Who are the coolest geeks?

yeah

oh no i get it! sorry i didnt quite get that yr posts were on the same topic. i sort of skimmed down.

I THINK WERE IN AGREEMENT

mostly i just wanted to defend design geeks since many of my loved ones are design geeks, the cool/not cool thing came as an afterthought I STILL LOVE YOU TOM KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT

nah fuckit just gonna kill m'self

2 late brah

2 late

if anyone knows andi maybe you should call him to make sure he is ok.

i <3 this thread.

Jordan, not that goths are geeks, but goths can include many who fall under that earlier description (isn't "geek" meant to mean, like, an excessive interest in and knowledge of something? not necessarily, social ineptitude, innit. it's just that they often come as part of a package): sex geeks (subset: S&M geeks), Wicca geeks, Anglophile geeks, vinyl geeks. And these are Goth Geeks. Plus the really uncomfortable ones.

Music geeks – They are usually pretty big crepes to me

Computer geeks/hackers – You can play the Hackers 2 drinking game with them, big case of Hamm's, fun night

Gamers – It is pretty endearing when you ask someone what they're doing that weekend and they say "working on my character"

Movie buffs – If you find yourself seated next to one on a flight you will have a fun conversation that makes the flight go quickly (I just discovered this)

Role-playing game geeks – See this I think of as "gamers"

LARPers (Live Action Role-Playing game) – Harmless and nice people

Comic geeks – Can be totally cool to talk to abt comics BUT also tend to be crepes to me, random ones IRL anyway

Sci-fi/fantasy/horror fans – These ones get the worst tattoos

Theatre/dance/opera enthusiasts – Mean! Meanies.

Mathletes – These are my people.

Board game geeks – Really rad, quiet people who you can have a fun and chill evening with. They will also tell you about new board games if you ask.

Numismatists/philatelists – Stamp collectors? They are rad because they pop a million boners if a stamp says like "National Beast Cancer Awareness Month" or if it has two douglas fir trees on it when it is supposed to have four.

Card collectors – I just don't understand at all.

Toy collectors – Creepy collecting habits, weird fetishization of some hermetically sealed youth they never had.

Furries – They live harmless but very sad lives.

Historical reenactment folks (Renaissance fairs, Medievalists, etc.) – They spend too much money on their shit, which would make for an uncomfortable relationship. "You can't buy another silk jocard, honey, you overran your minutes."

Some other type of geeks (specify) – I can geek out with a lot of the geeks but the most satisfying geekout is with a flag geek, or an invertebrate geek.

I am changing my vote to "other: Teeny"

fashion geeks

A flag geek?

What is "Numismatists?" Probably those!

Coin geeks.

politics geeks. as in, know riding names across the country and know which of canada's 308 ridings are lib/con/NDP/likely-to-swing. also, knows congressional districts, which are swing seats, which are open seats?
lots of people know what's going on and have opinions, but politics geeks know the stats and the histories. i.e. when have canada and the US had concurrent elections?

these people are my favourite.

oh, um, reads political play-by-plays and biographies to wind down.

The word "Mathlete," is it a joke?

It's what Lindsey Lohan's math quiz team were called in Mean Girls! COME ON!

that story in the believer about gary gygax and the whole game underground in the 60's and 70's.

Scott, any idea where I can read this?

I guess we are now answering the question!

Where are the foodies?

In the company of film geeks, I always disparage our race, but I hafta represent here. I was almost inclined to vote for horror geeks, but too many of them are just adventurous Bruce Campbell fans.

Some other type of geeks (specify)

Where are the foodies?

-- Eric H., Tuesday, 1 January 2008 21:48 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Molecular gastronomists are easily the coolest geeks.

This poll will have a mirror images "least coolest," right?

no

http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/food/07/05/16_eggfiasco_lg.jpg

Guys who have to decide where to stop shaving, c/d?

Retrocomputing geeks.

We have the coolest, blinkingest toys, and we don't get asked to fix windows problems.

Yeah but there's nothing worse than being around two buds having a 15-minute conversation about who started out with the slowest internet connection.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

i think i'll go with toy collector

http://www.cyber-heritage.co.uk/bonnets/toys.jpg

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Yes, they are being so cool!!

Where is a face to be exhibiting one's SARCASM >_<

"Mathletes" now is continuing to be a good laugh! XD Good job MATHLETE! You have obtained a silver medal.

ILX in learning nothing from ILX shocker.

nah, the nature geek goes out to nature reserves on their weekends and looks for plants and animals. the lepidopterists and birdwatchers are foremost in this field; butterflies and avians elicit that much more excitement. the real ultras draw pictures of what they've seen in their notebooks, habitat and all. often bearded, they can frequently be found with binoculars. rarely harmful. sturdy walking-boots, goretex mac.

― Just got offed, Saturday, 29 December 2007 01:44 (6 years ago)

everything was boardwalked & the circuit could have been negotiated in carpet slippers today fwiw