So I was reading this article ( http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarabrown/2012/03/26/dear-fake-geek-girls-please-go-away/ ) and found it really interesting, so I thought I would share it with you lovely people. Here's a quick summary (copy and paste chunks) of the article:
"Lately I've been thinking a lot about what it was like for me being a geeky girl growing up and what it's like for geeky girls nowadays. It's a totally different world. Now, a geek is synonymous with anyone who has an Internet connection. When I was growing up being a geek wasn't something you wanted advertised but you felt pride in knowing that you were really good at something or were a subject matter expert on something obscure.
I thought being called a geek meant you liked something so much that you were willing to forgo social outings and popularity. That still seems to be the case, but the once coveted term is now being used as a marketing gimmick, and those who truly deserve the label are lost in the noise.
Maybe it's just something that Generation X'ers lament about, as many of us old-timers believe that when it was harder to learn about something and you did it anyway, when no one else was building that computer in the basement but you persevered, that's when your passions really shined through. That?s what being a geek is. Now if someone sticks a video game into their XBOX 360 console, they self-label themselves a "gamer." "
There is a cute chart on page one of the article, where you can find out if your a dork, geek, nerd, or dweeb. This article got me thinking about are there really fakes? Like a fake geek and a real geek, fake gamer and real gamer, fake nerd and real nerd, and so on. I know there has always been the argument over fake gamers and real gamers from time to time, like casual gamer and gamer. I never thought it would be over being geeky and nerdy. Does it even matter if someone is really a geek verses a fake geek? Or is this article a rant of a geek snobbery? Tell me form what do you think?
"Lately I've been thinking a lot about what it was like for me being a geeky girl growing up and what it's like for geeky girls nowadays. It's a totally different world. Now, a geek is synonymous with anyone who has an Internet connection. When I was growing up being a geek wasn't something you wanted advertised but you felt pride in knowing that you were really good at something or were a subject matter expert on something obscure.
I thought being called a geek meant you liked something so much that you were willing to forgo social outings and popularity. That still seems to be the case, but the once coveted term is now being used as a marketing gimmick, and those who truly deserve the label are lost in the noise.
Maybe it's just something that Generation X'ers lament about, as many of us old-timers believe that when it was harder to learn about something and you did it anyway, when no one else was building that computer in the basement but you persevered, that's when your passions really shined through. That?s what being a geek is. Now if someone sticks a video game into their XBOX 360 console, they self-label themselves a "gamer." "
There is a cute chart on page one of the article, where you can find out if your a dork, geek, nerd, or dweeb. This article got me thinking about are there really fakes? Like a fake geek and a real geek, fake gamer and real gamer, fake nerd and real nerd, and so on. I know there has always been the argument over fake gamers and real gamers from time to time, like casual gamer and gamer. I never thought it would be over being geeky and nerdy. Does it even matter if someone is really a geek verses a fake geek? Or is this article a rant of a geek snobbery? Tell me form what do you think?
