Comment Re:They call them geeks (Score 2, Insightful) 358
I call myself "geek" with much pride.
I think 20 years ago, yeah, being a "geek" was a bad thing. But, in the past several years, "geek" has become tres chic, especially after the rise of the Internet and the personal computer invading everyone's home. Hell, now if I call myself a "geek", I'm Mr. Popular with people coming up to me asking me all kinds of stupid computer questions, and in gasp of the stuff I have on my computer (such as 6 CDs worth of MacGyver episodes).
And, "geek" is only a word. It has the meaning you give it. If you take offense to the word "geek", then that's something you have to deal with yourself. To me, I am a proud "geek" ... it's a purely positive word to me. Someone calls me a "geek", I say "damn straight!"
I think 20 years ago, yeah, being a "geek" was a bad thing. But, in the past several years, "geek" has become tres chic, especially after the rise of the Internet and the personal computer invading everyone's home. Hell, now if I call myself a "geek", I'm Mr. Popular with people coming up to me asking me all kinds of stupid computer questions, and in gasp of the stuff I have on my computer (such as 6 CDs worth of MacGyver episodes).
And, "geek" is only a word. It has the meaning you give it. If you take offense to the word "geek", then that's something you have to deal with yourself. To me, I am a proud "geek"
