As has been stated earlier when it became a culture. Specifically I find the show the Big Bang Theory absolutely repellant. I will never forget the episode where one character asked another the question, when did slavery end in the United States? The answer that it was 1863 when the Emancipation Proclamation was published absolutely hurt my head and made me wonder if the writers had made it too high school let alone passed.
When I was a kid a nerd was someone who studied more than played sports, resulting in higher grades in school but fewer friends. A geek was someone incredibly socially awkward who usually gravitated towards the nerds as a way to find acceptance. A smart jock managed to find a balance between the two and was usually very popular with everyone. The whole nerd thing did lead to more intellectual forms of entertainment like science fiction, the older stuff that focused on hard science in particular, and studying of different cultures and languages, which is why some folks fixated on the various parts of the orient. It is worth remembering that Egyptology was the big nerd culture piece of the early 20th century rather than Japan.
These days it feels like Geek Culture consists of watching too much television as a way to escape the burdens of the real world, while simultaneously making grand sweeping statements about the world in an effort to seem relevant. I've messed with a little of everything Geek Culture related but I'd happily burn it to the ground if it got people to actually read a few non-fiction books again. Especially reading ones written before they were born.
When I was a kid a nerd was someone who studied more than played sports, resulting in higher grades in school but fewer friends. A geek was someone incredibly socially awkward who usually gravitated towards the nerds as a way to find acceptance. A smart jock managed to find a balance between the two and was usually very popular with everyone. The whole nerd thing did lead to more intellectual forms of entertainment like science fiction, the older stuff that focused on hard science in particular, and studying of different cultures and languages, which is why some folks fixated on the various parts of the orient. It is worth remembering that Egyptology was the big nerd culture piece of the early 20th century rather than Japan.
These days it feels like Geek Culture consists of watching too much television as a way to escape the burdens of the real world, while simultaneously making grand sweeping statements about the world in an effort to seem relevant. I've messed with a little of everything Geek Culture related but I'd happily burn it to the ground if it got people to actually read a few non-fiction books again. Especially reading ones written before they were born.
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