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Hezron
| | Joined: 12/15/2005
Msg: 451 | |
| | Why do stunning women go for geeksPage 19 of 43 (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43) | | Geeks rule. our society is morally corrupt and when you stop to think about it...ridiculous to the point of clown like absurdity. Geeks transcend!!!!!!!!!!! Or at least that is waht obi-wan taught me!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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| Why do stunning women go for geeks
Posted: 4/19/2006 5:20:54 PM | I'm pretty much a huge dork myself, so I guess I would be a good match for a geek  ..if I was still looking, that is.
Seriously though, I find intelligence to be THE hottest characteristic in a man, and I don't consider that trait to be "geeky" by any means. | |
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| Why do stunning women go for geeks
Posted: 4/19/2006 6:05:44 PM | | A lot of geeks are very successful, and that often attracts women. Look at the guy who founded ebay. He was with Terri Hatcher! Revenge of the nerds. | |
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| Why do stunning women go for geeks
Posted: 4/19/2006 7:56:21 PM | | some women are looking for men that know how to treat them and it also depends on what you deine as a geek to . I am not into a person for what they have or don't have. I think of myself as stunning but that does not mean that i can't date a person who is less attractive then i am. oh and by the way what is considered a geek huh can you answer that one | |
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| Why do stunning women go for geeks
Posted: 4/19/2006 8:14:16 PM | | Where can I find one of these stunning women who loves geeks? Anyone from somewhere near Kelowna or Calgary want to date a Jedi? | |
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| Why do stunning women go for geeks
Posted: 4/19/2006 9:02:00 PM | to ready2experiment:
Well, you asked for it and here it goes:
In old dictionaries a geek was someone awkward, gullible and feebleminded.
The above from Webster's Handy College Dictionary Copyright 1981.
Today it means someone who is very knowledgeable in a particular field,
or very tech saavy, proficient in today's gadget heavy hi-tech hardware/software.
GEEK
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Look up Geek in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.A geek (pronunciation /gi:k/ ) is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd
The definition of geek has changed considerably over time, but the use is colloquial and there is no definite official meaning. The social and rather derogatory connotations of the word makes it particularly difficult to define. Below are some definitions of the word; all are still in use to varying degrees.
A person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media. Comparable with the classic definition of hacker. (Late 20th century and early 21st century.)
A person who has chosen concentration rather than conformity; one who pursues skill (especially technical skill) and imagination, not mainstream social acceptance. Geeks usually have a strong case of neophilia. Most geeks are adept with computers and treat hacker as a term of respect, but not all are hackers themselves - and some who are in fact hackers normally call themselves geeks anyway, because they (quite properly) regard 'hacker' as a label that should be bestowed by others rather than self-assumed.
A person with a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream. This could be due to the intensity, depth, or subject of their interest. This definition is very broad, and allows for mathematics geeks, aviation geeks, band geeks, computer geeks, politics geeks, modelmaking geeks, music geeks, theatre geeks, history geeks, linguistics geeks, sports geeks, SCA geeks (SCAdians), gaming geeks, Comics geeks, ham radio geeks, public transit geeks (metrophiles), literature geeks, anime and manga geeks (otaku), Star Wars geeks, Star Trek geeks (Trekkies and Trekkers, the latter noted for costuming), Tolkien or fantasy geeks, and even Wikipedia geeks. (Late 20th century and early 21st century.)
G.E.E.K., as an acronym, reputedly came from the United States Military; it stands for General Electrical Engineering Knowledge. It is unclear if this was the origin of the current meaning for geek, or if the acronym was used as a humorous reference toward the pre-established meaning for geek (i.e., a backronym).
A derogatory term for one with low social skills, regardless of intelligence. Similar to common use of the word dork. (Late 20th century.)
A performer at a carnival who swallows various live animals and bugs. Sometimes this extends to biting off the heads of chickens. The Geek would usually perform in a "geek pit". This sense of the word dates back to the 1920s, and possibly comes from the 16th century word geck, originally of Low German origin. In English the precursor word "geck" or "gecke" was used by Shakespeare: "Why have you suffer'd me to be imprison'd, kept in a dark house, visited by the priest, and made the most notorious geck and gull That e'er invention play'd on?" (Twelfth Night, V.i). The word also thought to appear in Cymbeline (wordorigins.org).
Reclaiming and self-identification
Geek has always had negative connotations within society at large, where being described as a geek tends to be an insult. The term has recently become less condescending, or even a badge of honor, within particular fields and subcultures; this is particularly evident in the technical disciplines, where the term is now more of a compliment denoting extraordinary skill. There is an increasing number of people who self-identify with the term, even when they don't fit the classic geek profile which emphasizes high intelligence but social isolation and loneliness as a result.
