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That's not the distinction at all. The distinction is between antisocial people who like sci-fi and fantasy and smart, somewhat obsessive people who like techn
by endtime 17y ago
That's not the distinction at all. The distinction is between antisocial people who like sci-fi and fantasy and smart, somewhat obsessive people who like technology. The groups are not disjoint, but they're by no means the same group.
- scott_s 17y agoThose aren't the definitions I've heard other people use. And since you've characterized one group as "antisocial," I think you've labeled one of the groups as "people I don't like."
- endtime 17y agoSorry, antisocial was too strong a word. What I meant was something more like "socially awkward".
- njharman 17y agobut which label goes with which group, I've heard many, many. And no one has mentioned dork, dweeb, or other terms used to belittle the not popular. I know several definitions for geek Geeks people who bite the heads off of chickens and other circus freaks. Geeks people who are really into some niche such as game geeks, or mathgeeks. Geeks socially awkward losers. The definitions of geek and nerd are location and temporally dependent. That means if you grew up in KS during the 80's your definitions are far different than if you grew up in San Jose in the 90's.