are you.......??

[FlamingPotato-J]

I am a geek not really a nerd, though one may use the two interchangeably if they are not on the..."inside".

I can build computers, and i forum/game whore, but i am NOT a programmer.

[Spee]

Geek. I have quite a social life, and play sports. However, a lot of my social life is derived from geek-related activites - LAN Parties, D&D, etc. However, I do hang out with my friends quite a bit.

Im a geek, but I also retain some normal-person qualities. Have had some relationships, one lasted 6 months, the others, 2 or 3 weeks. Wangface.

[Kikinchikin]

It's all relative. If I went to a school somewhere in Oklahoma where sports and football are the most important things in the world, then I would be a huge geek. But living in Virginia and going to the school I go to, I would say no. If anything I consider myself eccentric. I'm not a jock, gangster, stoner, drama kid, band kid, goth, science kid or anything else. I don't fit in any cliques or groups, I associate with a large, diverse group of people, although only a few I actually consider "good friends." I consider myself much more open minded and intellectual than most of the people I know and thus am sometimes annoyed by them (IE idiot racists, girls that act like ditzs, people that consider any conversation that goes beyond what they drank/smoked/banged on Friday a deep one).

As for games being important in my life, yes I consider them very important. I take them seriously and they are one of my major hobbies. However, I also race gokarts, am a professional comedian in a comedy troupe, bowl, love auto racing, enjoy photography, used to run cross country before my knees fucked up, spend time with friends, work hard in school, and more. But, as I stated, it's all relative. What someone thinks a nerd is another may think isn't.

[Triggar]

I have a boyfriend who is a geek, but a very social, clean, loveable geek.

I have friends in many different countries who go out and drink and go out and see movies and throw dinner parties.

I do yoga and pilates. I used to play soccer, lacrosse, and softball. I quit playing softball when I realised my teammates were hitting on me (that was 7th grade).

[JetRaiden]

Originally Posted by Triggar

I have a boyfriend who is a geek, but a very social, clean, loveable geek.

I have friends in many different countries who go out and drink and go out and see movies and throw dinner parties.

I do yoga and pilates. I used to play soccer, lacrosse, and softball. I quit playing softball when I realised my teammates were hitting on me (that was 7th grade).

z0mg lacrosse=win

[Kikinchikin]

Originally Posted by Triggar

I quit playing softball when I realised my teammates were hitting on me (that was 7th grade).

[Triggar]

Originally Posted by JetRaiden

z0mg lacrosse=win

Agreed. I used to get into a lot of trouble, because in girls lacrosse, you're not supposed to hit eachother (since all you wear are shin guards). But we always played this one team that played dirty, and after three games worth of taking their shit, we lost it, and those girls got bruised and muddy.

[MrPaul]

I don't think I qualify for either. I'm one of the "subtley cool" people. I say this because my school is full of people like this so it's not hard to be cool. Personally I'm rarely around people my age, and much prefer to hang out with people from the sixth form, or one of the local Universities. I go to parties (well, a lot less recently, as I've been putting aside time to study, shame I never actually do it ), have had more than my share of girlfriends, and quite a lot of friends. I'm very smart (apparently) yet no-one calls me a nerd, so I guess I must be doing some things right!

[Octavian]

nerd ? ? That term has always made me feel bad.

do you have a life? Sort of
a girlfriend/boyfriend (who isn't a nerd like you maybe)? Never had one.
friends ? Well obviously
do you play sports ? Hell no
are you good ? As in I've never gotten a detention in my life at school? Then yes.
are games a big part of your life ? Yes
all of your life ? Except for when I was a little baby.
are parties for you lan parties ? My friends think it's too geeky to do that.
or actual parties ? I haven't been to an actual party since April and even then I just played MP2 all night on my friend's PC.

[Doop]

Originally Posted by ObnoxiousFrog

It's not that jocks are idiots, its just that a lot of them are hypocrits who use the model citizen stereotype propogated by 1956 film and end up, at least in the case of my school, raping a retarded girl in the ass behind the bleachers during the football game. That's why I hate jocks.


"Cuz you're a jock who was too stupid and too greedy
And too unmotivated to do anything else but still be
The biggest and still do what other people tell you to do
You did it to still be a winner"

-Xiu Xiu, "Support our Troops (Black Angels OH!)"

Damn you all. My first name is Jock.
The memories, the memories ;_;

(which is kinda ironic seeing as how I'm a guy who doesn't leave my chair by any means)

[martyr]

Originally Posted by Derfud

Quite Right. I would also define myself as a geek. Usually I call lesser geeks, so to speak, nerds. Especially the ones that know nothing about computers, and replay final fantasy all day.

yes.
geek not nerd.

i have friends. i don't go to otakon. i have a girlfriend. i don't play magic: the gathering.

however, other cliques (meaning the ignorant) don't realize that there's a difference; they just think i'm not a nerd/geek or that i am, depending on whether they meet me when i'm working or not.

[Triggar]

Doop, seriously I have to ask - why in hell did your parents name you "Jock"? Did they lose a bet?

And yes, Martyr is a class-act geek. The first time he told me he loved me was in a card, in a bouquet of tulips, spelled out in ASCII binary.

[Infernus]

Jock is supposedly a different version of the name Jack... but still its rofflelicious.


Now elaborate on the difference between a geek and a nerd for me... I'm not so sure about my answer. YOU PEOPLE ARE HINDERING MY SEARCH FOR MY INNER SELF!

[Doop]

Originally Posted by Triggar

Doop, seriously I have to ask - why in hell did your parents name you "Jock"? Did they lose a bet?

I'm named after a dude named Jock who is like my great great granddad or something. But he sucks. My name sucks. I'm not a Jock, I should be DOOP.

MY NAME ISN'T JOCK
IT'S DOOP!

DOOP!

[ChewyLSB]

I think a nerd is basically a worse form of Geek. If that's so, I'm a nerd.