Nontechnical geeks
Because geek is no longer purely pejorative there are many self-labeled geeks who disagree over the use of the label. Similarly many older geeks in whatever field of devotion become upset when their field becomes popular and wish to set up standards that exclude late adopters or whole subjects of interest as not being truly geeky. While in the past the dispute would not have been over use of the term geek this is not a new phenomenon by any means. There were loud disagreements in the 1960s and 1970s among sf fans over the use of sci-fi or science fiction, with some science fiction geeks trying to get sci-fi to be only used for what they defined as bad sf. Later there were fierce debates among geeks over the use of hacker and cracker and the adoption of leet speak by less technically adroit computer users.
Today geeks devoted to technical pursuits want to distinguish themselves from people they see as falsely holding themselves out to be intellectuals, in particular people who are most interested in the arts or entertainment rather than techie subjects. For the most part the general public and even most geeks are unaware of the distinction and would be likely to see the computer geek and the genre fandom geek as being more similar than dissimilar.
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NERD
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For other uses, see Nerd (disambiguation).
The character of Steve Urkel in the television show Family Matters (1989-1997) is portrayed as being a nerd.Nerd, as a stereotypical or archetypal designation, refers to somebody who pursues intellectual interests at the expense of skills that are useful in a social setting, such as communication, fashion, or physical fitness
History
For quite some time in the latter 20th Century, the term "nerd" was generally considered derogatory, and was a common insult, especially among school-age boys. However, beginning in the late 1990s, many nerds on the Internet reclaimed the word nerd as a badge of pride and began using it as a positive description of a technically-competent person. Although traditionally used to describe men and boys, the terms "nerd" and "geek" have been adopted by many women interested in technology, science, mathematics and other typically male-dominated intellectual fields as badges of their accomplishments in these areas.
Drew Carey's comedy persona recalls the nerd stereotypes of the 1950s.The term "nerd", meaning "square" goes back at least to 1951, when Newsweek reported the usage as relatively new in Detroit. By the 1960s, it took on connotations of bookishness as well as social ineptitude. The word itself first appeared in Dr. Seuss's book If I Ran the Zoo, published in 1950, where it simply names one of Seuss's many comical imaginary animals. (The narrator Gerald McGrew claims that he would collect "a Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker too" for his imaginary zoo.) Another theory of the word's origin sees it as a variation on Mortimer Snerd, the name of Edgar Bergen's ventriloquist dummy. Yet another theory traces the term to Northern Electric Research and Development, suggesting images of employees wearing pocket protectors with the acronym N.E.R.D. printed on them. Finally, oral history at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute holds that the word was coined there, spelled as "knurd" ("drunk" spelled backwards), to describe those who studied rather than partied. (This usage predates a similar coinage of "knurd" by author Terry Pratchett.) The term itself was used heavily in the American 1974-84 television comedy Happy Days which took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and had been set in the mid-1950s.
In association with their image in certain Western societies as a so-called Model Minority, some East Asians are stereotyped as studious and untalkative nerds. (See John Aitchison).
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Nerds in art and literature
Dramatic depictions of good nerds typically reveal them to be good-hearted people who wish harm on no one, but are bullied by their obvious intellectual inferiors. Many nerds in fiction play roles as supporting characters who provide valuable sources of information or useful skills for the heroes. Nerds as lead characters often have a secret identity as a superhero; in these cases, a put-upon person has a wonderful secret (examples include Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Clark Kent/Superman). Nerds in supporting roles often feature as technological geniuses who invent or repair plot devices that enable the main characters to move towards a goal. They also serve as socially inept foils to much more charming main characters, and are sometimes depicted as being lovelorn and longing for attractive females who are beyond their status.
Evil nerds, typically embittered through lifetimes lived as a social outcasts and seeking revenge upon the world, provide a popular archetype for the supervillain, often as a mad scientist. This suggests that these characters represent the subconscious cultural fear that the highly intelligent have the ability to do great harm, and a willingness to do it, just as the "bug movies" of the 50's represented our fears about the harmful effects that nuclear power might cause.
In the 1990s, "nerd" developed distinct positive connotations within social spheres connected to computing and the Internet, to denote with pride a technically skilled person. This also extended towards financial success in these fields, with Bill Gates himself often described as a nerd, though a remarkably wealthy one. The 1990s is generally considered a time when the nerds finally "got their revenge", and many became fabulously wealthy as a result of the high-tech explosion. The popular computer-news website Slashdot bills itself as "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."
Non-nerds often think of nerds as intelligent, yet socially awkward, people. Stereotypically, in high school, the more "popular" or more socially adept teens often ridicule and bully those labeled as nerds, who have a reputation of engaging deeply in academic areas. Nerds generally express an above-normal interest in complex subjects and often function as polymaths. Topics dealing with science, computer, technology, comic books, board games of types that take hours to play and have complicated rules (particularly role playing games), classical music, and paradoxically, music at the other extreme, heavy metal and punk (due to the current crop of nerds having grown up in the 90's when anti-social music became popular), artificial intelligence, cartoons (both classic ones, particularly Warner Bros, and modern ones such as South Park), anime, manga, video games, and science fiction, horror and fantasy literature books, TV shows and movies have all become heavily associated with nerds, as have conventions relating to these various topics.
