Loving Your Geek, Tolerating His Hobbies By Matthew Sakey or something

[evolvinglyfree]

Back when I was in high school, geeks were not highly regarded as potential boyfriend material. (Being one of them I am eminently qualified to attest to this.) Comic books, thick glasses, computers and chess club just don't match the selling potential of varsity jackets and cool cars. However, it's been noted that some geeks grow up to found

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[telepyronetic]

that's amusing.

*poke poke* it's mia. you should like. friend me back or something. just 'cause i say so. ^__^

daaaamn, homie.

[anonymous]

nice. quality. funny. lol. *poke*. *smiling*. :D *hug*

lisa

*now begins to wonder if her sister thinks she's a geek because she enjoys watching the same movies over and over again...:P*

[zealia]

Geek: common in the English vernacular as an alternately derogatory and empowering label of outcasted, computer-savvy, socially awkward, disdainful of authority, highly intelligent individuals. Pocket protectors, duct-taped glasses and "Revenge of the Nerds" are no longer symbolic of this nation of geeks (ok, maybe "Revenge of the Nerds" still applies). They are united by the Internet, and tend to actually understand its capabilities. Still, they are as marginalized and misunderstood as the original geeks (circus freaks biting the heads off chickens) - witness the two infamous geeks from Littleton, Colorado - though they have undeniably made great strides

[zealia]

"Geeks" is a study in extremes: Jesse is reformed. He becomes a social geek, active in the intellectual community. Eric is not. There are those geeks who make it mainstream - Bill Gates, for example - and those who do not.

Jesse and Eric represent these two extremes. How can one help but revel in Jesse's conquest of the "system," the same one that expels unhappy anarchists from study halls? At the same time, there remains an acute nagging fear that for every geek that beats the odds and escapes high school unscathed, there is one left behind, still stinging from the festering pain of not fitting in. "Geeks" should be required reading for every Prom Queen, parent, member of Congress and high school miscreant in this country. It is a tale familiar to too many, and often ignored by the forces that govern our society.

The geek, after all, shall inherit the Earth.