OT: And I Thought We Were All A Little Geeky...

[JohnL]

I got 24.45759% - Geek

Probably would have been higher as there are a lot of things on the list that I would do, but haven't ever had the opportunity to, like going to a sci-fi con.

[Eirik]

"Ahem!
It's a TREKKER....not a TREKKIE!"

ASHTHECAT, your score just went up by 1.0%!

[Susan]

ASHTHECAT wrote:

> Ahem!
> It's a TREKKER....not a TREKKIE!
>
> Hehe!


The Lite Hearted Trekker vs Trekkie List.

A Trekker wears a starfleet uniform to a convention because it's fun.
A Trekkie wears a starfleet uniform to a convention because s/he has
   heard that it is in style at the academy.

A Trekker has a Starfleet Academy window sticker on his car.
A Trekkie is cramming for the entrance exams.

A Trekker meets Marina Sirtis/Gates McFadden at a convention, tells
   her how pretty he thinks she is, that it is too bad she is
   married or he would ask her out.
A Trekkie meets Deanna Troi/Dr. Crusher at a convention, tells her how
   pretty he thinks she is, and asks her if she is still seeing Riker
   (Picard, some alien patient, et al).

A Trekker loves watching the show, nitpicking and discussing it with
   friends.
A Trekkie loves watching those documentaries filmed aboard the
   Enterprise.

A Trekker thinks Wil Wheaton was a lucky kid who got to play a kid on
   Star Trek.
A Trekkie thinks that Wesley Crusher was a lucky kid who got to sit on
   the bridge.

A Trekker thinks that it is a shame that the show is coming to an end.
A Trekkie thinks that it is a shame that the crew is being reassigned
   and the Enterprise is being decomissioned.

A Trekker knows that there are gaping holes in the technology, but
   ignores them and enjoys the show.
A Trekkie can't wait for the price to come down on those home food
   replicator units.

A Trekker buys pips for the rank s/he wants to be.
A Trekkie wonders why he is constantly passed over for promotion.

A Trekker tells his/her new girl/boyfriend that s/he really likes Star Trek.
A Trekkie's new girl/boyfriend is an underclassman at the academy.

A Trekker wonders what sex in zero g would be like.
A Trekkie wonders what sex would be like.

[Cullen]

Ouch.  Ouch ouch.

A neat little post.

But really.  Ouch.

Makes me glad I'm a Whovian.

[Grumpy Guy]

Cullen wrote:

> Ouch.  Ouch ouch.
>
> A neat little post.
>
> But really.  Ouch.
>
> Makes me glad I'm a Whovian.
> >

Yeah - me, too.  Although, you could easily make a similar list of differences between Whovians and Whoites.

Really, you could.

And what are you saying "ouch" for?  Last I checked you didn't really like Star Trek - none of that stuff even comes close to being related to applying to you.

Or do you have a secret crush on Dr. Crusher?

C'mon, man.  You can tell me.  I'm your brother.

I'll only laugh a little bit.

[Rombles]

31% - Total Geek (even after I went back and took out the ones I exagerated about).  Would have been more but we don't have the damn Sci-fi Channel here in Australia....

I'm pretty happy with that result :-)


Geeks rule.


Does having a long debate with my very geeky brother about the difference between a geek and a nerd make me more of a geek?

Can anyone else give a decent definition of the difference between a geek and a nerd?

[Cricket21a]

>A Trekker wonders what sex in zero g would be like.
>A Trekkie wonders what sex would be like.
>Quoted from Susan

check out this webb site.  I can't believe they actually made a movie about that.




http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/movies/uranus_experiment_000516.html

[Cullen]

Grumpy Guy wrote:
 
> Yeah - me, too.  Although, you could easily make a similar list
> of differences between Whovians and Whoites.
>
> Really, you could.

I deny the existance of Whoites.   I deny it.

NOPE.  DENIED.
 
> And what are you saying "ouch" for?  Last I checked you didn't
> really like Star Trek - none of that stuff even comes close to
> being related to applying to you.

That doesn't mean I can't feel their pain.  I'm not cold and insensitive like you are.

Ya big meanie.
 
> Or do you have a secret crush on Dr. Crusher?
>
> C'mon, man.  You can tell me.  I'm your brother.
>
> I'll only laugh a little bit.

Low blow.  As if anyone one on that cast could hold a candle to Sarah.  Or Leela.  Or Romana (either one).  Or...

Er.

Excuse me.

Doesn't matter.  You wouldn't understand, anyways.  

You and your Captain Janeway wallpaper.

[susanv]

Rombles wrote:


> Does having a long debate with my very geeky brother about the
> difference between a geek and a nerd make me more of a geek?
>
> Can anyone else give a decent definition of the difference
> between a geek and a nerd?

TO me anyone can be a geek in disguise, it's all about your secret little hobbies, talents and lifestyle.  Geeks are the clark kent that can easily blend in with society. A geek is proud to be a geek.

A nerd, however, cannot pass for the average joe but yearns to be just like everyone else (as where the geek finds inner peace at being different)...., and a nerd isn't always the brightest bulb in the socket

[ulthar]

Historically, the term geek was very much a strong insult.  It has only recently come to use as a term that people embrace.  Carnivals and such used to have 'geeks' that people paid money to see.  Geeks had physical deformities as well as behavioral 'issues.'  They were the ones who bit the heads off chickens and the like.

Not sure, but I don't think nerd has ever been used to imply 'something is wrong' like geek was.  I always thought nerd was more of a social descriptor...like if one not 'cool' (very subjective), one is a 'nerd.'

Haven't studied it though..just my perceptions.

[JohnL]

>Low blow. As if anyone one on that cast could hold a candle to Sarah. Or Leela.
>Or Romana (either one). Or...

Sarah was always my favorite, followed by Nyssa. Jo was kind of cute also.

[Grumpy Guy]

Cullen wrote:

> Low blow.  As if anyone one on that cast could hold a candle to
> Sarah.  Or Leela.  Or Romana (either one).  Or...
>
> Er.
>
> Excuse me.
>
> Doesn't matter.  You wouldn't understand, anyways.  
>
> You and your Captain Janeway wallpaper.
>

What the hell are you talking about?  I've never had Janeway wall paper.

I'm much more likely to have T'pal wall paper.

Or Nyssa.  Or Romana (either one).

But, as you well know, I'm MUCH more likely to have Anime wallpaper.  Like the current desktop consisting of the girls from Love Hina.

:-P

[Grumpy Guy]

Leela and Romana (both) are tied for the position of My Favorite Companion, but I found Sara the easiest to look at.  That's Sara Jane Smith, not Sarah Kingdom.  

Going back a ways, Zoe was easy on the eyes, too.

Am I actually having this discussion?  Yes.  Yes I am.

I am a Geek, and I am proud.

[Cullen]

Me thinkith he doth protest too much.

Sure there's Love Hina there.  Now.  But before...

Sadness.

Not that I'm that much better.  I had Daleks as my wallpaper for a time.

How sad is that?

[Cullen]

Grumpy Guy wrote:

> I found Sara the easiest to look at.
> That's Sara Jane Smith, not Sarah Kingdom.  
[snip]
> I am a Geek, and I am proud.

A geek, maybe, but not a true Doctor Who fan.  It's SARAH Jane Smith.  Sarah with an H.

What makes this especially gigglesome is that Kingdom's name is spelt Sara.  You got 'em reversed!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

(I'm probably sad for knowing that.  Or for caring.)