The total opposite of a nerd is shown in Jay Ward's "Mr. Know-It-All" cartoons. Bullwinkle, aka Mr. Know-It-All, thinks he can do certain things, when he cannot at all due to his stupidity and low instinct. In the cartoons, Boris Badenov (or some other evil character) usually beats Mr. Know-It-All up. Meanwhile, the time-traveling duo from this cartoon series-- Mr. Peabody, a talking dog, and his boy, Sherman-- are both nerds; they both sport dark-rimmed glasses, and the dog wears a bow tie.
So the words may have come from:
G.E.E.K. General Electric Engineering Knowledge
N.E.R.D. Northern Electric Research & Development
See above paragraphs.
Well, I hope that answers any and all questions.
MysticRogue | |
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Posted: 4/19/2006 9:34:23 PM | | My best friend is stunning. I mean, absolutely drop dead gorgeous. She's caused car accidents, she's that beautiful. And she dates regular, even ugly men. Why? Because those men are the ones that will recognize that she has a brain in her head, rather than just going for the nookie. They talk to her, she learns from them, they learn from her. They give her credit as more than just a doll. | |
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Posted: 4/21/2006 9:06:46 PM | geeks have money, nuff said. The jocks become losers and alcoholics and trailer park trash if they didnt make it on the professional team, and geeks, become the ones we pay hundreds of dollars every year for patches to virus on our computers, and to help tutor us or our kids when we dont have a goddamn clue on what we are doing. thats why, brains equals money, money equals power, power equals hot chicks nuff said
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Dayum!!
Dude, you're brutal.
But you have said what is going on in a very brief and concise way. | |
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Posted: 5/2/2006 1:50:14 PM | I can tell you why stunnign women only go for geeks. Cause it is the asses like you that ruin it for the guys like you. Where do you think that you are going to in life talking shit like that. Arrogance won't get you very far. Seems to me that you might have a problem finding someone because all you worry about is that damn money, and no girl is going to want someone who is judgemental and arrogant. Thanks for your time . | |
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RBM
| | Joined: 3/15/2006
Msg: 465 | |
| Why do stunning women go for geeks
Posted: 5/2/2006 2:34:07 PM | I'm a geeky-nerd type. Have done waaaaaaay more than my profile shows.
And yes, my ladies have all been stunning. I'm used to that. Yes, I have the pix.
I thought all geeks were supposed to have beautiful women, so I never shied away from them! | |
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Posted: 5/2/2006 2:58:29 PM | I'm a geeky-nerd type. Have done waaaaaaay more than my profile shows.
And yes, my ladies have all been stunning. I'm used to that. Yes, I have the pix.
I thought all geeks were supposed to have beautiful women, so I never shied away from them!
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It is people like you RBM, that many can learn from.
That is the way to be.
Live life to its fullest and have no regrets..
As a sage once said:
If there are no challenges, then there is no accomplishment. | |
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Posted: 5/2/2006 3:05:14 PM | Keep in mind, there is a difference between being a geek and a nerd...
You can be a closet geek, but a nerd always stands out. | |
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Posted: 5/2/2006 5:20:11 PM | | I'm a bit of both, I wear glasses, and contacts, depending on what I'm doing or feeling like. I have to go with, knowing how to treat them...being intelligent, having interesting conversation, and generally less of a pain in the butt. It's not about how big your car is, how much you have in your wallet, it's more what you have in your heart, and how you make them feel...well..that's my general op anyways..who knows...I'm probably way wrong, cause I'm single and looks like I'm gonna stay that way for now...oh well. | |
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Shawn5
| | Joined: 2/15/2006
Msg: 470 | |
| Why do stunning women go for geeks
Posted: 5/2/2006 10:48:31 PM | I cant really speak for myself since I consider myself average looking and not stunning, but it could be that these "geeks" are friends with the girls first and the girls starts to like them because of their personality. It happens. Again, me being only average I have dated someone that I had no physical attraction to what-so-ever, but it was because we were friends and I started to like him because he kept me smiling and treated me very well... But I do have to say that physical attraction matter alot and thats why I am not with him anymore... Why cant any of the stunning men go after a regular average looking girl like me....?  | |
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xneo19
| | Joined: 10/15/2004
Msg: 474 | |
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Posted: 5/3/2006 6:48:05 AM | | Well I'm far from stunning, but if these women are anything like me it's because geeks are HOT! I'm serious. Give me a 6'3 beanpole with a pocket protector and a wicked sense of humour over a underwear model any day. Nothing against the underwear models, but most of the "hot" guys I've seen know they are and have been told they are so much that they're conceited. And nothing is more of a turnoff than that. | |
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