Not at all. I still have nerdy tendencies and I hate them. They do not enhance my life in any way. They just make me into an insufferable jerk.SimuLord said:
Gamers but not geeks?
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I used to associate with nerds and geeks as my main group to associate with, then I started wanting to be something 'cooler,' and now I'm trying to be indifferent to the whole thing. People can be nerds/geeks with interests in cool guy stuff and cool guys can like nerd stuff. Anyone that says otherwise is just closeminded.
And in case anyone cares, the group I associate with now the most is furries, although I've calmed down with it since Febuary.
Edit: I guess I kinda went offtopic...
If something is an insult, then of course it will irritate me. But this can happen with just about anything. And no matter how I feel, I play games most of my life, I'm probably one of the top webcomic readers on this site, I'm a biology major at college, and I pretty much have no friends in real life. I'm a nerd.
And in case anyone cares, the group I associate with now the most is furries, although I've calmed down with it since Febuary.
Edit: I guess I kinda went offtopic...
If something is an insult, then of course it will irritate me. But this can happen with just about anything. And no matter how I feel, I play games most of my life, I'm probably one of the top webcomic readers on this site, I'm a biology major at college, and I pretty much have no friends in real life. I'm a nerd.
no im the sameSimuLord said:
i really dont feel comfortable being labelled as a geek
(especially since i hate most of the geeks at my school)
but i have geeky interests like gaming and some parts of technology
but luckily i can mostly brag my way in the middle - like there are cod fanboys who are also jocks/lads and in general im a bit of a joker so i kind of just supress that side of me mostly except on the internet
real life's interesting enough for me to not need to talk about videogames i find
Well no-one has ever called me a geek even though I openly admit my nerdy tendencies. This may just be because I'm a girl or it may be because I don't come across as a geek.
Either way, I wouldn't be bothered if someone did call me a nerd/geek. It's not really insulting.
Either way, I wouldn't be bothered if someone did call me a nerd/geek. It's not really insulting.
Just about everyone on my highschool football team played videogames, including me. I also watch anime and play D&D every once in a while. Yeah my team gave me crap but hey, I enjoy what I enjoy and im not ashamed.ace_of_something said:
Like you said it just makes me more of a complex person.
SimuLord said:Well muscle weighs more than fat. So if you're gaining muscle but losing weight, they sorta counter each other on the scales. But that's good to hear. Surely if accept yourself in terms of how you look, you can accept your hobbies and past-timesYour Nightmare said:
It doesn't matter if you don't fit into those stereotypical labels, just be yourself and be happy with it
yeah, I'm very athletic, smart, and have my nerd/geek qualities about me. I can easily pick up a basketball and have no issue with playing well, but at the same time I can do Calculus, discuss history on an intelligent level, and boast about how I grinded experience in Oblivion all weekend. I'm well-rounded and am in no way shape or form embarrassed by who I am. I can pretty much fit in with almost everyone. Well that was a rant, to say the least.
When someone calls you a nerd even if it's an insult, tell them "thanks for the complement." because it is, it means your smart, in some way. Me personally I take it as a complement no matter how it's thrown at me. I think this quote is from Bill Gates. He's says "Be nice to a nerd, he might be your boss in the future."SimuLord said:
lol You sound somewhat like me, minus the Calculus and basketball. I'm a football kind of guy. Although I have gotten a bit lazy over the past month or 2rt052192 said:
Hm. It's kinda rare that the first response to a thread is the thread ender.DeadlyYellow said:
DeadlyYellow is right, though. Just like what you like and don't worry about anything else. Labels are there for the sole purpose of ridiculing people that don't fit into specific ones.
Well, you ask if you're stuck in the middle. Have you thought about embracing the fact that you're not fully either, meaning you can talk with both semi-comfortably, as opposed to one comfortably and the other uncomfortably? Sometimes you have to look at it from a different angle. By being able to talk about both, you have just expanded the people you can talk with [more or less] comfortably by 100%! Woo! That's a good thing!
[sup]...Because knowing many people is good. Apparently.[/sup]
And no, I doubt you're alone in the whole 'uncomfortable with being labelled a geek' deal.
I just know I'm not in the same situation. I do label myself a geek. Why? Because I know I am. I've gone to a biomed conference and poked a few cadavers. Science geeky. I've occasionally freaked out about the prettiness of the lights used during a concert. Techie geeky. When all the guys start talking about the strategies for killing a cougar with a knife in Red Dead Redemption and all the other girls tune them out, I'm paying attention. Gamer geeky. I will be in complete awe of how a band can mix growls and calm, melodic string instruments. Music geek.
I am a geek. I'm not afraid of the label.
If others have a problem with me, they can deal.
Edit: And the thing is? I know I'm a geek. I am one for certain. Though, my geekiness is not immediately apparent to people passing by... Unless I'm in a fit of geek. I'll come off as a metalhead, a techie, a regular girl, to most people. And I'm fine with that.
They'll earn the full brunt of my geekiness later.
[sup]...Because knowing many people is good. Apparently.[/sup]
And no, I doubt you're alone in the whole 'uncomfortable with being labelled a geek' deal.
