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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2019-06-08 03:49 pm

[ SECRET POST #4537 ]


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(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that image supposed to explain the difference between nerds vs geeks because I'm even more confused now than I was before.

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Nerds are dicks and geeks bite the heads off live chickens? Wait, wrong definitions. Idk.

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel like most people would say that nerds are generally more socially awkward than geeks so I get that aspect of it.

But it also reminds me of the way that some people get a superiority complex over one way of doing fandom and being a "true fan" or "true geek" or what not, and I really hate that whole idea. It's so immediately toxic. On either side, really. Anytime it goes beyond just annoyance and preferences, it's very frustrating.

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think that's what OP is talking about, though. I think OP is talking specifically about the fact that blogging has become less of a nerdy past time. Which I agree with, and it's a shame.

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
SA - That said, the image is a little self-contradictory. :/

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, no, sorry, I'm not talking about the OP when I say that by any means, just the image. The image does make me a little confused about what OP really means by "nerdy" (which is a word I think is confusing in general) but you're right about what they meant.

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
AYRT: It's a bummer because I think everyone (so far) is missing the point when it's actually something worth discussing.

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's genuine confusion!
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[personal profile] malurette 2019-06-08 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
And where do dorks stand?

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Dorks can get right in my bed, please.

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
+1, Star Wars/superheroes vs Star Trek? Huh?

The webcomic Cat and Girl had one of my favorite takes (though people seem to flip on which is the “bad” term):

http://catandgirl.com/oxford-english-cat-and-girl/

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
new anon to this thread

See, now I'm even more confused because Klingon is on different sides in the image and the comic...

(Anonymous) 2019-06-08 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Ayrt- Yes - that’s an example of people disagreeing on which is the “bad” term (or at least which refers to a hyper-specific obsession with limited practical value), depending on how they’ve heard them used. I think one of the commenters on the comic mentions using the terms the other way around, too.

(I’d also argue against record collecting being sorted into that category, personally!)
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[personal profile] jadeile 2019-06-08 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I always refer to this video whenever I get confused about the differences between geeks and nerds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tvy_Pbe5NA
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[personal profile] wannabe_influential 2019-06-08 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I genuinely thought that link was gonna send me to a Rickroll
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[personal profile] esteefee 2019-06-09 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
Me, too!