Saturday, November 14, 2009

Nerds, Geeks, Dorks etc

I want to make one thing clear before I even start this. Since this blog is obviously full of my "single-minded" opinions I'm going to touch base on what to call whom. Basically I see it as this:

You are either a dork, geek, or a nerd and the meanings are as such:
  • Nerds, live to play that new video game early, even if it's only to test out the new physics engine. They frolic in dimly lit basements illegally downloading the new Korean MMO that just came out that night (FlyFF anyone?). And Nerds don't just play games in their sleep, they make them, live them, breathe them, dream of them, lose sleep over them, and the hardware that comes along with them. Nerds are overly hardcore on anything tech and would just as happily eat their Ramen (mmmm Maruchan) from a regular spoon and fork, but will most likely use the pocket spork they just bought 2 days ago for $2.95 (or for some: collapse-able chopsticks).
  • Geeks, have that same spark of passion that nerds do for games, but that's about it. I mean lets face it, there is geek squad but dudes can't even de-frag an HDD "we'll set it up for you!" networking is simple follow the on screen or in booklet commands and you can do it yourself for $0.00 (I don't know that seems rather expensive. But would you rather pay OVER 9000??!) Most people, not all but most, that consider themselves a geek don't even know about Mozilla. NO SERIOUSLY most i've ran up against don't.
  • Dorks, I mean come on! Can you really be so dumb? most people that fall under this line are those that like video games but don't know what the anagram O.S. means. Or they fall under this category because they feel like geek or nerd lifestyles are for them, but it's obviously not. I have on piece of advice to those of you who want to be nerdy but really are just looking for a less populated fad, and that is, look somewhere else. I do not hate dorks, but when these people try to get in an argument with me I can't stand it, so please if you're a dork either get wise to tech or stick to playing Runescape.
I did not mean any offense to the hardcore runescape players, but come on it's about time you moved onto diablo or something better. And to further clear up, these are my opinions NOT FACTS, you can say they aren't true but I'm not saying they are set in stone, it's just what I think. Also if you call me a noob or any other variant I'm seriously not even going to respond, it doesn't annoy me at this point it's just retarded and I'd appreciate it if certain people stopped thinking they are so badass at a game that they get to run around insulting people with raw proof that they have less of a life than the person being insulted. So to sum it up:

  1. I call myself nerd for a reason, not a geek, nor a dork, I'm a nerd.
  2. I dislike the use of the word noob, yes it stands for newbie but it's just a derogatory term. If you insist on calling yourself something say "Hello I'm not too knowledgeable in this field please help" doesn't that sound better?
  3. These are my OPINIONS not FACTS.
  4. I like Pokemon (yes I still do! get over it).
  5. I also <3>
  6. I will tend to overuse the phrase "Lawlz" or other variations. It's a habit, just skip over it.

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