I just know I'm not in the same situation. I do label myself a geek. Why? Because I know I am. I've gone to a biomed conference and poked a few cadavers. Science geeky. I've occasionally freaked out about the prettiness of the lights used during a concert. Techie geeky. When all the guys start talking about the strategies for killing a cougar with a knife in Red Dead Redemption and all the other girls tune them out, I'm paying attention. Gamer geeky. I will be in complete awe of how a band can mix growls and calm, melodic string instruments. Music geek.
I am a geek. I'm not afraid of the label.
If others have a problem with me, they can deal.
Edit: And the thing is? I know I'm a geek. I am one for certain. Though, my geekiness is not immediately apparent to people passing by... Unless I'm in a fit of geek. I'll come off as a metalhead, a techie, a regular girl, to most people. And I'm fine with that.
They'll earn the full brunt of my geekiness later.
As a person with a lot of different interests, I have a lot of different friends and people in my life, with various interests etc etc etc.
I don't try to hide the fact that I'm a gamer, and pretty geeky/nerdy about it too.
When I'm with people who really don't care for gaming, I simply don't discuss it. We talk about shared interests rather than me going on about terms and experiences where they only understand about a third of the things I'm talking about.
Not so much a matter of me trying to hide my gaming self as it is keeping myself from talking about things other people don't care about.
People know that when I get home, I'll probably pick up a controller and immerse myself in whichever world has my interest at the time. They know, but they don't judge me for it or anything.
Some people like games, others like origami, some people like skydiving, others like to collect stamps. To each his own.
People are becoming more and more diverse these days, most people have more than one interest and different friends to share these interests with. Trying to force yourself to one side or the other just so you can have an official label, or just to 'fit in' with your friends seems a bit silly to me.
As long as you enjoy the people you spend your time with, and they enjoy your company as well, who cares what labels you have?
Concluding; I'm pretty comfortable with any of the labels I carry. I don't bug people with things they don't care about, and they accept that I have some interests that we don't share.
As a fairly open-minded person I do tend to attract other open-minded people, or just get my share of respect in return for respecting others' choices and interests, whether I agree with them or not.
If anyone doesn't like me for who/what I am, I couldn't care less, they're not the kind of people I'd want to spend time with anyway.
I don't try to hide the fact that I'm a gamer, and pretty geeky/nerdy about it too.
When I'm with people who really don't care for gaming, I simply don't discuss it. We talk about shared interests rather than me going on about terms and experiences where they only understand about a third of the things I'm talking about.
Not so much a matter of me trying to hide my gaming self as it is keeping myself from talking about things other people don't care about.
People know that when I get home, I'll probably pick up a controller and immerse myself in whichever world has my interest at the time. They know, but they don't judge me for it or anything.
Some people like games, others like origami, some people like skydiving, others like to collect stamps. To each his own.
People are becoming more and more diverse these days, most people have more than one interest and different friends to share these interests with. Trying to force yourself to one side or the other just so you can have an official label, or just to 'fit in' with your friends seems a bit silly to me.
As long as you enjoy the people you spend your time with, and they enjoy your company as well, who cares what labels you have?
Concluding; I'm pretty comfortable with any of the labels I carry. I don't bug people with things they don't care about, and they accept that I have some interests that we don't share.
As a fairly open-minded person I do tend to attract other open-minded people, or just get my share of respect in return for respecting others' choices and interests, whether I agree with them or not.
If anyone doesn't like me for who/what I am, I couldn't care less, they're not the kind of people I'd want to spend time with anyway.
You're most likely not the only one. I don't mind being called a nerd or a geek. I would actually get a little if someone where to call me that. I actually have has times when I've ranted at people for calling themselves nerds when they're not near what a real nerd should be like.
I am in the same spot as you. I'm in middle school, so everyone plays CoD, except like two kids who I guesse are considered "cool" But I'm off CoD now. The only reason I hang out with the , ahem, "cool" kids is cus I'm pretty funny in real life. But they play blindly, ignoring over powered things and without strategie. So when I talk about stuff like that, they're like "...ok?" I really suck at sports. I play them, I'm pretty fit, and I ride the unicycle, but that doesn't mean my main hobby isn't gaming hard. I don't know where I belong.SimuLord said:
I play games, I love webcomics (all though Marvel and suchlike I've always despised...anyway) and am a former WoWist. I am also so pro exercise I have been called a fitness freak, own more functional weapons (no dress blades or airsoft guns for me!) than anyone I know, and am enough of a military history and general history buff that I can go from a discussion of Plato's theories to how awesome Winston Churchill is, and precisely how he got his nickname.
If I am a nerd, geek, or w/e else people think up in the meantime so be it. I like who I am, and much prefer being me to being someone society says I should be. So long as you are happy with who you are, go ahead, and don't let the bastards get to you.
If I am a nerd, geek, or w/e else people think up in the meantime so be it. I like who I am, and much prefer being me to being someone society says I should be. So long as you are happy with who you are, go ahead, and don't let the bastards get to you.