousand pounds worth of figures for warhammer that I paid a fraction of that for, last time I count I think I had around 10,000 points of models...which considering 2000 points is the standard game and takes anywhere from 3-4 hours to play. |
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"Supernatural. I have all the seasons. Can't wait till September, so i can buy the Season 13 boxset. would die if i got to go to one of the conventions. I'm one of those sad fan girls, but i don't care
Oh you're not sad in the slightest. Flippin' love Supernatural. I had a slight obsession with it in the earlier seasons and one of my highlights was guessing what folklore/mythology was being referenced. And the episode with the various deities in that Elysian Fields Hotel? Phwoar.
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My type of woman! I used to love researching the folklore/mythology, surrounding some of the storylines  .
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Supernatural. I have all the seasons. Can't wait till September, so i can buy the Season 13 boxset. would die if i got to go to one of the conventions. I'm one of those sad fan girls, but i don't care
Oh you're not sad in the slightest. Flippin' love Supernatural. I had a slight obsession with it in the earlier seasons and one of my highlights was guessing what folklore/mythology was being referenced. And the episode with the various deities in that Elysian Fields Hotel? Phwoar.
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This is kind of the point of the thread; it’s not sad in the slightest. Being able to express your geek love in all its glory is the best thing!
As for supernatural? I love it! Certainly the early series. I named a set of cats that I had Castiel and Crowley |
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I used to know practically everything you could possibly know about Tolkien and what he had written(even so far as reading/annotating his collected volume of letters and attempting to hunt down where he had lived..).
Also had a hugely obsessional Marvel comics collecting thing going on in the early 90s. Nowadays I restrict myself to the odd Neil Gaiman/Alan Moore graphic novel in between the generally mainstream fiction and non fiction I read.
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I cut my teeth on Sharpe and discovered a love of old weaponry and traditional songs.
Now it's Firefly, Marvel, shannara, librarians, Vikings, magicians, last kingdom, game of thrones, Harry potter, lotr... basically anything that revolves around magic, history, fighting, paganism etc.
Oh and I have a large library of paranormal romance  |
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"I cut my teeth on Sharpe and discovered a love of old weaponry and traditional songs.
Now it's Firefly, Marvel, shannara, librarians, Vikings, magicians, last kingdom, game of thrones, Harry potter, lotr... basically anything that revolves around magic, history, fighting, paganism etc.
Oh and I have a large library of paranormal romance "
*Swoons* |
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"I cut my teeth on Sharpe and discovered a love of old weaponry and traditional songs.
Now it's Firefly, Marvel, shannara, librarians, Vikings, magicians, last kingdom, game of thrones, Harry potter, lotr... basically anything that revolves around magic, history, fighting, paganism etc.
Oh and I have a large library of paranormal romance
*Swoons* "
Are you in distress? I've always wanted to save a damsel in distress! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I cut my teeth on Sharpe and discovered a love of old weaponry and traditional songs.
Now it's Firefly, Marvel, shannara, librarians, Vikings, magicians, last kingdom, game of thrones, Harry potter, lotr... basically anything that revolves around magic, history, fighting, paganism etc.
Oh and I have a large library of paranormal romance
*Swoons*
Are you in distress? I've always wanted to save a damsel in distress! "
No, I’m good... |
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"I cut my teeth on Sharpe and discovered a love of old weaponry and traditional songs.
Now it's Firefly, Marvel, shannara, librarians, Vikings, magicians, last kingdom, game of thrones, Harry potter, lotr... basically anything that revolves around magic, history, fighting, paganism etc.
Oh and I have a large library of paranormal romance
*Swoons*
Are you in distress? I've always wanted to save a damsel in distress!
No, I’m good..."
Dammit * goes back to my potions homework! |
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"I cut my teeth on Sharpe and discovered a love of old weaponry and traditional songs.
Now it's Firefly, Marvel, shannara, librarians, Vikings, magicians, last kingdom, game of thrones, Harry potter, lotr... basically anything that revolves around magic, history, fighting, paganism etc.
Oh and I have a large library of paranormal romance
*Swoons*
Are you in distress? I've always wanted to save a damsel in distress!
No, I’m good...
Dammit * goes back to my potions homework!"
I did hurt my arm when I fell though... |
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"My favourites, although not limited to are;
Lord of the Rings
Anything Joss Wheddon
Star Wars
Marvel (films and comics)
The Walking Dead
Sci-fi and fantasy in general
Game of Thrones
The list could go on! "
This list could be mine plus
The Originals
Grimm
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
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I think "geek" has kind of lost it's meaning. It used to mean an interest in something vaguely academic with enthusiasm.
I think it now means wearing false glasses and liking generic mainstream American superhero movies that require little to no thought. |
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"I think "geek" has kind of lost it's meaning. It used to mean an interest in something vaguely academic with enthusiasm.
I think it now means wearing false glasses and liking generic mainstream American superhero movies that require little to no thought."
Yeah I'd agree with that. When Lord Of the Rings came out everyone and their dog considered themselves as a geek because it was the popular thing at the time. However some of us had already been into D&D and had read all the books and had the piss taken out of us for doing so lol |
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