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"Geek is chic!"
I'll bet a geek came up with that one. 
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I'm not a nerd or a geek. Thank heavens my eyes are good enough to not need glasses, otherwise I'd be in danger of being categorised as one just because of a fine mind and a melancholy temperament.
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Oct 1, 2008 - 10:48 PM
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MWRuger
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I’d say we definitely are geeks. But that is okay because we are winning the culture wars. With the ascension of video gaming, computer use, SF and Fantasy, anime and comics, all former nerdy pursuits, there isn’t much room for anything else.
Of the top 100 grossing movies of all time 49 of them (adjusted for inflation) are all from this category. Of those 49 films only 8 were released before 1977 (These 8 were all Disney animated films). So that means that 41 of the all time grossing films (adjusted for inflation) are SF, Comic, Fantasy or Animated.
With Stars Wars proving that SF could make HUGE money and with the dominance of the computer and the net, life in popular culture has changed dramatically. Even 4H (agriculture) kids are computer users and are exposed the geeky side of life (They probably even sneer at the idea midiclhroians).
Being a geek is not only socially acceptable but supergeeks are almost revered. When I was in school, I was an outcast. At 47, suddenly I have dozens of 20-30 year old friends who love to hear about all the geeky stuff I saw and did. I told one guy that I saw Star Trek when it was first broadcast and he was excited and wanted to know what it was like. (As if he hadn’t seen the damn things a dozen times himself.) One went so far as to say that if I was in high school now, I would actually be popular!
Even film music is considered quasi-cool. "Who composed the music for…" is a favorite game with an argument developing over whether Billy Corrigan or Elia Cimral should be considered composer for Stigmata.
Geek culture is simply everwhere.
Consider this: I was at an art museum with a few of my friends (all geeks of one sort or another) and two attractive girls walked by (Early to mid 20s). All we caught was a snippet of conversation:
“Granted, if Cthulhu was alive and living in Colorado…”
This would never have happened 20 years ago. They weren’t indulging their geeky boyfriends and they weren’t geeky looky, emo or goth wanabees, they were two normal looking girls talking about a formally obscure, dead misogynist’s most famous creation (available in 3 different sizes of plush and various styles).
Greatest time in history to be a geek.
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Greatest time in history to be a geek.
I enjoy being a geek!
I hear so many people complain about how boring their lives are...but I NEVER hear geeks having that particular complaint. If you're a geek, there's ALWAYS something that will keep you interested and engaged.
Especially now that we've essentially taken over the world.
(I went to a high school reunion about 10 years ago, and ran into some of my old non-geeky rivals. I wouldn't trade my life for any of theirs. Their lives have become so robotic, so...boring. So, essentially, I won.)
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