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Geek: Person obsessed with an aspect of pop culture.
>Movies
>Anime
>Games
>Music

Nerd: Person obsessed with science/tech related subjects.
>Hacking (In it's truer definition)
>Math
>Chemistry

Nerdy Geek: Person who is obsessed with the idea of science/tech, but doesn't quite understand them.
>People who get tattoos of formula because they like image, not the content.
>New age existentialists brought about by a misunderstanding of string theory.
>People who follow popular scientists' viewpoints because they are popular scientists.

Geeky Nerd: Person who tries to explain an idea, through logical (sometimes mathematical) means, from a aspect of pop culture.
>Not quite sure of a good example...

Anyways... agree or disagree?

>> No.3207442

Geek:
>Anyone who owns an Apple product.

>> No.3207450

>>3207442
So 90% of America is a geek?

>> No.3207454

Geek
>>>/co/
>>>/lit/

Nerd
>>>/sci/

Retard
>>>/b/

>> No.3207472

>Geek: Person obsessed with an aspect of pop culture.
You darned kids. Always coming up with new meanings for old words.
> Nerd:...
Yes, but also geek.
> The rest = non sequitur.

>> No.3208868

>>3207454
Don't forget >>>/tg/.

>> No.3209131

>>3207435

I approve of this message.

>> No.3209135

>>3207454
i lold. touche.

>> No.3209140

I would consider myself both a geek and a nerd, given I assembled my first computer and know C++, but fucking love minecraft and read wired.

>> No.3209144

What about someone That loves literature, but also enjoys chemistry and mathematics very much?

>> No.3209164

a geeky nerd would be a professor who tries to relate with his students by using references to pop culture to explain the topic

>> No.3209183

>>3209144
then, you sir, are a well rounded intellectual.

>> No.3209196

>>3209183
I dislike the idea of people being well rounded. I personally don't give two fucks what shakespeare wrote, it's all simplistic garbage, for example

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>>3209196

>I dislike the idea of people being well rounded
>I personally don't give two fucks what shakespeare wrote
>it's all simplistic garbage

>> No.3209230

>>3209218
Can you explain to me why I should care , or why it isn't?

>> No.3209234

try giving less of a fuck dude

>> No.3209237

>>3209230
Shakespeare, Beethoven, etc. are our society's memes of sophistication, alas.

>> No.3209240

>>3209230
>>Can you explain to me why I should care , or why it isn't?

pretty influential in the development of the english language, both written and spoken
which... you know, you use pretty frequently

>> No.3209242

I think this is quite not objective. I'm an somewhat active member of a hacker community, and they are fond of calling themselves geeks.

>> No.3209253

>>3209237
da. Old is good.
>>3209240
The English language is one of the worst languages there is, it has very little logical structure compared to others.

finding relevant video now

>> No.3209257

>>3209253
found it.
http://www.wimp.com/haspoint/

>> No.3209265

Neek
>obsessed with distinguishing geeks and nerds

>> No.3209266

>>3209253
>>The English language is one of the worst languages there is, it has very little logical structure compared to others.
>>implying this is a bad thing
>>implying English isn't top tier

hey I'd rather be able to do whatever the hell I want in english 10 different ways, than have to suck a million grammar cocks in french

>> No.3209270

>>3209266
The shit are you on about.

>> No.3209271

>>3209196
It was revolutionary in his time and that's why it's become so venerated. The reason that it seems so simplistic now is because we've incorporated the words and grammatical structures of his writings into our everyday language. Why don't you try doing that with a play or book?