Is it cool to be a nerd/geek?

Green Mile · 25-07-2012 04:00PM #1

When I was in school, even though I knew the answer to the questions being asked, I would not dare put up my hand to answer.
I really liked watching star trek on tv but I wouldn't dare tell anyone.

Basically it was cool to be a hardman and a bit dense, you'd get respect for it and you'd feel like you were fitting in.

I think now its cool to be a geek and to know what Alt+Equals does on an excel sheet.
It appears to be acceptable to boast about the constellations and and talk about new phone/tablet apps that your developing.

Is it now cool to be a geek? Even The Big Bang Theory on tv is rather popular.

I wish I didn't repress my geekyness when I was younger, I'd probably have a good IT job rather than an administrative role.

Would you agree?

AnonoBoy · 25-07-2012 04:01PM

Haven't you heard?
Being a d*ckhead's cool.

davet82 · 25-07-2012 04:03PM

Shut up and give me your lunch money!

Diapason · 25-07-2012 04:03PM

I'm pretty sure you'd still be wedgied senseless.

smash · 25-07-2012 04:04PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Haven't you heard?
Being a d*ckhead's cool.

According to the other thread, chicks love that shít.

Funglegunk · 25-07-2012 04:04PM

Green Mile wrote: »

When I was in school, even though I knew the answer to the questions being asked, I would not dare put up my hand to answer.
I really liked watching star track on tv but I wouldn't dare tell anyone.

Basically it was cool to be a hardman and a bit dense, you'd get respect for it and you'd feel like you were fitting in.

I think now its cool to be a geek and to know what Alt+equals does on an excel sheet.
It appears to be acceptable to boast about the constellations and and talk about new phone/tablet apps that your developing.

Is it now cool to be a geek? Even the Big Bang Theory on tv is rather popular.

I wish I didn't repress my geekyness when I was younger, I'd probably have a good IT job rather than an administrative role.

Would you agree?

It's not cooler now to be a geek than it was back then. Everyone just gets older and cares less and less about that sort of thing.

kfallon · 25-07-2012 04:04PM

Knowledge is power my friend!

BioDylan · 25-07-2012 04:05PM

I was always the geeky one too! But I had no problem answering any questions as no one thought I was cool anyway as I hated sports which was a big component of our school.

With college I think it's like the opposite sometimes anyway, people respect the nerd cause at some point they'll prob be asking for their help :cool:

And yes who doens't love the big bang theory but i don't know if its still any cooler to be an actual geek/nerd, either way, still proud!:)

foxyboxer · 25-07-2012 04:05PM

Have I told you about the Star Track tablet app I'm developing? :cool:

puffishoes · 25-07-2012 04:06PM

you were a nerd/geek before nerds/geeks were cool?

f*cking hipsters.

Forsure · 25-07-2012 04:06PM

Haven't you heard? - The Geek shall inherit the Earth...

kfallon · 25-07-2012 04:06PM

*hits Alt + =*

Wooo hooo! Nice one poindexter, thanks for that :pac:

NegativeCreep · 25-07-2012 04:07PM

Depends on how far you take it. It's ok to talk about android and and iPhone apps and stuff like that but talking about star constellations is taking it too far. It's not that you'd get beaten up for it though. it's just that most people aren't interested in these types of things and are probably going to react negatively to these things which they do not understand :L

And yes, it's ok to know answers to questions in school these days. I can't see why it wouldn't be. I was good in school during class, used to answer questions all the time but that didn't mean that I didn't fit in with people :L Quite the opposite actually, I'd give them answers during tests and they'd think I was sound :L Grand stuff :L

smash · 25-07-2012 04:07PM

Ah here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

Hazys · 25-07-2012 04:09PM

Being a geek or nerd doesnt necessarily make you smart.

Being a hardman doenst necessarily make you dense either.

CucaFace · 25-07-2012 04:09PM

kfallon wrote: »

*hits Alt + =*

Wooo hooo! Nice one poindexter, thanks for that :pac:

Ha ha same as that.

Never knew about it either.

Biggins · 25-07-2012 04:11PM

Green Mile wrote: »

Is it cool to be a nerd/geek?

My wife who married one, says "Yes!"

kfallon · 25-07-2012 04:11PM

CucaFace wrote: »

Ha ha same as that.

Never knew about it either.

That's cos we're cool and not a geek

Tho we may be turning into one now :eek:

kfallon · 25-07-2012 04:12PM

Biggins wrote: »

My wife who married one, says "Yes!"

And she left him for a boring old fart like you??? :eek:

Just messin' with ya Biggy Smalls

antodeco · 25-07-2012 04:17PM

As an ex theoretical physicist I can tell you that to be a geek, one could consider it to be cool, but evidence suggests that this cooling effect is simply the transfer of ones ability to consummate to that of being avoided at social interactions. The transfer of one ability to another creates this cooling effect to such an extent, that to be a geek could technically be called 'hyper cool'.

Biggins · 25-07-2012 04:22PM

kfallon wrote: »

And she left him for a boring old fart like you??? :eek:

Yep. Lucky me!

danniemcq · 25-07-2012 04:25PM

Just remember

the bible wrote:

the geek shall inherit the earth

Duggy747 · 25-07-2012 04:26PM

I'm supposedly a nerd because I'm an IT technician.

I'm supposedly their best friend because something electronical is broken and they need me to fix it.

I'm definitely a couple of quid richer because I don't fix their shìt for free. :pac:

JamieKCCO · 25-07-2012 04:27PM

Just because they wear fake glasses doesn't mean their IQ is higher than that of a potato

AnonoBoy · 25-07-2012 04:31PM

JamieKCCO wrote: »

Just because they wear fake glasses doesn't mean their IQ is higher than that of a potato

That's hipsters not nerds.

Duggy747 · 25-07-2012 04:31PM

Anyways, alot of wimmen say they love nerdy / geeky boys. What they actually mean is fellas who were thick glasses (sometimes without lenses) when they don't need them and wear something with an obscure 80's reference. Pretty average guys coated in irony and sarcasm.

One whiff of a comic or a computer game and she's not interested in him

AnonoBoy · 25-07-2012 04:33PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

One whiff of a comic or a computer game and she's not interested in him

I went out with a girl once who thought I was quite nerdy (I am) but then told me a while later when I went to see Ireland play a match that she wouldn't have been interested in me at the start if she knew I liked sports.

JamieKCCO · 25-07-2012 04:34PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

That's hipsters not nerds.

Well then I've a few apologies to make to some folk then...

Green Mile · 25-07-2012 04:35PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

Anyways, alot of wimmen say they love nerdy / geeky boys. What they actually mean is fellas who were thick glasses (sometimes without lenses) when they don't need them and wear something with an obscure 80's reference. Pretty average guys coated in irony and sarcasm.

One whiff of a comic or a computer game and she's not interested in him

I agree,
these wimmen you speak of like all types of men. I read that a study was carried out on that species and they are attracted to different types of men, depending on their menstrual cycle whatever that is

Agricola · 25-07-2012 04:35PM

Of course its now cool. Take computer games, they were only the province of sad cases when I was growing up* now they are a multi billion dollar industry bigger than Hollywood. You would be actually more weird nowadays if you didnt game in some shape or form.

* I proudly count myself one of them!

foxyboxer · 25-07-2012 04:36PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I went out with a girl once who thought I was quite nerdy (I am) but then told me a while later when I went to see Ireland play a match that she wouldn't have been interested in me at the start if she knew I liked sports.

A man who has an interest in Sports? Ye gads!!!!

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